The best French films of the 1990s

After a decade of immense political and economic upheaval which transformed the face of Europe, French cinema staggered into the 1990s, weary and ill-equipped to cope with the threat posed by the Behemoth that was the American film industry.  But throughout this decade, French cinema was revitalised, partly through greater public funding, but primarily through an influx of new talent on both sides of the camera, and soon proved itself a worthy competitor to its American cousin.  The 1990s was the decade of the auteur, the fulfilment of the promise of the French New Wave, and was arguably the most exciting and diverse era in French cinema since the mid-1960s.   Here are some of the top movies that came out of France in this décade prodigieuse.

See also:   Best of the 1960s       Best of the 1970s       Best of the 1980s       Best of the 2000s