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French cinema: All genres
Crainquebille (1922)
Jacques Feyder
For over forty years, a modest street peddler, Crainquebille, has sold vegetables from his cart in the environs of the Halles market in Paris...
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Jacques Feyder
Cravate club (2002)
Frédéric Jardin
Bernard and Adrien have been the best of friends for longer than either of them can remember and now they work together, partners in their own firm of architects...
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Frédéric Jardin
Les Créatures (1966)
Agnès Varda
Still suffering from the trauma of a road accident, a writer named Edgar finds himself afflicted with a mild case of writer's block...
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Agnès Varda
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936)
Jean Renoir
Amedée Lange is a modest employee at Monsieur Batala's publishing house, which is teetering on the brink of ruin. In a last ditch attempt to stave of his creditors, Batala decides to publish Lange's fanciful Wild West stories, altering the text to promote the products of his sponsors, such as Ranimax Pills...
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Jean Renoir
Le Crime est notre affaire (2008)
Pascal Thomas
Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life...
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Pascal Thomas
Crime et châtiment (1935)
Pierre Chenal
An impulsive young Russian student, Rodion Raskolnikov, believes that the intellectual class is morally superior to ordinary working class people and is therefore above the laws that society creates for itself... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
An impulsive young Russian student, Rodion Raskolnikov, believes that the intellectual class is morally superior to ordinary working class people and is therefore above the laws that society creates for itself... [More...]
Crime et châtiment (1956)
Georges Lampin
Paris in the 1950s. Since he had to abandon his studies because of lack of funds René Brunel has become bitter and cynical over how society appears to be organised for the benefit of a wealthy minority... [More...]
Georges Lampin
Paris in the 1950s. Since he had to abandon his studies because of lack of funds René Brunel has become bitter and cynical over how society appears to be organised for the benefit of a wealthy minority... [More...]
Crin blanc: Le cheval sauvage (1953)
Albert Lamorisse
Across the vast expanse of wetland in the Camargue region of south-eastern France, a herd of wild horses roam, led by their indomitable leader White Mane... [More...]
Albert Lamorisse
Across the vast expanse of wetland in the Camargue region of south-eastern France, a herd of wild horses roam, led by their indomitable leader White Mane... [More...]
La Crise (1992)
Coline Serreau
Victor's cosy little world comes tumbling down around him when, on the same day, he loses both his wife and his well-paid job as a legal consultant... [More...]
Coline Serreau
Victor's cosy little world comes tumbling down around him when, on the same day, he loses both his wife and his well-paid job as a legal consultant... [More...]
Les Croix de bois (1932)
Raymond Bernard
At the outbreak of World War I, Gilbert Demachy, an idealistic young student, enlists and is sent to the Western Front to fight for his motherland, France... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
At the outbreak of World War I, Gilbert Demachy, an idealistic young student, enlists and is sent to the Western Front to fight for his motherland, France... [More...]
La Croix des vivants (1962)
Ivan Govar
Some time after he was falsely accused of the murder of his stepfather, Yan returns to his home village in Flanders. Franz, the local garage owner is not happy with his return... [More...]
Ivan Govar
Some time after he was falsely accused of the murder of his stepfather, Yan returns to his home village in Flanders. Franz, the local garage owner is not happy with his return... [More...]
Crustacés et coquillages (2005)
Olivier Ducastel
One year, 40-something Marc decides to spend his long summer holiday in the region of the South of France where he grew up... [More...]
Olivier Ducastel
One year, 40-something Marc decides to spend his long summer holiday in the region of the South of France where he grew up... [More...]
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The popular swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is consumed by his ardent love for his cousin Roxanne but, tragically, his features are so deformed by his large nose that he has little chance of gaining her affections... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The popular swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is consumed by his ardent love for his cousin Roxanne but, tragically, his features are so deformed by his large nose that he has little chance of gaining her affections... [More...]
D'homme à hommes (1948)
Christian-Jaque
In 1858, the Swiss-born Henri Dunant is having difficulties managing a colony in Algeria. He decides to visit the Emperor Napoléon III, who is currently in the middle of a campaign in Italy, to ask for support to build a system of irrigation... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In 1858, the Swiss-born Henri Dunant is having difficulties managing a colony in Algeria. He decides to visit the Emperor Napoléon III, who is currently in the middle of a campaign in Italy, to ask for support to build a system of irrigation... [More...]
Daddy Nostalgie (1990)
Bertrand Tavernier
Caroline is a writer who, after her divorce, lives alone in Paris with her infant son. On hearing the news that her father has just undergone a serious operation, she immediately sets out to rejoin her parents at their home in the south of France... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
Caroline is a writer who, after her divorce, lives alone in Paris with her infant son. On hearing the news that her father has just undergone a serious operation, she immediately sets out to rejoin her parents at their home in the south of France... [More...]
