Film Index
French cinema: All genres
L'Homme du large (1920)
Marcel L'Herbier
On a rugged stretch of Brittany coastline a wild-looking old man stands motionless, gazing out to sea in silent contemplation...
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Marcel L'Herbier
L'Homme du Niger (1940)
Jacques de Baroncelli
Breval, the commander of a French garrison in the Sudan, persuades the politician François Mourrier of the necessity to construct a dam across the River Niger to improve farming conditions in the region...
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Jacques de Baroncelli
L'Homme du train (2002)
Patrice Leconte
One evening, a stranger, Milan, arrives in a small French town and enters a pharmacy to buy some aspirin. There, he meets Manesquier, a retired teacher who lives alone in a huge house...
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Patrice Leconte
L'Homme en colère (1979)
Claude Pinoteau
When he is informed of the death of his son Julien, Romain Dupré goes to Canada to identify the body. The dead man turns out not be Dupré's son, but a stranger who, for some reason, is carrying Julien's identification papers...
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Claude Pinoteau
L'Homme est une femme comme les autres (1998)
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Simon Eskanazy is a gay man from a Jewish background who just about scrapes a living as a musician in Paris. To preserve the family name, his Uncle Salomon tries to bribe him into getting married - but Simon refuses...
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Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
L'Homme et l'enfant (1956)
Raoul André
After WWII, American bachelor and former GI Fred Barker settles in France with his adopted daughter Cathy and manages a perfume factory owned by his friend Carlo Ferell, whose life he saved during the war... [More...]
Raoul André
After WWII, American bachelor and former GI Fred Barker settles in France with his adopted daughter Cathy and manages a perfume factory owned by his friend Carlo Ferell, whose life he saved during the war... [More...]
L'Homme fidèle (2018)
Louis Garrel
Abel, a journalist in his early thirties, has been in a settled relationship with his girlfriend Marianne for three years... [More...]
Louis Garrel
Abel, a journalist in his early thirties, has been in a settled relationship with his girlfriend Marianne for three years... [More...]
L'Homme mystérieux (1933)
Maurice Tourneur
To resolve a business matter, Pierre needs to have his brother Raymond released from the psychiatric institution to which he was committed after he attacked his wife Louise... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
To resolve a business matter, Pierre needs to have his brother Raymond released from the psychiatric institution to which he was committed after he attacked his wife Louise... [More...]
L'Homme orchestre (1970)
Serge Korber
The world famous choreographer Evan Evans and his famous ballet company are in Monaco completing their rehearsals ahead of an important European tour... [More...]
Serge Korber
The world famous choreographer Evan Evans and his famous ballet company are in Monaco completing their rehearsals ahead of an important European tour... [More...]
L'Homme pressé (1977)
Edouard Molinaro
Pierre Niox is a busy man. Life is too short to waste on inconsequentialities, so Pierre gallops along like a hyperactive steeplechaser, spending no more time than is necessary on every aspect of his existence... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Pierre Niox is a busy man. Life is too short to waste on inconsequentialities, so Pierre gallops along like a hyperactive steeplechaser, spending no more time than is necessary on every aspect of his existence... [More...]
L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre (1991)
Alain Tanner
Suffering from a creative block, a writer, Paul, walks away from his wife and job and hides away in a remote Spanish resort in the hope of regaining his inspiration... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Suffering from a creative block, a writer, Paul, walks away from his wife and job and hides away in a remote Spanish resort in the hope of regaining his inspiration... [More...]
L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (1977)
François Truffaut
Before his abrupt, tragic and somewhat farcical death in his mid-forties, Bernard Morane was the most inveterate of skirt chasers... [More...]
François Truffaut
Before his abrupt, tragic and somewhat farcical death in his mid-forties, Bernard Morane was the most inveterate of skirt chasers... [More...]
L'Homme qui marche (2008)
Aurélia Georges
In the 1950s, Viktor Atemian is a forty-something Russian immigrant who makes a living as a translator in Paris. One day, Victor decides to become a writer, so he sells his apartment and moves into a modest hotel... [More...]
Aurélia Georges
In the 1950s, Viktor Atemian is a forty-something Russian immigrant who makes a living as a translator in Paris. One day, Victor decides to become a writer, so he sells his apartment and moves into a modest hotel... [More...]
L'Homme qui ment (1968)
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A well-dressed man in his early thirties is running through a dense wood, pursued by armed soldiers. It isn't long before the soldiers catch up with their prey and shoot him down... [More...]
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A well-dressed man in his early thirties is running through a dense wood, pursued by armed soldiers. It isn't long before the soldiers catch up with their prey and shoot him down... [More...]
L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie (2010)
Eric Lartigau
Paul Exben is a successful lawyer who has everything a man could want to be happy, including a beautiful and adoring wife, and two angelic children... [More...]
Eric Lartigau
Paul Exben is a successful lawyer who has everything a man could want to be happy, including a beautiful and adoring wife, and two angelic children... [More...]
Les Hommes libres (2011)
Ismaël Ferroukhi
1942, Paris under Nazi occupation. Younes is a young Algerian immigrant who makes a living on the black market. Arrested by the police, he agrees to work for them as a spy at the Paris mosque... [More...]
Ismaël Ferroukhi
1942, Paris under Nazi occupation. Younes is a young Algerian immigrant who makes a living on the black market. Arrested by the police, he agrees to work for them as a spy at the Paris mosque... [More...]
