Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Sérénade aux nuages (1946)
André Cayatte
Sylvio is an incredibly successful singer who has become weary of being recognised wherever he goes. Desperately in need of a change, he goes off for a quiet holiday, assuming the identity of his faithful valet...
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André Cayatte
Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque (2010)
Joann Sfar
In the 1940s, with Paris under Nazi occupation, a young boy named Lucien Ginsburg grows up and finds he shares his father's artistic leanings...
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Joann Sfar
Série noire (1979)
Alain Corneau
Franck Poupart is a neurotic door-to-door salesman working in a run-down suburb of Paris. His wife has just walked out on him and his employer treats him with contempt...
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Alain Corneau
Le Serpent (1973)
Henri Verneuil
Colonel Vlassov, an important KGB agent, arrives in Paris and declares his intention to defect to the west. Naturally, the CIA are delighted by this news and its director Allan Davies listens attentively as Vlassov reels off the names of KGB agents who presently hold important posts within NATO...
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Henri Verneuil
Le Serpent (2007)
Eric Barbier
Vincent Mandel has it all - a successful career as a photographer, a family, a nice house and all the accessories that go with it...
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Eric Barbier
Seul contre tous (1998)
Gaspar Noé
A former butcher leaves prison to start a new life, but, with no money, and trapped in a loveless relationship with his pregnant girlfriend, he is full of rage and lust for revenge... [More...]
Gaspar Noé
A former butcher leaves prison to start a new life, but, with no money, and trapped in a loveless relationship with his pregnant girlfriend, he is full of rage and lust for revenge... [More...]
Sex Is Comedy (2002)
Catherine Breillat
Making a film is never an easy endeavour, but for Jeanne her latest magnum opus, Scènes intimes, is rapidly turning into the mother of all nightmares... [More...]
Catherine Breillat
Making a film is never an easy endeavour, but for Jeanne her latest magnum opus, Scènes intimes, is rapidly turning into the mother of all nightmares... [More...]
Le Sexe faible (1933)
Robert Siodmak
Madame Leroy-Gomez is one of the wealthy patrons of an exclusive Parisian hotel. A firm believer in the idea that one can never have too much of a good thing as far as lucre is concerned, she encourages her sons Jimmy and Philippe to marry for money, not knowing that they are too fond of their carefree bachelor existence to fall in with these well-meaning plans... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
Madame Leroy-Gomez is one of the wealthy patrons of an exclusive Parisian hotel. A firm believer in the idea that one can never have too much of a good thing as far as lucre is concerned, she encourages her sons Jimmy and Philippe to marry for money, not knowing that they are too fond of their carefree bachelor existence to fall in with these well-meaning plans... [More...]
Shéhérazade (1963)
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
In 809, Charlemagne sends an ambassador, Renaud de Villecroix, to his equal in power, the Caliph of Baghdad, Haroun-al-Raschid, in the hope of forging an alliance... [More...]
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
In 809, Charlemagne sends an ambassador, Renaud de Villecroix, to his equal in power, the Caliph of Baghdad, Haroun-al-Raschid, in the hope of forging an alliance... [More...]
Shéhérazade (2018)
Jean-Bernard Marlin
Zachary is a 17-year-old delinquent living in one of the roughest neighbourhoods of north Marseille. His petty criminal exploits have earned him a spell in a juvenile detention centre, but on leaving the centre he finds he has no home to return to... [More...]
Jean-Bernard Marlin
Zachary is a 17-year-old delinquent living in one of the roughest neighbourhoods of north Marseille. His petty criminal exploits have earned him a spell in a juvenile detention centre, but on leaving the centre he finds he has no home to return to... [More...]
Si c'était à refaire (1976)
Claude Lelouch
Aged 35, Catherine Berger leaves prison after having completed a 15 year prison sentence for complicity in the murder of her employer... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Aged 35, Catherine Berger leaves prison after having completed a 15 year prison sentence for complicity in the murder of her employer... [More...]
Si c'était lui... (2007)
Anne-Marie Etienne
Valentin is a young man who has lost everything: his girlfriend, his job and his apartment. Depressed about his present predicament and future prospects, he ends up squatting in his uncle's flat in an upmarket neighbourhood... [More...]
Anne-Marie Etienne
Valentin is a young man who has lost everything: his girlfriend, his job and his apartment. Depressed about his present predicament and future prospects, he ends up squatting in his uncle's flat in an upmarket neighbourhood... [More...]
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir (1948)
Jacques Daniel-Norman
In the shop where they sell funeral wreaths, Monsieur Viala and his wife are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary... [More...]
Jacques Daniel-Norman
In the shop where they sell funeral wreaths, Monsieur Viala and his wife are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary... [More...]
Si j'étais le patron (1934)
Richard Pottier
Henri Janvier may be a mere production line worker in an automobile factory but he has big ambitions. He has invented a silencer for motor vehicles that, he is sure, will one day make him a wealthy man... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Henri Janvier may be a mere production line worker in an automobile factory but he has big ambitions. He has invented a silencer for motor vehicles that, he is sure, will one day make him a wealthy man... [More...]
Si j'étais un espion (1967)
Bertrand Blier
Dr Lefèvre is a widower who leads a peaceful life with his daughter Sylvie in the suburbs of Paris. One evening, he is called to visit one of his patients, a depressive named Guérin, but gets no reply when he rings the doorbell... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Dr Lefèvre is a widower who leads a peaceful life with his daughter Sylvie in the suburbs of Paris. One evening, he is called to visit one of his patients, a depressive named Guérin, but gets no reply when he rings the doorbell... [More...]
