Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Les Rivières pourpres (2000)
Mathieu Kassovitz
An expert in serial killings, Pierre Niemans, is called in to investigate a gruesome murder in the French Alps, not far from an isolated university village...
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Mathieu Kassovitz
Robert et Robert (1978)
Claude Lelouch
Jacques Millet is the director of a marriage agency and prides himself on always being able to match the right man to the right woman, with the aid of his expensive, state-of-the-art computer...
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Claude Lelouch
Roberto Succo (2001)
Cédric Kahn
Whilst on holiday in the South of France, a sixteen year old girl, Léa, is enchanted by a strange young man, Kurt, who says little about his past and who speaks with an Italian accent...
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Cédric Kahn
Rocambole (1948)
Jacques de Baroncelli
The likeable rogue Joseph Fippart, nicknamed Rocambole, is hired by Andréa, the head of a gang called the Jack of Hearts, to impersonate Arnaud, the young Count de Chamery...
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Jacques de Baroncelli
Rodin (2017)
Jacques Doillon
Paris, 1880. The celebrated sculptor Auguste Rodin is 40 and has just received his first state commission. This will be the Gates of Hell, one of Rodin's finest achievements which includes two figurines that will evoke his two most famous works - the Kiss and the Thinker...
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Jacques Doillon
Roger la Honte (1946)
André Cayatte
In 1885, the industrialist Roger Laroque, the owner of a factory in Ville d'Avray, has put all his hopes in his latest invention, the first steam-powered motorcar... [More...]
André Cayatte
In 1885, the industrialist Roger Laroque, the owner of a factory in Ville d'Avray, has put all his hopes in his latest invention, the first steam-powered motorcar... [More...]
Le Roi danse (2000)
Gérard Corbiau
Whilst conducting a Te Deum in honour of his king, Louis XIV of France, the great musician Jean-Baptiste Lully pierces his toe with his stick... [More...]
Gérard Corbiau
Whilst conducting a Te Deum in honour of his king, Louis XIV of France, the great musician Jean-Baptiste Lully pierces his toe with his stick... [More...]
Le Roi de coeur (1966)
Philippe de Broca
October 1918. With the allied forces sweeping across France, a German battalion is ordered to retreat from a rural French town... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
October 1918. With the allied forces sweeping across France, a German battalion is ordered to retreat from a rural French town... [More...]
Le Roi de Paris (1995)
Dominique Maillet
In the 1930s, Victor Derval is the most admired stage actor in Paris. One night, he is accosted by a young Hungarian woman, Lisa Lanska... [More...]
Dominique Maillet
In the 1930s, Victor Derval is the most admired stage actor in Paris. One night, he is accosted by a young Hungarian woman, Lisa Lanska... [More...]
Le Roi des bricoleurs (1977)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Businessman Goumic is over the moon when he learns that he, his wife and his brother-in-law, Malju, have inherited a grand old house in a popular spa town... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Businessman Goumic is over the moon when he learns that he, his wife and his brother-in-law, Malju, have inherited a grand old house in a popular spa town... [More...]
Le Roi des cons (1981)
Claude Confortès
Georges Le Roi may be a loser who can't hold down a job for more than a few days, but when it comes to attracting the opposite sex he is the King of the Casanovas... [More...]
Claude Confortès
Georges Le Roi may be a loser who can't hold down a job for more than a few days, but when it comes to attracting the opposite sex he is the King of the Casanovas... [More...]
Le Roi et l'oiseau (1980)
Paul Grimault
Charles, the King of Takicardie, is a cruel tyrant who likes nothing better than to go hunting birds. In this he is opposed by his most fervent enemy, a mockingbird who delights in embarrassing him... [More...]
Paul Grimault
Charles, the King of Takicardie, is a cruel tyrant who likes nothing better than to go hunting birds. In this he is opposed by his most fervent enemy, a mockingbird who delights in embarrassing him... [More...]
Le Roi (1936)
Pierre Colombier
The long awaited visit by King Jean IV of Cerdagne to France becomes an occasion for wild revelry in the French capital. The deputy mayor, Monsieur Boudier, hopes to receive the monarch at his magnificent private residence, but first he must convince the Marquis de Chamarande, whose son is courting Suzanne, Boudier's daughter... [More...]
Pierre Colombier
The long awaited visit by King Jean IV of Cerdagne to France becomes an occasion for wild revelry in the French capital. The deputy mayor, Monsieur Boudier, hopes to receive the monarch at his magnificent private residence, but first he must convince the Marquis de Chamarande, whose son is courting Suzanne, Boudier's daughter... [More...]
Les Rois du gag (1985)
Claude Zidi
There was a time, not so long ago, when Gaétan was the funniest comedian on television. But lately his popularity has taken a noticeable nosedive... [More...]
Claude Zidi
There was a time, not so long ago, when Gaétan was the funniest comedian on television. But lately his popularity has taken a noticeable nosedive... [More...]
Les Rois du sport (1937)
Pierre Colombier
Jules and Fernand, two waiters in a Marseilles café, are both keen sports enthusiasts. They enter the annual waiters' race, which Jules wins... [More...]
Pierre Colombier
Jules and Fernand, two waiters in a Marseilles café, are both keen sports enthusiasts. They enter the annual waiters' race, which Jules wins... [More...]
Rois et reine (2004)
Arnaud Desplechin
Nora, the manager of a Parisian art gallery, is about to marry for a third time. Her first husband, Pierre, is dead, her second, Ismaël, has recently been committed, against his will, to a psychiatric establishment... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Nora, the manager of a Parisian art gallery, is about to marry for a third time. Her first husband, Pierre, is dead, her second, Ismaël, has recently been committed, against his will, to a psychiatric establishment... [More...]
