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French cinema: Thriller
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Michel Delasalle and his wife Christina run a private boarding school in Saint-Cloud, on the outskirts of Paris. Delasalle is a tyrant not only to the youngsters under his care but also to his wife and his mistress Nicole, who works at the school as a teacher...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
La Diagonale du fou (1984)
Richard Dembo
In the early 1980s, the Russian grandmaster Akiva Liebskird is set to defend his title as world chess champion at a highly publicised tournament in Geneva...
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Richard Dembo
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1938)
Christian-Jaque
In the college of St-Agil, three boys, Baume, Sorgue and Macroy, form a secret society "Les Chiche-capons". Each night, they sneak away from their dormitory and meet up in the science room to have an illicit smoke and plan a clandestine voyage to America, under the watchful gaze of their mascot, Martin the Skeleton...
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Christian-Jaque
Diva (1981)
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jules, a young Parisian postman, illegally records a concert performance given by the world famous opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises...
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Jean-Jacques Beineix
Le Dos au mur (1958)
Edouard Molinaro
Jacques Decrey has an unpleasant errand to perform one dark evening. Under cover of darkness, he carries the body of a dead man out of his house and dumps it in his car...
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Edouard Molinaro
Le Dossier 51 (1978)
Michel Deville
A mysterious foreign power has set its sights on recruiting Dominique Auphal, a prominent French diplomat, as an agent. In order to put leverage on him to get him to comply, the security service of this foreign power embarks on a massive campaign of information gathering targeted at him... [More...]
Michel Deville
A mysterious foreign power has set its sights on recruiting Dominique Auphal, a prominent French diplomat, as an agent. In order to put leverage on him to get him to comply, the security service of this foreign power embarks on a massive campaign of information gathering targeted at him... [More...]
Le Doulos (1962)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Maurice Faugel is a career burglar who has just completed a stretch in prison. He is preparing a house break-in with some equipment provided by a friend, Silien... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
Maurice Faugel is a career burglar who has just completed a stretch in prison. He is preparing a house break-in with some equipment provided by a friend, Silien... [More...]
Le Drame de Shanghaï (1938)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
In the 1930s, China is a country that is descending into anarchy in the midst of an escalating civil war. The popular leader Cheng is dedicated to uniting his nation, but he has many enemies who are determined that he should fail... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
In the 1930s, China is a country that is descending into anarchy in the midst of an escalating civil war. The popular leader Cheng is dedicated to uniting his nation, but he has many enemies who are determined that he should fail... [More...]
Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)
Jules Dassin
Not long after his release from prison, ageing crook Tony Le Stéphanois meets up with his former criminal associates, Jo and Mario... [More...]
Jules Dassin
Not long after his release from prison, ageing crook Tony Le Stéphanois meets up with his former criminal associates, Jo and Mario... [More...]
Elle (2016)
Paul Verhoeven
Michèle Leblanc is the managing director of a successful video games company. She is not the kind of woman who allows others to take control of her life... [More...]
Paul Verhoeven
Michèle Leblanc is the managing director of a successful video games company. She is not the kind of woman who allows others to take control of her life... [More...]
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)
Michel Audiard
Through her work as a housecleaner, Germaine finds out things about her employers which, if widely known, would provoke a scandal... [More...]
Michel Audiard
Through her work as a housecleaner, Germaine finds out things about her employers which, if widely known, would provoke a scandal... [More...]
L'Empreinte (2008)
Safy Nebbou
After her husband left her, Elsa Valentin now leads a settled life in a pleasant suburb of Paris with her infant son, Thomas... [More...]
Safy Nebbou
After her husband left her, Elsa Valentin now leads a settled life in a pleasant suburb of Paris with her infant son, Thomas... [More...]
En liberté! (2018)
Pierre Salvadori
Yvonne Santi, a young police officer, is still coming to terms with the death of her husband Jean, a police superintendent who died heroically two years previously in the course of his work... [More...]
Pierre Salvadori
Yvonne Santi, a young police officer, is still coming to terms with the death of her husband Jean, a police superintendent who died heroically two years previously in the course of his work... [More...]
L'Enfer (1994)
Claude Chabrol
Paul Pieur is the proud owner of a country hotel which has no difficulty attracting guests, despite its proximity to an airbase... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Paul Pieur is the proud owner of a country hotel which has no difficulty attracting guests, despite its proximity to an airbase... [More...]
Entre onze heures et minuit (1949)
Henri Decoin
It was between the hours of eleven o'clock at night and midnight that the crime took place. Jérôme Vidauban, a trafficker wanted by the police, is shot dead in a Paris subway by an unknown assassin... [More...]
Henri Decoin
It was between the hours of eleven o'clock at night and midnight that the crime took place. Jérôme Vidauban, a trafficker wanted by the police, is shot dead in a Paris subway by an unknown assassin... [More...]
Entre ses mains (2005)
Anne Fontaine
Claire Gauthier is 30, married with a young daughter and works for an insurance firm in the town of Lille. A good wife, mother and employee, she would appear to be the model of the modern woman... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
Claire Gauthier is 30, married with a young daughter and works for an insurance firm in the town of Lille. A good wife, mother and employee, she would appear to be the model of the modern woman... [More...]
