Film Index
French cinema: Comedy/Thriller
La Machine à découdre (1986)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
In a coastal town in the south of France an unemployed man, Steff Muller, is desperate to raise cash as his wife is about to give birth...
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Jean-Pierre Mocky
Mademoiselle et son gang (1957)
Jean Boyer
Dédé and Juju are two small-time crooks who, lacking imagination, resort to seeking inspiration in the manuscripts entered in a crime writers' competition...
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Jean Boyer
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose? (2003)
Eric Lartigau
The small American town of Bornsville finds itself at the centre of an FBI investigation when a striptease artiste, Pamela Rose, is found dead in her hotel room...
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Eric Lartigau
Le Majordome (1965)
Jean Delannoy
By working as a valet to an eminent lawyer who now regrets sending so many people to the scaffold, Léopold has gained himself a remarkably in-depth understanding of French law...
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Jean Delannoy
Les Malabars sont au parfum (1966)
Guy Lefranc
Convinced that her soon-to-be married nephew Michel is harbouring a dark secret, Aunt Berthe hires a private detective to discover what he is hiding...
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Guy Lefranc
Mariées mais pas trop (2003)
Catherine Corsini
Laurence, aged 20, is ready for love, but she always manages to fall for the wrong guy. After the death of her mother, she engages a private detective to track down her missing grandmother, Renée, who shares none of Laurence's romanticism... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
Laurence, aged 20, is ready for love, but she always manages to fall for the wrong guy. After the death of her mother, she engages a private detective to track down her missing grandmother, Renée, who shares none of Laurence's romanticism... [More...]
Mes trésors (2017)
Pascal Bourdiaux
Carole and Caroline are two young women who appear to have nothing in common. The first is a shy computer programmer who lives a hermit-like existence with her mother... [More...]
Pascal Bourdiaux
Carole and Caroline are two young women who appear to have nothing in common. The first is a shy computer programmer who lives a hermit-like existence with her mother... [More...]
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Mon beau-frère a tué ma soeur (1986)
Jacques Rouffio
The esteemed anthropologist Octave Clapoteau is the happiest of men on the day when he is admitted to the Académie Française with the support of his friend Etienne Sembadel, a well-known psychiatrist... [More...]
Jacques Rouffio
The esteemed anthropologist Octave Clapoteau is the happiest of men on the day when he is admitted to the Académie Française with the support of his friend Etienne Sembadel, a well-known psychiatrist... [More...]
Mon idole (2002)
Guillaume Canet
Bastien, young and ambitious production assistant for a popular reality TV programme, is offended when his employer, the star presenter Philippe Letzger, steals his idea for a new programme... [More...]
Guillaume Canet
Bastien, young and ambitious production assistant for a popular reality TV programme, is offended when his employer, the star presenter Philippe Letzger, steals his idea for a new programme... [More...]
Mon petit doigt m'a dit... (2005)
Pascal Thomas
Bélisaire and Prudence Beresford are surprised to learn of the death of an aged aunt not long after they paid her a visit at her comfortable retirement home... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Bélisaire and Prudence Beresford are surprised to learn of the death of an aged aunt not long after they paid her a visit at her comfortable retirement home... [More...]
Le Monde est à toi (2018)
Romain Gavras
François lives on a housing estate in one of the more deprived neighbourhoods of Paris with his domineering mother Danny... [More...]
Romain Gavras
François lives on a housing estate in one of the more deprived neighbourhoods of Paris with his domineering mother Danny... [More...]
Le Monocle noir (1961)
Georges Lautner
The Marquis de Villemaur, an eccentric old man, invites to his mansion in the country a curious assortment of individuals who have one thing in common - they are Nazi sympathisers who expect to be presented with a survivor of the Third Reich... [More...]
Georges Lautner
The Marquis de Villemaur, an eccentric old man, invites to his mansion in the country a curious assortment of individuals who have one thing in common - they are Nazi sympathisers who expect to be presented with a survivor of the Third Reich... [More...]
Le Monocle rit jaune (1964)
Georges Lautner
After several attacks on nuclear power stations, Commandant Dromard of the French secret services is sent to Hong Kong to locate a suspect named Bergourian, but the man is killed before he can talk... [More...]
Georges Lautner
After several attacks on nuclear power stations, Commandant Dromard of the French secret services is sent to Hong Kong to locate a suspect named Bergourian, but the man is killed before he can talk... [More...]
Monsieur Grégoire s'évade (1946)
Jacques Daniel-Norman
Alex Grégoire leads the most mundane of existences. A humble clerk for an insurance company, he can have no idea of the improbable adventures that lie in store for him when he wins a crossword competition... [More...]
Jacques Daniel-Norman
Alex Grégoire leads the most mundane of existences. A humble clerk for an insurance company, he can have no idea of the improbable adventures that lie in store for him when he wins a crossword competition... [More...]
Le Mort en fuite (1936)
André Berthomieu
Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet are two third-rate actors who have had their fill of bit parts. They agree it is high time they took top billing, and to that end they concoct a little subterfuge that is sure to make them both household names... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet are two third-rate actors who have had their fill of bit parts. They agree it is high time they took top billing, and to that end they concoct a little subterfuge that is sure to make them both household names... [More...]
Mortelle randonnée (1983)
Claude Miller
Haunted by a past that he does his best to bury, fifty-something Louis Beauvoir leads a solitary life in which there is no place for sentiment or intimate human contact... [More...]
Claude Miller
Haunted by a past that he does his best to bury, fifty-something Louis Beauvoir leads a solitary life in which there is no place for sentiment or intimate human contact... [More...]
