French cinema: 1960s
Échappement libre (1964)
Jean Becker
David Ladislas makes a comfortable living for himself by smuggling precious goods around Europe. One day, he is offered a small fortune if he will transport three hundred kilograms of gold to Lebanon in his sports car...
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Jean Becker
L'Enfance nue (1968)
Maurice Pialat
Abandoned by his own parents, François, a nine-year old boy, is placed in the care of Mr and Mrs Josselin, an ordinary working class family with a young daughter of their own...
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Maurice Pialat
Erotissimo (1969)
Gérard Pirès
Annie and Philippe are a young married couple who appear to have a perfectly satisfactory love life. Then, one day, Annie is prompted by an article to ask herself if she is living up to her marital responsibilities...
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Gérard Pirès
Et mourir de plaisir (1960)
Roger Vadim
Carmilla von Karstein is both fascinated and perturbed when she hears that a forebear of hers, Millarca, narrowly escaped the fate reserved for vampires: a stake through the heart...
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Roger Vadim
Et Satan conduit le bal (1962)
Grisha Dabat
Yvan, a 20-year-old drifter, is idling away his days in the south of France in the company of his naive girlfriend Emmanuelle...
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Grisha Dabat
La Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965)
Denys de La Patellière
In the 13th century, Marco Polo's dreams of adventure in distant lands look set to become reality when his father, a once great merchant now fallen on hard times, delivers a letter to Pope Gregory... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
In the 13th century, Marco Polo's dreams of adventure in distant lands look set to become reality when his father, a once great merchant now fallen on hard times, delivers a letter to Pope Gregory... [More...]
Faites sauter la banque! (1964)
Jean Girault
Victor Garnier is the proud owner of a little shop that sells fishing tackle. On the advice of his banker, André Durand-Mareuil, he invests his entire savings in shares in an oil company that are expected to leap in value at any moment... [More...]
Jean Girault
Victor Garnier is the proud owner of a little shop that sells fishing tackle. On the advice of his banker, André Durand-Mareuil, he invests his entire savings in shares in an oil company that are expected to leap in value at any moment... [More...]
Fantômas (1964)
André Hunebelle
A journalist, Fandor, publishes a fictitious interview with the celebrated master criminal Fantômas. Soon after, he is kidnapped and taken to a secret lair where he meets an indignant Fantômas... [More...]
André Hunebelle
A journalist, Fandor, publishes a fictitious interview with the celebrated master criminal Fantômas. Soon after, he is kidnapped and taken to a secret lair where he meets an indignant Fantômas... [More...]
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (1967)
André Hunebelle
The criminal mastermind Fantômas has turned over a new leaf. Instead of terrorising humanity with his dastardly schemes he intends becoming its benefactor, by imposing a right-to-live tax on the super-rich... [More...]
André Hunebelle
The criminal mastermind Fantômas has turned over a new leaf. Instead of terrorising humanity with his dastardly schemes he intends becoming its benefactor, by imposing a right-to-live tax on the super-rich... [More...]
Fantômas se déchaîne (1965)
André Hunebelle
A year after his disappearance, the arch-criminal Fantômas announces on television that he intends to build a new secret weapon which will make him master of the world... [More...]
André Hunebelle
A year after his disappearance, the arch-criminal Fantômas announces on television that he intends to build a new secret weapon which will make him master of the world... [More...]
Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages (1968)
Michel Audiard
It isn't long after their first meeting on the French Riviera that Fred, a gangster, and Rita, his gorgeous mistress, are planning their first criminal exploit together... [More...]
Michel Audiard
It isn't long after their first meeting on the French Riviera that Fred, a gangster, and Rita, his gorgeous mistress, are planning their first criminal exploit together... [More...]
La Fayette (1962)
Jean Dréville
In 1776, the British colonies in America have begun to rise up against the British crown, intent on creating their own independent republic... [More...]
Jean Dréville
In 1776, the British colonies in America have begun to rise up against the British crown, intent on creating their own independent republic... [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...]
Les Fêtes galantes (1965)
René Clair
Way back in the 18th century, life was hard and unpredictable - especially when you found yourself at the mercy of a conquering power... [More...]
René Clair
Way back in the 18th century, life was hard and unpredictable - especially when you found yourself at the mercy of a conquering power... [More...]
Le Feu follet (1963)
Louis Malle
At a private clinic near to Paris, a burnt-out writer, Alain Leroy, is being treated for alcoholism. Despite being almost cured of his addiction, Alain, in his mid-thirties, has recurring bouts of depression and has resolved to kill himself in a few days' time... [More...]
Louis Malle
At a private clinic near to Paris, a burnt-out writer, Alain Leroy, is being treated for alcoholism. Despite being almost cured of his addiction, Alain, in his mid-thirties, has recurring bouts of depression and has resolved to kill himself in a few days' time... [More...]
La Fiancée du pirate (1969)
Nelly Kaplan
In a tightly knit rural community, Marie and her mother are outcasts, living in a small wood cabin. Marie is exploited and abused by both her employer, a lesbian landowner, and her oversexed male neighbours, who include the town's mayor and a seemingly respectable shopkeeper... [More...]
