Film Index
French cinema: Drama
La Bataille du rail (1946)
René Clément
This episodic film recounts the exploits of French railway workers supporting the activities of the French Resistance during the Second World War...
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René Clément
Le Bataillon du ciel (1947)
Alexander Esway
Spring, 1944: a decisive moment in the Second World War. Colonel Rouvier, a respected soldier who lost an arm in combat in Tunisia, is put in charge of training a parachute regiment of the French Free Forces in England...
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Alexander Esway
Le Beau monde (2014)
Julie Lopes-Curval
Alice is twenty and lives in Bayeux. She is a woolworker who makes clothes with dyes she has created herself. She is unsure what to do with her innate talent until she meets Agnès, a wealthy Parisian woman who helps her to gain admission to a prestigious school of applied arts...
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Julie Lopes-Curval
Le Beau Serge (1958)
Claude Chabrol
Stricken with tuberculosis, a young student named François returns to his home town of Sardent in the Creuse region of central France for a period of quiet convalescence...
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Claude Chabrol
Beau travail (1999)
Claire Denis
As he struggles to adjust to civilian life, a former military man Galoup recalls his past life in the French Foreign Legion, in particular the incidents which led to his humiliating dismissal...
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Claire Denis
Le Beauf (1987)
Yves Amoureux
Gilbert has settled into a humdrum life. To support his family, he works for a bank where his sole task is to operating a machine which incinerates banknotes... [More...]
Yves Amoureux
Gilbert has settled into a humdrum life. To support his family, he works for a bank where his sole task is to operating a machine which incinerates banknotes... [More...]
Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996)
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]
The Beekeeper (1986)
Theodoros Angelopoulos
After giving up his job as a schoolteacher 60-year-old Spiros needs a hobby to occupy him, so he decides to take up beekeeping... [More...]
Theodoros Angelopoulos
After giving up his job as a schoolteacher 60-year-old Spiros needs a hobby to occupy him, so he decides to take up beekeeping... [More...]
Bellamy (2009)
Claude Chabrol
As is his custom, police commissioner Paul Bellamy takes his annual summer break in the south of France, staying with wife Francoise's family in Nimes... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
As is his custom, police commissioner Paul Bellamy takes his annual summer break in the south of France, staying with wife Francoise's family in Nimes... [More...]
Belle épine (2010)
Rebecca Zlotowski
Prudence Friedman is 17 and is currently living alone in the family apartment in Paris. Her mother has just died, her father is away on a business trip to Canada, and her sister Frédérique has moved out... [More...]
Rebecca Zlotowski
Prudence Friedman is 17 and is currently living alone in the family apartment in Paris. Her mother has just died, her father is away on a business trip to Canada, and her sister Frédérique has moved out... [More...]
La Belle équipe (1936)
Julien Duvivier
France, 1936, Jean, Charles, Mario, Raymond and Jacques are five unemployed friends who are desperately looking for work and live in a squalid Parisian apartment block... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
France, 1936, Jean, Charles, Mario, Raymond and Jacques are five unemployed friends who are desperately looking for work and live in a squalid Parisian apartment block... [More...]
La Belle et la bête (1946)
Jean Cocteau
Once upon a time, there was an old merchant who, having fallen on hard times, lives with his three daughters and his son at their modest house in the country... [More...]
Jean Cocteau
Once upon a time, there was an old merchant who, having fallen on hard times, lives with his three daughters and his son at their modest house in the country... [More...]
La Belle Nivernaise (1924)
Jean Epstein
Louveau is the owner of an old barge, La Belle Nivernaise, which ships coal along the Nivernaise canal in central France... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Louveau is the owner of an old barge, La Belle Nivernaise, which ships coal along the Nivernaise canal in central France... [More...]
La Belle noiseuse (1991)
Jacques Rivette
A young Parisian artist, Nicolas, arrives in provincial France with his girlfriend, Marianne, to visit a reclusive, once great artist, Edouard Frenhofer... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
A young Parisian artist, Nicolas, arrives in provincial France with his girlfriend, Marianne, to visit a reclusive, once great artist, Edouard Frenhofer... [More...]
La Belle personne (2008)
Christophe Honoré
After the death of her mother, 16-year-old Junie goes to live with her cousin, Mathias. Junie's arrival at her new school attracts the attention of several of Mathias' friends, but she only consents to go out with one of them, the timid but amiable Otto... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
After the death of her mother, 16-year-old Junie goes to live with her cousin, Mathias. Junie's arrival at her new school attracts the attention of several of Mathias' friends, but she only consents to go out with one of them, the timid but amiable Otto... [More...]
