French cinema: 1950s
Dortoir des grandes (1953)
Henri Decoin
Inspecteur Marco is called in to investigate the murder of a young student in a respectable private girls' school. The victim was found tied up and strangled in her bed, but the other girls in the same dormitory claim to have seen nor heard anything during the night of the murder...
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Henri Decoin
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
Les Dragueurs (1959)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
One Saturday night, two young men named Freddy and Joseph meet by chance on the banks of the River Seine. Both have the same objective in mind: chasing women...
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Jean-Pierre Mocky
Drôle de noce (1952)
Léo Joannon
Monsieur Barbezat, a well-liked Parisian concierge, gladly gives his consent when the good natured butcher Joseph Bonhomme asks for his daughter's hand in marriage...
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Léo Joannon
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...
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Jules Dassin
Les Duraton (1956)
André Berthomieu
La Famille Duraton is one of the most popular radio programmes in France, but this isn't something that anyone with the name Duraton is ever likely to be grateful for... [More...]
André Berthomieu
La Famille Duraton is one of the most popular radio programmes in France, but this isn't something that anyone with the name Duraton is ever likely to be grateful for... [More...]
Échec au porteur (1958)
Gilles Grangier
Bastien Sassey has grown weary of his criminal life and intends making a fresh start with his girlfriend Jacqueline. For the past few years, he has found himself a steady income by working as a courier for a gang of drugs traffickers, but now all he wants is to lead an honest life with the girl he loves... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Bastien Sassey has grown weary of his criminal life and intends making a fresh start with his girlfriend Jacqueline. For the past few years, he has found himself a steady income by working as a courier for a gang of drugs traffickers, but now all he wants is to lead an honest life with the girl he loves... [More...]
Édouard et Caroline (1951)
Jacques Becker
Édouard and Caroline are a young couple who believe they have found lasting happiness, even though they come from very different milieus... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Édouard and Caroline are a young couple who believe they have found lasting happiness, even though they come from very different milieus... [More...]
Ein Engel auf Erden (1959)
Géza von Radványi
When his bride-to-be jilts him at the alter and runs off with a singer, racing driver Pierre Chaillot decides to drown his sorrows in alcohol and then kill himself... [More...]
Géza von Radványi
When his bride-to-be jilts him at the alter and runs off with a singer, racing driver Pierre Chaillot decides to drown his sorrows in alcohol and then kill himself... [More...]
Elena et les hommes (1956)
Jean Renoir
Éléna is a young Polish widow who lives in Paris of the 1880s. During Bastile Day celebrations, she meets and is nearly seduced by a young count, Henri Chevincourt - although she intends to marry a wealthy shoe manufacturer, Martin-Michaud... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Éléna is a young Polish widow who lives in Paris of the 1880s. During Bastile Day celebrations, she meets and is nearly seduced by a young count, Henri Chevincourt - although she intends to marry a wealthy shoe manufacturer, Martin-Michaud... [More...]
Elle et moi (1952)
Guy Lefranc
Jean Montaigu is a confirmed bachelor who loves the company of women but lives in mortal fear of getting snared in the matrimonial net... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Jean Montaigu is a confirmed bachelor who loves the company of women but lives in mortal fear of getting snared in the matrimonial net... [More...]
En cas de malheur (1958)
Claude Autant-Lara
Yvette Maudet is a 23-year-old prostitute who leads a reckless and carefree life in Paris. One day, she and her friend Noémie attempt to hold up a jeweller, but the scheme backfires when an old woman enters the shop and Yvette knocks her unconscious in a moment of panic... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Yvette Maudet is a 23-year-old prostitute who leads a reckless and carefree life in Paris. One day, she and her friend Noémie attempt to hold up a jeweller, but the scheme backfires when an old woman enters the shop and Yvette knocks her unconscious in a moment of panic... [More...]
En effeuillant la marguerite (1956)
Marc Allégret
Agnès, a young woman living in the tranquil spa town of Vichy, finds herself in deep trouble when she publishes a scandalous novel... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Agnès, a young woman living in the tranquil spa town of Vichy, finds herself in deep trouble when she publishes a scandalous novel... [More...]
En légitime défense (1958)
André Berthomieu
Pierre Lambert is the owner of a fashionable bar, À l'Ami Pierrot, situated in the trendy heart of Pigalle, Paris... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Pierre Lambert is the owner of a fashionable bar, À l'Ami Pierrot, situated in the trendy heart of Pigalle, Paris... [More...]
Les Enfants de l'amour (1953)
Léonide Moguy
In the days before the contraceptive pill became wildly available, an unwanted pregnancy was the bane of young women from all strata of society... [More...]
Léonide Moguy
In the days before the contraceptive pill became wildly available, an unwanted pregnancy was the bane of young women from all strata of society... [More...]
