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French cinema: All genres
Compartiment tueurs (1965)
Costa-Gavras
When a sleeper train from Marseille to Paris stops at Avignon, a young woman named Benjamine Bombat climbs aboard and offers a place in her compartment to a handsome young stranger, Daniel, who has omitted to buy a ticket...
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Costa-Gavras
Complices (2010)
Frédéric Mermoud
The body of a teenage boy is fished out of the Rhone near to Lyon. He is Vincent, 17 years old, and apparently died from strangulation...
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Frédéric Mermoud
Le Complot (1973)
René Gainville
In March 1962, the French government has signed a treaty with Algeria that will allow the latter country to gain its independence...
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René Gainville
Comptes à rebours (1971)
Roger Pigaut
Revenge is the only thing on François Nolan's mind when he returns to Paris, having spent the past ten years in prison for his part in a bank robbery that went disastrously wrong...
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Roger Pigaut
Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1943)
Robert Vernay
On the day of his engagement to his beloved Mecédès the mariner Edmond Dantès is arrested for treason and sent to the Château d'If, an island prison...
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Robert Vernay
Les Condamnés (1948)
Georges Lacombe
Dr Jean Severac and his wife Hélène are celebrating their twentieth wedding anniversary. Outwardly, they appear to be a perfectly happy married couple, but in reality Hélène has a lover, the younger Dr Bernard Aubertin... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
Dr Jean Severac and his wife Hélène are celebrating their twentieth wedding anniversary. Outwardly, they appear to be a perfectly happy married couple, but in reality Hélène has a lover, the younger Dr Bernard Aubertin... [More...]
Confidences pour confidences (1979)
Pascal Thomas
Recalling the story of her family, Brigitte takes us back to the 1950s, when she was living an idyllic life with her sisters Pierrette and Florence, and parents, the owners of a grocers' shop... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Recalling the story of her family, Brigitte takes us back to the 1950s, when she was living an idyllic life with her sisters Pierrette and Florence, and parents, the owners of a grocers' shop... [More...]
Conflit (1938)
Léonide Moguy
Catherine Lafont, the wife of an eminent explorer, is arrested for the attempted murder of her sister Claire. The investigating magistrate is unable to shed any light on the mystery until Claire recovers from her injuries... [More...]
Léonide Moguy
Catherine Lafont, the wife of an eminent explorer, is arrested for the attempted murder of her sister Claire. The investigating magistrate is unable to shed any light on the mystery until Claire recovers from her injuries... [More...]
Les Conquérants (2013)
Xabi Molia
Galaad and Noé have nothing in common except that they share the same father and seem destined to fail at everything they attempt, in both their professional and personal lives... [More...]
Xabi Molia
Galaad and Noé have nothing in common except that they share the same father and seem destined to fail at everything they attempt, in both their professional and personal lives... [More...]
Conte d'automne (1998)
Eric Rohmer
Magali is an attractive widow in her mid-forties who, since her children left home, now lives alone, tending to her large vineyard in the Rhone valley... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Magali is an attractive widow in her mid-forties who, since her children left home, now lives alone, tending to her large vineyard in the Rhone valley... [More...]
Conte d'été (1996)
Eric Rohmer
Gaspard, an introspective maths student, plans to spend his summer holidays in the Brittany town of Dinard. When his girlfriend Léna fails to turn up as agreed he is left alone to lie on the beach and compose songs with his guitar... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Gaspard, an introspective maths student, plans to spend his summer holidays in the Brittany town of Dinard. When his girlfriend Léna fails to turn up as agreed he is left alone to lie on the beach and compose songs with his guitar... [More...]
Conte d'hiver (1992)
Eric Rohmer
During a summer holiday, Félicie and Charles meet and have a whirlwind romance. Due to a mix-up with their addresses, they lose track of one another, even though Félicie is carrying Charles' child... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
During a summer holiday, Félicie and Charles meet and have a whirlwind romance. Due to a mix-up with their addresses, they lose track of one another, even though Félicie is carrying Charles' child... [More...]
Conte de printemps (1990)
Eric Rohmer
Jeanne is a high school teacher of philosophy who finds herself temporarily homeless when her fiancé Mathieu goes away for a few days... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Jeanne is a high school teacher of philosophy who finds herself temporarily homeless when her fiancé Mathieu goes away for a few days... [More...]
Les Convoyeurs attendent (1999)
Benoît Mariage
A new millennium beckons but life goes on as usual in a dull industrial town in Belgium. Family man Roger Closset works as a journalist on a local newspaper, L'Espoir, zipping around on his moped in search of an interesting news story, with little hope of finding one... [More...]
Benoît Mariage
A new millennium beckons but life goes on as usual in a dull industrial town in Belgium. Family man Roger Closset works as a journalist on a local newspaper, L'Espoir, zipping around on his moped in search of an interesting news story, with little hope of finding one... [More...]
Copacabana (2010)
Marc Fitoussi
Babou is one of life's eternal adolescents. Unable to hold down a job for more than five minutes, she has spent the last few years travelling around the world doing what she does best: enjoying herself... [More...]
Marc Fitoussi
Babou is one of life's eternal adolescents. Unable to hold down a job for more than five minutes, she has spent the last few years travelling around the world doing what she does best: enjoying herself... [More...]
Copie conforme (1947)
Jean Dréville
No one would think that Manuel Ismora, an esteemed society photographer, is an audacious thief and con artist. The newspapers are filled with accounts of Ismora's criminal exploits, which involve the fraudulent sale of a château and the theft of some valuable jewels, but the police are slow in bringing him to justice... [More...]
