French cinema: 2000s
L'Intrus (2004)
Claire Denis
Sixty-something Louis Trebor lives a hermit-like existence in the Jura mountains, his only companions being his two dogs...
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Claire Denis
Les Invasions barbares (2003)
Denys Arcand
When he learns that his father, Rémy, is in the final stages of terminal cancer, businessman Sébastien reluctantly hastens to his bedside in a Montreal hospital...
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Denys Arcand
Irène (2002)
Ivan Calbérac
Irène has just turned thirty. She is attractive, has a well-paid job in a good company, has plenty of girl friends and has just moved into a nice Parisian apartment...
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Ivan Calbérac
Les Irréductibles (2006)
Renaud Bertrand
Michel and Gérard have a rude awakening the day they are dismissed from the factory where they have been employed for the past twenty years...
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Renaud Bertrand
Irréversible (2002)
Gaspar Noé
Marcus and his friend Pierre are on a killer rampage. They storm a gay S&M nightclub in search of a man who must take their revenge...
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Gaspar Noé
L'Ivresse du pouvoir (2006)
Claude Chabrol
Michel Humeau, the CEO of a large industrial group, is surprised when he is taken into police custody and charged with embezzlement of company funds... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Michel Humeau, the CEO of a large industrial group, is surprised when he is taken into police custody and charged with embezzlement of company funds... [More...]
Iznogoud (2005)
Patrick Braoudé
In a distant land, many centuries ago, the caliph Haroun El Poussah is loved by everyone except his grand vizir, the thoroughly despicable and insanely ambitious Iznogoud... [More...]
Patrick Braoudé
In a distant land, many centuries ago, the caliph Haroun El Poussah is loved by everyone except his grand vizir, the thoroughly despicable and insanely ambitious Iznogoud... [More...]
J'ai tué ma mère (2009)
Xavier Dolan
Hubert Minel is a 16-year-old French Canadian student who lives in Montreal with his mother, Chantale. Since her husband walked out on her nine years ago, Chantale has struggled to bring up her son single-handedly, but he shows her little gratitude for her efforts... [More...]
Xavier Dolan
Hubert Minel is a 16-year-old French Canadian student who lives in Montreal with his mother, Chantale. Since her husband walked out on her nine years ago, Chantale has struggled to bring up her son single-handedly, but he shows her little gratitude for her efforts... [More...]
J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka (2005)
Serge Le Péron
In January 1966, Georges Figon, a renowned criminal, is found dead in a Parisian apartment. His death is connected with the recent abduction and alleged execution in France of Mehdi Ben Barka, leader of the opposition party in Morocco and a key political figure in the Third World... [More...]
Serge Le Péron
In January 1966, Georges Figon, a renowned criminal, is found dead in a Parisian apartment. His death is connected with the recent abduction and alleged execution in France of Mehdi Ben Barka, leader of the opposition party in Morocco and a key political figure in the Third World... [More...]
J'attends quelqu'un (2007)
Jérôme Bonnell
In a small provincial town, bar owner Louis is pursuing a clandestine affair with a prostitute, Sabine. Even though he is a paying client, Louis has fallen in love with Sabine, but dares not let anyone know this, not even his sister, Agnès... [More...]
Jérôme Bonnell
In a small provincial town, bar owner Louis is pursuing a clandestine affair with a prostitute, Sabine. Even though he is a paying client, Louis has fallen in love with Sabine, but dares not let anyone know this, not even his sister, Agnès... [More...]
J'invente rien (2006)
Michel Leclerc
Paul Thalman and Mathilde Mahut would appear to have nothing in common. Yet, from the moment they first set eyes on one another they know at once they were meant to be together... [More...]
Michel Leclerc
Paul Thalman and Mathilde Mahut would appear to have nothing in common. Yet, from the moment they first set eyes on one another they know at once they were meant to be together... [More...]
J'me sens pas belle (2004)
Bernard Jeanjean
Fanny, 30 and single, has decided it is high time she hooked a man. Having selected her victim, a colleague named Paul, she invites him to dinner... [More...]
Bernard Jeanjean
Fanny, 30 and single, has decided it is high time she hooked a man. Having selected her victim, a colleague named Paul, she invites him to dinner... [More...]
