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French cinema: Comedy/Thriller
À bout de souffle (1960)
Jean-Luc Godard
Michel Poiccard is a small-time crook on a mission: to recover some money owed to him by his criminal associates. To that end, he steals a car in Marseille and heads for Paris...
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Jean-Luc Godard
Au secours! (1924)
Abel Gance
Max is relaxing on honeymoon with his bride Renée when he suddenly feels inclined to drop in on his club. He arrives at the club just as the Count de Mornay offers a bet that no one can spend a night in his haunted castle...
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Abel Gance
Bande à part (1964)
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard...
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Jean-Luc Godard
Les Barbouzes (1964)
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects...
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Georges Lautner
Café de Paris (1938)
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence...
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Yves Mirande
Le Cave se rebiffe (1961)
Gilles Grangier
Brothel owner Charles Lepicard is desperately in need of a new source of income when the introduction of a new law threatens his business... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Brothel owner Charles Lepicard is desperately in need of a new source of income when the introduction of a new law threatens his business... [More...]
Ce jour-là (2003)
Raoul Ruiz
Livia is a rich heiress who lives in a grand house in a remote part of Switzerland, resented by her relatives who are jealous of her fortune and desperately want to get their hands on it... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
Livia is a rich heiress who lives in a grand house in a remote part of Switzerland, resented by her relatives who are jealous of her fortune and desperately want to get their hands on it... [More...]
Le Cerveau (1969)
Gérard Oury
Not long after pulling off a spectacular train robbery in Great Britain, the criminal genius The Brain is soon planning his next lucrative enterprise... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Not long after pulling off a spectacular train robbery in Great Britain, the criminal genius The Brain is soon planning his next lucrative enterprise... [More...]
Compartiment tueurs (1965)
Costa-Gavras
When a sleeper train from Marseille to Paris stops at Avignon, a young woman named Benjamine Bombat climbs aboard and offers a place in her compartment to a handsome young stranger, Daniel, who has omitted to buy a ticket... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
When a sleeper train from Marseille to Paris stops at Avignon, a young woman named Benjamine Bombat climbs aboard and offers a place in her compartment to a handsome young stranger, Daniel, who has omitted to buy a ticket... [More...]
Copie conforme (1947)
Jean Dréville
No one would think that Manuel Ismora, an esteemed society photographer, is an audacious thief and con artist. The newspapers are filled with accounts of Ismora's criminal exploits, which involve the fraudulent sale of a château and the theft of some valuable jewels, but the police are slow in bringing him to justice... [More...]
Jean Dréville
No one would think that Manuel Ismora, an esteemed society photographer, is an audacious thief and con artist. The newspapers are filled with accounts of Ismora's criminal exploits, which involve the fraudulent sale of a château and the theft of some valuable jewels, but the police are slow in bringing him to justice... [More...]
Le Corniaud (1965)
Gérard Oury
Antoine Maréchal is about to set off for a holiday in Italy when his 2CV is smashed to pieces by a Rolls-Royce, driven by the wealthy business man Léopold Saroyan... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Antoine Maréchal is about to set off for a holiday in Italy when his 2CV is smashed to pieces by a Rolls-Royce, driven by the wealthy business man Léopold Saroyan... [More...]
Le Crime est notre affaire (2008)
Pascal Thomas
Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life... [More...]
La Dame d'onze heures (1948)
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1938)
Christian-Jaque
In the college of St-Agil, three boys, Baume, Sorgue and Macroy, form a secret society "Les Chiche-capons". Each night, they sneak away from their dormitory and meet up in the science room to have an illicit smoke and plan a clandestine voyage to America, under the watchful gaze of their mascot, Martin the Skeleton... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In the college of St-Agil, three boys, Baume, Sorgue and Macroy, form a secret society "Les Chiche-capons". Each night, they sneak away from their dormitory and meet up in the science room to have an illicit smoke and plan a clandestine voyage to America, under the watchful gaze of their mascot, Martin the Skeleton... [More...]
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)
Michel Audiard
Through her work as a housecleaner, Germaine finds out things about her employers which, if widely known, would provoke a scandal... [More...]
Michel Audiard
Through her work as a housecleaner, Germaine finds out things about her employers which, if widely known, would provoke a scandal... [More...]
En liberté! (2018)
Pierre Salvadori
Yvonne Santi, a young police officer, is still coming to terms with the death of her husband Jean, a police superintendent who died heroically two years previously in the course of his work... [More...]
Pierre Salvadori
Yvonne Santi, a young police officer, is still coming to terms with the death of her husband Jean, a police superintendent who died heroically two years previously in the course of his work... [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 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...]
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...]
Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien (2000)
Dominik Moll
Michel, a young teacher, is driving his wife and three young daughters to their country home. During a stop at a petrol station, he meets another man, Harry, who recognises him as a fellow schoolmate... [More...]
Dominik Moll
Michel, a young teacher, is driving his wife and three young daughters to their country home. During a stop at a petrol station, he meets another man, Harry, who recognises him as a fellow schoolmate... [More...]
L'Heure zéro (2007)
Pascal Thomas
Just what was Guillaume Neuville thinking when he invited his ex-wife Aude and his latest wife Caroline to his Aunt Camilla's home in Brittany... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Just what was Guillaume Neuville thinking when he invited his ex-wife Aude and his latest wife Caroline to his Aunt Camilla's home in Brittany... [More...]
Histoires extraordinaires (1949)
Jean Faurez
France, at the time of the Second Empire. One dreary night, three gendarmes regale a new recruit with tales of murder and intrigue with which they have had first hand experience... [More...]
Jean Faurez
France, at the time of the Second Empire. One dreary night, three gendarmes regale a new recruit with tales of murder and intrigue with which they have had first hand experience... [More...]
L'Homme de Rio (1964)
Philippe de Broca
French air force pilot Adrien Dufourquet returns to Paris for a week's leave just before his girlfriend, Agnès, is kidnapped... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
French air force pilot Adrien Dufourquet returns to Paris for a week's leave just before his girlfriend, Agnès, is kidnapped... [More...]
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...]
Le Locataire (1976)
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
Lucky Jo (1964)
Michel Deville
Lucky Jo is a crook for whom nothing ever seems to go right. He is an amiable sort of guy, always means to do good, but somehow the gods are never on his side - as his gang discovers when he wrecks their criminal exploits... [More...]
Michel Deville
Lucky Jo is a crook for whom nothing ever seems to go right. He is an amiable sort of guy, always means to do good, but somehow the gods are never on his side - as his gang discovers when he wrecks their criminal exploits... [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...]
Mortelle randonnée (1983)
Claude Miller
Haunted by a past that he does his best to bury, fifty-something Louis Beauvoir leads a solitary life in which there is no place for sentiment or intimate human contact... [More...]
Claude Miller
Haunted by a past that he does his best to bury, fifty-something Louis Beauvoir leads a solitary life in which there is no place for sentiment or intimate human contact... [More...]
Le Mystère de la tour Eiffel (1928)
Julien Duvivier
With their 'Siamese Twins' dance act, the Mironton Brothers - Achille Saturnin and his exact double - are one of the main attractions at a popular Parisian fairground... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
With their 'Siamese Twins' dance act, the Mironton Brothers - Achille Saturnin and his exact double - are one of the main attractions at a popular Parisian fairground... [More...]