Les Rois mages (2001)
Didier Bourdon
Guided by the divine star in the Orient, Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard undertake their holy pilgrimage towards a modest little stable in Bethlehem so they can offer their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the future saviour of mankind... [More...]
Didier Bourdon
Guided by the divine star in the Orient, Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard undertake their holy pilgrimage towards a modest little stable in Bethlehem so they can offer their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the future saviour of mankind... [More...]
Le Rôle de sa vie (2004)
François Favrat
Claire Rocher is a freelance journalist for a fashion magazine who lacks the confidence to make a success of her career and her love life... [More...]
François Favrat
Claire Rocher is a freelance journalist for a fashion magazine who lacks the confidence to make a success of her career and her love life... [More...]
Romaine par moins 30 (2009)
Agnès Obadia
Romaine is thirty and is in a settled relationship with Justin, her boyfriend of three years. All is well until, one Christmas, the latter gets it into his head to start a new life in Quebec, rearing dogs for a living... [More...]
Agnès Obadia
Romaine is thirty and is in a settled relationship with Justin, her boyfriend of three years. All is well until, one Christmas, the latter gets it into his head to start a new life in Quebec, rearing dogs for a living... [More...]
Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre (1935)
Abel Gance
Maxime Hauterive de Champcey, an impoverished aristocrat, has difficulty finding work but finally manages to obtain the post of estate manager to a wealthy family, the Laroques... [More...]
Abel Gance
Maxime Hauterive de Champcey, an impoverished aristocrat, has difficulty finding work but finally manages to obtain the post of estate manager to a wealthy family, the Laroques... [More...]
Le Roman d'un mousse (1914)
Léonce Perret
Deeply in debt, the Marquis de Luscky begs the moneylender Elie Werb to save him from ruin. Werb refuses to give the Marquis any further money as he already owes him a substantial amount... [More...]
Léonce Perret
Deeply in debt, the Marquis de Luscky begs the moneylender Elie Werb to save him from ruin. Werb refuses to give the Marquis any further money as he already owes him a substantial amount... [More...]
Le Roman d'un tricheur (1936)
Sacha Guitry
A man in his mid-fifties sits alone in a café writing his memoirs which he intends titling The Story of a Cheat. His tale begins when, at the age of 12, he is denied a meal of tasty mushrooms as a punishment for stealing money from the till of his family's grocery shop... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
A man in his mid-fifties sits alone in a café writing his memoirs which he intends titling The Story of a Cheat. His tale begins when, at the age of 12, he is denied a meal of tasty mushrooms as a punishment for stealing money from the till of his family's grocery shop... [More...]
Roman de gare (2007)
Claude Lelouch
Murder is a serious business, as popular crime writer Judith Ralitzer discovers as she struggles to pull together the fragmentary ideas for her next novel... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Murder is a serious business, as popular crime writer Judith Ralitzer discovers as she struggles to pull together the fragmentary ideas for her next novel... [More...]
Le Roman de ma femme (2011)
Jamshed Usmonov
Ève, a wealthy young woman, is devastated when her husband Paul goes missing, leaving her with a mountain of debt... [More...]
Jamshed Usmonov
Ève, a wealthy young woman, is devastated when her husband Paul goes missing, leaving her with a mountain of debt... [More...]
Le Roman de Werther (1938)
Max Ophüls
The setting is the German city of Wetzlar, towards the end of the 18th century. Werther is a young man of a romantic temperament, a poet and musician who occupies an important position at the town hall... [More...]
Max Ophüls
The setting is the German city of Wetzlar, towards the end of the 18th century. Werther is a young man of a romantic temperament, a poet and musician who occupies an important position at the town hall... [More...]
Romance (1999)
Catherine Breillat
Marie is a young schoolteacher who is in a stable and loving relationship with her boyfriend Paul, a male model who is often away from home... [More...]
Catherine Breillat
Marie is a young schoolteacher who is in a stable and loving relationship with her boyfriend Paul, a male model who is often away from home... [More...]
Romance de Paris (1941)
Jean Boyer
Georges Gauthier is a young man who dreams of becoming a music hall singer but has to content himself with his humdrum life as an electrician... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Georges Gauthier is a young man who dreams of becoming a music hall singer but has to content himself with his humdrum life as an electrician... [More...]
Romuald et Juliette (1989)
Coline Serreau
Romuald Blindet, the young managing director of a major French yoghurt manufacturing company, finds himself in deep water when he tries to increase productivity at one of his factories... [More...]
Coline Serreau
Romuald Blindet, the young managing director of a major French yoghurt manufacturing company, finds himself in deep water when he tries to increase productivity at one of his factories... [More...]
La Ronde (1950)
Max Ophüls
An all-knowing master of ceremonies guides us through a series of brief love affairs that take place in Vienna of 1900, using a carousel as a metaphor for the revolving series of liaisons which he nudges along... [More...]
Max Ophüls
An all-knowing master of ceremonies guides us through a series of brief love affairs that take place in Vienna of 1900, using a carousel as a metaphor for the revolving series of liaisons which he nudges along... [More...]
La Ronde (1964)
Roger Vadim
So turns the wheel of love... In Paris, 1914, just before the outbreak of WWI, a prostitute mistakes a handsome soldier she meets in the street for a childhood acquaintance... [More...]
Roger Vadim
So turns the wheel of love... In Paris, 1914, just before the outbreak of WWI, a prostitute mistakes a handsome soldier she meets in the street for a childhood acquaintance... [More...]