Film Index
French cinema: All genres
La Belle et la bête (1946)
Jean Cocteau
Once upon a time, there was an old merchant who, having fallen on hard times, lives with his three daughters and his son at their modest house in the country...
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Jean Cocteau
Belle et Sébastien (2013)
Nicolas Vanier
High up in the French Alps during the Second World War, the idyllic tranquillity of a small village is about to broken by the sudden arrival of a platoon of German soldiers...
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Nicolas Vanier
Belle maman (1999)
Gabriel Aghion
Antoine, a successful lawyer, is about to get married to Séverine when he falls for his future mother-in-law Léa, a 50-something who manages a luxury hotel in the Bahamas...
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Gabriel Aghion
La Belle meunière (1948)
Marcel Pagnol
Tired of Vienna and his lack of success as a composer, Franz Schubert goes in search of inspiration by taking a walking holiday in the countryside around Salzburg...
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Marcel Pagnol
La Belle Nivernaise (1924)
Jean Epstein
Louveau is the owner of an old barge, La Belle Nivernaise, which ships coal along the Nivernaise canal in central France...
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Jean Epstein
La Belle noiseuse (1991)
Jacques Rivette
A young Parisian artist, Nicolas, arrives in provincial France with his girlfriend, Marianne, to visit a reclusive, once great artist, Edouard Frenhofer... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
A young Parisian artist, Nicolas, arrives in provincial France with his girlfriend, Marianne, to visit a reclusive, once great artist, Edouard Frenhofer... [More...]
La Belle personne (2008)
Christophe Honoré
After the death of her mother, 16-year-old Junie goes to live with her cousin, Mathias. Junie's arrival at her new school attracts the attention of several of Mathias' friends, but she only consents to go out with one of them, the timid but amiable Otto... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
After the death of her mother, 16-year-old Junie goes to live with her cousin, Mathias. Junie's arrival at her new school attracts the attention of several of Mathias' friends, but she only consents to go out with one of them, the timid but amiable Otto... [More...]
La Belle saison (2015)
Catherine Corsini
In 1971, 25-year-old Delphine surprises her farming parents when she turns her back on a life in the country and heads for Paris to make a fresh start... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
In 1971, 25-year-old Delphine surprises her farming parents when she turns her back on a life in the country and heads for Paris to make a fresh start... [More...]
La Belle vie (2014)
Jean Denizot
In the wake of an acrimonious divorce, Yves makes the snap decision to go on the run with his two young sons, Sylvain and Pierre... [More...]
Jean Denizot
In the wake of an acrimonious divorce, Yves makes the snap decision to go on the run with his two young sons, Sylvain and Pierre... [More...]
Les Belles de nuit (1952)
René Clair
Claude, a modest music teacher, has become disillusioned with his waking life. No one appreciates his musical talents, his friends regard him as a fool, and the noise of daily hustle and bustles prevents him from writing his grand opera... [More...]
René Clair
Claude, a modest music teacher, has become disillusioned with his waking life. No one appreciates his musical talents, his friends regard him as a fool, and the noise of daily hustle and bustles prevents him from writing his grand opera... [More...]
Belles familles (2015)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
On a trip to London, Shanghai-based businessman Jérôme Varenne stops over in Paris to visit his mother and brother, but soon finds a reason to prolong his stay in la Belle France... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
On a trip to London, Shanghai-based businessman Jérôme Varenne stops over in Paris to visit his mother and brother, but soon finds a reason to prolong his stay in la Belle France... [More...]
Les Belles manières (1978)
Jean-Claude Guiguet
Camille, an uneducated young man from the provinces, arrives in Paris to take up the post of housekeeper for the wealthy Hélène Courtray and her reclusive son Pierre... [More...]
Jean-Claude Guiguet
Camille, an uneducated young man from the provinces, arrives in Paris to take up the post of housekeeper for the wealthy Hélène Courtray and her reclusive son Pierre... [More...]
Belphégor - Le Fantôme du Louvre (2001)
Jean-Paul Salomé
A collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts dating back three thousand years is taken to the Louvre Museum in Paris for analysis and classification... [More...]
Jean-Paul Salomé
A collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts dating back three thousand years is taken to the Louvre Museum in Paris for analysis and classification... [More...]
