Film Index
French cinema: Comedy/Thriller
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 fond (2016)
Nicolas Benamou
The departure for the summer holidays is always a miserable experience in France, but for one French family who set out on their annual excursion to sunnier climes a nightmare of unimaginable proportion looms as they hit the highway in their brand-new people carrier...
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Nicolas Benamou
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...
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Jean-Pierre Mocky
Affaire de famille (2008)
Claus Drexel
Jean and Laure Guignebon are an ordinary middle-class French couple who lead an ordinary middle-class life in Grenoble. Laure preoccupies herself with her souvenir shop and daughter Marine, whilst her husband indulges his passion for football at the nearby stadium...
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Claus Drexel
Akoibon (2005)
Edouard Baer
To save his friend from being dismembered piece by piece, small-time con artist Nader must travel to a remote holiday island and deliver Chris Barnes, a faded celebrity, into the hands of a mysterious (and totally ruthless) boss...
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Edouard Baer
L'Amour aux trousses (2005)
Philippe de Chauveron
Paul and Franck are two French police officers in the narcotics squad who are the closest of friends. In the course of tracking down a dangerous drugs dealer one of their fellow officers is shot dead and Paul ends up with a serious leg injury... [More...]
Philippe de Chauveron
Paul and Franck are two French police officers in the narcotics squad who are the closest of friends. In the course of tracking down a dangerous drugs dealer one of their fellow officers is shot dead and Paul ends up with a serious leg injury... [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...]
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...]
Associés contre le crime... (2012)
Pascal Thomas
Bélisaire Beresford could not be happier when his wife Prudence decides that their amateur sleuthing days are over... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Bélisaire Beresford could not be happier when his wife Prudence decides that their amateur sleuthing days are over... [More...]
Au secours! (1924)
Abel Gance
Max is relaxing on honeymoon with his bride Renée when he suddenly feels inclined to drop in on his club. He arrives at the club just as the Count de Mornay offers a bet that no one can spend a night in his haunted castle... [More...]
Abel Gance
Max is relaxing on honeymoon with his bride Renée when he suddenly feels inclined to drop in on his club. He arrives at the club just as the Count de Mornay offers a bet that no one can spend a night in his haunted castle... [More...]
L'Auberge rouge (2007)
Gérard Krawczyk
In the late 1800s, Martin and Rose manage a remote inn in the Pyrenean mountains. Unable to make enough money from their honest trade, the couple allow their adopted son Violet to murder their customers so that they can purloin their belongings... [More...]
Gérard Krawczyk
In the late 1800s, Martin and Rose manage a remote inn in the Pyrenean mountains. Unable to make enough money from their honest trade, the couple allow their adopted son Violet to murder their customers so that they can purloin their belongings... [More...]
L'Aventure est au coin de la rue (1944)
Jacques Daniel-Norman
A wealthy young man, Pierre Trévoux, is tired of his dull life and yearns for adventure. After spending an evening in a night-club where is inspired by the singer Adria-Adria, he gets the better of a pickpocket, Roulet, forcing him to give him his ill-gotten gains for that evening... [More...]
Jacques Daniel-Norman
A wealthy young man, Pierre Trévoux, is tired of his dull life and yearns for adventure. After spending an evening in a night-club where is inspired by the singer Adria-Adria, he gets the better of a pickpocket, Roulet, forcing him to give him his ill-gotten gains for that evening... [More...]
L'Aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972)
Claude Lelouch
Realising that times have changed, five unscrupulous crooks decide it is time for a reappraisal of their line of business... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Realising that times have changed, five unscrupulous crooks decide it is time for a reappraisal of their line of business... [More...]
Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Luc Besson
In 1912, the plucky journalist Adèle Blanc-Sec undertakes an expedition to Egypt in the hope of finding an ancient remedy for her sister, who is close to death after injuring herself in a game of tennis... [More...]
Luc Besson
In 1912, the plucky journalist Adèle Blanc-Sec undertakes an expedition to Egypt in the hope of finding an ancient remedy for her sister, who is close to death after injuring herself in a game of tennis... [More...]
Bal Cupidon (1949)
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
After causing a road accident by driving too fast, Flip finds himself in court, and prosecution lawyer Isabelle Plessis takes immense pleasure in seeing him sent to prison... [More...]
