Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Baise-moi (2000)
Virginie Despentes
One evening, two jaded young women meet at a railway station and form an instant bond. Both have been abused and humiliated by a society that treats them with contempt...
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Virginie Despentes
Baisers volés (1968)
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more...
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François Truffaut
Bal Cupidon (1949)
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
After causing a road accident by driving too fast, Flip finds himself in court, and prosecution lawyer Isabelle Plessis takes immense pleasure in seeing him sent to prison...
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Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Le Bal des actrices (2009)
Maïwenn
An enterprising young film director, Maïwenn, decides to make a documentary about actresses. She meets a number of diverse women who have chosen to make the dramatic art their career and becomes increasingly fascinated by their complex lives and personalities...
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Maïwenn
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)
Yves Robert
Parisian vet Henry Sauveur would most probably be enjoying a fairly decent existence, if it weren't for the pathetic egocentrics and loathsome trouble-causers who keep thrusting their way into his life like unwelcome guests at a party...
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Yves Robert
La Balance (1982)
Bob Swaim
Inspector Palouzi, the head of a driven vice squad in a crime-ridden district of Paris, finds he has a problem when one of his best informers is gunned down in the street... [More...]
Bob Swaim
Inspector Palouzi, the head of a driven vice squad in a crime-ridden district of Paris, finds he has a problem when one of his best informers is gunned down in the street... [More...]
La Ballade des Dalton (1978)
René Goscinny
The Wild West has its fair share of desperados, but few are as desperate as the Dalton brothers, the sad bunch of despicable outlaws who are now just a few days into their two and half thousand year long prison sentence... [More...]
René Goscinny
The Wild West has its fair share of desperados, but few are as desperate as the Dalton brothers, the sad bunch of despicable outlaws who are now just a few days into their two and half thousand year long prison sentence... [More...]
Ballade pour un voyou (1963)
Claude-Jean Bonnardot
Recently released from prison, juvenile delinquent Vincent Vivant tries to make a fresh start as a garage mechanic. Tempted by easy money, he agrees to act as a courier for a spy named Stéphane, his errand being to take a mysterious suitcase to its intended owner... [More...]
Claude-Jean Bonnardot
Recently released from prison, juvenile delinquent Vincent Vivant tries to make a fresh start as a garage mechanic. Tempted by easy money, he agrees to act as a courier for a spy named Stéphane, his errand being to take a mysterious suitcase to its intended owner... [More...]
Les Ballets écarlates (2007)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
In an anonymous little town in France, a group of privileged individuals amuse themselves by organising debauched parties at which they indulge their paedophilic appetites with whatever children they can lure to their clandestine meetings... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
In an anonymous little town in France, a group of privileged individuals amuse themselves by organising debauched parties at which they indulge their paedophilic appetites with whatever children they can lure to their clandestine meetings... [More...]
Le Ballon rouge (1956)
Albert Lamorisse
One day, a solitary little boy named Pascal comes across a spherical red balloon tied to a lamppost. Without hesitating, the boy releases the balloon and it begins following him as he continues wandering around the streets of Paris... [More...]
Albert Lamorisse
One day, a solitary little boy named Pascal comes across a spherical red balloon tied to a lamppost. Without hesitating, the boy releases the balloon and it begins following him as he continues wandering around the streets of Paris... [More...]
Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117 (1964)
André Hunebelle
French agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, alias OSS 117, is sent to Bangkok to investigate the assassination of an American secret service agent... [More...]
André Hunebelle
French agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, alias OSS 117, is sent to Bangkok to investigate the assassination of an American secret service agent... [More...]
Bancs publics (Versailles rive droite) (2009)
Bruno Podalydès
From the office where she works, in the heart of Versailles, Lucie cannot help noticing a large black banner with the words "Man Alone" hanging from a window of the building opposite... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
From the office where she works, in the heart of Versailles, Lucie cannot help noticing a large black banner with the words "Man Alone" hanging from a window of the building opposite... [More...]
La Bande à Bonnot (1968)
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
La Bande à papa (1956)
Guy Lefranc
Fernand Jérôme is one of those grey little men no one ever notices, the Mr Everyman kind who contents himself with his humdrum life and has no greater ambition than to see his next paycheque land on his doormat... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Fernand Jérôme is one of those grey little men no one ever notices, the Mr Everyman kind who contents himself with his humdrum life and has no greater ambition than to see his next paycheque land on his doormat... [More...]
Bande à part (1964)
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
La Bande du Drugstore (2002)
François Armanet
Paris, 1966. Philippe, Marc and Nathalie are three lively adolescents who take full advantage of the freedoms offered by their time... [More...]
François Armanet
Paris, 1966. Philippe, Marc and Nathalie are three lively adolescents who take full advantage of the freedoms offered by their time... [More...]
