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French cinema: All genres

Iznogoud (2005)
Patrick Braoudé

In a distant land, many centuries ago, the caliph Haroun El Poussah is loved by everyone except his grand vizir, the thoroughly despicable and insanely ambitious Iznogoud...   [More...]

J'accuse (1919)
Abel Gance

In a village in the south of France, Jean Diaz, a sensitive young poet, is in love with Édith, the wife of the brutal and unforgiving François Laurin...   [More...]

J'accuse! (1938)
Abel Gance

After serving in the First World War, Jean Diaz returns to his home town but cannot bring himself to continue his affair with Edith, the wife of one of his fallen comrades...   [More...]

J'ai épousé une ombre (1983)
Robin Davis

Eight months pregnant, Hélène is abandoned by her brutal boyfriend Frank and is forced to start over again...   [More...]

J'ai horreur de l'amour (1997)
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa

Annie, a 30-something divorcee, is a doctor with her own medical practice in Paris. One summer, her working days feel as empty and uneventful as her love life - until two men enter her surgery and her life...   [More...]

J'ai tué ma mère (2009)
Xavier Dolan

Hubert Minel is a 16-year-old French Canadian student who lives in Montreal with his mother, Chantale. Since her husband walked out on her nine years ago, Chantale has struggled to bring up her son single-handedly, but he shows her little gratitude for her efforts...   [More...]

J'ai une idée (1934)
Roger Richebé

Aubrey Allington is an unsuccessful inventor who is saddled with debts, thanks in part to his wife Louise's genius for spending money faster than he can make it...   [More...]

J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka (2005)
Serge Le Péron

In January 1966, Georges Figon, a renowned criminal, is found dead in a Parisian apartment. His death is connected with the recent abduction and alleged execution in France of Mehdi Ben Barka, leader of the opposition party in Morocco and a key political figure in the Third World...   [More...]

J'attends quelqu'un (2007)
Jérôme Bonnell

In a small provincial town, bar owner Louis is pursuing a clandestine affair with a prostitute, Sabine. Even though he is a paying client, Louis has fallen in love with Sabine, but dares not let anyone know this, not even his sister, Agnès...   [More...]

J'embrasse pas (1991)
André Téchiné

An idealistic 17-year old youth, Pierre, leaves his home in the rural South-West of France, hoping to make a career as an actor in Paris...   [More...]

J'enrage de son absence (2012)
Sandrine Bonnaire

Ten years after they went their separate ways following the breakdown of their marriage, Jacques makes a sudden reappearance in Mado's life...   [More...]

J'entends plus la guitare (1991)
Philippe Garrel

Marianne and Gérard are a couple enjoying a languorous holiday at a villa in the Italian coastal town of Positano...   [More...]

J'invente rien (2006)
Michel Leclerc

Paul Thalman and Mathilde Mahut would appear to have nothing in common. Yet, from the moment they first set eyes on one another they know at once they were meant to be together...   [More...]

J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (1959)
Michel Gast

In the southern United States in the 1950s, 18-year-old Sonny Grant confides in his half-blood brother Joe that he is in love with a white girl...   [More...]

J'me sens pas belle (2004)
Bernard Jeanjean

Fanny, 30 and single, has decided it is high time she hooked a man. Having selected her victim, a colleague named Paul, she invites him to dinner...   [More...]

J'y suis... j'y reste (1954)
Maurice Labro

Nénette, the owner of a downmarket bar-café, has decided to marry her barman, Jules, but it seems she is already married without her knowledge - to the Baron Hubert de Mont-Vermeil...   [More...]

Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
Agnès Varda

In the late 1930s, 8-year-old Jacques Demy lives with his father, a garage mechanic, and mother, a hairdresser, in a small town near to the large seaport of Nantes...   [More...]

Jacquou le croquant (2007)
Laurent Boutonnat

In the early 1800s, Jacquou has good reason to hate the vile nobleman Count de Nansac. It was the count who brought a sudden end to his happy childhood days in the Périgord by getting into a dispute with his father which led to his imprisonment and death...   [More...]

Le Jaguar (1996)
Francis Veber

In a bid to raise awareness about the plight of the Amazonians, whose way of life is threatened by the destruction of the rain forests, anthropologist Jean Campana begins a tour of France in the company of Wanu, a shaman...   [More...]

Jaloux comme un tigre (1964)
Darry Cowl

Henri and Sophie would seem to be the ideal couple, and they would be if it were not for the fact that Henri is pathologically jealous...   [More...]

Jamais contente (2017)
Emilie Deleuze

Aurore is a typically moody 13 year old girl who has good reason to be cheerless when she is held back a year at school. Everything revolts her and so, not surprisingly, she is in a state of constant revolt - against her teachers, her parents, even her classmates...   [More...]

Jamais de la vie (2015)
Pierre Jolivet

Franck, 52, works as a night watchman at a shopping mall in the suburbs. Only ten years ago he was a specialised labourer and union representative, always ready for a fight...   [More...]

Janis et John (2003)
Samuel Benchetrit

Insurance agent Pablo Sterni hits on a scheme to make easy money - by pocketing the premiums of low risk clients. The scheme goes badly wrong when one such client makes a claim for half a million francs after his car is smashed up...   [More...]

Jappeloup (2013)
Christian Duguay

Pierre Durand has high hopes of winning himself a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, such is the confidence he has in his horse Jappeloup...   [More...]

Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil (1966)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Monsieur Martin, known as Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris...   [More...]

JC comme Jésus-Christ (2012)
Jonathan Zaccaï

Jean-Christophe Kern, a.k.a. JC, is a filmmaking phenomenon. Aged 15, he was the youngest person ever to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, for his first film, which also took a César...   [More...]

Je crois que je l'aime (2007)
Pierre Jolivet

Lucas is 43, a successful businessman who is used to being in control and getting what he wants. He hasn't yet come to terms with his wife leaving him, so he his is far from ready to start another relationship...   [More...]

Je déteste les enfants des autres (2007)
Anne Fassio

Why is it that we always look forward to our summer holidays, knowing full well that what lies ahead of us is nothing more than a week or two of unbridled hell, in the company of people we would gladly throw into a car crusher if it was legally permissible...   [More...]

Je l'aimais (2009)
Zabou Breitman

For twenty years, Pierre has been carrying with him a secret that he has been unable to share with anyone. One evening, he decides he must confide the one great tragedy of his existence in his step-daughter Chloé...   [More...]

Je m'appelle Elisabeth (2006)
Jean-Pierre Améris

Elisabeth, known to all as Betty, is a sweet-natured ten-year-old girl who lives in a large old house with her parents Régis and Mado...   [More...]



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