French cinema: 1990s
Marthe (1997)
Jean-Loup Hubert
Autumn, 1915. Wounded on a World War I battlefield, a young soldier named Simon is sent to a town on the Brittany coast to convalesce and receive medical treatment...
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Jean-Loup Hubert
Massacres (1991)
Jean-Claude Roy
To clear his gambling debts, a young psychopath named Ronny agrees to deliver a suitcase to Seoul, not realising that the suitcase contains plates for printing forged banknotes...
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Jean-Claude Roy
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...
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Jacques Bral
Mauvaise passe (1999)
Michel Blanc
Bored with his humdrum middle-class existence, 40-something university lecturer Pierre walks out on his wife Catherine and his son and settles in London to begin work on his first novel...
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Michel Blanc
Mauvaises fréquentations (1999)
Jean-Pierre Améris
Delphine is a 15 year-old-girl who knows nothing about life. Then she meets Olivia, a girl who seems to know everything. It is through Olivia that Delphine begins to unravel the mysteries of adulthood and in no time she has embarked on her first love affair, with a sexually precocious boy named Laurent...
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Jean-Pierre Améris
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...]
Merci la vie (1991)
Bertrand Blier
One day, a shy teenager Camille comes across a young woman, Joëlle, lying in the middle of the road in a wedding dress... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
One day, a shy teenager Camille comes across a young woman, Joëlle, lying in the middle of the road in a wedding dress... [More...]
La Mère Christain (1998)
Myriam Boyer
In the early 1950s, Mother Christain runs a small bistro in the town of Lyons. Alone and impoverished, she is scarred by her recent tragic experiences... [More...]
Myriam Boyer
In the early 1950s, Mother Christain runs a small bistro in the town of Lyons. Alone and impoverished, she is scarred by her recent tragic experiences... [More...]
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Luc Besson
At the time of the 100 years' war between England and France, a young country girl, Jeanne, believes she has a mission from God to rid France of the English... [More...]
Luc Besson
At the time of the 100 years' war between England and France, a young country girl, Jeanne, believes she has a mission from God to rid France of the English... [More...]
Métisse (1993)
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jamal and Félix are two young men who could not be more different but they have one thing in common - both are devotedly attached to the same woman, Lola, an 18-year-old half-caste... [More...]
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jamal and Félix are two young men who could not be more different but they have one thing in common - both are devotedly attached to the same woman, Lola, an 18-year-old half-caste... [More...]
Les Milles (1995)
Sébastien Grall
Early in June 1940, Commandant Charles Perrochon is placed in charge of an interment camp built on the site of a disused tile factory in Les Milles, a small town in the south of France... [More...]
Sébastien Grall
Early in June 1940, Commandant Charles Perrochon is placed in charge of an interment camp built on the site of a disused tile factory in Les Milles, a small town in the south of France... [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...]
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...]
Mon homme (1996)
Bertrand Blier
Marie makes a reasonable living for herself as a prostitute in Paris. One cold winter's evening, she notices a tramp sleeping by some dustbins and can't help taking pity on him... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Marie makes a reasonable living for herself as a prostitute in Paris. One cold winter's evening, she notices a tramp sleeping by some dustbins and can't help taking pity on him... [More...]
Mon père, ce héros (1991)
Gérard Lauzier
After separating from his wife Irina, 40-something André becomes obsessively preoccupied with his teenage daughter Véronique, who is growing up much faster than he would like... [More...]
Gérard Lauzier
After separating from his wife Irina, 40-something André becomes obsessively preoccupied with his teenage daughter Véronique, who is growing up much faster than he would like... [More...]
Monsieur Naphtali (1999)
Olivier Schatzky
Monsieur Naphtali is one of life's natural recluses, a man who refuses to grow up and who is more than content to spend his entire life within the comforting cocoon of a psychiatric clinic... [More...]
Olivier Schatzky
Monsieur Naphtali is one of life's natural recluses, a man who refuses to grow up and who is more than content to spend his entire life within the comforting cocoon of a psychiatric clinic... [More...]
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Nénette et Boni (1996)
Claire Denis
Since his mother's death a few years ago, Boni, 19, has led a mostly dull life, living in the pokey Marseille flat he inherited from his mother and earning a pittance as a pizza seller... [More...]
Claire Denis
Since his mother's death a few years ago, Boni, 19, has led a mostly dull life, living in the pokey Marseille flat he inherited from his mother and earning a pittance as a pizza seller... [More...]
Netchaïev est de retour (1991)
Jacques Deray
Netchaïev is the code name of a notorious political activist who turned to terrorism in the late 1960s, working as part of an international network of revolutionaries... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Netchaïev is the code name of a notorious political activist who turned to terrorism in the late 1960s, working as part of an international network of revolutionaries... [More...]
