Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Voyage sans espoir (1943)
Christian-Jaque
Pierre Gohelle is a hardened criminal on the run from the police who plans to escape to another country with the help of his mistress, Marie-Ange...
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Christian-Jaque
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (1943)
Louis Daquin
After the death of his parents, Gilles Mauvoisin returns to his hometown of La Rochelle. On his arrival, he is surprised to learn that his uncle, the successful businessman Octave Mauvoisin, has recently died and left him his entire fortune...
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Louis Daquin
Le Voyageur sans bagages (1944)
Jean Anouilh
Gaston is one of the casualties of the so-called 'war to end all wars'. His body survived the carnage of the WWI battlefields but his mind was irreparably damaged...
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Jean Anouilh
Voyance et manigance (2001)
Eric Fourniols
Chantal's well-ordered life is suddenly thrown into turmoil when her husband Roland loses his job. On the advice of a friend, she goes to see a professional clairvoyant, hoping to find out what the future holds for her husband...
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Eric Fourniols
Le Voyou (1970)
Claude Lelouch
Escaped convict Simon Duroc evades capture by the police by ducking into a cinema and getting a woman he has never met before to kiss him...
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Claude Lelouch
Voyous voyelles (2000)
Serge Meynard
After the death of their father in a diving accident, two teenager sisters Léa and Aurélie live with their mother on a Parisian housing estate... [More...]
Serge Meynard
After the death of their father in a diving accident, two teenager sisters Léa and Aurélie live with their mother on a Parisian housing estate... [More...]
Wasabi (2001)
Gérard Krawczyk
Hubert is a police inspector with a kind heart but an iron fist. Although he gets results, not everyone appreciate his methods... [More...]
Gérard Krawczyk
Hubert is a police inspector with a kind heart but an iron fist. Although he gets results, not everyone appreciate his methods... [More...]
Week End (1967)
Jean-Luc Godard
One perfectly ordinary weekend, a perfectly ordinary married couple get into their car and head off to the country for an ordinary family get-together... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
One perfectly ordinary weekend, a perfectly ordinary married couple get into their car and head off to the country for an ordinary family get-together... [More...]
Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Welcome (2009)
Philippe Lioret
Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurdish man, arrives illegally at Calais, hoping to swim across the Channel to England. If he succeeds, he intends to look for the girlfriend he hasn't seen for a long time and train to become a footballer... [More...]
Philippe Lioret
Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurdish man, arrives illegally at Calais, hoping to swim across the Channel to England. If he succeeds, he intends to look for the girlfriend he hasn't seen for a long time and train to become a footballer... [More...]
Wesh wesh, qu'est-ce qui se passe? (2001)
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Having completed a stretch in prison for drugs trafficking, Kamel, an illegal immigrant, returns to his Algerian family in the rundown suburbs of Paris and tries to make a fresh start... [More...]
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Having completed a stretch in prison for drugs trafficking, Kamel, an illegal immigrant, returns to his Algerian family in the rundown suburbs of Paris and tries to make a fresh start... [More...]
Western (1997)
Manuel Poirier
When a Spanish sales rep Paco Cazale gives a lift to a Russian hitch-hiker, Nino, his life takes an unexpected turn. First he is stranded when Nino drives off with his car... [More...]
Manuel Poirier
When a Spanish sales rep Paco Cazale gives a lift to a Russian hitch-hiker, Nino, his life takes an unexpected turn. First he is stranded when Nino drives off with his car... [More...]
White Material (2010)
Claire Denis
Somewhere in Africa, in a region plagued by civil war, Maria refuses to abandon her coffee plantation before the end of the harvest... [More...]
Claire Denis
Somewhere in Africa, in a region plagued by civil war, Maria refuses to abandon her coffee plantation before the end of the harvest... [More...]
XXL (1997)
Ariel Zeitoun
Alain Berrebi runs a fashion store in Paris' Jewish district. He has big ideas for his business, but these are constantly thwarted by a neighbouring Chinese shop... [More...]
Ariel Zeitoun
Alain Berrebi runs a fashion store in Paris' Jewish district. He has big ideas for his business, but these are constantly thwarted by a neighbouring Chinese shop... [More...]
Y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël? (1996)
Sandrine Veysset
In the south of France, a young woman works all hours on her common-law husband's market garden farm whilst struggling to bring up her seven young children... [More...]
Sandrine Veysset
In the south of France, a young woman works all hours on her common-law husband's market garden farm whilst struggling to bring up her seven young children... [More...]
Les Yeux cernés (1964)
Robert Hossein
When Vollmer, the owner of a sawmill, is shot dead in a small Austrian town, there is no shortage of suspects. Friedrich, the inspector leading the police investigation, learns that Vollmer, a tough and ruthless man, was hated by just about everyone, including his estranged wife... [More...]
