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French cinema: All genres
Gibier de potence (1951)
Roger Richebé
On leaving the orphanage in which he grew up, Marceau Le Guern has difficulty finding gainful employment. Not long after he is dismissed as a butcher's assistant he encounters the mysterious Madame Alice, an older woman who, seeing he is in difficulty, offers him easy work for good pay...
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Roger Richebé
Gigi (1949)
Jacqueline Audry
Gigi is a girl on the threshold of womanhood, after being brought up in the protective cocoon of her wealthy grandmother, Mamita...
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Jacqueline Audry
Le Gitan (1975)
José Giovanni
For two years, Hugo Sennart has been busy settling old scores with a society that has persecuted his gypsy brothers and sisters for decades...
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José Giovanni
La Glace à trois faces (1927)
Jean Epstein
Three women from three different social spheres each awaits the return of her lover, and as they do so they reflect on the happy times they have spent together...
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Jean Epstein
Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse (2000)
Agnès Varda
Acclaimed filmmaker Agnès Varda embarks on a new odyssey, inspired by the word 'glaneur' which offers up a multitude of meanings...
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Agnès Varda
La Gloire de mon père (1990)
Yves Robert
In the late 1890s, Joseph Pagnol, a schoolteacher and staunch atheist, lives with his wife Augustine in a district of Marseille... [More...]
Yves Robert
In the late 1890s, Joseph Pagnol, a schoolteacher and staunch atheist, lives with his wife Augustine in a district of Marseille... [More...]
La Glu (1927)
Henri Fescourt
Not long after her arrival in a small Breton fishing village, a young woman from Paris soon draws attention to herself. Attached to the Count of Ribiers, a wealthy landowner several years her senior, the woman is looked on with suspicion by the locals, who see her as a dangerous temptress... [More...]
Henri Fescourt
Not long after her arrival in a small Breton fishing village, a young woman from Paris soon draws attention to herself. Attached to the Count of Ribiers, a wealthy landowner several years her senior, the woman is looked on with suspicion by the locals, who see her as a dangerous temptress... [More...]
Le Golem (1936)
Julien Duvivier
In the early years of the 17th century, the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II rules Bohemia with an iron grip whilst pursuing the alchemists' dream of endowing inanimate matter with life... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
In the early years of the 17th century, the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II rules Bohemia with an iron grip whilst pursuing the alchemists' dream of endowing inanimate matter with life... [More...]
Golgotha (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Judaea, during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. When the self-proclaimed prophet Jesus Christ arrives in Jerusalem, he receives a rapturous welcome from the ordinary people of the city... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Judaea, during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. When the self-proclaimed prophet Jesus Christ arrives in Jerusalem, he receives a rapturous welcome from the ordinary people of the city... [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...]
Goupi mains rouges (1943)
Jacques Becker
The Goupis are a proud, self-sufficient family living in the Charentes region of France. Most of them live at an inn that is run with an iron hand by the shrewish Goupi Tisane and her tight-fisted brother Goupi Mes Sous... [More...]
Jacques Becker
The Goupis are a proud, self-sufficient family living in the Charentes region of France. Most of them live at an inn that is run with an iron hand by the shrewish Goupi Tisane and her tight-fisted brother Goupi Mes Sous... [More...]
Le Goût des autres (2000)
Agnès Jaoui
Castella is a successful businessman, but he is coarse and uneducated and he finds himself increasingly alone and unfulfilled... [More...]
Agnès Jaoui
Castella is a successful businessman, but he is coarse and uneducated and he finds himself increasingly alone and unfulfilled... [More...]
Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000)
François Ozon
In 1970s Germany, Franz, a student in his early twenties, allows Léopold, a man thirty years his senior, to take him back to his apartment... [More...]
François Ozon
In 1970s Germany, Franz, a student in his early twenties, allows Léopold, a man thirty years his senior, to take him back to his apartment... [More...]
Grâce à Dieu (2019)
François Ozon
Alexandre Guérin, a bank employee in his mid-forties, leads a harmonious life in Lyon with his wife and children, all devout Catholics... [More...]
François Ozon
Alexandre Guérin, a bank employee in his mid-forties, leads a harmonious life in Lyon with his wife and children, all devout Catholics... [More...]
