It is difficult to disagree with the statement that the best wines, high fashion and funny comedies can only be found in France. Old French comedies are the standard of world cinema. They can’t catch it even with a variety of new effects, the discovery of stellar names in the cinema and the invention of digital technologies, significantly changing the image quality. With what it is connected - the fact that the French opened the cinema, or with a special angle of view peculiar only to them, which makes it possible to see ridiculous sides even in the most sad events - cannot even be explained by psychologists who deal with the problems of the influence of cinema on the human psyche. So, a list of the best French comedies.
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Best French Romantic Comedies: List
Any French comedy can be safely assigned to the category of romantic films, even if there are shootings, bandits or hired killers, because, despite the famously twisted plot and ridiculous situations, these are primarily films about wonderful human feelings.
"That awkward moment" - A comedy without vulgar jokes and embarrassing situations about love between a mature man and the daughter of his friend.
French Divorce - a colorful and funny film about the stay in Paris of the spouses who decided to divorce, because the spouse wants to create a new family, but they still have not lived together for a long time.
"Random novel" - with Audrey Tautou and Natalie Bay.
"Laughter for the sake of" - with Ornella Muti in the title role.
"Living together" - with Guy Bedos, Daniel Bruhl, Geraldine Chaplin from the popular director Stefan Robeli.
In the United States, several attempts have been made to re-shoot films known in France, transforming the plot to American perception. But they never managed to get such a successful combination of funny episodes, great acting and light irony, no matter what funds were used in the remixes budget and no matter what stars were shot in them.
The funniest wedding movies
French cinema is characterized by irony over wedding prejudices and commonplace prejudices, which is combined with a subtle understanding of the importance of the moment, especially at a very young age. Unlike American comedies, there are rarely chases with cakes and abductions of the newlyweds by fatal villains. But, despite all the obstacles and difficulties, as befits a real comedy about a wedding, lovers invariably achieve their goal and end up together for life. To say that the comedies shot in this country about pre-wedding chases, troubles and misunderstandings are not romantic, would mean lying, because they are always full of high feelings, subtle irony and love relationships, and can make the simplest family evening unforgettable:
Crazy Wedding, banned from showing in the United States, where Christian Xavier plays the role of a rich father, who is negro, Chinese, Arab and Jewish. This is a very funny and funny movie.
“Marry two days” - A fun and dynamic film about a girl in whose family all marriages end in divorce, so she decides to outwit fate and enter into a fictitious marriage.
“If I were a man” - about turning an unfortunate bride into a real man.
“The groom for two” - about the difficult choice between two girls.
"Festive commotion" - about an attempt to organize a modern wedding in a medieval castle.
Since the time of the immortal comedy by Beaumarchais about the wedding of Figaro, which was played on the stage - it is the story of lovers who overcome obstacles to their union - always one of the most popular story plexus.
Old French comedies: a list of the best
Subtle, sophisticated humor, based on the inherent ability of the French to see funny even in sad situations and to irony over the most difficult situations, is the main secret why comedies from France can be recommended for a wonderful family evening.
- Gorgeous, Monster and Incorrigible with Belmondo;
- Little Bather, Mania of Greatness, Orchestra Man, Oscar and Razinj with Louis de Funes;
- Great walk with Bourville and de Funes;
- Amarcord from the ingenious Federico Fellini;
- American night from the equally brilliant director Truffaut;
- Fantomas with Jean Mare;
- Fanfan Tulip with Gerard Philippe;
- Skloka from the inimitable Claude Zidi;
- Lightly pregnant with Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni;
- Feel free to run with Jean Rochefort from the famous comedian director Yves Robert.
The main means of creating a comic effect are human flaws and obstacles that they can create in the way of the reunion of two hearts. But in old comedies, the love line is often not the main, but the side line, and all the main effects are based on chases, tricks and the text of the main characters.
The best films of 70-80 years
Perhaps the secret of success, which films of the 70-80s invariably use, is hidden in the names of the brilliant actors who marked this stellar period, and only in this way it can be explained:
- “Four-handed game” with the incomparable and inimitable Belmondo;
- “Discover, the police,” with the already middle-aged but still magnificent Philippe Noire;
- "Banzai", where Kolyush played brilliantly;
- “Fugitives” with Depardieu and Richard (no excellent epithets are enough here);
- “Daddies”, with the same great acting duet;
- "Umbrella Trick" is one of Pierre Richard's best comedies;
- "Toy", with him, a masterpiece of ironic comedy with a touch of sadness;
- "Tall Blond in a Black Boot" with Richard as the charming Gregoire Leconte;
- Do not lose sight, filmed in 1975 an enchanting film in the genre of action pursuit;
- "4 musketeers" with the inimitable comic quartet Charlot.
The paradox of the French is that in any period in the history of cinema, their comedies are always in the ranking of the most popular in those countries where they listen to the text of the film and watch the game of the actors employed in it, rather than laugh at rude jokes designed for the most base instincts.
New modern french comedies
The modern comedic genre of the French has undergone certain transformations. This happened because most of the world-famous stars who "made" the best comedy in France worldwide were the comedy of French production, aged and stopped filming.
However, glorious traditions do not disappear anywhere, and a lot of comedies are shot. In 2017, the following tapes were released:
- “Super Alibi,” directed by Philip Lachio, who played the lead role in the film;
- Crazy Neighbors with Christian Clavier;
- “Mission to the Basque Country” by Louis Bernard;
- "My Chicken," filmed by Frederic Forestier;
- "Family Heist" starring Jean Reno, a brilliantly realized film directed by Pascal Bourdio.
Film critics noted that these films are worthy of the glorious traditions of French cinema, and in many respects correspond to the high level of comism and artistry that is always expected from films made in this country.
Top 10 most popular
Old French films still enjoy the great love of true connoisseurs of cinema, but in the Top 10 new films are already being gradually attracted.
- “Between an angel and a demon” - 1995;
- "Toy" - 1976;
- “Aliens” - 1993;
- “99 francs” - 2007;
- "Game of 4 hands" - 1980;
- Unlucky - 1981;
- Crazy Wedding - 2014;
- "Amelie" - 2001;
- "Wasabi" - 2001;
- "Taxi" - 1998-2008, 4 parts.
This is a list based on audience polls, but there are also ratings by box office, the number of views on Internet sites, and, of course, a personal rating of each fan of real French cinema. And there are a couple of billion in the world.
