French cinema: 1960s
La Fayette (1962)
Jean Dréville
In 1776, the British colonies in America have begun to rise up against the British crown, intent on creating their own independent republic...
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Jean Dréville
Les Félins (1964)
René Clément
French playboy Marc has a nasty surprise waiting for him when he returns to his hotel room after a game of tennis. A gang of thuggish hitmen lie in wait, acting on the instructions of an American gangland boss who intends to repay Marc for carrying on a clandestine love affair with his wife...
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René Clément
La Femme infidèle (1969)
Claude Chabrol
Charles Desvallées is a respectable insurance agent who lives with his younger wife Hélène and their son Michel at their comfortable villa in the leafy suburbs of Paris...
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Claude Chabrol
Le Feu follet (1963)
Louis Malle
At a private clinic near to Paris, a burnt-out writer, Alain Leroy, is being treated for alcoholism. Despite being almost cured of his addiction, Alain, in his mid-thirties, has recurring bouts of depression and has resolved to kill himself in a few days' time...
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Louis Malle
La Fiancée du pirate (1969)
Nelly Kaplan
In a tightly knit rural community, Marie and her mother are outcasts, living in a small wood cabin. Marie is exploited and abused by both her employer, a lesbian landowner, and her oversexed male neighbours, who include the town's mayor and a seemingly respectable shopkeeper...
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Nelly Kaplan
La Fille aux yeux d'or (1961)
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
Henri Marsav is a 20-something fashion photographer who revels in hedonistic youth with his circle of equally debauched friends... [More...]
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
Henri Marsav is a 20-something fashion photographer who revels in hedonistic youth with his circle of equally debauched friends... [More...]
Fortunat (1960)
Alex Joffé
With France under Nazi occupation, a young mother named Juliette finds that her own life is in danger when her husband, an active member of the French Resistance, is captured by the Germans... [More...]
Alex Joffé
With France under Nazi occupation, a young mother named Juliette finds that her own life is in danger when her husband, an active member of the French Resistance, is captured by the Germans... [More...]
Le Gendarme se marie (1968)
Jean Girault
The 1st of July marks the start of the summer holidays in France, and the commencement of a new campaign by the Saint-Tropez gendarmerie to clamp down on dangerous drivers... [More...]
Jean Girault
The 1st of July marks the start of the summer holidays in France, and the commencement of a new campaign by the Saint-Tropez gendarmerie to clamp down on dangerous drivers... [More...]
Goto, l'île d'amour (1969)
Walerian Borowczyk
Goto is an island nation that has been cut off from the rest of the world for over a century. Since the late 1800s, when a massive earthquake devastated the region, the indigenous population has lived in a totally closed society, governed by a succession of all-powerful despots, all named after this benighted land... [More...]
Walerian Borowczyk
Goto is an island nation that has been cut off from the rest of the world for over a century. Since the late 1800s, when a massive earthquake devastated the region, the indigenous population has lived in a totally closed society, governed by a succession of all-powerful despots, all named after this benighted land... [More...]
Le Grand Meaulnes (1967)
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
One night, in the course of a strange party that takes place at a remote residence lost in the woods of Sologne, Augustin Meaulnes encounters Yvonne de Galais and immediately falls in love with her, so entranced is he by her exquisite beauty... [More...]
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
One night, in the course of a strange party that takes place at a remote residence lost in the woods of Sologne, Augustin Meaulnes encounters Yvonne de Galais and immediately falls in love with her, so entranced is he by her exquisite beauty... [More...]
Le Grand restaurant (1966)
Jacques Besnard
As everyone knows, haute cuisine is more than just an art form in France, it is a religion, and among its high priests few are more dedicated than Monsieur Septime, the fastidious owner of Paris's most exclusive restaurant... [More...]
Jacques Besnard
As everyone knows, haute cuisine is more than just an art form in France, it is a religion, and among its high priests few are more dedicated than Monsieur Septime, the fastidious owner of Paris's most exclusive restaurant... [More...]
La Grande frousse (1964)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
When a homicidal forger, Mickey-le-Bénédictin, goes on the run after evading his execution, Inspectors Triquet and Virgus hasten after him to prevent him from committing any further crimes... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
When a homicidal forger, Mickey-le-Bénédictin, goes on the run after evading his execution, Inspectors Triquet and Virgus hasten after him to prevent him from committing any further crimes... [More...]
La Grande vadrouille (1966)
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Les Grandes gueules (1966)
Robert Enrico
After his father's death, Hector Valentin returns to Vosges in the northeast of France to take charge of his father's ailing timber business... [More...]
Robert Enrico
After his father's death, Hector Valentin returns to Vosges in the northeast of France to take charge of his father's ailing timber business... [More...]
La Guerre des boutons (1962)
Yves Robert
Longueverne and Velrans are two quaint little French villages that have been at war for generations. It is a peculiar kind of war because it is prosecuted only by the boys of the two villages, but this isn't to say that the war is not fiercely fought... [More...]
Yves Robert
Longueverne and Velrans are two quaint little French villages that have been at war for generations. It is a peculiar kind of war because it is prosecuted only by the boys of the two villages, but this isn't to say that the war is not fiercely fought... [More...]
L'Homme de Rio (1964)
Philippe de Broca
French air force pilot Adrien Dufourquet returns to Paris for a week's leave just before his girlfriend, Agnès, is kidnapped... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
French air force pilot Adrien Dufourquet returns to Paris for a week's leave just before his girlfriend, Agnès, is kidnapped... [More...]
