Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Le Jour et la nuit (1997)
Bernard-Henri Lévy
A film producer, Filippi, and his leading actress, Laure, arrive in a region of Mexico to try to persuade a retired writer, Alexandre, to agree to a film adaptation of his first novel...
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Bernard-Henri Lévy
Le Jour se lève (1939)
Marcel Carné
François, an ordinary factory worker, barricades himself in his one-room lodgings, after shooting dead another man...
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Marcel Carné
Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951)
Robert Bresson
A young priest arrives in the small town of Ambricourt in Northern France to take on his first parish. Although he performs the duties of a priest with diligence and humility, he remains an outsider, shunned and even reviled by his neighbours...
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Robert Bresson
Journal d'une femme de chambre (2015)
Benoît Jacquot
Towards the end of the 19th century, a headstrong young woman named Célestine arrives in a small Normandy town to take up the post of a maid to the wealthy Lanlaire family...
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Benoît Jacquot
Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (1964)
Luis Buñuel
In the early 1930s, a young woman named Célestine leaves Paris to take up the post of a house maid with the Monteils, a bourgeois family living in rural France...
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Luis Buñuel
Le Journal d'une femme en blanc (1965)
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Sauvage is a maternity nurse at a large Parisian hospital who recounts her daily experiences in her diary. She has to deal not only with pregnant young woman from unstable backgrounds but also older woman who already have too many children... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Sauvage is a maternity nurse at a large Parisian hospital who recounts her daily experiences in her diary. She has to deal not only with pregnant young woman from unstable backgrounds but also older woman who already have too many children... [More...]
Le Journal du séducteur (1996)
Danièle Dubroux
A young student, Claire, falls obsessively in love with a another student, Gregoire after having read his copy of Kierkegaard's novel, Le Journal du séducteur... [More...]
Danièle Dubroux
A young student, Claire, falls obsessively in love with a another student, Gregoire after having read his copy of Kierkegaard's novel, Le Journal du séducteur... [More...]
La Journée de la jupe (2009)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Sonia Bergerac is a teacher in an ordinary inner city high school on the outskirts of Paris. She is about to start a lesson on Molière when her class is disrupted by unruly pupils... [More...]
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Sonia Bergerac is a teacher in an ordinary inner city high school on the outskirts of Paris. She is about to start a lesson on Molière when her class is disrupted by unruly pupils... [More...]
Les Jours venus (2015)
Romain Goupil
On realising he is now sixty, the filmmaker Romain Goupil decides it is time to take stock of his life. The former militant Troskyist has long given up wanting to change the world... [More...]
Romain Goupil
On realising he is now sixty, the filmmaker Romain Goupil decides it is time to take stock of his life. The former militant Troskyist has long given up wanting to change the world... [More...]
Joyeuses Pâques (1984)
Georges Lautner
Stéphane Margelle is a successful businessman, in his fifties, who cannot give up chasing after pretty women, although so far he has managed to conceal his philandering exploits from his wife, Sophie... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Stéphane Margelle is a successful businessman, in his fifties, who cannot give up chasing after pretty women, although so far he has managed to conceal his philandering exploits from his wife, Sophie... [More...]
Joyeux Noël (2005)
Christian Carion
24th December 1914. Five months into World War I, regiments of French and Scottish troops face off their German opponents in the muddy, snow-covered wastes of No Man's Land... [More...]
Christian Carion
24th December 1914. Five months into World War I, regiments of French and Scottish troops face off their German opponents in the muddy, snow-covered wastes of No Man's Land... [More...]
Judex (1916)
Louis Feuillade
Robert Moralés, an ex-convict, has entered into a partnership with the beautiful but treacherous adventuress Diana Monti... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
Robert Moralés, an ex-convict, has entered into a partnership with the beautiful but treacherous adventuress Diana Monti... [More...]
Judex (1963)
Georges Franju
The banker Favraux has made his fortune by preying on others far less scrupulous than he. One day, he receives a letter from someone named Judex threatening him with death unless he returns his ill-gotten gains to those from whom he stole them... [More...]
Georges Franju
The banker Favraux has made his fortune by preying on others far less scrupulous than he. One day, he receives a letter from someone named Judex threatening him with death unless he returns his ill-gotten gains to those from whom he stole them... [More...]
Judith Therpauve (1978)
Patrice Chéreau
After the death of her husband, a respected combatant who served in the French Resistance during the war, Judith Therpauve lives alone in her country house... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
After the death of her husband, a respected combatant who served in the French Resistance during the war, Judith Therpauve lives alone in her country house... [More...]
Le Juge et l'assassin (1976)
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1893. When the young woman he is infatuated with rejects him, Joseph Bouvier, a sergeant in the French army, shoots her and then turns the gun on himself... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1893. When the young woman he is infatuated with rejects him, Joseph Bouvier, a sergeant in the French army, shoots her and then turns the gun on himself... [More...]
Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977)
Yves Boisset
Jean-Marie Fayard is an incorruptible young judge who appears determined to live up to his nickname 'Le Shériff'. His present investigation into a series of deaths linked to a prominent businessman brings him into conflict with his superiors, who are keen to see him redirect his efforts towards less problematic cases... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Jean-Marie Fayard is an incorruptible young judge who appears determined to live up to his nickname 'Le Shériff'. His present investigation into a series of deaths linked to a prominent businessman brings him into conflict with his superiors, who are keen to see him redirect his efforts towards less problematic cases... [More...]
Le Juge (1984)
Philippe Lefebvre
François Muller is a respected judge in Marseille who is committed to clamping down on the illegal drugs trade in his region... [More...]
Philippe Lefebvre
François Muller is a respected judge in Marseille who is committed to clamping down on the illegal drugs trade in his region... [More...]