Les Hommes ne pensent qu'à ça (1954)
Yves Robert
Alfred is madly in love with Nicole, a pretty assistant in a dairy shop, but he is too shy to approach her. Taking pity on the poor man, Don Juan appears and takes it upon himself to instruct Alfred in the delicate art of seduction... [More...]
Yves Robert
Alfred is madly in love with Nicole, a pretty assistant in a dairy shop, but he is too shy to approach her. Taking pity on the poor man, Don Juan appears and takes it upon himself to instruct Alfred in the delicate art of seduction... [More...]
Les Hommes nouveaux (1936)
Marcel L'Herbier
Jules Bourron is a French businessman who made his fortune in Morocco between 1910 and 1920. In Casablanca, he meets Christiane, an aristocratic widow fallen on hard times, and immediately loses his heart to her... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Jules Bourron is a French businessman who made his fortune in Morocco between 1910 and 1920. In Casablanca, he meets Christiane, an aristocratic widow fallen on hard times, and immediately loses his heart to her... [More...]
Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses (1981)
Jean-Marie Poiré
When her fiancé walks out on her, the frumpish Lydie has no choice but to find a flat mate to share her expensive apartment... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré
When her fiancé walks out on her, the frumpish Lydie has no choice but to find a flat mate to share her expensive apartment... [More...]
Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (1996)
Claude Lelouch
Fabio Lino is an ex-actor who finds he can put his acting skills to better use in his current job as a policeman. Benoit Blanc is a successful business man who has more than an eye for the ladies... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Fabio Lino is an ex-actor who finds he can put his acting skills to better use in his current job as a policeman. Benoit Blanc is a successful business man who has more than an eye for the ladies... [More...]
L'Honneur d'un capitaine (1982)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
In the course of a television debate on the Algerian War in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounces the use of torture by French troops during the conflict... [More...]
Pierre Schoendoerffer
In the course of a television debate on the Algerian War in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounces the use of torture by French troops during the conflict... [More...]
Les Honneurs de la guerre (1960)
Jean Dewever
One fine sunny morning in August 1944, the inhabitants of a small French town, Nanteuil, are celebrating their liberation from Nazi occupation when a small battalion of German soldiers suddenly shows up... [More...]
Jean Dewever
One fine sunny morning in August 1944, the inhabitants of a small French town, Nanteuil, are celebrating their liberation from Nazi occupation when a small battalion of German soldiers suddenly shows up... [More...]
L'Honorable Stanislas, agent secret (1963)
Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Stanislas Dubois runs an advertising agency in Paris. In his line of work, he has to deal with some difficult customers, but few are as imposing as the young woman who comes to him one day, intent on foisting on him a Cézanne painting... [More...]
Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Stanislas Dubois runs an advertising agency in Paris. In his line of work, he has to deal with some difficult customers, but few are as imposing as the young woman who comes to him one day, intent on foisting on him a Cézanne painting... [More...]
Honoré de Marseille (1956)
Maurice Régamey
Honoré is one of the most popular figures in the French port of Marseille. Interviewed by a journalist, he proudly recounts the history of the town, laying particular emphasis on the important part that his ancestors have played over the years... [More...]
Maurice Régamey
Honoré is one of the most popular figures in the French port of Marseille. Interviewed by a journalist, he proudly recounts the history of the town, laying particular emphasis on the important part that his ancestors have played over the years... [More...]
L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Saint-Paul district of Lyons, a middle-aged watchmaker, Michel Descombes, leads a peaceful and contented bachelor existence... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Saint-Paul district of Lyons, a middle-aged watchmaker, Michel Descombes, leads a peaceful and contented bachelor existence... [More...]
L'Horoscope (1978)
Jean Girault
It is only when he sets foot in the church where he is to be married that Antoine Fromont comes to his senses and realises that he is making a terrible mistake... [More...]
Jean Girault
It is only when he sets foot in the church where he is to be married that Antoine Fromont comes to his senses and realises that he is making a terrible mistake... [More...]
Hors de prix (2006)
Pierre Salvadori
Jean Simon appears content in his lowly subservience as a barman and general dogsbody at a high-end Biarritz hotel catering for the cream of French society... [More...]
Pierre Salvadori
Jean Simon appears content in his lowly subservience as a barman and general dogsbody at a high-end Biarritz hotel catering for the cream of French society... [More...]
Hors jeu (1998)
Karim Dridi
Two out of work actors, Ange and Concepción, meet up during the making of a seedy television commercial. Having shared magic mushrooms together, they fall in love... [More...]
Karim Dridi
Two out of work actors, Ange and Concepción, meet up during the making of a seedy television commercial. Having shared magic mushrooms together, they fall in love... [More...]
Hors la vie (1991)
Maroun Bagdadi
In the late 1980s, Patrick Perrault, a French photographer and journalist, travels to Beirut to make a report on the war that is tearing the region apart... [More...]
Maroun Bagdadi
In the late 1980s, Patrick Perrault, a French photographer and journalist, travels to Beirut to make a report on the war that is tearing the region apart... [More...]
Hors Satan (2011)
Bruno Dumont
On the northern coast of France, between the marshes and the sand dunes, there lives a strange man who ekes out an existence like something from another century... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
On the northern coast of France, between the marshes and the sand dunes, there lives a strange man who ekes out an existence like something from another century... [More...]