French cinema: 1990s
Germinal (1993)
Claude Berri
During the 1870s, an unemployed machine-worker named Étienne Lantier arrives at Montsou, a small mining town in the north of France, looking for work...
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Claude Berri
La Gloire de mon père (1990)
Yves Robert
In the late 1890s, Joseph Pagnol, a schoolteacher and staunch atheist, lives with his wife Augustine in a district of Marseille...
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Yves Robert
Grosse fatigue (1994)
Michel Blanc
Actor-director Michel Blanc is going through a rough time. He is unable to get his next film off the ground, women no longer find him as irresistible as they should, and, to cap it all, he is unjustly arrested for the rape of Josianne Balasko...
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Michel Blanc
La Guerre sans nom (1992)
Bertrand Tavernier
In this documentary, Patrick Rotman interviews around thirty former French combatants of the Algerian War and allows them to tell their own story of a conflict that lasted eight years and ended in a humiliating defeat for France...
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Bertrand Tavernier
La Haine (1995)
Mathieu Kassovitz
This film follows one day in the lives of three unemployed young men who live on a housing estate in a deprived suburb of Paris...
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Mathieu Kassovitz
Hasards ou coïncidences (1998)
Claude Lelouch
Miriam Lini used to be a highly successful dancer, before she decided to give up her career and devote herself to bringing up her son, Serge... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Miriam Lini used to be a highly successful dancer, before she decided to give up her career and devote herself to bringing up her son, Serge... [More...]
Haut les coeurs (1999)
Sólveig Anspach
A young woman, Emma, decides to get pregnant without her boyfriend's consent. This puts a strain on their relationship, but this is nothing to what they experience when Emma discovers that she has breast cancer... [More...]
Sólveig Anspach
A young woman, Emma, decides to get pregnant without her boyfriend's consent. This puts a strain on their relationship, but this is nothing to what they experience when Emma discovers that she has breast cancer... [More...]
Hélas pour moi (1993)
Jean-Luc Godard
On the sedate banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, a community of people lead an idyllic life. These include Simon and Rachel Donnadieu, the owners of a popular restaurant... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
On the sedate banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, a community of people lead an idyllic life. These include Simon and Rachel Donnadieu, the owners of a popular restaurant... [More...]
L'Homme de ma vie (1992)
Jean-Charles Tacchella
When Aimée loses her job, she decides to find a husband who will keep her in the manner to which she intends to become accustomed... [More...]
Jean-Charles Tacchella
When Aimée loses her job, she decides to find a husband who will keep her in the manner to which she intends to become accustomed... [More...]
L'Homme est une femme comme les autres (1998)
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Simon Eskanazy is a gay man from a Jewish background who just about scrapes a living as a musician in Paris. To preserve the family name, his Uncle Salomon tries to bribe him into getting married - but Simon refuses... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Simon Eskanazy is a gay man from a Jewish background who just about scrapes a living as a musician in Paris. To preserve the family name, his Uncle Salomon tries to bribe him into getting married - but Simon refuses... [More...]
L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre (1991)
Alain Tanner
Suffering from a creative block, a writer, Paul, walks away from his wife and job and hides away in a remote Spanish resort in the hope of regaining his inspiration... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Suffering from a creative block, a writer, Paul, walks away from his wife and job and hides away in a remote Spanish resort in the hope of regaining his inspiration... [More...]
Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (1996)
Claude Lelouch
Fabio Lino is an ex-actor who finds he can put his acting skills to better use in his current job as a policeman. Benoit Blanc is a successful business man who has more than an eye for the ladies... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Fabio Lino is an ex-actor who finds he can put his acting skills to better use in his current job as a policeman. Benoit Blanc is a successful business man who has more than an eye for the ladies... [More...]
Hors jeu (1998)
Karim Dridi
Two out of work actors, Ange and Concepción, meet up during the making of a seedy television commercial. Having shared magic mushrooms together, they fall in love... [More...]
Karim Dridi
Two out of work actors, Ange and Concepción, meet up during the making of a seedy television commercial. Having shared magic mushrooms together, they fall in love... [More...]
Hors la vie (1991)
Maroun Bagdadi
In the late 1980s, Patrick Perrault, a French photographer and journalist, travels to Beirut to make a report on the war that is tearing the region apart... [More...]
Maroun Bagdadi
In the late 1980s, Patrick Perrault, a French photographer and journalist, travels to Beirut to make a report on the war that is tearing the region apart... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Le Hussard sur le toit (1995)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Il y a des jours... et des lunes (1990)
Claude Lelouch
It has long been thought that the lunar cycle has an influence over the affairs of man, but does it also effect the relationships between men and women... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
It has long been thought that the lunar cycle has an influence over the affairs of man, but does it also effect the relationships between men and women... [More...]
