Film Index
French cinema: Comedy
Les Aventures de Robert Macaire (1925)
Jean Epstein
In 1825, the itinerant thief and swindler Robert Macaire wends his way across France in the company of his faithful companion Bertrand, never passing up the opportunity to fleece any unsuspecting party they may come across in their travels...
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Jean Epstein
Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Gérard Philipe
In the 16th century, Flanders is under Spanish occupation, something that causes resentment and hostility across the whole country...
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Gérard Philipe
Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Luc Besson
In 1912, the plucky journalist Adèle Blanc-Sec undertakes an expedition to Egypt in the hope of finding an ancient remedy for her sister, who is close to death after injuring herself in a game of tennis...
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Luc Besson
Babette s'en va-t-en guerre (1959)
Christian-Jaque
In 1941, not long after France has fallen to Nazi Germany, a young French woman named Babette works as a housekeeper for Lieutenant Gérard de Crécy at the London Headquarters of Free France...
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Christian-Jaque
Baccara (1935)
Yves Mirande
With her rich sugar daddy, the banker Gouldine, on the brink of financial ruin because of his risky investments, Elsa Barienzi fears that she will be deported to her own country...
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Yves Mirande
Baisers volés (1968)
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more... [More...]
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more... [More...]
Bal Cupidon (1949)
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
After causing a road accident by driving too fast, Flip finds himself in court, and prosecution lawyer Isabelle Plessis takes immense pleasure in seeing him sent to prison... [More...]
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
After causing a road accident by driving too fast, Flip finds himself in court, and prosecution lawyer Isabelle Plessis takes immense pleasure in seeing him sent to prison... [More...]
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)
Yves Robert
Parisian vet Henry Sauveur would most probably be enjoying a fairly decent existence, if it weren't for the pathetic egocentrics and loathsome trouble-causers who keep thrusting their way into his life like unwelcome guests at a party... [More...]
Yves Robert
Parisian vet Henry Sauveur would most probably be enjoying a fairly decent existence, if it weren't for the pathetic egocentrics and loathsome trouble-causers who keep thrusting their way into his life like unwelcome guests at a party... [More...]
La Ballade des Dalton (1978)
René Goscinny
The Wild West has its fair share of desperados, but few are as desperate as the Dalton brothers, the sad bunch of despicable outlaws who are now just a few days into their two and half thousand year long prison sentence... [More...]
René Goscinny
The Wild West has its fair share of desperados, but few are as desperate as the Dalton brothers, the sad bunch of despicable outlaws who are now just a few days into their two and half thousand year long prison sentence... [More...]
Bancs publics (Versailles rive droite) (2009)
Bruno Podalydès
From the office where she works, in the heart of Versailles, Lucie cannot help noticing a large black banner with the words "Man Alone" hanging from a window of the building opposite... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
From the office where she works, in the heart of Versailles, Lucie cannot help noticing a large black banner with the words "Man Alone" hanging from a window of the building opposite... [More...]
La Bande à papa (1956)
Guy Lefranc
Fernand Jérôme is one of those grey little men no one ever notices, the Mr Everyman kind who contents himself with his humdrum life and has no greater ambition than to see his next paycheque land on his doormat... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Fernand Jérôme is one of those grey little men no one ever notices, the Mr Everyman kind who contents himself with his humdrum life and has no greater ambition than to see his next paycheque land on his doormat... [More...]
Bande à part (1964)
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
La Banque Nemo (1934)
Marguerite Viel
Émile Larnoy works as a modest cashier at the Némo Bank, one of France's most prestigious financial institutions... [More...]
Marguerite Viel
Émile Larnoy works as a modest cashier at the Némo Bank, one of France's most prestigious financial institutions... [More...]
Banzaï (1983)
Claude Zidi
Michel Bernardin is an employee of Planète Assistance, a travel insurance company which prides itself on coming to the aid of anyone wherever they may be in the world... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Michel Bernardin is an employee of Planète Assistance, a travel insurance company which prides itself on coming to the aid of anyone wherever they may be in the world... [More...]
Barbe-Bleue (1951)
Christian-Jaque
After the sudden death of his sixth wife Amédée de Salfère, known to all as Barbe-Bleue because of his blue beard, wastes no time finding himself a seventh bride... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
After the sudden death of his sixth wife Amédée de Salfère, known to all as Barbe-Bleue because of his blue beard, wastes no time finding himself a seventh bride... [More...]
Les Barbouzes (1964)
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Barnabé (1938)
Alexander Esway
Leaving his home in Provence, Barnabé, a simple-minded flute-player, arrives in Paris and sets about trying to find himself a job... [More...]
