French cinema: 1980s
Frantic (1988)
Roman Polanski
Dr Richard Walker and his wife Sondra, an American couple, arrive in Paris ahead of a medical conference at which Dr Walker is to give a paper...
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Roman Polanski
Les Fugitifs (1986)
Francis Veber
A series of bank robberies has earned Jean Lucas a five year stretch in prison. Once his term of incarceration is over, he vows to turn over a new leaf and become an honest man, a resolution which his old enemy police superintendent Duroc doubts he will stick to for long...
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Francis Veber
La Garce (1984)
Christine Pascal
One evening, a young police officer named Lucien Sabatier comes to the aid of 17-year-old Aline Kaminker when she is unceremoniously thrown out of a car...
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Christine Pascal
Garçon! (1983)
Claude Sautet
Alex's salad days may be well behind him but he still has drive and knows how to charm the opposite sex. At present, he is happy enough with his job as head waiter at a thriving Parisian brasserie...
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Claude Sautet
Garde à vue (1981)
Claude Miller
In a small French town, two young girls are found raped and murdered. The obvious suspect is a prominent lawyer, Jérôme Martinaud, who is known to have been in the vicinity of both killings when they took place...
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Claude Miller
Le Garde du corps (1984)
François Leterrier
Through his mother's dating agency, Paul meets Barbara, an attractive English journalist. Whilst he becomes besotted with her, she has no interest in him and, instead, falls for the charms of another man, Julien... [More...]
François Leterrier
Through his mother's dating agency, Paul meets Barbara, an attractive English journalist. Whilst he becomes besotted with her, she has no interest in him and, instead, falls for the charms of another man, Julien... [More...]
Le Gendarme et les gendarmettes (1982)
Tony Aboyantz
Shortly after moving into their new headquarters, the gendarmes of Saint-Tropez are told that four female trainee gendarmes are to put into their charge... [More...]
Tony Aboyantz
Shortly after moving into their new headquarters, the gendarmes of Saint-Tropez are told that four female trainee gendarmes are to put into their charge... [More...]
La Gitane (1986)
Philippe de Broca
Hubert Durieux runs a bank in the small town of Oise in the north of France. His fairly routine existence is governed by the three women in his life - his nagging ex-wife Brigitte, his demanding daughter Florence and his over-sexed mistress Elsa... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Hubert Durieux runs a bank in the small town of Oise in the north of France. His fairly routine existence is governed by the three women in his life - his nagging ex-wife Brigitte, his demanding daughter Florence and his over-sexed mistress Elsa... [More...]
Le Grand bleu (1988)
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
Le Grand carnaval (1983)
Alexandre Arcady
In November 1942, American troops land in North Africa at the height of World War II to make ready for the liberation of Europe... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
In November 1942, American troops land in North Africa at the height of World War II to make ready for the liberation of Europe... [More...]
Le Grand chemin (1987)
Jean-Loup Hubert
In the summer of 1959, a coach arrives in a small village in rural Brittany, bringing a pregnant mother Claire and her nine-year-old son Louis... [More...]
Jean-Loup Hubert
In the summer of 1959, a coach arrives in a small village in rural Brittany, bringing a pregnant mother Claire and her nine-year-old son Louis... [More...]
Le Grand frère (1982)
Francis Girod
Two French legionnaires, Rossi and Berger, crash-land in Africa. Having shot his colleague and left him for dead, Rossi runs off with some of the cash their plane was carrying... [More...]
Francis Girod
Two French legionnaires, Rossi and Berger, crash-land in Africa. Having shot his colleague and left him for dead, Rossi runs off with some of the cash their plane was carrying... [More...]
Le Grand pardon (1982)
Alexandre Arcady
At the age of 50, Raymond Bettoun finds himself at the head of one of the most notorious gangster clans in France, one that is proud of its Jewish pied-noir ancestry... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
At the age of 50, Raymond Bettoun finds himself at the head of one of the most notorious gangster clans in France, one that is proud of its Jewish pied-noir ancestry... [More...]
La Guerre du feu (1981)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
80,000 years ago, the very dawn of human civilisation. When a tribe of cave-dwellers lose their only source of fire, three of their number set off to seek the fire which the tribe desperately needs to survive... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Annaud
80,000 years ago, the very dawn of human civilisation. When a tribe of cave-dwellers lose their only source of fire, three of their number set off to seek the fire which the tribe desperately needs to survive... [More...]
Le Guignolo (1980)
Georges Lautner
Within days of leaving prison, international conman Alexandre Dupré is soon back to his old habits, hoping to make his fortune by preying on the gullibility and greed of others... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Within days of leaving prison, international conman Alexandre Dupré is soon back to his old habits, hoping to make his fortune by preying on the gullibility and greed of others... [More...]
Guy de Maupassant (1982)
Michel Drach
In the summer of 1891, at the height of his fame, Guy de Maupassant begins to lose his mind. Unable to complete his latest novel, L'Angélus, he falls victim to severe headaches and frightening hallucinations that cause him to think his end is near... [More...]
Michel Drach
In the summer of 1891, at the height of his fame, Guy de Maupassant begins to lose his mind. Unable to complete his latest novel, L'Angélus, he falls victim to severe headaches and frightening hallucinations that cause him to think his end is near... [More...]
