directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
; genre: romance/rom-com ; synopsis: "despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love."
2. The Chorus (2004)
directed by: Christophe Barratier ; genre: musical/drama ; synopsis: "Pierre is an aimless child at an austere boarding school in France. The students and faculty are constantly at odds with one another, until a music teacher Clรฉment Mathieu arrives and starts a choir."
3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
directed by: Cรฉline Sciamma
; genre: romance/drama
; synopsis: "France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Hรฉloise, a young woman who has just left the convent. Hรฉloise is a recluant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her day by day, to paint her secretly."
4. Promise At Dawn (2017)
directed by: Eric Barbier
; genre: drama/history
; synopsis: "a man (french author, Romain Gary) recounts his life from his childhood through his experiences in WWII, and the story of his self-sacrificing mother, who raised him alone."
5.La Vie en Rose ( 2007)
directed by: Olivier Dahan
; genre: musical/drama
; synopsis: "Edith Piaf, a victim of poverty during her childhood, ends up attainting global renown as a charming singer. However, despite her many friendships and romances, personal crisies ravage her."
6. French Fried Vacation 2 (1979)
directed by: Patrice Leconte
; genre: comedy
; synopsis: "Eight tourists who met on a holiday re-unite for an adventurous trip. However, things go terribly wrong and the group finds itslef lost in the high mountains."
7. The Party (1980)
directed by: Claude Pinoteau
; genre: romance/drama
; synopsis: "This story revolves around a teenage girl, Vic, who reveals her secrets to her great-grandomother, while her parents lose themselves in lovers' tiffs."
8. The Intouchables (2011)
directed by: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
; genre: comedy
; synopsis: "An unusual friendship develps when a street smart immigrant is hired to take care of disabled French nobleman."
9. The Professional (1994)
directed by: Luc Besson
; genre: action/drama
; synopsis: "When a 12-year-old Mathilda's family is killed, her neighbour Leon, who is a professional assasin, recluantly takes her under his wing and teaches her the secrets of his trade."