French cinema: 1960s
Chair de poule (1963)
Julien Duvivier
Daniel and Paul are two hard-up factory workers who supplement their income by some nocturnal safe-cracking. However, it isn't long before their luck runs out...
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Julien Duvivier
La Chamade (1968)
Alain Cavalier
Lucile enjoys a life of leisure and comfort, thanks to her rich sugar daddy, Charles. Despite the difference in their ages - Lucile is 25, Charles is in his forties - they appear to be the perfect couple, sharing a large house, socialising with friends...
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Alain Cavalier
La Chambre ardente (1962)
Julien Duvivier
A dedicated student of history, Mathias Desgrez is an old man who lives alone in his castle buried deep in the Black Forest...
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Julien Duvivier
La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
Edouard Molinaro
'Don't do it!' pleads Julien when his best friend Antoine is about to get married to his sweetheart Gisèle. A confirmed bachelor who would rather be ritually disembowelled than have the matrimonial yoke thrust over his shoulders, Julien does everything within his power to dissuade his friend from marrying...
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Edouard Molinaro
Le Chevalier de Pardaillan (1962)
Bernard Borderie
Intent on deposing Henri IV, the ambitious Duke de Guise plans to marry a woman who has a stronger claim to the throne than he does, and thereby make himself the rightful King of France...
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Bernard Borderie
Le Chien fou (1966)
Eddy Matalon
Late one night, a gang of Parisian thieves succeed in breaking into a safe and laying their hands on a small fortune in diamonds... [More...]
Eddy Matalon
Late one night, a gang of Parisian thieves succeed in breaking into a safe and laying their hands on a small fortune in diamonds... [More...]
La Chinoise (1967)
Jean-Luc Godard
One summer, whilst living together in an apartment lent to them by a wealthy friend, five students discuss how they can apply the teachings of Mao Tse-tung to their own lives... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
One summer, whilst living together in an apartment lent to them by a wealthy friend, five students discuss how they can apply the teachings of Mao Tse-tung to their own lives... [More...]
Chronique d'un été (1961)
Edgar Morin
Paris, 1960. The sociologist Edgar Morin and ethnologist filmmaker Jean Rouch embark on a study to probe the psyche of ordinary Parisians... [More...]
Edgar Morin
Paris, 1960. The sociologist Edgar Morin and ethnologist filmmaker Jean Rouch embark on a study to probe the psyche of ordinary Parisians... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Clémentine chérie (1963)
Pierre Chevalier
Monsieur Bellus, a modest employee in a textiles factory, suddenly finds fame and fortune when he happens across a remarkable new fabric... [More...]
Pierre Chevalier
Monsieur Bellus, a modest employee in a textiles factory, suddenly finds fame and fortune when he happens across a remarkable new fabric... [More...]
Cléo de 5 à 7 (1961)
Agnès Varda
Paris, 1960. Cléo is an attractive younger singer who is anxiously awaiting the results of a medical examination. She has already convinced herself that she has cancer and will soon die from the disease, so she thinks morbid thoughts over the next two hours as she drifts without purpose around the capital... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Paris, 1960. Cléo is an attractive younger singer who is anxiously awaiting the results of a medical examination. She has already convinced herself that she has cancer and will soon die from the disease, so she thinks morbid thoughts over the next two hours as she drifts without purpose around the capital... [More...]
Climats (1962)
Stellio Lorenzi
Philippe Marcenat, the manager of a successful family printing firm in Paris, is preparing a catalogue on the famous Louvre Museum... [More...]
Stellio Lorenzi
Philippe Marcenat, the manager of a successful family printing firm in Paris, is preparing a catalogue on the famous Louvre Museum... [More...]
Cocagne (1961)
Maurice Cloche
A refuse truck driver, Marc-Antoine is content with his modest life in Arles with his wife Mélanie and their two teenage children... [More...]
Maurice Cloche
A refuse truck driver, Marc-Antoine is content with his modest life in Arles with his wife Mélanie and their two teenage children... [More...]
