If you are a fan of funny French comedies, or just want to please yourself with a light, funny film - choose any picture from the rating of the top 20 best French comedies. The list includes good pictures since 2000, which are worth seeing for everyone.
An exception was made only for the movie "Taxi", since three of its sequels were included in our list and it would be strange to mention them without the masterpiece of the first part.
20. My worst nightmare (2011)
KinoSearch: 6.42 out of 10
IMDB: 6.00 out of 10
Genre: comedy, melodrama
Producer: Anne Fontaine
Music: Bruno Kule
Duration: 99 minutes
Agatha lives with her husband and son in a luxurious apartment in front of the Luxembourg Gardens. Patrick lives with his son in a van. She is a successful, intelligent woman, and he is interrupted by odd jobs and is not averse to kissing the bottle.
However, the children of Patrick and Agatha become very friendly, and such different people also willy-nilly have to communicate and resolve conflicts, bringing to life the phrase "opposites attract."
19. Festive Trouble (2017)
KinoSearch: 6.57 out of 10
IMDB: 6.80 out of 10
Genre: comedy, drama, melodrama
Producer: Olivier Nakash, Eric Toledano
Music: Avishai Cohen
Duration: 117 minutes
Max, a seasoned event planner, has worked for hundreds of parties, but his biggest challenge is to host a grand wedding in a 17th century castle. Everything is under his leadership - from cooks and waiters to musicians and photographers. How can something go wrong?
Watch this comedy film to understand the unique French perspective on how to host wedding parties.
18. Taxi 4 (2007)
KinoSearch: 6.75 out of 10
IMDB: 5.60 out of 10
Genre: comedy, action, crime
Producer: Gerard Kravchik
Music: Romaric Lawrence, Maste, Da Octopuss
Duration: 91 minutes
Although there are fewer spectacular chases in the fourth part, some moments remain unchanged from the first "Taxi". This is the silly Commissioner Gibert, the charming police officer Petra, and, of course, the inseparable couple of the main characters - Emilien and Daniel.
Of course, there is also a high-quality visual series, and a soundly twisted plot and good humor, because this is what we expect from maestro Luc Besson, right?
17. Only after you! (2003)
KinoSearch: 6.88 out of 10
IMDB: 6.50 out of 10
Genre: comedy, melodrama
Producer: Pierre Salvadori
Music: Camille Bazbaz
Duration: 110 minutes
Ancient Chinese wisdom says: if you saved a person's life, you are responsible for him until the end of your days. Did the good-natured Antoine know her when he saved the life of a stranger who decided to commit suicide?
This we will not find out, but we will find out how Antoine decided to change the fate of the hopelessly in love and indecisive Louis for the better, and what came of it.
16. Chef (2012)
KinoSearch: 7.01 out of 10
IMDB: 6.70 out of 10
Genre: comedy
Producer: Daniel Cohen
Music: Nikola Piovani
Duration: 85 minutes
It's a mouth-watering story in every sense of the vicissitudes of becoming a young chef (Mikael Yun). And how perseverance and excitement of youth can change the preferences of the current king of the kitchen, whose role was brilliantly played by Jean Reno.
Director Daniel Cohen approached his work so responsibly that before filming began, he met with famous "kitchen masters" such as Alain Passard, Alain Ducasse and Pierre Gagnier. They gave Cohen a lot of practical advice to make the picture as authentic as possible.
And Mikael Yun took lessons at the school of cookery of the famous French chef Alain Ducasse.
15. Understudy (2006)
KinoSearch: 7.03 out of 10
IMDB: 6.60 out of 10
Genre: comedy, drama
Producer: Francis Weber
Music: Alexander Desplat
Duration: 85 minutes
It's good to be one of the richest people in the world. So thought Pierre Lavaser, married to the beautiful Christine, who owned a controlling stake in his company. It is clear that Pierre's plans to divorce his wife were not included.
However, clever paparazzi photographed Pierre with his mistress, top model Elena. And now, in order not to be thrown out not only from the family nest, but also from the list of the rich, Lavaser will have to prove that another person is Elena's lover.
14. Customs gives the go-ahead (2010)
KinoSearch: 7.08 out of 10
IMDB: 6.40 out of 10
Genre: comedy
Producer: Dani Boone
Music: Philip Rombie
Duration: 108 minutes
On the border between France and Belgium, two customs officers carry out their routine duty. The Frenchman makes fun of the Belgian, the Belgian fiercely hates the Frenchman.
