The best French films of the 1980s
The top 3 according to 11 votes from people: Jean de Florette (1986) · Garde à vue (1981) · The King and the Mockingbird (1980). (Updated Nov 10, 2023.)
The Last Metro, Garde à vue, Le Père Noël est une ordure, So Long, Stooge, Jean de Florette and Au revoir les enfants: the French productions of the 1980s rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.
Automatically translated (original in Français). See the original
Top 11
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1
Jean de Florette (1986)
Claude Berri. A hidden spring in Provence, after Marcel Pagnol.
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2
Garde à vue (1981)
Claude Miller. Michel Serrault questioned by Lino Ventura on New Year's Eve.
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3
The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
Paul Grimault. A tyrant, a shepherdess, a chimney sweep and a bird, with words by Prévert.
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4
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
Jean-Marie Poiré. The Splendid troupe at a helpline on Christmas Eve.
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5
So Long, Stooge (1983)
Claude Berri. Coluche as a disillusioned petrol-station attendant. Five Césars.
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6
A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982)
Henri Verneuil. Patrick Dewaere as a journalist taking on a multinational.
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7
The Last Metro (1980)
François Truffaut. A Paris theatre under the Occupation, with Deneuve and Depardieu. Ten Césars.
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8
After the War (1989)
Jean-Loup Hubert. Two brothers on the roads of France in 1944.
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9
Life and Nothing But (1989)
Bertrand Tavernier. Philippe Noiret counts the missing of the Great War.
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10
Au revoir les enfants (1987)
Louis Malle. A Catholic boarding school hides Jewish boys in 1944. Golden Lion.
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11
The French Revolution (1989)
Robert Enrico and Richard T. Heffron. The bicentenary film, in two parts.
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