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French cinema: All genres
Mères et filles (2009)
Julie Lopes-Curval
Audrey is an independently minded thirty-year-old who has always been intrigued by her family history. It was in the 1950s that her grandmother Louise abandoned her family when her children were still young, leaving no trace as to where she might be going...
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Julie Lopes-Curval
Merlusse (1935)
Marcel Pagnol
The undisciplined pupils at a boarding school in the south of France have a habit of giving their teachers a hard time. The main target of their evil sense of humour is poor Monsieur Blanchard, a teacher they nickname Merlusse on account of his very peculiar odour...
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Marcel Pagnol
Merry-Go-Round (1981)
Jacques Rivette
Ben, a young American, and Léo, a young French woman, meet at an airport in Paris. They had been hoping to meet up with Léo's sister Elisabeth, who is also Ben's girlfriend, but she is mysteriously absent...
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Jacques Rivette
Mes meilleurs copains (1989)
Jean-Marie Poiré
At his house in the country, Richard invites four old friends of his - Jean-Michel, Guido, Antoine and Dany - to share a weekend with him and reminisce on their wild youth in the 1960s...
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Jean-Marie Poiré
Mesrine: L'Ennemi public n°1 (2008)
Jean-François Richet
Following his outrageous criminal escapades in France and Canada, Jacques Mesrine has become Public Enemy N° 1, the man most wanted by both the police and the media...
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Jean-François Richet
Mesrine: L'Instinct de mort (2008)
Jean-François Richet
Serving in Algeria in the late 1950s, a young French soldier, Jacques Mesrine, soon develops a taste for violence, adventure and killing... [More...]
Jean-François Richet
Serving in Algeria in the late 1950s, a young French soldier, Jacques Mesrine, soon develops a taste for violence, adventure and killing... [More...]
Le Messager (1937)
Raymond Rouleau
It is in a blaze of impetuosity that Nick Dange divorces his rich English wife Florence so that he can marry another woman, Marie... [More...]
Raymond Rouleau
It is in a blaze of impetuosity that Nick Dange divorces his rich English wife Florence so that he can marry another woman, Marie... [More...]
Messidor (1979)
Alain Tanner
Tired of her dull urban life, Jeanne, a young history student, decides to abandon her studies and take a break in the country... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Tired of her dull urban life, Jeanne, a young history student, decides to abandon her studies and take a break in the country... [More...]
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Michel Strogoff (1926)
Viktor Tourjansky
As a revolt by the Tartars threatens to tear the Russian Empire in two, the soldier Michel Strogoff is sent to the Siberian town of Irkutsk with a vital message from the Tsar... [More...]
Viktor Tourjansky
As a revolt by the Tartars threatens to tear the Russian Empire in two, the soldier Michel Strogoff is sent to the Siberian town of Irkutsk with a vital message from the Tsar... [More...]
Microbe et Gasoil (2015)
Michel Gondry
Daniel, nicknamed Microbe on account of his puny build and long hair, finds an unlikely friend in Théo, a free-spirited loner whose love of petrol-driven engines has earned him the soubriquet Gasoil... [More...]
Michel Gondry
Daniel, nicknamed Microbe on account of his puny build and long hair, finds an unlikely friend in Théo, a free-spirited loner whose love of petrol-driven engines has earned him the soubriquet Gasoil... [More...]
Mike (2011)
Lars Blumers
Contrary to what you might think, Mike and his tearaway friends Fred and J-C have plenty to occupy themselves in Kembs, a backwater town in Alsace on the border with Switzerland and Germany... [More...]
Lars Blumers
Contrary to what you might think, Mike and his tearaway friends Fred and J-C have plenty to occupy themselves in Kembs, a backwater town in Alsace on the border with Switzerland and Germany... [More...]
Le Milieu du monde (1974)
Alain Tanner
Paul, a high-flying engineer, is proud to have been born in a Swiss town the locals refer to as the Centre of the World. He is running for a local election when he meets Adriana, a young Italian waitress in a café... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Paul, a high-flying engineer, is proud to have been born in a Swiss town the locals refer to as the Centre of the World. He is running for a local election when he meets Adriana, a young Italian waitress in a café... [More...]
Mille milliards de dollars (1982)
Henri Verneuil
Paul Kerjean is a journalist on a leading French news weekly, La Tribune. One day, he receives an anonymous phone call revealing that the respected industrialist Jacques Benoît-Lambert is facing financial ruin... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Paul Kerjean is a journalist on a leading French news weekly, La Tribune. One day, he receives an anonymous phone call revealing that the respected industrialist Jacques Benoît-Lambert is facing financial ruin... [More...]
Le Million (1931)
René Clair
A penniless artist, Michel, is pursued by creditors when he discovers he has won the million florin lottery. He realises that he left the winning lottery ticket in his jacket, which he gave to his girlfriend, Béatrice, to repair... [More...]
René Clair
A penniless artist, Michel, is pursued by creditors when he discovers he has won the million florin lottery. He realises that he left the winning lottery ticket in his jacket, which he gave to his girlfriend, Béatrice, to repair... [More...]
Milou en mai (1990)
Louis Malle
May 1968. Émile Vieuzac, known to all as Milou, is a contented 60 year-old who lives with his mother in a grand country house in the southwest of France... [More...]
Louis Malle
May 1968. Émile Vieuzac, known to all as Milou, is a contented 60 year-old who lives with his mother in a grand country house in the southwest of France... [More...]
