Film Index
French cinema: Comedy/Thriller
Le Cerveau (1969)
Gérard Oury
Not long after pulling off a spectacular train robbery in Great Britain, the criminal genius The Brain is soon planning his next lucrative enterprise...
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Gérard Oury
La Cité de la peur (1994)
Alain Berbérian
Odile Deray, press secretary responsible for promoting the low budget horror film “Red is Dead”, hires a security agent, Serge Karamazov, to protect the film's star, Simon Jérémi, during the Cannes Film Festival...
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Alain Berbérian
Coeurs joyeux (1932)
Hanns Schwarz
Charles is a young man who works as a projectionist at a small cinema. One night, he is abducted by a gang of crooks and forced to repair a film projector...
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Hanns Schwarz
Le Colonel est de la revue (1957)
Maurice Labro
Calla and his darling wife Cora are members of a society gathering that meets up from time to time to play at being gangsters...
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Maurice Labro
Comment qu'elle est! (1960)
Bernard Borderie
FBI agent Lemmy Caution arrives from the USA, his mission to uncover a dangerous spy named Varley. The French secret services, led by the anti-American General Rupert, are engaged on the same assignment and agree reluctantly to work with him...
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Bernard Borderie
Compartiment tueurs (1965)
Costa-Gavras
When a sleeper train from Marseille to Paris stops at Avignon, a young woman named Benjamine Bombat climbs aboard and offers a place in her compartment to a handsome young stranger, Daniel, who has omitted to buy a ticket... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
When a sleeper train from Marseille to Paris stops at Avignon, a young woman named Benjamine Bombat climbs aboard and offers a place in her compartment to a handsome young stranger, Daniel, who has omitted to buy a ticket... [More...]
Copie conforme (1947)
Jean Dréville
No one would think that Manuel Ismora, an esteemed society photographer, is an audacious thief and con artist. The newspapers are filled with accounts of Ismora's criminal exploits, which involve the fraudulent sale of a château and the theft of some valuable jewels, but the police are slow in bringing him to justice... [More...]
Jean Dréville
No one would think that Manuel Ismora, an esteemed society photographer, is an audacious thief and con artist. The newspapers are filled with accounts of Ismora's criminal exploits, which involve the fraudulent sale of a château and the theft of some valuable jewels, but the police are slow in bringing him to justice... [More...]
Le Corniaud (1965)
Gérard Oury
Antoine Maréchal is about to set off for a holiday in Italy when his 2CV is smashed to pieces by a Rolls-Royce, driven by the wealthy business man Léopold Saroyan... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Antoine Maréchal is about to set off for a holiday in Italy when his 2CV is smashed to pieces by a Rolls-Royce, driven by the wealthy business man Léopold Saroyan... [More...]
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1970)
Michel Audiard
Hitch-hiking his way home after an unsuccessful day betting on the horses, Alfred Mulanet is abducted by a group of gangsters, led by the sinister Monsieur K... [More...]
Michel Audiard
Hitch-hiking his way home after an unsuccessful day betting on the horses, Alfred Mulanet is abducted by a group of gangsters, led by the sinister Monsieur K... [More...]
Le Crime est notre affaire (2008)
Pascal Thomas
Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life... [More...]
La Dame d'onze heures (1948)
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
Deux heures à tuer (1966)
Ivan Govar
For the past two months, a serial killer has been at large in the inconsequential little French town of Auvemaux. So far the fiend has murdered three women, and on each occasion he takes with him one of the shoes of his unfortunate victim... [More...]
Ivan Govar
For the past two months, a serial killer has been at large in the inconsequential little French town of Auvemaux. So far the fiend has murdered three women, and on each occasion he takes with him one of the shoes of his unfortunate victim... [More...]
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1938)
Christian-Jaque
In the college of St-Agil, three boys, Baume, Sorgue and Macroy, form a secret society "Les Chiche-capons". Each night, they sneak away from their dormitory and meet up in the science room to have an illicit smoke and plan a clandestine voyage to America, under the watchful gaze of their mascot, Martin the Skeleton... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In the college of St-Agil, three boys, Baume, Sorgue and Macroy, form a secret society "Les Chiche-capons". Each night, they sneak away from their dormitory and meet up in the science room to have an illicit smoke and plan a clandestine voyage to America, under the watchful gaze of their mascot, Martin the Skeleton... [More...]
Double zéro (2004)
Gérard Pirès
When a top secret nuclear missile is stolen, the French Security Services quickly arrive at the conclusion that there is a traitor in their midst... [More...]
Gérard Pirès
When a top secret nuclear missile is stolen, the French Security Services quickly arrive at the conclusion that there is a traitor in their midst... [More...]
Du grabuge chez les veuves (1964)
Jacques Poitrenaud
It is only after her husband Guillaume's death that Isabelle Valmont discovers he has been leading an incredible double life for years... [More...]
Jacques Poitrenaud
It is only after her husband Guillaume's death that Isabelle Valmont discovers he has been leading an incredible double life for years... [More...]
Du mou dans la gâchette (1966)
Louis Grospierre
Jo Laguerre is a king of the Parisian underworld, a ruthless gangster boss who expects unswerving loyalty and total commitment from those he hires for his nefarious exploits... [More...]
Louis Grospierre
Jo Laguerre is a king of the Parisian underworld, a ruthless gangster boss who expects unswerving loyalty and total commitment from those he hires for his nefarious exploits... [More...]
Échappement libre (1964)
Jean Becker
David Ladislas makes a comfortable living for himself by smuggling precious goods around Europe. One day, he is offered a small fortune if he will transport three hundred kilograms of gold to Lebanon in his sports car... [More...]