Jacquou le croquant (2007)
Laurent Boutonnat
In the early 1800s, Jacquou has good reason to hate the vile nobleman Count de Nansac. It was the count who brought a sudden end to his happy childhood days in the Périgord by getting into a dispute with his father which led to his imprisonment and death... [More...]
Laurent Boutonnat
In the early 1800s, Jacquou has good reason to hate the vile nobleman Count de Nansac. It was the count who brought a sudden end to his happy childhood days in the Périgord by getting into a dispute with his father which led to his imprisonment and death... [More...]
Janis et John (2003)
Samuel Benchetrit
Insurance agent Pablo Sterni hits on a scheme to make easy money - by pocketing the premiums of low risk clients. The scheme goes badly wrong when one such client makes a claim for half a million francs after his car is smashed up... [More...]
Samuel Benchetrit
Insurance agent Pablo Sterni hits on a scheme to make easy money - by pocketing the premiums of low risk clients. The scheme goes badly wrong when one such client makes a claim for half a million francs after his car is smashed up... [More...]
Je crois que je l'aime (2007)
Pierre Jolivet
Lucas is 43, a successful businessman who is used to being in control and getting what he wants. He hasn't yet come to terms with his wife leaving him, so he his is far from ready to start another relationship... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
Lucas is 43, a successful businessman who is used to being in control and getting what he wants. He hasn't yet come to terms with his wife leaving him, so he his is far from ready to start another relationship... [More...]
Je déteste les enfants des autres (2007)
Anne Fassio
Why is it that we always look forward to our summer holidays, knowing full well that what lies ahead of us is nothing more than a week or two of unbridled hell, in the company of people we would gladly throw into a car crusher if it was legally permissible... [More...]
Anne Fassio
Why is it that we always look forward to our summer holidays, knowing full well that what lies ahead of us is nothing more than a week or two of unbridled hell, in the company of people we would gladly throw into a car crusher if it was legally permissible... [More...]
Je l'aimais (2009)
Zabou Breitman
For twenty years, Pierre has been carrying with him a secret that he has been unable to share with anyone. One evening, he decides he must confide the one great tragedy of his existence in his step-daughter Chloé... [More...]
Zabou Breitman
For twenty years, Pierre has been carrying with him a secret that he has been unable to share with anyone. One evening, he decides he must confide the one great tragedy of his existence in his step-daughter Chloé... [More...]
Je m'appelle Elisabeth (2006)
Jean-Pierre Améris
Elisabeth, known to all as Betty, is a sweet-natured ten-year-old girl who lives in a large old house with her parents Régis and Mado... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Améris
Elisabeth, known to all as Betty, is a sweet-natured ten-year-old girl who lives in a large old house with her parents Régis and Mado... [More...]
Je ne dis pas non (2009)
Iliana Lolitch
Adèle is a 30-something publishing assistant who has one fatal flaw: she just cannot say no. Everyone takes advantage of her good nature, her colleagues, her friends, and especially her collection of boyfriends... [More...]
Iliana Lolitch
Adèle is a 30-something publishing assistant who has one fatal flaw: she just cannot say no. Everyone takes advantage of her good nature, her colleagues, her friends, and especially her collection of boyfriends... [More...]
Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005)
Stéphane Brizé
After his divorce, Jean-Claude Delsart finds he has lost his zest for living. Now in his fifties, increasingly estranged from his son Jean-Yves, he finds his work as a bailiff dishearteningly dull and has no enthusiasm for starting new relationships... [More...]
Stéphane Brizé
After his divorce, Jean-Claude Delsart finds he has lost his zest for living. Now in his fifties, increasingly estranged from his son Jean-Yves, he finds his work as a bailiff dishearteningly dull and has no enthusiasm for starting new relationships... [More...]
Je pense à vous (2006)
Pascal Bonitzer
Parisian publisher Hermann is confronted with the mother of all dilemmas when one of his most successful authors, Worms, writes a book in which he describes, in intimate detail, a love affair that he once had with a woman named Diane... [More...]
Pascal Bonitzer
Parisian publisher Hermann is confronted with the mother of all dilemmas when one of his most successful authors, Worms, writes a book in which he describes, in intimate detail, a love affair that he once had with a woman named Diane... [More...]
Je reste! (2003)
Diane Kurys
Marie-Do and Bertrand have been married for 15 years. They have a young son and appear to be the model couple. But, for Marie-Do, the strain of pandering to her self-centred, cycling-obsessed husband is starting to show... [More...]
