Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Les Roquevillard (1943)
Jean Dréville
In 1880s France, François Roquevillard is a highly regarded barrister in the Savoie town of Chambéry in southeast France...
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Jean Dréville
Rose et noir (2009)
Gérard Jugnot
In 1577, Pic Saint Loup, once the greatest couturier in France, receives the commission of his career. King Henry III engages him to create the most beautiful wedding dress for the marriage of one of his nephews to the daughter of a Spanish nobleman...
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Gérard Jugnot
La Rose rouge (1951)
Marcello Pagliero
La Rose Rouge, one of the most popular night spots in the Saint-Germain-des-prés district of Paris, has a crisis on its hands when the famous Frères Jacques fail to honour an engagement...
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Marcello Pagliero
Les Roseaux sauvages (1994)
André Téchiné
France, 1962. Whilst the Algerian war is at its height, four young people staying at a borading school in Provence experience their political and sexual awakenings...
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André Téchiné
Rosetta (1999)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Rosetta is an adolescent girl for whom every day is a struggle against an unsympathetic world. Living on a squalid campsite with her drunken mother, she has no friends and has to sell second hand clothes to make ends meet...
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Le Rosier de Madame Husson (1932)
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Madame Husson, the most respected personage in a small Normandy town, has resolved to arrest the moral decline in her community... [More...]
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Madame Husson, the most respected personage in a small Normandy town, has resolved to arrest the moral decline in her community... [More...]
Le Rosier de Madame Husson (1950)
Jean Boyer
Madame Husson, a local dignitary of a French rural community, has created a special prize to of 100 thousand francs, to be awarded to the most virtuous young woman in the neighbourhood... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Madame Husson, a local dignitary of a French rural community, has created a special prize to of 100 thousand francs, to be awarded to the most virtuous young woman in the neighbourhood... [More...]
La Roue (1923)
Abel Gance
Sisif, a widowed railway worker, rescues a young girl named Norma from the wreckage of a train crash. Realising her mother died in the crash, Sisif decides to bring the girl up as his own, along with his son Elie, whose mother died bringing him into the world... [More...]
Abel Gance
Sisif, a widowed railway worker, rescues a young girl named Norma from the wreckage of a train crash. Realising her mother died in the crash, Sisif decides to bring the girl up as his own, along with his son Elie, whose mother died bringing him into the world... [More...]
Rouge baiser (1985)
Véra Belmont
Paris, 1952. Memories of the last world war are fresh in people's minds and the French military involvement in Indochina is an increasing source of discontent... [More...]
Véra Belmont
Paris, 1952. Memories of the last world war are fresh in people's minds and the French military involvement in Indochina is an increasing source of discontent... [More...]
Le Rouge est mis (1957)
Gilles Grangier
Seemingly a law-abiding garage owner, Louis Bertain is in fact the leader of a ruthless gang of crooks that includes Frédo, Pépito and Raymond... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Seemingly a law-abiding garage owner, Louis Bertain is in fact the leader of a ruthless gang of crooks that includes Frédo, Pépito and Raymond... [More...]
Le Rouge et le noir (1954)
Claude Autant-Lara
Before a court of law, Julien Sorel confesses to the attempted murder of the woman he loved and asks that he be condemned to death... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Before a court of law, Julien Sorel confesses to the attempted murder of the woman he loved and asks that he be condemned to death... [More...]
Rouletabille aviateur (1932)
Steve Sekely
An aeroplane transporting gold from the Bank of France to Hungary is intercepted by airborne gangsters. The plane crashes in flames and its precious cargo is loaded aboard a lorry, the ingots concealed in sacks of flour... [More...]
Steve Sekely
An aeroplane transporting gold from the Bank of France to Hungary is intercepted by airborne gangsters. The plane crashes in flames and its precious cargo is loaded aboard a lorry, the ingots concealed in sacks of flour... [More...]
La Route de Corinthe (1967)
Claude Chabrol
When an illusionist is caught attempting to smuggle a mysterious black box into Greece, the CIA uncover a daring scheme to neutralise military radar equipment in the area... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
When an illusionist is caught attempting to smuggle a mysterious black box into Greece, the CIA uncover a daring scheme to neutralise military radar equipment in the area... [More...]
La Route du bonheur (1953)
Maurice Labro
Marina is a schoolteacher in the small Italian village of Montecarlone. One day, she launches an appeal on behalf of one of her more disadvantaged pupils, a little boy named Tonino... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Marina is a schoolteacher in the small Italian village of Montecarlone. One day, she launches an appeal on behalf of one of her more disadvantaged pupils, a little boy named Tonino... [More...]
La Route impériale (1935)
Marcel L'Herbier
Lieutenant Brent, a young British officer, finds himself in front of a military tribunal after he is suspected of trading secrets with Iraqi rebels... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Lieutenant Brent, a young British officer, finds himself in front of a military tribunal after he is suspected of trading secrets with Iraqi rebels... [More...]
Les Routes du sud (1978)
Joseph Losey
It is 1975. The Spanish dictator Franco is dying, but his regime still holds on to power. Amongst those who support the communist resistance against Franco are Jean and Eve, exiles living in France... [More...]
Joseph Losey
It is 1975. The Spanish dictator Franco is dying, but his regime still holds on to power. Amongst those who support the communist resistance against Franco are Jean and Eve, exiles living in France... [More...]
RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
Alain Chabat
35,000 years ago, early man is divided into two camps - Those Who Have Clean Hair and Those Who Don't. Those Who Don't are determined to steal from Those Who Do the long-lost Secret of Shampoo... [More...]
Alain Chabat
35,000 years ago, early man is divided into two camps - Those Who Have Clean Hair and Those Who Don't. Those Who Don't are determined to steal from Those Who Do the long-lost Secret of Shampoo... [More...]
Rubber (2010)
Quentin Dupieux
In the forbidding Californian desert, a killer is on the rampage. His name is Robert and he is more deadly than you can imagine... [More...]
Quentin Dupieux
In the forbidding Californian desert, a killer is on the rampage. His name is Robert and he is more deadly than you can imagine... [More...]
Rude journée pour la reine (1973)
René Allio
For Jeanne, life has become one never-ending round of disappointments. How foolish she must have been, as a little girl, to think that one day she would be a film star or a princess... [More...]
René Allio
For Jeanne, life has become one never-ending round of disappointments. How foolish she must have been, as a little girl, to think that one day she would be a film star or a princess... [More...]
Rue de l'estrapade (1953)
Jacques Becker
Françoise and Henri Laurent appear to be a perfectly happy married couple living in Paris. But when she learns from a friend that her husband, a racing car test driver, has been seen with another woman, Françoise imagines that her marriage is over... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Françoise and Henri Laurent appear to be a perfectly happy married couple living in Paris. But when she learns from a friend that her husband, a racing car test driver, has been seen with another woman, Françoise imagines that her marriage is over... [More...]
Rue des plaisirs (2002)
Patrice Leconte
One rainy night, three prostitutes pass the time whilst waiting for clients by recalling the story of one of their former acquaintances... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
One rainy night, three prostitutes pass the time whilst waiting for clients by recalling the story of one of their former acquaintances... [More...]
Rue des Prairies (1959)
Denys de La Patellière
Released from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1942, Henri Neveu returns to his modest Parisian apartment to learn that his wife has just died giving birth... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
Released from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1942, Henri Neveu returns to his modest Parisian apartment to learn that his wife has just died giving birth... [More...]
La Rue sans loi (1950)
Marcel Gibaud
'La Rue sans loi' is a fitting name for a thoroughfare in Paris where there appears to be a total absence of the rule of law... [More...]
Marcel Gibaud
'La Rue sans loi' is a fitting name for a thoroughfare in Paris where there appears to be a total absence of the rule of law... [More...]
Le Ruffian (1983)
José Giovanni
Aldo, a middle-aged adventurer, seeks to make his fortune by working in a gold mine in Canada. One day, the mineworkers are attacked and all but wiped out by a group of armed bandits who intend to steal their gold... [More...]
José Giovanni
Aldo, a middle-aged adventurer, seeks to make his fortune by working in a gold mine in Canada. One day, the mineworkers are attacked and all but wiped out by a group of armed bandits who intend to steal their gold... [More...]
Le Ruisseau (1938)
Maurice Lehmann
Eager to embark on adult life, 17-year-old Denise absconds from the orphanage where she has spent most of her life and stows away on board a ship docked in the port of Le Havre... [More...]
Maurice Lehmann
Eager to embark on adult life, 17-year-old Denise absconds from the orphanage where she has spent most of her life and stows away on board a ship docked in the port of Le Havre... [More...]
Rumba (2008)
Dominique Abel
Teachers at a school in the country, Fiona and Dom are a couple who share an intense passion for Latin dancing. Their house is filled with trophies from the dancing tournaments they have won over the years... [More...]
Dominique Abel
Teachers at a school in the country, Fiona and Dom are a couple who share an intense passion for Latin dancing. Their house is filled with trophies from the dancing tournaments they have won over the years... [More...]
La Rumba (1987)
Roger Hanin
In 1938, Beppo Manzoni is one of the kings of the Parisian underworld, thanks to his large network of casinos and nightclubs... [More...]
Roger Hanin
In 1938, Beppo Manzoni is one of the kings of the Parisian underworld, thanks to his large network of casinos and nightclubs... [More...]
Rupture pour tous (2016)
Éric Capitaine
'Love Is Dead' is a new company that offers its customers a very peculiar kind of service - to bring about a clean and harmonious end to a failing romantic relationship... [More...]
Éric Capitaine
'Love Is Dead' is a new company that offers its customers a very peculiar kind of service - to bring about a clean and harmonious end to a failing romantic relationship... [More...]
La Rupture (1970)
Claude Chabrol
Hélène Régnier walks out on her drug-addicted husband Charles after he brutally attacks their infant son... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Hélène Régnier walks out on her drug-addicted husband Charles after he brutally attacks their infant son... [More...]
S'en fout la mort (1990)
Claire Denis
Jocelyn and Doh are two illegal immigrants from Africa who work for a disreputable restaurateur Pierre Ardennes, training cocks to fight in an illicit gambling hall just outside Paris... [More...]
Claire Denis
Jocelyn and Doh are two illegal immigrants from Africa who work for a disreputable restaurateur Pierre Ardennes, training cocks to fight in an illicit gambling hall just outside Paris... [More...]