La Dame d'onze heures (1948)
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
La Dame de Malacca (1937)
Marc Allégret
Audrey Greenwood is glad to leave behind her a dull and uneventful career as a teacher at a provincial school as she embarks on a new life as the wife of Major Carter, a British Army officer... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Audrey Greenwood is glad to leave behind her a dull and uneventful career as a teacher at a provincial school as she embarks on a new life as the wife of Major Carter, a British Army officer... [More...]
La Dame de trèfle (2010)
Jérôme Bonnell
Since their parents died, Aurélien and Argine have lived together in their home in a small provincial town, and have become as close to one another as any brother and sister can be... [More...]
Jérôme Bonnell
Since their parents died, Aurélien and Argine have lived together in their home in a small provincial town, and have become as close to one another as any brother and sister can be... [More...]
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Robert Bresson
Having tricked her lover Jean into admitting that he no longer loves her, society lady Helène is inwardly consumed by anger and plots a cruel vengeance... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Having tricked her lover Jean into admitting that he no longer loves her, society lady Helène is inwardly consumed by anger and plots a cruel vengeance... [More...]
Dans la maison (2012)
François Ozon
Germain Germain is a fifty-something literature teacher in a modern French school who has grown disillusioned with his profession... [More...]
François Ozon
Germain Germain is a fifty-something literature teacher in a modern French school who has grown disillusioned with his profession... [More...]
Dans la nuit (1929)
Charles Vanel
A quarry worker takes a wife, but not long after the wedding he is caught in a rock blast that leaves him horribly disfigured... [More...]
Charles Vanel
A quarry worker takes a wife, but not long after the wedding he is caught in a rock blast that leaves him horribly disfigured... [More...]
Dans les rues (1933)
Victor Trivas
Jacques is the wayward son of a poor war widow. Unable to find work, he falls in with a gang of delinquents who terrorise householders and shopkeepers in their neighbourhood... [More...]
Victor Trivas
Jacques is the wayward son of a poor war widow. Unable to find work, he falls in with a gang of delinquents who terrorise householders and shopkeepers in their neighbourhood... [More...]
Dans tes bras (2009)
Hubert Gillet
Louis was abandoned by his mother when he was just a few weeks old. Now aged 16, he wants to know more about his origins, so, against the wishes of his adopted parents, he heads south in search of some answers... [More...]
Hubert Gillet
Louis was abandoned by his mother when he was just a few weeks old. Now aged 16, he wants to know more about his origins, so, against the wishes of his adopted parents, he heads south in search of some answers... [More...]
La Danse de mort (1948)
Marcel Cravenne
A proud military man, Edgar is now the director of a prison fortress located on a small island in the Adriatic. He runs the prison with an iron hand and is prepared to shoot dead any prisoner who attempts to escape... [More...]
Marcel Cravenne
A proud military man, Edgar is now the director of a prison fortress located on a small island in the Adriatic. He runs the prison with an iron hand and is prepared to shoot dead any prisoner who attempts to escape... [More...]
Danton (1983)
Andrzej Wajda
France, 1793. The newly established French Republic is threatened both from within and without. To prevent the Revolution from ending in ignominious failure the Committee for Public Safety, led by Maximilien Robespierre, has no option but to instigate a Reign of Terror... [More...]
Andrzej Wajda
France, 1793. The newly established French Republic is threatened both from within and without. To prevent the Revolution from ending in ignominious failure the Committee for Public Safety, led by Maximilien Robespierre, has no option but to instigate a Reign of Terror... [More...]
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (2005)
Jacques Audiard
28 year old Tom Seyr is the son of a small time gangster and seems set to follow in his father's footsteps. He earns his crust through crooked real estate deals with his two thuggish associates Fabrice and Sami... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
28 year old Tom Seyr is the son of a small time gangster and seems set to follow in his father's footsteps. He earns his crust through crooked real estate deals with his two thuggish associates Fabrice and Sami... [More...]
De bon matin (2011)
Jean-Marc Moutout
One Monday morning, Paul Wertret arrives at the bank where he works, just as he does any other day. But shortly after his arrival at 8 o'clock he takes out a gun and shoots dead two of his superiors... [More...]
Jean-Marc Moutout
One Monday morning, Paul Wertret arrives at the bank where he works, just as he does any other day. But shortly after his arrival at 8 o'clock he takes out a gun and shoots dead two of his superiors... [More...]
De bruit et de fureur (1988)
Jean-Claude Brisseau
After the death of his grandmother, 14-year-old Bruno goes to live with his mother on a low income housing estate on the outskirts of Paris... [More...]
Jean-Claude Brisseau
After the death of his grandmother, 14-year-old Bruno goes to live with his mother on a low income housing estate on the outskirts of Paris... [More...]
De guerre lasse (1987)
Robert Enrico
May, 1942. After her husband, a Jewish surgeon, commits suicide, Alice leaves Nazi-controlled Austria with Jerôme, a diplomat... [More...]
Robert Enrico
May, 1942. After her husband, a Jewish surgeon, commits suicide, Alice leaves Nazi-controlled Austria with Jerôme, a diplomat... [More...]