La Graine et le mulet (2007)
Abdellatif Kechiche
Despite his age, Slimane Beiji, a 60-year-old North African immigrant, continues to toil for a meagre wage at a shipyard in the southern French town of Sète... [More...]
Abdellatif Kechiche
Despite his age, Slimane Beiji, a 60-year-old North African immigrant, continues to toil for a meagre wage at a shipyard in the southern French town of Sète... [More...]
Le Grand alibi (2008)
Pascal Bonitzer
During a weekend break at the country estate of Senator Henri Pages, Pierre Collier is murdered. The obvious culprit is his wife, Claire, who is found at the scene of the crime holding a gun... [More...]
Pascal Bonitzer
During a weekend break at the country estate of Senator Henri Pages, Pierre Collier is murdered. The obvious culprit is his wife, Claire, who is found at the scene of the crime holding a gun... [More...]
Le Grand bleu (1988)
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972)
Yves Robert
Colonel Louis Toulouse, a senior operative in the French security service, has become so fed up with his ambitious rival, Milan, that he decides to send him off on a wild goose chase, in the hope that it will ruin his career... [More...]
Yves Robert
Colonel Louis Toulouse, a senior operative in the French security service, has become so fed up with his ambitious rival, Milan, that he decides to send him off on a wild goose chase, in the hope that it will ruin his career... [More...]
Le Grand chemin (1987)
Jean-Loup Hubert
In the summer of 1959, a coach arrives in a small village in rural Brittany, bringing a pregnant mother Claire and her nine-year-old son Louis... [More...]
Jean-Loup Hubert
In the summer of 1959, a coach arrives in a small village in rural Brittany, bringing a pregnant mother Claire and her nine-year-old son Louis... [More...]
Le Grand jeu (1934)
Jacques Feyder
Pierre Martel is a young Parisian financier whose taste for the high life leads him to embezzle his clients' money. When his fraud is exposed, his wealthy uncle steps in to bail him out, on condition that he leaves France immediately... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
Pierre Martel is a young Parisian financier whose taste for the high life leads him to embezzle his clients' money. When his fraud is exposed, his wealthy uncle steps in to bail him out, on condition that he leaves France immediately... [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...]
Le Grand soir (2012)
Gustave de Kervern
Not and Jean-Pierre are two brothers who could not be more different. In his forties, Not is proud to be the oldest street punk in Europe, happy to live off the detritus of a diseased society in the company of his faithful dog... [More...]
Gustave de Kervern
Not and Jean-Pierre are two brothers who could not be more different. In his forties, Not is proud to be the oldest street punk in Europe, happy to live off the detritus of a diseased society in the company of his faithful dog... [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 illusion (1937)
Jean Renoir
1916. During World War I, two French aviators, Lieutenant Maréchal and Capitaine de Boeldieu, are shot down by German artillery whilst on a reconnaissance mission... [More...]
Jean Renoir
1916. During World War I, two French aviators, Lieutenant Maréchal and Capitaine de Boeldieu, are shot down by German artillery whilst on a reconnaissance mission... [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...]
Les Grandes manoeuvres (1955)
René Clair
Armand de la Verne is a soldier in the French cavalry in the late 1800s/early 1900s, and he sees himself as something of a Don Juan, a man whom no woman can refuse... [More...]
René Clair
Armand de la Verne is a soldier in the French cavalry in the late 1800s/early 1900s, and he sees himself as something of a Don Juan, a man whom no woman can refuse... [More...]
Les Grandes personnes (2008)
Anne Novion
To celebrate his daughter Jeanne's 17th birthday, Albert, a divorced librarian, takes her to the Swedish island Styrsö for their summer holiday... [More...]
Anne Novion
To celebrate his daughter Jeanne's 17th birthday, Albert, a divorced librarian, takes her to the Swedish island Styrsö for their summer holiday... [More...]
Grave (2017)
Julia Ducournau
Like the rest of her well-educated, middle-class family, Justine is a committed vegetarian who would never dream of eating meat... [More...]
Julia Ducournau
Like the rest of her well-educated, middle-class family, Justine is a committed vegetarian who would never dream of eating meat... [More...]