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French cinema: All genres
La Dixième symphonie (1918)
Abel Gance
The wealthy Eve Dinant soon regrets becoming the mistress of a totally depraved adventurer, Fred Ryce. When the latter's sister threatens her Eve kills her in self-defence...
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Abel Gance
Les Doigts dans la tête (1974)
Jacques Doillon
Chris, a baker's boy, is dismissed by his employer when he turns up for work late. He loses not just his job but also his home since the room he lives in is provided as part of his meagre salary...
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Jacques Doillon
La Dolce vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set...
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Federico Fellini
Domicile conjugal (1970)
François Truffaut
Now 26, Antoine Doinel is happily married to Christine Darbon. The couple share a small but comfortable apartment in Paris, and while she gives violin lessons, he earns a meagre wage dyeing flowers for a florist...
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François Truffaut
Domino (1943)
Roger Richebé
François Dominique, alias Domino, returns to Paris with his best friend Mirandole, having failed to make his fortune in Africa...
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Roger Richebé
Don Quichotte (1933)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Don Quixote squanders his fortune by buying books about chivalry, which he reads assiduously. After doing so for many years, he believes he is himself a knight, sent on a divine mission to wrong all of the injustices in the world... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Don Quixote squanders his fortune by buying books about chivalry, which he reads assiduously. After doing so for many years, he believes he is himself a knight, sent on a divine mission to wrong all of the injustices in the world... [More...]
El Dorado (1921)
Marcel L'Herbier
In a popular district of Granada Sibilla works as an exotic dancer at a seedy nightclub, El Dorado. Her thoughts are constantly on her 11-year-old son, who is confined to bed with a chronic illness... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
In a popular district of Granada Sibilla works as an exotic dancer at a seedy nightclub, El Dorado. Her thoughts are constantly on her 11-year-old son, who is confined to bed with a chronic illness... [More...]
Le Dos au mur (1958)
Edouard Molinaro
Jacques Decrey has an unpleasant errand to perform one dark evening. Under cover of darkness, he carries the body of a dead man out of his house and dumps it in his car... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Jacques Decrey has an unpleasant errand to perform one dark evening. Under cover of darkness, he carries the body of a dead man out of his house and dumps it in his car... [More...]
Le Dossier 51 (1978)
Michel Deville
A mysterious foreign power has set its sights on recruiting Dominique Auphal, a prominent French diplomat, as an agent. In order to put leverage on him to get him to comply, the security service of this foreign power embarks on a massive campaign of information gathering targeted at him... [More...]
Michel Deville
A mysterious foreign power has set its sights on recruiting Dominique Auphal, a prominent French diplomat, as an agent. In order to put leverage on him to get him to comply, the security service of this foreign power embarks on a massive campaign of information gathering targeted at him... [More...]
Le Double amour (1925)
Jean Epstein
The casino at the rich man's seaside resort Saint-Blaise-de-la-mer is the venue for a gala concert for charity, the star attraction being the beautiful Countess Laure Maresco... [More...]
Jean Epstein
The casino at the rich man's seaside resort Saint-Blaise-de-la-mer is the venue for a gala concert for charity, the star attraction being the beautiful Countess Laure Maresco... [More...]
La Double vie de Véronique (1991)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Weronika is a young concert singer who lives in Poland with her father. One day, she glimpses a woman on a coach who looks exactly like her... [More...]
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Weronika is a young concert singer who lives in Poland with her father. One day, she glimpses a woman on a coach who looks exactly like her... [More...]
Douce (1943)
Claude Autant-Lara
Paris, 1887. Engelbert de Bonafé is a wealthy man who lives in a splendid house with his hard-to-please mother, the Countess de Bonafé, and his 17-year-old daughter Douce, whose name reflects her gentle personality... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Paris, 1887. Engelbert de Bonafé is a wealthy man who lives in a splendid house with his hard-to-please mother, the Countess de Bonafé, and his 17-year-old daughter Douce, whose name reflects her gentle personality... [More...]
Douce France (1995)
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
Douches froides (2005)
Antony Cordier
Mikael is an ordinary 17-year old lad from a typical French working class family. With his father unemployed, his mother has become the family breadwinner, but she earns barely enough to make ends meet... [More...]
Antony Cordier
Mikael is an ordinary 17-year old lad from a typical French working class family. With his father unemployed, his mother has become the family breadwinner, but she earns barely enough to make ends meet... [More...]
La Douleur (2018)
Emmanuel Finkiel
In June 1944, France is still under Nazi occupation. The 30-year-old writer Marguerite Antelme waits anxiously for news of her husband Robert after he is arrested and deported on account of his resistance activities... [More...]
Emmanuel Finkiel
In June 1944, France is still under Nazi occupation. The 30-year-old writer Marguerite Antelme waits anxiously for news of her husband Robert after he is arrested and deported on account of his resistance activities... [More...]
