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French cinema: Thriller
Le Choix des armes (1981)
Alain Corneau
Three criminals break out of prison and go on the run. In a bloody shootout, one of them is wounded. His punk accomplice, Mickey, takes him to a remote country house belonging to a former gangland boss, Noël Durieux...
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Alain Corneau
Le Clan des Siciliens (1969)
Henri Verneuil
The Malanese family are one of Italy's most notorious criminal gangs, better know as the Sicilian Clan. Their latest criminal exploit will be the theft of a valuable collection of jewels as it is being shipped by air from Paris to New York...
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Henri Verneuil
La Classe de neige (1998)
Claude Miller
Nicolas is a quiet 12 year old boy who goes on a school skiing trip with his classmates. Worried that there might be a coach accident, Nicholas' over-protective father insists on taking his son to the alpine chalet himself...
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Claude Miller
Classe tous risques (1960)
Claude Sautet
Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons...
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Claude Sautet
Le Combat dans l'île (1962)
Alain Cavalier
Clément Lesser belongs to a clandestine group of rightwing political extremists who have no time for democracy and who believe in taking political power by force...
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Alain Cavalier
Comme un homme (2012)
Safy Nebbou
Louis, 16, is the son of the headmaster at the school which he attends and has no history of trouble. His friend Greg, by contrast, is always get himself into deep water on account of his aggressive and rebellious character... [More...]
Safy Nebbou
Louis, 16, is the son of the headmaster at the school which he attends and has no history of trouble. His friend Greg, by contrast, is always get himself into deep water on account of his aggressive and rebellious character... [More...]
Compartiment tueurs (1965)
Costa-Gavras
When a sleeper train from Marseille to Paris stops at Avignon, a young woman named Benjamine Bombat climbs aboard and offers a place in her compartment to a handsome young stranger, Daniel, who has omitted to buy a ticket... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
When a sleeper train from Marseille to Paris stops at Avignon, a young woman named Benjamine Bombat climbs aboard and offers a place in her compartment to a handsome young stranger, Daniel, who has omitted to buy a ticket... [More...]
Complices (2010)
Frédéric Mermoud
The body of a teenage boy is fished out of the Rhone near to Lyon. He is Vincent, 17 years old, and apparently died from strangulation... [More...]
Frédéric Mermoud
The body of a teenage boy is fished out of the Rhone near to Lyon. He is Vincent, 17 years old, and apparently died from strangulation... [More...]
Le Complot (1973)
René Gainville
In March 1962, the French government has signed a treaty with Algeria that will allow the latter country to gain its independence... [More...]
René Gainville
In March 1962, the French government has signed a treaty with Algeria that will allow the latter country to gain its independence... [More...]
Copie conforme (1947)
Jean Dréville
No one would think that Manuel Ismora, an esteemed society photographer, is an audacious thief and con artist. The newspapers are filled with accounts of Ismora's criminal exploits, which involve the fraudulent sale of a château and the theft of some valuable jewels, but the police are slow in bringing him to justice... [More...]
Jean Dréville
No one would think that Manuel Ismora, an esteemed society photographer, is an audacious thief and con artist. The newspapers are filled with accounts of Ismora's criminal exploits, which involve the fraudulent sale of a château and the theft of some valuable jewels, but the police are slow in bringing him to justice... [More...]
Le Corbeau (1943)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
The peace of the small French town of Saint-Robin is disturbed by a sudden outbreak of poison pen letters, which cast vile aspersions on prominent members of the community... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
The peace of the small French town of Saint-Robin is disturbed by a sudden outbreak of poison pen letters, which cast vile aspersions on prominent members of the community... [More...]
Le Corniaud (1965)
Gérard Oury
Antoine Maréchal is about to set off for a holiday in Italy when his 2CV is smashed to pieces by a Rolls-Royce, driven by the wealthy business man Léopold Saroyan... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Antoine Maréchal is about to set off for a holiday in Italy when his 2CV is smashed to pieces by a Rolls-Royce, driven by the wealthy business man Léopold Saroyan... [More...]
Coup d'éclat (2011)
José Alcala
In the French town of Sète, police chief Fabienne Bourrier spends much of her time pursuing illegal immigrants from all backgrounds... [More...]
