French cinema: 1960s
Le Tracassin (1961)
Alex Joffé
André Loriot works at the Psycho-Chemistry Laboratories in Paris, a company whose slogan 'A good mood makes for good health' is borne out by the success of the firm's anti-stress pill...
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Alex Joffé
Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A writer-director meets up with his film producer and production secretary at Paris's busy Gare du Nord and together they take the Trans-Europ Express to the Belgian town of Antwerp...
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Alain Robbe-Grillet
Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine (1965)
Philippe de Broca
After several failed suicide attempts, the depressive young millionaire Arthur Lempereur agrees to go on a tour of the Far East with his valet Léon, his fiancée and her parents...
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Philippe de Broca
Trois chambres à Manhattan (1965)
Marcel Carné
François Combe is an actor whose hopes of becoming a big star in Hollywood are dashed within a very short time of his arrival in America...
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Marcel Carné
Trois enfants... dans le désordre (1966)
Léo Joannon
Eugène Laporte is a successful businessman. His plans to get married and start a family are frustrated by the machinations of an unscrupulous rival...
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Léo Joannon
Les Trois mousquetaires: La vengeance de Milady (1961)
Bernard Borderie
In 1620s France, the powerful Cardinal Richelieu conspires with the evil Milady de Winter to avenge the affront inflicted upon them by their mortal enemy d'Artagnan... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
In 1620s France, the powerful Cardinal Richelieu conspires with the evil Milady de Winter to avenge the affront inflicted upon them by their mortal enemy d'Artagnan... [More...]
Le Trou (1960)
Jacques Becker
In 1947, a young man named Claude Gaspard is convicted for the attempted murder of his wife, although he insists he is innocent of the crime... [More...]
Jacques Becker
In 1947, a young man named Claude Gaspard is convicted for the attempted murder of his wife, although he insists he is innocent of the crime... [More...]
La Tulipe noire (1964)
Christian-Jaque
June 1789. On the eve of the French Revolution, a masked bandit, "The Black Tulip", is prosecuting his own reign of terror in and around the town of Roussillon... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
June 1789. On the eve of the French Revolution, a masked bandit, "The Black Tulip", is prosecuting his own reign of terror in and around the town of Roussillon... [More...]
Un cheval pour deux (1962)
Jean-Marc Thibault
On the very day that Paris is liberated by the Allies, 24th August 1944, a young man named Maurice is glad to be released from prison... [More...]
Jean-Marc Thibault
On the very day that Paris is liberated by the Allies, 24th August 1944, a young man named Maurice is glad to be released from prison... [More...]
Un drôle de caïd (1964)
Jacques Poitrenaud
Marcel and Francis are two small-time thieves. Their attempt to break into an apartment one night is witnessed by Lucille, a neighbouring resident, who decides to try a little blackmail... [More...]
Jacques Poitrenaud
Marcel and Francis are two small-time thieves. Their attempt to break into an apartment one night is witnessed by Lucille, a neighbouring resident, who decides to try a little blackmail... [More...]
Un drôle de paroissien (1963)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
It is a proud boast that the Lachesnayes have never had to work for their living, and even though times are hard now, it is a tradition that the present generation have no intention of giving up... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
It is a proud boast that the Lachesnayes have never had to work for their living, and even though times are hard now, it is a tradition that the present generation have no intention of giving up... [More...]
Un homme à abattre (1967)
Philippe Condroyer
In the mid-1960s, a German architect named Fromm is under close surveillance by a suspicious group of individuals. They track his every movement, watch his comings and goings, patiently waiting for the moment when they can make their move... [More...]
Philippe Condroyer
In the mid-1960s, a German architect named Fromm is under close surveillance by a suspicious group of individuals. They track his every movement, watch his comings and goings, patiently waiting for the moment when they can make their move... [More...]
Un homme et une femme (1966)
Claude Lelouch
Jean-Louis Duroc is a racing car driver. Anne Gauthier is a script-girl. Both are in their mid-thirties, recently widowed and have a small child... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Jean-Louis Duroc is a racing car driver. Anne Gauthier is a script-girl. Both are in their mid-thirties, recently widowed and have a small child... [More...]
Un homme qui me plaît (1969)
Claude Lelouch
Françoise, a well-known actress, arrives in the United States to make a film. Whilst in Los Angeles, she meets Henri, a French composer who has come to America to record the music for a film... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Françoise, a well-known actress, arrives in the United States to make a film. Whilst in Los Angeles, she meets Henri, a French composer who has come to America to record the music for a film... [More...]
Un idiot à Paris (1967)
Serge Korber
Goubi, the popular idiot of a small rural town in central France, has only two dreams: to marry the mayor's daughter Berthe and to visit Paris... [More...]
Serge Korber
Goubi, the popular idiot of a small rural town in central France, has only two dreams: to marry the mayor's daughter Berthe and to visit Paris... [More...]
Un monsieur de compagnie (1964)
Philippe de Broca
Brought up in the lap of luxury by his wealthy grandfather, Antoine found from an early age that he could have anything he wanted, without exerting the slightest effort... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Brought up in the lap of luxury by his wealthy grandfather, Antoine found from an early age that he could have anything he wanted, without exerting the slightest effort... [More...]