Le Mystère de la tour Eiffel (1928)
Julien Duvivier
With their 'Siamese Twins' dance act, the Mironton Brothers - Achille Saturnin and his exact double - are one of the main attractions at a popular Parisian fairground... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
With their 'Siamese Twins' dance act, the Mironton Brothers - Achille Saturnin and his exact double - are one of the main attractions at a popular Parisian fairground... [More...]
Le Mystère Saint-Val (1945)
René Le Hénaff
Désiré Le Sec works for an insurance company owned by his uncle but has aspirations of being a great detective... [More...]
René Le Hénaff
Désiré Le Sec works for an insurance company owned by his uncle but has aspirations of being a great detective... [More...]
Ne nous fâchons pas (1966)
Georges Lautner
Antoine Beretto had hoped that his criminal past is way behind him. Once a notorious gangster, he now basks in tranquil respectability on the sunny Côte d'Azur, his only professional interest being the boating club that he manages so successfully... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Antoine Beretto had hoped that his criminal past is way behind him. Once a notorious gangster, he now basks in tranquil respectability on the sunny Côte d'Azur, his only professional interest being the boating club that he manages so successfully... [More...]
Nos amis les flics (2004)
Bob Swaim
Frédo is a small-time crook who has a knack of botching every job he turns his hand to. With the help of his four loyal buddies, Frédo tackles his next hold-up with his usual ineptitude, with the result that he ends up on the wrong-side of the notoriously hard to please crime boss Toussaint... [More...]
Bob Swaim
Frédo is a small-time crook who has a knack of botching every job he turns his hand to. With the help of his four loyal buddies, Frédo tackles his next hold-up with his usual ineptitude, with the result that he ends up on the wrong-side of the notoriously hard to please crime boss Toussaint... [More...]
Nuits rouges (1974)
Georges Franju
A mysterious master criminal is determined to recover the lost treasure of the Knights Templar, but the one man who may be able to help him - the historian Maxime de Borrego - prefers death to giving away the secret... [More...]
Georges Franju
A mysterious master criminal is determined to recover the lost treasure of the Knights Templar, but the one man who may be able to help him - the historian Maxime de Borrego - prefers death to giving away the secret... [More...]
L'Oeil du monocle (1962)
Georges Lautner
Twenty years ago, with WWII turning in favour of the allies, the Germans dropped a chest filled with gold and important secret documents into the sea off the coast of Corsica... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Twenty years ago, with WWII turning in favour of the allies, the Germans dropped a chest filled with gold and important secret documents into the sea off the coast of Corsica... [More...]
OK patron (1974)
Claude Vital
When Mario, the head of the French Mafia, is mortally wounded by his enemies, his mistress Mélissa immediately sets about finding a successor, unaware that a host of hardened gangsters are poised to take over his organisation... [More...]
Claude Vital
When Mario, the head of the French Mafia, is mortally wounded by his enemies, his mistress Mélissa immediately sets about finding a successor, unaware that a host of hardened gangsters are poised to take over his organisation... [More...]
L'Opération Corned-Beef (1991)
Jean-Marie Poiré
Philippe Boulier, code name “Le Squale” is an agent in the French secret service. He is recalled from South America to help dismantle an arms trafficking network in France, “Operation Corned Beef”... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré
Philippe Boulier, code name “Le Squale” is an agent in the French secret service. He is recalled from South America to help dismantle an arms trafficking network in France, “Operation Corned Beef”... [More...]
OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions (2006)
Michel Hazanavicius
In 1955, Cairo is a hornet's nest of political intrigue, with several countries fighting for their vested interests. When one of his government agents is killed in the Egyptian capital, the French President sends a replacement in the form of Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, code name OSS 117... [More...]
Michel Hazanavicius
In 1955, Cairo is a hornet's nest of political intrigue, with several countries fighting for their vested interests. When one of his government agents is killed in the Egyptian capital, the French President sends a replacement in the form of Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, code name OSS 117... [More...]
OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (2009)
Michel Hazanavicius
In 1967, France's top secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, codenamed OSS 117, is sent to Brazil to locate a former high-ranking Nazi who is threatening to sell a microfilm listing the names of French collaborators in WWII... [More...]
Michel Hazanavicius
In 1967, France's top secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, codenamed OSS 117, is sent to Brazil to locate a former high-ranking Nazi who is threatening to sell a microfilm listing the names of French collaborators in WWII... [More...]
Les Parrains (2005)
Frédéric Forestier
In 1980, four crooks - Max, Lucien, Serge and Henri - fail to pull off a daring jewel robbery. Max ends up in prison whilst his three partners in crime escape and settle into humdrum, semi-respectable lives... [More...]
Frédéric Forestier
In 1980, four crooks - Max, Lucien, Serge and Henri - fail to pull off a daring jewel robbery. Max ends up in prison whilst his three partners in crime escape and settle into humdrum, semi-respectable lives... [More...]
Les Pépées font la loi (1955)
Raoul André
Flora finds she has to take the law into her own hands when her daughter Nathalie is kidnapped one day. Her first thought is that her precious offspring has managed to get herself mixed up in a bothersome drugs trafficking operation, so rather than get onto the police she decides to deal with the matter by herself, assisted by her other three daughters: Elvire, Christine and Elisabeth... [More...]
Raoul André
Flora finds she has to take the law into her own hands when her daughter Nathalie is kidnapped one day. Her first thought is that her precious offspring has managed to get herself mixed up in a bothersome drugs trafficking operation, so rather than get onto the police she decides to deal with the matter by herself, assisted by her other three daughters: Elvire, Christine and Elisabeth... [More...]
Pierrot la tendresse (1960)
François Villiers
Pierrot la Tendresse makes a respectable living as a professional killer, although no one could possibly mistake the seemingly harmless old man for a murderer... [More...]
François Villiers
Pierrot la Tendresse makes a respectable living as a professional killer, although no one could possibly mistake the seemingly harmless old man for a murderer... [More...]