French cinema: 1960s
L'Assassin connaît la musique... (1963)
Pierre Chenal
Lionel Fribourg is a musician who is desperate to compose his own symphony. For that reason, he needs peace and quiet, but his Parisian apartment is so noisy that it is impossible for him to write a single note...
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Pierre Chenal
L'Assassin est dans l'annuaire (1962)
Léo Joannon
Albert Rinaldi is a simple bank employee whose naivety makes him an object of ridicule amongst his colleagues. When a woman named Jenny fails to keep an appointment with him, he is certain that once again his colleagues are having a joke at his expense...
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Léo Joannon
L'Astragale (1969)
Guy Casaril
Anne is a juvenile prisoner whose only friend is Rolande. The idea of escape takes hold of her and one day, having been admitted to the infirmary, she escapes by climbing over the high prison wall...
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Guy Casaril
Atout coeur à Tokyo pour O.S.S. 117 (1966)
Michel Boisrond
An American military base in the Pacific is blown up after the United States government refuses to accede to a ransom demand by a mysterious terrorist organisation...
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Michel Boisrond
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...
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Pierre Gautherin
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Robert Bresson
Shortly after he is born in a rural part of France, a donkey is adopted by a small girl named Marie, who christens him Balthazar and treats him as a treasured plaything... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Shortly after he is born in a rural part of France, a donkey is adopted by a small girl named Marie, who christens him Balthazar and treats him as a treasured plaything... [More...]
Austerlitz (1960)
Abel Gance
In 1804, Napoléon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France. After the English breach a peace treaty with France, it is inevitable that the two countries will be at war... [More...]
Abel Gance
In 1804, Napoléon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France. After the English breach a peace treaty with France, it is inevitable that the two countries will be at war... [More...]
L'Auvergnat et l'autobus (1969)
Guy Lefranc
Julien Brûlebois, a modest farmer from the Auvergne region of France, is delighted with the news that he has inherited a small fortune after a relative of his has died... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Julien Brûlebois, a modest farmer from the Auvergne region of France, is delighted with the news that he has inherited a small fortune after a relative of his has died... [More...]
Avec la peau des autres (1966)
Jacques Deray
Once it is discovered that there is a leak in his organisation, French security agent Pascal Fabre travels to Vienna to investigate the possibility that France's spy network has been infiltrated by enemy agents... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Once it is discovered that there is a leak in his organisation, French security agent Pascal Fabre travels to Vienna to investigate the possibility that France's spy network has been infiltrated by enemy agents... [More...]
Les Aventuriers (1967)
Robert Enrico
Whilst looking for materials for her next sculpture, Laetitia makes friends with Roland, a former racing driver, and Manu, a flying instructor... [More...]
Robert Enrico
Whilst looking for materials for her next sculpture, Laetitia makes friends with Roland, a former racing driver, and Manu, a flying instructor... [More...]
La Baie des anges (1963)
Jacques Demy
Jean Fournier is a modest young bank clerk living in Paris. He is sensible, respectable, and so it is with reluctance that he agrees to accompany his friend Caron to a casino... [More...]
Jacques Demy
Jean Fournier is a modest young bank clerk living in Paris. He is sensible, respectable, and so it is with reluctance that he agrees to accompany his friend Caron to a casino... [More...]
Baisers volés (1968)
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more... [More...]
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more... [More...]
Ballade pour un voyou (1963)
Claude-Jean Bonnardot
Recently released from prison, juvenile delinquent Vincent Vivant tries to make a fresh start as a garage mechanic. Tempted by easy money, he agrees to act as a courier for a spy named Stéphane, his errand being to take a mysterious suitcase to its intended owner... [More...]
Claude-Jean Bonnardot
Recently released from prison, juvenile delinquent Vincent Vivant tries to make a fresh start as a garage mechanic. Tempted by easy money, he agrees to act as a courier for a spy named Stéphane, his errand being to take a mysterious suitcase to its intended owner... [More...]
Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117 (1964)
André Hunebelle
French agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, alias OSS 117, is sent to Bangkok to investigate the assassination of an American secret service agent... [More...]
André Hunebelle
French agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, alias OSS 117, is sent to Bangkok to investigate the assassination of an American secret service agent... [More...]
