Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Goto, l'île d'amour (1969)
Walerian Borowczyk
Goto is an island nation that has been cut off from the rest of the world for over a century. Since the late 1800s, when a massive earthquake devastated the region, the indigenous population has lived in a totally closed society, governed by a succession of all-powerful despots, all named after this benighted land...
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Walerian Borowczyk
Goupi mains rouges (1943)
Jacques Becker
The Goupis are a proud, self-sufficient family living in the Charentes region of France. Most of them live at an inn that is run with an iron hand by the shrewish Goupi Tisane and her tight-fisted brother Goupi Mes Sous...
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Jacques Becker
Le Goût de la violence (1961)
Robert Hossein
1890. In a Latin American country, a bloody war is being fought between the guerilleros of General Guzman and soldiers of the powerful president Laragana...
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Robert Hossein
Le Goût des autres (2000)
Agnès Jaoui
Castella is a successful businessman, but he is coarse and uneducated and he finds himself increasingly alone and unfulfilled...
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Agnès Jaoui
Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000)
François Ozon
In 1970s Germany, Franz, a student in his early twenties, allows Léopold, a man thirty years his senior, to take him back to his apartment...
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François Ozon
Grâce à Dieu (2019)
François Ozon
Alexandre Guérin, a bank employee in his mid-forties, leads a harmonious life in Lyon with his wife and children, all devout Catholics... [More...]
François Ozon
Alexandre Guérin, a bank employee in his mid-forties, leads a harmonious life in Lyon with his wife and children, all devout Catholics... [More...]
La Graine et le mulet (2007)
Abdellatif Kechiche
Despite his age, Slimane Beiji, a 60-year-old North African immigrant, continues to toil for a meagre wage at a shipyard in the southern French town of Sète... [More...]
Abdellatif Kechiche
Despite his age, Slimane Beiji, a 60-year-old North African immigrant, continues to toil for a meagre wage at a shipyard in the southern French town of Sète... [More...]
Le Grand alibi (2008)
Pascal Bonitzer
During a weekend break at the country estate of Senator Henri Pages, Pierre Collier is murdered. The obvious culprit is his wife, Claire, who is found at the scene of the crime holding a gun... [More...]
Pascal Bonitzer
During a weekend break at the country estate of Senator Henri Pages, Pierre Collier is murdered. The obvious culprit is his wife, Claire, who is found at the scene of the crime holding a gun... [More...]
Le Grand bain (2018)
Gilles Lellouche
Bertrand, Laurent, Marcus, Simon, Thierry, John, Bastile and Avanish - eight men from very different backgrounds - are all beginning to find life a bit too much for them... [More...]
Gilles Lellouche
Bertrand, Laurent, Marcus, Simon, Thierry, John, Bastile and Avanish - eight men from very different backgrounds - are all beginning to find life a bit too much for them... [More...]
Le Grand bazar (1973)
Claude Zidi
Gérard, Jean-Guy, Phil and Jean are four friends in their early twenties who live in the same high-rise apartment block in one of the less salubrious districts of town... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Gérard, Jean-Guy, Phil and Jean are four friends in their early twenties who live in the same high-rise apartment block in one of the less salubrious districts of town... [More...]
Le Grand bleu (1988)
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972)
Yves Robert
Colonel Louis Toulouse, a senior operative in the French security service, has become so fed up with his ambitious rival, Milan, that he decides to send him off on a wild goose chase, in the hope that it will ruin his career... [More...]
Yves Robert
Colonel Louis Toulouse, a senior operative in the French security service, has become so fed up with his ambitious rival, Milan, that he decides to send him off on a wild goose chase, in the hope that it will ruin his career... [More...]
Le Grand carnaval (1983)
Alexandre Arcady
In November 1942, American troops land in North Africa at the height of World War II to make ready for the liberation of Europe... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
In November 1942, American troops land in North Africa at the height of World War II to make ready for the liberation of Europe... [More...]
Grand central (2013)
Rebecca Zlotowski
After a succession of odd jobs, Gary finds work in a nuclear power plant. Here, near to the reactors where the radiation level is at its strongest, he falls in love with co-worker Karole... [More...]
Rebecca Zlotowski
After a succession of odd jobs, Gary finds work in a nuclear power plant. Here, near to the reactors where the radiation level is at its strongest, he falls in love with co-worker Karole... [More...]
Le Grand chemin (1987)
Jean-Loup Hubert
In the summer of 1959, a coach arrives in a small village in rural Brittany, bringing a pregnant mother Claire and her nine-year-old son Louis... [More...]
Jean-Loup Hubert
In the summer of 1959, a coach arrives in a small village in rural Brittany, bringing a pregnant mother Claire and her nine-year-old son Louis... [More...]
Le Grand cirque (1950)
Georges Péclet
During WWII, French pilots are assigned to the British squadron at Biggin Hill and take part in a series of dangerous reconnaissance and combat missions... [More...]
Georges Péclet
During WWII, French pilots are assigned to the British squadron at Biggin Hill and take part in a series of dangerous reconnaissance and combat missions... [More...]
Le Grand frère (1982)
Francis Girod
Two French legionnaires, Rossi and Berger, crash-land in Africa. Having shot his colleague and left him for dead, Rossi runs off with some of the cash their plane was carrying... [More...]
