Film Index
French cinema: Comedy/Drama
Les Copains du dimanche (1958)
Henri Aisner
A small group of young people who work in a factory spend their weekends trying to renovate a light aircraft. They are helped by a former RAF pilot who discovers a new lease of life in the project...
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Henri Aisner
Coup de tête (1979)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Life in the small industrial French town of Trincamp revolves entirely around the local football club. When François Perrin is dismissed from the club for injuring the star player, his fortunes take a turn for the worst...
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Jean-Jacques Annaud
Coup de torchon (1981)
Bertrand Tavernier
1938, West Africa. Lucien Cordier is the police chief of a small French colonial town, Bourkassa Ourbangui, but no one takes him seriously...
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Bertrand Tavernier
Le Couperet (2005)
Costa-Gavras
When dedicated company man Bruno Davert loses his job in a corporate reorganisation, he comes close to losing his self-respect and his family...
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Costa-Gavras
Crainquebille (1922)
Jacques Feyder
For over forty years, a modest street peddler, Crainquebille, has sold vegetables from his cart in the environs of the Halles market in Paris...
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Jacques Feyder
Cravate club (2002)
Frédéric Jardin
Bernard and Adrien have been the best of friends for longer than either of them can remember and now they work together, partners in their own firm of architects... [More...]
Frédéric Jardin
Bernard and Adrien have been the best of friends for longer than either of them can remember and now they work together, partners in their own firm of architects... [More...]
La Crème de la crème (2014)
Kim Chapiron
Dan, Kelliah and Louis are three students at one of France's most important business schools. These young people are being moulded into the elite of tomorrow and are ready to put what they have learned into practice... [More...]
Kim Chapiron
Dan, Kelliah and Louis are three students at one of France's most important business schools. These young people are being moulded into the elite of tomorrow and are ready to put what they have learned into practice... [More...]
Crésus (1960)
Jean Giono
Jules is a shepherd who lives a simple but contented life on a plateau in the rural heart of Haute-Provence. His closest friend is Fine, a young widow who keeps him company from time to time... [More...]
Jean Giono
Jules is a shepherd who lives a simple but contented life on a plateau in the rural heart of Haute-Provence. His closest friend is Fine, a young widow who keeps him company from time to time... [More...]
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936)
Jean Renoir
Amedée Lange is a modest employee at Monsieur Batala's publishing house, which is teetering on the brink of ruin. In a last ditch attempt to stave of his creditors, Batala decides to publish Lange's fanciful Wild West stories, altering the text to promote the products of his sponsors, such as Ranimax Pills... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Amedée Lange is a modest employee at Monsieur Batala's publishing house, which is teetering on the brink of ruin. In a last ditch attempt to stave of his creditors, Batala decides to publish Lange's fanciful Wild West stories, altering the text to promote the products of his sponsors, such as Ranimax Pills... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Les Culottes rouges (1962)
Alex Joffé
During WWII, Antoine Rossi is a prisoner in a POW camp in Germany. He has made several attempts to escape, but on each occasion he has failed and has to wear short red trousers as a warning to other would-be fugitives... [More...]
Alex Joffé
During WWII, Antoine Rossi is a prisoner in a POW camp in Germany. He has made several attempts to escape, but on each occasion he has failed and has to wear short red trousers as a warning to other would-be fugitives... [More...]
La Dame de pique (1937)
Fyodor Otsep
Lieutenant Hermann, an engineer officer in the Imperial Russian army, is in love with Lisa, the daughter of the wealthy Countess Tomski, but finds he has a rival in his friend, Captain Iretski... [More...]
Fyodor Otsep
Lieutenant Hermann, an engineer officer in the Imperial Russian army, is in love with Lisa, the daughter of the wealthy Countess Tomski, but finds he has a rival in his friend, Captain Iretski... [More...]
Dans Paris (2006)
Christophe Honoré
Thirty-something Paul is left in a highly emotional and confused state of mind when he abruptly ends his stormy relationship with his girlfriend Anna... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
Thirty-something Paul is left in a highly emotional and confused state of mind when he abruptly ends his stormy relationship with his girlfriend Anna... [More...]
Dans tes rêves (2005)
Denis Thybaud
Ixe's one passion in his life is rap music. His ambition is to be a professional rap artist, but since he lives on a poor housing estate and has no chance of meeting anyone in the music business, the likelihood of this happening is minimal... [More...]
Denis Thybaud
Ixe's one passion in his life is rap music. His ambition is to be a professional rap artist, but since he lives on a poor housing estate and has no chance of meeting anyone in the music business, the likelihood of this happening is minimal... [More...]
La Danse de mort (1948)
Marcel Cravenne
A proud military man, Edgar is now the director of a prison fortress located on a small island in the Adriatic. He runs the prison with an iron hand and is prepared to shoot dead any prisoner who attempts to escape... [More...]
Marcel Cravenne
A proud military man, Edgar is now the director of a prison fortress located on a small island in the Adriatic. He runs the prison with an iron hand and is prepared to shoot dead any prisoner who attempts to escape... [More...]
