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French cinema: All genres
Huit hommes dans un château (1942)
Richard Pottier
René and Jacqueline Paladine are a pair of crime writers in search of inspiration for their next novel. After watching a newsreel reporting the sinking of an ocean liner, their curiosity is aroused when one of the survivors dies in mysterious circumstances...
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Richard Pottier
Le Huitième jour (1996)
Jaco Van Dormael
Harry is a high-powered communications officer for a leading multinational bank. He is comfortably off, well-respected and an incurable workaholic...
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Jaco Van Dormael
L'Humanité (1999)
Bruno Dumont
In a town on the north coast of France, a sensitive young police inspector, Pharaon de Winter, investigates the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl...
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Bruno Dumont
I Want to Go Home (1989)
Alain Resnais
An ageing American cartoonists, Joey Wellman, makes a visit to Paris to attend an exhibition of his work. He plans to meet up with his daughter, Elsie, who is studying at the Sorbonne, but she has little respect for her father and fails to keep the rendez-vous...
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Alain Resnais
I... comme Icare (1979)
Henri Verneuil
The official investigation into the assassination of a popular head of state concludes he was killed by a lone assassin, who shot himself immediately after the event...
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Henri Verneuil
L'Ibis rouge (1975)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
L'Iceberg (2005)
Dominique Abel
Fiona manages a fast-food restaurant in an average town and lives in an average house, married to an average man. One evening, she manages to lock herself in her restaurant's freezer room, and there she must stay until she is let out the following morning... [More...]
Dominique Abel
Fiona manages a fast-food restaurant in an average town and lives in an average house, married to an average man. One evening, she manages to lock herself in her restaurant's freezer room, and there she must stay until she is let out the following morning... [More...]
Ici-bas (2012)
Jean-Pierre Denis
In 1943, when France is under Nazi occupation, Sister Luce is a devout nun who occupies herself tending to the sick at a hospital in Périgueux... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Denis
In 1943, when France is under Nazi occupation, Sister Luce is a devout nun who occupies herself tending to the sick at a hospital in Périgueux... [More...]
Identité judiciaire (1951)
Hervé Bromberger
When 17-year-old Denise runs away from home, the police make haste to find her. They arrive too late. She drowns herself in a canal, the third casualty of a dangerous psychopath who drugs his victims and either abandons them or murders them... [More...]
Hervé Bromberger
When 17-year-old Denise runs away from home, the police make haste to find her. They arrive too late. She drowns herself in a canal, the third casualty of a dangerous psychopath who drugs his victims and either abandons them or murders them... [More...]
L'Idiot (1946)
Georges Lampin
After a long stay in Switzerland, where he has been receiving treatment for epilepsy, a Russian prince, Muychkine, returns to Saint Petersburg... [More...]
Georges Lampin
After a long stay in Switzerland, where he has been receiving treatment for epilepsy, a Russian prince, Muychkine, returns to Saint Petersburg... [More...]
Il Conformista (1970)
Bernardo Bertolucci
In 1930s Italy, Marcello Clerici makes the decision to join the Fascist secret police. Eager to prove himself, Clerici agrees to assassinate his former teacher Professor Quadri, an anti-Fascist intellectual who is now living in exile in Paris... [More...]
Bernardo Bertolucci
In 1930s Italy, Marcello Clerici makes the decision to join the Fascist secret police. Eager to prove himself, Clerici agrees to assassinate his former teacher Professor Quadri, an anti-Fascist intellectual who is now living in exile in Paris... [More...]
Il Gattopardo (1963)
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)
Philippe Claudel
For 15 years, Juliette has had nothing to do with her family and has lived apart, a solitary and tortured existence. On impulse, she finally decides to renew her acquaintance with her sister, Léa, who has made a successful career for herself and has started a family... [More...]
Philippe Claudel
For 15 years, Juliette has had nothing to do with her family and has lived apart, a solitary and tortured existence. On impulse, she finally decides to renew her acquaintance with her sister, Léa, who has made a successful career for herself and has started a family... [More...]
L'Illusionniste (2010)
Sylvain Chomet
By the end of the 1950s, the music hall is all but dead. Once the most popular of public entertainments, it has now been overtaken by modern distractions - cinema, rock music and that new phenomenon: television... [More...]
Sylvain Chomet
By the end of the 1950s, the music hall is all but dead. Once the most popular of public entertainments, it has now been overtaken by modern distractions - cinema, rock music and that new phenomenon: television... [More...]
Ils (2006)
David Moreau
Clémentine and Lucas are a young French couple who have been living in Bucharest for several months. She works as a teacher, he is a writer... [More...]
David Moreau
Clémentine and Lucas are a young French couple who have been living in Bucharest for several months. She works as a teacher, he is a writer... [More...]
Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (2004)
Yvan Attal
Vincent and Georges are two 40-somethings who are both beginning to hanker after a more exciting love life. Each man feels he is trapped in a long-term relationship with a woman who, on the face of it, would appear to be his ideal partner... [More...]
Yvan Attal
Vincent and Georges are two 40-somethings who are both beginning to hanker after a more exciting love life. Each man feels he is trapped in a long-term relationship with a woman who, on the face of it, would appear to be his ideal partner... [More...]
