Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob often known as Rabbi Jacob, was directed by Gérard Oury and released in 1973. It is a French-Italian comedy film directed by Gérard Oury and starring Louis de Funès and Claude Giraud. The film has become a cult classic and is one of De Funès' most beloved and recognizable films.

Victor Pivert, a bigoted businessman, takes on the identity of a beloved Rabbi who is returning to France after 30 years to avoid Arab rebels and the police. There's a lot of French slapstick laughter here, as well as some reflections about racism and tolerance. It's one of France's most popular comedies, and it's also one of the most requested DVD releases in the United States. The film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Motion Picture in 1975.

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Running time: 100 minutes

Actors: Louis de Funès, Marcel Dalio, Miou-Miou, Claude Piéplu, nm0291979
Released: 1973
Directed by: Gérard Oury

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe is a 1972 French spy comedy film starring Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort, and Mireille Darc, directed by Yves Robert and written by Robert and Francis Veber. The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe was published in 1974 as a sequel. The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), starring Tom Hanks and Dabney Coleman, was a remake of the film in English.

In order to defend his position from a bureaucratic opponent, the chief of the French secret service (Jean Rochefort) pulls out a stranger, François Perrin (Pierre Richard), from a crowd in Paris and identifies him as a skilled spy who has to be constantly monitored. In actuality, François is a pleasant, though clumsy, classical musician, whose utter disregard for the agents observing him only adds to their suspicions that they are tracking a significant undercover spy.

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Running time: 90 minutes

Actors: Mireille Darc, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Blier, Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet
Released: 1972
Directed by: Yves Robert

The Dinner Game (French: Le Dîner de Cons; literally Dinner of Fools) is a French comedy film filmed and written by Francis Veber in 1998, based on his play Le Dîner de Cons. It was the highest-grossing French film of the year at the box office in France (second overall behind Titanic).

Pierre Brochant, a Parisian publisher, attends a monthly "idiots' dinner," where participants, largely his famous Parisian businesspeople acquaintances, are required to bring an "idiot" for ridicule by the other guests. The evening's "champion idiot" is chosen at the conclusion of the supper. The film received six nominations for the 1999 César Awards, winning three of them. Best Actor for Jacques Villeret, Best Supporting Actor for Daniel Prévost, and Best Screenplay for Francis Veber were among the awards it received.

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Running time: 80 minutes

Actors: Alexandra Vandernoot, Jacques Villeret, Thierry Lhermitte, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost
Released: 1998
Directed by: Francis Veber

Les Visiteurs (English: The Visitors) is a 1993 French fantasy comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré. A medieval knight and his servant seek a well-known magician to send them back in time in order to prevent father-in-law's accidental killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century and find themselves adrift in modern society in this comedy.

Les Visiteurs hit number one in France for a week, grossing 17.6 million French francs ($3.3 million), and stayed there for 10 weeks. With 13,782,846 ticket sales and revenue of $78 million, it remained at number one for another 7 weeks and was the highest-grossing picture in France in 1993. With a worldwide total of $98.8 million, it was the highest-grossing non-English language film that year. It is still the sixth highest-grossing French film of all time.

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Running time: 107 Minutes

Actors: Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Valérie Lemercier, Marie-Anne Chazel, Michel Peyrelon
Released: 1993
Directed by: Jean-Marie Poiré

The Intouchables (French: Intouchables) is a French buddy comedy-drama film directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano and released in the United Kingdom as Untouchable. The film follows a rich paraplegic (François Cluzet) who develops an odd connection with his caregiver (Omar Sy), who has recently been released from jail.

It became France's highest movie office blockbuster nine weeks after its debut on November 2, 2011, overtaking the 2008 picture Welcome to the Sticks. In a poll conducted by Fnac, the film was selected as the cultural event of 2011 in France with 52 percent of the vote. With 51.5 million tickets sold, it was the most-watched French film in the world until Lucy surpassed it in 2014.

