Film Index
French cinema: Thriller
Planetarium (2016)
Rebecca Zlotowski
In the late 1930s, two young American sisters, Kate and Laura Barlow, have found success on the cabaret circuit as mediums able to make contact with the spirits of the dead...
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Rebecca Zlotowski
Plein soleil (1960)
René Clément
An impoverished young American, Tom Ripley, is offered a handsome reward by a wealthy businessman to bring his son, Philippe Greenleaf, back home to take over the family business...
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René Clément
Pleins feux sur l'assassin (1961)
Georges Franju
Realising that he is about to die, the Count of Keraudren hides himself behind a one-way mirror in a secret room at his chateau...
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Georges Franju
Pleins feux sur Stanislas (1965)
Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Stanislas Dubois has just retired from the espionage business and embarks on a comfortable retirement so that he can write his 'memoirs of a spy'...
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Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Poker (1988)
Catherine Corsini
Hélène is a Paris tourist guide who is addicted to gambling. One day, she loses fifty thousand francs in one session whilst playing poker with a gangster named Tonio...
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Catherine Corsini
Polar (1984)
Jacques Bral
A disgraced cop, Eugène Tarpon, sets himself up as a private detective, operating from his one room apartment in Paris... [More...]
Jacques Bral
A disgraced cop, Eugène Tarpon, sets himself up as a private detective, operating from his one room apartment in Paris... [More...]
Police (1985)
Maurice Pialat
Based in an ordinary police station in Paris, Mangin is a driven police inspector who is on a personal crusade to smash a ring of drugs traffickers that is operating between Marseille and Paris... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
Based in an ordinary police station in Paris, Mangin is a driven police inspector who is on a personal crusade to smash a ring of drugs traffickers that is operating between Marseille and Paris... [More...]
Police Python 357 (1976)
Alain Corneau
Orléans police inspector Marc Ferrot leads a focused, solitary existence. With no family and few friends, he devotes himself to his work and his interest in firearms... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Orléans police inspector Marc Ferrot leads a focused, solitary existence. With no family and few friends, he devotes himself to his work and his interest in firearms... [More...]
Le Port du désir (1955)
Edmond T. Gréville
As a sunken ship risks blocking the entrance to the port of Marseille, Captain Le Quévic is instructed by the naval authorities to raise the vessel and tow it away... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
As a sunken ship risks blocking the entrance to the port of Marseille, Captain Le Quévic is instructed by the naval authorities to raise the vessel and tow it away... [More...]
Portrait d'un assassin (1949)
Bernard-Roland
Jean, nicknamed Fabius the Foolhardy, is a circus acrobat whose act involves driving a motorcycle up a near-vertical incline, the Wall of Death... [More...]
Bernard-Roland
Jean, nicknamed Fabius the Foolhardy, is a circus acrobat whose act involves driving a motorcycle up a near-vertical incline, the Wall of Death... [More...]
Possessions (2012)
Eric Guirado
Tired of their humdrum life in the north of France, a young couple decide to move to a mountain village. Marilyne and Bruno Caron are not well off but they can afford to rent a small chalet in what seems to them to be idyllic surroundings... [More...]
Eric Guirado
Tired of their humdrum life in the north of France, a young couple decide to move to a mountain village. Marilyne and Bruno Caron are not well off but they can afford to rent a small chalet in what seems to them to be idyllic surroundings... [More...]
Poupoupidou (2011)
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
David Rousseau is a successful writer of crime novels but lately his inspiration appears to have deserted him completely... [More...]
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
David Rousseau is a successful writer of crime novels but lately his inspiration appears to have deserted him completely... [More...]
Pour elle (2008)
Fred Cavayé
Julien and Lisa are a married couple who have been leading a perfectly happy life together for some years. They have a young son and couldn't be more ordinary if they tried... [More...]
Fred Cavayé
Julien and Lisa are a married couple who have been leading a perfectly happy life together for some years. They have a young son and couldn't be more ordinary if they tried... [More...]
Pour la peau d'un flic (1981)
Alain Delon
Choucas gave up working as a regular cop some years ago and now he earns his crust as a private detective, assisted by his old friend Haymann... [More...]
Alain Delon
Choucas gave up working as a regular cop some years ago and now he earns his crust as a private detective, assisted by his old friend Haymann... [More...]
Le Premier cercle (2009)
Laurent Tuel
The gangster Milo Malakian is proud of his family tradition and intends that his son Anton will continue his successful career of crime... [More...]
Laurent Tuel
The gangster Milo Malakian is proud of his family tradition and intends that his son Anton will continue his successful career of crime... [More...]
Président (2006)
Lionel Delplanque
Despite the army of aides and advisors that are dutifully at his beck and call, the President knows that ultimately he is on his own, one man who has the power to change the world for the better or the worse, depending on his own beliefs and personal ambitions... [More...]
Lionel Delplanque
Despite the army of aides and advisors that are dutifully at his beck and call, the President knows that ultimately he is on his own, one man who has the power to change the world for the better or the worse, depending on his own beliefs and personal ambitions... [More...]