Espion(s) (2009)
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
État de siège (1972)
Costa-Gavras
Michael Santore is working in South America as a communications officer for an international aid agency when he is abducted by a gang of extreme leftwing revolutionaries who call themselves the Tupamaros... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
Michael Santore is working in South America as a communications officer for an international aid agency when he is abducted by a gang of extreme leftwing revolutionaries who call themselves the Tupamaros... [More...]
L'Été meurtrier (1983)
Jean Becker
A beautiful 19 year old girl, Eliane, moves into a provençal village with her invalid father and German mother. She immediately draws the attention of all the men in the village, but it is the timid garage owner Florimond she chooses to go out with... [More...]
Jean Becker
A beautiful 19 year old girl, Eliane, moves into a provençal village with her invalid father and German mother. She immediately draws the attention of all the men in the village, but it is the timid garage owner Florimond she chooses to go out with... [More...]
L'Étrangleur (1972)
Paul Vecchiali
As a child, Émile is walking through the streets after dark when he encounters a stranger. The latter takes his white woollen scarf and uses it to strangle an attractive young woman... [More...]
Paul Vecchiali
As a child, Émile is walking through the streets after dark when he encounters a stranger. The latter takes his white woollen scarf and uses it to strangle an attractive young woman... [More...]
Les Fanatiques (1957)
Alex Joffé
When he learns that a revolution has broken out in his own country whilst he is away in France, South American dictator Ribera decides to return home in a private plane, accompanied by his wife and some security guards... [More...]
Alex Joffé
When he learns that a revolution has broken out in his own country whilst he is away in France, South American dictator Ribera decides to return home in a private plane, accompanied by his wife and some security guards... [More...]
Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine (1913)
Louis Feuillade
When a valuable pearl necklace is stolen from the Princess Danidoff at the Royal Palace Hotel in Paris, Inspector Juve soon discovers the identity of the thief... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
When a valuable pearl necklace is stolen from the Princess Danidoff at the Royal Palace Hotel in Paris, Inspector Juve soon discovers the identity of the thief... [More...]
Fantômas contre Fantômas (1914)
Louis Feuillade
For years, the redoubtable Inspector Juve has been engaged on a personal crusade to bring the arch-criminal Fantômas to justice - in vain... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
For years, the redoubtable Inspector Juve has been engaged on a personal crusade to bring the arch-criminal Fantômas to justice - in vain... [More...]
Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949)
Robert Vernay
Brutally rejected by his one true love Irène de Charras, the renowned surgeon François de Bréval commits suicide by crashing his car into a tree at high speed... [More...]
Robert Vernay
Brutally rejected by his one true love Irène de Charras, the renowned surgeon François de Bréval commits suicide by crashing his car into a tree at high speed... [More...]
Les Fantômes d'Ismaël (2017)
Arnaud Desplechin
Ismaël Vuillard is a fifty-something filmmaker who is struggling to complete a film inspired by the real-life spy exploits of his brother, Ivan Dédalus... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Ismaël Vuillard is a fifty-something filmmaker who is struggling to complete a film inspired by the real-life spy exploits of his brother, Ivan Dédalus... [More...]
Le Fauve est lâché (1959)
Maurice Labro
Once a gangster and secret services operative, Paul Lamiani now leads a respectable life as a restaurateur and family man... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Once a gangster and secret services operative, Paul Lamiani now leads a respectable life as a restaurateur and family man... [More...]
Les Félins (1964)
René Clément
French playboy Marc has a nasty surprise waiting for him when he returns to his hotel room after a game of tennis. A gang of thuggish hitmen lie in wait, acting on the instructions of an American gangland boss who intends to repay Marc for carrying on a clandestine love affair with his wife... [More...]
René Clément
French playboy Marc has a nasty surprise waiting for him when he returns to his hotel room after a game of tennis. A gang of thuggish hitmen lie in wait, acting on the instructions of an American gangland boss who intends to repay Marc for carrying on a clandestine love affair with his wife... [More...]
La Femme infidèle (1969)
Claude Chabrol
Charles Desvallées is a respectable insurance agent who lives with his younger wife Hélène and their son Michel at their comfortable villa in the leafy suburbs of Paris... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Charles Desvallées is a respectable insurance agent who lives with his younger wife Hélène and their son Michel at their comfortable villa in the leafy suburbs of Paris... [More...]
Feux rouges (2004)
Cédric Kahn
At the start of a busy weekend on the roads, stressed insurance agent Antoine and his wife Hélène set out from Paris to collect their two children from a holiday colony in the south-west of France... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
At the start of a busy weekend on the roads, stressed insurance agent Antoine and his wife Hélène set out from Paris to collect their two children from a holiday colony in the south-west of France... [More...]
La Fille de l'air (1992)
Maroun Bagdadi
Brigitte lives with her boyfriend, Daniel, who is on the run having escaped from prison for a series of armed robbery offences... [More...]
Maroun Bagdadi
Brigitte lives with her boyfriend, Daniel, who is on the run having escaped from prison for a series of armed robbery offences... [More...]