Film Index
French cinema: All genres
L'Affaire Nina B. (1961)
Robert Siodmak
The funeral of German businessman Berrera attracts a distinguished crowd of mourners, but few tears are shed. His chauffeur, Holden, recalls how, shortly after his release from prison, Berrera hired him and offered him a part in a crucial mission...
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Robert Siodmak
L'Affaire SK1 (2015)
Frédéric Tellier
In 1991, Franck Magne is finding his feet as a young police inspector at Paris's police department, 36 quai des Orfèvres...
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Frédéric Tellier
Les Affaires sont les affaires (1942)
Jean Dréville
Through his single-minded pursuit of wealth, Isidore Lechat has become one of the richest men in France, a fact to which his vast country estate is testament...
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Jean Dréville
L'Africain (1983)
Philippe de Broca
Victor has turned his back on the turmoil of modern life in the city and now leads a contented existence in the unspoiled heart of Africa...
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Philippe de Broca
Agantuk (1991)
Satyajit Ray
Anila Bose lives in Calcutta with her husband Sudhindra and their young son Satyaki. The family is comfortably off and live in a grand house which they have inherited...
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Satyajit Ray
L'Âge d'homme... maintenant ou jamais! (2007)
Raphael Fejtö
Samuel is a 30-year-old filmmaker who, until a year ago, was a diehard bachelor. It was a life that suited him, with no commitments, no heartache and no broken china... [More...]
Raphael Fejtö
Samuel is a 30-year-old filmmaker who, until a year ago, was a diehard bachelor. It was a life that suited him, with no commitments, no heartache and no broken china... [More...]
L'Âge d'or (1930)
Luis Buñuel
A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach... [More...]
L'Âge de raison (2010)
Yann Samuell
Margaret is a successful businesswoman who governs both her career and her love life with the same steely resolve, with the result that she is feared and admired by all but loved by no one... [More...]
Yann Samuell
Margaret is a successful businesswoman who governs both her career and her love life with the same steely resolve, with the result that she is feared and admired by all but loved by no one... [More...]
L'Âge ingrat (1964)
Gilles Grangier
After meeting in Paris whilst studying for a degree, Antoine Lartigue and Marie Malhouin soon discover they are in love and agree to tie the connubial knot as soon as they can... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
After meeting in Paris whilst studying for a degree, Antoine Lartigue and Marie Malhouin soon discover they are in love and agree to tie the connubial knot as soon as they can... [More...]
Agent trouble (1987)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
One winter's morning a coach laden with tourists careers off the road and plunges into an icy lake in the Pyrenees. Fifty are killed... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
One winter's morning a coach laden with tourists careers off the road and plunges into an icy lake in the Pyrenees. Fifty are killed... [More...]
Agnès de rien (1950)
Pierre Billon
At the insistence of her husband Francis, Agnès de Chaligny is forced to take up residence in his ancestral family home in the country whilst he, a struggling artist in Paris, sorts out his finances... [More...]
Pierre Billon
At the insistence of her husband Francis, Agnès de Chaligny is forced to take up residence in his ancestral family home in the country whilst he, a struggling artist in Paris, sorts out his finances... [More...]
L'Agonie de Byzance (1913)
Louis Feuillade
On 6th April 1453, the armies of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II surround the holy Christian city of Constantinople, poised to attack when the command is given... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
On 6th April 1453, the armies of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II surround the holy Christian city of Constantinople, poised to attack when the command is given... [More...]
L'Agression (1975)
Gérard Pirès
The Varlins are an ordinary French family who are looking forward to their holiday on the Grande Motte, a mountain in the Savoie region of France... [More...]
Gérard Pirès
The Varlins are an ordinary French family who are looking forward to their holiday on the Grande Motte, a mountain in the Savoie region of France... [More...]
Ah! Les belles bacchantes (1954)
Jean Loubignac
Robert Dhéry is a theatre director who is busy rehearsing acts for his forthcoming revue Ah ! Les belles bacchantes... [More...]
Jean Loubignac
Robert Dhéry is a theatre director who is busy rehearsing acts for his forthcoming revue Ah ! Les belles bacchantes... [More...]
L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948)
Jean Cocteau
Natasha, the queen of an unhappy kingdom, lives as a recluse, ten years after the king, her beloved husband, was assassinated... [More...]
Jean Cocteau
Natasha, the queen of an unhappy kingdom, lives as a recluse, ten years after the king, her beloved husband, was assassinated... [More...]
L'Aile ou la cuisse (1976)
Claude Zidi
At 60, Charles Duchemin is the most revered of France's culinary experts. Not only is he a food critic of some considerable renown, he is also the author of the country's most popular restaurant guide... [More...]
Claude Zidi
At 60, Charles Duchemin is the most revered of France's culinary experts. Not only is he a food critic of some considerable renown, he is also the author of the country's most popular restaurant guide... [More...]
Aime ton père (2002)
Jacob Berger
Léo Sheperd is a prominent writer who, it has just been announced, is to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. A reclusive man, Sheperd presently lives on a remote farm with his partner and daughter... [More...]
Jacob Berger
Léo Sheperd is a prominent writer who, it has just been announced, is to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. A reclusive man, Sheperd presently lives on a remote farm with his partner and daughter... [More...]
Aimer, boire et chanter (2014)
Alain Resnais
In the midst of the Yorkshire countryside, the lives of three couples are about to be violently disrupted over a period of several months by the strange behaviour of their mutual friend George Riley... [More...]
