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French cinema: All genres
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...
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Robert Bresson
L'Arlésienne (1908)
Albert Capellani
Frédéric, a young man from the country, arrives in the ancient city of Arles to attend a bullfight in the Roman amphitheatre...
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Albert Capellani
Armaguedon (1977)
Alain Jessua
After the death of his brother, 40-something Louis Carrier suddenly finds himself a very wealthy man. He gives up his job and devotes himself to a carefully conceived plan to make himself famous...
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Alain Jessua
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...
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Jean-Pierre Melville
L'Armée du crime (2009)
Robert Guédiguian
In Paris during the Nazi occupation, a labourer named Missak Manouchian leads a group of young Jewish immigrants, of various nationalities: Spanish, Rumanian, Hungarian, Polish, Italian and Armenian...
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Robert Guédiguian
L'Armoire volante (1948)
Carlo Rim
Alfred Pic, a hardworking tax inspector, finds himself in a pickle when his bossy aunt, Madame Lobligeois, goes missing in the most bizarre circumstances... [More...]
Carlo Rim
Alfred Pic, a hardworking tax inspector, finds himself in a pickle when his bossy aunt, Madame Lobligeois, goes missing in the most bizarre circumstances... [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...]
L'Art d'aimer (2011)
Emmanuel Mouret
At the exact moment that one falls in love, one becomes aware of a very distinctive music, an ethereal sonata that seems to speak of eternity and promise all the delights of paradise... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
At the exact moment that one falls in love, one becomes aware of a very distinctive music, an ethereal sonata that seems to speak of eternity and promise all the delights of paradise... [More...]
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)
Louis Malle
Julien Tavernier and Florence Carala are passionately in love with one another, but there is an obstacle to their future happiness: Florence's husband Simon, a wealthy industrialist... [More...]
Louis Malle
Julien Tavernier and Florence Carala are passionately in love with one another, but there is an obstacle to their future happiness: Florence's husband Simon, a wealthy industrialist... [More...]
Asphalte (2015)
Samuel Benchetrit
After too strenuous a workout on his exercise bike, professional photographer Sternkowitz ends up in a wheelchair. Unwilling to chip in for repairs to the lift of the apartment block where he lives, he is barred from using it and so only comes out at night... [More...]
Samuel Benchetrit
After too strenuous a workout on his exercise bike, professional photographer Sternkowitz ends up in a wheelchair. Unwilling to chip in for repairs to the lift of the apartment block where he lives, he is barred from using it and so only comes out at night... [More...]
L'Assassin habite au 21 (1942)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A serial killer is at large in Paris and with four victims already to his name the police hunt to find him and bring him to justice is intensifying... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A serial killer is at large in Paris and with four victims already to his name the police hunt to find him and bring him to justice is intensifying... [More...]
L'Assassinat du duc de Guise (1908)
André Calmettes
On 23rd December 1588 the long-running power-struggle between the opposing houses of de Guise and Valois will come to a dramatic climax with the assassination of Henri I of Lorraine, the Duke de Guise... [More...]
André Calmettes
On 23rd December 1588 the long-running power-struggle between the opposing houses of de Guise and Valois will come to a dramatic climax with the assassination of Henri I of Lorraine, the Duke de Guise... [More...]
L'Assassinat du Père Noël (1941)
Roger Chapatte
Deep in the Savoie, a small alpine village decked in snow is busy making preparations for Christmas. Busiest of all is the old toy-maker Cornusse, who occupies himself by making globes, a popular gift, whilst his attractive daughter Catherine is happily engaged in sewing dolls' dresses... [More...]
Roger Chapatte
Deep in the Savoie, a small alpine village decked in snow is busy making preparations for Christmas. Busiest of all is the old toy-maker Cornusse, who occupies himself by making globes, a popular gift, whilst his attractive daughter Catherine is happily engaged in sewing dolls' dresses... [More...]
Les Assassins de l'ordre (1971)
Marcel Carné
Judge Level is investigating the death of a man named Saugeat, who died shortly after being arrested for a minor offence by two police inspectors one December morning... [More...]
Marcel Carné
Judge Level is investigating the death of a man named Saugeat, who died shortly after being arrested for a minor offence by two police inspectors one December morning... [More...]
Les Assassins du dimanche (1956)
Alex Joffé
Robert Simonet is a provincial garage owner whose ambition is to be as successful as his former boss. He is also a formidable amateur cyclist and is the favourite to win the cycling race to take place in his town... [More...]