Nelly Kaplan
In a tightly knit rural community, Marie and her mother are outcasts, living in a small wood cabin. Marie is exploited and abused by both her employer, a lesbian landowner, and her oversexed male neighbours, who include the town's mayor and a seemingly respectable shopkeeper... [More...]
La Fille aux yeux d'or (1961)
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
Henri Marsav is a 20-something fashion photographer who revels in hedonistic youth with his circle of equally debauched friends... [More...]
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
Henri Marsav is a 20-something fashion photographer who revels in hedonistic youth with his circle of equally debauched friends... [More...]
Fortunat (1960)
Alex Joffé
With France under Nazi occupation, a young mother named Juliette finds that her own life is in danger when her husband, an active member of the French Resistance, is captured by the Germans... [More...]
Alex Joffé
With France under Nazi occupation, a young mother named Juliette finds that her own life is in danger when her husband, an active member of the French Resistance, is captured by the Germans... [More...]
Le Fou du labo 4 (1967)
Jacques Besnard
Eugène Ballanchon is a dedicated research scientist who at present is busy working on a new truth compound. In the course of his experiments, he unwittingly creates a gas that is capable of rendering its victims placid and amiable within seconds... [More...]
Jacques Besnard
Eugène Ballanchon is a dedicated research scientist who at present is busy working on a new truth compound. In the course of his experiments, he unwittingly creates a gas that is capable of rendering its victims placid and amiable within seconds... [More...]
La Française et l'amour (1960)
Michel Boisrond
As any woman knows, the process of discovering love is one that takes a lifetime, each season of life revealing a different facet of this most mysterious of phenomena... [More...]
Michel Boisrond
As any woman knows, the process of discovering love is one that takes a lifetime, each season of life revealing a different facet of this most mysterious of phenomena... [More...]
Le Franciscain de Bourges (1968)
Claude Autant-Lara
Before the war, Alfred Stanke was the most devout of Franciscan monks. Now that he is an officer in the German army, he channels his compassion for his fellow man into his duties as a nurse at a prison in the French town of Bourges... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Before the war, Alfred Stanke was the most devout of Franciscan monks. Now that he is an officer in the German army, he channels his compassion for his fellow man into his duties as a nurse at a prison in the French town of Bourges... [More...]
Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 (1965)
André Hunebelle
Following the assassination of several prominent politicians in South America, the French secret services send their best agent - Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, better known as OSS 117 - to investigate... [More...]
André Hunebelle
Following the assassination of several prominent politicians in South America, the French secret services send their best agent - Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, better known as OSS 117 - to investigate... [More...]
Le Gai savoir (1969)
Jean-Luc Godard
In a deserted television studio two artistic militants come together to exchange their ideas about television, cinema and politics... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
In a deserted television studio two artistic militants come together to exchange their ideas about television, cinema and politics... [More...]
Galia (1966)
Georges Lautner
A good-looking twenty-something, Galia leaves her home in Normandy and settles in the centre of Paris. She is walking along the banks of the Seine one evening when she notices a young woman apparently drowning in the river... [More...]
Georges Lautner
A good-looking twenty-something, Galia leaves her home in Normandy and settles in the centre of Paris. She is walking along the banks of the Seine one evening when she notices a young woman apparently drowning in the river... [More...]
Le Gendarme à New York (1965)
Jean Girault
With an international police conference due to take place in New York, the police brigade of St-Tropez is given the honour of attending the event as France's representative... [More...]
Jean Girault
With an international police conference due to take place in New York, the police brigade of St-Tropez is given the honour of attending the event as France's representative... [More...]
Le Gendarme de St. Tropez (1964)
Jean Girault
Ludovic Cruchot, an overly enthusiastic country policeman, is transferred to Saint-Tropez, where he immediately sets about imposing his idea of the law on what he sees as a morally lax public - much to the chagrin of his adjutant Gerber... [More...]
Jean Girault
Ludovic Cruchot, an overly enthusiastic country policeman, is transferred to Saint-Tropez, where he immediately sets about imposing his idea of the law on what he sees as a morally lax public - much to the chagrin of his adjutant Gerber... [More...]
Le Gendarme se marie (1968)
Jean Girault
The 1st of July marks the start of the summer holidays in France, and the commencement of a new campaign by the Saint-Tropez gendarmerie to clamp down on dangerous drivers... [More...]
Jean Girault
The 1st of July marks the start of the summer holidays in France, and the commencement of a new campaign by the Saint-Tropez gendarmerie to clamp down on dangerous drivers... [More...]
Le Gentleman d'Epsom (1962)
Gilles Grangier
Retired military officer Richard Briand-Charmery, known to all as “The Commandant”, gambles every centime he has on horse racing bets... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Retired military officer Richard Briand-Charmery, known to all as “The Commandant”, gambles every centime he has on horse racing bets... [More...]
Germinal (1963)
Yves Allégret
France, 1863. Etienne Lantier is a railway worker who loses his job as a result of his union activities. He finds work at the mines in Voreux and lodges with the Maheu family... [More...]
Yves Allégret
France, 1863. Etienne Lantier is a railway worker who loses his job as a result of his union activities. He finds work at the mines in Voreux and lodges with the Maheu family... [More...]