Minne, l'ingénue libertine (1950)
Jacqueline Audry
Minnie is a flighty young woman who, bored with her mundane bourgeois existence, takes refuge in her childish fantasies. On her wedding night, she regales her husband Antoine with a lurid account of a passionate liaison she once had with a hoodlum... [More...]
Jacqueline Audry
Minnie is a flighty young woman who, bored with her mundane bourgeois existence, takes refuge in her childish fantasies. On her wedding night, she regales her husband Antoine with a lurid account of a passionate liaison she once had with a hoodlum... [More...]
La Minute de vérité (1952)
Jean Delannoy
On the evening of his wedding anniversary, a respectable doctor, Pierre Richard, is called away to attend to a suicide victim... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
On the evening of his wedding anniversary, a respectable doctor, Pierre Richard, is called away to attend to a suicide victim... [More...]
Miquette et sa mère (1950)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
In 1900, 18-year-old Miquette Grandier lives in a small provincial town with her widowed mother, Madame Grandier, the owner of a tobacco shop... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
In 1900, 18-year-old Miquette Grandier lives in a small provincial town with her widowed mother, Madame Grandier, the owner of a tobacco shop... [More...]
Le Miracle des loups (1924)
Raymond Bernard
In 1461, following the One Hundred Years' War, France is a divided nation. King Louis XI is resolved to bring the country together, but his ambitions are threatened by noblemen who are reluctant to give up their power... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
In 1461, following the One Hundred Years' War, France is a divided nation. King Louis XI is resolved to bring the country together, but his ambitions are threatened by noblemen who are reluctant to give up their power... [More...]
Mirages de Paris (1933)
Fyodor Otsep
Convinced that she has what it takes to become a great star of the stage Madeleine Duchanel runs away from her strictly run provincial boarding school and heads for the bright lights of Paris... [More...]
Fyodor Otsep
Convinced that she has what it takes to become a great star of the stage Madeleine Duchanel runs away from her strictly run provincial boarding school and heads for the bright lights of Paris... [More...]
Le Miroir à deux faces (1958)
André Cayatte
Deciding it is time for him to marry, schoolmaster Pierre Tardivet places an ad in the newspaper for his ideal partner. Of the many replies he receives, he selects Marie-Josée Vauzange, a middle-aged spinster who, whilst gentle and cultivated, is far from being an object of beauty... [More...]
André Cayatte
Deciding it is time for him to marry, schoolmaster Pierre Tardivet places an ad in the newspaper for his ideal partner. Of the many replies he receives, he selects Marie-Josée Vauzange, a middle-aged spinster who, whilst gentle and cultivated, is far from being an object of beauty... [More...]
Les Misérables (1913)
Albert Capellani
Époque I - Jean Valjean France, 1815. Unable to find work as a labourer, Jean Valjean is forced to steal a loaf of bread for his starving mother... [More...]
Albert Capellani
Époque I - Jean Valjean France, 1815. Unable to find work as a labourer, Jean Valjean is forced to steal a loaf of bread for his starving mother... [More...]
Les Misérables (1933)
Raymond Bernard
Jean Valjean leaves jail, having served a 15-year sentence for stealing a loaf of bread, a hard and bitter man. The kindness of a bishop sets him on a new course, however, and eight years later he has become Monsieur Madeleine, a respected mayor and industrialist... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
Jean Valjean leaves jail, having served a 15-year sentence for stealing a loaf of bread, a hard and bitter man. The kindness of a bishop sets him on a new course, however, and eight years later he has become Monsieur Madeleine, a respected mayor and industrialist... [More...]
Les Misérables (1958)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
France, 1815. Sentenced to five years' hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean escapes from prison in Toulon and goes on the run... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
France, 1815. Sentenced to five years' hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean escapes from prison in Toulon and goes on the run... [More...]
Les Misérables (1982)
Robert Hossein
Sent to jail for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean has every reason for hating humanity and embarking on a life of crime when he is released twenty years later... [More...]
Robert Hossein
Sent to jail for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean has every reason for hating humanity and embarking on a life of crime when he is released twenty years later... [More...]
Les Misérables (1995)
Claude Lelouch
France, 1900. When his employer shoots himself after a New Year's party, chauffeur Henri Fortin is condemned for murder and sentenced to a term of hard labour... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
France, 1900. When his employer shoots himself after a New Year's party, chauffeur Henri Fortin is condemned for murder and sentenced to a term of hard labour... [More...]
Les Mistons (1957)
François Truffaut
In the historic town of Nîmes, an attractive young woman named Bernadette finds she has some unwelcome admirers in a gang of schoolboys who insist on following her about during the long summer holidays... [More...]
François Truffaut
In the historic town of Nîmes, an attractive young woman named Bernadette finds she has some unwelcome admirers in a gang of schoolboys who insist on following her about during the long summer holidays... [More...]
Mobile Home (2012)
François Pirot
Having broken up with his girlfriend, Simon returns to his home village where his parents are enjoying a peaceful retirement... [More...]
François Pirot
Having broken up with his girlfriend, Simon returns to his home village where his parents are enjoying a peaceful retirement... [More...]
Moderato cantabile (1960)
Peter Brook
A bored housewife, Anne, witnesses the murder of a woman by her boyfriend in a bar-café. By chance, she meets a man, Chauvin, a labourer, who shares her fascination with the murder... [More...]
Peter Brook
A bored housewife, Anne, witnesses the murder of a woman by her boyfriend in a bar-café. By chance, she meets a man, Chauvin, a labourer, who shares her fascination with the murder... [More...]