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French cinema: All genres
La Marie du port (1950)
Marcel Carné
In 1949, Odile le Flem, a woman in her mid-thirties, makes a reluctant return to the small Normandy town where she grew up, Port-en-Bessin, to attend the funeral of her recently deceased father...
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Marcel Carné
Marie-Line (2000)
Mehdi Charef
Marie-Line is a down-to-earth woman in her mid-forties who works hard for a living whilst she copes, as best she can, with a failing marriage...
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Mehdi Charef
Marie-Octobre (1959)
Julien Duvivier
Marie-Hélène Dumoufin, formerly known as Marie-Octobre, hosts a party at her house with the aim of concluding some unfinished business...
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Julien Duvivier
Marie-poupée (1976)
Joël Séria
Marie is a naive 17-year-old orphan who lives with her grandparents. One day, she enters a dolls shop and immediately attracts the attention of its owner, a charming young man named Claude...
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Joël Séria
La Mariée était en Noir (1967)
François Truffaut
At a party to celebrate his engagement, a young man named Bliss is drawn to a mysterious woman he has never seen before but who seems to know him...
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François Truffaut
Marius (1931)
Alexander Korda
César is the owner of a café in the French port of Marseilles, which he runs with his twenty-year-old son Marius... [More...]
Alexander Korda
César is the owner of a café in the French port of Marseilles, which he runs with his twenty-year-old son Marius... [More...]
Marius et Jeannette (1997)
Robert Guédiguian
Jeannette is a single mother who is struggling to bring up her children on a meagre salary in Estaque, a working class district of Marseilles... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
Jeannette is a single mother who is struggling to bring up her children on a meagre salary in Estaque, a working class district of Marseilles... [More...]
La Marseillaise (1938)
Jean Renoir
On 14th July 1789, the Duke of Rochefoucauld informs King Louis XVI of France that the Bastille has fallen to a Parisian mob... [More...]
Jean Renoir
On 14th July 1789, the Duke of Rochefoucauld informs King Louis XVI of France that the Bastille has fallen to a Parisian mob... [More...]
Martha... Martha (2001)
Sandrine Veysset
Martha is a vulnerable young woman who, after a traumatic childhood, now finds calm and contentment with her husband Reymond and their little girl, Lise... [More...]
Sandrine Veysset
Martha is a vulnerable young woman who, after a traumatic childhood, now finds calm and contentment with her husband Reymond and their little girl, Lise... [More...]
Masculin, féminin (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard
His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer... [More...]
Masques (1987)
Claude Chabrol
Christian Legagneur is one of France's best-loved TV personalities, the genial host of a popular talent show in which the over-sixties compete for big prizes by crooning sentimental songs of yesteryear... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Christian Legagneur is one of France's best-loved TV personalities, the genial host of a popular talent show in which the over-sixties compete for big prizes by crooning sentimental songs of yesteryear... [More...]
La Maternelle (1933)
Jean Benoît-Lévy
After her father's bankruptcy Rose, an educated woman in her early twenties, is abandoned by her fiancé and is forced to fall back on her own resources... [More...]
Jean Benoît-Lévy
After her father's bankruptcy Rose, an educated woman in her early twenties, is abandoned by her fiancé and is forced to fall back on her own resources... [More...]
Maternité clandestine (1953)
Jean Gourguet
In the suburbs of Paris, a gang of wayward adolescents led by Maurice survive on the spoils of their petty crimes. Under the instructions of small-time hoodlum André, the gang must hold up a cashier on his way home one evening... [More...]
Jean Gourguet
In the suburbs of Paris, a gang of wayward adolescents led by Maurice survive on the spoils of their petty crimes. Under the instructions of small-time hoodlum André, the gang must hold up a cashier on his way home one evening... [More...]
Mauprat (1926)
Jean Epstein
Hubert de Mauprat is an ageing French nobleman who leads a quiet life at his castle of Saint Sévère in the company of his daughter Edmée... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Hubert de Mauprat is an ageing French nobleman who leads a quiet life at his castle of Saint Sévère in the company of his daughter Edmée... [More...]
Mauvais garçon (1993)
Jacques Bral
Immediately after being released from prison, where he has served a short stretch for petty larceny, 30-something Thomas returns to his girlfriend, only to find she is in bed with another man... [More...]
Jacques Bral
Immediately after being released from prison, where he has served a short stretch for petty larceny, 30-something Thomas returns to his girlfriend, only to find she is in bed with another man... [More...]
Mauvais sang (1986)
Leos Carax
Paris, 1986. As Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth, the capital is experiencing an unprecedented heat wave... [More...]
Leos Carax
Paris, 1986. As Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth, the capital is experiencing an unprecedented heat wave... [More...]
Les Mauvaises fréquentations (1963)
Jean Eustache
One Sunday evening, two men in their twenties roam the streets of the Clichy district of Paris, hoping to pick up a pair of girls they can spend the night with... [More...]
