The Battle of Algiers
La Grande Illusion
Pickpocket
Le Trou
Le Chat (The Cat)
En français, vous disez? Eh bien, voyons...
Litan (1982)
Malina (1991)
Irma Vep (1995)
Nuit noire (2005)
C’est Gradiva qui vous appelle (2006)
Nuit de chien (2008)
Holy Motors (2012)
L’étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps (2013)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Man Bites Dog
Amelie
Jean De Florette & Manon des Sources
Les 3 p’tits cochons 2
Incendies
Martyrs
Polytechnique ( I always feel weird listing this is a favourite, but I just think it was really well done)
Mesrine:Killer Instinct
Mesrine:Public Enemy #1
Both films @ 2008
My New Partner (Les Ripoux)
Heartbreaker (L'arnecouer)
Both movies are funny.
the wages of fear
diabolique
King of Hearts (1966)
Z (1969)
and yes, I do own both of these - King of Hearts on Blu-ray and Z on DVD
Seul contre tous (I Stand Alone)
C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog)
Irréversible
La grande illusion was one of my first Criterion DVDs iirc. These are all my 9/10+ rated French films:
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Ernest & Celestine (2012) - first saw it in French and then tried the English dub and couldn’t finish it.
Inside (2007) - warning to the sensitive!
Three Colors: Blue & White (1993 & 4) - still haven’t seen Red or Véronique. I know… I know…
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Diabolique (1955)