French cinema: 1990s
La Fracture du myocarde (1990)
Jacques Fansten
Traumatised by the idea that he might be put into an orphanage, 12 year old Martin tries to hide the sudden death of his mother...
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Jacques Fansten
Fred (1997)
Pierre Jolivet
Fred is an unemployed crane operator who lives in the industrial suburbs with his girlfriend Lisa. The latter has a young son, the product of another relationship, and works in research laboratory...
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Pierre Jolivet
Gadjo dilo (1997)
Tony Gatlif
A young Frenchman, Stéphane, is making his way across rural Romania in search of a gypsy singer who fascinated his recently deceased father...
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Tony Gatlif
Gaspard et Robinson (1990)
Tony Gatlif
Although temperamentally very different, Gaspard and Robinson have become the closest of friends. After his wife walked out on him on hearing that he had lost his job, Gaspard found his recurring bouts of depression hard to cope with, until the happy day when he met Robinson...
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Tony Gatlif
Gazon maudit (1995)
Josiane Balasko
Laurent, a successful estate agent, and his wife Loli have two children, a nice house in the South of France and appear to be the very model of a happily married couple...
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Josiane Balasko
Généalogies d'un crime (1997)
Raoul Ruiz
Jeanne is a middle-aged woman who belongs to the Franco-Belgian Psychoanalytic Society, which holds some very peculiar views about the nature of life... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
Jeanne is a middle-aged woman who belongs to the Franco-Belgian Psychoanalytic Society, which holds some very peculiar views about the nature of life... [More...]
Les Gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel (1993)
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Martine, a woman in her mid-twenties, is struggling to get on with her life after breaking up with her boyfriend François... [More...]
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Martine, a woman in her mid-twenties, is struggling to get on with her life after breaking up with her boyfriend François... [More...]
Germinal (1993)
Claude Berri
During the 1870s, an unemployed machine-worker named Étienne Lantier arrives at Montsou, a small mining town in the north of France, looking for work... [More...]
Claude Berri
During the 1870s, an unemployed machine-worker named Étienne Lantier arrives at Montsou, a small mining town in the north of France, looking for work... [More...]
La Gloire de mon père (1990)
Yves Robert
In the late 1890s, Joseph Pagnol, a schoolteacher and staunch atheist, lives with his wife Augustine in a district of Marseille... [More...]
Yves Robert
In the late 1890s, Joseph Pagnol, a schoolteacher and staunch atheist, lives with his wife Augustine in a district of Marseille... [More...]
Grand bonheur (1993)
Hervé Le Roux
In Paris one bright August, a group of students meet up to spend their last summer together before taking their final year exams... [More...]
Hervé Le Roux
In Paris one bright August, a group of students meet up to spend their last summer together before taking their final year exams... [More...]
Les Grands ducs (1996)
Patrice Leconte
Victor and Eddie are two ageing actors who seem destined to spend the rest of their careers dashing from theatre to theatre to play bit parts... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Victor and Eddie are two ageing actors who seem destined to spend the rest of their careers dashing from theatre to theatre to play bit parts... [More...]
Grosse fatigue (1994)
Michel Blanc
Actor-director Michel Blanc is going through a rough time. He is unable to get his next film off the ground, women no longer find him as irresistible as they should, and, to cap it all, he is unjustly arrested for the rape of Josianne Balasko... [More...]
Michel Blanc
Actor-director Michel Blanc is going through a rough time. He is unable to get his next film off the ground, women no longer find him as irresistible as they should, and, to cap it all, he is unjustly arrested for the rape of Josianne Balasko... [More...]
La Guerre sans nom (1992)
Bertrand Tavernier
In this documentary, Patrick Rotman interviews around thirty former French combatants of the Algerian War and allows them to tell their own story of a conflict that lasted eight years and ended in a humiliating defeat for France... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In this documentary, Patrick Rotman interviews around thirty former French combatants of the Algerian War and allows them to tell their own story of a conflict that lasted eight years and ended in a humiliating defeat for France... [More...]
La Haine (1995)
Mathieu Kassovitz
This film follows one day in the lives of three unemployed young men who live on a housing estate in a deprived suburb of Paris... [More...]
Mathieu Kassovitz
This film follows one day in the lives of three unemployed young men who live on a housing estate in a deprived suburb of Paris... [More...]
Hasards ou coïncidences (1998)
Claude Lelouch
Miriam Lini used to be a highly successful dancer, before she decided to give up her career and devote herself to bringing up her son, Serge... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Miriam Lini used to be a highly successful dancer, before she decided to give up her career and devote herself to bringing up her son, Serge... [More...]
Haut les coeurs (1999)
Sólveig Anspach
A young woman, Emma, decides to get pregnant without her boyfriend's consent. This puts a strain on their relationship, but this is nothing to what they experience when Emma discovers that she has breast cancer... [More...]
