Critically acclaimed French movies of 2020

Actors : Steve Tientcheu, Bakary Koné, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Jean Cyrille Digbeu,
Directors : Philippe Lacôte,

A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.

Actors : Philippine Velge, Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,
Directors : François Ozon,

While boating, Alexis's boat capsizes and almost drowns before being rescued by David, who ultimately ends up as his boyfriend.

Actors : Adèle Exarchopoulos, Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, India Hair,
Directors : Quentin Dupieux,

Two simple-minded friends discover a giant fly in the trunk of a car and decide to domesticate it to earn money with it.

Actors : Muriel Combeau, Noée Abita, Marie Denarnaud, Jérémie Renier,
Directors : Charlène Favier,

Under the guidance of a strict ex champion, a promising 15 year old girl trains as a professional skiing star.Will she be able to endure the physical and emotional pressures?

Actors : Fathia Youssouf, Esther Gohourou, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas,
Directors : Maïmouna Doucouré,

Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named "the cuties" at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity - upsetting her mother and her values in the process.

Actors : Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Sam Louwyck, Bastien Bouillon,
Directors : Zoé Wittock,

Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated with carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That's when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park's new flagship attraction.

Actors : Florence Viala, Suzanne Lindon, Frédéric Pierrot, Arnaud Valois,
Directors : Suzanne Lindon,

A 16 year old girl, bored with her own age group, becomes involved with an older man at a theater she passes.

Actors : André Wilms, Louise Chevillotte, Logann Antuofermo, Oulaya Amamra,
Directors : Philippe Garrel,

A provincial youngster who travels up to Paris to sit an entrance exam for a "grande école". His path crosses that of a young woman and they strike up a short-lived relationship.

Actors : Nicolas Duvauchelle, Alban Lenoir, Stéfi Celma, Ramzy Bedia,
Directors : Guillaume Pierret,

A small time delinquent, turned police mechanic for a go fast task force, is forced to defend his innocence when his mentor is killed by dirty cops.

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 : Agathe Bosch, Frédéric Schulz-Richard, Diana Sakalauskaité, Marina Palii,
Directors : Cristi Puiu,

A landowner, a politician, a countess, a General and his wife gather in a spacious manor house and discuss death, war, progress and morality. As time passes by, the discussion becomes more serious and heated.

Actors : Olivia Begg, Catherine Churchill, Jake Cameron, Davey Calderon,
Directors : Joshua Gratton,

A group of gay teenagers are picked off by a mysterious killer during the first month of their senior year, while insecure boy Micah goes through a crisis of self-worth as he can't grasp why the killer has no interest in coming after him.

Actors : Liliane Rovère, Hippolyte Girardot, Isabelle Huppert, Farida Ouchani,
Directors : Jean-Paul Salomé,

A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.

Actors : Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven, Alseni Bathily, Finnegan Oldfield,

Yuri fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition.

Actors : Virginie Efira, Nicolas Marié, Jackie Berroyer, Michel Vuillermoz, Adèle Galloy, Albert Dupontel,
Directors : Albert Dupontel,

A seriously ill woman tries to find her long-lost child with the help of a man in the middle of a burnout and a blind archivist.

Actors : Raphael Romand, Marie Narbonne, Suliane Brahim, Sofian Khammes,
Directors : Just Philippot,

To save her farm from bankruptcy, a single mother begins a business of breeding edible grasshoppers. Soon she develops a strange, obsessive relationship with them.

Actors : Peter Franzén, Frédéric Franchitti, Romane Libert, Gaia Weiss,
Directors : Mathieu Turi,

A woman gets locked in series of strange tubes full of deadly traps.

Actors : Guillaume Mattera, Ludovic Torrent, Christine Gautier, Anthony Bajon,

In a rural French town, twenty-something Teddy is scratched by an unknown beast and slowly undergoes frightening changes.

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, Lambert Wilson, Catherine Mouchet, Isabelle Carré,
Directors : Gabriel Le Bomin,

Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.

Actors : Réal Bossé, Guillaume Cyr, Marc Beaupré, Marilyn Castonguay,
Directors : Patrice Laliberté,

A fatal accident at a remote survivalist training camp sends participants into a panic - and sets the stage for a chilling showdown.