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Plot Summary:
Vincent, a stunt pilot, is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However, a few years later, L'Elegant, the Judge in the case, comes to blackmail him. The Judge's nephew, Paul, is having trouble with his wife and they demand that Vincent kill her. The Judge, a confirmed bachelor, takes Paul and Vincent on the road to search for Paul's wife Marie. The three men get on well together, and spend their time discussing their relationship with women.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
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Banana Peel (1963)
Plot Summary:
The French comedy-drama of Marcel Ophuls, which came to the Paris yesterday.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Plot Summary:
A rich, old counterfeiter is lured out of retirement.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, black and white, surprise ending, slang
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The Buddies (1965)
Plot Summary:
Seven pals decide to take a few days'holidays to free up the time necessary to pull three enormous pranks. Their aim is to ridicule three established bodies: the army, the church and the administration. Quite arbitrarily, they set their hearts on two peaceful sub-prefectures, Ambert and Issoire. Broudier, disguised as a government minister, turns up at the barracks, demands and obtains the organization of night maneuvers. The following day, Bénin, dressed up as a reverend, preaches in the cathedral of Issoire a sermon against the precepts of the Church. As for Lesueur, he disturbs the inauguration of the statue of Vercingétorix by an MP. But the holidays are over. The seven of them can'r part without a last joke.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
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Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold (1980)
Plot Summary:
When designer Robert Meering returns from vacation, he discovers the company he worked for unexpectedly went bankrupt so he decides to visit his old boss. His former employer Banninger liquidated the company and claims that all designs of Robert are his. When Robert's Porsche gets stolen by two thieves, he manages to track them down. When they tell him about 40 Porsche's in a dealer shop garage owned by Banninger things change and suddenly get very interesting.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Holy Year (1976)
Plot Summary:
The last film of Jean Gabin.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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The Troops on Vacation (1970)
Plot Summary:
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, captivating, slapstick, cult film
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The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Plot Summary:
The ambitious police officer Cruchot (Louis de Funès) is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, light, satirical, atmospheric, anthology, dark comedy, cult classic, not serious
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Inspector Blunder (1980)
Plot Summary:
A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, detective, cult film
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My New Partner III (2003)
Plot Summary:
Voilà dix ans que les chemins de René et de François se sont séparés. De l'époque glorieuse où, flics, ils écumaient le quartier Montmartre, il ne leur reste qu'une poignée de souvenirs, l'argent de leurs ripouseries s'étant évaporé avec le temps. Tout à une fin. Jusqu'à ce que ça recommence. René, à la limite de la clochardisation, survit avec pour domicile un bateau déglingué.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Troops & Troop-ettes (1982)
Plot Summary:
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, tense, slapstick, eighties, cult film
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The Red Inn (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk tries to save the guest's lives without violating the holy secrecy of the confession.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tense, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Let's Not Get Angry (1966)
Plot Summary:
One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding; Antoine intends to recover his money.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, parody
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My New Partner II (1990)
Plot Summary:
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: action comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Grand Dukes (1996)
Plot Summary:
Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious
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The French Minister (2013)
Plot Summary:
Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, political, clever, biting, suspense
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Coup de torchon (1981)
Plot Summary:
In 1938 in the french West Africa, Lucien Cordier is a weak and corrupted policeman despised by the local bad boys. His wife is openly cheating on him and he hasn't got any self-respect anymore. But when comes the occasion, his revenge will be terrible.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, dark comedy, neo noir, disturbing, controversial, anthology, black comedy, crime drama, realistic
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The ComDads (1983)
Plot Summary:
Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, saga, eighties
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The Pimp (2010)
Plot Summary:
A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, exciting, witty, realistic, comic
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The Troops in New York (1965)
Plot Summary:
The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot (Louis De Funes), who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, feel good, captivating, anthology, not serious, slapstick, cult film
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Do You Do You Saint-Tropez (2021)
Plot Summary:
Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France. When a criminal car sabotage related to threatening letters wreak havoc in the villa, Tranchant goes in search of the best agent for the investigation. In the middle of this hot summer, only the arrogant and incompetent agent Boullin is available... To catch the suspect and solve the mystery, he will have no choice but to impersonate a newly hired butler and will turn everyone’s vacation into a hilarious game of ‘Cluedo’!.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Serial Lover (1998)
Plot Summary:
Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so that she can pick out her would-be fiancé. But an accident happens when Claire is getting the dinner ready.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, realistic, neo noir
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My New Partner (1984)
Plot Summary:
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for corruption and he narrowly escapes. He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, witty, neo noir, anthology, action comedy, cult classic, black comedy, clever, humorous
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Notre univers impitoyable (2008)
Plot Summary:
Victor and Margot are both lawyers in a major consulting firm and form a solid couple in private. Yet one day they find themselves competing for the same job promotion. How will their relationship stand up to the outcome?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, clever, witty, stylized, semi serious
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The Fugitives (1986)
Plot Summary:
Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, exciting, sentimental, witty, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, detective
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Halal State Security (2011)
Plot Summary:
Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Taxi 3 (2003)
Plot Summary:
A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, funny, light, entertaining, not serious, slapstick, grindhouse, cult classic, hilarious
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Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Plot Summary:
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, inspirational, touching, tricky, hilarious, witty, captivating, semi serious
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The Closet (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, witty, melancholic, talky, semi serious, hilarious, clever, spectacular
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The Dinner Game (1998)
Plot Summary:
Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dîner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -François Pignon- will steal the show.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, light, hilarious, sentimental, talky, dark comedy, sincere, sweet
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The Dinner Guest (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal Error ! Terrified at the idea of not being up to par, his wife Colette begs Alexandre, their neighbor to help. Communication guru, Alexander accepts the challenge and gives a makeover to the couple in twenty-four hours. Apartment, decoration, lifestyle, dinner menu, uniforms, culture... Everything !.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat, realistic, semi serious