Film Index
French cinema: Drama
L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948)
Jean Cocteau
Natasha, the queen of an unhappy kingdom, lives as a recluse, ten years after the king, her beloved husband, was assassinated...
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Jean Cocteau
Aime ton père (2002)
Jacob Berger
Léo Sheperd is a prominent writer who, it has just been announced, is to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. A reclusive man, Sheperd presently lives on a remote farm with his partner and daughter...
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Jacob Berger
L'Aîné des Ferchaux (1963)
Jean-Pierre Melville
After a series of match defeats, a young boxer named Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager and is forced to look for alternative employment to make ends meet...
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Jean-Pierre Melville
L'Air de Paris (1954)
Marcel Carné
Victor Le Garrec was once a professional boxer but his dreams of sporting glory have come to nothing. Now in his mid-fifties, he contents himself with a lesser ambition - coaching young amateurs in the hope of one day finding a true boxing champion...
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Marcel Carné
L'Alibi (1937)
Pierre Chenal
Professor Winckler is a distinguished master of the occult sciences and telepathy. Whilst he is performing his famous mind-reading act at a Parisian nightclub, he is surprised to see his most hated enemy, an American named Gordon, sitting in the audience...
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Pierre Chenal
Alice et Martin (1998)
André Téchiné
In the southwest of France, Martin is leading a tranquil childhood with his mother and her boyfriend when his wealthy father, Victor Sauvagnac, insists on taking custody of him... [More...]
André Téchiné
In the southwest of France, Martin is leading a tranquil childhood with his mother and her boyfriend when his wealthy father, Victor Sauvagnac, insists on taking custody of him... [More...]
Alice ou la dernière fugue (1977)
Claude Chabrol
After walking out on her husband, Alice gets into her car and sets out for what she hopes will be a new life. Whilst driving through the countryside a storm breaks and her windscreen suddenly cracks... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
After walking out on her husband, Alice gets into her car and sets out for what she hopes will be a new life. Whilst driving through the countryside a storm breaks and her windscreen suddenly cracks... [More...]
Aliker (2009)
Guy Deslauriers
Martinique in the 1930s. André Aliker is a young militant communist who, against the wishes of his family, takes on the job of editing and printing his party's one-sheet pamphlet... [More...]
Guy Deslauriers
Martinique in the 1930s. André Aliker is a young militant communist who, against the wishes of his family, takes on the job of editing and printing his party's one-sheet pamphlet... [More...]
L'Alliance (1971)
Christian de Chalonge
Hugues's obsession for animals has led him to accumulate a vast collection of creatures of all kinds, which he studies with great interest... [More...]
Christian de Chalonge
Hugues's obsession for animals has led him to accumulate a vast collection of creatures of all kinds, which he studies with great interest... [More...]
Allons z'enfants (1981)
Yves Boisset
In 1935, Simon Chalumot is just 13 years old when he is entered into a strict military school by his father, a patriotic veteran of the previous war... [More...]
Yves Boisset
In 1935, Simon Chalumot is just 13 years old when he is entered into a strict military school by his father, a patriotic veteran of the previous war... [More...]
Alyah (2012)
Elie Wajeman
Alex is 27 and lives in one of the less salubrious districts of Paris. He makes a dishonest living as a drugs dealer, but most of his hard-earned cash ends up in the pocket of his overly demanding older brother, Isaac... [More...]
Elie Wajeman
Alex is 27 and lives in one of the less salubrious districts of Paris. He makes a dishonest living as a drugs dealer, but most of his hard-earned cash ends up in the pocket of his overly demanding older brother, Isaac... [More...]
Alyse et Chloé (1970)
René Gainville
Alyse and Luc have been happy together for some time but now their professional commitments are starting to drive them apart... [More...]
René Gainville
Alyse and Luc have been happy together for some time but now their professional commitments are starting to drive them apart... [More...]
L'Amant de lady Chatterley (1955)
Marc Allégret
Lady Constance Chatterley is under pressure from both her sister Hilda and her husband, Sir Clifford, to find herself a lover so that she can get herself pregnant and provide an heir to the Chatterley estate... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Lady Constance Chatterley is under pressure from both her sister Hilda and her husband, Sir Clifford, to find herself a lover so that she can get herself pregnant and provide an heir to the Chatterley estate... [More...]
L'Amant double (2017)
François Ozon
Chloé is a woman in her mid-twenties who is coping badly with an ever-worsening bout of depression. Medically there is nothing wrong with her, so she takes her doctor's advice and consults a psychiatrist, Paul... [More...]
François Ozon
Chloé is a woman in her mid-twenties who is coping badly with an ever-worsening bout of depression. Medically there is nothing wrong with her, so she takes her doctor's advice and consults a psychiatrist, Paul... [More...]
Les Amants de demain (1959)
Marcel Blistène
One Christmas Eve, Pierre Montfort is desperately on the run after killing his wife in a moment of madness when his car breaks down... [More...]
Marcel Blistène
One Christmas Eve, Pierre Montfort is desperately on the run after killing his wife in a moment of madness when his car breaks down... [More...]
Les Amants de Vérone (1949)
André Cayatte
A film crew is shooting an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Venice. Bettina Verdi, the leading actress, visits a glass factory in Murano with her guide Raffaele... [More...]
André Cayatte
A film crew is shooting an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Venice. Bettina Verdi, the leading actress, visits a glass factory in Murano with her guide Raffaele... [More...]