But at the behest of their superiors, they have to become the first united international crew, which must catch smugglers and other violators. And here we are waiting for ... no, not a bloody drama, but a funny comedy about the best customs officers of French cinema.
13. Women from the 6th floor (2010)
KinoSearch: 7.10 out of 10
IMDB:7, 10 out of 10
Genre: comedy
Producer: Philippe Le Guet
Music: Jorge Arriagada
Duration: 102 minutes
The prim and restrained Paris of the 60s also has a place for fun and vivid emotions. A wealthy stockbroker, Jean-Louis, finds out that the upstairs apartment is occupied by poor, but soulful and charming Spanish women.
A different culture, a different language and an atmosphere of mutual assistance become a breath of fresh air for Jean-Louis in his measured but boring life.
12. Taxi 3 (2003)
KinoSearch: 7.14 out of 10
IMDB: 5.80 out of 10
Genre: comedy, action, crime
Producer: Gerard Kravchik
Music: DJ Kore, DJ Skalp
Duration: 84 minutes
Among the list of the best French comedy films, there are already four parts of Taxi. It's funny that they rank from the worst rated fourth part to a good third, excellent second and just great first.
In Taxi 3, taxi driver Daniel and police officer Emilien have to go out to battle against a gang of Santa Claus. Mischievous grandfathers in red fur coats do not deliver gifts, but take them away, and such an evil must be punished, and with maximum speed.
11. My best friend (2006)
KinoSearch: 7.41 out of 10
IMDB:6.70 out of 10
Genre: comedy
Producer: Patrice Lecomte
Music: Xavier Dermelyak
Duration: 94 minutes
A wealthy and lonely art connoisseur, François makes a bet with his business partner Catherine. A valuable Greek vase is at stake. The conditions for the bet are simple: François will receive a vase if he can introduce Catherine to his best friend.
10. Chameleon (2001)
KinoSearch: 7.44 out of 10
IMDB: 7 out of 10
Genre: comedy
Producer: Francis Weber
Music: Vladimir Kosma
Duration: 84 minutes
You can't do anything to stay at your favorite job. Here is a kind, modest, but completely inconspicuous accountant Francois Pignon, having learned that he was threatened with dismissal, decided to change his orientation. In the beginning, his plan even worked, so who in Europe would dare to fire a gay man in order to be considered politically incorrect?
However, Pignon did not know that rumors of his "reincarnation" would entail a whole series of funny situations in which he would have to prove himself a real man.
9. Taxi 2 (2000)
KinoSearch: 7.61 out of 10
IMDB: 6.50 out of 10
Genre: comedy, action, crime
Producer: Gerard Kravchik
Music: Al Khemya
Duration: 88 minutes
The sequel to the cult comedy by Luc Besson brought together two friends again - the right policeman Emilien and the reckless taxi driver Daniel. Their lot will be the fight against the yakuza, the protection of the Japanese minister and, of course, adrenaline racing through the streets of Marseille.
8. Beaver to pity! (2008)
KinoSearch: 7.63 out of 10
IMDB: 7.10 out of 10
Genre: comedy, melodrama
Producer: Dani Boone
Music: Philip Rombie
Duration: 106 minutes
That's how you dream of transferring to the Cote d'Azur, and then, due to one small mistake, you find yourself in a harsh northern city near Dunkirk, inhabited by people who speak an incomprehensible language - French. And then, as they say, "the dog got into the wheel - so run food." All the more so that the "hirks" turn out to be hospitable, open-minded and generally the nicest people.
While watching "Beaver to Piss", many viewers feel nostalgia for Soviet cinema. With him the funniest French comedy is similar in its kind and understandable old and small humor, no jokes "below the belt".
7. Little Nicolas (2009)
KinoSearch: 7.68 out of 10
IMDB: 7.20 out of 10
Genre: comedy, family
Producer: Laurent Tirard
Music: Klaus Badelt
Duration: 91 minutes
In the family of Joaquim, a friend of Nicolas, a joyful event will soon happen - he will have a brother. It’s joyful, it’s joyful, only the parents have ceased to pay as much attention to Joaquim as before. And there are strange changes in their behavior: mom and dad have become very nice to each other, and dad even throws out the trash himself.
