Film Index
French cinema: Comedy/Thriller
Galia (1966)
Georges Lautner
A good-looking twenty-something, Galia leaves her home in Normandy and settles in the centre of Paris. She is walking along the banks of the Seine one evening when she notices a young woman apparently drowning in the river...
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Georges Lautner
Le Garde du corps (1984)
François Leterrier
Through his mother's dating agency, Paul meets Barbara, an attractive English journalist. Whilst he becomes besotted with her, she has no interest in him and, instead, falls for the charms of another man, Julien...
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François Leterrier
Le Grand bidule (1967)
Raoul André
In a happy country on the Greek-Danish border, an eccentric scientist named Copec has synthesised a revolutionary new fuel that could make conventional fuels redundant...
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Raoul André
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972)
Yves Robert
Colonel Louis Toulouse, a senior operative in the French security service, has become so fed up with his ambitious rival, Milan, that he decides to send him off on a wild goose chase, in the hope that it will ruin his career...
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Yves Robert
Le Grand restaurant (1966)
Jacques Besnard
As everyone knows, haute cuisine is more than just an art form in France, it is a religion, and among its high priests few are more dedicated than Monsieur Septime, the fastidious owner of Paris's most exclusive restaurant...
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Jacques Besnard
La Grande frousse (1964)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
When a homicidal forger, Mickey-le-Bénédictin, goes on the run after evading his execution, Inspectors Triquet and Virgus hasten after him to prevent him from committing any further crimes... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
When a homicidal forger, Mickey-le-Bénédictin, goes on the run after evading his execution, Inspectors Triquet and Virgus hasten after him to prevent him from committing any further crimes... [More...]
La Grosse caisse (1965)
Alex Joffé
Louis Bourdin, a modest ticket puncher on the Paris metro, is so enamoured of crime fiction that he decides to write his own novel, expecting that one day he will be as famous as Auguste Le Breton... [More...]
Alex Joffé
Louis Bourdin, a modest ticket puncher on the Paris metro, is so enamoured of crime fiction that he decides to write his own novel, expecting that one day he will be as famous as Auguste Le Breton... [More...]
Le Guignolo (1980)
Georges Lautner
Within days of leaving prison, international conman Alexandre Dupré is soon back to his old habits, hoping to make his fortune by preying on the gullibility and greed of others... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Within days of leaving prison, international conman Alexandre Dupré is soon back to his old habits, hoping to make his fortune by preying on the gullibility and greed of others... [More...]
Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien (2000)
Dominik Moll
Michel, a young teacher, is driving his wife and three young daughters to their country home. During a stop at a petrol station, he meets another man, Harry, who recognises him as a fellow schoolmate... [More...]
Dominik Moll
Michel, a young teacher, is driving his wife and three young daughters to their country home. During a stop at a petrol station, he meets another man, Harry, who recognises him as a fellow schoolmate... [More...]
L'Heure zéro (2007)
Pascal Thomas
Just what was Guillaume Neuville thinking when he invited his ex-wife Aude and his latest wife Caroline to his Aunt Camilla's home in Brittany... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Just what was Guillaume Neuville thinking when he invited his ex-wife Aude and his latest wife Caroline to his Aunt Camilla's home in Brittany... [More...]
Histoires extraordinaires (1949)
Jean Faurez
France, at the time of the Second Empire. One dreary night, three gendarmes regale a new recruit with tales of murder and intrigue with which they have had first hand experience... [More...]
Jean Faurez
France, at the time of the Second Empire. One dreary night, three gendarmes regale a new recruit with tales of murder and intrigue with which they have had first hand experience... [More...]
Holiday (2010)
Guillaume Nicloux
Michel Trémois's carefully planned holiday has turned into his worst nightmare. Having managed to miss the last train back to Paris, he finds himself with a nosebleed, stranded in the provincial town where he had hoped to breathe some life back into his stale marriage... [More...]
Guillaume Nicloux
Michel Trémois's carefully planned holiday has turned into his worst nightmare. Having managed to miss the last train back to Paris, he finds himself with a nosebleed, stranded in the provincial town where he had hoped to breathe some life back into his stale marriage... [More...]
L'Homme à l'imperméable (1957)
Julien Duvivier
When his wife is called away on a family matter, a timid musician, Albert Constantin, finds himself unable to cope with the simplest domestic chore... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
When his wife is called away on a family matter, a timid musician, Albert Constantin, finds himself unable to cope with the simplest domestic chore... [More...]
L'Homme à la Buick (1968)
Gilles Grangier
As he motors around the streets of Honfleur in his swanky Buick, Armand Favrot has the air of a respectable man about town... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
As he motors around the streets of Honfleur in his swanky Buick, Armand Favrot has the air of a respectable man about town... [More...]
L'Homme de Rio (1964)
Philippe de Broca
French air force pilot Adrien Dufourquet returns to Paris for a week's leave just before his girlfriend, Agnès, is kidnapped... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
French air force pilot Adrien Dufourquet returns to Paris for a week's leave just before his girlfriend, Agnès, is kidnapped... [More...]