Diane Kurys
Marie-Do and Bertrand have been married for 15 years. They have a young son and appear to be the model couple. But, for Marie-Do, the strain of pandering to her self-centred, cycling-obsessed husband is starting to show... [More...]
Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante (2009)
Claude Miller
Thomas was four when he and his younger brother were adopted by Yves and Annie Jouvet. When he is twelve, he becomes obsessed with finding his biological mother, Julie... [More...]
Claude Miller
Thomas was four when he and his younger brother were adopted by Yves and Annie Jouvet. When he is twelve, he becomes obsessed with finding his biological mother, Julie... [More...]
Je veux voir (2008)
Joana Hadjithomas
The world famous actress Catherine Deneuve is in Beirut to attend a charity gala. Before the gala, she insists on making a tour of Lebanon, so that she can see something of the people and the land that have been ravaged by years of bloody conflict... [More...]
Joana Hadjithomas
The world famous actress Catherine Deneuve is in Beirut to attend a charity gala. Before the gala, she insists on making a tour of Lebanon, so that she can see something of the people and the land that have been ravaged by years of bloody conflict... [More...]
Je vous trouve très beau (2005)
Isabelle Mergault
When his wife dies in a terrible accident, farmer Aymé Pigrenet soon discovers he needs a replacement. It isn't so much affection that he craves but someone who can take on the thousand-and-one jobs that his wife did and for which he is manifestly ill-equipped - complex, highly specialised tasks such as operating the washing machine without drowning his cat... [More...]
Isabelle Mergault
When his wife dies in a terrible accident, farmer Aymé Pigrenet soon discovers he needs a replacement. It isn't so much affection that he craves but someone who can take on the thousand-and-one jobs that his wife did and for which he is manifestly ill-equipped - complex, highly specialised tasks such as operating the washing machine without drowning his cat... [More...]
Jean de La Fontaine - Le défi (2007)
Daniel Vigne
5th September 1661 is an important date in the history of France, since this was the day on which Nicolas Fouquet, the Superintendent of Finances and most powerful of the king's advisors, was arrested on the orders of the state councillor Jean-Baptiste Colbert, with the result that the young Louis XIV became the sole governor of his kingdom... [More...]
Daniel Vigne
5th September 1661 is an important date in the history of France, since this was the day on which Nicolas Fouquet, the Superintendent of Finances and most powerful of the king's advisors, was arrested on the orders of the state councillor Jean-Baptiste Colbert, with the result that the young Louis XIV became the sole governor of his kingdom... [More...]
Jean-Philippe (2006)
Laurent Tuel
Fabrice is the world's biggest Johnny Hallyday fan. For him, a world without France's biggest rock legend would be a world utterly devoid of meaning... [More...]
Laurent Tuel
Fabrice is the world's biggest Johnny Hallyday fan. For him, a world without France's biggest rock legend would be a world utterly devoid of meaning... [More...]
Jet Set (2000)
Fabien Onteniente
Jimmy and Fifi are two friends who are happily running a trendy bar in the suburbs of Paris when disaster strikes. As the threat of bankruptcy looms ever nearer, Jimmy decides that desperate steps need to be taken... [More...]
Fabien Onteniente
Jimmy and Fifi are two friends who are happily running a trendy bar in the suburbs of Paris when disaster strikes. As the threat of bankruptcy looms ever nearer, Jimmy decides that desperate steps need to be taken... [More...]
La Jeune fille et les loups (2008)
Gilles Legrand
Since childhood, Angèle has had an affinity with the animal kingdom. In 1918, aged twenty, she makes the decision to become a vet, even though the profession has so far excluded women practitioners... [More...]
Gilles Legrand
Since childhood, Angèle has had an affinity with the animal kingdom. In 1918, aged twenty, she makes the decision to become a vet, even though the profession has so far excluded women practitioners... [More...]
Jeux d'enfants (2003)
Yann Samuell
Julien and Sophie deal with the traumas and tragedies of life by competing in a dare game which tests the limits of both their nerve and their friendship... [More...]
Yann Samuell
Julien and Sophie deal with the traumas and tragedies of life by competing in a dare game which tests the limits of both their nerve and their friendship... [More...]