Impasse des deux anges (1948)
Maurice Tourneur
Marianne is about to give up her successful career as a stage actress so that she can marry a wealthy aristocrat and live the life she has always aspired to... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Marianne is about to give up her successful career as a stage actress so that she can marry a wealthy aristocrat and live the life she has always aspired to... [More...]
L'Important c'est d'aimer (1975)
Andrzej Zulawski
A freelance photographer, Servais Mont, falls in love with Nadine Chevalier, an aspiring actress who, having failed to make the big time, has no other option than to appear in cheap exploitative movies... [More...]
Andrzej Zulawski
A freelance photographer, Servais Mont, falls in love with Nadine Chevalier, an aspiring actress who, having failed to make the big time, has no other option than to appear in cheap exploitative movies... [More...]
L'Inconnu du lac (2013)
Alain Guiraudie
A secluded beach beside a placid lake provides a haven for a handful of men who feel the need to strip off and surrender themselves to the sun's rays and the admiring gaze of others... [More...]
Alain Guiraudie
A secluded beach beside a placid lake provides a haven for a handful of men who feel the need to strip off and surrender themselves to the sun's rays and the admiring gaze of others... [More...]
Les Inconnus dans la maison (1942)
Henri Decoin
Hector Loursat was once a highly respected criminal lawyer. But then his wife suddenly walked out on him and he fell to pieces... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Hector Loursat was once a highly respected criminal lawyer. But then his wife suddenly walked out on him and he fell to pieces... [More...]
Indigènes (2006)
Rachid Bouchareb
In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, around 200 thousand natives from French colonial Africa are recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces... [More...]
Rachid Bouchareb
In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, around 200 thousand natives from French colonial Africa are recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces... [More...]
L'Inhumaine (1924)
Marcel L'Herbier
Claire Lescot is a world famous opera singer who revels in the power she exerts over men. To her grand residence on the outskirts of Paris, she invites her many admirers, all of whom are determined to make her their own... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Claire Lescot is a world famous opera singer who revels in the power she exerts over men. To her grand residence on the outskirts of Paris, she invites her many admirers, all of whom are determined to make her their own... [More...]
Les Innocents (1987)
André Téchiné
Jeanne, a young woman from the north of France, travels to the Mediterranean sea town of Toulon to attend the wedding of her older sister to a North African man... [More...]
André Téchiné
Jeanne, a young woman from the north of France, travels to the Mediterranean sea town of Toulon to attend the wedding of her older sister to a North African man... [More...]
L'Inondation (1924)
Louis Delluc
In the Vaucluse region of southern France there is a peaceful little town situated on the banks of the mighty Rhône... [More...]
Louis Delluc
In the Vaucluse region of southern France there is a peaceful little town situated on the banks of the mighty Rhône... [More...]
L'Insoumis (1964)
Alain Cavalier
When his wife leaves him, Thomas enlists in the French foreign legion and is posted to Algeria. During the 1961 uprising, Thomas deserts and goes into hiding... [More...]
Alain Cavalier
When his wife leaves him, Thomas enlists in the French foreign legion and is posted to Algeria. During the 1961 uprising, Thomas deserts and goes into hiding... [More...]
Inspecteur Lavardin (1986)
Claude Chabrol
In a small town on a drab stretch of the Brittany coastline, the renowned Catholic writer Raoul Mons leads an exemplary life, intent on upholding moral standards in the district... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
In a small town on a drab stretch of the Brittany coastline, the renowned Catholic writer Raoul Mons leads an exemplary life, intent on upholding moral standards in the district... [More...]
Interdit de séjour (1955)
Maurice de Canonge
Pierre Ménard is a young man who makes an honest living working in a Paris jewellery. Unfortunately, he gets into bad company when he falls for Suzie, an attractive young woman who, unbeknown to him, works as a hostess in a sleazy Pigalle nightclub... [More...]
Maurice de Canonge
Pierre Ménard is a young man who makes an honest living working in a Paris jewellery. Unfortunately, he gets into bad company when he falls for Suzie, an attractive young woman who, unbeknown to him, works as a hostess in a sleazy Pigalle nightclub... [More...]
Intouchables (2011)
Olivier Nakache
Crippled by a paragliding accident, wealthy aristocrat Philippe hires Driss, a young man from the suburbs, as his domestic help... [More...]
Olivier Nakache
Crippled by a paragliding accident, wealthy aristocrat Philippe hires Driss, a young man from the suburbs, as his domestic help... [More...]
Les Invasions barbares (2003)
Denys Arcand
When he learns that his father, Rémy, is in the final stages of terminal cancer, businessman Sébastien reluctantly hastens to his bedside in a Montreal hospital... [More...]
Denys Arcand
When he learns that his father, Rémy, is in the final stages of terminal cancer, businessman Sébastien reluctantly hastens to his bedside in a Montreal hospital... [More...]
Les Invisibles (2012)
Sébastien Lifshitz
They are men and women born between the two wars. The only thing they have in common is that they are homosexuals who chose to live their lives as they wished, at a time when they were censured and rejected by society... [More...]
Sébastien Lifshitz
They are men and women born between the two wars. The only thing they have in common is that they are homosexuals who chose to live their lives as they wished, at a time when they were censured and rejected by society... [More...]