Best French movies of 2014

Actors : Céline Sallette, Nailia Harzoune, Rachid Yous, David Murgia,
Directors : Tony Gatlif,

South of France. In the sultry August heat, Geronimo, a young social educator, tries to ease tensions between the youngsters of the St Pierre neighborhood. The mood changes when Nil Terzi, ...

Actors : Elsa Madeleine, Dan Bronchinson, Bruno Henry, Salem Kali,
Directors : Jean Luc Herbulot,

As he dreams of moving to Australia with his daughter to become a pastry chef, a Parisian small-time drug dealer accepts a one-time only, big cocaine deal. What starts as a simple score becomes a tale of survival in the local criminal underworld.

Actors : Patrice Robitaille, Josée Deschênes, Denis Bouchard, Laurence Leboeuf,
Directors : Alexis Durand-Brault,

Julie, star of cycling, is two races to win the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. His entourage too. Encouraged by her coach and doctor, she ...

Actors : Marius Bertram, Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Michel Houellebecq,

Follows a man wandering in the wilderness.

Actors : Mathieu Quesnel, Stéphane Rousseau, Guylaine Tremblay, Julie LeBreton,
Directors : Émile Gaudreault,

A veteran from Afghanistan meets a Producer who wants to make a movie about his live post war.

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, Raphaël Personnaz, Phoeung Kompheak, Thanet Thorn,
Directors : Régis Wargnier,

Two decades after forging an unlikely alliance in Pol Pot's Cambodia, a French ethnologist and a former Khmer Rouge official meet again after the latter is arrested for crimes against humanity.

Actors : Philippine Stindel, Ana Neborac, Annabelle Lengronne, Jad Solesme,
Directors : Virgil Vernier,

In a Parisian suburb of Bagnolet two receptionists who work in the lobby of the titular high-rise drift from one enigmatic situation to the next going to the pool, visiting a maze-like sex club and hunting for new employment.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Jacques Boudet, Ariane Ascaride, Anaïs Demoustier,
Directors : Robert Guédiguian,

Today is Ariane's birthday and she is more alone than ever in her lovely home. The candles are lit on the cake, but the guests have apologized, for they won't be coming. So Ariane gets in ...

Actors : Moussa Mansaly, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Rashid Debbouze, Reda Kateb,
Directors : Marianne Tardieu,

Cherif hates his day job as a security guard in the mall.He is trying to get his nursing degree without success. He likes Jenny, a girl he met on the bus. His life is complicated by a band of teenagers who harasses him daily.

Actors : Babetida Sadjo, Natali Broods, Jérémie Renier, Peter Van den Begin,
Directors : Pieter Van Hees,

When his wife gets pregnant unexpectedly, homicide detective Leo Woeste starts losing himself more and more while he tries to solve one last very bizarre case before his child is born.

Actors : Nikola Brkovic, Bogdan Ninkovic, Andrej Ivancic, Fedja Stamenkovic,

13 European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo and what this city represents in European history over the past hundred years, and what Sarajevo incarnates today in Europe. From ...

Actors : Jean-Simon Leduc, Alexandre Landry, Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle, Simon Lefebvre,
Directors : Rodrigue Jean,

Alex is a young addict who sells his body in Montreal. He's flanked by Bruno, Simon, Jeanne, Eric and Velma, all of them caught in the same spiral of compulsion. Hostage to society's market...

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, Charles Mérienne, Vimala Pons, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,
Directors : Stéphane Demoustier,

Jérôme, a senior executive, has just left his company. Determined to never work for nobody else ever again, he attempts to set up his own company, come what may, even ignoring the ...

Actors : Yves Afonso, Jean-Jacques Lelté, Maurice Poli, Magali Moreau,
Directors : Eric Cherrière,

Pierre Tardieu, a day laborer, lives with his sick father. Reminiscing about his childhood with his mother on the beach, he can't free himself from her. Murdering someone becomes the only ...

Actors : Géraldine Pailhas, Jeanne Balibar, Bertrand Bonello, Joana Preiss,
Directors : Antoine Barraud,

A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed with the idea of finding a painting that will be central to the film and will crystallize all the power and beauty of monsters.

Actors : Marie Menges, Aurélie Houguenade, Jean-Marie Galey, Ynda Rouya,
Directors : Jacky Katu,

A young, aspiring actress finds the role of a lifetime, but she becomes so obsessed with her new role as Sarah Kane that she begins exploring her sexuality and provoking extremes in her personal life.

Actors : Abdoul Bah, Reine Sali Coulibaly, Isaach De Bankolé, Abdoul Karim Konaté,
Directors : Philippe Lacôte,

Run escapes... He just killed the Prime Minister of his country. In order to do so, he had to act as if he was a crazy man, wandering through the city. His life comes back by flashes ; his ...

Actors : André Wilms, Nils Althaus, Julia Faure, Baptiste Gilliéron,
Directors : Mathieu Urfer,

Helped by his old friend Fernand, Sami tries to make Julie realise that she is the love of his life.