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French cinema: All genres
Made in U.S.A. (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard
Paula Nelson, a young journalist, arranges to meet up with her ex-boyfriend, Richard Politzer, in Atlantic City. Shortly after her arrival in this most ordinary of French towns Paul learns that Richard is dead, the victim of an unknown assassin...
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Jean-Luc Godard
Mademoiselle (2001)
Philippe Lioret
Claire is proud of the fact that she is one of life's highfliers. She is married, with two adorable children, and has a successful career with a major pharmaceuticals company...
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Philippe Lioret
Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
Stéphane Brizé
Jean is a man in his forties who could not be more content with the way his life is going. He is happily married with a son and enjoys his work as a mason...
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Stéphane Brizé
Mademoiselle de Joncquières (2018)
Emmanuel Mouret
France, in the mid-1700s. After the death of her husband, Madame de La Pommeraye lives a secluded life at her large country estate...
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Emmanuel Mouret
Mademoiselle ma mère (1936)
Henri Decoin
In her search for the perfect husband, Jacqueline Vignolle is slowly driving her parents to distraction. After fourteen failed engagements, Jacqueline still hasn't found her beau idéal, and so she decides to marry the next eligible man she meets...
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Henri Decoin
Mado (1976)
Claude Sautet
Simon Léotard is a 50-something real estate financier who finds himself in dire straits when his business partner of many years, Julien, commits suicide... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Simon Léotard is a 50-something real estate financier who finds himself in dire straits when his business partner of many years, Julien, commits suicide... [More...]
Maestro (2014)
Léa Fazer
Henri is a cocky young actor who sees himself as cinema's next great action-adventure hero. For some reason, the world is slow to take advantage of his talents and for the time being he has to make do with dubbing American shows and humiliating himself in television ads... [More...]
Léa Fazer
Henri is a cocky young actor who sees himself as cinema's next great action-adventure hero. For some reason, the world is slow to take advantage of his talents and for the time being he has to make do with dubbing American shows and humiliating himself in television ads... [More...]
Le Magnifique (1973)
Philippe de Broca
When a secret agent is eaten by a shark in a telephone box, ace spy Bob Saint-Clair is sent on a mission to Mexico, to confront his arch-enemy Karpof, assisted by his beautiful partner Tatiana… Thus begins the latest pulp fiction novel by François Merlin, a lonely middle-aged writer who dreams of having a love affair with his neighbour Christine and of getting his revenge on his odious publisher Charron - fantasies which he plays out in his novels... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
When a secret agent is eaten by a shark in a telephone box, ace spy Bob Saint-Clair is sent on a mission to Mexico, to confront his arch-enemy Karpof, assisted by his beautiful partner Tatiana… Thus begins the latest pulp fiction novel by François Merlin, a lonely middle-aged writer who dreams of having a love affair with his neighbour Christine and of getting his revenge on his odious publisher Charron - fantasies which he plays out in his novels... [More...]
Maigret tend un piège (1958)
Jean Delannoy
A mysterious serial killer is at work in the Marais district of Paris. So far he has claimed the lives of four victims, all young women, all savagely stabbed to death... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
A mysterious serial killer is at work in the Marais district of Paris. So far he has claimed the lives of four victims, all young women, all savagely stabbed to death... [More...]
La Main du diable (1943)
Maurice Tourneur
A man arrives at an isolated mountain inn clutching a small box. During a momentary power-cut the box suddenly goes missing, and its owner is stricken with terror... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
A man arrives at an isolated mountain inn clutching a small box. During a momentary power-cut the box suddenly goes missing, and its owner is stricken with terror... [More...]
Les Mains sales (1951)
Fernand Rivers
In September 1943, Illyria, a country in Eastern Europe, is drawn into the war against Nazi Germany. Hugo Barine is the privileged son of a member of the ruling elite but he is so disgusted by the way ordinary people are exploited by the present régime that he joins the Proletarian Party, which is committed to the idea of creating a classless society... [More...]
Fernand Rivers
In September 1943, Illyria, a country in Eastern Europe, is drawn into the war against Nazi Germany. Hugo Barine is the privileged son of a member of the ruling elite but he is so disgusted by the way ordinary people are exploited by the present régime that he joins the Proletarian Party, which is committed to the idea of creating a classless society... [More...]
Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal (1971)
Joël Séria
Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are the best of friends. Both come from respectable bourgeois families and they share the same propensity for mischief-making at the strict convent school where they are reluctant boarders... [More...]
Joël Séria
Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are the best of friends. Both come from respectable bourgeois families and they share the same propensity for mischief-making at the strict convent school where they are reluctant boarders... [More...]
La Maison Bonnadieu (1951)
Carlo Rim
In 1910, Félix Bonnadieu is the manager of a provincial factory that manufactures women's corsets. He knows that his wife Gabrielle is having an affair with a younger man, Pascal Mascaret, and is determined to break up the relationship... [More...]
Carlo Rim
In 1910, Félix Bonnadieu is the manager of a provincial factory that manufactures women's corsets. He knows that his wife Gabrielle is having an affair with a younger man, Pascal Mascaret, and is determined to break up the relationship... [More...]
La Maison des Bories (1970)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Julien Durras is a highly regarded geologist who lives with his younger wife Isabelle and their two children, Laurent and Lise, at a remote country villa in Provence known as the House of the Bories... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Julien Durras is a highly regarded geologist who lives with his younger wife Isabelle and their two children, Laurent and Lise, at a remote country villa in Provence known as the House of the Bories... [More...]
