French cinema: 1980s
3 hommes et un couffin (1985)
Coline Serreau
Pierre, Jacques and Michel are three bachelors who contentedly live together in a large apartment right at the heart of Paris...
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Coline Serreau
36 fillette (1988)
Catherine Breillat
Whilst on a camping holiday in Biarritz with her family, a 14 year old girl named Lili becomes obsessed with losing her virginity...
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Catherine Breillat
37°2 le matin (1986)
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Zorg is a free-spirited thirty-something who earns a modest wage repairing holiday bungalows in the south of France. One day, he meets Betty, an impulsive young woman to whom he is instantly attracted...
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Jean-Jacques Beineix
La 7ème cible (1984)
Claude Pinoteau
Bastien Grimaldi, a former journalist now in his fifties, leads a tranquil existence until one night he becomes the victim of three unknown assailants...
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Claude Pinoteau
À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur (1988)
Edouard Molinaro
Yan, a successful artist, is waiting for his date, Florence, to turn up at his apartment. His doorbell rings and on his doorstep he finds another young woman, his neighbour Eva, dressed in her underwear...
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Edouard Molinaro
À mort l'arbitre (1984)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Coachloads of supporters arrive at a football stadium for a decisive soccer match between two French football teams. The match is refereed by Maurice Bruno... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Coachloads of supporters arrive at a football stadium for a decisive soccer match between two French football teams. The match is refereed by Maurice Bruno... [More...]
À nos amours (1983)
Maurice Pialat
Suzanne is a free-spirited 15-year-old who, along with her best friend Anne, is having a hard time coping with the upheavals of early adolescence... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
Suzanne is a free-spirited 15-year-old who, along with her best friend Anne, is having a hard time coping with the upheavals of early adolescence... [More...]
À nous les garçons (1985)
Michel Lang
Stéphanie and Véronique are two teenage girls who couldn't be more dissimilar. Whilst Stéphanie is a believer in free love, to the extent of using it to wear out members of an opposing ice hockey team, Véronique is still a virgin, although she is just a susceptible falling in love... [More...]
Michel Lang
Stéphanie and Véronique are two teenage girls who couldn't be more dissimilar. Whilst Stéphanie is a believer in free love, to the extent of using it to wear out members of an opposing ice hockey team, Véronique is still a virgin, although she is just a susceptible falling in love... [More...]
A.K. (1985)
Chris Marker
In the autumn of 1984, independent filmmaker Chris Marker joins the cast and crew of Akira Kurosawa's latest epic film Ran on the windy slopes of Mount Fuji in Japan... [More...]
Chris Marker
In the autumn of 1984, independent filmmaker Chris Marker joins the cast and crew of Akira Kurosawa's latest epic film Ran on the windy slopes of Mount Fuji in Japan... [More...]
L'Africain (1983)
Philippe de Broca
Victor has turned his back on the turmoil of modern life in the city and now leads a contented existence in the unspoiled heart of Africa... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Victor has turned his back on the turmoil of modern life in the city and now leads a contented existence in the unspoiled heart of Africa... [More...]
Agent trouble (1987)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
One winter's morning a coach laden with tourists careers off the road and plunges into an icy lake in the Pyrenees. Fifty are killed... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
One winter's morning a coach laden with tourists careers off the road and plunges into an icy lake in the Pyrenees. Fifty are killed... [More...]
Allons z'enfants (1981)
Yves Boisset
In 1935, Simon Chalumot is just 13 years old when he is entered into a strict military school by his father, a patriotic veteran of the previous war... [More...]
Yves Boisset
In 1935, Simon Chalumot is just 13 years old when he is entered into a strict military school by his father, a patriotic veteran of the previous war... [More...]
L'Ami de mon amie (1987)
Eric Rohmer
In a pristine new town on the outskirts of Paris, a young civil servant, Blanche, strikes up a friendship with a computer programmer, Léa... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
In a pristine new town on the outskirts of Paris, a young civil servant, Blanche, strikes up a friendship with a computer programmer, Léa... [More...]
L'Amour à mort (1984)
Alain Resnais
Whilst participating in an archaeological survey, Simon Roche, a man in his fifties, falls in love with Élisabeth Sutter, an attractive younger woman... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Whilst participating in an archaeological survey, Simon Roche, a man in his fifties, falls in love with Élisabeth Sutter, an attractive younger woman... [More...]
L'Amour en douce (1985)
Edouard Molinaro
Marc Delmas, a young lawyer living in Aix-en-Provence, likes to while away his evenings drinking with his buddies and playing cards right into the small hours... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Marc Delmas, a young lawyer living in Aix-en-Provence, likes to while away his evenings drinking with his buddies and playing cards right into the small hours... [More...]
L'Amoureuse (1987)
Jacques Doillon
Eight girlfriends meet up at a resort on the Normandy coast to celebrate the birthday of their friend. The nine friends are each on the rebound from some emotional crisis but they manage to amuse themselves, mainly by trying to seduce and humiliate any men they can find... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Eight girlfriends meet up at a resort on the Normandy coast to celebrate the birthday of their friend. The nine friends are each on the rebound from some emotional crisis but they manage to amuse themselves, mainly by trying to seduce and humiliate any men they can find... [More...]
L'Année prochaine... si tout va bien (1981)
Jean-Loup Hubert
Maxime, a comic book artist, lives with his girlfriend, Isabelle, a level-headed professional. Although she is happy with the arrangement, Isabelle makes every effort to keep from her parents the fact that she is living with a self-centred, somewhat immature young man who has no income and no desire to lead a conventional life... [More...]