Robert Hossein
When Vollmer, the owner of a sawmill, is shot dead in a small Austrian town, there is no shortage of suspects. Friedrich, the inspector leading the police investigation, learns that Vollmer, a tough and ruthless man, was hated by just about everyone, including his estranged wife... [More...]
Les Yeux de l'amour (1959)
Denys de La Patellière
In the spring of 1944, France remains under Nazi occupation and prisoners are still being taken by the Germans, who have yet to discover that the war is already lost... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
In the spring of 1944, France remains under Nazi occupation and prisoners are still being taken by the Germans, who have yet to discover that the war is already lost... [More...]
Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles (2014)
Cécile Telerman
This is the story of two sisters who could not be more different. Joséphine, a historian who specialises in the twelfth century, is struggling to cope with life's challenges... [More...]
Cécile Telerman
This is the story of two sisters who could not be more different. Joséphine, a historian who specialises in the twelfth century, is struggling to cope with life's challenges... [More...]
Les Yeux sans visage (1960)
Georges Franju
Professor Genessier, once a great surgeon, is now consumed with his overriding obsession - to restore the features of his beloved daughter Christiane... [More...]
Georges Franju
Professor Genessier, once a great surgeon, is now consumed with his overriding obsession - to restore the features of his beloved daughter Christiane... [More...]
Yoyo (1965)
Pierre Étaix
A reclusive millionaire is languishing in boredom in his opulent château when, one day, amidst a travelling circus, he recognises an old flame... [More...]
Pierre Étaix
A reclusive millionaire is languishing in boredom in his opulent château when, one day, amidst a travelling circus, he recognises an old flame... [More...]
Yuki et Nina (2009)
Hippolyte Girardot
When Yuki, a 9-year-old Franco-Japanese girl, learns that her parents are about to separate, she realises that she must accompany her mother to Japan... [More...]
Hippolyte Girardot
When Yuki, a 9-year-old Franco-Japanese girl, learns that her parents are about to separate, she realises that she must accompany her mother to Japan... [More...]
Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
Jalil Lespert
Paris, 1957. Yves Saint Laurent is only 21 when he takes over the running of the prestigious fashion house founded by the recently deceased Christian Dior... [More...]
Jalil Lespert
Paris, 1957. Yves Saint Laurent is only 21 when he takes over the running of the prestigious fashion house founded by the recently deceased Christian Dior... [More...]
Zazie dans le métro (1960)
Louis Malle
During a two-day stay in Paris, 11-year old Zazie is foisted on her uncle, Gabriel, whilst her mother goes off with a new boyfriend... [More...]
Louis Malle
During a two-day stay in Paris, 11-year old Zazie is foisted on her uncle, Gabriel, whilst her mother goes off with a new boyfriend... [More...]
Le Zèbre (1992)
Jean Poiret
Hippolyte and Camille have been married for 15 years and although they still love each other Hippolyte is anxious that the passion in their relationship is waning... [More...]
Jean Poiret
Hippolyte and Camille have been married for 15 years and although they still love each other Hippolyte is anxious that the passion in their relationship is waning... [More...]
Zéro de conduite (1933)
Jean Vigo
The summer holidays over, a troupe of young boys return downheartedly to their boarding school, where they will no doubt have to endure another gruelling term of sanctions and punishments at the hands of their cruel teachers... [More...]
Jean Vigo
The summer holidays over, a troupe of young boys return downheartedly to their boarding school, where they will no doubt have to endure another gruelling term of sanctions and punishments at the hands of their cruel teachers... [More...]
Zig Zag Story (1983)
Patrick Schulmann
A drop of water falling from the guttering of a building causes a chain reaction ending in a traffic jam which allows Gil Darmon, an aspiring painter, to meet Cat, a radio presenter... [More...]
Patrick Schulmann
A drop of water falling from the guttering of a building causes a chain reaction ending in a traffic jam which allows Gil Darmon, an aspiring painter, to meet Cat, a radio presenter... [More...]
Zim and Co. (2005)
Pierre Jolivet
20-year-old Victor Zimbietrovski, known to his friends as Zim, lives in the suburbs of Paris and ekes out a living doing odd jobs... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
20-year-old Victor Zimbietrovski, known to his friends as Zim, lives in the suburbs of Paris and ekes out a living doing odd jobs... [More...]
La Zizanie (1978)
Claude Zidi
Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze is an ambitious man. The mayor of a small town in France, he has high hopes for his anti-pollution inventions... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze is an ambitious man. The mayor of a small town in France, he has high hopes for his anti-pollution inventions... [More...]
Zone libre (2007)
Christophe Malavoy
During the Second World War, Simon, a French Jew, succeeds in smuggling his family from Nazi-occupied France into the Free Zone... [More...]
Christophe Malavoy
During the Second World War, Simon, a French Jew, succeeds in smuggling his family from Nazi-occupied France into the Free Zone... [More...]