French cinema: 1960s
La 317e section (1965)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
In 1954, at the height of the Indochina War, a French platoon comprising four French soldiers and around forty Laotians is instructed to abandon Luong Ba, an outpost on the border with Laos, and relieve Lao Tsaï, a town 150 kilometres to the south...
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Pierre Schoendoerffer
À bout de souffle (1960)
Jean-Luc Godard
Michel Poiccard is a small-time crook on a mission: to recover some money owed to him by his criminal associates. To that end, he steals a car in Marseille and heads for Paris...
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Jean-Luc Godard
À cause, à cause d'une femme (1963)
Michel Deville
The young and seductive Rémi is a lady's man of the first degree. He knows that women find his charms irresistible and he exploits the fact to his advantage, oblivious to the hearts he may break along the way...
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Michel Deville
À pleines mains (1960)
Maurice Régamey
In Spain, a gang of crooks make off with an enormous quantity of watermarked paper with which they intend to make counterfeit banknotes...
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Maurice Régamey
À toi de faire... mignonne (1963)
Bernard Borderie
An FBI agent is murdered just as she discovers some important documents concerning Professor Elmer Whittaker. When the professor goes missing, Lemmy Caution is sent to investigate... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
An FBI agent is murdered just as she discovers some important documents concerning Professor Elmer Whittaker. When the professor goes missing, Lemmy Caution is sent to investigate... [More...]
Adieu l'ami (1968)
Jean Herman
Dino Barran and Franz Popp are two veterans of the war in Algeria who hope to embark on a new life upon their arrival in the French port of Marseille... [More...]
Jean Herman
Dino Barran and Franz Popp are two veterans of the war in Algeria who hope to embark on a new life upon their arrival in the French port of Marseille... [More...]
Adieu Philippine (1962)
Jacques Rozier
Paris, in the summer of 1960. Michel is a young Frenchman who, just before he is due to start his military service in Algeria, works as a television studio trainee... [More...]
Jacques Rozier
Paris, in the summer of 1960. Michel is a young Frenchman who, just before he is due to start his military service in Algeria, works as a television studio trainee... [More...]
Adorable menteuse (1962)
Michel Deville
Adorable liar... what better way to describe Juliette, the cute little charmer who just cannot help lying to everyone, even her sister Sophie... [More...]
Michel Deville
Adorable liar... what better way to describe Juliette, the cute little charmer who just cannot help lying to everyone, even her sister Sophie... [More...]
L'Affaire d'une nuit (1960)
Henri Verneuil
Michel Ferréol is a comfortably off middle-class man who is somewhat embarrassed when he runs into an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco, who is over-keen to take him on a trip down memory lane... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Michel Ferréol is a comfortably off middle-class man who is somewhat embarrassed when he runs into an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco, who is over-keen to take him on a trip down memory lane... [More...]
L'Affaire Nina B. (1961)
Robert Siodmak
The funeral of German businessman Berrera attracts a distinguished crowd of mourners, but few tears are shed. His chauffeur, Holden, recalls how, shortly after his release from prison, Berrera hired him and offered him a part in a crucial mission... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
The funeral of German businessman Berrera attracts a distinguished crowd of mourners, but few tears are shed. His chauffeur, Holden, recalls how, shortly after his release from prison, Berrera hired him and offered him a part in a crucial mission... [More...]
L'Âge ingrat (1964)
Gilles Grangier
After meeting in Paris whilst studying for a degree, Antoine Lartigue and Marie Malhouin soon discover they are in love and agree to tie the connubial knot as soon as they can... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
After meeting in Paris whilst studying for a degree, Antoine Lartigue and Marie Malhouin soon discover they are in love and agree to tie the connubial knot as soon as they can... [More...]
L'Aîné des Ferchaux (1963)
Jean-Pierre Melville
After a series of match defeats, a young boxer named Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager and is forced to look for alternative employment to make ends meet... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
After a series of match defeats, a young boxer named Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager and is forced to look for alternative employment to make ends meet... [More...]
Alexandre le bienheureux (1968)
Yves Robert
All that Alexandre wants is to live a quiet life, to be as free and contented as the birds and beasts of his treasured countryside... [More...]
Yves Robert
All that Alexandre wants is to live a quiet life, to be as free and contented as the birds and beasts of his treasured countryside... [More...]
Allez France! (1964)
Robert Dhéry
On the eve of his wedding day, Henri Martineau decides to make full use of his last few hours of bachelor freedom by attending the France versus England rugby match at Twickenham... [More...]
Robert Dhéry
On the eve of his wedding day, Henri Martineau decides to make full use of his last few hours of bachelor freedom by attending the France versus England rugby match at Twickenham... [More...]
Alphaville (1965)
Jean-Luc Godard
Lemmy Caution, a secret agent from the Outlands, arrives in Alphaville on a special mission - to kill the dangerous scientist Professor von Braun and destroy his creation, an all-seeing, all-controlling computer named Alpha-60... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Lemmy Caution, a secret agent from the Outlands, arrives in Alphaville on a special mission - to kill the dangerous scientist Professor von Braun and destroy his creation, an all-seeing, all-controlling computer named Alpha-60... [More...]
