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French cinema: All genres
De rouille et d'os (2012)
Jacques Audiard
Homeless and penniless, Ali has no other choice but to turn to his sister for help. Accompanied by his five-year-old son Sam, Ali makes his way to his sister's home in Antibes, confident that she will give him a place to stay whilst he tries to get back on his feet...
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Jacques Audiard
De vrais mensonges (2010)
Pierre Salvadori
One bright spring morning, Emilie receives a love letter, a beautiful but anonymous declaration of love which cannot fail to twang the romantic heartstrings of its reader...
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Pierre Salvadori
Dédée d'Anvers (1948)
Yves Allégret
The busy Belgian port of Antwerp is a haven for gangsters, pimps and traffickers. Sailors, tired after their long stretch at sea, come ashore in search of liquor and female company, both of which Monsieur René generously supplies at his popular bar...
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Yves Allégret
Les Dégourdis de la 11ème (1937)
Christian-Jaque
Montauban, 1906. On his wife's deathbed, Colonel Touplard swore that he would never look at another woman for as long as he lived...
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Christian-Jaque
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1959)
Jean Renoir
Étienne Alexis, the man most likely to be elected President of the United States of Europe, is a famous biologist who believes that society will be vastly improved if the human species is propagated by artificial insemination...
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Jean Renoir
Delicatessen (1991)
Marc Caro
In a grim, post-apocalyptic future, food is so scarce that people are forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive... [More...]
Marc Caro
In a grim, post-apocalyptic future, food is so scarce that people are forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive... [More...]
Demain dès l'aube (2009)
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
La Demoiselle d'honneur (2004)
Claude Chabrol
Since the death of his father, Philippe Tardieu has been the breadwinner and guardian angel for his mother Christine and sisters Patricia and Sophie... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Since the death of his father, Philippe Tardieu has been the breadwinner and guardian angel for his mother Christine and sisters Patricia and Sophie... [More...]
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967)
Jacques Demy
Delphine and Solange are twin sisters living in the French town of Rochefort. Delphine gives ballet lessons whilst Solange teaches music... [More...]
Jacques Demy
Delphine and Solange are twin sisters living in the French town of Rochefort. Delphine gives ballet lessons whilst Solange teaches music... [More...]
Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (1993)
Agnès Varda
Twenty-five years after the making of Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Agnès Varda - the wife of the film's director, Jacques Demy - returns to the French town of Rochefort with some of the film's cast and production team... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Twenty-five years after the making of Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Agnès Varda - the wife of the film's director, Jacques Demy - returns to the French town of Rochefort with some of the film's cast and production team... [More...]
La Dénonciation (1962)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
October 1961. Michel Jussieu, a successful film producer, returns to a Parisian nightclub he visited the previous night to collect a sweater... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
October 1961. Michel Jussieu, a successful film producer, returns to a Parisian nightclub he visited the previous night to collect a sweater... [More...]
La Dentellière (1977)
Claude Goretta
Pomme may be 19 but, in her outlook and behaviour, she is still a child. A trainee hairdresser in Paris, she lives in her dreams and makes no attempt to find herself a boyfriend... [More...]
Claude Goretta
Pomme may be 19 but, in her outlook and behaviour, she is still a child. A trainee hairdresser in Paris, she lives in her dreams and makes no attempt to find herself a boyfriend... [More...]
Les Dents de fer (1913)
Léonce Perret
One evening, Dr Brosny and his wife are hosting a lively dinner party at their château in the country when their little girl, Germaine, is suddenly taken ill... [More...]
Léonce Perret
One evening, Dr Brosny and his wife are hosting a lively dinner party at their château in the country when their little girl, Germaine, is suddenly taken ill... [More...]
Les Dents longues (1952)
Daniel Gélin
As he embarks on his journalistic career with a provincial newspaper, Louis Commandeur has high hopes of success, but his illusions are soon dispelled when his editor takes all of the credit for a scoop of his... [More...]
Daniel Gélin
As he embarks on his journalistic career with a provincial newspaper, Louis Commandeur has high hopes of success, but his illusions are soon dispelled when his editor takes all of the credit for a scoop of his... [More...]
Depuis qu'Otar est parti (2003)
Julie Bertuccelli
Whilst her brother Otar is illegally employed as a construction worker in Paris, Marina remains in her hometown of Tblisi, Georgia... [More...]
Julie Bertuccelli
Whilst her brother Otar is illegally employed as a construction worker in Paris, Marina remains in her hometown of Tblisi, Georgia... [More...]
Le Dernier coup de marteau (2015)
Alix Delaporte
Victor is a 13-year-old soccer enthusiast who lives with his mother Nadia in a trailer park by the sea in Montpellier. Money is short and, unbeknown to the teenager, Nadia has a life-threatening illness... [More...]
Alix Delaporte
Victor is a 13-year-old soccer enthusiast who lives with his mother Nadia in a trailer park by the sea in Montpellier. Money is short and, unbeknown to the teenager, Nadia has a life-threatening illness... [More...]
