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French cinema: All genres
À la conquête du pôle (1912)
Georges Méliès
The world's greatest scientists gather to plan an expedition to the North Pole. Various ingenious methods of reaching the pole are put forward but it is Professor Maboul's flying machine that creates most excitement...
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Georges Méliès
À la petite semaine (2003)
Sam Karmann
Having served a five year stretch in jail, fifty-something Jacques returns to his old friends in Saint-Ouen, hoping to make a fresh start...
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Sam Karmann
À la place du coeur (1998)
Robert Guédiguian
Bébé and Clémentine are a mixed race couple who live in a poor district of Marseille. They are deeply in love and even though they are still in their teens they intend to marry as soon as they can...
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Robert Guédiguian
À la vie, à la mort! (1995)
Robert Guédiguian
In Estaque, the working class district of north Marseilles, a family of Spanish immigrants struggles to survive. Marie-Sol's job as a housekeeper provides both an income and a modest home, but her husband Patrick has been unemployed for years...
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Robert Guédiguian
À moi seule (2012)
Frédéric Videau
For eight years, Gaëlle has been held captive by Vincent. During this time, she has seen no one else - he was her entire world...
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Frédéric Videau
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 la liberté (1931)
René Clair
Émile is serving a stretch in prison when he strikes up a friendship with fellow prisoner Louis. Together, the two men attempt a break-out which results in Émile's re-capture... [More...]
René Clair
Émile is serving a stretch in prison when he strikes up a friendship with fellow prisoner Louis. Together, the two men attempt a break-out which results in Émile's re-capture... [More...]
À pas de loup (2012)
Olivier Ringer
Cathy is a six-year-old girl who believes that she cannot be seen by her parents. She has a chance to test her theory at the end of a weekend at the family's country retreat... [More...]
Olivier Ringer
Cathy is a six-year-old girl who believes that she cannot be seen by her parents. She has a chance to test her theory at the end of a weekend at the family's country retreat... [More...]
À perdre la raison (2012)
Joachim Lafosse
Murielle and Mounir are a young couple who desperately want to get married and start a family. Fortunately, they have a kindly benefactor in Dr Pinget, the man who has looked after Mounir since he was a small boy and come to regard him as his own son... [More...]
Joachim Lafosse
Murielle and Mounir are a young couple who desperately want to get married and start a family. Fortunately, they have a kindly benefactor in Dr Pinget, the man who has looked after Mounir since he was a small boy and come to regard him as his own son... [More...]
À propos de Nice (1930)
Jean Vigo
Nice is a town with many faces. The face that visitors to the town see is a sunny Riviera resort. Rich tourists lounge around in luxury hotels on the front and amuse themselves by gambling in the casinos... [More...]
Jean Vigo
Nice is a town with many faces. The face that visitors to the town see is a sunny Riviera resort. Rich tourists lounge around in luxury hotels on the front and amuse themselves by gambling in the casinos... [More...]
À tout de suite (2004)
Benoît Jacquot
Paris, 1975. Lili, a 19-year old arts student, comes from a privileged family and her life so far has been without incident... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Paris, 1975. Lili, a 19-year old arts student, comes from a privileged family and her life so far has been without incident... [More...]
À trois, on y va (2015)
Jérôme Bonnell
Michel, a veterinary surgeon, and Charlotte have been together for many years. Still very much in love, they move into their own house in Roubaix in northern France and they could not be happier... [More...]
Jérôme Bonnell
Michel, a veterinary surgeon, and Charlotte have been together for many years. Still very much in love, they move into their own house in Roubaix in northern France and they could not be happier... [More...]
À vos ordres, Madame (1942)
Jean Boyer
Odette and Hector Depuis, husband and wife for twenty-five years, are en route for their holiday when their car breaks down... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Odette and Hector Depuis, husband and wife for twenty-five years, are en route for their holiday when their car breaks down... [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'Abbé Constantin (1933)
Jean-Paul Paulin
The Countess de Laverdens has set her noble heart on buying the château de Longueval. Imagine then her horror when she learns that she has been outbid at the auction and the property now belongs to two wealthy American sisters... [More...]
Jean-Paul Paulin
The Countess de Laverdens has set her noble heart on buying the château de Longueval. Imagine then her horror when she learns that she has been outbid at the auction and the property now belongs to two wealthy American sisters... [More...]