La Collectionneuse (1967)
Eric Rohmer
On the pretext of buying a painting for his new art gallery, Adrien heads off to the south of France for his summer holidays at a villa belonging to a friend, whilst his girlfriend Mijanou is away in London... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
On the pretext of buying a painting for his new art gallery, Adrien heads off to the south of France for his summer holidays at a villa belonging to a friend, whilst his girlfriend Mijanou is away in London... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Les Combinards (1966)
Juan Estelrich
Léo and Claude are two professional con artists who, having run out of ideas, turn to the newspapers in search of inspiration... [More...]
Juan Estelrich
Léo and Claude are two professional con artists who, having run out of ideas, turn to the newspapers in search of inspiration... [More...]
Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964)
Michel Boisrond
Philippe Lambert tries not to let his tendency to be an inveterate womaniser interfere with his professional duties as a ministerial attaché... [More...]
Michel Boisrond
Philippe Lambert tries not to let his tendency to be an inveterate womaniser interfere with his professional duties as a ministerial attaché... [More...]
Comment qu'elle est! (1960)
Bernard Borderie
FBI agent Lemmy Caution arrives from the USA, his mission to uncover a dangerous spy named Varley. The French secret services, led by the anti-American General Rupert, are engaged on the same assignment and agree reluctantly to work with him... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
FBI agent Lemmy Caution arrives from the USA, his mission to uncover a dangerous spy named Varley. The French secret services, led by the anti-American General Rupert, are engaged on the same assignment and agree reluctantly to work with him... [More...]
Les Compagnons de la marguerite (1967)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
An expert in restoring old manuscripts at the National Library, Jean-Louis Matouzec is not a happily married man, but his wife Françoise refuses to give him a divorce... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
An expert in restoring old manuscripts at the National Library, Jean-Louis Matouzec is not a happily married man, but his wife Françoise refuses to give him a divorce... [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...]
Constance aux enfers (1963)
François Villiers
Constance Brunel, a widow in her forties, has grown accustomed to living alone. These days, the only company she has are her pupils, to whom she gives piano lessons in her solitary Montmartre apartment... [More...]
François Villiers
Constance Brunel, a widow in her forties, has grown accustomed to living alone. These days, the only company she has are her pupils, to whom she gives piano lessons in her solitary Montmartre apartment... [More...]
Les Contrebandières (1968)
Luc Moullet
Brigitte has grown weary of her rigidly organised life in the city, which allows her too little freedom for her to discover her true self... [More...]
Luc Moullet
Brigitte has grown weary of her rigidly organised life in the city, which allows her too little freedom for her to discover her true self... [More...]
Les Copains (1965)
Yves Robert
One summer, seven men who have been the closest of friends since childhood decide to spend their holidays together. To make this a memorable occasion, they agree to launch a campaign against three of France's main institutions: the army, the church and local government... [More...]
Yves Robert
One summer, seven men who have been the closest of friends since childhood decide to spend their holidays together. To make this a memorable occasion, they agree to launch a campaign against three of France's main institutions: the army, the church and local government... [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...]
Les Créatures (1966)
Agnès Varda
Still suffering from the trauma of a road accident, a writer named Edgar finds himself afflicted with a mild case of writer's block... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Still suffering from the trauma of a road accident, a writer named Edgar finds himself afflicted with a mild case of writer's block... [More...]
Crésus (1960)
Jean Giono
Jules is a shepherd who lives a simple but contented life on a plateau in the rural heart of Haute-Provence. His closest friend is Fine, a young widow who keeps him company from time to time... [More...]
Jean Giono
Jules is a shepherd who lives a simple but contented life on a plateau in the rural heart of Haute-Provence. His closest friend is Fine, a young widow who keeps him company from time to time... [More...]
Le Crime ne paie pas (1962)
Gérard Oury
Segment one: Lucrezia kills her unfaithful lover but she doesn't expect that his other mistress will take revenge on her..... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Segment one: Lucrezia kills her unfaithful lover but she doesn't expect that his other mistress will take revenge on her..... [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...]
Les Croulants se portent bien (1961)
Jean Boyer
Fifty-something François Legrand is a successful composer who enjoys a comfortable life in the company of his mother Minouche and grown-up children, Michel and Martine... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Fifty-something François Legrand is a successful composer who enjoys a comfortable life in the company of his mother Minouche and grown-up children, Michel and Martine... [More...]