Best French movies of 1990

Actors : Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Marc Duret, Anne Parillaud,
Directors : Luc Besson,

Convicted felon Nikita, instead of going to jail, is given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.

Actors : Jacques Dacqmine, Domiziana Giordano, Christophe Odent, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

Composed entirely by literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, Godard's film works as an allegory on film. The loose narrative tells about a ...

Actors : Gérard Lanvin, Patrick Chesnais, Marie-Sophie L., Annie Girardot,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie shows how the chaos of life ineluctably propels its characters towards violence and alienation.

Actors : Pierre Romans, Zbigniew Horoks, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Christian de Chalonge,

Based on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France ...

Actors : Marco Messeri, Sergio Castellitto, Marie Trintignant, Nino Manfredi,
Directors : Arthur Joffé,

A young Italian, living in Paris with his French wife, is about to become a father. Before the baby is born, Alberto must repay his father for every expense from his own birth until he left...