French cinema: 1960s
Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha (1965)
Claude Chabrol
A man named Dumont is on a train heading for Switzerland when he is killed by secret agent Bruno Kerrien. The latter finds what he is after in the dead man's possession - an odd-looking item of jewellery in the shape of a blue panther's head with rubies for its eyes...
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Claude Chabrol
La Mariée était en Noir (1967)
François Truffaut
At a party to celebrate his engagement, a young man named Bliss is drawn to a mysterious woman he has never seen before but who seems to know him...
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François Truffaut
Masculin, féminin (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard
His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer...
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Jean-Luc Godard
Le Masque de fer (1962)
Henri Decoin
After France has won the war against Spain, King Louis XIV must marry the daughter of the King of Spain to forge a lasting alliance between the two countries...
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Henri Decoin
Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964)
Jean-Louis Richard
The travails of WWI do not prevent the Alcazar music hall from being sold out for the performance given by the star of the show, a beautiful dancer of Javanese origin named Mata-Hari...
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Jean-Louis Richard
Les Mauvais coups (1961)
François Leterrier
In the French countryside of the Jura department live Roberte and Milan, a couple whose ten years of marriage is on the rocks... [More...]
François Leterrier
In the French countryside of the Jura department live Roberte and Milan, a couple whose ten years of marriage is on the rocks... [More...]
Les Mauvaises fréquentations (1963)
Jean Eustache
One Sunday evening, two men in their twenties roam the streets of the Clichy district of Paris, hoping to pick up a pair of girls they can spend the night with... [More...]
Jean Eustache
One Sunday evening, two men in their twenties roam the streets of the Clichy district of Paris, hoping to pick up a pair of girls they can spend the night with... [More...]
Méfiez-vous, mesdames! (1963)
André Hunebelle
Charles Rouvier is a renowned lawyer and also a well-known womaniser. When he is arrested and sent to prison for two years for helping one of his clients, he becomes obsessed with taking his revenge against women... [More...]
André Hunebelle
Charles Rouvier is a renowned lawyer and also a well-known womaniser. When he is arrested and sent to prison for two years for helping one of his clients, he becomes obsessed with taking his revenge against women... [More...]
Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)
Henri Verneuil
Monsieur Charles has only been out of jail five minutes after completing his last stretch before he begins planning his next robbery... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Monsieur Charles has only been out of jail five minutes after completing his last stretch before he begins planning his next robbery... [More...]
Les Menteurs (1961)
Edmond T. Gréville
Norma O'Brien, an aspiring young actress, and her lover, Dominique, are looking for an opportunity to brighten their future prospects... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
Norma O'Brien, an aspiring young actress, and her lover, Dominique, are looking for an opportunity to brighten their future prospects... [More...]
Le Mépris (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
Paul Javal, a crime fiction writer, is engaged by the American film producer Jeremy Prokosch to re-write a film about Homer's Odyssey... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Paul Javal, a crime fiction writer, is engaged by the American film producer Jeremy Prokosch to re-write a film about Homer's Odyssey... [More...]
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Le Miracle des loups (1961)
André Hunebelle
In 15th century France, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, plans to usurp the rightful king of France, Louis XI. Crucial to his scheme is his marriage to the king's goddaughter, Jeanne de Beauvais, but she refuses to marry him... [More...]
André Hunebelle
In 15th century France, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, plans to usurp the rightful king of France, Louis XI. Crucial to his scheme is his marriage to the king's goddaughter, Jeanne de Beauvais, but she refuses to marry him... [More...]
Moderato cantabile (1960)
Peter Brook
A bored housewife, Anne, witnesses the murder of a woman by her boyfriend in a bar-café. By chance, she meets a man, Chauvin, a labourer, who shares her fascination with the murder... [More...]
Peter Brook
A bored housewife, Anne, witnesses the murder of a woman by her boyfriend in a bar-café. By chance, she meets a man, Chauvin, a labourer, who shares her fascination with the murder... [More...]
Mon oncle Benjamin (1969)
Edouard Molinaro
France, 1750. Under the reign of Louis XV, Benjamin Rathery is an out-and-out maverick, as well-known for being an inveterate womaniser as he is a doctor dedicated to treating the poor... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
France, 1750. Under the reign of Louis XV, Benjamin Rathery is an out-and-out maverick, as well-known for being an inveterate womaniser as he is a doctor dedicated to treating the poor... [More...]
Le Monocle noir (1961)
Georges Lautner
The Marquis de Villemaur, an eccentric old man, invites to his mansion in the country a curious assortment of individuals who have one thing in common - they are Nazi sympathisers who expect to be presented with a survivor of the Third Reich... [More...]
Georges Lautner
The Marquis de Villemaur, an eccentric old man, invites to his mansion in the country a curious assortment of individuals who have one thing in common - they are Nazi sympathisers who expect to be presented with a survivor of the Third Reich... [More...]
Le Monocle rit jaune (1964)
Georges Lautner
After several attacks on nuclear power stations, Commandant Dromard of the French secret services is sent to Hong Kong to locate a suspect named Bergourian, but the man is killed before he can talk... [More...]
