Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Jeff (1969)
Jean Herman
After successfully pulling off a jewel heist that will make them all rich, five hardened gangsters meet up at an agreed location whilst their leader, Jeff, heads off to Antwerp to find a buyer for their ill-gotten gains...
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Jean Herman
Jenny (1936)
Marcel Carné
So heartbroken is Danielle when her fiancé breaks off their engagement that she can no longer bear to go on living in London...
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Marcel Carné
Jericho (1946)
Henri Calef
In February 1944, the Germans still occupy the town of Amiens in northern France. The tide of the war is rapidly turning but the town's inhabitants continue to live in fear of what Fate has in store for them...
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Henri Calef
Jet Set (2000)
Fabien Onteniente
Jimmy and Fifi are two friends who are happily running a trendy bar in the suburbs of Paris when disaster strikes. As the threat of bankruptcy looms ever nearer, Jimmy decides that desperate steps need to be taken...
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Fabien Onteniente
La Jetée (1962)
Chris Marker
The world lies in ruins in the aftermath of a nuclear war. A team of scientists realise that the only way to save humanity from extinction is to send someone into the past or the future to ask for help...
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Chris Marker
Le Jeu de la vérité (1961)
Robert Hossein
One evening, a group of society friends gather to attend a party. Their host suggests they play a game of confessions, in which each guest reveals some unknown truths about him or herself... [More...]
Robert Hossein
One evening, a group of society friends gather to attend a party. Their host suggests they play a game of confessions, in which each guest reveals some unknown truths about him or herself... [More...]
Jeu de massacre (1967)
Alain Jessua
The author of a series of comic books, Pierre Meyrand is suffering from a severe case of writer's block. When he receives an invitation to the house of Bob Neuman, a great admirer of his work, in Switzerland he cautiously accepts, accompanied by his wife Jacqueline, who illustrates his books... [More...]
Alain Jessua
The author of a series of comic books, Pierre Meyrand is suffering from a severe case of writer's block. When he receives an invitation to the house of Bob Neuman, a great admirer of his work, in Switzerland he cautiously accepts, accompanied by his wife Jacqueline, who illustrates his books... [More...]
Le Jeune Ahmed (2019)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Ahmed is a 13-year-old boy who lives with his mother and sister in a Belgian town. Recently, his mother has noticed a dramatic change in his behaviour... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Ahmed is a 13-year-old boy who lives with his mother and sister in a Belgian town. Recently, his mother has noticed a dramatic change in his behaviour... [More...]
Jeune & jolie (2013)
François Ozon
One summer, Isabelle, 16, is on holiday with her family on the French Riviera. Encouraged by her hedonistic parents, she allows an attractive young man to rob her of her virginity, but she takes no pleasure in the experience and sees no real significance in it... [More...]
François Ozon
One summer, Isabelle, 16, is on holiday with her family on the French Riviera. Encouraged by her hedonistic parents, she allows an attractive young man to rob her of her virginity, but she takes no pleasure in the experience and sees no real significance in it... [More...]
La Jeune fille et les loups (2008)
Gilles Legrand
Since childhood, Angèle has had an affinity with the animal kingdom. In 1918, aged twenty, she makes the decision to become a vet, even though the profession has so far excluded women practitioners... [More...]
Gilles Legrand
Since childhood, Angèle has had an affinity with the animal kingdom. In 1918, aged twenty, she makes the decision to become a vet, even though the profession has so far excluded women practitioners... [More...]
La Jeune folle (1952)
Yves Allégret
Ireland 1922. A nationalist uprising against England has claimed its first victims. As she performs her domestic chores at a Dublin convent, orphan Catherine thinks only of her brother Kevin, a Republican who is on the run from the government forces... [More...]
Yves Allégret
Ireland 1922. A nationalist uprising against England has claimed its first victims. As she performs her domestic chores at a Dublin convent, orphan Catherine thinks only of her brother Kevin, a Republican who is on the run from the government forces... [More...]
Le Jeune marié (1983)
Bernard Stora
Billy, a construction worker in the South of France, decides to get married, not because he is in love, but because he feels it is what is expected of him... [More...]
Bernard Stora
Billy, a construction worker in the South of France, decides to get married, not because he is in love, but because he feels it is what is expected of him... [More...]
Jeunes filles en détresse (1939)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Jacques and Marthe Presle are too preoccupied with their respective careers - he is a divorce lawyer, she a busy surgeon - to devote much time to their teenage daughter Jacqueline... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Jacques and Marthe Presle are too preoccupied with their respective careers - he is a divorce lawyer, she a busy surgeon - to devote much time to their teenage daughter Jacqueline... [More...]
Jeux d'enfants (2003)
Yann Samuell
Julien and Sophie deal with the traumas and tragedies of life by competing in a dare game which tests the limits of both their nerve and their friendship... [More...]
Yann Samuell
Julien and Sophie deal with the traumas and tragedies of life by competing in a dare game which tests the limits of both their nerve and their friendship... [More...]
Jeux interdits (1952)
René Clément
June 1940. Whilst fleeing from the Nazis during World War II, a convoy of French refugees is attacked from the air by German planes... [More...]
René Clément
June 1940. Whilst fleeing from the Nazis during World War II, a convoy of French refugees is attacked from the air by German planes... [More...]
