| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 102 | Martyrs | 2008 | Pascal Laugier | France | Splatter | Sadistic Horror, New French Extremity, Psychological Horror, Home Invasion, Body Horror, Psychological Drama | 292 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 165 | À l’intérieur | 2007 | Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury | France | Splatter | Sadistic Horror, New French Extremity, Home Invasion, Psychological Horror | 220 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 167 | Haute tension | 2003 | Alexandre Aja | France | Slasher | New French Extremity, Splatter, Home Invasion, Sadistic Horror, Psychological Horror, LGBTQ | 186 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 268 | Grave | 2016 | Julia Ducournau | France | Body Horror | Coming-of-Age, Cannibal, New French Extremity, Black Comedy, Family Drama, Psychological Drama | 157 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 367 | Maniac | 2012 | Franck Khalfoun | France | Slasher | Psychological Horror, Splatter, Sadistic Horror, New French Extremity | 64 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 451 | Trouble Every Day | 2001 | Claire Denis | France | Drama | Cannibal, New French Extremity, Psychological Drama, Erotic Thriller | 63 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 483 | The Substance | 2024 | Coralie Fargeat | USA | Body Horror | Satire, Science Fiction, Black Comedy, Splatter, Psychological Thriller, New French Extremity, Psychological Horror, Gross-Out Comedy, Horror Comedy | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 518 | Irréversible | 2002 | Gaspar Noé | France | Psychological | New French Extremity, Crime, Drama, Psychological Horror, Rape and Revenge, Experimental, Thriller, Postmodernism, Sadistic Horror | 41 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 555 | Revenge | 2017 | Coralie Fargeat | France | Thriller | Rape and Revenge, New French Extremity, Splatter, Survival | 54 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 599 | Frontière(s) | 2007 | Xavier Gens | France | Splatter | Sadistic Horror, New French Extremity, Cannibal, Satire | 64 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 620 | La piel que habito | 2011 | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Melodrama, Body Horror, Science Fiction, New French Extremity, Psychological Drama | 62 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 627 | Calvaire | 2004 | Fabrice Du Welz | Belgium | Psychological | Psychological Horror, New French Extremity, Hixploitation, Sadistic Horror, Black Comedy, Psychological Drama | 52 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 686 | Titane | 2021 | Julia Ducournau | France | Body Horror | New French Extremity, Psychological Drama, Family Drama, Magical Realism, LGBTQ, Crime, Black Comedy, Queer Cinema | 46 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 700 | Climax | 2018 | Gaspar Noé | France | Psychological | Dance Film, Psychological Horror, Chamber Film, New French Extremity, Drugsploitation, Music, Experimental, LGBTQ | 40 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 750 | Dans ma peau | 2002 | Marina de Van | France | Psychological | Psychological Drama, New French Extremity, Body Horror, Psychological Horror | 41 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 1188 | Livide | 2011 | Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury | France | Vampire | Haunted House, Splatter, New French Extremity, Fantasy | 17 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 1342 | Sheitan | 2006 | Kim Chapiron | France | Comedy | Black Comedy, New French Extremity, Hixploitation, Psychological Horror | 18 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 1893 | Alléluia | 2014 | Fabrice du Welz | Belgium | Psychological | New French Extremity, Crime, Psychological Drama, Psychological Thriller, Romance | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 19 | 2073 | Seul contre tous | 1998 | Gaspar Noé | France | Psychological | Psychological Drama, New French Extremity, Black Comedy, Crime, Foto Film, Postmodernism | 9 | IMDb ↗ |
| 20 | 2441 | MadS | 2024 | David Moreau | France | Zombie | Epidemic, Drugsploitation, Disaster, New French Extremity | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 21 | 2809 | Alpha | 2025 | Julia Ducournau | France | Psychological | Psychological Drama, Epidemic, Family Drama, Coming-of-Age, Body Horror, Melodrama, New French Extremity, Surrealism, Science Fiction | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 22 | 6186 | Malgré la nuit | 2015 | Philippe Grandrieux | France | Drama | Romance, Mystery, Psychological Drama, Psychological Thriller, Erotic Thriller, New French Extremity | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.