Jean Eustache
One Sunday evening, two men in their twenties roam the streets of the Clichy district of Paris, hoping to pick up a pair of girls they can spend the night with... [More...]
Max victime du quinquina (1911)
Max Linder
Lacking his usual vitality, Max consults his doctor, who advises him to take a glass of Bordeaux quinine every day. Back home, Max takes the bottle of medicine and pours it into one large glass... [More...]
Max Linder
Lacking his usual vitality, Max consults his doctor, who advises him to take a glass of Bordeaux quinine every day. Back home, Max takes the bottle of medicine and pours it into one large glass... [More...]
Maxime (1958)
Henri Verneuil
Paris, 1914. Maxime Cherpray is an ageing Don Juan who, despite being well-bred and well-educated, has little money and lives in a small apartment... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Paris, 1914. Maxime Cherpray is an ageing Don Juan who, despite being well-bred and well-educated, has little money and lives in a small apartment... [More...]
Maya (1949)
Raymond Bernard
When the cargo ship Saint-Jacques docks at a seaport, the crew waste no time going ashore to enjoy the distractions offered by the town... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
When the cargo ship Saint-Jacques docks at a seaport, the crew waste no time going ashore to enjoy the distractions offered by the town... [More...]
Mayerling (1936)
Anatole Litvak
In the late 1880s, Archduke Rudolph is the crown prince of Austria, a rebellious young man who prefers the company of ordinary folk to that of the nobility... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
In the late 1880s, Archduke Rudolph is the crown prince of Austria, a rebellious young man who prefers the company of ordinary folk to that of the nobility... [More...]
Mayrig (1992)
Henri Verneuil
In 1921, a shipload of Armenian refugees arrive in Marseilles, hoping to begin a new life. These include six-year-old Azad Zakarian, his father Hagop, his mother Araxi and his two aunts Anna and Gayané... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
In 1921, a shipload of Armenian refugees arrive in Marseilles, hoping to begin a new life. These include six-year-old Azad Zakarian, his father Hagop, his mother Araxi and his two aunts Anna and Gayané... [More...]
La Meilleure façon de marcher (1976)
Claude Miller
In the summer of 1960, Marc and Philippe work as supervisors in a French summer camp for boys. Their different methods of treating their young charges reflect their different personalities... [More...]
Claude Miller
In the summer of 1960, Marc and Philippe work as supervisors in a French summer camp for boys. Their different methods of treating their young charges reflect their different personalities... [More...]
Mélo (1986)
Alain Resnais
Two old friends, Marcel and Pierre, get together one evening for a meal and to reminisce on old times. Marcel is now a world famous virtuoso violinist whilst Pierre has settled down for a quiet life with his wife, Romaine... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Two old friends, Marcel and Pierre, get together one evening for a meal and to reminisce on old times. Marcel is now a world famous virtuoso violinist whilst Pierre has settled down for a quiet life with his wife, Romaine... [More...]
Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)
Henri Verneuil
Monsieur Charles has only been out of jail five minutes after completing his last stretch before he begins planning his next robbery... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Monsieur Charles has only been out of jail five minutes after completing his last stretch before he begins planning his next robbery... [More...]
La Menace (1977)
Alain Corneau
Dominique Montlaure owns a substantial trucking business near to Bordeaux, which she runs with the help of her boyfriend, Henri Savin... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Dominique Montlaure owns a substantial trucking business near to Bordeaux, which she runs with the help of her boyfriend, Henri Savin... [More...]
Ménilmontant (1926)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
The peace of a rural community is shattered when a man and his wife are violently attacked and murdered with an axe by a deranged killer... [More...]
Dimitri Kirsanoff
The peace of a rural community is shattered when a man and his wife are violently attacked and murdered with an axe by a deranged killer... [More...]
Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités... (2004)
Laurent Tirard
Raphaël is a 30-something writer who earns a crust churning out insipid autobiographies for the latest trendy, empty-headed celebrities... [More...]
Laurent Tirard
Raphaël is a 30-something writer who earns a crust churning out insipid autobiographies for the latest trendy, empty-headed celebrities... [More...]
Le Mépris (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
Paul Javal, a crime fiction writer, is engaged by the American film producer Jeremy Prokosch to re-write a film about Homer's Odyssey... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Paul Javal, a crime fiction writer, is engaged by the American film producer Jeremy Prokosch to re-write a film about Homer's Odyssey... [More...]
Merci pour le chocolat (2000)
Claude Chabrol
A piano student, Jeanne Pollet, learns that she was very nearly switched at birth with the son of a famous concert pianist, André Polonski... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
A piano student, Jeanne Pollet, learns that she was very nearly switched at birth with the son of a famous concert pianist, André Polonski... [More...]