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
Leos Carax
Paris, 1989. Leaving a shelter for homeless people, Alex, a wild-looking young man in his twenties, heads across town to his favourite spot on the Pont-Neuf... [More...]
Leos Carax
Paris, 1989. Leaving a shelter for homeless people, Alex, a wild-looking young man in his twenties, heads across town to his favourite spot on the Pont-Neuf... [More...]
Les Amants du Tage (1955)
Henri Verneuil
After the war, Pierre Roubier returns home, optimistic about the future, only to find his wife in bed with another man. In a moment of madness, Pierre shoots his wife's lover dead... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
After the war, Pierre Roubier returns home, optimistic about the future, only to find his wife in bed with another man. In a moment of madness, Pierre shoots his wife's lover dead... [More...]
Les Amants maudits (1952)
Willy Rozier
Paul leads a humdrum life as a waiter in a café but, being a fan of hard-boiled thriller novels, he fantasises about becoming a cold-blooded gangster... [More...]
Willy Rozier
Paul leads a humdrum life as a waiter in a café but, being a fan of hard-boiled thriller novels, he fantasises about becoming a cold-blooded gangster... [More...]
Les Amants réguliers (2005)
Philippe Garrel
May 1968. The streets of Paris are ablaze as students and riot police unwittingly re-enact the famous barricade scene from Les Misèrables ... [More...]
Philippe Garrel
May 1968. The streets of Paris are ablaze as students and riot police unwittingly re-enact the famous barricade scene from Les Misèrables ... [More...]
Les Amants (1958)
Louis Malle
Jeanne relieves the boredom of her stale marriage to newspaper magnate Henri Tournier by frequent visits to Paris, where she divides her time between her best friend Maggie and her covert lover Raoul... [More...]
Louis Malle
Jeanne relieves the boredom of her stale marriage to newspaper magnate Henri Tournier by frequent visits to Paris, where she divides her time between her best friend Maggie and her covert lover Raoul... [More...]
L'Ambitieuse (1959)
Yves Allégret
When she married Georges Rancourt, the black sheep of a wealthy French family, Dominique did so for love. But she is an ambitious woman who wants to be as rich as rest of the Rancourt family... [More...]
Yves Allégret
When she married Georges Rancourt, the black sheep of a wealthy French family, Dominique did so for love. But she is an ambitious woman who wants to be as rich as rest of the Rancourt family... [More...]
Amen. (2002)
Costa-Gavras
During the Second World War, Kurt Gerstein works for the Nazis on various disinfection and purification programmes. To his horror, he learns that a chemical he has developed for benevolent use is intended to be used to gas Jews in the concentration camps... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
During the Second World War, Kurt Gerstein works for the Nazis on various disinfection and purification programmes. To his horror, he learns that a chemical he has developed for benevolent use is intended to be used to gas Jews in the concentration camps... [More...]
Amer (2010)
Hélène Cattet
At three key stages in her life, Ana is assailed by conflicting feelings of fear and desire. In childhood, she is seized with terror when she witnesses an old woman perform a bizarre death ritual whilst her parents yield themselves to a horrifying bestial act... [More...]
Hélène Cattet
At three key stages in her life, Ana is assailed by conflicting feelings of fear and desire. In childhood, she is seized with terror when she witnesses an old woman perform a bizarre death ritual whilst her parents yield themselves to a horrifying bestial act... [More...]
Americano (2011)
Mathieu Demy
Martin is a late thirty-something who lives in Paris with his girlfriend Claire, although the spark has long gone out of their relationship and they live together more out of habit than through mutual need... [More...]
Mathieu Demy
Martin is a late thirty-something who lives in Paris with his girlfriend Claire, although the spark has long gone out of their relationship and they live together more out of habit than through mutual need... [More...]
Les Âmes fortes (2001)
Raoul Ruiz
In 1945, a number of old women gather together at the sombre occasion of a wake and reflect on the life of someone in their midst... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
In 1945, a number of old women gather together at the sombre occasion of a wake and reflect on the life of someone in their midst... [More...]
Les Âmes grises (2005)
Yves Angelo
France, 1917. A young schoolteacher, Lysia Verhaeren, arrives in a small town near to the Western Front to take up her first post at an infant's school... [More...]
Yves Angelo
France, 1917. A young schoolteacher, Lysia Verhaeren, arrives in a small town near to the Western Front to take up her first post at an infant's school... [More...]
L'Ami: François d'Assise et ses frères (2016)
Renaud Fely
In Italy at the start of the 13th century, the son of a wealthy merchant has turned his back on riches and now leads a simple life in the service of the poor and infirm... [More...]
Renaud Fely
In Italy at the start of the 13th century, the son of a wealthy merchant has turned his back on riches and now leads a simple life in the service of the poor and infirm... [More...]
Les Amis (1971)
Gérard Blain
Paul is a 16-year-old boy who lives with his mother in social housing in Paris. He left school at 13 and is in no hurry to find a job, imagining that one day he will begin a career as an actor... [More...]
Gérard Blain
Paul is a 16-year-old boy who lives with his mother in social housing in Paris. He left school at 13 and is in no hurry to find a job, imagining that one day he will begin a career as an actor... [More...]
Les Amitiés maléfiques (2006)
Emmanuel Bourdieu
At the start of a new term at university, three literature students Eloi, Alexandre and André strike up a friendship that will have life-changing repercussions... [More...]
Emmanuel Bourdieu
At the start of a new term at university, three literature students Eloi, Alexandre and André strike up a friendship that will have life-changing repercussions... [More...]