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
After causing a road accident by driving too fast, Flip finds himself in court, and prosecution lawyer Isabelle Plessis takes immense pleasure in seeing him sent to prison... [More...]
La Bande à papa (1956)
Guy Lefranc
Fernand Jérôme is one of those grey little men no one ever notices, the Mr Everyman kind who contents himself with his humdrum life and has no greater ambition than to see his next paycheque land on his doormat... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Fernand Jérôme is one of those grey little men no one ever notices, the Mr Everyman kind who contents himself with his humdrum life and has no greater ambition than to see his next paycheque land on his doormat... [More...]
Bande à part (1964)
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
Les Barbouzes (1964)
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Béru et ces dames (1968)
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Blague dans le coin (1963)
Maurice Labro
The third-rate comic Jeff Burlington finds work at Eldorado, a casino in the American gambling town Las Perlas. Here, Jeff is delighted to be reunited with his old friends Dolly and Betty, the latter of whom is the mistress of Sammy Bradford, the shady owner of the casino... [More...]
Maurice Labro
The third-rate comic Jeff Burlington finds work at Eldorado, a casino in the American gambling town Las Perlas. Here, Jeff is delighted to be reunited with his old friends Dolly and Betty, the latter of whom is the mistress of Sammy Bradford, the shady owner of the casino... [More...]
Blanche comme neige (2019)
Anne Fontaine
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young woman named Claire who helped to run a luxury hotel with her stepmother Maud... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young woman named Claire who helped to run a luxury hotel with her stepmother Maud... [More...]
La Bonne tisane (1958)
Hervé Bromberger
After spending several years abroad, gangster boss René Leconte returns to France to resume his criminal exploits... [More...]
Hervé Bromberger
After spending several years abroad, gangster boss René Leconte returns to France to resume his criminal exploits... [More...]
Café de Paris (1938)
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
La Cage aux folles II (1980)
Edouard Molinaro
In Nice, the flamboyant impresario Renato still manages the popular night club La Cage aux folles with his transvestite partner Albin... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In Nice, the flamboyant impresario Renato still manages the popular night club La Cage aux folles with his transvestite partner Albin... [More...]
Le Caïd (1960)
Bernard Borderie
An oil refinery in southern France is the site of a bloody hold-up in which a crook named Toni escapes with thirty million francs... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
An oil refinery in southern France is the site of a bloody hold-up in which a crook named Toni escapes with thirty million francs... [More...]
Cash (2008)
Eric Besnard
When his brother, a small-time swindler, is killed by one of his former victims, Cash decides to take revenge by organising a swindle of his own... [More...]
Eric Besnard
When his brother, a small-time swindler, is killed by one of his former victims, Cash decides to take revenge by organising a swindle of his own... [More...]
Cassos (2012)
Philippe Carrèse
Marc, a small-minded insurance broker from the provinces, has had enough of his bullying wife and decides to make contact with the criminal underworld to find someone who will kill her... [More...]
Philippe Carrèse
Marc, a small-minded insurance broker from the provinces, has had enough of his bullying wife and decides to make contact with the criminal underworld to find someone who will kill her... [More...]
Le Cave se rebiffe (1961)
Gilles Grangier
Brothel owner Charles Lepicard is desperately in need of a new source of income when the introduction of a new law threatens his business... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Brothel owner Charles Lepicard is desperately in need of a new source of income when the introduction of a new law threatens his business... [More...]
Ce jour-là (2003)
Raoul Ruiz
Livia is a rich heiress who lives in a grand house in a remote part of Switzerland, resented by her relatives who are jealous of her fortune and desperately want to get their hands on it... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
Livia is a rich heiress who lives in a grand house in a remote part of Switzerland, resented by her relatives who are jealous of her fortune and desperately want to get their hands on it... [More...]
Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964)
Henri Verneuil
Castigliano is the owner of a long-distance transport business in Morocco. His existing staff - Rocco, Hervé and Mitch-Mitch - become suspicious when a new driver named Steiner is hired to drive a brand new lorry with an unknown consignment... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Castigliano is the owner of a long-distance transport business in Morocco. His existing staff - Rocco, Hervé and Mitch-Mitch - become suspicious when a new driver named Steiner is hired to drive a brand new lorry with an unknown consignment... [More...]