Benjamin ou les Mémoires d'un puceau (1968)
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Benvenuta (1983)
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
Les Berceaux (1932)
Jean Epstein
Along the harbour boats sway gently in the wind, awaiting their departure in silence whilst mothers rock their infants to sleep in cradles... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Along the harbour boats sway gently in the wind, awaiting their departure in silence whilst mothers rock their infants to sleep in cradles... [More...]
Berlingot et compagnie (1939)
Fernand Rivers
François and Victor are the proud owners of a stall that has a roaring trade in tasty homemade sweets at a popular funfair... [More...]
Fernand Rivers
François and Victor are the proud owners of a stall that has a roaring trade in tasty homemade sweets at a popular funfair... [More...]
Bernadette (1988)
Jean Delannoy
In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous and her family take up residence in a disused prison in the French town of Lourdes... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous and her family take up residence in a disused prison in the French town of Lourdes... [More...]
Bernie (1996)
Albert Dupontel
Bernie has spent his entire life in an orphanage. He has no family, no knowledge of his origins, but, aged 30, he is determined to find out where he comes from... [More...]
Albert Dupontel
Bernie has spent his entire life in an orphanage. He has no family, no knowledge of his origins, but, aged 30, he is determined to find out where he comes from... [More...]
Béru et ces dames (1968)
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
La Bête à l'affût (1959)
Pierre Chenal
At the home of Elisabeth Vermont, a wealthy young widow, an auction is held to benefit the orphans of the local police department... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
At the home of Elisabeth Vermont, a wealthy young widow, an auction is held to benefit the orphans of the local police department... [More...]
La Bête humaine (1938)
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
La Bête (1975)
Walerian Borowczyk
To safeguard the future of his country estate, the Marquis de l'Esperance arranges a marriage between his son, Mathurin, and an English heiress, Lucy Broadhurst... [More...]
Walerian Borowczyk
To safeguard the future of his country estate, the Marquis de l'Esperance arranges a marriage between his son, Mathurin, and an English heiress, Lucy Broadhurst... [More...]
Bethsabée (1947)
Léonide Moguy
Georges Dubreuil, a spahi captain stationed at a French fortress in Morocco, is delighted when his fiancée, Arabella Delvert, comes to visit him... [More...]
Léonide Moguy
Georges Dubreuil, a spahi captain stationed at a French fortress in Morocco, is delighted when his fiancée, Arabella Delvert, comes to visit him... [More...]
Les Bêtises (2015)
Alice Philippon
François is a clumsy and fanciful thirty-year-old. Adopted as a child, he has a burning desire to get to know his biological mother... [More...]
Alice Philippon
François is a clumsy and fanciful thirty-year-old. Adopted as a child, he has a burning desire to get to know his biological mother... [More...]
Betty (1992)
Claude Chabrol
Rejected by her family in Lyon, Betty ends up alone and drunk in a Parisian bar. She meets a man who takes her to a nearby restaurant... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Rejected by her family in Lyon, Betty ends up alone and drunk in a Parisian bar. She meets a man who takes her to a nearby restaurant... [More...]
Betty Fisher et autres histoires (2001)
Claude Miller
After making her name as a writer in the United States, Betty Fisher returns to France with her four-year-old son Joseph, leaving her partner Édouard in New York... [More...]
Claude Miller
After making her name as a writer in the United States, Betty Fisher returns to France with her four-year-old son Joseph, leaving her partner Édouard in New York... [More...]
La Beuze (2003)
François Desagnat
Inseparable buddies since childhood, Alphonse Brown and Scotch live in the busy French sea port of Le Havre, just about making ends meet with their petty criminal exploits... [More...]
François Desagnat
Inseparable buddies since childhood, Alphonse Brown and Scotch live in the busy French sea port of Le Havre, just about making ends meet with their petty criminal exploits... [More...]
Bibi Fricotin (1951)
Marcel Blistène
Private detective Antoine Gardon is on the trail of a mislaid inheritance when he runs up against the eternal do-gooder Bibi Fricotin... [More...]
Marcel Blistène
Private detective Antoine Gardon is on the trail of a mislaid inheritance when he runs up against the eternal do-gooder Bibi Fricotin... [More...]
Les Biches (1968)
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]