French cinema: 1990s
Le Cri de la soie (1996)
Yvon Marciano
In 1914, an uneducated young woman named Marie Benjamin is arrested after stealing some silk from a Parisian department store...
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Yvon Marciano
La Crise (1992)
Coline Serreau
Victor's cosy little world comes tumbling down around him when, on the same day, he loses both his wife and his well-paid job as a legal consultant...
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Coline Serreau
Cuisine et dépendances (1993)
Philippe Muyl
When Martine meets an old friend that she hasn't seen for over ten years she naturally invites him to dinner, and naturally he accepts...
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Philippe Muyl
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The popular swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is consumed by his ardent love for his cousin Roxanne but, tragically, his features are so deformed by his large nose that he has little chance of gaining her affections...
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Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Daddy Nostalgie (1990)
Bertrand Tavernier
Caroline is a writer who, after her divorce, lives alone in Paris with her infant son. On hearing the news that her father has just undergone a serious operation, she immediately sets out to rejoin her parents at their home in the south of France...
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Bertrand Tavernier
Damage (1992)
Louis Malle
At a social engagement, a rising member of Parliament, Stephen Fleming, meets a mysterious but stunningly attractive art expert, Anna Barton... [More...]
Louis Malle
At a social engagement, a rising member of Parliament, Stephen Fleming, meets a mysterious but stunningly attractive art expert, Anna Barton... [More...]
Déjà mort (1998)
Olivier Dahan
In Nice, pizza-delivery boy Andréa introduces Laure, a 20-year-old girl he barely knows, to his friend David. A wealthy layabout, David has just started up his own pornographic photo agency with his friend Romain and is looking for new models... [More...]
Olivier Dahan
In Nice, pizza-delivery boy Andréa introduces Laure, a 20-year-old girl he barely knows, to his friend David. A wealthy layabout, David has just started up his own pornographic photo agency with his friend Romain and is looking for new models... [More...]
Delicatessen (1991)
Marc Caro
In a grim, post-apocalyptic future, food is so scarce that people are forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive... [More...]
Marc Caro
In a grim, post-apocalyptic future, food is so scarce that people are forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive... [More...]
Delphine 1, Yvan 0 (1996)
Dominique Farrugia
Yvan and Delphine are a young couple who allow a television film crew to record their day-to-day experiences over a year... [More...]
Dominique Farrugia
Yvan and Delphine are a young couple who allow a television film crew to record their day-to-day experiences over a year... [More...]
Le Déménagement (1997)
Olivier Doran
Alain, a young writer living in Paris with his wife and daughter, decides to quit his publishing job and move house on the same day... [More...]
Olivier Doran
Alain, a young writer living in Paris with his wife and daughter, decides to quit his publishing job and move house on the same day... [More...]
Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (1993)
Agnès Varda
Twenty-five years after the making of Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Agnès Varda - the wife of the film's director, Jacques Demy - returns to the French town of Rochefort with some of the film's cast and production team... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Twenty-five years after the making of Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Agnès Varda - the wife of the film's director, Jacques Demy - returns to the French town of Rochefort with some of the film's cast and production team... [More...]
Le Derrière (1999)
Valérie Lemercier
After the death of her mother, Frédérique resolves to find her father, whom she has never met. She discovers the identity of her father on the back of an old photograph and sets out for Paris where he now lives... [More...]
Valérie Lemercier
After the death of her mother, Frédérique resolves to find her father, whom she has never met. She discovers the identity of her father on the back of an old photograph and sets out for Paris where he now lives... [More...]
La Désenchantée (1990)
Benoît Jacquot
Beth is a precocious 17 year old schoolgirl who lives with her bedridden mother, Thérèse, a former prostitute, and her younger brother, Rémi... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Beth is a precocious 17 year old schoolgirl who lives with her bedridden mother, Thérèse, a former prostitute, and her younger brother, Rémi... [More...]
Désiré (1996)
Bernard Murat
Désiré would be the perfect valet were it not for his unerring ability for stealing the heart of every woman he meets... [More...]
Bernard Murat
Désiré would be the perfect valet were it not for his unerring ability for stealing the heart of every woman he meets... [More...]
Didier (1997)
Alain Chabat
Football manager Jean-Pierre Costa has his hands full when his friend Annabelle leaves him to look after her pet Labrador, Didier, whilst she jets off to Los Angeles to compile a report... [More...]
Alain Chabat
Football manager Jean-Pierre Costa has his hands full when his friend Annabelle leaves him to look after her pet Labrador, Didier, whilst she jets off to Los Angeles to compile a report... [More...]
Dieu seul me voit (1998)
Bruno Podalydès
Albert, a shy absent-minded sound engineer, is coming to a mid-life crisis. Despite his best attempts, he still has not found the woman of his dreams - but that looks set to change... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Albert, a shy absent-minded sound engineer, is coming to a mid-life crisis. Despite his best attempts, he still has not found the woman of his dreams - but that looks set to change... [More...]
