Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Abus de confiance (1937)
Henri Decoin
Lydia is a promising law student who is struggling to get by after her grandmother's death. She has barely enough money to buy her evening meal and now, to cap it all, her landlord is threatening to evict her...
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Henri Decoin
Abus de faiblesse (2014)
Catherine Breillat
Having suffered a brain haemorrhage, Maud wakes up one morning to find that she is paralysed on one side of her body. Bedridden but determined not to give up her career as a filmmaker, she finds an ideal subject for her next film whilst watching a television talk show...
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Catherine Breillat
Accusée, levez-vous! (1930)
Maurice Tourneur
André Darbois and Gaby Delange are partners in a popular musical hall act. Whilst rehearsing their next show in Paris, the couple come up against Yvonne Delys, a far more successful performer who takes an instant dislike to Gaby...
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Maurice Tourneur
L'Acrobate (1941)
Jean Boyer
Ernest Sauce is the maître d' of the up-market restaurant Cochon d'argent. One evening, when a customer is unable to pay his bill, Ernest drags him to the nearest police station but is sent away with a flea in his ear when it is discovered that the man has lost his memory...
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Jean Boyer
Les Acteurs anonymes (2001)
Benoît Cohen
Been bitten by the acting bug? Had your life totally ruined by the compulsive need to regurgitate words that are not your own in front of an audience or camera...
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Benoît Cohen
Les Acteurs (2000)
Bertrand Blier
In a restaurant, Jean-Pierre Marielle is perturbed when his order for a pot of hot water is ignored. His dining companions - André Dussollier and Jacques Villeret - try to explain that his delivery lacked force... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
In a restaurant, Jean-Pierre Marielle is perturbed when his order for a pot of hot water is ignored. His dining companions - André Dussollier and Jacques Villeret - try to explain that his delivery lacked force... [More...]
Adémaï au moyen âge (1934)
Jean de Marguenat
France, 1429. The Hundred Years War is nearing its end but, despite Joan of Arc's best efforts, the English armies still occupy the north of the country... [More...]
Jean de Marguenat
France, 1429. The Hundred Years War is nearing its end but, despite Joan of Arc's best efforts, the English armies still occupy the north of the country... [More...]
Adémaï bandit d'honneur (1943)
Gilles Grangier
Adémaï decides to take a well-deserved holiday on the island of Corsica at the invitation of some distant relatives... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Adémaï decides to take a well-deserved holiday on the island of Corsica at the invitation of some distant relatives... [More...]
Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité (1951)
Fernandel
No matter where he goes or what he does, Adhémar Pomme finds that he cannot help being a laugh stock. The cause of his affliction is his distinctive appearance, namely his horse-like face... [More...]
Fernandel
No matter where he goes or what he does, Adhémar Pomme finds that he cannot help being a laugh stock. The cause of his affliction is his distinctive appearance, namely his horse-like face... [More...]
L'Adieu à la nuit (2019)
André Téchiné
When her teenage grandson Alex comes to visit her, Muriel is over the moon. It seems he is about to head off to Canada to start a new life, but before he goes he wants to spend a few peaceful days with the one relative he is still on good terms with... [More...]
André Téchiné
When her teenage grandson Alex comes to visit her, Muriel is over the moon. It seems he is about to head off to Canada to start a new life, but before he goes he wants to spend a few peaceful days with the one relative he is still on good terms with... [More...]
Adieu Berthe - L'enterrement de mémé (2012)
Bruno Podalydès
Armand is a mild-mannered 50-something who leads a double life. He manages a pharmacy in a Paris suburb with his wife Hélène but his real passion in life is conjuring, for which he has a natural talent... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Armand is a mild-mannered 50-something who leads a double life. He manages a pharmacy in a Paris suburb with his wife Hélène but his real passion in life is conjuring, for which he has a natural talent... [More...]
Adieu Gary (2009)
Nassim Amaouche
Samir returns to his hometown in the Ardèche after completing a lengthy stretch in prison for trafficking. The town has practically become a wasteland after the closure of a large factory where Samir's father Francis once worked... [More...]
Nassim Amaouche
Samir returns to his hometown in the Ardèche after completing a lengthy stretch in prison for trafficking. The town has practically become a wasteland after the closure of a large factory where Samir's father Francis once worked... [More...]
Adieu l'ami (1968)
Jean Herman
Dino Barran and Franz Popp are two veterans of the war in Algeria who hope to embark on a new life upon their arrival in the French port of Marseille... [More...]
Jean Herman
Dino Barran and Franz Popp are two veterans of the war in Algeria who hope to embark on a new life upon their arrival in the French port of Marseille... [More...]
Adieu Léonard (1943)
Pierre Prévert
Not able to make an honest living by selling paper lanterns, Félicien Léonard resorts to a spot of safe cracking to supplement his meagre income... [More...]
Pierre Prévert
Not able to make an honest living by selling paper lanterns, Félicien Léonard resorts to a spot of safe cracking to supplement his meagre income... [More...]
Adieu Philippine (1962)
Jacques Rozier
Paris, in the summer of 1960. Michel is a young Frenchman who, just before he is due to start his military service in Algeria, works as a television studio trainee... [More...]
Jacques Rozier
Paris, in the summer of 1960. Michel is a young Frenchman who, just before he is due to start his military service in Algeria, works as a television studio trainee... [More...]
