Special charm, sophistication and refinement, funny and fascinating scenes, unforgettable adventures, eccentric heroes, sparkling humor and funny jokes ... All of these are comedies made according to the best traditions of French cinema.
Your attention is the twenty best French comedies in the opinion of the editors of the portal!
Here are these wonderful movies:
20. 4 Musketeers Charlot (1973)
Funny parody story based on the famous novel by Alexander Dumas.
It turns out that in fact, all the musketeers and their faithful friend D'Artagnan, all of the amazing feats, brave and courageous acts, were committed by their ... servants!
It was the members of the so-called Charlot Group: Planchet, Bazin, Grimaud and Musketen who were direct participants of the incredible events described in the legendary literary creation ...
19. Man Orchestra (1970)
Ballet impresario Evan Evans is very strict in ensuring that no girl from his dance troupe has contact with the opposite sex.
The man is firmly convinced that this can badly affect them, and therefore his work. But during the next tour, the unexpected happens: a child, supposedly his own grandson, is thrown to the tyrant Evans.
The newly-grandfather has no choice but to take custody of this baby on tour. Suddenly, another baby appears. Well, how can you not go crazy?
18. 1+1 (2011)
The life of a successful businessman Philip is changing dramatically after a terrible accident. Being confined to a wheelchair, he is forced to hire a nurse, or rather, a nurse.
So in the house of a rich man is a young African immigrant, just released from prison. This funny and funny guy becomes for Philip not only a reliable helper, but also a loyal friend - a person thanks to whom the life of a crippled businessman again begins to acquire meaning ...
17. Escape (1978)
Going to a meeting with a client sentenced to the death penalty, lawyer Duroc could not even think what it would be for him in the end.
Not only did he unwittingly become a member of the prison escape, which was organized by his defendant Marcel Golar, so in addition to this, almost all of the French police are now looking for him.
Hiding from law enforcement, the main character now and then gets into funny comedic situations ...
16. Taxi (1998)
The main passion in the life of a taxi driver Daniel - speed. Day after day, he is like a hurricane sweeping through the streets of his native city on his super-powerful Peugeot, frightening passers-by and horrifying his passengers.
Not surprisingly, because of this way of driving a man had problems with the law. And now, in order to settle them, Daniel is forced to agree to a deal with the police: to help catch a gang of robbers in the elusive Mercedes.
15. To the left of the elevator (1988)
The main characters are Jan and Boris - artists who also live in the neighborhood.
Once timid, Jan decides to invite to himself a gorgeous lady, whom he met at the opening day. And now, when the hour of their meeting is quite close, something unpredictable happens: after another quarrel with the young wife, the jealous Boris leaves, loudly slamming the door behind him.
It seems to be nothing unusual, except that his beloved in lingerie alone remained at the closed doors. And now the poor girl has nothing left but to seek asylum from her neighbor Jan ...
14. The game of four hands (1980)
Until recently, the charming speculator - Amour Case Specialist Alexander Dupre was incredibly lucky.
The rich widows almost lined up for him, and with a sweet smile he gracefully “squeezed out” money from them.
Nothing foreshadowed trouble until ... the main character was involved in an international espionage business ...
13. Papas (1983)
Christina Martin had a very stormy youth. Therefore, when the 17-year-old son Tristan escaped from her, she didn’t think of anything better than asking for help from her former lover, and not just one, but two at once: the humble teacher Francois Pinjon and the criminal journalist Jean Luc.
And in order to add more "enthusiasm" to men, she told everyone that Tristan was their joint son, the fact of which she had been hiding for many years ... And now her former friends, and now his worst enemies, will have to go together in search of her unlucky "son" ...
12. The Great Walk (1966)
Summer ... World War II ... Escaping from death, the three British pilots leave the wrecked bomber and agree to meet in a designated place after some time.
Soon one of them makes a landing on the roof of the house of the Parisian painter Augustin Bouvet. The second is in the apartment of the chief conductor of the Paris Grand Opera, and the third is in the local zoo, right in the pond with seals.
From this moment on, the main characters begin incredible, sometimes very dangerous, but almost always incredibly funny and funny adventures ...
11. Wing or leg (1976)
Almost every institution of this type dreams of getting into the pages of the annual guide-guide to restaurants.
That's just to make it very difficult.