Nettoyage à sec (1997)
Anne Fontaine
For the past 15 years a married couple, Jean-Marie and Nicole Kunstler, have run their own dry cleaning business in a French provincial town... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
For the past 15 years a married couple, Jean-Marie and Nicole Kunstler, have run their own dry cleaning business in a French provincial town... [More...]
Neuf mois (1994)
Patrick Braoudé
Like all men, psychiatrist Samuel is not well equipped to deal with his first pregnancy. He is unlikely to get much sympathy from his friend Marc, who has just left his wife because he cannot agree to start a family, nor from Georges and Dominique, who are resigned to the fact that their fourth child is on the way... [More...]
Patrick Braoudé
Like all men, psychiatrist Samuel is not well equipped to deal with his first pregnancy. He is unlikely to get much sympathy from his friend Marc, who has just left his wife because he cannot agree to start a family, nor from Georges and Dominique, who are resigned to the fact that their fourth child is on the way... [More...]
Nikita (1990)
Luc Besson
Nikita is the sole survivor of a bloody shoot out between police and a band of drug-crazed social dropouts. Violently aggressive and mentally unstable, the young woman is taken into police custody, but soon find herself a prisoner in a secret government department... [More...]
Luc Besson
Nikita is the sole survivor of a bloody shoot out between police and a band of drug-crazed social dropouts. Violently aggressive and mentally unstable, the young woman is taken into police custody, but soon find herself a prisoner in a secret government department... [More...]
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Roman Polanski
Dean Corso makes a living hunting down rare books for wealthy clients. New York publisher Boris Balkan offers him a blank cheque if he can prove the authenticity of a 17th Century book of satanic spells, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Dean Corso makes a living hunting down rare books for wealthy clients. New York publisher Boris Balkan offers him a blank cheque if he can prove the authenticity of a 17th Century book of satanic spells, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows... [More...]
Nos vies heureuses (1999)
Jacques Maillot
Soon after leaving hospital following a suicide attempt, Julie falls in love with a young Moroccan, Ali, who came to France to study but who works in a restaurant... [More...]
Jacques Maillot
Soon after leaving hospital following a suicide attempt, Julie falls in love with a young Moroccan, Ali, who came to France to study but who works in a restaurant... [More...]
La Nouvelle Ève (1999)
Catherine Corsini
Not for Camille the oppressive yoke of matrimony. She may be thirty but she has no intention of settling down just yet. She enjoys her freedom far too much to do anything so rash and grown-up as starting a family... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
Not for Camille the oppressive yoke of matrimony. She may be thirty but she has no intention of settling down just yet. She enjoys her freedom far too much to do anything so rash and grown-up as starting a family... [More...]
Nouvelle vague (1990)
Jean-Luc Godard
Elena Torlato-Favrini, an incredibly rich and successful businesswoman, lives on a vast country estate in Switzerland. Whilst out driving one day, she sees an older man lying on the side of the road and comes to his aid... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Elena Torlato-Favrini, an incredibly rich and successful businesswoman, lives on a vast country estate in Switzerland. Whilst out driving one day, she sees an older man lying on the side of the road and comes to his aid... [More...]
Nuit d'été en ville (1990)
Michel Deville
Having made love for the first time, a young couple attempt to get to know one another. Neither had expected anything more than a one-night stand when he, Louis, accepted an invitation from her, Emilie, back to her apartment one hot summer's evening... [More...]
Michel Deville
Having made love for the first time, a young couple attempt to get to know one another. Neither had expected anything more than a one-night stand when he, Louis, accepted an invitation from her, Emilie, back to her apartment one hot summer's evening... [More...]
Les Nuits fauves (1992)
Cyril Collard
Jean is an aspiring filmmaker who leads a selfish and hedonistic life. He knows that he is HIV positive but he is determined not to let this take away his zest for life, so he continues living a wild and irresponsible life, enjoying meaningless liaisons with both men and women... [More...]
Cyril Collard
Jean is an aspiring filmmaker who leads a selfish and hedonistic life. He knows that he is HIV positive but he is determined not to let this take away his zest for life, so he continues living a wild and irresponsible life, enjoying meaningless liaisons with both men and women... [More...]
L'Oeil de Vichy (1993)
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol assembles a montage of newsreel clips from the time of the Nazi Occupation to show France not how he saw it, but how the Vichy government wanted it to be seen... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol assembles a montage of newsreel clips from the time of the Nazi Occupation to show France not how he saw it, but how the Vichy government wanted it to be seen... [More...]
Olivier, Olivier (1992)
Agnieszka Holland
The Duvals are a typical French family, leading an apparently peaceful existence in the heart of rural France. But appearances can be deceptive... [More...]
Agnieszka Holland
The Duvals are a typical French family, leading an apparently peaceful existence in the heart of rural France. But appearances can be deceptive... [More...]