La Dilettante (1999)
Pascal Thomas
On the spur of the moment, Pierette Dumortier abandons her husband and her comfortable middle-class life in Switzerland and takes the train to Paris... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
On the spur of the moment, Pierette Dumortier abandons her husband and her comfortable middle-class life in Switzerland and takes the train to Paris... [More...]
Le Dîner de cons (1998)
Francis Veber
Every week, a group of successful Parisian businessmen attend a dinner party to which they each invite someone who appears to be an idiot... [More...]
Francis Veber
Every week, a group of successful Parisian businessmen attend a dinner party to which they each invite someone who appears to be an idiot... [More...]
Dis-moi oui... (1995)
Alexandre Arcady
Stéphane Villiers, a thirty-something paediatrician in Bordeaux, gets more than he bargained for when he befriends a 12-year-old girl named Éva one evening... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
Stéphane Villiers, a thirty-something paediatrician in Bordeaux, gets more than he bargained for when he befriends a 12-year-old girl named Éva one evening... [More...]
La Discrète (1990)
Christian Vincent
Antoine, an unsuccessful writer, is taken aback when his girlfriend, Solange, leaves him for another man. Usually, it is he who ends a relationship, not his partner... [More...]
Christian Vincent
Antoine, an unsuccessful writer, is taken aback when his girlfriend, Solange, leaves him for another man. Usually, it is he who ends a relationship, not his partner... [More...]
Dobermann (1997)
Jan Kounen
Known as Dobermann, Yann Le Pentec is a notorious killer hunted by the French police. He and his gang of equally ruthless outlaws, which include his mute gypsy girlfriend Nat, a dog lover and a priest, pull off a spectacular bank robbery in Paris... [More...]
Jan Kounen
Known as Dobermann, Yann Le Pentec is a notorious killer hunted by the French police. He and his gang of equally ruthless outlaws, which include his mute gypsy girlfriend Nat, a dog lover and a priest, pull off a spectacular bank robbery in Paris... [More...]
Le Double de ma moitié (1999)
Yves Amoureux
In Paris, Thierry Monttino manages a successful fashion house with his wife Cécile. When he discovers that his wife has been having an affair with Jérôme Quantas, one of their associates, and is planning to sell their company behind his back to a group of financiers Thierry is devastated... [More...]
Yves Amoureux
In Paris, Thierry Monttino manages a successful fashion house with his wife Cécile. When he discovers that his wife has been having an affair with Jérôme Quantas, one of their associates, and is planning to sell their company behind his back to a group of financiers Thierry is devastated... [More...]
La Double vie de Véronique (1991)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Weronika is a young concert singer who lives in Poland with her father. One day, she glimpses a woman on a coach who looks exactly like her... [More...]
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Weronika is a young concert singer who lives in Poland with her father. One day, she glimpses a woman on a coach who looks exactly like her... [More...]
Douce France (1995)
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
Du bleu jusqu'en Amérique (1999)
Sarah Lévy
After sustaining severe injuries in a road accident, an adolescent named Camille begins a course of physiotherapy in a strictly run rehabilitation centre run by Professor Helpos... [More...]
Sarah Lévy
After sustaining severe injuries in a road accident, an adolescent named Camille begins a course of physiotherapy in a strictly run rehabilitation centre run by Professor Helpos... [More...]
L'Eau froide (1994)
Olivier Assayas
Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine are two of a kind - rebellious adolescents from comfortable middleclass backgrounds, both living with divorced parents who show them no sympathy or understanding... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine are two of a kind - rebellious adolescents from comfortable middleclass backgrounds, both living with divorced parents who show them no sympathy or understanding... [More...]
Les Eaux dormantes (1992)
Jacques Tréfouel
Denis de Lespinière returns to his large family estate in Brittany after having spent three tough years working for the charity Médecins Sans Frontières in Cambodia... [More...]
Jacques Tréfouel
Denis de Lespinière returns to his large family estate in Brittany after having spent three tough years working for the charity Médecins Sans Frontières in Cambodia... [More...]
L'École de la chair (1998)
Benoît Jacquot
Dominique is respectable middle-aged woman who runs a fashion house. She meets Quentin, a promiscuous young man who works in a gay bar... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Dominique is respectable middle-aged woman who runs a fashion house. She meets Quentin, a promiscuous young man who works in a gay bar... [More...]
L'Élève (1996)
Olivier Schatzky
France, towards the end of the 19th Century. Julien, 25 years old, has ambitions to be a writer, but circumstances force him to take up a job as a private teacher... [More...]
Olivier Schatzky
France, towards the end of the 19th Century. Julien, 25 years old, has ambitions to be a writer, but circumstances force him to take up a job as a private teacher... [More...]
Élisa (1995)
Jean Becker
When her husband walks out on her, Elisa attempts to kill her young daughter Marie and then commits suicide. Marie, however, survives, and grows up in an orphanage... [More...]
Jean Becker
When her husband walks out on her, Elisa attempts to kill her young daughter Marie and then commits suicide. Marie, however, survives, and grows up in an orphanage... [More...]