José Alcala
In the French town of Sète, police chief Fabienne Bourrier spends much of her time pursuing illegal immigrants from all backgrounds... [More...]
Coup de chaud (2015)
Raphaël Jacoulot
At the height of a scorching hot summer, the calm of a small French village is disturbed by Josef Bousou, a mischievous thirty-year old who has the mental age of a small child... [More...]
Raphaël Jacoulot
At the height of a scorching hot summer, the calm of a small French village is disturbed by Josef Bousou, a mischievous thirty-year old who has the mental age of a small child... [More...]
Le Couperet (2005)
Costa-Gavras
When dedicated company man Bruno Davert loses his job in a corporate reorganisation, he comes close to losing his self-respect and his family... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
When dedicated company man Bruno Davert loses his job in a corporate reorganisation, he comes close to losing his self-respect and his family... [More...]
Le Crime est notre affaire (2008)
Pascal Thomas
Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life... [More...]
La Croix des vivants (1962)
Ivan Govar
Some time after he was falsely accused of the murder of his stepfather, Yan returns to his home village in Flanders. Franz, the local garage owner is not happy with his return... [More...]
Ivan Govar
Some time after he was falsely accused of the murder of his stepfather, Yan returns to his home village in Flanders. Franz, the local garage owner is not happy with his return... [More...]
La Dame d'onze heures (1948)
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
Dans la maison (2012)
François Ozon
Germain Germain is a fifty-something literature teacher in a modern French school who has grown disillusioned with his profession... [More...]
François Ozon
Germain Germain is a fifty-something literature teacher in a modern French school who has grown disillusioned with his profession... [More...]
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (2005)
Jacques Audiard
28 year old Tom Seyr is the son of a small time gangster and seems set to follow in his father's footsteps. He earns his crust through crooked real estate deals with his two thuggish associates Fabrice and Sami... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
28 year old Tom Seyr is the son of a small time gangster and seems set to follow in his father's footsteps. He earns his crust through crooked real estate deals with his two thuggish associates Fabrice and Sami... [More...]
Demain dès l'aube (2009)
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
La Demoiselle d'honneur (2004)
Claude Chabrol
Since the death of his father, Philippe Tardieu has been the breadwinner and guardian angel for his mother Christine and sisters Patricia and Sophie... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Since the death of his father, Philippe Tardieu has been the breadwinner and guardian angel for his mother Christine and sisters Patricia and Sophie... [More...]
La Dénonciation (1962)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
October 1961. Michel Jussieu, a successful film producer, returns to a Parisian nightclub he visited the previous night to collect a sweater... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
October 1961. Michel Jussieu, a successful film producer, returns to a Parisian nightclub he visited the previous night to collect a sweater... [More...]
Le Dernier des six (1941)
Georges Lacombe
Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet... [More...]
Dernier domicile connu (1970)
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
Le Dernier tournant (1939)
Pierre Chenal
Frank, a young drifter, arrives at a remote service station on a mountain road near to Marseille. Here, the kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he readily accepts... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
Frank, a young drifter, arrives at a remote service station on a mountain road near to Marseille. Here, the kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he readily accepts... [More...]
Deux hommes dans Manhattan (1959)
Jean-Pierre Melville
When Fèvre-Berthier, an important French diplomat, goes missing in New York, a French journalist, Moreau, is sent to investigate what became of him... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
When Fèvre-Berthier, an important French diplomat, goes missing in New York, a French journalist, Moreau, is sent to investigate what became of him... [More...]
Le Deuxième souffle (1966)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Eight years into his prison sentence, a notorious gangster named Gustave Minda (nicknamed Gu) escapes and returns to Paris... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
Eight years into his prison sentence, a notorious gangster named Gustave Minda (nicknamed Gu) escapes and returns to Paris... [More...]
Dheepan (2015)
Jacques Audiard
In a refugee camp in the aftermath of the civil war in Sri Lanka, a former Tamil Tiger acquires not only a passport that gives him a new identity, Dheepan, but also a makeshift family, in the form of a young woman Yalini and a small girl Illayaal... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
In a refugee camp in the aftermath of the civil war in Sri Lanka, a former Tamil Tiger acquires not only a passport that gives him a new identity, Dheepan, but also a makeshift family, in the form of a young woman Yalini and a small girl Illayaal... [More...]