Alain Resnais
In the midst of the Yorkshire countryside, the lives of three couples are about to be violently disrupted over a period of several months by the strange behaviour of their mutual friend George Riley... [More...]
Ain't Misbehavin (Un voyageur) (2013)
Marcel Ophüls
After an absence of 19 years from our screens, director Marcel Ophüls comes out of retirement to construct a cinematic self-portrait, a substitute for the autobiography he always intended to write but never got round to... [More...]
Marcel Ophüls
After an absence of 19 years from our screens, director Marcel Ophüls comes out of retirement to construct a cinematic self-portrait, a substitute for the autobiography he always intended to write but never got round to... [More...]
L'Aîné des Ferchaux (1963)
Jean-Pierre Melville
After a series of match defeats, a young boxer named Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager and is forced to look for alternative employment to make ends meet... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
After a series of match defeats, a young boxer named Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager and is forced to look for alternative employment to make ends meet... [More...]
L'Air de Paris (1954)
Marcel Carné
Victor Le Garrec was once a professional boxer but his dreams of sporting glory have come to nothing. Now in his mid-fifties, he contents himself with a lesser ambition - coaching young amateurs in the hope of one day finding a true boxing champion... [More...]
Marcel Carné
Victor Le Garrec was once a professional boxer but his dreams of sporting glory have come to nothing. Now in his mid-fifties, he contents himself with a lesser ambition - coaching young amateurs in the hope of one day finding a true boxing champion... [More...]
Akoibon (2005)
Edouard Baer
To save his friend from being dismembered piece by piece, small-time con artist Nader must travel to a remote holiday island and deliver Chris Barnes, a faded celebrity, into the hands of a mysterious (and totally ruthless) boss... [More...]
Edouard Baer
To save his friend from being dismembered piece by piece, small-time con artist Nader must travel to a remote holiday island and deliver Chris Barnes, a faded celebrity, into the hands of a mysterious (and totally ruthless) boss... [More...]
Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse (1906)
Albert Capellani
Whilst his mother is busy sewing, a young man named Aladdin is happily dreaming that he is a rich man courting the Sultan's beautiful daughter... [More...]
Albert Capellani
Whilst his mother is busy sewing, a young man named Aladdin is happily dreaming that he is a rich man courting the Sultan's beautiful daughter... [More...]
Albert est méchant (2004)
Hervé Palud
On hearing of the death of his father, the famous writer Jo Lechat, Patrick assumes that he will automatically inherit his vast fortune... [More...]
Hervé Palud
On hearing of the death of his father, the famous writer Jo Lechat, Patrick assumes that he will automatically inherit his vast fortune... [More...]
Alceste à bicyclette (2013)
Philippe Le Guay
Serge Tanneur is a renowned actor who, having reached the summit of his profession, decides to bow out and enjoy a long and quiet retirement at a remote house on the island of Ré... [More...]
Philippe Le Guay
Serge Tanneur is a renowned actor who, having reached the summit of his profession, decides to bow out and enjoy a long and quiet retirement at a remote house on the island of Ré... [More...]
Alexandre le bienheureux (1968)
Yves Robert
All that Alexandre wants is to live a quiet life, to be as free and contented as the birds and beasts of his treasured countryside... [More...]
Yves Robert
All that Alexandre wants is to live a quiet life, to be as free and contented as the birds and beasts of his treasured countryside... [More...]
Alexis gentleman chauffeur (1938)
Max de Vaucorbeil
Alexis de Saint Grisols, a pilot during the war, now earns his crust as a modest taxi driver in Paris. One day, the famous actress Margot Fontane leaves her purse in his taxi and he feels duty bound to return it to her in person... [More...]
Max de Vaucorbeil
Alexis de Saint Grisols, a pilot during the war, now earns his crust as a modest taxi driver in Paris. One day, the famous actress Margot Fontane leaves her purse in his taxi and he feels duty bound to return it to her in person... [More...]
Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs (1954)
Jacques Becker
Once upon a time, in a small town in the East, there lived a man named Ali-Baba, a friend of the poor... One day, Ali-Baba goes to the market on an errand for his master, the wealthy Cassim, to buy a new slave for his harem... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Once upon a time, in a small town in the East, there lived a man named Ali-Baba, a friend of the poor... One day, Ali-Baba goes to the market on an errand for his master, the wealthy Cassim, to buy a new slave for his harem... [More...]
L'Alibi (1937)
Pierre Chenal
Professor Winckler is a distinguished master of the occult sciences and telepathy. Whilst he is performing his famous mind-reading act at a Parisian nightclub, he is surprised to see his most hated enemy, an American named Gordon, sitting in the audience... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
Professor Winckler is a distinguished master of the occult sciences and telepathy. Whilst he is performing his famous mind-reading act at a Parisian nightclub, he is surprised to see his most hated enemy, an American named Gordon, sitting in the audience... [More...]
Alice et Martin (1998)
André Téchiné
In the southwest of France, Martin is leading a tranquil childhood with his mother and her boyfriend when his wealthy father, Victor Sauvagnac, insists on taking custody of him... [More...]
André Téchiné
In the southwest of France, Martin is leading a tranquil childhood with his mother and her boyfriend when his wealthy father, Victor Sauvagnac, insists on taking custody of him... [More...]