Les Jeux sont faits (1947)
Jean Delannoy
Pierre Dumaine is the leader of a resistance movement in an unnamed police state. He is preparing an insurrection when he is shot dead by an informer... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
Pierre Dumaine is the leader of a resistance movement in an unnamed police state. He is preparing an insurrection when he is shot dead by an informer... [More...]
Jim la houlette (1935)
André Berthomieu
Jacques Moluchet is the author of several best selling romantic novels, but unfortunately he receives no credit for this as his work is published under the name of his unscrupulous employer Philippe Bretonneau, who makes himself rich at his expense... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Jacques Moluchet is the author of several best selling romantic novels, but unfortunately he receives no credit for this as his work is published under the name of his unscrupulous employer Philippe Bretonneau, who makes himself rich at his expense... [More...]
Jimmy Rivière (2011)
Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Jimmy Rivière is a young traveller who is perhaps a little too timid and willing to please those around him. Pressurised by his community, he converts to Pentecostalism and gives up his two passions: Thai boxing and his girlfriend Sonia... [More...]
Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Jimmy Rivière is a young traveller who is perhaps a little too timid and willing to please those around him. Pressurised by his community, he converts to Pentecostalism and gives up his two passions: Thai boxing and his girlfriend Sonia... [More...]
Jofroi (1934)
Marcel Pagnol
Jofroi, an ageing peasant, sells his orchard to one of his neighbours, Fonse. When the trees fail to produce any fruit, Fonse decides he will cut them down... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Jofroi, an ageing peasant, sells his orchard to one of his neighbours, Fonse. When the trees fail to produce any fruit, Fonse decides he will cut them down... [More...]
Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (1976)
Alain Tanner
In Geneva in the mid-1970s, Mathieu struggles to find work to support himself and his pregnant wife Mathilde. Another couple, Marcel and Marguerite, come to their rescue, offering them a place to live and work on their farm... [More...]
Alain Tanner
In Geneva in the mid-1970s, Mathieu struggles to find work to support himself and his pregnant wife Mathilde. Another couple, Marcel and Marguerite, come to their rescue, offering them a place to live and work on their farm... [More...]
Joséphine (2013)
Agnès Obadia
Joséphine has become fed up with being single. She is nearly thirty and see still hasn't found the man of her dreams... [More...]
Agnès Obadia
Joséphine has become fed up with being single. She is nearly thirty and see still hasn't found the man of her dreams... [More...]
Josette (1936)
Christian-Jaque
Albert Durandal's dream is to be a singer. When he loses his job as a modest bank clerk, he decides to make his dream a reality... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Albert Durandal's dream is to be a singer. When he loses his job as a modest bank clerk, he decides to make his dream a reality... [More...]
Le Jouet (1976)
Francis Veber
Unemployed for nearly two years, journalist François Perrin is all too eager to accept an offer of a job on a Parisian magazine... [More...]
Francis Veber
Unemployed for nearly two years, journalist François Perrin is all too eager to accept an offer of a job on a Parisian magazine... [More...]
Le Joueur d'échecs (1927)
Raymond Bernard
The year is 1776. Under Catherine the Great, Russia has annexed Poland, Lithuania and Prussia. Polish nobleman Boleslas Vorowski is the leader of a secret resistance movement that intends to free Poland from the yoke of imperialist Russia... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
The year is 1776. Under Catherine the Great, Russia has annexed Poland, Lithuania and Prussia. Polish nobleman Boleslas Vorowski is the leader of a secret resistance movement that intends to free Poland from the yoke of imperialist Russia... [More...]
Le Joueur d'échecs (1938)
Jean Dréville
1776. Along with Lithuania and Prussia, Poland has succumbed to the might of the Russian Empire, but a determined resistance movement is working to bring an end to the country's annexation... [More...]
Jean Dréville
1776. Along with Lithuania and Prussia, Poland has succumbed to the might of the Russian Empire, but a determined resistance movement is working to bring an end to the country's annexation... [More...]
Le Joueur (1958)
Claude Autant-Lara
In the mid-19th century, Baden-Baden is not only a popular resort for the rich, it is also one of the gambling capitals of Europe... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
In the mid-19th century, Baden-Baden is not only a popular resort for the rich, it is also one of the gambling capitals of Europe... [More...]
Joueuse (2009)
Caroline Bottaro
Hélène is a woman in her forties who leads a contented but routine life in a small Corsican village. Happily married to Ange, she has a 15-year-old daughter, Lisa and works as a hotel chambermaid... [More...]
Caroline Bottaro
Hélène is a woman in her forties who leads a contented but routine life in a small Corsican village. Happily married to Ange, she has a 15-year-old daughter, Lisa and works as a hotel chambermaid... [More...]
Jour de fête (1949)
Jacques Tati
It is 14th July and the arrival of a travelling fair in the sleepy French country town of Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre is greeted with enthusiasm by the locals, especially the children... [More...]
Jacques Tati
It is 14th July and the arrival of a travelling fair in the sleepy French country town of Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre is greeted with enthusiasm by the locals, especially the children... [More...]
Le Jour et l'heure (1963)
René Clément
During WWII, Thérèse Dutheil refuses to have any interest in politics, even though her husband is being held a prisoner-of-war in Germany... [More...]
René Clément
During WWII, Thérèse Dutheil refuses to have any interest in politics, even though her husband is being held a prisoner-of-war in Germany... [More...]