Jean Dréville
No one would think that Manuel Ismora, an esteemed society photographer, is an audacious thief and con artist. The newspapers are filled with accounts of Ismora's criminal exploits, which involve the fraudulent sale of a château and the theft of some valuable jewels, but the police are slow in bringing him to justice... [More...]
Copie conforme (2010)
Abbas Kiarostami
A middle-aged French woman travels to Italy to attend a conference at which an English writer, James, is to promote his new book... [More...]
Abbas Kiarostami
A middle-aged French woman travels to Italy to attend a conference at which an English writer, James, is to promote his new book... [More...]
La Coquille et le clergyman (1928)
Germaine Dulac
A clergyman experiences a bizarre sequence of fantasies that torment him and test his faith to the limit. He has fallen for a beautiful woman, the wife of a proud general, and this obsession provokes image after image in his increasingly heated brain... [More...]
Germaine Dulac
A clergyman experiences a bizarre sequence of fantasies that torment him and test his faith to the limit. He has fallen for a beautiful woman, the wife of a proud general, and this obsession provokes image after image in his increasingly heated brain... [More...]
Le Corbeau (1943)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
The peace of the small French town of Saint-Robin is disturbed by a sudden outbreak of poison pen letters, which cast vile aspersions on prominent members of the community... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
The peace of the small French town of Saint-Robin is disturbed by a sudden outbreak of poison pen letters, which cast vile aspersions on prominent members of the community... [More...]
Le Corniaud (1965)
Gérard Oury
Antoine Maréchal is about to set off for a holiday in Italy when his 2CV is smashed to pieces by a Rolls-Royce, driven by the wealthy business man Léopold Saroyan... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Antoine Maréchal is about to set off for a holiday in Italy when his 2CV is smashed to pieces by a Rolls-Royce, driven by the wealthy business man Léopold Saroyan... [More...]
Coup d'éclat (2011)
José Alcala
In the French town of Sète, police chief Fabienne Bourrier spends much of her time pursuing illegal immigrants from all backgrounds... [More...]
José Alcala
In the French town of Sète, police chief Fabienne Bourrier spends much of her time pursuing illegal immigrants from all backgrounds... [More...]
Coup de chaud (2015)
Raphaël Jacoulot
At the height of a scorching hot summer, the calm of a small French village is disturbed by Josef Bousou, a mischievous thirty-year old who has the mental age of a small child... [More...]
Raphaël Jacoulot
At the height of a scorching hot summer, the calm of a small French village is disturbed by Josef Bousou, a mischievous thirty-year old who has the mental age of a small child... [More...]
Coup de foudre (1983)
Diane Kurys
In 1942, Léna, a young Russian Jew, is interned in a camp in southern France. Her only hope of avoiding deportation to Nazi Germany is to go through with a marriage of convenience with a French solider, Michel... [More...]
Diane Kurys
In 1942, Léna, a young Russian Jew, is interned in a camp in southern France. Her only hope of avoiding deportation to Nazi Germany is to go through with a marriage of convenience with a French solider, Michel... [More...]
Coup de tête (1979)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Life in the small industrial French town of Trincamp revolves entirely around the local football club. When François Perrin is dismissed from the club for injuring the star player, his fortunes take a turn for the worst... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Life in the small industrial French town of Trincamp revolves entirely around the local football club. When François Perrin is dismissed from the club for injuring the star player, his fortunes take a turn for the worst... [More...]
Coup de torchon (1981)
Bertrand Tavernier
1938, West Africa. Lucien Cordier is the police chief of a small French colonial town, Bourkassa Ourbangui, but no one takes him seriously... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
1938, West Africa. Lucien Cordier is the police chief of a small French colonial town, Bourkassa Ourbangui, but no one takes him seriously... [More...]
Coup pour coup (1972)
Marin Karmitz
When two of their colleagues are dismissed for unruly behaviour, the mostly female staff of a French textiles factory decide to go on strike to demand better pay and the reinstatement of their sacked co-workers... [More...]
Marin Karmitz
When two of their colleagues are dismissed for unruly behaviour, the mostly female staff of a French textiles factory decide to go on strike to demand better pay and the reinstatement of their sacked co-workers... [More...]
Le Coupable (1917)
André Antoine
France, 1914. Chrétien Forgeat, a man in his twenties, is on trial for murder. His defence lawyer, Chrétien Lescuyer, begins by confessing to the court that he is the accused man's father and pleads extenuating circumstances... [More...]
André Antoine
France, 1914. Chrétien Forgeat, a man in his twenties, is on trial for murder. His defence lawyer, Chrétien Lescuyer, begins by confessing to the court that he is the accused man's father and pleads extenuating circumstances... [More...]
Le Couperet (2005)
Costa-Gavras
When dedicated company man Bruno Davert loses his job in a corporate reorganisation, he comes close to losing his self-respect and his family... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
When dedicated company man Bruno Davert loses his job in a corporate reorganisation, he comes close to losing his self-respect and his family... [More...]
Les Cousins (1959)
Claude Chabrol
Against the wishes of his adoring mother, Charles leaves his home in the provinces so that he can study law in Paris. Accommodation is provided by his cousin Paul Thomas, who presently occupies a spacious luxury apartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine belonging to a wealthy relative... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Against the wishes of his adoring mother, Charles leaves his home in the provinces so that he can study law in Paris. Accommodation is provided by his cousin Paul Thomas, who presently occupies a spacious luxury apartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine belonging to a wealthy relative... [More...]
Le Crabe-Tambour (1977)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
The Jaureguiberry, a mighty escort ship, leaves the port of Lorient in the northwest of France and sets out on its long journey across the stormy Atlantic... [More...]
Pierre Schoendoerffer
The Jaureguiberry, a mighty escort ship, leaves the port of Lorient in the northwest of France and sets out on its long journey across the stormy Atlantic... [More...]