Adieu, plancher des vaches! (1999)
Otar Iosseliani
One day, Nicholas, a rich young man, decides to give up his privileged life and see for himself how ordinary folk live. He gets a job washing up dishes in a Parisian café, befriends a beggar and tries to court a barmaid, without success... [More...]
Otar Iosseliani
One day, Nicholas, a rich young man, decides to give up his privileged life and see for himself how ordinary folk live. He gets a job washing up dishes in a Parisian café, befriends a beggar and tries to court a barmaid, without success... [More...]
Adieu, poulet (1975)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
In the course of a fiercely contested election in the French town of Rouen, a violent fight breaks out between the supporters of the two candidates... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
In the course of a fiercely contested election in the French town of Rouen, a violent fight breaks out between the supporters of the two candidates... [More...]
Les Adieux à la reine (2012)
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
L'Adolescente (1979)
Jeanne Moreau
In 1939, a Parisian butcher named Jean takes his wife Eva and their 12-year-old daughter Marie to the country, to spend their long summer holidays at his mother's house in Auvergne... [More...]
Jeanne Moreau
In 1939, a Parisian butcher named Jean takes his wife Eva and their 12-year-old daughter Marie to the country, to spend their long summer holidays at his mother's house in Auvergne... [More...]
Adolphe (2002)
Benoît Jacquot
Provincial France, in the early 1800s. Adolphe is the 24-year-old scion of a noble family who idles away his empty days and in doing so comes into contact with Ellénore, the wife of a highly respected nobleman... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Provincial France, in the early 1800s. Adolphe is the 24-year-old scion of a noble family who idles away his empty days and in doing so comes into contact with Ellénore, the wife of a highly respected nobleman... [More...]
Les Adoptés (2011)
Mélanie Laurent
Lisa, an aspiring musician in her early thirties, lives in the French town of Lyon with Marie, her adopted sister, and their over-protective mother... [More...]
Mélanie Laurent
Lisa, an aspiring musician in her early thirties, lives in the French town of Lyon with Marie, her adopted sister, and their over-protective mother... [More...]
Adorable menteuse (1962)
Michel Deville
Adorable liar... what better way to describe Juliette, the cute little charmer who just cannot help lying to everyone, even her sister Sophie... [More...]
Michel Deville
Adorable liar... what better way to describe Juliette, the cute little charmer who just cannot help lying to everyone, even her sister Sophie... [More...]
Adorables créatures (1952)
Christian-Jaque
André Noblet is a respected fashion designer who leads the most turbulent love life. He is devastated when his mistress Christine leaves him and goes back to her husband, but things pick up when he encounters the lovely Minouche, who is just the kind of woman he likes best... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
André Noblet is a respected fashion designer who leads the most turbulent love life. He is devastated when his mistress Christine leaves him and goes back to her husband, but things pick up when he encounters the lovely Minouche, who is just the kind of woman he likes best... [More...]
Adrien (1943)
Fernandel
To look at him, you would hardly think that Adrien Moulinet, a modest bank cashier in his mid-thirties, would be marked for greatness... [More...]
Fernandel
To look at him, you would hardly think that Adrien Moulinet, a modest bank cashier in his mid-thirties, would be marked for greatness... [More...]
L'Adversaire (2002)
Nicole Garcia
For the past fifteen years, Jean-Marc Faure has kept up the deception that he is a brilliant physician with a senior position in the World Health Organisation... [More...]
Nicole Garcia
For the past fifteen years, Jean-Marc Faure has kept up the deception that he is a brilliant physician with a senior position in the World Health Organisation... [More...]
L'Affaire d'une nuit (1960)
Henri Verneuil
Michel Ferréol is a comfortably off middle-class man who is somewhat embarrassed when he runs into an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco, who is over-keen to take him on a trip down memory lane... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Michel Ferréol is a comfortably off middle-class man who is somewhat embarrassed when he runs into an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco, who is over-keen to take him on a trip down memory lane... [More...]
Affaire de famille (2008)
Claus Drexel
Jean and Laure Guignebon are an ordinary middle-class French couple who lead an ordinary middle-class life in Grenoble. Laure preoccupies herself with her souvenir shop and daughter Marine, whilst her husband indulges his passion for football at the nearby stadium... [More...]
Claus Drexel
Jean and Laure Guignebon are an ordinary middle-class French couple who lead an ordinary middle-class life in Grenoble. Laure preoccupies herself with her souvenir shop and daughter Marine, whilst her husband indulges his passion for football at the nearby stadium... [More...]
L'Affaire des poisons (1955)
Henri Decoin
The Marquise de Montespan is a scheming adventuress who hopes to become the favoured mistress to King Louis XIV of France to advance her social status... [More...]
Henri Decoin
The Marquise de Montespan is a scheming adventuress who hopes to become the favoured mistress to King Louis XIV of France to advance her social status... [More...]
L'Affaire Dominici (1973)
Claude Bernard-Aubert
In August 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their ten-year-old daughter are taking a holiday in the Haute Provence region of France... [More...]
Claude Bernard-Aubert
In August 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their ten-year-old daughter are taking a holiday in the Haute Provence region of France... [More...]
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1899)
Georges Méliès
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried before a military court and found guilty of high treason, having passed sensitive documents to a foreign power... [More...]
Georges Méliès
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried before a military court and found guilty of high treason, having passed sensitive documents to a foreign power... [More...]