French cinema: 1963
À cause, à cause d'une femme (1963)
Michel Deville
The young and seductive Rémi is a lady's man of the first degree. He knows that women find his charms irresistible and he exploits the fact to his advantage, oblivious to the hearts he may break along the way...
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Michel Deville
À toi de faire... mignonne (1963)
Bernard Borderie
An FBI agent is murdered just as she discovers some important documents concerning Professor Elmer Whittaker. When the professor goes missing, Lemmy Caution is sent to investigate...
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Bernard Borderie
L'Aîné des Ferchaux (1963)
Jean-Pierre Melville
After a series of match defeats, a young boxer named Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager and is forced to look for alternative employment to make ends meet...
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Jean-Pierre Melville
L'Appartement des filles (1963)
Michel Deville
Not for Tibère the life-sapping tedium of a routine office job. He sees himself as a man of derring-do, a man who scorns danger and lives for the present...
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Michel Deville
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]
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 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...]
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...]
Les Carabiniers (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
Two country peasants are recruited to join the army and serve in the war. They are promised wealth, fulfilment and freedom to do whatever they wish whilst in active service... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Two country peasants are recruited to join the army and serve in the war. They are promised wealth, fulfilment and freedom to do whatever they wish whilst in active service... [More...]
Carambolages (1963)
Marcel Bluwal
Paul Martin may be a lowly groundfloor employee of a leisure events company but he has big ambitions, and you can see why... [More...]
Marcel Bluwal
Paul Martin may be a lowly groundfloor employee of a leisure events company but he has big ambitions, and you can see why... [More...]
La Carrière de Suzanne (1963)
Eric Rohmer
Bertrand and Guillaume, two students at university in Paris, are very different in both their temperament and their attitude... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Bertrand and Guillaume, two students at university in Paris, are very different in both their temperament and their attitude... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]
La Cuisine au beurre (1963)
Gilles Grangier
During WWII, Fernand Jouvin escapes from the camp where he has been held as a prisoner-of-war and is taken in by a pleasant Austrian woman named Gerda... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
During WWII, Fernand Jouvin escapes from the camp where he has been held as a prisoner-of-war and is taken in by a pleasant Austrian woman named Gerda... [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...]
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...]
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
André Cayatte
The American Johnny Parsons is a bad painter who has difficulty selling his work. His girlfriend, Agnès, works as a secretary for the rich Mrs Winter, a widow who lives in a Riviera villa with her 10 year-old son... [More...]
André Cayatte
The American Johnny Parsons is a bad painter who has difficulty selling his work. His girlfriend, Agnès, works as a secretary for the rich Mrs Winter, a widow who lives in a Riviera villa with her 10 year-old son... [More...]
L'Honorable Stanislas, agent secret (1963)
Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Stanislas Dubois runs an advertising agency in Paris. In his line of work, he has to deal with some difficult customers, but few are as imposing as the young woman who comes to him one day, intent on foisting on him a Cézanne painting... [More...]
Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Stanislas Dubois runs an advertising agency in Paris. In his line of work, he has to deal with some difficult customers, but few are as imposing as the young woman who comes to him one day, intent on foisting on him a Cézanne painting... [More...]
Il Gattopardo (1963)
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Le Jour et l'heure (1963)
René Clément
During WWII, Thérèse Dutheil refuses to have any interest in politics, even though her husband is being held a prisoner-of-war in Germany... [More...]
René Clément
During WWII, Thérèse Dutheil refuses to have any interest in politics, even though her husband is being held a prisoner-of-war in Germany... [More...]
Judex (1963)
Georges Franju
The banker Favraux has made his fortune by preying on others far less scrupulous than he. One day, he receives a letter from someone named Judex threatening him with death unless he returns his ill-gotten gains to those from whom he stole them... [More...]
Georges Franju
The banker Favraux has made his fortune by preying on others far less scrupulous than he. One day, he receives a letter from someone named Judex threatening him with death unless he returns his ill-gotten gains to those from whom he stole them... [More...]
Landru (1963)
Claude Chabrol
Whilst Europe is being ravaged by the 1914-18 war, Henri Désiré Landru is busy making a dishonest living to keep himself, his wife, his mistress and his four children in the bourgeois manner to which they have all grown accustomed... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Whilst Europe is being ravaged by the 1914-18 war, Henri Désiré Landru is busy making a dishonest living to keep himself, his wife, his mistress and his four children in the bourgeois manner to which they have all grown accustomed... [More...]
Le Magot de Josefa (1963)
Claude Autant-Lara
Musician Pierre Corneille and songwriter Justin Truculia are delighted when they receive their first paycheque for a song they have written together... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Musician Pierre Corneille and songwriter Justin Truculia are delighted when they receive their first paycheque for a song they have written together... [More...]
Maigret voit rouge (1963)
Gilles Grangier
One night, a man is shot dead in the busy Pigalle district of Paris, apparently the victim of a drive-by killing. The sole witness to the crime is Inspector Lognon, who hurries away to notify the police... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
One night, a man is shot dead in the busy Pigalle district of Paris, apparently the victim of a drive-by killing. The sole witness to the crime is Inspector Lognon, who hurries away to notify the police... [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...]