Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Le Dernier pour la route (2009)
Philippe Godeau
Hervé, the head of a press agency, finds that his life and his career are being ruined by his alcohol addiction. Realising that he risks losing everything that he holds dear, he takes the decision to give up drinking and begins a course of detoxification at a specialist centre in Geneva...
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Philippe Godeau
Le Dernier tournant (1939)
Pierre Chenal
Frank, a young drifter, arrives at a remote service station on a mountain road near to Marseille. Here, the kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he readily accepts...
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Pierre Chenal
Le Dernier vol (2009)
Karim Dridi
French Sahara, 1933. Having set out to find the man she loves, an aviator who went missing during an attempted flight from London to Cape Town, Marie Vallières de Beaumont is forced to land her biplane near to an outpost of the French Camel Corps...
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Karim Dridi
Dernière heure, édition spéciale (1949)
Maurice de Canonge
Dominique Coche is an ambitious young journalist who edits a column on the newspaper Le Cri du monde. When a world famous pianist, Emmanuel Costa, is found dead in his bath, Dominique sees an opportunity to advance his career and boost his paper's circulation...
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Maurice de Canonge
Dernière jeunesse (1939)
Jeff Musso
Georges returns to France, having lived most of his life in the colonies, a solitary and world-weary man. One evening, he makes the acquaintance of Marcelle, an impoverished young woman who is tired of life...
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Jeff Musso
Les Dernières vacances (1948)
Roger Leenhardt
For generations, the Torrignes family have lived in a splendid old house in the south of France. By the early 1930s, the family's fortune has dried up and there is no other recourse than to sell the house... [More...]
Roger Leenhardt
For generations, the Torrignes family have lived in a splendid old house in the south of France. By the early 1930s, the family's fortune has dried up and there is no other recourse than to sell the house... [More...]
Les Derniers jours de Pompei (1950)
Marcel L'Herbier
The location is Pompeii, 79 AD, just a few weeks before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius will devastate the entire town, killing most of its population... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
The location is Pompeii, 79 AD, just a few weeks before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius will devastate the entire town, killing most of its population... [More...]
Les Derniers jours du monde (2009)
Arnaud Larrieu
Robinson Laborde is in Biarritz, reflecting on the events of the past year, when he learns that the world is about to end... [More...]
Arnaud Larrieu
Robinson Laborde is in Biarritz, reflecting on the events of the past year, when he learns that the world is about to end... [More...]
La Dérobade (1979)
Daniel Duval
Marie is trapped in a nightmarish life from which she cannot escape. Her boyfriend bullies her and forces her to work for him as a prostitute... [More...]
Daniel Duval
Marie is trapped in a nightmarish life from which she cannot escape. Her boyfriend bullies her and forces her to work for him as a prostitute... [More...]
Derrière la façade (1939)
Georges Lacombe
Two rival police inspectors, Boucheron and Baumer, investigate the murder of the owner of a well-to-do apartment block. Madame Mathieu has been found stabbed to death in the lift, and there is no shortage of suspects... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
Two rival police inspectors, Boucheron and Baumer, investigate the murder of the owner of a well-to-do apartment block. Madame Mathieu has been found stabbed to death in the lift, and there is no shortage of suspects... [More...]
Le Derrière (1999)
Valérie Lemercier
After the death of her mother, Frédérique resolves to find her father, whom she has never met. She discovers the identity of her father on the back of an old photograph and sets out for Paris where he now lives... [More...]
Valérie Lemercier
After the death of her mother, Frédérique resolves to find her father, whom she has never met. She discovers the identity of her father on the back of an old photograph and sets out for Paris where he now lives... [More...]
Des Apaches (2015)
Nassim Amaouche
Samir is a young man of Algerian origin who is coping badly with his mother's recent death. At the funeral, his attention is drawn to a stranger, whom he soon discovers is his estranged father... [More...]
Nassim Amaouche
Samir is a young man of Algerian origin who is coping badly with his mother's recent death. At the funeral, his attention is drawn to a stranger, whom he soon discovers is his estranged father... [More...]
Des gens sans importance (1955)
Henri Verneuil
Jean Viard is a long-distance lorry driver who makes a habit of stopping off at a roadside inn run by his friend Barchandeau during his frequent excursions between Paris and Bordeaux... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Jean Viard is a long-distance lorry driver who makes a habit of stopping off at a roadside inn run by his friend Barchandeau during his frequent excursions between Paris and Bordeaux... [More...]
Des hommes et des dieux (2010)
Xavier Beauvois
In the 1990s, eight French Cistercian monks lead a peaceful existence in a monastery overlooking the village of Tibhirine in the mountainous hinterland of Algeria... [More...]
Xavier Beauvois
In the 1990s, eight French Cistercian monks lead a peaceful existence in a monastery overlooking the village of Tibhirine in the mountainous hinterland of Algeria... [More...]
Des morceaux de moi (2013)
Nolwenn Lemesle
Erell is a bored seventeen year old girl who lives in a provincial backwater where the only thing she can do to relieve the boredom of her monotonous existence is to film everything and everyone she encounters with her camcorder... [More...]
Nolwenn Lemesle
Erell is a bored seventeen year old girl who lives in a provincial backwater where the only thing she can do to relieve the boredom of her monotonous existence is to film everything and everyone she encounters with her camcorder... [More...]
Des nouvelles de la planète Mars (2016)
Dominik Moll
Since his divorce, Philippe Mars, a mild-mannered computer programmer, has found it ever more difficult to keep his grip on reality... [More...]
Dominik Moll
Since his divorce, Philippe Mars, a mild-mannered computer programmer, has found it ever more difficult to keep his grip on reality... [More...]
