The films of Le Splendid or with Louis de Funès are among the favorites of the French, reveals a new study carried out by Paris Match and the IFOP.
The French like comedies featuring members of Splendid or Louis de Funès. This is the conclusion of a new survey conducted by the weekly Paris Match and the IFOP institute, which this week reveals the ranking of the French public’s favorite comedies.
According to this survey carried out among a sample of 1,000 people aged at least 18 years old, and representative of the national population, the favorite comedy of the French is without surprise The Big Mop by Gérard Oury, with Louis de Funès and Bourvil, remained the greatest success of French cinema for more than forty years.
The rest of the top 5 alternates comedies from Splendid and pranks with Louis de Funès: Tanned people go skiing thus occupies second place, Le Corniaud the third, Santa Claus is trash the fourth and The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob the fifth. More surprising is the sixth film in the ranking.
The triumph of Artus
Released in May 2024, and has since become the 9th biggest success in French cinema, A little something extra d’Artus won in front of Visitors (7e), Welcome to the Ch’tis (8th) and two classics by Louis de Funès: The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez (9th) and Cabbage soup (10th).
This feel good comedy, performed by actors with disabilities, follows two thugs on the run who hide in the middle of a summer camp for young people with mental disabilities. This meeting will turn their lives upside down. The film should continue its great story by landing Cesar nominations at the end of the month.
The rest of the ranking gives pride of place to great successes of French cinema whose lines have become cult over the years: The Gunslingers (11e), Wing or thigh (13e), The Crazy Cage (15e), The Three Brothers (16e), The Grand Restaurant (18e), Grandpa resists (19th) and Hibernate (23e).
However, comedies released in the 21st century remain in the minority. What have we done to the good Lord? occupies 12th place and is ahead Asterix and Obelix Mission Cleopatra (17th). Recent comedies also include The Truth if I lie (24th) and the only film from Les Nuls, The City of Fear (25e).
Pierre Richard’s burlesque and fanciful humor is also well represented with The Goat (20th) and The tall blond with a black shoe (21st). We finally find two black comedies by Etienne Chatiliez: Life is a long quiet river (14e) and Aunty Danielle (22e).
Coluche, the French’s favorite comic
This survey is supplemented by two rankings of the French’s favorite comics. The first, dedicated to deceased personalities, crowns Coluche ahead of Bourvil (2nd) and Louis de Funès (3rd). Died in October 2024, Michel Blanc is the fourth favorite actor of the French, ahead of the inexorable Fernandel (5th).
The rest of the top 10 brings together Jacques Villeret (6th), Michel Serrault (7th), Michel Galabru (8th), Jean Lefebvre (9th) and Jacqueline Maillan (10th). The theater actress, known to young people for her role in Grandpa resistsis the only woman in the ranking with Anémone (18th).
The rest of the top salutes personalities like Jean Carmet (11th), Jean Rochefort (12th), Bernard Blier (13th), Jean Poiret (14th), Yves Montand (15th), Francis Blanche (16th), Jean-Pierre Bacri (17th). ), Jean Yanne (19th) and finally Guy Bedos (20th).
The second ranking, which salutes living comedic personalities, further honors parity with 13 comedic actresses celebrated for their humorous talents. The Splendid is once again doing well and takes the top places in this ranking.
Jugnot and Lhermitte neck and neck
Gérard Jugnot is the French’s favorite comic actor. His colleague Thierry Lhermitte occupies second place while Josiane Balasko and Christian Clavier are respectively fourth and sixth in the ranking. Dominique Lavanant, who appeared in several Splendid films, is 22nd.
The rest of the top 10 – which includes Pierre Richard (3rd), Isabelle Nanty (5th), Valérie Lemercier (7th) and Alain Chabat (8th) and Didier Bourdon (9th) – ends surprisingly with Marthe Villalonga (10th). ). Aged 92, she left her mark as an intrusive mother in An elephant is very deceptive (1976).
Building on the success ofA little something extraArtus occupies 11th place in the ranking, ahead of figures like Valérie Bonneton (12th), José Garcia (13th), Dany Boon (14th), Chantal Lauby (15th), Omar Sy (16th), Audrey Lamy (17th), Jean Dujardin (18th), Chantal Ladessou (19th) and Michèle Laroque (20th).
Two members of the “Bande à Fifi” – Philippe Lacheau (21st) and Tarek Boudali (27th) – also appear in the ranking. The new generation is also represented with Géraldine Nakache (29th) and Jonathan Cohen (30th). Belgium is in force with François Damiens (23rd) and Benoît Poelvoorde (28th).
Some popular personalities like Kev Adams, Gad Elmaleh and Jamel Debbouze are finally surprisingly missing and are ahead of actors and actresses like Catherine Jacob (24th), Gérard Darmon (25th) and Sabine Azema (26th).