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Running time: 112 minutes

Actors: Omar Sy, François Cluzet, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Joséphine de Meaux
Released: 2011
Directed by: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano

Jacques Tati's comedy film Mon Oncle (My Uncle) was released in 1958. Monsieur Hulot, a socially awkward but endearing figure, is the central character in the film, and his quixotic fight with postwar France's obsession with contemporary architecture, mechanical efficiency, and consumerism is the central theme.

Mon Oncle was the first of Tati's films to be released in color, and it received more awards than any of Tati's other cinematic works, including an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film. With 4,576,928 admissions in France, the film was another great hit for Tati.

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Running time: 120 minutes (French); 111 minutes (English)

Actors: Yvonne Arnaud, Jean-Pierre Zola, Jean-François Martial, Betty Schneider, Lucien Frégis
Released: 1958
Directed by: Jacques Tati

Francis Veber wrote and directed the 2001 French comedy film The Closet (French: Le placard). It's about a man who, with the help of his neighbor, spreads rumors about his fake homosexuality in order to avoid being fired from his job.

In France, the film grossed an estimated $25 million from over 5 million admissions. After Amélie and La Vérité si je mens!, it was the third highest-grossing film in France in 2001. Stephen Holden of the New York Times called it "giddy social comedy" and "a classic French farce" and added, "What's so liberating about The Closet is its refusal to walk on politically correct eggshells. The target of its blunt lusty humor is as much exaggerated political correctness and the panic it can engender as it is bigotry."

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Running time: 84 minutes

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Jean Rochefort, Alexandra Vandernoot, Michèle Laroque
Released: 2001
Directed by: Francis Veber

The Chef (French: Comme un chef) is a French comedy film directed by Daniel Cohen and starring Jean Reno and Michal Youn that was released in 2012. Jean Reno, a beloved French actor who has appeared in over 80 films, has navigated both Hollywood blockbusters (The Da Vinci Code, Mission Impossible) and American indies like Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret.

Star chef Alexandre Lagarde (Jean Reno) is fighting to keep his multi-starred restaurant, Cargo Lagarde, surviving, and is at odds with the new CEO/owner, Stanislas Matter (Julien Boisselier), who wants to replace him with a young trendy chef who specializes in the newest craze of molecular gastronomy. In 2012, the film made its world premiere at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.

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Running time: 84 minutes

Actors: Jean Reno, Santiago Segura, Julien Boisselier, Michaël Youn, Serge Larivière
Released: 2012
Directed by: Daniel Cohen

La Cage aux Folles (also known as Birds of a Feather) is a 1978 comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro. It is based on Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name. It stars Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault as a homosexual couple who own a drag nightclub in a French resort town, Rémi Laurent as the former's son, and Michel Galabru and Carmen Scarpitta as the ultra-conservative parents of his new fiancée.

It was a huge commercial success, becoming one of the most successful foreign-language films ever released in the United States. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director (Molinaro), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Costume Design. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Running time: 91 minutes

Actors: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Venantino Venantini, Carlo Reali
Released: 1978
Directed by: Édouard Molinaro

Welcome to the Sticks (French: Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis) is a 2008 French comedy film directed by Dany Boon and co-written by him, starring Kad Merad and Boon himself. Until The Intouchables, the film was the highest-grossing French film of all time at the box office in France (2011).

The film follows Philippe Abrams manages a post office in southern France. He's married to Julie, who is depressed and makes life difficult for him. Philippe plans to be transferred to the French Riviera in order to make her happy. However, his plan backfires, and he is instead assigned to Bergues, a tiny village in northern France. He leaves his family behind to temporarily live there, strongly prejudiced against this cold and unpleasant area, with the definite intention of immediately returning.

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Running time: 106 minutes

Actors: Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Michel Galabru, Line Renaud, Philippe Duquesne
Released: 2008
Directed by: Dany Boon