Jean Becker
David Ladislas makes a comfortable living for himself by smuggling precious goods around Europe. One day, he is offered a small fortune if he will transport three hundred kilograms of gold to Lebanon in his sports car... [More...]
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)
Michel Audiard
Through her work as a housecleaner, Germaine finds out things about her employers which, if widely known, would provoke a scandal... [More...]
Michel Audiard
Through her work as a housecleaner, Germaine finds out things about her employers which, if widely known, would provoke a scandal... [More...]
Elle l'adore (2014)
Jeanne Herry
Muriel is a beautician who likes nothing better than to gossip and weave fanciful stories. For the past twenty years, she has been a dedicated fan of the pop singer Vincent Lacroix... [More...]
Jeanne Herry
Muriel is a beautician who likes nothing better than to gossip and weave fanciful stories. For the past twenty years, she has been a dedicated fan of the pop singer Vincent Lacroix... [More...]
En liberté! (2018)
Pierre Salvadori
Yvonne Santi, a young police officer, is still coming to terms with the death of her husband Jean, a police superintendent who died heroically two years previously in the course of his work... [More...]
Pierre Salvadori
Yvonne Santi, a young police officer, is still coming to terms with the death of her husband Jean, a police superintendent who died heroically two years previously in the course of his work... [More...]
L'Enquête Corse (2004)
Alain Berbérian
Rémi François, alias Jack Palmer, is a private detective based in Paris. He readily accepts the challenge to find Ange Leoni, last seen on the island of Corsica, to give him the deeds to a private residence... [More...]
Alain Berbérian
Rémi François, alias Jack Palmer, is a private detective based in Paris. He readily accepts the challenge to find Ange Leoni, last seen on the island of Corsica, to give him the deeds to a private residence... [More...]
L'Entente cordiale (2006)
Vincent De Brus
Crooked arms dealer Viktor Zilenko steals a revolutionary microchip which, when implanted into a soldier, makes him impervious to pain... [More...]
Vincent De Brus
Crooked arms dealer Viktor Zilenko steals a revolutionary microchip which, when implanted into a soldier, makes him impervious to pain... [More...]
Est-ce bien raisonnable? (1981)
Georges Lautner
After his arrest, small-time crook Gérard Louvier escapes from police custody by stealing the clothes - and identity - of a high-profile judge... [More...]
Georges Lautner
After his arrest, small-time crook Gérard Louvier escapes from police custody by stealing the clothes - and identity - of a high-profile judge... [More...]
Fallait pas!... (1996)
Gérard Jugnot
After a disastrous outdoor training course in the snow-decked mountains, human resources manager Bernard Leroy makes a hasty return to his fiancée's château on the eve of their wedding... [More...]
Gérard Jugnot
After a disastrous outdoor training course in the snow-decked mountains, human resources manager Bernard Leroy makes a hasty return to his fiancée's château on the eve of their wedding... [More...]
Fantômas (1964)
André Hunebelle
A journalist, Fandor, publishes a fictitious interview with the celebrated master criminal Fantômas. Soon after, he is kidnapped and taken to a secret lair where he meets an indignant Fantômas... [More...]
André Hunebelle
A journalist, Fandor, publishes a fictitious interview with the celebrated master criminal Fantômas. Soon after, he is kidnapped and taken to a secret lair where he meets an indignant Fantômas... [More...]
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (1967)
André Hunebelle
The criminal mastermind Fantômas has turned over a new leaf. Instead of terrorising humanity with his dastardly schemes he intends becoming its benefactor, by imposing a right-to-live tax on the super-rich... [More...]
André Hunebelle
The criminal mastermind Fantômas has turned over a new leaf. Instead of terrorising humanity with his dastardly schemes he intends becoming its benefactor, by imposing a right-to-live tax on the super-rich... [More...]
Fantômas se déchaîne (1965)
André Hunebelle
A year after his disappearance, the arch-criminal Fantômas announces on television that he intends to build a new secret weapon which will make him master of the world... [More...]
André Hunebelle
A year after his disappearance, the arch-criminal Fantômas announces on television that he intends to build a new secret weapon which will make him master of the world... [More...]
Les Fantômes du chapelier (1982)
Claude Chabrol
Léon Labbé owns a hatter's shop in a small provincial town in northern France. To the outside world, he is a respectable tradesman, dutifully caring for his disabled wife... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Léon Labbé owns a hatter's shop in a small provincial town in northern France. To the outside world, he is a respectable tradesman, dutifully caring for his disabled wife... [More...]
La Ferme aux loups (1943)
Richard Pottier
Bastien and Furet are a journalist and photographer who work together as a team on the newspaper L'Echo du jour. Just as they are about to go off on a weekend break with Micky, their boss's secretary, they are sent to a crime scene to report the murder of a Russian named Le Moujik... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Bastien and Furet are a journalist and photographer who work together as a team on the newspaper L'Echo du jour. Just as they are about to go off on a weekend break with Micky, their boss's secretary, they are sent to a crime scene to report the murder of a Russian named Le Moujik... [More...]
Le Fou du labo 4 (1967)
Jacques Besnard
Eugène Ballanchon is a dedicated research scientist who at present is busy working on a new truth compound. In the course of his experiments, he unwittingly creates a gas that is capable of rendering its victims placid and amiable within seconds... [More...]
Jacques Besnard
Eugène Ballanchon is a dedicated research scientist who at present is busy working on a new truth compound. In the course of his experiments, he unwittingly creates a gas that is capable of rendering its victims placid and amiable within seconds... [More...]