Des plans sur la comète (2017)
Guilhem Amesland
Michel and Frank are two brothers who run their own construction company, although 'opportunistic handymen' would probably be a more accurate description of their hapless moneymaking exploits... [More...]
Guilhem Amesland
Michel and Frank are two brothers who run their own construction company, although 'opportunistic handymen' would probably be a more accurate description of their hapless moneymaking exploits... [More...]
Des vents contraires (2011)
Jalil Lespert
Paul Anderen, a writer living in Paris, has his life turned upside down when his wife Sarah suddenly goes missing. After a year of fruitless searching, Paul is a broken man... [More...]
Jalil Lespert
Paul Anderen, a writer living in Paris, has his life turned upside down when his wife Sarah suddenly goes missing. After a year of fruitless searching, Paul is a broken man... [More...]
Désarroi (1946)
Robert-Paul Dagan
Pierre, 20, is in love with Martine, and the two plan to marry as soon as the latter has come of age. Pierre's mother, Madame Meillan, becomes opposed to the marriage when she discovers that Martine's mother is an adventurer who lives a dissolute life with her gambler partner... [More...]
Robert-Paul Dagan
Pierre, 20, is in love with Martine, and the two plan to marry as soon as the latter has come of age. Pierre's mother, Madame Meillan, becomes opposed to the marriage when she discovers that Martine's mother is an adventurer who lives a dissolute life with her gambler partner... [More...]
La Désenchantée (1990)
Benoît Jacquot
Beth is a precocious 17 year old schoolgirl who lives with her bedridden mother, Thérèse, a former prostitute, and her younger brother, Rémi... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Beth is a precocious 17 year old schoolgirl who lives with her bedridden mother, Thérèse, a former prostitute, and her younger brother, Rémi... [More...]
La Désintégration (2012)
Philippe Faucon
Ali, Nasser and Hamza are all in their twenties and live on a housing estate in the outskirts of Lille. They meet Djamel, a man who is ten years their senior and who is, in their eyes, someone to be looked up to... [More...]
Philippe Faucon
Ali, Nasser and Hamza are all in their twenties and live on a housing estate in the outskirts of Lille. They meet Djamel, a man who is ten years their senior and who is, in their eyes, someone to be looked up to... [More...]
Désiré (1996)
Bernard Murat
Désiré would be the perfect valet were it not for his unerring ability for stealing the heart of every woman he meets... [More...]
Bernard Murat
Désiré would be the perfect valet were it not for his unerring ability for stealing the heart of every woman he meets... [More...]
Le Désordre et la nuit (1958)
Gilles Grangier
Inspecteur Georges Vallois is called in to investigate the murder of Albert Simoni, the owner of a night club in Paris. The prime suspect is Lucky Fridel, a young German woman who came to Paris to start a career as a singer... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Inspecteur Georges Vallois is called in to investigate the murder of Albert Simoni, the owner of a night club in Paris. The prime suspect is Lucky Fridel, a young German woman who came to Paris to start a career as a singer... [More...]
Le Dessous des cartes (1948)
André Cayatte
His criminal activities exposed, a crooked financier named Géraudy takes flight and intends to make his escape across the alpine border with the help of a young smuggler, Manu... [More...]
André Cayatte
His criminal activities exposed, a crooked financier named Géraudy takes flight and intends to make his escape across the alpine border with the help of a young smuggler, Manu... [More...]
Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (1942)
Sacha Guitry
When Désirée Clary was born, on 8 November 1777, no one could imagine the fabulous future that was in store for her, least of all her father, a wealthy Marseille merchant... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
When Désirée Clary was born, on 8 November 1777, no one could imagine the fabulous future that was in store for her, least of all her father, a wealthy Marseille merchant... [More...]
Destinées (1954)
Christian-Jaque
Throughout history, women have had to play their part in war, and in doing so have had to forge their own destinies. After WWII, an American war widow, Elisabeth Whitefield, undertakes a painful journey to a servicemen's cemetery in Italy to reclaim her husband Tony's body and arrange its repatriation... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Throughout history, women have had to play their part in war, and in doing so have had to forge their own destinies. After WWII, an American war widow, Elisabeth Whitefield, undertakes a painful journey to a servicemen's cemetery in Italy to reclaim her husband Tony's body and arrange its repatriation... [More...]
Les Destinées sentimentales (2000)
Olivier Assayas
Jean Barnery is the pastor of a small village in Charente, Shortly after separating from his wife Nathalie, he meets Pauline, the daughter of one of his parishioners who runs a cognac distillery... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
Jean Barnery is the pastor of a small village in Charente, Shortly after separating from his wife Nathalie, he meets Pauline, the daughter of one of his parishioners who runs a cognac distillery... [More...]
Destins (1946)
Richard Pottier
Thanks to his impresario, the singer André Cartier soon becomes a huge music hall star in Paris. The pride of his life is his five-year-old son Jacky, whom he brings up with the help of his nurse Malika and secretary Jacqueline... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Thanks to his impresario, the singer André Cartier soon becomes a huge music hall star in Paris. The pride of his life is his five-year-old son Jacky, whom he brings up with the help of his nurse Malika and secretary Jacqueline... [More...]
Détective (1985)
Jean-Luc Godard
In one room of an upmarket Parisian hotel, two detectives who go by the names Uncle Prospero and Neveu are sedulously investigating the murder of a royal personage on the premises two years ago... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
In one room of an upmarket Parisian hotel, two detectives who go by the names Uncle Prospero and Neveu are sedulously investigating the murder of a royal personage on the premises two years ago... [More...]
Deux (1989)
Claude Zidi
Marc Lambert is a composer of contemporary music who makes a comfortable living organising concerts and promoting the work of up-and-coming composers... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Marc Lambert is a composer of contemporary music who makes a comfortable living organising concerts and promoting the work of up-and-coming composers... [More...]