Maîtresse (1976)
Barbet Schroeder
Olivier, a thirty-something from the provinces, arrives in Paris and through a friend finds work as a door-to-door book salesman... [More...]
Barbet Schroeder
Olivier, a thirty-something from the provinces, arrives in Paris and through a friend finds work as a door-to-door book salesman... [More...]
Maldone (1928)
Jean Grémillon
For twenty years, Olivier Maldone has lived the life of an itinerant labourer, content to earn his meagre wage by toiling on the land and the canals... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
For twenty years, Olivier Maldone has lived the life of an itinerant labourer, content to earn his meagre wage by toiling on the land and the canals... [More...]
Maman Colibri (1929)
Julien Duvivier
Married to a wealthy baron, Irène de Rysbergue leads a privileged life but she still sees herself as a carefree ingénue, attending parties and generally have a good time... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Married to a wealthy baron, Irène de Rysbergue leads a privileged life but she still sees herself as a carefree ingénue, attending parties and generally have a good time... [More...]
La Maman et la putain (1973)
Jean Eustache
Alexandre is an unemployed intellectual who, having no money of his own, sponges off his lover, Marie, with whom he lives... [More...]
Jean Eustache
Alexandre is an unemployed intellectual who, having no money of his own, sponges off his lover, Marie, with whom he lives... [More...]
Manèges (1950)
Yves Allégret
As his wife Dora lies close to death in a hospital bed after a horrific car accident, Robert looks back with guilt and tenderness on their brief life together... [More...]
Yves Allégret
As his wife Dora lies close to death in a hospital bed after a horrific car accident, Robert looks back with guilt and tenderness on their brief life together... [More...]
Mange tes morts (2014)
Jean-Charles Hue
18-year-old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of travellers. He is getting ready for his Christian baptism when his half-brother Fred shows up out of the blue, having spent several years in prison... [More...]
Jean-Charles Hue
18-year-old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of travellers. He is getting ready for his Christian baptism when his half-brother Fred shows up out of the blue, having spent several years in prison... [More...]
Manon (1949)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A cargo ship leaves Marseilles loaded with Jews, survivors of the Holocaust who hope to begin a new life in the recently founded state of Israel... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A cargo ship leaves Marseilles loaded with Jews, survivors of the Holocaust who hope to begin a new life in the recently founded state of Israel... [More...]
Manon des sources (1953)
Marcel Pagnol
In a small Provençal village, the locals tell a newly installed schoolteacher the story of Manon, a young shepherdess who lives a wild and solitary life in the surrounding hills... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
In a small Provençal village, the locals tell a newly installed schoolteacher the story of Manon, a young shepherdess who lives a wild and solitary life in the surrounding hills... [More...]
Manon des sources (1986)
Claude Berri
After the tragic death of his neighbour Jean Cadoret, César Soubeyran purchases his land so that his nephew Ugolin Soubeyran can grow carnations on an industrial scale... [More...]
Claude Berri
After the tragic death of his neighbour Jean Cadoret, César Soubeyran purchases his land so that his nephew Ugolin Soubeyran can grow carnations on an industrial scale... [More...]
La Marche de l'empereur (2005)
Luc Jacquet
Every year, the emperor penguins leave the ocean that has been their home during the summer months and walk across the frozen Antarctic wastes to their breeding ground on a safe plateau of ice... [More...]
Luc Jacquet
Every year, the emperor penguins leave the ocean that has been their home during the summer months and walk across the frozen Antarctic wastes to their breeding ground on a safe plateau of ice... [More...]
Marguerite (2015)
Xavier Giannoli
In Paris of the 1920s, Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman who likes nothing better than to indulge her passion for music and opera... [More...]
Xavier Giannoli
In Paris of the 1920s, Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman who likes nothing better than to indulge her passion for music and opera... [More...]
Le Mari de la coiffeuse (1990)
Patrice Leconte
In middle-age, Antoine looks back on his life and recalls happy times when he was a little boy holidaying in Luc-sur-Mer with his brother... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
In middle-age, Antoine looks back on his life and recalls happy times when he was a little boy holidaying in Luc-sur-Mer with his brother... [More...]
Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
Julien Duvivier
Maria Chapdelaine lives with her parents and siblings in a remote corner of Quebec. The nearest town is Peribonka, where, one fine spring day, Maria meets François Paradis, an introverted but likeable hunter... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Maria Chapdelaine lives with her parents and siblings in a remote corner of Quebec. The nearest town is Peribonka, where, one fine spring day, Maria meets François Paradis, an introverted but likeable hunter... [More...]
Le Mariage à trois (2010)
Jacques Doillon
Auguste is a playwright in his fifties who is struggling to put the finishing touches to his latest magnum opus. A few details still need to be worked through, so to help him he invites two actors to his house in the country to help bring the play to life... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Auguste is a playwright in his fifties who is struggling to put the finishing touches to his latest magnum opus. A few details still need to be worked through, so to help him he invites two actors to his house in the country to help bring the play to life... [More...]
Le Mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)
Julien Duvivier
In Brussels, Ferdinand Beulemans is the proud owner of one of the city's leading breweries. He has high hopes of being elected Honorary President of the Brewers' Society, his only serious rival being Monsieur Meulemeester whose son Séraphím is promised in marriage to the Beulemans' beautiful daughter Suzanne... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
In Brussels, Ferdinand Beulemans is the proud owner of one of the city's leading breweries. He has high hopes of being elected Honorary President of the Brewers' Society, his only serious rival being Monsieur Meulemeester whose son Séraphím is promised in marriage to the Beulemans' beautiful daughter Suzanne... [More...]
Marianne de ma jeunesse (1955)
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]