The fact is that its compiler, dear Monsieur Dueschemen, is personally checking all Parisian restaurants, each time trying to stay unnoticed ...
10. Customs gives the go-ahead (2011)
The film tells about the adventures of two short-handed, working at customs. One of them is a Belgian, the second is a Frenchman.
These two just can not tolerate each other, but still have to work together.
Moreover, these unfortunate partners will soon have to take part in one very dangerous and risky operation, for the successful implementation of which they will have to become best friends ...
9. 99 francs (2007)
As for the creation of commercials, here the genius of the creative Octave has no equal in the whole world. He easily manages to create real "masterpieces" of advertising.
It seems that he has everything you can dream of: huge money, fame, attention of women, expensive clothes and accessories.
But now there is no real happiness: there are only liars and hypocrites around, the beloved has gone to another, and the work just got fed up. Well, how can you not fly off the coils?
8. Gendarme of Saint-Tropez (1964)
After the promotion, the brave gendarme Kryusho moves together with his beautiful daughter Nicole to the small cozy town of Saint-Tropez.
The man immediately pleases the local guardians of the law, and they gladly accept him into their circle. That's just their euphoria does not last long.
Kinky and sometimes not quite adequate Kryusho violently rushes to the protection of the law, even in cases where it is completely inappropriate.
Hiding behind good intentions, gendarme Kryusho completely deprived the residents of a modest resort town: he decided to hunt for nudists, then he decided to catch dangerous criminals - he would always have something to do ...
7. Amelie (2001)
Our world is so beautiful and mysterious that it is unlikely to ever be able to solve it to the end.
Just think: one small, completely innocuous and innocent, at first glance, event can drastically turn someone’s world, change destiny and influence the future.
One act of a modest girl can marvelously affect the lives of many people, moreover, give them joy and happiness.
This amazing girl name is Amelie Poulain. She came to this world to make it brighter and more interesting ...
6. Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999)
Before the strength and power of Caesar bowed almost the whole of Europe. Only one small village in Gaul decided to challenge the great commander.
Her brave inhabitants are sure that they will be able to defeat him, because they have a secret weapon - a drink of strength brewed by the wise druid Panoraomiks.
At the head of the struggle with the formidable ruler decide to put the true friends of Asterix and Obelix ...
5. Unlucky (1981)
There are people who have no luck in life.
As it turned out, one of those unlucky is the daughter of the president of a very large company. Having gone to Latin America, the girl managed to get into slavery to the local gangsters.
Trying to save his native blood, the father decides to send in the footsteps of the daughter of his subordinate - a very unlucky guy named Perrin ...
4. Aliens 2: Time Corridors (1998)
A brilliant and sparkling comedy on the subject of time travel.
Finally, getting out of the distant future, the gallant Count De Montmirail wanted to breathe a sigh of relief. But it turned out that the hero accidentally took with him in the Middle Ages the wrong person: instead of a rogue Zhakuya, his descendant fell into the past, and thereby influenced reality.
Now the earl urgently needs to fix everything, otherwise he will not see his marriage to her beloved and ... who knows what else? After all, time travel is an unpredictable process ...
3. Between the Angel and the Demon (1995)
Successful businessman Antoine agrees to help his old army friend from Hong Kong bring a Chinese boy to his mother in Paris.
Naturally, not only out of the goodness of his soul, but for a considerable monetary reward.
Upon arrival in China, the main character learns that his friend is killed by local mafia. And soon after that, a bloody hunt begins on him ...
2. The Toy (1976)
By chance the unemployed journalist Francois Perrin becomes ... a living toy for the young heir to a multi-million dollar state. He manages to get used to the role of a big naughty child.
Together with his ward, the protagonist is having fun, carelessly playing tricks and sometimes arranging a real “children's chaos”.
But here comes the time to finish this whole "performance". But how to do that? If you became the only truly close person for the little lad ...
1. The Aliens (1993)
Because of the mistake of one wizard, the valiant knight, known as the brave Count Godfroy de Montmiray, does not fall into the past (as he wanted), but to his distant future — to his distant relatives.
Together with him to France in 1993, the servant Zhakuy falls. However, the future is not very friendly meets these two and promises the heroes a lot of funny adventures and difficult trials ...
And what are the most interesting and funny French comedies that would be worth adding to our rating, do you know? Share the names of these pictures in the comments!