Le Jugement de Dieu (1952)
Raymond Bernard
In the 15th century, Prince Albert of Bavria must marry the far from attractive Bertha de Wurtemberg for political reasons... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
In the 15th century, Prince Albert of Bavria must marry the far from attractive Bertha de Wurtemberg for political reasons... [More...]
Juillet août (2016)
Diastème
Laura and Joséphine are two teenage sisters who could hardly be more different. With Laura, 14, happy to play the perpetual grouch, Joséphine, 18, has started taking an interest in the opposite sex... [More...]
Diastème
Laura and Joséphine are two teenage sisters who could hardly be more different. With Laura, 14, happy to play the perpetual grouch, Joséphine, 18, has started taking an interest in the opposite sex... [More...]
Jules et Jim (1962)
François Truffaut
It is in Paris, in around 1910, that Jules, a German, and Jim, a Frenchmen, meet and become the closest of friends. Aspiring writers, they have a shared interest in literature, art and women... [More...]
François Truffaut
It is in Paris, in around 1910, that Jules, a German, and Jim, a Frenchmen, meet and become the closest of friends. Aspiring writers, they have a shared interest in literature, art and women... [More...]
Julietta (1953)
Marc Allégret
Whilst holidaying in Limoges, Madame Valender tries to marry her daughter Julietta to Hector d'Alpon, a wealthy prince, to make an impression on everyone... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Whilst holidaying in Limoges, Madame Valender tries to marry her daughter Julietta to Hector d'Alpon, a wealthy prince, to make an impression on everyone... [More...]
Juliette et Juliette (1974)
Rémo Forlani
Juliette Vidal is a journalist who works on the popular woman's magazine Pénélope, primarily in the role of an agony aunt... [More...]
Rémo Forlani
Juliette Vidal is a journalist who works on the popular woman's magazine Pénélope, primarily in the role of an agony aunt... [More...]
Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951)
Marcel Carné
A modest employee in a department store, Michel Grandier resorts to stealing a large sum of money from his boss, Mr Bellanger, so that he can realise his dream of taking his ideal woman, Juliette, on a long journey for an idyllic holiday... [More...]
Marcel Carné
A modest employee in a department store, Michel Grandier resorts to stealing a large sum of money from his boss, Mr Bellanger, so that he can realise his dream of taking his ideal woman, Juliette, on a long journey for an idyllic holiday... [More...]
Le Jumeau (1984)
Yves Robert
Matthias Duval is a 30-something businessman with a fatal addiction to gambling. A night spent at the poker table during his holiday on the Riviera ends with him being seriously out of pocket, but then - for once - Lady Luck smiles on him... [More...]
Yves Robert
Matthias Duval is a 30-something businessman with a fatal addiction to gambling. A night spent at the poker table during his holiday on the Riviera ends with him being seriously out of pocket, but then - for once - Lady Luck smiles on him... [More...]
Les Jumeaux de Brighton (1936)
Claude Heymann
France, 1890. Alfred Beaugérard could not be happier when his wife presents him with two identical twins. His paternal joy is short-lived however, since his rich American uncle has made it quite clear to him that he will only inherit his fortune if he has just one son... [More...]
Claude Heymann
France, 1890. Alfred Beaugérard could not be happier when his wife presents him with two identical twins. His paternal joy is short-lived however, since his rich American uncle has made it quite clear to him that he will only inherit his fortune if he has just one son... [More...]
La Jument verte (1959)
Claude Autant-Lara
During the Second French Empire, a modest farmer Jules Haudouin makes his fortune thanks to his green-skinned mare. Haudouin hires an artist to paint a portrait of his treasured horse, and the painting continues to bring good luck after the horse's death... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
During the Second French Empire, a modest farmer Jules Haudouin makes his fortune thanks to his green-skinned mare. Haudouin hires an artist to paint a portrait of his treasured horse, and the painting continues to bring good luck after the horse's death... [More...]
Jusqu'à la garde (2018)
Xavier Legrand
Miriam and Antoine Besson are a French couple in their mid-forties who are going through the motions of a fraught separation and divorce... [More...]
Xavier Legrand
Miriam and Antoine Besson are a French couple in their mid-forties who are going through the motions of a fraught separation and divorce... [More...]
Jusqu'au dernier (1957)
Pierre Billon
After a successful hold-up, Fernand Bastia betrays his gangster friends and flees with the booty, taking refuge in a travelling circus where his sister Marcella works... [More...]
Pierre Billon
After a successful hold-up, Fernand Bastia betrays his gangster friends and flees with the booty, taking refuge in a travelling circus where his sister Marcella works... [More...]
Jusqu'ici tout va bien (2019)
Mohamed Hamidi
In an upmarket area of central Paris, Fred Bartel runs a successful publicity agency, Happy Few. To save on his tax bill, this enterprising entrepreneur registers his company's offices in the city's deprived suburbs, but when the fraud is exposed he has no choice but to relocate his entire company to La Courneuve, a far from salubrious district on the outskirts of the capital... [More...]
Mohamed Hamidi
In an upmarket area of central Paris, Fred Bartel runs a successful publicity agency, Happy Few. To save on his tax bill, this enterprising entrepreneur registers his company's offices in the city's deprived suburbs, but when the fraud is exposed he has no choice but to relocate his entire company to La Courneuve, a far from salubrious district on the outskirts of the capital... [More...]
Just Visiting (2001)
Jean-Marie Poiré
During the One Hundred Years War, the French Duke Thibault de Malfète travels to England to marry his beloved Princess Rosalind... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré
During the One Hundred Years War, the French Duke Thibault de Malfète travels to England to marry his beloved Princess Rosalind... [More...]