Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Hors-la-loi (2010)
Rachid Bouchareb
Driven from their plot of land in Algeria to make way for French settlers, three brothers and their parents are forced to separate...
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Rachid Bouchareb
La Horse (1970)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Auguste Maroilleur is a man in his sixties who is proud of his heritage and has no intention of letting it slip from his grasp...
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Pierre Granier-Deferre
L'Hôtel de la plage (1978)
Michel Lang
The arrival of August, the month of long summer holidays offering freedom from school and work, is eagerly awaited by every man, woman and child in France...
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Michel Lang
Hôtel des Amériques (1981)
André Téchiné
Hélène is a 30-something anaesthetist at a hospital in the French seaside town of Biarritz. One evening, whilst driving home in a distracted state, she almost runs over a pedestrian, Gilles...
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André Téchiné
L'Hôtel du libre échange (1934)
Marc Allégret
Having fallen out of love with his wife, Pinglet, a successful architect, embarks on an affair with Madame Paillardin, the wife of his associate and next-door neighbour...
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Marc Allégret
Hôtel du Nord (1938)
Marcel Carné
One evening, two young lovers, Renée and Pierre, check into the Hôtel du Nord in Paris, near to the Canal Saint-Martin... [More...]
Marcel Carné
One evening, two young lovers, Renée and Pierre, check into the Hôtel du Nord in Paris, near to the Canal Saint-Martin... [More...]
HS - hors service (2001)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Marchand is happy with his life, until the day his wife discovers he is a professional hitman and not, as he claims to be, a shoe salesman... [More...]
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Marchand is happy with his life, until the day his wife discovers he is a professional hitman and not, as he claims to be, a shoe salesman... [More...]
Huis clos (1954)
Jacqueline Audry
On leaving an elevator, a diverse group of people find themselves in the lobby of what looks like a plush hotel. The receptionist deals with the new arrivals with a cold professionalism and, one by one, they are directed to their rooms... [More...]
Jacqueline Audry
On leaving an elevator, a diverse group of people find themselves in the lobby of what looks like a plush hotel. The receptionist deals with the new arrivals with a cold professionalism and, one by one, they are directed to their rooms... [More...]
Huit fois debout (2010)
Xabi Molia
Elsa tries to get by doing odd-jobs whilst looking for a real job that will allow her to take custody of her son. Mathieu, her next-door neighbour, is also busy job hunting, but is proving to be just as unsuccessful at finding suitable employment... [More...]
Xabi Molia
Elsa tries to get by doing odd-jobs whilst looking for a real job that will allow her to take custody of her son. Mathieu, her next-door neighbour, is also busy job hunting, but is proving to be just as unsuccessful at finding suitable employment... [More...]
Huit hommes dans un château (1942)
Richard Pottier
René and Jacqueline Paladine are a pair of crime writers in search of inspiration for their next novel. After watching a newsreel reporting the sinking of an ocean liner, their curiosity is aroused when one of the survivors dies in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
Richard Pottier
René and Jacqueline Paladine are a pair of crime writers in search of inspiration for their next novel. After watching a newsreel reporting the sinking of an ocean liner, their curiosity is aroused when one of the survivors dies in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
Le Huitième jour (1996)
Jaco Van Dormael
Harry is a high-powered communications officer for a leading multinational bank. He is comfortably off, well-respected and an incurable workaholic... [More...]
Jaco Van Dormael
Harry is a high-powered communications officer for a leading multinational bank. He is comfortably off, well-respected and an incurable workaholic... [More...]
L'Humanité (1999)
Bruno Dumont
In a town on the north coast of France, a sensitive young police inspector, Pharaon de Winter, investigates the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
In a town on the north coast of France, a sensitive young police inspector, Pharaon de Winter, investigates the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl... [More...]
Le Hussard sur le toit (1995)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Les Hussards (1955)
Alex Joffé
Under Bonaparte, the French army begins its campaign in Italy. Two soldiers, Flicot and Le Gouce, are sent on a reconnaissance mission, but they manage to lose their horses when they encounter a pair of Italian lovers... [More...]
Alex Joffé
Under Bonaparte, the French army begins its campaign in Italy. Two soldiers, Flicot and Le Gouce, are sent on a reconnaissance mission, but they manage to lose their horses when they encounter a pair of Italian lovers... [More...]
I Want to Go Home (1989)
Alain Resnais
An ageing American cartoonists, Joey Wellman, makes a visit to Paris to attend an exhibition of his work. He plans to meet up with his daughter, Elsie, who is studying at the Sorbonne, but she has little respect for her father and fails to keep the rendez-vous... [More...]
Alain Resnais
An ageing American cartoonists, Joey Wellman, makes a visit to Paris to attend an exhibition of his work. He plans to meet up with his daughter, Elsie, who is studying at the Sorbonne, but she has little respect for her father and fails to keep the rendez-vous... [More...]
I... comme Icare (1979)
Henri Verneuil
The official investigation into the assassination of a popular head of state concludes he was killed by a lone assassin, who shot himself immediately after the event... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
The official investigation into the assassination of a popular head of state concludes he was killed by a lone assassin, who shot himself immediately after the event... [More...]