L'Amant de cinq jours (1961)
Philippe de Broca
Madeleine and Claire are two close friends who live in Paris. Madeleine runs a well-known fashion house, while Claire lives with her husband Georges and their two children in an upmarket residence... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Madeleine and Claire are two close friends who live in Paris. Madeleine runs a well-known fashion house, while Claire lives with her husband Georges and their two children in an upmarket residence... [More...]
Les Amitiés particulières (1964)
Jean Delannoy
In the 1930s, Georges de Sarre, a fifteen-year old boy from an aristocratic background, begins his studies in a Jesuit boarding school... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
In the 1930s, Georges de Sarre, a fifteen-year old boy from an aristocratic background, begins his studies in a Jesuit boarding school... [More...]
L'Amour fou (1969)
Jacques Rivette
To those who know them, Sébastien and Claire are the model of the perfectly happy married couple. But as they rehearse a stage production of Racine's play Andromaque, the fault lines in their marriage are already starting to show... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
To those who know them, Sébastien and Claire are the model of the perfectly happy married couple. But as they rehearse a stage production of Racine's play Andromaque, the fault lines in their marriage are already starting to show... [More...]
Amours célèbres (1961)
Michel Boisrond
Part 1: The Duke of Lazun is in love with Madame de Monaco, so he is understandably nonplussed when he learns that she has caught the eye of Louis XIV... [More...]
Michel Boisrond
Part 1: The Duke of Lazun is in love with Madame de Monaco, so he is understandably nonplussed when he learns that she has caught the eye of Louis XIV... [More...]
Angélique et le roy (1966)
Bernard Borderie
The war in Flanders claims the life of Philippe de Plessis-Bellières. When Angélique learns of her husband's death she immediately makes the decision to retire from court life and devote herself to her children... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
The war in Flanders claims the life of Philippe de Plessis-Bellières. When Angélique learns of her husband's death she immediately makes the decision to retire from court life and devote herself to her children... [More...]
Angélique et le sultan (1968)
Bernard Borderie
Angélique has scarcely been reunited with her first husband Joffrey de Peyrac when she is abducted by the ruthless slave trader Escrainville... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
Angélique has scarcely been reunited with her first husband Joffrey de Peyrac when she is abducted by the ruthless slave trader Escrainville... [More...]
Angélique, marquise des anges (1964)
Bernard Borderie
France, in the mid-1600s. On leaving a convent at the age of 17, Angélique de Sancé de Monteloup learns that her father is ruined and has affianced her to a nobleman, Joffrey de Peyrac... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
France, in the mid-1600s. On leaving a convent at the age of 17, Angélique de Sancé de Monteloup learns that her father is ruined and has affianced her to a nobleman, Joffrey de Peyrac... [More...]
L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
Alain Resnais
The location is a sprawling baroque hotel set in beautiful sculptured gardens. At a large social gathering, a stranger, X, accosts a young woman, A, and tries to convince her that they have met before, one year ago, perhaps at Marienbad... [More...]
Alain Resnais
The location is a sprawling baroque hotel set in beautiful sculptured gardens. At a large social gathering, a stranger, X, accosts a young woman, A, and tries to convince her that they have met before, one year ago, perhaps at Marienbad... [More...]
L'Appartement des filles (1963)
Michel Deville
Not for Tibère the life-sapping tedium of a routine office job. He sees himself as a man of derring-do, a man who scorns danger and lives for the present... [More...]
Michel Deville
Not for Tibère the life-sapping tedium of a routine office job. He sees himself as a man of derring-do, a man who scorns danger and lives for the present... [More...]
L'Arbre de Noël (1969)
Terence Young
As has become his custom after losing his mother, ten-year-old Pascal joins his father Laurent, a millionaire businessman, in Paris for the summer holidays... [More...]
Terence Young
As has become his custom after losing his mother, ten-year-old Pascal joins his father Laurent, a millionaire businessman, in Paris for the summer holidays... [More...]
L'Arme à gauche (1965)
Claude Sautet
Whilst staying in the Caribbean, sailor Jacques Cournot, is hired by businessman Hendrix to check out a luxury yacht the latter is planning to buy... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Whilst staying in the Caribbean, sailor Jacques Cournot, is hired by businessman Hendrix to check out a luxury yacht the latter is planning to buy... [More...]
L'Armée des ombres (1969)
Jean-Pierre Melville
October, 1942. During the Nazi occupation of France, Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, heads a small network in the French Resistance... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
October, 1942. During the Nazi occupation of France, Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, heads a small network in the French Resistance... [More...]
Les Arnaud (1967)
Léo Joannon
In Aix-en-Provence, André Arnaud is a hard-working law student with a promising career ahead of him, but he runs into some difficulty when the uncle who has been paying for his education suddenly dies whilst working on a construction site... [More...]
Léo Joannon
In Aix-en-Provence, André Arnaud is a hard-working law student with a promising career ahead of him, but he runs into some difficulty when the uncle who has been paying for his education suddenly dies whilst working on a construction site... [More...]
Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962)
Edouard Molinaro
The funeral of the successful businessman André Laroche is attended by scores of important public figures, all keen to pay homage to a great man of industry... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
The funeral of the successful businessman André Laroche is attended by scores of important public figures, all keen to pay homage to a great man of industry... [More...]