Si je t'aime, prends garde à toi (1998)
Jeanne Labrune
After separating from her partner, Muriel finds herself living alone in Paris, adapting badly to a life that feels increasingly dull and empty... [More...]
Jeanne Labrune
After separating from her partner, Muriel finds herself living alone in Paris, adapting badly to a life that feels increasingly dull and empty... [More...]
Si Paris nous était conté (1956)
Sacha Guitry
A learned professor of history relates the story of Paris to a group of enthusiastic students, not as a string of dry facts, but as a declaration of love through which various historical characters connected with the city speak for themselves... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
A learned professor of history relates the story of Paris to a group of enthusiastic students, not as a string of dry facts, but as a declaration of love through which various historical characters connected with the city speak for themselves... [More...]
Si tous les gars du monde (1956)
Christian-Jaque
When the crew of a Breton fishing boat in the North Sea begin to fall mysteriously ill, the captain, La Guellec, tries to summon help via radio... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
When the crew of a Breton fishing boat in the North Sea begin to fall mysteriously ill, the captain, La Guellec, tries to summon help via radio... [More...]
Si Versailles m'était conté (1954)
Sacha Guitry
What tales the château of Versailles could tell us if its walls could speak… From the halcyon days of excess and grandeur under the reign of the "sun king" Louis XIV, to the tragic years of the French Revolution which brought an ignoble end to the French monarchy… From the intrigue of Madame de Montespan to the genius of Molière… So many stories to tell, so many lives to remember...... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
What tales the château of Versailles could tell us if its walls could speak… From the halcyon days of excess and grandeur under the reign of the "sun king" Louis XIV, to the tragic years of the French Revolution which brought an ignoble end to the French monarchy… From the intrigue of Madame de Montespan to the genius of Molière… So many stories to tell, so many lives to remember...... [More...]
Le Sicilien (1958)
Pierre Chevalier
In Paris, a criminal gang led by Monsieur Bruno is awaiting the arrival of an Italian hitman who is known only as the Sicilian... [More...]
Pierre Chevalier
In Paris, a criminal gang led by Monsieur Bruno is awaiting the arrival of an Italian hitman who is known only as the Sicilian... [More...]
Le Siffleur (2010)
Philippe Lefebvre
For Armand Teillard, a placid man in his mid-fifties living in semi-retirement on the Côte d'Azur, life couldn't be peachier... [More...]
Philippe Lefebvre
For Armand Teillard, a placid man in his mid-fifties living in semi-retirement on the Côte d'Azur, life couldn't be peachier... [More...]
Le Signal rouge (1949)
Ernst Neubach
Dr Berthold is a respectable doctor and family man who is profoundly affected when his wife is killed in a train accident... [More...]
Ernst Neubach
Dr Berthold is a respectable doctor and family man who is profoundly affected when his wife is killed in a train accident... [More...]
Signé Arsène Lupin (1959)
Yves Robert
After World War I, the French gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, emerges from his convalescence in a hospital to resume his criminal activities... [More...]
Yves Robert
After World War I, the French gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, emerges from his convalescence in a hospital to resume his criminal activities... [More...]
Le Signe du lion (1959)
Eric Rohmer
Pierre Wesselrin, an impoverished musician living in Paris, receives a telegram one morning notifying him that his wealthy aunt has died... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Pierre Wesselrin, an impoverished musician living in Paris, receives a telegram one morning notifying him that his wealthy aunt has died... [More...]
Signé Furax (1981)
Marc Simenon
One by one, the great historic monuments of Paris are being stolen and replaced with cheap imitations. These crimes against France's cultural heritage are all signed by the criminal mastermind Furax... [More...]
Marc Simenon
One by one, the great historic monuments of Paris are being stolen and replaced with cheap imitations. These crimes against France's cultural heritage are all signed by the criminal mastermind Furax... [More...]
Signes extérieurs de richesse (1983)
Jacques Monnet
Jean-Jacques Lestrade, known to his friends as Gigi, is a veterinary surgeon who has grown accustomed to living the high life... [More...]
Jacques Monnet
Jean-Jacques Lestrade, known to his friends as Gigi, is a veterinary surgeon who has grown accustomed to living the high life... [More...]
Le Silence de la mer (1949)
Jean-Pierre Melville
In the winter of 1941, a German officer, Werner von Ebrennac, is billeted to a house in a small town in Nazi occupied France... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
In the winter of 1941, a German officer, Werner von Ebrennac, is billeted to a house in a small town in Nazi occupied France... [More...]
Le Silence de Lorna (2008)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Lorna is a young Albanian woman whose dream is to settle in Belgium with her boyfriend Sokol and open a snack bar. Through a gangster Fabio, she gains Belgian citizenship by marrying a Belgian drug addict, Claudy... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Lorna is a young Albanian woman whose dream is to settle in Belgium with her boyfriend Sokol and open a snack bar. Through a gangster Fabio, she gains Belgian citizenship by marrying a Belgian drug addict, Claudy... [More...]
Le Silence est d'or (1947)
René Clair
Paris, 1906. Emile Clément is a fifty-something pioneer in the recently born art of cinematography, and he is also an inveterate womaniser... [More...]
René Clair
Paris, 1906. Emile Clément is a fifty-something pioneer in the recently born art of cinematography, and he is also an inveterate womaniser... [More...]
Le Silencieux (1973)
Claude Pinoteau
A party of Soviet nuclear scientists are visiting London when one of their number, the distinguished physicist Haliakov, is involved in a road accident... [More...]
Claude Pinoteau
A party of Soviet nuclear scientists are visiting London when one of their number, the distinguished physicist Haliakov, is involved in a road accident... [More...]