De toutes nos forces (2014)
Nils Tavernier
In common with all adolescents of his age, Julien dreams of a life filled with thrills and adventure. But since he is confined to a wheelchair it seems unlikely that such dreams will ever be realised... [More...]
Nils Tavernier
In common with all adolescents of his age, Julien dreams of a life filled with thrills and adventure. But since he is confined to a wheelchair it seems unlikely that such dreams will ever be realised... [More...]
Dead Man Talking (2012)
Patrick Ridremont
In an undisclosed country, William Lamers is sentenced to death for homicide. The procedure by which he is to be executed is rigidly set out by law in all but one detail... [More...]
Patrick Ridremont
In an undisclosed country, William Lamers is sentenced to death for homicide. The procedure by which he is to be executed is rigidly set out by law in all but one detail... [More...]
La Délicatesse (2011)
David Foenkinos
Nathalie has everything she could want to be happy. She is young, beautiful and is enjoying the perfect romance. When her husband is suddenly taken from her in a tragic accident, Nathalie's life suddenly falls apart... [More...]
David Foenkinos
Nathalie has everything she could want to be happy. She is young, beautiful and is enjoying the perfect romance. When her husband is suddenly taken from her in a tragic accident, Nathalie's life suddenly falls apart... [More...]
Demain tout commence (2016)
Hugo Gélin
Samuel is happy with his life as a carefree bachelor on the French Riviera. With no family commitments to tie him down he is as free as the wind, and has no intention of changing the way he lives... [More...]
Hugo Gélin
Samuel is happy with his life as a carefree bachelor on the French Riviera. With no family commitments to tie him down he is as free as the wind, and has no intention of changing the way he lives... [More...]
Le Démon de midi (2005)
Marie-Pascale Osterrieth
Anna and Julien are an ordinary-looking Parisian couple who have enjoyed the most harmonious of love affairs for fifteen years... [More...]
Marie-Pascale Osterrieth
Anna and Julien are an ordinary-looking Parisian couple who have enjoyed the most harmonious of love affairs for fifteen years... [More...]
Le Dernier des six (1941)
Georges Lacombe
Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet... [More...]
Dernier étage, gauche, gauche (2010)
Angelo Cianci
September the 11th is a date that will acquire a special significance for François Echeveria, an unassuming Parisian bailiff... [More...]
Angelo Cianci
September the 11th is a date that will acquire a special significance for François Echeveria, an unassuming Parisian bailiff... [More...]
Dernière heure, édition spéciale (1949)
Maurice de Canonge
Dominique Coche is an ambitious young journalist who edits a column on the newspaper Le Cri du monde. When a world famous pianist, Emmanuel Costa, is found dead in his bath, Dominique sees an opportunity to advance his career and boost his paper's circulation... [More...]
Maurice de Canonge
Dominique Coche is an ambitious young journalist who edits a column on the newspaper Le Cri du monde. When a world famous pianist, Emmanuel Costa, is found dead in his bath, Dominique sees an opportunity to advance his career and boost his paper's circulation... [More...]
Les Derniers jours du monde (2009)
Arnaud Larrieu
Robinson Laborde is in Biarritz, reflecting on the events of the past year, when he learns that the world is about to end... [More...]
Arnaud Larrieu
Robinson Laborde is in Biarritz, reflecting on the events of the past year, when he learns that the world is about to end... [More...]
Derrière la façade (1939)
Georges Lacombe
Two rival police inspectors, Boucheron and Baumer, investigate the murder of the owner of a well-to-do apartment block. Madame Mathieu has been found stabbed to death in the lift, and there is no shortage of suspects... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
Two rival police inspectors, Boucheron and Baumer, investigate the murder of the owner of a well-to-do apartment block. Madame Mathieu has been found stabbed to death in the lift, and there is no shortage of suspects... [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...]
Des plans sur la comète (2017)
Guilhem Amesland
Michel and Frank are two brothers who run their own construction company, although 'opportunistic handymen' would probably be a more accurate description of their hapless moneymaking exploits... [More...]
Guilhem Amesland
Michel and Frank are two brothers who run their own construction company, although 'opportunistic handymen' would probably be a more accurate description of their hapless moneymaking exploits... [More...]
Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (1942)
Sacha Guitry
When Désirée Clary was born, on 8 November 1777, no one could imagine the fabulous future that was in store for her, least of all her father, a wealthy Marseille merchant... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
When Désirée Clary was born, on 8 November 1777, no one could imagine the fabulous future that was in store for her, least of all her father, a wealthy Marseille merchant... [More...]
Destinées (1954)
Christian-Jaque
Throughout history, women have had to play their part in war, and in doing so have had to forge their own destinies. After WWII, an American war widow, Elisabeth Whitefield, undertakes a painful journey to a servicemen's cemetery in Italy to reclaim her husband Tony's body and arrange its repatriation... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Throughout history, women have had to play their part in war, and in doing so have had to forge their own destinies. After WWII, an American war widow, Elisabeth Whitefield, undertakes a painful journey to a servicemen's cemetery in Italy to reclaim her husband Tony's body and arrange its repatriation... [More...]