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Les Visituers aswell before I forget, which does show that some people in France have a sense of humour. Re-made into " Just Visiting" about 5 years ago.

Au reviour les enfants.

Fahrenheit 451

Alphaville & Week-End

Cach? (Hidden) - fantastic, and I'm currently waiting to see Haneke's American Funny Games remake. The original is one of the most uncomfortable films I've ever sat through.

Les Diaboliques
Diva
Vivement Dimanche! (Finally, Sunaday!)
Les Triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets Of Belleville)
All three of Luc Bessons 'Taxi' films
Le Fabuleux destin d'Am?lie Poulain (Amelie)
La Cit? des enfants perdus (The City Of Lost Children)
Angel-A

Why re-make Funny Games though? The original is malevolent, genuinely unsettling and intelligent and common sense tells you that American money will tend to lower the bar with respect to these.
Will they cast unknowns? If not you have preconceptions about the actors which means it won't work as effectively as the original.

AMAZING film and lighting, in which every shot could be a painted picture. I've noticed this about french films there's also one based around a swimming pool (yep with a cute bird) and one that includes a murder with a lesbian scene (shot bettter than any porn scene i've ever seen) and the women always wear stockings in that one too. I cant name ?them, can any1 help?

Depardieu has already been mentioned with Return Of Martin Guerre, but also worth watching are Danton, Tour Les Matin Du Monde and especially Cyrano De Bergerac.

How I could forget Amelie, Delicatessan, Farenheit 451 (in English, but French director), La Femme Nikita, Les Diaboliques . . .

Let's just say, there's more to French films than Gaulloise and Alain Delon.

Steve,
I love French films because they show that with a small budget, a talented actress like Brigitte Bardot and a good script then a masterpiece can be created. I am thinking of God Created Women directed bt Roger Vadim.
Mike Freeman.