La Bande à Bonnot (1968)
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
Bande à part (1964)
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
Les Barbouzes (1964)
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Jean Delannoy
The baron Jérôme Antoine is an inveterate gambler, often losing, sometimes winning. One day, he wins a million francs when playing cards with the marquis de Villamayor... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
The baron Jérôme Antoine is an inveterate gambler, often losing, sometimes winning. One day, he wins a million francs when playing cards with the marquis de Villamayor... [More...]
Le Bateau d'Émile (1962)
Denys de La Patellière
Realising he is close to death, Charles-Edmond Larmentiel returns to his home town of La Rochelle to enact a cruel vengeance on his family... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
Realising he is close to death, Charles-Edmond Larmentiel returns to his home town of La Rochelle to enact a cruel vengeance on his family... [More...]
La Belle Américaine (1961)
Robert Dhéry
The life of an ordinary factory worker Marcel is completely transformed when he manages to acquire an expensive new American car, a Cadillac convertible, for the price of a second-hand motorcycle... [More...]
Robert Dhéry
The life of an ordinary factory worker Marcel is completely transformed when he manages to acquire an expensive new American car, a Cadillac convertible, for the price of a second-hand motorcycle... [More...]
Belle de jour (1967)
Luis Buñuel
Although she is loved by her husband Pierre, Séverine Serizy cannot bring herself to have a physical relationship with him... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
Although she is loved by her husband Pierre, Séverine Serizy cannot bring herself to have a physical relationship with him... [More...]
Benjamin ou les Mémoires d'un puceau (1968)
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Béru et ces dames (1968)
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Les Biches (1968)
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Blague dans le coin (1963)
Maurice Labro
The third-rate comic Jeff Burlington finds work at Eldorado, a casino in the American gambling town Las Perlas. Here, Jeff is delighted to be reunited with his old friends Dolly and Betty, the latter of whom is the mistress of Sammy Bradford, the shady owner of the casino... [More...]
Maurice Labro
The third-rate comic Jeff Burlington finds work at Eldorado, a casino in the American gambling town Las Perlas. Here, Jeff is delighted to be reunited with his old friends Dolly and Betty, the latter of whom is the mistress of Sammy Bradford, the shady owner of the casino... [More...]
Le Bois des amants (1960)
Claude Autant-Lara
Brittany, Christmas 1943. Herta von Stauffen, a German soldier, makes an attempt to join her husband, Colonel von Stauffen, whom she has not seen since their wedding day... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Brittany, Christmas 1943. Herta von Stauffen, a German soldier, makes an attempt to join her husband, Colonel von Stauffen, whom she has not seen since their wedding day... [More...]
Le Bon roi Dagobert (1963)
Pierre Chevalier
Bébert Pelletan is a schoolboy who has a habit of daydreaming in class instead of paying attention. His teacher is so appalled that he knows nothing about the medieval king of France Dagobert that he gives the boy an essay to write on that very subject... [More...]
Pierre Chevalier
Bébert Pelletan is a schoolboy who has a habit of daydreaming in class instead of paying attention. His teacher is so appalled that he knows nothing about the medieval king of France Dagobert that he gives the boy an essay to write on that very subject... [More...]
Le Bonheur (1965)
Agnès Varda
François has an idyllic life and cannot imagine how he could be happier. He enjoys working as a carpenter with his older brother... [More...]
Agnès Varda
François has an idyllic life and cannot imagine how he could be happier. He enjoys working as a carpenter with his older brother... [More...]
La Bonne soupe (1964)
Robert Thomas
Marie Paule lives for the moment in Cannes and has a regular place at the casino, where she squanders what little remains of her money... [More...]
Robert Thomas
Marie Paule lives for the moment in Cannes and has a regular place at the casino, where she squanders what little remains of her money... [More...]
Les Bonnes causes (1963)
Christian-Jaque
Paul Dupré dies at the hands of his nurse Gina Bianchi when she administers his daily injection. His wife Catherine accuses the nurse of murdering her husband but Gina insists that she is innocent... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Paul Dupré dies at the hands of his nurse Gina Bianchi when she administers his daily injection. His wife Catherine accuses the nurse of murdering her husband but Gina insists that she is innocent... [More...]