Alex Joffé
Robert Simonet is a provincial garage owner whose ambition is to be as successful as his former boss. He is also a formidable amateur cyclist and is the favourite to win the cycling race to take place in his town... [More...]
L'Assommoir (1908)
Albert Capellani
In Second Empire France, Gervaise is in a state of distress when her lover Lantier abandons her and her children to live with his mistress Virginie... [More...]
Albert Capellani
In Second Empire France, Gervaise is in a state of distress when her lover Lantier abandons her and her children to live with his mistress Virginie... [More...]
Astérix et Obélix Mission Cléopâtre (2002)
Alain Chabat
Cleopatra is the queen of Egypt. She is the proud ruler of a proud people, and there is nothing that infuriates her more than Julius Caesar's continual belittling of her country and its inhabitants... [More...]
Alain Chabat
Cleopatra is the queen of Egypt. She is the proud ruler of a proud people, and there is nothing that infuriates her more than Julius Caesar's continual belittling of her country and its inhabitants... [More...]
L'Astragale (2015)
Brigitte Sy
One night in April 1957, 19-year-old Albertine climbs over the wall of the prison where she has been serving a sentence for robbery... [More...]
Brigitte Sy
One night in April 1957, 19-year-old Albertine climbs over the wall of the prison where she has been serving a sentence for robbery... [More...]
L'Atalante (1934)
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [More...]
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [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...]
L'Atlantide (1921)
Jacques Feyder
In the Sahara Desert, the unconscious body of Lieutenant Saint-Avit is discovered by fellow officers in his Spahi regiment... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
In the Sahara Desert, the unconscious body of Lieutenant Saint-Avit is discovered by fellow officers in his Spahi regiment... [More...]
Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
L'Attentat (1972)
Yves Boisset
In the immediate aftermath of a coup d'état in an unnamed North African state, a progressive member of the opposition, Sadiel, fears for his life and is forced to flee to Switzerland... [More...]
Yves Boisset
In the immediate aftermath of a coup d'état in an unnamed North African state, a progressive member of the opposition, Sadiel, fears for his life and is forced to flee to Switzerland... [More...]
Attention, les enfants regardent (1978)
Serge Leroy
With their parents away working on a film in Ireland, four children, aged between 5 and 13, have the run of the family villa in the south of France... [More...]
Serge Leroy
With their parents away working on a film in Ireland, four children, aged between 5 and 13, have the run of the family villa in the south of France... [More...]
Attila Marcel (2013)
Sylvain Chomet
Paul, 33, inhabits a Parisian apartment with his well-meaning aunts Annie and Anna, who have looked after him since he was two and who dream that one day he will become a virtuoso pianist... [More...]
Sylvain Chomet
Paul, 33, inhabits a Parisian apartment with his well-meaning aunts Annie and Anna, who have looked after him since he was two and who dream that one day he will become a virtuoso pianist... [More...]
Au bonheur des dames (1930)
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Au bonheur des dames (1943)
André Cayatte
Paris, 1860. Baudu, an ageing shopkeeper, is none too pleased when a new department store named Au Bonheur des Dames opens on his doorstep and starts poaching his clientele... [More...]
André Cayatte
Paris, 1860. Baudu, an ageing shopkeeper, is none too pleased when a new department store named Au Bonheur des Dames opens on his doorstep and starts poaching his clientele... [More...]
Au coeur de la ville (1960)
Pierre Gautherin
Louis, a solitary man in his early sixties, earns a modest crust working as a sandwich man for a small advertising firm in Paris run by Monsieur Verdier... [More...]
Pierre Gautherin
Louis, a solitary man in his early sixties, earns a modest crust working as a sandwich man for a small advertising firm in Paris run by Monsieur Verdier... [More...]
Au coeur du mensonge (1999)
Claude Chabrol
René Sterne was a successful artist before a terrorist attack left him maimed for life. Now, beset with scars that are both physical and psychological, he struggles to regain his inspiration in a quiet fishing port on the coast of Brittany... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
René Sterne was a successful artist before a terrorist attack left him maimed for life. Now, beset with scars that are both physical and psychological, he struggles to regain his inspiration in a quiet fishing port on the coast of Brittany... [More...]
Au cul du loup (2012)
Pierre Duculot
Not yet thirty, Christina leads a humdrum existence in a humdrum town in Belgium, where she lives with her humdrum boyfriend Marco... [More...]
Pierre Duculot
Not yet thirty, Christina leads a humdrum existence in a humdrum town in Belgium, where she lives with her humdrum boyfriend Marco... [More...]