Un nommé La Rocca (1961)
Jean Becker
Robert La Rocca discovers that his friend, Xavier, has been arrested after having been implicated in a crime by a rival gangster boss... [More...]
Jean Becker
Robert La Rocca discovers that his friend, Xavier, has been arrested after having been implicated in a crime by a rival gangster boss... [More...]
Un roi sans divertissement (1963)
François Leterrier
In the nineteenth century, a young police captain, Langlois, is sent to a remote snow-covered village to investigate the disappearance of a girl... [More...]
François Leterrier
In the nineteenth century, a young police captain, Langlois, is sent to a remote snow-covered village to investigate the disappearance of a girl... [More...]
Un singe en hiver (1962)
Henri Verneuil
A young man, Gabriel Fouquet, arrives in a coastal town in Normandy to visit his daughter, who is staying in a boarding school... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
A young man, Gabriel Fouquet, arrives in a coastal town in Normandy to visit his daughter, who is staying in a boarding school... [More...]
Un soir, un train (1968)
André Delvaux
Mathias is professor of linguistics at a Belgian university. Although middle-aged, he is unmarried, but has a mistress, Anne... [More...]
André Delvaux
Mathias is professor of linguistics at a Belgian university. Although middle-aged, he is unmarried, but has a mistress, Anne... [More...]
Un soir... par hasard (1963)
Ivan Govar
At an important research centre in Saclay, just outside Paris, 20-year-old atomic physicist André Ségonne has made what could well be one of the scientific breakthroughs of the century when he creates a small quantity of anti-matter in his laboratory... [More...]
Ivan Govar
At an important research centre in Saclay, just outside Paris, 20-year-old atomic physicist André Ségonne has made what could well be one of the scientific breakthroughs of the century when he creates a small quantity of anti-matter in his laboratory... [More...]
Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960)
Denys de La Patellière
Libya, 1942. Four soldiers in the Free French Forces are crossing the desert when their jeep breaks down. They have no other option but to continue their journey to Tobruk on foot... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
Libya, 1942. Four soldiers in the Free French Forces are crossing the desert when their jeep breaks down. They have no other option but to continue their journey to Tobruk on foot... [More...]
Une corde, un Colt (1969)
Robert Hossein
Hostilities between the three Caine brothers and the Rogers clan escalate into a murderous feud when the former steal some horses belonging to the latter... [More...]
Robert Hossein
Hostilities between the three Caine brothers and the Rogers clan escalate into a murderous feud when the former steal some horses belonging to the latter... [More...]
Une femme douce (1969)
Robert Bresson
Shortly after her husband has left their Parisian apartment, a young woman commits suicide by leaping from a balcony. As the smashed body of the dead woman lies before him, the bereaved husband recollects their shared history together in an attempt to understand what drove her to such a drastic act... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Shortly after her husband has left their Parisian apartment, a young woman commits suicide by leaping from a balcony. As the smashed body of the dead woman lies before him, the bereaved husband recollects their shared history together in an attempt to understand what drove her to such a drastic act... [More...]
Une femme est une femme (1961)
Jean-Luc Godard
Angela is an attractive nightclub striptease artist who shares a small Parisian apartment with her boyfriend Emile. One day, on the spur of the moment, she decides that she must have a baby... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Angela is an attractive nightclub striptease artist who shares a small Parisian apartment with her boyfriend Emile. One day, on the spur of the moment, she decides that she must have a baby... [More...]
Une femme mariée (1964)
Jean-Luc Godard
Married to Pierre, an airline pilot, Charlotte leads a settled middle-class existence and couldn't be happier. She has a son she adores, Nicolas, and has plenty to occupy her... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Married to Pierre, an airline pilot, Charlotte leads a settled middle-class existence and couldn't be happier. She has a son she adores, Nicolas, and has plenty to occupy her... [More...]
Une ravissante idiote (1964)
Edouard Molinaro
When Harry Compton loses his job with a bank in London, he decides to follow the career of his father and become a Russian spy... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
When Harry Compton loses his job with a bank in London, he decides to follow the career of his father and become a Russian spy... [More...]
Le Vampire de Düsseldorf (1965)
Robert Hossein
In the 1930s, chaos and misery reign over Düsseldorf as the Nazis begin their campaign of terror. But the city is afflicted by another menace, a serial killer who writes a letter to the police every time he murders a young woman... [More...]
Robert Hossein
In the 1930s, chaos and misery reign over Düsseldorf as the Nazis begin their campaign of terror. But the city is afflicted by another menace, a serial killer who writes a letter to the police every time he murders a young woman... [More...]
Les Veinards (1962)
Philippe de Broca
Every day, the newspapers we buy tell us about a fortunate man or woman who has won some spectacular prize. Do these people really exist... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Every day, the newspapers we buy tell us about a fortunate man or woman who has won some spectacular prize. Do these people really exist... [More...]
La Vendetta (1962)
Jean Chérasse
In moving to the small Corsican town of Arbella Monsieur Lauriston was hoping for a long and peaceful retirement. His arrival coincides with an election campaign following the death of the town's previous mayor... [More...]
Jean Chérasse
In moving to the small Corsican town of Arbella Monsieur Lauriston was hoping for a long and peaceful retirement. His arrival coincides with an election campaign following the death of the town's previous mayor... [More...]