La Belle saison (2015)
Catherine Corsini
In 1971, 25-year-old Delphine surprises her farming parents when she turns her back on a life in the country and heads for Paris to make a fresh start... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
In 1971, 25-year-old Delphine surprises her farming parents when she turns her back on a life in the country and heads for Paris to make a fresh start... [More...]
La Belle vie (2014)
Jean Denizot
In the wake of an acrimonious divorce, Yves makes the snap decision to go on the run with his two young sons, Sylvain and Pierre... [More...]
Jean Denizot
In the wake of an acrimonious divorce, Yves makes the snap decision to go on the run with his two young sons, Sylvain and Pierre... [More...]
Les Belles manières (1978)
Jean-Claude Guiguet
Camille, an uneducated young man from the provinces, arrives in Paris to take up the post of housekeeper for the wealthy Hélène Courtray and her reclusive son Pierre... [More...]
Jean-Claude Guiguet
Camille, an uneducated young man from the provinces, arrives in Paris to take up the post of housekeeper for the wealthy Hélène Courtray and her reclusive son Pierre... [More...]
Benvenuta (1983)
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
Bernadette (1988)
Jean Delannoy
In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous and her family take up residence in a disused prison in the French town of Lourdes... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous and her family take up residence in a disused prison in the French town of Lourdes... [More...]
La Bête à l'affût (1959)
Pierre Chenal
At the home of Elisabeth Vermont, a wealthy young widow, an auction is held to benefit the orphans of the local police department... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
At the home of Elisabeth Vermont, a wealthy young widow, an auction is held to benefit the orphans of the local police department... [More...]
La Bête humaine (1938)
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
La Bête (1975)
Walerian Borowczyk
To safeguard the future of his country estate, the Marquis de l'Esperance arranges a marriage between his son, Mathurin, and an English heiress, Lucy Broadhurst... [More...]
Walerian Borowczyk
To safeguard the future of his country estate, the Marquis de l'Esperance arranges a marriage between his son, Mathurin, and an English heiress, Lucy Broadhurst... [More...]
Bethsabée (1947)
Léonide Moguy
Georges Dubreuil, a spahi captain stationed at a French fortress in Morocco, is delighted when his fiancée, Arabella Delvert, comes to visit him... [More...]
Léonide Moguy
Georges Dubreuil, a spahi captain stationed at a French fortress in Morocco, is delighted when his fiancée, Arabella Delvert, comes to visit him... [More...]
Betty (1992)
Claude Chabrol
Rejected by her family in Lyon, Betty ends up alone and drunk in a Parisian bar. She meets a man who takes her to a nearby restaurant... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Rejected by her family in Lyon, Betty ends up alone and drunk in a Parisian bar. She meets a man who takes her to a nearby restaurant... [More...]
Les Biches (1968)
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Le Bienfaiteur (1942)
Henri Decoin
Monsieur Moulinet has earned the respect and admiration of all the good people of Barfleur-sur-Oron. Nicknamed “the benefactor”, he is renowned for his generosity... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Monsieur Moulinet has earned the respect and admiration of all the good people of Barfleur-sur-Oron. Nicknamed “the benefactor”, he is renowned for his generosity... [More...]
Bienvenue parmi nous (2012)
Jean Becker
Taillandier, a sixty-year-old painter of some renown, has suddenly lost his creative urge. In a fit of depression, and without offering the slightest explanation to his family, he leaves his home and embarks on a long and seemingly aimless journey... [More...]
Jean Becker
Taillandier, a sixty-year-old painter of some renown, has suddenly lost his creative urge. In a fit of depression, and without offering the slightest explanation to his family, he leaves his home and embarks on a long and seemingly aimless journey... [More...]
Les Bijoutiers du clair de lune (1958)
Roger Vadim
Having just completed her studies in a convent, Ursula decides to visit her aunt Florentine in Spain. When she arrives, a young mechanic, Lambert, attacks her uncle, Ribera, accusing him of driving his sister to suicide... [More...]
Roger Vadim
Having just completed her studies in a convent, Ursula decides to visit her aunt Florentine in Spain. When she arrives, a young mechanic, Lambert, attacks her uncle, Ribera, accusing him of driving his sister to suicide... [More...]
Black Moon (1975)
Louis Malle
The world is caught in an interminable war in which men round up women and execute them. An adolescent girl named Lily narrowly escapes the same fate as she makes her way across a war-torn landscape... [More...]
Louis Malle
The world is caught in an interminable war in which men round up women and execute them. An adolescent girl named Lily narrowly escapes the same fate as she makes her way across a war-torn landscape... [More...]