And now Nicolas notices these same warning signs in his family. What will happen now? An unwanted child will be taken to a dark forest and left there forever? We'll have to act decisively, because there should be only one child left in the family!
But don't worry or take your kids away from the screens. "Little Nicolas" is a very kind and bright movie about childhood fears, dreams and expectations. About the tendency to exaggerate everything and about cute, laid-back and such adorable tomboy, in which every adult can easily recognize himself.
6. Trio from Belleville (2003)
KinoSearch: 7.69 out of 10
IMDB: 7.80 out of 10
Genre: comedy, cartoon
Producer: Sylvain Chaumé
Music: Benoit Chare
Duration: 78 minutes
That one of the best French comedies of all time is not a movie but a cartoon makes it even more interesting in terms of animation. Yes, she is very unusual and specific in the "Trio", with the caricature of what is happening. And as a matter of fact, the picture “speaks” instead of the dialogues of the characters, in this movie there is very little conversation at all.
At the center of the action is a boy named Champion who loves to ride a bike and participates in the Tour de France race. However, during the competition, the boy is kidnapped, and his grandmother, along with the faithful dog Bruno, hurries to help her grandson.
5. Unlucky (2003)
KinoSearch: 7.74 out of 10
IMDB: 7.10 out of 10
Genre: comedy, crime
Producer: Francis Weber
Music: Marco Prinz
Duration: 85 minutes
It is not enough to steal money from the mafia, you also need to be able to use it. The cold-blooded bandit Ruby (Jean Reno), who has gone to prison, thinks about only this. Having met the simple-minded big man Quentin (Gerard Depardieu), Ruby devotes him to his plans, and now the partners have to get out into the wild and get to the money in the cache.
And also - to deal with the former companions of Ruby, who are to blame for the death of his girlfriend.
4. Taxi (1998)
KinoSearch: 7.89 out of 10
IMDB: 7 out of 10
Genre: comedy, action, crime
Producer: Gerard Pires
Music: Akhenaten
Duration: 86 minutes
Speed fan Daniel works as a taxi driver and rushes in his modified Peugeot through the streets of Marseille. He hates the police, and mocks them at every opportunity.
Police officer Emilien is a fan of the law, but he does not know how to drive a car at all, and cannot even pass on his license.
What do these two people have in common? The need to stop the gang in Mercedes, which deftly escapes any pursuit.
3. Artist (2011)
KinoSearch: 7.94 out of 10
IMDB: 7.90 out of 10
Genre: comedy, melodrama, drama
Producer: Michelle Hazanavicius
Music: Ludovic Bours
Duration: 96 minutes
The beautiful extra Pippi Miller is hopelessly in love with 1920s silent film star George Valentine.He yearns for fame and does not want to speak into the microphone on the set, and she is rapidly gaining popularity in the talkie. And only love can reconcile these two.
2. Amelie (2001)
KinoSearch: 7.99 out of 10
IMDB: 8.30 out of 10
Genre: comedy, melodrama
Producer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Music: Yann Tiersen
Duration: 122 minutes
It is arguably the most famous French comedy of the 21st century with a high rating. The story of the charming and unusual Amelie living in the world of her fantasies is fascinating and very kind to the audience. There is no black humor, no jokes below the belt, there is only fabulousness and positiveness.
And this film also allows us to remember the simple joys of life, which we usually forget about in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. For example, let the "pancakes" go through the water. You also did this as a child?
1. 1+1 (2011)
KinoSearch: 8.80 out of 10
IMDB: 8.50 out of 10
Genre: comedy, drama, biography
Producer: Olivier Nakash, Eric Toledano
Music: Ludovico Einaudi
Duration: 112 minutes
The best French comedy of recent years follows the example of many of its "colleagues". Namely, it combines the incongruous, in this case the rich white aristocrat Philip, who found himself in a wheelchair, and the black youth Driss, who was recently released from prison.
"1 + 1" can and should be watched by the whole family. After all, watching the formation of friendship between the main characters is interesting, touching and even instructive for the younger generation.
There is something unique about French comedies. Witty and not evil humor, the presence in the frame of graceful women and charismatic, but at the same time not closet-like men in physique. French cinema does not focus on special effects, it is more for the soul and mind than for the eyes. French comedy cinema has given the world such famous actors as Louis de Funes and Pierre Richard.