L'Inconnu dans la maison (1992)
Georges Lautner
Since his wife committed suicide ten years ago, Jacques Loursat, a once renowned lawyer, has lived the life of a recluse, dousing his sorrows in alcohol and self-pity... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Since his wife committed suicide ten years ago, Jacques Loursat, a once renowned lawyer, has lived the life of a recluse, dousing his sorrows in alcohol and self-pity... [More...]
L'Inconnu de Strasbourg (1998)
Valeria Sarmiento
Madeleine is spending an evening with her lover, Jean-Paul, when her husband appears unexpectedly. The latter produces a gun and forces Madeleine to join in a variant of Russian roulette, which he loses... [More...]
Valeria Sarmiento
Madeleine is spending an evening with her lover, Jean-Paul, when her husband appears unexpectedly. The latter produces a gun and forces Madeleine to join in a variant of Russian roulette, which he loses... [More...]
Indochine (1992)
Régis Wargnier
This is the story of Eliane who owns a rubber plantation in Indochine (now Viet-Nam) at the time of the French colonisation of the country... [More...]
Régis Wargnier
This is the story of Eliane who owns a rubber plantation in Indochine (now Viet-Nam) at the time of the French colonisation of the country... [More...]
IP5 (1992)
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Street graffiti artist Tony and his child rap-obsessed companion Jockey are heading for Grenoble to deliver a consignment of overgrown gnomes for some skinheads... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Street graffiti artist Tony and his child rap-obsessed companion Jockey are heading for Grenoble to deliver a consignment of overgrown gnomes for some skinheads... [More...]
Irma Vep (1996)
Olivier Assayas
A once great film director, René Vidal, attempts a come back by remaking Louis Feuillade's classic crime serial, Les Vampires... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
A once great film director, René Vidal, attempts a come back by remaking Louis Feuillade's classic crime serial, Les Vampires... [More...]
J'ai horreur de l'amour (1997)
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Annie, a 30-something divorcee, is a doctor with her own medical practice in Paris. One summer, her working days feel as empty and uneventful as her love life - until two men enter her surgery and her life... [More...]
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Annie, a 30-something divorcee, is a doctor with her own medical practice in Paris. One summer, her working days feel as empty and uneventful as her love life - until two men enter her surgery and her life... [More...]
J'embrasse pas (1991)
André Téchiné
An idealistic 17-year old youth, Pierre, leaves his home in the rural South-West of France, hoping to make a career as an actor in Paris... [More...]
André Téchiné
An idealistic 17-year old youth, Pierre, leaves his home in the rural South-West of France, hoping to make a career as an actor in Paris... [More...]
J'entends plus la guitare (1991)
Philippe Garrel
Marianne and Gérard are a couple enjoying a languorous holiday at a villa in the Italian coastal town of Positano... [More...]
Philippe Garrel
Marianne and Gérard are a couple enjoying a languorous holiday at a villa in the Italian coastal town of Positano... [More...]
Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
Agnès Varda
In the late 1930s, 8-year-old Jacques Demy lives with his father, a garage mechanic, and mother, a hairdresser, in a small town near to the large seaport of Nantes... [More...]
Agnès Varda
In the late 1930s, 8-year-old Jacques Demy lives with his father, a garage mechanic, and mother, a hairdresser, in a small town near to the large seaport of Nantes... [More...]
Le Jaguar (1996)
Francis Veber
In a bid to raise awareness about the plight of the Amazonians, whose way of life is threatened by the destruction of the rain forests, anthropologist Jean Campana begins a tour of France in the company of Wanu, a shaman... [More...]
Francis Veber
In a bid to raise awareness about the plight of the Amazonians, whose way of life is threatened by the destruction of the rain forests, anthropologist Jean Campana begins a tour of France in the company of Wanu, a shaman... [More...]
Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père (1999)
Rémi Waterhouse
When his mother dies, Sauveur, a young trainee chef, finally discovers the identity of his absent father. He tries to make contact with the man to whom he owes his existence, but the latter evidently has no interest in meeting the fruit of his youthful misadventures... [More...]
Rémi Waterhouse
When his mother dies, Sauveur, a young trainee chef, finally discovers the identity of his absent father. He tries to make contact with the man to whom he owes his existence, but the latter evidently has no interest in meeting the fruit of his youthful misadventures... [More...]
Je suis né d'une cigogne (1999)
Tony Gatlif
Otto, one of the long-term unemployed, lives with his mother in state housing. His girlfriend, Louna, works as a hairdresser and lives with an old woman who is being preyed upon by the bailiffs... [More...]
Tony Gatlif
Otto, one of the long-term unemployed, lives with his mother in state housing. His girlfriend, Louna, works as a hairdresser and lives with an old woman who is being preyed upon by the bailiffs... [More...]