Le Prix du danger (1983)
Yves Boisset
A man is hunted to his death across a European city. Is he a criminal being pursued by the police? Is he the victim of a gangland killing... [More...]
Yves Boisset
A man is hunted to his death across a European city. Is he a criminal being pursued by the police? Is he the victim of a gangland killing... [More...]
Le Professionnel (1981)
Georges Lautner
Josselin Beaumont, an agent in the French secret service, is sent to Malagawi, a small African country, to assassinate its president, Njala... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Josselin Beaumont, an agent in the French secret service, is sent to Malagawi, a small African country, to assassinate its president, Njala... [More...]
Profil bas (1993)
Claude Zidi
Julien Segal is a seasoned police inspector in his mid-thirties. Although he has an exemplary record, he has become disillusioned with his career and is seriously contemplating giving up his work for good... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Julien Segal is a seasoned police inspector in his mid-thirties. Although he has an exemplary record, he has become disillusioned with his career and is seriously contemplating giving up his work for good... [More...]
La Proie (2011)
Eric Valette
Hunted by the police, escaped convict Franck Adrien knows that the odds are not stacked in his favour as he goes chasing after the criminal who got him into this mess... [More...]
Eric Valette
Hunted by the police, escaped convict Franck Adrien knows that the odds are not stacked in his favour as he goes chasing after the criminal who got him into this mess... [More...]
Promenons-nous dans les bois (2000)
Lionel Delplanque
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf..? Evidently not the five actors who are invited to a remote country house to offer their modern interpretation of the tale Little Red Riding Hood... [More...]
Lionel Delplanque
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf..? Evidently not the five actors who are invited to a remote country house to offer their modern interpretation of the tale Little Red Riding Hood... [More...]
Quai de Grenelle (1950)
Emil E. Reinert
Jean-Louis Cavalade is an impetuous young man who likes nothing better than to hunt snakes in the Forest of Fontainebleau... [More...]
Emil E. Reinert
Jean-Louis Cavalade is an impetuous young man who likes nothing better than to hunt snakes in the Forest of Fontainebleau... [More...]
Quai des Orfèvres (1947)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Against the wishes of her husband Maurice, music hall singer Jenny Lamour is prepared to do anything to advance her career... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Against the wishes of her husband Maurice, music hall singer Jenny Lamour is prepared to do anything to advance her career... [More...]
Quand la femme s'en mêle (1957)
Yves Allégret
Henri Godot, the head of a Parisian-based criminal gang, has begun an amorous liaison with Maine, the former girlfriend of one of his equally ruthless rivals, Bobby... [More...]
Yves Allégret
Henri Godot, the head of a Parisian-based criminal gang, has begun an amorous liaison with Maine, the former girlfriend of one of his equally ruthless rivals, Bobby... [More...]
Que la bête meure (1969)
Claude Chabrol
When his young son is killed in a hit-and-run car accident, writer Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
When his young son is killed in a hit-and-run car accident, writer Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer... [More...]
Que personne ne sorte (1962)
Ivan Govar
A lonely widow Adélia is delighted when Jo, the charming man she met on holiday, turns up at her Bruges mansion one Christmas Eve... [More...]
Ivan Govar
A lonely widow Adélia is delighted when Jo, the charming man she met on holiday, turns up at her Bruges mansion one Christmas Eve... [More...]
Quelques jours en septembre (2006)
Santiago Amigorena
In the first few days of September 2001, an American spy named Elliott goes into hiding and arranges a secret meeting with three people: the French agent Irène Montano, his adopted son David and his estranged daughter Orlando... [More...]
Santiago Amigorena
In the first few days of September 2001, an American spy named Elliott goes into hiding and arranges a secret meeting with three people: the French agent Irène Montano, his adopted son David and his estranged daughter Orlando... [More...]
Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles (1973)
Georges Lautner
Situated in the Lot department of southwest France, Loubressac is an idyllic spot to live. You'd think this would be a haven for those seeking the peace and quiet of the countryside, but no... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Situated in the Lot department of southwest France, Loubressac is an idyllic spot to live. You'd think this would be a haven for those seeking the peace and quiet of the countryside, but no... [More...]
Qui a tué Bambi? (2003)
Gilles Marchand
Isabelle is training to be a nurse in a modern French hospital. When she faints in the presence of an attractive young doctor, Philipp, the latter gives her the nickname “Bambi”... [More...]
Gilles Marchand
Isabelle is training to be a nurse in a modern French hospital. When she faints in the presence of an attractive young doctor, Philipp, the latter gives her the nickname “Bambi”... [More...]
Qui? (1970)
Léonard Keigel
Marina has just had the closest brush with death she can imagine. She can scarcely believe she is still alive. Less than ten minutes ago, she and her boyfriend Claude were cruising along a stretch of coastal road in Brittany when they got into a violent argument... [More...]
Léonard Keigel
Marina has just had the closest brush with death she can imagine. She can scarcely believe she is still alive. Less than ten minutes ago, she and her boyfriend Claude were cruising along a stretch of coastal road in Brittany when they got into a violent argument... [More...]