Sólveig Anspach
A young woman, Emma, decides to get pregnant without her boyfriend's consent. This puts a strain on their relationship, but this is nothing to what they experience when Emma discovers that she has breast cancer... [More...]
Hélas pour moi (1993)
Jean-Luc Godard
On the sedate banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, a community of people lead an idyllic life. These include Simon and Rachel Donnadieu, the owners of a popular restaurant... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
On the sedate banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, a community of people lead an idyllic life. These include Simon and Rachel Donnadieu, the owners of a popular restaurant... [More...]
L'Homme de ma vie (1992)
Jean-Charles Tacchella
When Aimée loses her job, she decides to find a husband who will keep her in the manner to which she intends to become accustomed... [More...]
Jean-Charles Tacchella
When Aimée loses her job, she decides to find a husband who will keep her in the manner to which she intends to become accustomed... [More...]
L'Homme est une femme comme les autres (1998)
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Simon Eskanazy is a gay man from a Jewish background who just about scrapes a living as a musician in Paris. To preserve the family name, his Uncle Salomon tries to bribe him into getting married - but Simon refuses... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Simon Eskanazy is a gay man from a Jewish background who just about scrapes a living as a musician in Paris. To preserve the family name, his Uncle Salomon tries to bribe him into getting married - but Simon refuses... [More...]
L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre (1991)
Alain Tanner
Suffering from a creative block, a writer, Paul, walks away from his wife and job and hides away in a remote Spanish resort in the hope of regaining his inspiration... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Suffering from a creative block, a writer, Paul, walks away from his wife and job and hides away in a remote Spanish resort in the hope of regaining his inspiration... [More...]
Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (1996)
Claude Lelouch
Fabio Lino is an ex-actor who finds he can put his acting skills to better use in his current job as a policeman. Benoit Blanc is a successful business man who has more than an eye for the ladies... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Fabio Lino is an ex-actor who finds he can put his acting skills to better use in his current job as a policeman. Benoit Blanc is a successful business man who has more than an eye for the ladies... [More...]
Hors jeu (1998)
Karim Dridi
Two out of work actors, Ange and Concepción, meet up during the making of a seedy television commercial. Having shared magic mushrooms together, they fall in love... [More...]
Karim Dridi
Two out of work actors, Ange and Concepción, meet up during the making of a seedy television commercial. Having shared magic mushrooms together, they fall in love... [More...]
Hors la vie (1991)
Maroun Bagdadi
In the late 1980s, Patrick Perrault, a French photographer and journalist, travels to Beirut to make a report on the war that is tearing the region apart... [More...]
Maroun Bagdadi
In the late 1980s, Patrick Perrault, a French photographer and journalist, travels to Beirut to make a report on the war that is tearing the region apart... [More...]
Le Huitième jour (1996)
Jaco Van Dormael
Harry is a high-powered communications officer for a leading multinational bank. He is comfortably off, well-respected and an incurable workaholic... [More...]
Jaco Van Dormael
Harry is a high-powered communications officer for a leading multinational bank. He is comfortably off, well-respected and an incurable workaholic... [More...]
L'Humanité (1999)
Bruno Dumont
In a town on the north coast of France, a sensitive young police inspector, Pharaon de Winter, investigates the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
In a town on the north coast of France, a sensitive young police inspector, Pharaon de Winter, investigates the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl... [More...]
Le Hussard sur le toit (1995)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Il y a des jours... et des lunes (1990)
Claude Lelouch
It has long been thought that the lunar cycle has an influence over the affairs of man, but does it also effect the relationships between men and women... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
It has long been thought that the lunar cycle has an influence over the affairs of man, but does it also effect the relationships between men and women... [More...]
L'Inconnu dans la maison (1992)
Georges Lautner
Since his wife committed suicide ten years ago, Jacques Loursat, a once renowned lawyer, has lived the life of a recluse, dousing his sorrows in alcohol and self-pity... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Since his wife committed suicide ten years ago, Jacques Loursat, a once renowned lawyer, has lived the life of a recluse, dousing his sorrows in alcohol and self-pity... [More...]
L'Inconnu de Strasbourg (1998)
Valeria Sarmiento
Madeleine is spending an evening with her lover, Jean-Paul, when her husband appears unexpectedly. The latter produces a gun and forces Madeleine to join in a variant of Russian roulette, which he loses... [More...]
Valeria Sarmiento
Madeleine is spending an evening with her lover, Jean-Paul, when her husband appears unexpectedly. The latter produces a gun and forces Madeleine to join in a variant of Russian roulette, which he loses... [More...]
Indochine (1992)
Régis Wargnier
This is the story of Eliane who owns a rubber plantation in Indochine (now Viet-Nam) at the time of the French colonisation of the country... [More...]
Régis Wargnier
This is the story of Eliane who owns a rubber plantation in Indochine (now Viet-Nam) at the time of the French colonisation of the country... [More...]