Le Dernier des fous (2007)
Laurent Achard
Growing up on his parents' farm in rural France, 10-year-old Martin becomes increasingly unsettled as he witnesses the slow disintegration of his family... [More...]
Laurent Achard
Growing up on his parents' farm in rural France, 10-year-old Martin becomes increasingly unsettled as he witnesses the slow disintegration of his family... [More...]
Le Dernier des six (1941)
Georges Lacombe
Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet... [More...]
Dernier domicile connu (1970)
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
Le Dernier métro (1980)
François Truffaut
With France under Nazi occupation, the Jewish playwright and stage director Lucas Steiner fears being deported like so many of his race... [More...]
François Truffaut
With France under Nazi occupation, the Jewish playwright and stage director Lucas Steiner fears being deported like so many of his race... [More...]
Le Dernier milliardaire (1934)
René Clair
Casinario, a small principality on the Mediterranean coast, has run out of money. The country's ruler, an ageing queen, sends out an urgent appeal to Mr Banco, the wealthiest man in the world, to save her nation with a substantial loan that he can easily afford... [More...]
René Clair
Casinario, a small principality on the Mediterranean coast, has run out of money. The country's ruler, an ageing queen, sends out an urgent appeal to Mr Banco, the wealthiest man in the world, to save her nation with a substantial loan that he can easily afford... [More...]
Le Dernier pour la route (2009)
Philippe Godeau
Hervé, the head of a press agency, finds that his life and his career are being ruined by his alcohol addiction. Realising that he risks losing everything that he holds dear, he takes the decision to give up drinking and begins a course of detoxification at a specialist centre in Geneva... [More...]
Philippe Godeau
Hervé, the head of a press agency, finds that his life and his career are being ruined by his alcohol addiction. Realising that he risks losing everything that he holds dear, he takes the decision to give up drinking and begins a course of detoxification at a specialist centre in Geneva... [More...]
Le Dernier tournant (1939)
Pierre Chenal
Frank, a young drifter, arrives at a remote service station on a mountain road near to Marseille. Here, the kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he readily accepts... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
Frank, a young drifter, arrives at a remote service station on a mountain road near to Marseille. Here, the kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he readily accepts... [More...]
Les Dernières vacances (1948)
Roger Leenhardt
For generations, the Torrignes family have lived in a splendid old house in the south of France. By the early 1930s, the family's fortune has dried up and there is no other recourse than to sell the house... [More...]
Roger Leenhardt
For generations, the Torrignes family have lived in a splendid old house in the south of France. By the early 1930s, the family's fortune has dried up and there is no other recourse than to sell the house... [More...]
Derrière la façade (1939)
Georges Lacombe
Two rival police inspectors, Boucheron and Baumer, investigate the murder of the owner of a well-to-do apartment block. Madame Mathieu has been found stabbed to death in the lift, and there is no shortage of suspects... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
Two rival police inspectors, Boucheron and Baumer, investigate the murder of the owner of a well-to-do apartment block. Madame Mathieu has been found stabbed to death in the lift, and there is no shortage of suspects... [More...]
Des gens sans importance (1955)
Henri Verneuil
Jean Viard is a long-distance lorry driver who makes a habit of stopping off at a roadside inn run by his friend Barchandeau during his frequent excursions between Paris and Bordeaux... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Jean Viard is a long-distance lorry driver who makes a habit of stopping off at a roadside inn run by his friend Barchandeau during his frequent excursions between Paris and Bordeaux... [More...]
Des hommes et des dieux (2010)
Xavier Beauvois
In the 1990s, eight French Cistercian monks lead a peaceful existence in a monastery overlooking the village of Tibhirine in the mountainous hinterland of Algeria... [More...]
Xavier Beauvois
In the 1990s, eight French Cistercian monks lead a peaceful existence in a monastery overlooking the village of Tibhirine in the mountainous hinterland of Algeria... [More...]
La Désintégration (2012)
Philippe Faucon
Ali, Nasser and Hamza are all in their twenties and live on a housing estate in the outskirts of Lille. They meet Djamel, a man who is ten years their senior and who is, in their eyes, someone to be looked up to... [More...]
Philippe Faucon
Ali, Nasser and Hamza are all in their twenties and live on a housing estate in the outskirts of Lille. They meet Djamel, a man who is ten years their senior and who is, in their eyes, someone to be looked up to... [More...]
Le Dessous des cartes (1948)
André Cayatte
His criminal activities exposed, a crooked financier named Géraudy takes flight and intends to make his escape across the alpine border with the help of a young smuggler, Manu... [More...]
André Cayatte
His criminal activities exposed, a crooked financier named Géraudy takes flight and intends to make his escape across the alpine border with the help of a young smuggler, Manu... [More...]
Les Destinées sentimentales (2000)
Olivier Assayas
Jean Barnery is the pastor of a small village in Charente, Shortly after separating from his wife Nathalie, he meets Pauline, the daughter of one of his parishioners who runs a cognac distillery... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
Jean Barnery is the pastor of a small village in Charente, Shortly after separating from his wife Nathalie, he meets Pauline, the daughter of one of his parishioners who runs a cognac distillery... [More...]