Abus de confiance (1937)
Henri Decoin
Lydia is a promising law student who is struggling to get by after her grandmother's death. She has barely enough money to buy her evening meal and now, to cap it all, her landlord is threatening to evict her... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Lydia is a promising law student who is struggling to get by after her grandmother's death. She has barely enough money to buy her evening meal and now, to cap it all, her landlord is threatening to evict her... [More...]
Abus de faiblesse (2014)
Catherine Breillat
Having suffered a brain haemorrhage, Maud wakes up one morning to find that she is paralysed on one side of her body. Bedridden but determined not to give up her career as a filmmaker, she finds an ideal subject for her next film whilst watching a television talk show... [More...]
Catherine Breillat
Having suffered a brain haemorrhage, Maud wakes up one morning to find that she is paralysed on one side of her body. Bedridden but determined not to give up her career as a filmmaker, she finds an ideal subject for her next film whilst watching a television talk show... [More...]
L'Adieu à la nuit (2019)
André Téchiné
When her teenage grandson Alex comes to visit her, Muriel is over the moon. It seems he is about to head off to Canada to start a new life, but before he goes he wants to spend a few peaceful days with the one relative he is still on good terms with... [More...]
André Téchiné
When her teenage grandson Alex comes to visit her, Muriel is over the moon. It seems he is about to head off to Canada to start a new life, but before he goes he wants to spend a few peaceful days with the one relative he is still on good terms with... [More...]
Adieu Berthe - L'enterrement de mémé (2012)
Bruno Podalydès
Armand is a mild-mannered 50-something who leads a double life. He manages a pharmacy in a Paris suburb with his wife Hélène but his real passion in life is conjuring, for which he has a natural talent... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Armand is a mild-mannered 50-something who leads a double life. He manages a pharmacy in a Paris suburb with his wife Hélène but his real passion in life is conjuring, for which he has a natural talent... [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...]
Adieu, poulet (1975)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
In the course of a fiercely contested election in the French town of Rouen, a violent fight breaks out between the supporters of the two candidates... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
In the course of a fiercely contested election in the French town of Rouen, a violent fight breaks out between the supporters of the two candidates... [More...]
Les Adieux à la reine (2012)
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
L'Affaire Dominici (1973)
Claude Bernard-Aubert
In August 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their ten-year-old daughter are taking a holiday in the Haute Provence region of France... [More...]
Claude Bernard-Aubert
In August 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their ten-year-old daughter are taking a holiday in the Haute Provence region of France... [More...]
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1899)
Georges Méliès
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried before a military court and found guilty of high treason, having passed sensitive documents to a foreign power... [More...]
Georges Méliès
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried before a military court and found guilty of high treason, having passed sensitive documents to a foreign power... [More...]
L'Affaire Farewell (2009)
Christian Carion
Moscow in the early 1980s, at the height of the Cold War. Sergueï Grigoriev is a colonel in the KGB who has become so disillusioned with the regime running his country that he decides to bring down the system... [More...]
Christian Carion
Moscow in the early 1980s, at the height of the Cold War. Sergueï Grigoriev is a colonel in the KGB who has become so disillusioned with the regime running his country that he decides to bring down the system... [More...]
L'Affaire Marcorelle (2000)
Serge Le Péron
At the end of a solitary evening, François Marcorelle, a respected magistrate, finds himself in the bedroom of a young Polish woman, whom he met at a Turkish restaurant... [More...]
Serge Le Péron
At the end of a solitary evening, François Marcorelle, a respected magistrate, finds himself in the bedroom of a young Polish woman, whom he met at a Turkish restaurant... [More...]
Les Affaires sont les affaires (1942)
Jean Dréville
Through his single-minded pursuit of wealth, Isidore Lechat has become one of the richest men in France, a fact to which his vast country estate is testament... [More...]
Jean Dréville
Through his single-minded pursuit of wealth, Isidore Lechat has become one of the richest men in France, a fact to which his vast country estate is testament... [More...]
Agantuk (1991)
Satyajit Ray
Anila Bose lives in Calcutta with her husband Sudhindra and their young son Satyaki. The family is comfortably off and live in a grand house which they have inherited... [More...]
Satyajit Ray
Anila Bose lives in Calcutta with her husband Sudhindra and their young son Satyaki. The family is comfortably off and live in a grand house which they have inherited... [More...]
L'Âge d'or (1930)
Luis Buñuel
A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach... [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...]