Jean-Loup Hubert
Maxime, a comic book artist, lives with his girlfriend, Isabelle, a level-headed professional. Although she is happy with the arrangement, Isabelle makes every effort to keep from her parents the fact that she is living with a self-centred, somewhat immature young man who has no income and no desire to lead a conventional life... [More...]
Les Années sandwiches (1988)
Pierre Boutron
In July 1947, a Jewish boy named Victor runs away from his adopted home in the south of France and heads for Paris. The 15-year-old has no one to turn, not after his parents were arrested and sent off to the concentration camps during the war... [More...]
Pierre Boutron
In July 1947, a Jewish boy named Victor runs away from his adopted home in the south of France and heads for Paris. The 15-year-old has no one to turn, not after his parents were arrested and sent off to the concentration camps during the war... [More...]
L'Argent (1983)
Robert Bresson
Owing money to a school friend, Norbert appeals to his parents to give him a top-up on his monthly allowance. When they refuse, he accepts a 500 franc counterfeit banknote from one of his classmates, using this to buy a picture frame in a photographer's shop... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Owing money to a school friend, Norbert appeals to his parents to give him a top-up on his monthly allowance. When they refuse, he accepts a 500 franc counterfeit banknote from one of his classmates, using this to buy a picture frame in a photographer's shop... [More...]
L'As des as (1982)
Gérard Oury
Jo Cavalier is the coach for the French boxing team at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. On the train to Berlin, he is accosted by a ten year old Jewish boy, Simon, who asks for his autograph - previously Jo was a flying hero who served in the flying corps during World War I... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Jo Cavalier is the coach for the French boxing team at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. On the train to Berlin, he is accosted by a ten year old Jewish boy, Simon, who asks for his autograph - previously Jo was a flying hero who served in the flying corps during World War I... [More...]
Association de malfaiteurs (1987)
Claude Zidi
Thierry, Gérard and Francis have all managed to make a success of their lives but their college friend Daniel only succeeds in getting himself into trouble with his get rich quick schemes... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Thierry, Gérard and Francis have all managed to make a success of their lives but their college friend Daniel only succeeds in getting himself into trouble with his get rich quick schemes... [More...]
Atlantic City (1980)
Louis Malle
Some years after her husband Dave ran off with her sister, Sally Matthews has settled in Atlantic City, where she earns a modest crust as a waitress at one of the city's many popular casinos... [More...]
Louis Malle
Some years after her husband Dave ran off with her sister, Sally Matthews has settled in Atlantic City, where she earns a modest crust as a waitress at one of the city's many popular casinos... [More...]
Attention bandits! (1986)
Claude Lelouch
One-time crook Simon Verini decides to come out of retirement when Mozart, the leader of a gang of jewel thieves, offers to put some business his way... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
One-time crook Simon Verini decides to come out of retirement when Mozart, the leader of a gang of jewel thieves, offers to put some business his way... [More...]
Attention! Une femme peut en cacher une autre (1983)
Georges Lautner
To her friends, Alice gives the appearance of being an ordinary, happily married career woman. In truth, she is leading a bizarre double life... [More...]
Georges Lautner
To her friends, Alice gives the appearance of being an ordinary, happily married career woman. In truth, she is leading a bizarre double life... [More...]
Au revoir, les enfants (1987)
Louis Malle
France, 1944, during the Nazi Occupation. The Christmas holidays over, 12-year-old Julien Quentin must leave his comfortable middleclass home in Paris and return to his Catholic boarding school in the country... [More...]
Louis Malle
France, 1944, during the Nazi Occupation. The Christmas holidays over, 12-year-old Julien Quentin must leave his comfortable middleclass home in Paris and return to his Catholic boarding school in the country... [More...]
L'Avare (1980)
Louis de Funès
In the 17th century, after a life of scrimping and saving, Harpagon has managed to build up a substantial personal fortune... [More...]
Louis de Funès
In the 17th century, after a life of scrimping and saving, Harpagon has managed to build up a substantial personal fortune... [More...]
Les Babas Cool (1981)
François Leterrier
Antoine Bonfils, a travelling salesman, is happily wending his way down a country road in deepest Provence when his car suddenly breaks down... [More...]
François Leterrier
Antoine Bonfils, a travelling salesman, is happily wending his way down a country road in deepest Provence when his car suddenly breaks down... [More...]
La Balance (1982)
Bob Swaim
Inspector Palouzi, the head of a driven vice squad in a crime-ridden district of Paris, finds he has a problem when one of his best informers is gunned down in the street... [More...]
Bob Swaim
Inspector Palouzi, the head of a driven vice squad in a crime-ridden district of Paris, finds he has a problem when one of his best informers is gunned down in the street... [More...]
La Bande des quatre (1988)
Jacques Rivette
Constance Dumas is a renowned drama teacher who, for many years, has only taken budding young actresses under her wing. Four of her pupils, Claude, Joyce, Lucia and Anna live together in a house in the suburbs... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Constance Dumas is a renowned drama teacher who, for many years, has only taken budding young actresses under her wing. Four of her pupils, Claude, Joyce, Lucia and Anna live together in a house in the suburbs... [More...]
La Banquière (1980)
Francis Girod
Towards the end of the 1920s, Emma Eckhert has become one of the most talked about women in France. Not only is she stunningly beautiful and a staunch supporter of moral campaigns, she is also a hugely successful banker... [More...]
Francis Girod
Towards the end of the 1920s, Emma Eckhert has become one of the most talked about women in France. Not only is she stunningly beautiful and a staunch supporter of moral campaigns, she is also a hugely successful banker... [More...]