Le Doulos (1962)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Maurice Faugel is a career burglar who has just completed a stretch in prison. He is preparing a house break-in with some equipment provided by a friend, Silien... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
Maurice Faugel is a career burglar who has just completed a stretch in prison. He is preparing a house break-in with some equipment provided by a friend, Silien... [More...]
Le Drame de Shanghaï (1938)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
In the 1930s, China is a country that is descending into anarchy in the midst of an escalating civil war. The popular leader Cheng is dedicated to uniting his nation, but he has many enemies who are determined that he should fail... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
In the 1930s, China is a country that is descending into anarchy in the midst of an escalating civil war. The popular leader Cheng is dedicated to uniting his nation, but he has many enemies who are determined that he should fail... [More...]
Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988)
François Dupeyron
Late one evening, an attractive woman in her mid-forties is brutally ejected from a car driven by her husband. They have had yet another row, but this time France has good reason to think that her marriage may be over as her irate husband drives off at speed, leaving her stranded by the side of the road... [More...]
François Dupeyron
Late one evening, an attractive woman in her mid-forties is brutally ejected from a car driven by her husband. They have had yet another row, but this time France has good reason to think that her marriage may be over as her irate husband drives off at speed, leaving her stranded by the side of the road... [More...]
Drôle de drame (1937)
Marcel Carné
England, circa 1900. The unassuming botanist Irvin Molyneux has a dark secret: he earns his living by writing lurid crime novels under the pseudonym Felix Chapel... [More...]
Marcel Carné
England, circa 1900. The unassuming botanist Irvin Molyneux has a dark secret: he earns his living by writing lurid crime novels under the pseudonym Felix Chapel... [More...]
Drôle de Félix (2000)
Olivier Ducastel
Félix is a HIV-positive gay man of mixed race who lives in the northern French town of Dieppe with his partner, Daniel... [More...]
Olivier Ducastel
Félix is a HIV-positive gay man of mixed race who lives in the northern French town of Dieppe with his partner, Daniel... [More...]
La Drôlesse (1979)
Jacques Doillon
Mado is an eleven-year-old girl who, ignored by her sisters and maltreated by her mother, leads a solitary, loveless existence... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Mado is an eleven-year-old girl who, ignored by her sisters and maltreated by her mother, leads a solitary, loveless existence... [More...]
Du côté d'Orouët (1973)
Jacques Rozier
One September, three young women take a break from their routine lives in Paris and head for a quiet seaside resort on the Atlantic coast... [More...]
Jacques Rozier
One September, three young women take a break from their routine lives in Paris and head for a quiet seaside resort on the Atlantic coast... [More...]
Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)
Jules Dassin
Not long after his release from prison, ageing crook Tony Le Stéphanois meets up with his former criminal associates, Jo and Mario... [More...]
Jules Dassin
Not long after his release from prison, ageing crook Tony Le Stéphanois meets up with his former criminal associates, Jo and Mario... [More...]
La Duchesse de Langeais (1942)
Jacques de Baroncelli
Paris, 1820. Antoinette, the Duchess of Langeais, is a prominent socialite who delights in flirting with men who seek in vain to win a place in her affections and her bed... [More...]
Jacques de Baroncelli
Paris, 1820. Antoinette, the Duchess of Langeais, is a prominent socialite who delights in flirting with men who seek in vain to win a place in her affections and her bed... [More...]
Duelle (une quarantaine) (1976)
Jacques Rivette
In modern day Paris, Leni, the Queen of the Night, and Viva, the Queen of the Sun, are locked in a private battle for possession of a diamond that has magical powers... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
In modern day Paris, Leni, the Queen of the Night, and Viva, the Queen of the Sun, are locked in a private battle for possession of a diamond that has magical powers... [More...]
Eastern Boys (2014)
Robin Campillo
Marek, an illegal immigrant from the Ukraine, is hanging about at the Gare du Nord with his mates when he catches the attention of 40-something Daniel... [More...]
Robin Campillo
Marek, an illegal immigrant from the Ukraine, is hanging about at the Gare du Nord with his mates when he catches the attention of 40-something Daniel... [More...]
L'Eau à la bouche (1960)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
L'École buissonnière (1949)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1920, Monsieur Pascal, a veteran of the First World War, arrives in a small Provençal town to take up a teaching post... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1920, Monsieur Pascal, a veteran of the First World War, arrives in a small Provençal town to take up a teaching post... [More...]
L'École des contribuables (1934)
René Guissart
Gaston Valtier is an idler who is more than content to live the life of a man of leisure than work for his living, if only to avoid having to pay income tax... [More...]
René Guissart
Gaston Valtier is an idler who is more than content to live the life of a man of leisure than work for his living, if only to avoid having to pay income tax... [More...]
L'École des facteurs (1947)
Jacques Tati
The French postal service is keen to keep up with its American equivalent and so introduces a programme of modernisation that will make it more efficient than ever before... [More...]
Jacques Tati
The French postal service is keen to keep up with its American equivalent and so introduces a programme of modernisation that will make it more efficient than ever before... [More...]