L'Ibis rouge (1975)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
L'Iceberg (2005)
Dominique Abel
Fiona manages a fast-food restaurant in an average town and lives in an average house, married to an average man. One evening, she manages to lock herself in her restaurant's freezer room, and there she must stay until she is let out the following morning... [More...]
Dominique Abel
Fiona manages a fast-food restaurant in an average town and lives in an average house, married to an average man. One evening, she manages to lock herself in her restaurant's freezer room, and there she must stay until she is let out the following morning... [More...]
Ici-bas (2012)
Jean-Pierre Denis
In 1943, when France is under Nazi occupation, Sister Luce is a devout nun who occupies herself tending to the sick at a hospital in Périgueux... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Denis
In 1943, when France is under Nazi occupation, Sister Luce is a devout nun who occupies herself tending to the sick at a hospital in Périgueux... [More...]
Identité judiciaire (1951)
Hervé Bromberger
When 17-year-old Denise runs away from home, the police make haste to find her. They arrive too late. She drowns herself in a canal, the third casualty of a dangerous psychopath who drugs his victims and either abandons them or murders them... [More...]
Hervé Bromberger
When 17-year-old Denise runs away from home, the police make haste to find her. They arrive too late. She drowns herself in a canal, the third casualty of a dangerous psychopath who drugs his victims and either abandons them or murders them... [More...]
L'Idiot (1946)
Georges Lampin
After a long stay in Switzerland, where he has been receiving treatment for epilepsy, a Russian prince, Muychkine, returns to Saint Petersburg... [More...]
Georges Lampin
After a long stay in Switzerland, where he has been receiving treatment for epilepsy, a Russian prince, Muychkine, returns to Saint Petersburg... [More...]
L'Idole (2002)
Samantha Lang
Living in an anonymous Parisian apartment block is Zao, an elderly Chinese cook who has made up his mind to end his days in the not too distant future... [More...]
Samantha Lang
Living in an anonymous Parisian apartment block is Zao, an elderly Chinese cook who has made up his mind to end his days in the not too distant future... [More...]
Ignace (1937)
Pierre Colombier
Newly assigned to the 647th dragoons, presently stationed in the spa town of Névreuse-les-Bains, country bumpkin Ignace Boitaclou has some difficulty adapting to the rigours and discipline of army life... [More...]
Pierre Colombier
Newly assigned to the 647th dragoons, presently stationed in the spa town of Névreuse-les-Bains, country bumpkin Ignace Boitaclou has some difficulty adapting to the rigours and discipline of army life... [More...]
Il Conformista (1970)
Bernardo Bertolucci
In 1930s Italy, Marcello Clerici makes the decision to join the Fascist secret police. Eager to prove himself, Clerici agrees to assassinate his former teacher Professor Quadri, an anti-Fascist intellectual who is now living in exile in Paris... [More...]
Bernardo Bertolucci
In 1930s Italy, Marcello Clerici makes the decision to join the Fascist secret police. Eager to prove himself, Clerici agrees to assassinate his former teacher Professor Quadri, an anti-Fascist intellectual who is now living in exile in Paris... [More...]
Il est charmant (1932)
Louis Mercanton
Jacques Dombreval is loath to give up his dissolute Parisian life style, which mainly involves frolicking into the early hours with his joyful band of friends... [More...]
Louis Mercanton
Jacques Dombreval is loath to give up his dissolute Parisian life style, which mainly involves frolicking into the early hours with his joyful band of friends... [More...]
Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer (1952)
André Haguet
Winner of the Nobel Prize for peace in 1952, Albert Schweitzer's career began forty years earlier. After qualifying as a doctor of medicine at Strasbourg University, Schweitzer made up his mind to become a missionary in Africa, a continent desperately in need of his medical expertise... [More...]
André Haguet
Winner of the Nobel Prize for peace in 1952, Albert Schweitzer's career began forty years earlier. After qualifying as a doctor of medicine at Strasbourg University, Schweitzer made up his mind to become a missionary in Africa, a continent desperately in need of his medical expertise... [More...]
Il est plus facile pour un chameau... (2003)
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Federica is a young woman desperately searching for meaning in her life. Being the daughter of an incredibly wealthy Italian businessman, she has no need to work, so she drifts about aimlessly, struggling to find worthwhile pursuits to occupy her time... [More...]
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Federica is a young woman desperately searching for meaning in her life. Being the daughter of an incredibly wealthy Italian businessman, she has no need to work, so she drifts about aimlessly, struggling to find worthwhile pursuits to occupy her time... [More...]
Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975)
Claude Makovski
Once a police inspector in the vice squad, Richard Diquet now earns his crust as a private detective. Presently he is concerned with the mysterious death of another detective, Edouard Lory, whose body appears to have been thrown from a train... [More...]
Claude Makovski
Once a police inspector in the vice squad, Richard Diquet now earns his crust as a private detective. Presently he is concerned with the mysterious death of another detective, Edouard Lory, whose body appears to have been thrown from a train... [More...]
Il Gattopardo (1963)
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973)
André Cayatte
With no serious contender to oppose him, Joseph Boussard is confident that he will be re-elected as mayor of Chavigny, a small town on the outskirts of Paris... [More...]
André Cayatte
With no serious contender to oppose him, Joseph Boussard is confident that he will be re-elected as mayor of Chavigny, a small town on the outskirts of Paris... [More...]