Georges Lautner
After several attacks on nuclear power stations, Commandant Dromard of the French secret services is sent to Hong Kong to locate a suspect named Bergourian, but the man is killed before he can talk... [More...]
Monsieur (1964)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
So distraught is he by the death of his wife that René Duchesne, a successful banker, is driven to suicide. He is about to throw himself into the River Seine when his former housemaid Suzanne appears from nowhere and calls out to him... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
So distraught is he by the death of his wife that René Duchesne, a successful banker, is driven to suicide. He is about to throw himself into the River Seine when his former housemaid Suzanne appears from nowhere and calls out to him... [More...]
Le Monte-Charge (1962)
Marcel Bluwal
Released from prison one Christmas evening, Robert Herbin tries to contact his mother, only to find that she died whilst he was in jail... [More...]
Marcel Bluwal
Released from prison one Christmas evening, Robert Herbin tries to contact his mother, only to find that she died whilst he was in jail... [More...]
La Mort de Belle (1961)
Edouard Molinaro
Living near Geneva with his wife, Stéphane Blanchon leads a respectable middle-class existence as a literature teacher... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Living near Geneva with his wife, Stéphane Blanchon leads a respectable middle-class existence as a literature teacher... [More...]
Mouchette (1967)
Robert Bresson
Mouchette, a 14 year old girl, lives a miserable existence in a rural French village. Bullied by her father, compelled to look after her dying mother and her baby sibling, she has been robbed of her childhood... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Mouchette, a 14 year old girl, lives a miserable existence in a rural French village. Bullied by her father, compelled to look after her dying mother and her baby sibling, she has been robbed of her childhood... [More...]
Le Mouton (1960)
Pierre Chevalier
Fernand Castel is a timid police functionary, happy with his deskbound job, but wishing he could earn more money so that he can impress Gisèle, the attractive waitress he has fallen in love with... [More...]
Pierre Chevalier
Fernand Castel is a timid police functionary, happy with his deskbound job, but wishing he could earn more money so that he can impress Gisèle, the attractive waitress he has fallen in love with... [More...]
Muriel (1963)
Alain Resnais
Hélène lives in the French sea town of Boulogne with her step-son Bernard, running an antiques business from her apartment... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Hélène lives in the French sea town of Boulogne with her step-son Bernard, running an antiques business from her apartment... [More...]
Les Mystères de Paris (1962)
André Hunebelle
Paris, 1840. The fortunes of the Marquis Rodolphe de Sombreuil, a frivolous dandy, and Marie Godin, one of the city's malnourished poor, become inextricably linked on the day that the former's horse-drawn carriage knocks down the latter's father... [More...]
André Hunebelle
Paris, 1840. The fortunes of the Marquis Rodolphe de Sombreuil, a frivolous dandy, and Marie Godin, one of the city's malnourished poor, become inextricably linked on the day that the former's horse-drawn carriage knocks down the latter's father... [More...]
Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens (1968)
Henri Lanoë
René Mastier, a reporter for a Parisian newspaper, and his photographer Paddy are too busy enjoying the high life in Rio de Janeiro to notice a riot breaking out in the streets around them... [More...]
Henri Lanoë
René Mastier, a reporter for a Parisian newspaper, and his photographer Paddy are too busy enjoying the high life in Rio de Janeiro to notice a riot breaking out in the streets around them... [More...]
Ne nous fâchons pas (1966)
Georges Lautner
Antoine Beretto had hoped that his criminal past is way behind him. Once a notorious gangster, he now basks in tranquil respectability on the sunny Côte d'Azur, his only professional interest being the boating club that he manages so successfully... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Antoine Beretto had hoped that his criminal past is way behind him. Once a notorious gangster, he now basks in tranquil respectability on the sunny Côte d'Azur, his only professional interest being the boating club that he manages so successfully... [More...]
Nous irons à Deauville (1962)
Francis Rigaud
Two friends head off for their holidays in the seaside resort of Deauville, accompanied by their wives and the niece of one of them... [More...]
Francis Rigaud
Two friends head off for their holidays in the seaside resort of Deauville, accompanied by their wives and the niece of one of them... [More...]
Objectif: 500 millions (1966)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Paris, 1966. Richau, a former captain in the French paratroop regiment, has just been released from prison after serving a term for participating in an uprising during the Algerian War... [More...]
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Paris, 1966. Richau, a former captain in the French paratroop regiment, has just been released from prison after serving a term for participating in an uprising during the Algerian War... [More...]
L'Oeil du malin (1962)
Claude Chabrol
Embittered by his failure to make a success of his career as a journalist, Albin Mercier enjoys nothing more than bringing misery to others, particularly those who have made something of their lives... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Embittered by his failure to make a success of his career as a journalist, Albin Mercier enjoys nothing more than bringing misery to others, particularly those who have made something of their lives... [More...]
L'Oeil du monocle (1962)
Georges Lautner
Twenty years ago, with WWII turning in favour of the allies, the Germans dropped a chest filled with gold and important secret documents into the sea off the coast of Corsica... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Twenty years ago, with WWII turning in favour of the allies, the Germans dropped a chest filled with gold and important secret documents into the sea off the coast of Corsica... [More...]