When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Meanwhile, in Indochina, France was suffering its first military defeats in its war against the Việt Minh, the rebel movement for independence.

Heaven & Earth
1993
6.7/10

Colette
2018
6.9/10

Final Portrait
2017
6.0/10

Waiting for the Barbarians
2019
5.9/10

The Killing Fields
1984
7.5/10

Niki
2024
6.2/10

Lee
2024
7.0/10

The Round Up
2010
7.5/10

Story of Women
1988
7.3/10

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
7.3/10

Madame Bovary
1991
6.3/10

Coco Before Chanel
2009
6.9/10

Les Misérables
1998
7.2/10

Audrey
2020
7.1/10

No Chains, No Masters
2024
6.6/10

Casualties of War
1989
7.1/10

Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
7.1/10

Love, Gilda
2018
7.2/10

A United Kingdom
2016
6.7/10

12 Years a Slave
2013
7.9/10
Fed Up
2014
7.34/10