Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Chouchou (2003)
Merzak Allouache
Chouchou is a young North African who arrives illegally in Paris with the intention of looking for his nephew. The kindly parish priest Father Léon helps him to find a place to live and a job as a housecleaner for Dr Nicole Milovavovich, a psychiatrist...
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Merzak Allouache
Christine (1958)
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Vienna, 1906. Franz Lobheiner is a dashing young lieutenant in the Austrian army who has been carrying on a clandestine love affair with the Baroness Lena Eggersdorf without her husband knowing...
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Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Chronique d'un été (1961)
Edgar Morin
Paris, 1960. The sociologist Edgar Morin and ethnologist filmmaker Jean Rouch embark on a study to probe the psyche of ordinary Parisians...
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Edgar Morin
Le Chrysanthème rouge (1912)
Léonce Perret
A young woman is courted by two men who are prepared to do anything to win her hand in marriage. Unable to decide between the two men, the woman sets them a challenge: she will surrender her heart to the man who gives to her the flower that she treasures the most...
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Léonce Perret
La Chute de la maison Usher (1928)
Jean Epstein
Sir Roderick Usher and his wife Madeleine lead a solitary life, living in an ancient castle surrounded by sinister misty marshes in the most barren and forbidding of rural landscapes...
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Jean Epstein
La Chute des hommes (2016)
Cheyenne Carron
The daughter of a French atheist and orthodox Russian Christian, Lucie is a young woman with a passion for perfumery. This leads her to undertake a study trip in the Middle East, where she is looking forward to making contact with an unfamiliar civilisation... [More...]
Cheyenne Carron
The daughter of a French atheist and orthodox Russian Christian, Lucie is a young woman with a passion for perfumery. This leads her to undertake a study trip in the Middle East, where she is looking forward to making contact with an unfamiliar civilisation... [More...]
Cible émouvante (1993)
Pierre Salvadori
Whilst fulfilling one of his contracts, hitman Victor Meynard is spotted by delivery boy Antoine. Logically, Victor knows he should kill Antoine as he is a dangerous witness, but he can't bring himself to do it... [More...]
Pierre Salvadori
Whilst fulfilling one of his contracts, hitman Victor Meynard is spotted by delivery boy Antoine. Logically, Victor knows he should kill Antoine as he is a dangerous witness, but he can't bring himself to do it... [More...]
Le Ciel attendra (2016)
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Sonia is an ordinary 17-year-old girl who is easily led into becoming a Jihadist. Fortunately, her involvement in a planned terrorist attack is thwarted by the authorities just in time... [More...]
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Sonia is an ordinary 17-year-old girl who is easily led into becoming a Jihadist. Fortunately, her involvement in a planned terrorist attack is thwarted by the authorities just in time... [More...]
Le Ciel est à vous (1944)
Jean Grémillon
Pierre Gauthier is proud of the fact that, during WWI, he was employed as a mechanic to the celebrated aviator Georges Guynemer... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
Pierre Gauthier is proud of the fact that, during WWI, he was employed as a mechanic to the celebrated aviator Georges Guynemer... [More...]
Le Ciel, les oiseaux,... et ta mère! (1999)
Djamel Bensalah
Four adolescent young men from a rough Parisian housing estate win first prize in an amateur film-making competition, the prize being a dream holiday in the seaside down of Biarritz... [More...]
Djamel Bensalah
Four adolescent young men from a rough Parisian housing estate win first prize in an amateur film-making competition, the prize being a dream holiday in the seaside down of Biarritz... [More...]
Cigalon (1935)
Marcel Pagnol
Cigalon is the proud owner of a restaurant in a small town in Haute-Provence that is reputed to be one of the best in the region... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Cigalon is the proud owner of a restaurant in a small town in Haute-Provence that is reputed to be one of the best in the region... [More...]
La Cigarette (1919)
Germaine Dulac
The mummy of an ancient Egyptian princess is the latest addition to a museum of oriental art curated by the esteemed academic Pierre Guérande... [More...]
Germaine Dulac
The mummy of an ancient Egyptian princess is the latest addition to a museum of oriental art curated by the esteemed academic Pierre Guérande... [More...]
Cigarettes et chocolat chaud (2016)
Sophie Reine
After his wife's death, Denis Patar has had a constant struggle to bring up his two daughters, Janis and Mercredi, by himself... [More...]
Sophie Reine
After his wife's death, Denis Patar has had a constant struggle to bring up his two daughters, Janis and Mercredi, by himself... [More...]
Le Cinéma de papa (1970)
Claude Berri
In 1946, 12-year-old Claude Langmann lives with his parents, Jewish immigrants, and newborn sister Arlette in a busy district of Paris... [More...]
Claude Berri
In 1946, 12-year-old Claude Langmann lives with his parents, Jewish immigrants, and newborn sister Arlette in a busy district of Paris... [More...]
Les Cinq gentlemen maudits (1931)
Julien Duvivier
Five disparate friends take a boat to Morocco for what they hope will be a relaxing sightseeing holiday. They arrive in the midst of a religious festival and immediately provoke the wrath of an old man when they try to remove the veil of his young female companion... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Five disparate friends take a boat to Morocco for what they hope will be a relaxing sightseeing holiday. They arrive in the midst of a religious festival and immediately provoke the wrath of an old man when they try to remove the veil of his young female companion... [More...]
Cinq millions comptant (1957)
André Berthomieu
Virginie Gerbois runs a school for young girls in the village of Chatenay-sous-cloche, totally oblivious to the fact that her husband Achille is leading a double life... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Virginie Gerbois runs a school for young girls in the village of Chatenay-sous-cloche, totally oblivious to the fact that her husband Achille is leading a double life... [More...]