L'Homme qui ment (1968)
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A well-dressed man in his early thirties is running through a dense wood, pursued by armed soldiers. It isn't long before the soldiers catch up with their prey and shoot him down... [More...]
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A well-dressed man in his early thirties is running through a dense wood, pursued by armed soldiers. It isn't long before the soldiers catch up with their prey and shoot him down... [More...]
Les Honneurs de la guerre (1960)
Jean Dewever
One fine sunny morning in August 1944, the inhabitants of a small French town, Nanteuil, are celebrating their liberation from Nazi occupation when a small battalion of German soldiers suddenly shows up... [More...]
Jean Dewever
One fine sunny morning in August 1944, the inhabitants of a small French town, Nanteuil, are celebrating their liberation from Nazi occupation when a small battalion of German soldiers suddenly shows up... [More...]
Il Gattopardo (1963)
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
L'Insoumis (1964)
Alain Cavalier
When his wife leaves him, Thomas enlists in the French foreign legion and is posted to Algeria. During the 1961 uprising, Thomas deserts and goes into hiding... [More...]
Alain Cavalier
When his wife leaves him, Thomas enlists in the French foreign legion and is posted to Algeria. During the 1961 uprising, Thomas deserts and goes into hiding... [More...]
Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)
Alain Resnais
Leaving hospital after a failed suicide attempt, Claude Ridder is accosted by two strangers, who make him a bizarre proposal... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Leaving hospital after a failed suicide attempt, Claude Ridder is accosted by two strangers, who make him a bizarre proposal... [More...]
La Jetée (1962)
Chris Marker
The world lies in ruins in the aftermath of a nuclear war. A team of scientists realise that the only way to save humanity from extinction is to send someone into the past or the future to ask for help... [More...]
Chris Marker
The world lies in ruins in the aftermath of a nuclear war. A team of scientists realise that the only way to save humanity from extinction is to send someone into the past or the future to ask for help... [More...]
Jeu de massacre (1967)
Alain Jessua
The author of a series of comic books, Pierre Meyrand is suffering from a severe case of writer's block. When he receives an invitation to the house of Bob Neuman, a great admirer of his work, in Switzerland he cautiously accepts, accompanied by his wife Jacqueline, who illustrates his books... [More...]
Alain Jessua
The author of a series of comic books, Pierre Meyrand is suffering from a severe case of writer's block. When he receives an invitation to the house of Bob Neuman, a great admirer of his work, in Switzerland he cautiously accepts, accompanied by his wife Jacqueline, who illustrates his books... [More...]
Le Jour et l'heure (1963)
René Clément
During WWII, Thérèse Dutheil refuses to have any interest in politics, even though her husband is being held a prisoner-of-war in Germany... [More...]
René Clément
During WWII, Thérèse Dutheil refuses to have any interest in politics, even though her husband is being held a prisoner-of-war in Germany... [More...]
Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (1964)
Luis Buñuel
In the early 1930s, a young woman named Célestine leaves Paris to take up the post of a house maid with the Monteils, a bourgeois family living in rural France... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
In the early 1930s, a young woman named Célestine leaves Paris to take up the post of a house maid with the Monteils, a bourgeois family living in rural France... [More...]
Le Journal d'une femme en blanc (1965)
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Sauvage is a maternity nurse at a large Parisian hospital who recounts her daily experiences in her diary. She has to deal not only with pregnant young woman from unstable backgrounds but also older woman who already have too many children... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Sauvage is a maternity nurse at a large Parisian hospital who recounts her daily experiences in her diary. She has to deal not only with pregnant young woman from unstable backgrounds but also older woman who already have too many children... [More...]
Judex (1963)
Georges Franju
The banker Favraux has made his fortune by preying on others far less scrupulous than he. One day, he receives a letter from someone named Judex threatening him with death unless he returns his ill-gotten gains to those from whom he stole them... [More...]
Georges Franju
The banker Favraux has made his fortune by preying on others far less scrupulous than he. One day, he receives a letter from someone named Judex threatening him with death unless he returns his ill-gotten gains to those from whom he stole them... [More...]
Jules et Jim (1962)
François Truffaut
It is in Paris, in around 1910, that Jules, a German, and Jim, a Frenchmen, meet and become the closest of friends. Aspiring writers, they have a shared interest in literature, art and women... [More...]
François Truffaut
It is in Paris, in around 1910, that Jules, a German, and Jim, a Frenchmen, meet and become the closest of friends. Aspiring writers, they have a shared interest in literature, art and women... [More...]
Landru (1963)
Claude Chabrol
Whilst Europe is being ravaged by the 1914-18 war, Henri Désiré Landru is busy making a dishonest living to keep himself, his wife, his mistress and his four children in the bourgeois manner to which they have all grown accustomed... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Whilst Europe is being ravaged by the 1914-18 war, Henri Désiré Landru is busy making a dishonest living to keep himself, his wife, his mistress and his four children in the bourgeois manner to which they have all grown accustomed... [More...]
Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
Jean-Pierre Melville
With France under Nazi occupation, life goes on as usual in a small provincial town, the only novelty being the presence of German soldiers in the streets... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
With France under Nazi occupation, life goes on as usual in a small provincial town, the only novelty being the presence of German soldiers in the streets... [More...]