Les Enfants terribles (1950)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Paul and Elisabeth are a teenage brother and sister who live with their dying mother in a cramped apartment. When Paul is injured in a snowball fight, the overly protective Elisabeth takes care of him, although she also taunts him... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
Paul and Elisabeth are a teenage brother and sister who live with their dying mother in a cramped apartment. When Paul is injured in a snowball fight, the overly protective Elisabeth takes care of him, although she also taunts him... [More...]
L'Ennemi public no 1 (1953)
Henri Verneuil
Having lost his job in a New York department store on account of his advanced myopia, Joe Calvet decides to cheer himself up with a visit to the cinema... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Having lost his job in a New York department store on account of his advanced myopia, Joe Calvet decides to cheer himself up with a visit to the cinema... [More...]
L'Envers du paradis (1953)
Edmond T. Gréville
Badly in need of a few weeks of rest in tranquil surroundings, a Parisian named Gabriel Dautrand arrives in a small rural town in the south of France... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
Badly in need of a few weeks of rest in tranquil surroundings, a Parisian named Gabriel Dautrand arrives in a small rural town in the south of France... [More...]
Escalier de service (1954)
Carlo Rim
Photographer Léo meets the solitary Marie-Lou in the streets of Paris. Full of tears and despair, Marie-Lou is immediately taken in hand by Léo's friends... [More...]
Carlo Rim
Photographer Léo meets the solitary Marie-Lou in the streets of Paris. Full of tears and despair, Marie-Lou is immediately taken in hand by Léo's friends... [More...]
Les Espions (1957)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Dr Malic, a failed psychiatrist, runs a somewhat shabby clinic. One day, he is approached by a stranger, Colonel Howard, and offered a large sum of money if he will agree to accommodate a secret agent named Alex... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Dr Malic, a failed psychiatrist, runs a somewhat shabby clinic. One day, he is approached by a stranger, Colonel Howard, and offered a large sum of money if he will agree to accommodate a secret agent named Alex... [More...]
Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956)
Roger Vadim
Juliette is an 18-year-old orphan who lives with her foster mother in the small French coastal town of St Tropez. She is in love with Antoine Tardieu, who owns a local boatyard, but he is in no hurry to marry her and she flirts with Eric Carradine, an older and far wealthier man... [More...]
Roger Vadim
Juliette is an 18-year-old orphan who lives with her foster mother in the small French coastal town of St Tropez. She is in love with Antoine Tardieu, who owns a local boatyard, but he is in no hurry to marry her and she flirts with Eric Carradine, an older and far wealthier man... [More...]
L'Étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1953)
Géza von Radványi
When he learns that he has only a short time left to live, Auguste Bard, a solitary bachelor in his fifties, feels a desperate need to be loved... [More...]
Géza von Radványi
When he learns that he has only a short time left to live, Auguste Bard, a solitary bachelor in his fifties, feels a desperate need to be loved... [More...]
L'Étrange Madame X (1951)
Jean Grémillon
Étienne, a modest carpenter, believes he has found the perfect partner in Irène, a beautiful young woman who appears to be devoted to him... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
Étienne, a modest carpenter, believes he has found the perfect partner in Irène, a beautiful young woman who appears to be devoted to him... [More...]
L'Étrange Monsieur Steve (1957)
Raymond Bailly
It is indeed ironic that for a man who dreams of nothing but wealth Georges Villard should work for a bank as the humblest of employees... [More...]
Raymond Bailly
It is indeed ironic that for a man who dreams of nothing but wealth Georges Villard should work for a bank as the humblest of employees... [More...]
Les Évadés (1955)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1943, during the Second World War, two French prisoners-of-war, François and Michel, succeed in escaping from Stalag B377 in the north of Germany... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1943, during the Second World War, two French prisoners-of-war, François and Michel, succeed in escaping from Stalag B377 in the north of Germany... [More...]
Faibles femmes (1959)
Michel Boisrond
Agathe is happily anticipating her wedding day when a former lover of hers, Julien, suddenly shows up from out of the blue... [More...]
Michel Boisrond
Agathe is happily anticipating her wedding day when a former lover of hers, Julien, suddenly shows up from out of the blue... [More...]
Faites-moi confiance (1953)
Gilles Grangier
Max is a stage magician whose abundant lack of talent does not impress theatre owner Bombardon, which is unfortunate as he had been hoping to marry the latter's daughter Hélène... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Max is a stage magician whose abundant lack of talent does not impress theatre owner Bombardon, which is unfortunate as he had been hoping to marry the latter's daughter Hélène... [More...]
La Famille Cucuroux (1953)
Émile Couzinet
To marry the daughter of the wealthy Monsieur Cucuroux, Gontran de Saint-Paul must first leave his mistress, which is not an easy undertaking as she is devotedly attached to him... [More...]
Émile Couzinet
To marry the daughter of the wealthy Monsieur Cucuroux, Gontran de Saint-Paul must first leave his mistress, which is not an easy undertaking as she is devotedly attached to him... [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...]
Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]