Best French movies of 2010s

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Leonor Silveira, Michael Lonsdale, Jeanne Moreau,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Set in the late 19th century, about a honored but poor patriarch who sacrifices himself to protect his fugitive son.

Actors : Roy Assaf, Rotem Zissman-Cohen, Magi Azarzar, Rassabn Abes,
Directors : Shemi Zarhin,

Follows three siblings who are going to discover the greatest secret of their late mother. This trip is going to change their lives.

Actors : Charles Berling, Karolina Gruszka, Arieh Worthalter, Izabela Kuna,
Directors : Marie Noelle,

Follows the famous physicist and chemist Marie Curie and her struggle for recognition in the male-dominated science community in early 20th century France.

Actors : Bimbam Merstein, Bea Palya, Cécile De France, Reda Kateb,
Directors : Etienne Comar,

The story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943.

Actors : Jeanne Balibar, Mathieu Amalric, Aurore Clément, Vincent Peirani,
Directors : Mathieu Amalric,

A director wants to make a biopic about the female singer Barbara.

Actors : Marie Delmas, Kelyna Lecomte, Alain Sabras,
Directors : Valérie Massadian,

Nana is 4 years old and lives in a stone house beyond the forest. Back from school, a late afternoon, all she finds is silence in the house. A journey into the darkness of her childhood. The world from her height.

Actors : Pauline Etienne, Louise Bourgoin, Isabelle Huppert, Martina Gedeck,
Directors : Guillaume Nicloux,

1760s France. Suzanne is shocked when her bourgeois family sends her to a convent. There she faces oppression and torment, leading her to fight back and expose the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.

Actors : Bérénice Bejo, Abdul Khalim Mamutsiev, Maksim Emelyanov, Annette Bening,
Directors : Michel Hazanavicius,

A woman who works for a non-governmental organization (NGO) forms a special relationship with a young boy in war-torn Chechnya.

Actors : Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Hilary Caldwell, Ariane Mainville, Katerine Savard,
Directors : Pascal Plante,

Nadia, an Olympic swimmer in her twenties, faces the challenges of her imminent retirement.

Actors : Sami Bouajila, Stéphanie Lagarde, Nathalie Baye, Audrey Tautou,
Directors : Pierre Salvadori,

A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her mother.

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Chiara Mastroianni, Mathieu Demy, Carlos Bardem,
Directors : Mathieu Demy,

A man who returns to Los Angeles to wrap up his mother's estate sets out in search of the mysterious woman named in her will.

Actors : Stana Roumillac, Christophe Cherki, Vincent Byrd Le Sage, Sophie Berger,
Directors : Mariette Monpierre,

A young Parisian woman of Caribbean descent returns to her native island of Guadeloupe looking for the father she has never known.

Actors : Adèle Haenel, Pio Marmaï, Guillaume Gouix, Cédric Kahn,
Directors : Elie Wajeman,

Drug dealer Alex finds hope for a new start when his cousin offers him a job in Israel. Now he must make the final score, while balancing a new romance, a past lover, a lifelong friendship ...

Actors : Marius Yelolo, Anaïs Monory, Cyril Gueï, Souleymane Démé,
Directors : Mahamat-Saleh Haroun,

Despite a paralyzed leg, Grigris, 25 year old, dreams of being a dancer. A challenge. But his dreams are dashed when his stepfather falls critically ill. To save him, Grigris resolves to work for petrol traffickers.

Actors : Ramzan Idiev, Surho Sugaipov, Jérémie Renier, Daniel Fassi,
Directors : Sarah Petit,

Markov and Hamilton are fellow French Legionnaire's at the end of their posting in Afghanistan. An ambush results in an abdication of duty-despite it stemming from an act of fidelity. ...

Actors : Mati Diop, David Baïot, Iliana Zabeth, Andy Gillet,
Directors : Benjamin Crotty,

When his husband Frank is sent on a mission to Djibouti, Roger remains behind with his adopted daughter, the temperamental Roxy, at Fort Buchanan, a remote base in the middle of the woods. ...

Actors : François Morel, Pauline Etienne, Olivier Chantreau, Loïc Corbery,

Inspired by the films of Jacques Demy and Stanley Donen, this musical comedy follows a young woman who must dance between a budding romance, a scheming boss, and co-workers on strike at her new job in a luxury shoe factory.

Actors : Jesse Platt, Katie Hayashida, Julian Paul, Moishe Teichman,
Directors : David I. Strasser,

Jakob Levin, a delinquent on a downward spiral, is sentenced by the courts to serve time on his uncle's organic farm. Put to work with a bunch of misfit interns, Jakob soon discovers that not everything is as idyllic as it first appears.

Actors : Joël Delsaut, Michel Bouquet, Éric Caravaca, Florence Loiret Caille,

One day, a bad fall forces Edmond to accept Rose's help. Eventually, the two grow closer. The young woman finds relief in confiding painful memories to the older man; things she cannot even...

Actors : Nicolas Duvauchelle, Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Sylvie Testud,
Directors : Diane Kurys,

The story of the marriage between Michel and Lena, as told by their daughter Anne, with reflections on the mystery of abiding love.