La Bandera (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion... [More...]
La Banque Nemo (1934)
Marguerite Viel
Émile Larnoy works as a modest cashier at the Némo Bank, one of France's most prestigious financial institutions... [More...]
Marguerite Viel
Émile Larnoy works as a modest cashier at the Némo Bank, one of France's most prestigious financial institutions... [More...]
La Banquière (1980)
Francis Girod
Towards the end of the 1920s, Emma Eckhert has become one of the most talked about women in France. Not only is she stunningly beautiful and a staunch supporter of moral campaigns, she is also a hugely successful banker... [More...]
Francis Girod
Towards the end of the 1920s, Emma Eckhert has become one of the most talked about women in France. Not only is she stunningly beautiful and a staunch supporter of moral campaigns, she is also a hugely successful banker... [More...]
Banzaï (1983)
Claude Zidi
Michel Bernardin is an employee of Planète Assistance, a travel insurance company which prides itself on coming to the aid of anyone wherever they may be in the world... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Michel Bernardin is an employee of Planète Assistance, a travel insurance company which prides itself on coming to the aid of anyone wherever they may be in the world... [More...]
Baptême (1989)
René Féret
A mining town in northern France, 1935. Aline, a young waitress in a café, falls in love with one of her customers, Pierre, and persuades her reluctant parents to let him marry her... [More...]
René Féret
A mining town in northern France, 1935. Aline, a young waitress in a café, falls in love with one of her customers, Pierre, and persuades her reluctant parents to let him marry her... [More...]
Bar des rails (1991)
Cédric Kahn
Richard leads a humdrum existence in a typically dull French provincial town. He is 16 and lives with his mother, who makes enough money to support them on her income as a dressmaker... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
Richard leads a humdrum existence in a typically dull French provincial town. He is 16 and lives with his mother, who makes enough money to support them on her income as a dressmaker... [More...]
Barbe-bleue (1901)
Georges Méliès
The wealthy Lord Bluebeard has had seven wives - all have died in mysterious circumstances. Despite his great age, he decides to marry an eighth time and invites many nobles to his court to present their daughters to him... [More...]
Georges Méliès
The wealthy Lord Bluebeard has had seven wives - all have died in mysterious circumstances. Despite his great age, he decides to marry an eighth time and invites many nobles to his court to present their daughters to him... [More...]
Barbe-Bleue (1951)
Christian-Jaque
After the sudden death of his sixth wife Amédée de Salfère, known to all as Barbe-Bleue because of his blue beard, wastes no time finding himself a seventh bride... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
After the sudden death of his sixth wife Amédée de Salfère, known to all as Barbe-Bleue because of his blue beard, wastes no time finding himself a seventh bride... [More...]
Les Barbouzes (1964)
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Barnabé (1938)
Alexander Esway
Leaving his home in Provence, Barnabé, a simple-minded flute-player, arrives in Paris and sets about trying to find himself a job... [More...]
Alexander Esway
Leaving his home in Provence, Barnabé, a simple-minded flute-player, arrives in Paris and sets about trying to find himself a job... [More...]
Barnie et ses petites contrariétés (2001)
Bruno Chiche
Barnard Barnich, known to all as Barnie, is a successful 40-something businessman who works in London but lives in Calais with his devoted wife Lucy... [More...]
Bruno Chiche
Barnard Barnich, known to all as Barnie, is a successful 40-something businessman who works in London but lives in Calais with his devoted wife Lucy... [More...]
Barocco (1976)
André Téchiné
In a gloomy seaport, a bitterly fought election campaign is underway and a young boxer named Samson sees an easy way to earn himself a large amount of cash... [More...]
André Téchiné
In a gloomy seaport, a bitterly fought election campaign is underway and a young boxer named Samson sees an easy way to earn himself a large amount of cash... [More...]
Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Jean Delannoy
The baron Jérôme Antoine is an inveterate gambler, often losing, sometimes winning. One day, he wins a million francs when playing cards with the marquis de Villamayor... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
The baron Jérôme Antoine is an inveterate gambler, often losing, sometimes winning. One day, he wins a million francs when playing cards with the marquis de Villamayor... [More...]
Baroud (1933)
Rex Ingram
André Duval and Si Ahmed are fellow sergeants in the Spahis, the Algerian native cavalry of the French Army. Duval falls in love with a native Moroccan woman, without realising she is Zinah, the sister of Si Ahmed and daughter of the Berber chieftain Si Allal... [More...]
Rex Ingram
André Duval and Si Ahmed are fellow sergeants in the Spahis, the Algerian native cavalry of the French Army. Duval falls in love with a native Moroccan woman, without realising she is Zinah, the sister of Si Ahmed and daughter of the Berber chieftain Si Allal... [More...]