Alexander Esway
Leaving his home in Provence, Barnabé, a simple-minded flute-player, arrives in Paris and sets about trying to find himself a job... [More...]
Barnie et ses petites contrariétés (2001)
Bruno Chiche
Barnard Barnich, known to all as Barnie, is a successful 40-something businessman who works in London but lives in Calais with his devoted wife Lucy... [More...]
Bruno Chiche
Barnard Barnich, known to all as Barnie, is a successful 40-something businessman who works in London but lives in Calais with his devoted wife Lucy... [More...]
Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Jean Delannoy
The baron Jérôme Antoine is an inveterate gambler, often losing, sometimes winning. One day, he wins a million francs when playing cards with the marquis de Villamayor... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
The baron Jérôme Antoine is an inveterate gambler, often losing, sometimes winning. One day, he wins a million francs when playing cards with the marquis de Villamayor... [More...]
Battement de coeur (1940)
Henri Decoin
On leaving a reformatory, Arlette finds herself alone and penniless in Paris. An orphan, she has no one to stay with and nowhere to go... [More...]
Henri Decoin
On leaving a reformatory, Arlette finds herself alone and penniless in Paris. An orphan, she has no one to stay with and nowhere to go... [More...]
Bébés à gogo (1956)
Paul Mesnier
Stéphane Petitbourgeois, an accountant at a large department store, shares his modest apartment with his wife Isabelle, daughter Pat, son-in-law Hubert, and the latters' brood of nine children... [More...]
Paul Mesnier
Stéphane Petitbourgeois, an accountant at a large department store, shares his modest apartment with his wife Isabelle, daughter Pat, son-in-law Hubert, and the latters' brood of nine children... [More...]
Bécassine (1940)
Pierre Caron
Bécassine, a young Breton girl, works as a maid for the Marquise de Grand-Air, who lives with her daughter Annie and Uncle Coretin in a grand house by the sea... [More...]
Pierre Caron
Bécassine, a young Breton girl, works as a maid for the Marquise de Grand-Air, who lives with her daughter Annie and Uncle Coretin in a grand house by the sea... [More...]
La Belle Américaine (1961)
Robert Dhéry
The life of an ordinary factory worker Marcel is completely transformed when he manages to acquire an expensive new American car, a Cadillac convertible, for the price of a second-hand motorcycle... [More...]
Robert Dhéry
The life of an ordinary factory worker Marcel is completely transformed when he manages to acquire an expensive new American car, a Cadillac convertible, for the price of a second-hand motorcycle... [More...]
Belle maman (1999)
Gabriel Aghion
Antoine, a successful lawyer, is about to get married to Séverine when he falls for his future mother-in-law Léa, a 50-something who manages a luxury hotel in the Bahamas... [More...]
Gabriel Aghion
Antoine, a successful lawyer, is about to get married to Séverine when he falls for his future mother-in-law Léa, a 50-something who manages a luxury hotel in the Bahamas... [More...]
Les Belles de nuit (1952)
René Clair
Claude, a modest music teacher, has become disillusioned with his waking life. No one appreciates his musical talents, his friends regard him as a fool, and the noise of daily hustle and bustles prevents him from writing his grand opera... [More...]
René Clair
Claude, a modest music teacher, has become disillusioned with his waking life. No one appreciates his musical talents, his friends regard him as a fool, and the noise of daily hustle and bustles prevents him from writing his grand opera... [More...]
Benjamin ou les Mémoires d'un puceau (1968)
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Berlingot et compagnie (1939)
Fernand Rivers
François and Victor are the proud owners of a stall that has a roaring trade in tasty homemade sweets at a popular funfair... [More...]
Fernand Rivers
François and Victor are the proud owners of a stall that has a roaring trade in tasty homemade sweets at a popular funfair... [More...]
Béru et ces dames (1968)
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Les Bêtises (2015)
Alice Philippon
François is a clumsy and fanciful thirty-year-old. Adopted as a child, he has a burning desire to get to know his biological mother... [More...]
Alice Philippon
François is a clumsy and fanciful thirty-year-old. Adopted as a child, he has a burning desire to get to know his biological mother... [More...]
La Beuze (2003)
François Desagnat
Inseparable buddies since childhood, Alphonse Brown and Scotch live in the busy French sea port of Le Havre, just about making ends meet with their petty criminal exploits... [More...]
François Desagnat
Inseparable buddies since childhood, Alphonse Brown and Scotch live in the busy French sea port of Le Havre, just about making ends meet with their petty criminal exploits... [More...]