HS - hors service (2001)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Marchand is happy with his life, until the day his wife discovers he is a professional hitman and not, as he claims to be, a shoe salesman... [More...]
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Marchand is happy with his life, until the day his wife discovers he is a professional hitman and not, as he claims to be, a shoe salesman... [More...]
L'Ibis rouge (1975)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975)
Claude Makovski
Once a police inspector in the vice squad, Richard Diquet now earns his crust as a private detective. Presently he is concerned with the mysterious death of another detective, Edouard Lory, whose body appears to have been thrown from a train... [More...]
Claude Makovski
Once a police inspector in the vice squad, Richard Diquet now earns his crust as a private detective. Presently he is concerned with the mysterious death of another detective, Edouard Lory, whose body appears to have been thrown from a train... [More...]
Imogène McCarthery (2010)
Alexandre Charlot
Imogène McCarthery is proud of her Scottish ancestry, almost fanatically so. Rugby, bagpipes and malt whisky are her three main passions, along with cultivating an undying hatred for the English... [More...]
Alexandre Charlot
Imogène McCarthery is proud of her Scottish ancestry, almost fanatically so. Rugby, bagpipes and malt whisky are her three main passions, along with cultivating an undying hatred for the English... [More...]
Inspecteur la Bavure (1980)
Claude Zidi
Jules Clément's distinguished police career ends tragically when he is fatally wounded whilst trying to bring a notorious hoodlum to book... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Jules Clément's distinguished police career ends tragically when he is fatally wounded whilst trying to bring a notorious hoodlum to book... [More...]
Les Intrigantes (1954)
Henri Decoin
Theatre impresario Paul Rémi is rehearsing his new production Rendez-vous sur l'Olympe when his business partner Bazine falls to his death from a gangway high above the stage... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Theatre impresario Paul Rémi is rehearsing his new production Rendez-vous sur l'Olympe when his business partner Bazine falls to his death from a gangway high above the stage... [More...]
L'Invité surprise (1989)
Georges Lautner
Invité surprise is a popular reality TV show in which a man is apparently shot dead 'on air', to the consternation of a shocked audience... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Invité surprise is a popular reality TV show in which a man is apparently shot dead 'on air', to the consternation of a shocked audience... [More...]
Laisse aller, c'est une valse (1971)
Georges Lautner
Notorious crook Serge Aubin has served three years in prison for his part in a jewel theft. No sooner has he been released than he is abducted by a rival gang, led by Varèse... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Notorious crook Serge Aubin has served three years in prison for his part in a jewel theft. No sooner has he been released than he is abducted by a rival gang, led by Varèse... [More...]
Lemming (2005)
Dominik Moll
Alain Getty is a young robotics engineer whose latest invention, the Flying Webcam, delights his boss, Richard Pollock. One evening, Alain invites Pollock and his wife, Alice, to dine at his home with his wife Bénédicte... [More...]
Dominik Moll
Alain Getty is a young robotics engineer whose latest invention, the Flying Webcam, delights his boss, Richard Pollock. One evening, Alain invites Pollock and his wife, Alice, to dine at his home with his wife Bénédicte... [More...]
Lévy et Goliath (1987)
Gérard Oury
Moïse Lévy is an orthodox Jew living in Antwerp. He has no time for his brother Albert, who has given up the traditions of his Jewish background for a modern life, running a café in Paris and marrying a non-Jew... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Moïse Lévy is an orthodox Jew living in Antwerp. He has no time for his brother Albert, who has given up the traditions of his Jewish background for a modern life, running a café in Paris and marrying a non-Jew... [More...]
Le Locataire (1976)
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
La Loi de Murphy (2009)
Christophe Campos
Elias can hardly wait to complete his two year suspended sentence in the hospital where he works as a nurse. He has just a few hours to go and then he will be a free man - but a lot can happen in two hours, as he soon discovers... [More...]
Christophe Campos
Elias can hardly wait to complete his two year suspended sentence in the hospital where he works as a nurse. He has just a few hours to go and then he will be a free man - but a lot can happen in two hours, as he soon discovers... [More...]
Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés (2003)
Stéphane Clavier
Edgar Lamarck is a shrewd chartered accountant who anticipates having an easy time on the Riviera. He gets in a good day's work by persuading shipyard owner Thierry Ferrand that his business is worth less than it really is... [More...]
Stéphane Clavier
Edgar Lamarck is a shrewd chartered accountant who anticipates having an easy time on the Riviera. He gets in a good day's work by persuading shipyard owner Thierry Ferrand that his business is worth less than it really is... [More...]
Lucky Jo (1964)
Michel Deville
Lucky Jo is a crook for whom nothing ever seems to go right. He is an amiable sort of guy, always means to do good, but somehow the gods are never on his side - as his gang discovers when he wrecks their criminal exploits... [More...]
Michel Deville
Lucky Jo is a crook for whom nothing ever seems to go right. He is an amiable sort of guy, always means to do good, but somehow the gods are never on his side - as his gang discovers when he wrecks their criminal exploits... [More...]