Les Cinq sous de Lavarède (1939)
Maurice Cammage
Armand Lavarède is an inveterate yarn spinner who delights in regaling anyone who cares to listen with his accounts of his wild and highly implausible exploits... [More...]
Maurice Cammage
Armand Lavarède is an inveterate yarn spinner who delights in regaling anyone who cares to listen with his accounts of his wild and highly implausible exploits... [More...]
Cinq tulipes rouges (1949)
Jean Stelli
The 1948 Tour de France gets off to an ominous start when one of the competitors is killed in a road accident even before the competition gets under way... [More...]
Jean Stelli
The 1948 Tour de France gets off to an ominous start when one of the competitors is killed in a road accident even before the competition gets under way... [More...]
Circonstances atténuantes (1939)
Jean Boyer
Two months into his retirement Gaëtan Le Sentencier, once a busy and highly respected judge, finds himself at a loose end... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Two months into his retirement Gaëtan Le Sentencier, once a busy and highly respected judge, finds himself at a loose end... [More...]
Circulez y'a rien à voir (1983)
Patrice Leconte
Inspector Leroux and his colleague Pelissier are investigating a petty theft when they encounter the wealthy and elegant art dealer, Helene Duvernet... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Inspector Leroux and his colleague Pelissier are investigating a petty theft when they encounter the wealthy and elegant art dealer, Helene Duvernet... [More...]
La Cité de la peur (1994)
Alain Berbérian
Odile Deray, press secretary responsible for promoting the low budget horror film “Red is Dead”, hires a security agent, Serge Karamazov, to protect the film's star, Simon Jérémi, during the Cannes Film Festival... [More...]
Alain Berbérian
Odile Deray, press secretary responsible for promoting the low budget horror film “Red is Dead”, hires a security agent, Serge Karamazov, to protect the film's star, Simon Jérémi, during the Cannes Film Festival... [More...]
La Cité des enfants perdus (1995)
Marc Caro
On an isolated disused sea rig live the remnants of a mad scientist's experiments into creating alternative life forms. These include Irvin, a brain in a fish tank, six identical clones of the inventor himself, and Krank, a Frankensteinesque monster who ages prematurely because he cannot dream... [More...]
Marc Caro
On an isolated disused sea rig live the remnants of a mad scientist's experiments into creating alternative life forms. These include Irvin, a brain in a fish tank, six identical clones of the inventor himself, and Krank, a Frankensteinesque monster who ages prematurely because he cannot dream... [More...]
Clair de femme (1979)
Costa-Gavras
Michel finds himself at a loose end, walking the streets one night as his wife lies slowly dying from an incurable malady... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
Michel finds himself at a loose end, walking the streets one night as his wife lies slowly dying from an incurable malady... [More...]
Le Clair de terre (1970)
Guy Gilles
Pierre Brumeu, 21, lives in Paris and has a strained relationship with his father, a widower who is still mourning the loss of his wife many years ago... [More...]
Guy Gilles
Pierre Brumeu, 21, lives in Paris and has a strained relationship with his father, a widower who is still mourning the loss of his wife many years ago... [More...]
Le Clan des Siciliens (1969)
Henri Verneuil
The Malanese family are one of Italy's most notorious criminal gangs, better know as the Sicilian Clan. Their latest criminal exploit will be the theft of a valuable collection of jewels as it is being shipped by air from Paris to New York... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
The Malanese family are one of Italy's most notorious criminal gangs, better know as the Sicilian Clan. Their latest criminal exploit will be the theft of a valuable collection of jewels as it is being shipped by air from Paris to New York... [More...]
Clara et les chics types (1981)
Jacques Monnet
Six friends from Grenoble with a shared love of music have formed a rock band called Les Why Notes. Bertrand, Mickey, Frédéric, Charles, Aimée and Louise are all in their late twenties but seem reluctant or incapable of putting their adolescence behind them... [More...]
Jacques Monnet
Six friends from Grenoble with a shared love of music have formed a rock band called Les Why Notes. Bertrand, Mickey, Frédéric, Charles, Aimée and Louise are all in their late twenties but seem reluctant or incapable of putting their adolescence behind them... [More...]
Clara et moi (2004)
Arnaud Viard
Antoine is 33, a struggling actor living in Paris. Outwardly, he appears happy and satisfied with his life; inwardly, he is tortured by solitude... [More...]
Arnaud Viard
Antoine is 33, a struggling actor living in Paris. Outwardly, he appears happy and satisfied with his life; inwardly, he is tortured by solitude... [More...]
La Classe de neige (1998)
Claude Miller
Nicolas is a quiet 12 year old boy who goes on a school skiing trip with his classmates. Worried that there might be a coach accident, Nicholas' over-protective father insists on taking his son to the alpine chalet himself... [More...]
Claude Miller
Nicolas is a quiet 12 year old boy who goes on a school skiing trip with his classmates. Worried that there might be a coach accident, Nicholas' over-protective father insists on taking his son to the alpine chalet himself... [More...]
Classe tous risques (1960)
Claude Sautet
Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons... [More...]
Claudine à l'école (1937)
Serge de Poligny
Neglected by her father and robbed of her mother, Claudine grows up to be an independently minded young lady at her girls' school in the country... [More...]
Serge de Poligny
Neglected by her father and robbed of her mother, Claudine grows up to be an independently minded young lady at her girls' school in the country... [More...]