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (1989)
Denis Amar
France, 1954. With the country's economy still in a parlous state since the end of the Second World War, housing is not the government's number one priority... [More...]
Denis Amar
France, 1954. With the country's economy still in a parlous state since the end of the Second World War, housing is not the government's number one priority... [More...]
Hold-Up (1985)
Alexandre Arcady
Criminal genius Grimm devises a seemingly foolproof plan to rob the Montreal Central Bank. By disguising himself as a clown and passing off his accomplices Georges and Lise as two of the hostages, he manages to smuggle two million dollars out of the bank without anyone noticing... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
Criminal genius Grimm devises a seemingly foolproof plan to rob the Montreal Central Bank. By disguising himself as a clown and passing off his accomplices Georges and Lise as two of the hostages, he manages to smuggle two million dollars out of the bank without anyone noticing... [More...]
L'Homme blessé (1983)
Patrice Chéreau
Henri, a young man of about 19, is seeing his sister off at a provincial train station when he suddenly notices a man spying on him from a distance... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Henri, a young man of about 19, is seeing his sister off at a provincial train station when he suddenly notices a man spying on him from a distance... [More...]
Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses (1981)
Jean-Marie Poiré
When her fiancé walks out on her, the frumpish Lydie has no choice but to find a flat mate to share her expensive apartment... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré
When her fiancé walks out on her, the frumpish Lydie has no choice but to find a flat mate to share her expensive apartment... [More...]
L'Honneur d'un capitaine (1982)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
In the course of a television debate on the Algerian War in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounces the use of torture by French troops during the conflict... [More...]
Pierre Schoendoerffer
In the course of a television debate on the Algerian War in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounces the use of torture by French troops during the conflict... [More...]
Hôtel des Amériques (1981)
André Téchiné
Hélène is a 30-something anaesthetist at a hospital in the French seaside town of Biarritz. One evening, whilst driving home in a distracted state, she almost runs over a pedestrian, Gilles... [More...]
André Téchiné
Hélène is a 30-something anaesthetist at a hospital in the French seaside town of Biarritz. One evening, whilst driving home in a distracted state, she almost runs over a pedestrian, Gilles... [More...]
I Want to Go Home (1989)
Alain Resnais
An ageing American cartoonists, Joey Wellman, makes a visit to Paris to attend an exhibition of his work. He plans to meet up with his daughter, Elsie, who is studying at the Sorbonne, but she has little respect for her father and fails to keep the rendez-vous... [More...]
Alain Resnais
An ageing American cartoonists, Joey Wellman, makes a visit to Paris to attend an exhibition of his work. He plans to meet up with his daughter, Elsie, who is studying at the Sorbonne, but she has little respect for her father and fails to keep the rendez-vous... [More...]
L'Indic (1983)
Serge Leroy
From the moment he sees Sylvia for the first time Dominique Leonelli cannot take his eyes off her. She is mourning at the funeral of an aunt... [More...]
Serge Leroy
From the moment he sees Sylvia for the first time Dominique Leonelli cannot take his eyes off her. She is mourning at the funeral of an aunt... [More...]
Les Innocents (1987)
André Téchiné
Jeanne, a young woman from the north of France, travels to the Mediterranean sea town of Toulon to attend the wedding of her older sister to a North African man... [More...]
André Téchiné
Jeanne, a young woman from the north of France, travels to the Mediterranean sea town of Toulon to attend the wedding of her older sister to a North African man... [More...]
Inspecteur la Bavure (1980)
Claude Zidi
Jules Clément's distinguished police career ends tragically when he is fatally wounded whilst trying to bring a notorious hoodlum to book... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Jules Clément's distinguished police career ends tragically when he is fatally wounded whilst trying to bring a notorious hoodlum to book... [More...]
Inspecteur Lavardin (1986)
Claude Chabrol
In a small town on a drab stretch of the Brittany coastline, the renowned Catholic writer Raoul Mons leads an exemplary life, intent on upholding moral standards in the district... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
In a small town on a drab stretch of the Brittany coastline, the renowned Catholic writer Raoul Mons leads an exemplary life, intent on upholding moral standards in the district... [More...]
L'Invité surprise (1989)
Georges Lautner
Invité surprise is a popular reality TV show in which a man is apparently shot dead 'on air', to the consternation of a shocked audience... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Invité surprise is a popular reality TV show in which a man is apparently shot dead 'on air', to the consternation of a shocked audience... [More...]
Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté (1988)
Claude Lelouch
Sam Lion has led a full and successful life. As a young boy, abandoned by his mother, he was adopted by a circus family, where he developed an afinity for big cats... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Sam Lion has led a full and successful life. As a young boy, abandoned by his mother, he was adopted by a circus family, where he developed an afinity for big cats... [More...]
J'ai épousé une ombre (1983)
Robin Davis
Eight months pregnant, Hélène is abandoned by her brutal boyfriend Frank and is forced to start over again... [More...]
Robin Davis
Eight months pregnant, Hélène is abandoned by her brutal boyfriend Frank and is forced to start over again... [More...]