French cinema: 1960
À bout de souffle (1960)
Jean-Luc Godard
Michel Poiccard is a small-time crook on a mission: to recover some money owed to him by his criminal associates. To that end, he steals a car in Marseille and heads for Paris...
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Jean-Luc Godard
À pleines mains (1960)
Maurice Régamey
In Spain, a gang of crooks make off with an enormous quantity of watermarked paper with which they intend to make counterfeit banknotes...
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Maurice Régamey
L'Affaire d'une nuit (1960)
Henri Verneuil
Michel Ferréol is a comfortably off middle-class man who is somewhat embarrassed when he runs into an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco, who is over-keen to take him on a trip down memory lane...
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Henri Verneuil
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
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...
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Abel Gance
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 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...]
Les Bonnes femmes (1960)
Claude Chabrol
Four attractive young women who work together in an electrical appliance shop do all they can to escape from the tedious monotony of their uneventful lives... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Four attractive young women who work together in an electrical appliance shop do all they can to escape from the tedious monotony of their uneventful lives... [More...]
Le Bossu (1960)
André Hunebelle
In the dying days of the reign of Louis XIV, the scheming prince Philippe de Gonzague decides to murder his cousin, Philippe de Nevers, so that he can take both his fortune and his wife, Isabelle de Caylus... [More...]
André Hunebelle
In the dying days of the reign of Louis XIV, the scheming prince Philippe de Gonzague decides to murder his cousin, Philippe de Nevers, so that he can take both his fortune and his wife, Isabelle de Caylus... [More...]
Boulevard (1960)
Julien Duvivier
Driven away from home by his shrewish stepmother, 15-year-old Jojo finds a place to live by himself, a tiny garret room overlooking the Place Pigalle... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Driven away from home by his shrewish stepmother, 15-year-old Jojo finds a place to live by himself, a tiny garret room overlooking the Place Pigalle... [More...]
La Brune que voilà (1960)
Robert Lamoureux
Germain, a second hand car dealer, has a real talent when it comes to conning his customers into buying the most unroadworthy of vehicles... [More...]
Robert Lamoureux
Germain, a second hand car dealer, has a real talent when it comes to conning his customers into buying the most unroadworthy of vehicles... [More...]
Le Caïd (1960)
Bernard Borderie
An oil refinery in southern France is the site of a bloody hold-up in which a crook named Toni escapes with thirty million francs... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
An oil refinery in southern France is the site of a bloody hold-up in which a crook named Toni escapes with thirty million francs... [More...]
Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960)
Norbert Carbonnaux
Adopted by a wealthy baron, the orphaned Candide grows to accept the optimistic philosophy of his wise tutor, Dr Pangloss, that 'all is for the best in the best of all worlds'... [More...]
Norbert Carbonnaux
Adopted by a wealthy baron, the orphaned Candide grows to accept the optimistic philosophy of his wise tutor, Dr Pangloss, that 'all is for the best in the best of all worlds'... [More...]
Le Capitan (1960)
André Hunebelle
France, 1616. After the assassination of Henri IV, the queen mother Marie de Médicis governs France in the name of the young king, Louis XIII... [More...]
André Hunebelle
France, 1616. After the assassination of Henri IV, the queen mother Marie de Médicis governs France in the name of the young king, Louis XIII... [More...]
Certains l'aiment... froide (1960)
Jean Bastia
Before he dies on 4th July 1759, the Marquis of Valmorin drafts a will which he insists will not be opened until 200 years have passed... [More...]
Jean Bastia
Before he dies on 4th July 1759, the Marquis of Valmorin drafts a will which he insists will not be opened until 200 years have passed... [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...]
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...]
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 Dialogue des Carmélites (1960)
Philippe Agostini
May, 1789. In Compiègne, a town in northern France, two young women enter a Carmelite convent, each determined to devote their lives to the service of Christ... [More...]
Philippe Agostini
May, 1789. In Compiègne, a town in northern France, two young women enter a Carmelite convent, each determined to devote their lives to the service of Christ... [More...]
Les Distractions (1960)
Jacques Dupont
Paul Frapier is a reporter whose only preoccupations are his work, his car and girls. He is more or less in love with a cover-girl Vera but doesn't want any commitment... [More...]
Jacques Dupont
Paul Frapier is a reporter whose only preoccupations are his work, his car and girls. He is more or less in love with a cover-girl Vera but doesn't want any commitment... [More...]
La Dolce vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set... [More...]
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set... [More...]
L'Eau à la bouche (1960)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
Edmond T. Gréville
After a successful concert, the pianist Stephen Orlac is involved in a plane crash whilst returning to his fiancée Louise... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
After a successful concert, the pianist Stephen Orlac is involved in a plane crash whilst returning to his fiancée Louise... [More...]
Les Honneurs de la guerre (1960)
Jean Dewever
One fine sunny morning in August 1944, the inhabitants of a small French town, Nanteuil, are celebrating their liberation from Nazi occupation when a small battalion of German soldiers suddenly shows up... [More...]
Jean Dewever
One fine sunny morning in August 1944, the inhabitants of a small French town, Nanteuil, are celebrating their liberation from Nazi occupation when a small battalion of German soldiers suddenly shows up... [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...]
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...]
Le Passage du Rhin (1960)
André Cayatte
Paris, 1939. War is about to be declared any day. Roger works in a bakery and Jean is a reporter for the magazine L'Espoir... [More...]
André Cayatte
Paris, 1939. War is about to be declared any day. Roger works in a bakery and Jean is a reporter for the magazine L'Espoir... [More...]