Francis Girod
Two French legionnaires, Rossi and Berger, crash-land in Africa. Having shot his colleague and left him for dead, Rossi runs off with some of the cash their plane was carrying... [More...]
Le Grand jeu (1934)
Jacques Feyder
Pierre Martel is a young Parisian financier whose taste for the high life leads him to embezzle his clients' money. When his fraud is exposed, his wealthy uncle steps in to bail him out, on condition that he leaves France immediately... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
Pierre Martel is a young Parisian financier whose taste for the high life leads him to embezzle his clients' money. When his fraud is exposed, his wealthy uncle steps in to bail him out, on condition that he leaves France immediately... [More...]
Le Grand jeu (2015)
Nicolas Pariser
Pierre Blum is a writer in his mid-forties who had his biggest successes at the start of the 2000s. One evening, outside a casino, he meets a stranger, Joseph Paskin, who appears keen to talk to him... [More...]
Nicolas Pariser
Pierre Blum is a writer in his mid-forties who had his biggest successes at the start of the 2000s. One evening, outside a casino, he meets a stranger, Joseph Paskin, who appears keen to talk to him... [More...]
Le Grand Meaulnes (1967)
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
One night, in the course of a strange party that takes place at a remote residence lost in the woods of Sologne, Augustin Meaulnes encounters Yvonne de Galais and immediately falls in love with her, so entranced is he by her exquisite beauty... [More...]
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
One night, in the course of a strange party that takes place at a remote residence lost in the woods of Sologne, Augustin Meaulnes encounters Yvonne de Galais and immediately falls in love with her, so entranced is he by her exquisite beauty... [More...]
Le Grand Meaulnes (2006)
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
November, 1910. Monsieur and Madame Seurel run a small boarding school in a village in the Sologne region of France. One evening, they take in a new pupil... [More...]
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
November, 1910. Monsieur and Madame Seurel run a small boarding school in a village in the Sologne region of France. One evening, they take in a new pupil... [More...]
Le Grand pardon (1982)
Alexandre Arcady
At the age of 50, Raymond Bettoun finds himself at the head of one of the most notorious gangster clans in France, one that is proud of its Jewish pied-noir ancestry... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
At the age of 50, Raymond Bettoun finds himself at the head of one of the most notorious gangster clans in France, one that is proud of its Jewish pied-noir ancestry... [More...]
Le Grand restaurant (1966)
Jacques Besnard
As everyone knows, haute cuisine is more than just an art form in France, it is a religion, and among its high priests few are more dedicated than Monsieur Septime, the fastidious owner of Paris's most exclusive restaurant... [More...]
Jacques Besnard
As everyone knows, haute cuisine is more than just an art form in France, it is a religion, and among its high priests few are more dedicated than Monsieur Septime, the fastidious owner of Paris's most exclusive restaurant... [More...]
Le Grand soir (2012)
Gustave de Kervern
Not and Jean-Pierre are two brothers who could not be more different. In his forties, Not is proud to be the oldest street punk in Europe, happy to live off the detritus of a diseased society in the company of his faithful dog... [More...]
Gustave de Kervern
Not and Jean-Pierre are two brothers who could not be more different. In his forties, Not is proud to be the oldest street punk in Europe, happy to live off the detritus of a diseased society in the company of his faithful dog... [More...]
La Grande bouffe (1973)
Marco Ferreri
One winter, four well-off middle-aged men who have grown tired of life decide to kill themselves. For Marcello, an Italian airline pilot with an over-developed libido, life has become intolerable now that he is impotent... [More...]
Marco Ferreri
One winter, four well-off middle-aged men who have grown tired of life decide to kill themselves. For Marcello, an Italian airline pilot with an over-developed libido, life has become intolerable now that he is impotent... [More...]
La Grande frousse (1964)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
When a homicidal forger, Mickey-le-Bénédictin, goes on the run after evading his execution, Inspectors Triquet and Virgus hasten after him to prevent him from committing any further crimes... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
When a homicidal forger, Mickey-le-Bénédictin, goes on the run after evading his execution, Inspectors Triquet and Virgus hasten after him to prevent him from committing any further crimes... [More...]
La Grande illusion (1937)
Jean Renoir
1916. During World War I, two French aviators, Lieutenant Maréchal and Capitaine de Boeldieu, are shot down by German artillery whilst on a reconnaissance mission... [More...]
Jean Renoir
1916. During World War I, two French aviators, Lieutenant Maréchal and Capitaine de Boeldieu, are shot down by German artillery whilst on a reconnaissance mission... [More...]
La Grande lessive (!) (1968)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Concerned by the harmful effect that watching too much television is having on his pupils, Parisian schoolteacher Armand Saint-Just decides it is time to go on the offensive... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Concerned by the harmful effect that watching too much television is having on his pupils, Parisian schoolteacher Armand Saint-Just decides it is time to go on the offensive... [More...]
La Grande vadrouille (1966)
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Les Grandes familles (1958)
Denys de La Patellière
With interests ranging from banking to commodities and publishing, the Schoudlers are one of France's wealthiest and most powerful business families... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
With interests ranging from banking to commodities and publishing, the Schoudlers are one of France's wealthiest and most powerful business families... [More...]