Film Index
French cinema: Thriller
Un homme à abattre (1967)
Philippe Condroyer
In the mid-1960s, a German architect named Fromm is under close surveillance by a suspicious group of individuals. They track his every movement, watch his comings and goings, patiently waiting for the moment when they can make their move...
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Philippe Condroyer
Un homme idéal (2015)
Yann Gozlan
Mathieu, a man in his mid-twenties, dreams of making his name as an author. He has written a book, but despite his best efforts he cannot find a publisher and he refuses to accept the truth - that he has no talent as a writer...
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Yann Gozlan
Un jeu d'enfants (2001)
Laurent Tuel
After inheriting a spacious Parisian apartment from a relative, Marianne Fauvel, a translator, wastes no time moving in with her husband Jacques and their two young children, Julien and Aude...
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Laurent Tuel
Un monde à nous (2008)
Frédéric Balekdjian
Marc and his young son Noé arrive in a new town, hoping to begin a new life. Noé starts a new school, where he makes new friends, but his father continues to put him through intensive training in combat sports...
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Frédéric Balekdjian
Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978)
Jacques Deray
Arriving in Barcelona to meet up with his wife, Roland Fériaud checks into a hotel and is surprised to find a dead man in the room next to his...
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Jacques Deray
Un printemps à Paris (2006)
Jacques Bral
Georges leaves prison, after a five-year long stretch, with the intention of making a fresh start. No such hope. His former partner in crime, Pierrot, appears on his doorstep and persuades him to take part in another criminal exploit - to steal a vast jewel collection from a wealthy Parisian woman... [More...]
Jacques Bral
Georges leaves prison, after a five-year long stretch, with the intention of making a fresh start. No such hope. His former partner in crime, Pierrot, appears on his doorstep and persuades him to take part in another criminal exploit - to steal a vast jewel collection from a wealthy Parisian woman... [More...]
Un prophète (2009)
Jacques Audiard
Malik El Djebena is a 19-year-old troublemaker who suddenly finds himself in a concrete Hell that will change his life forever... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
Malik El Djebena is a 19-year-old troublemaker who suddenly finds himself in a concrete Hell that will change his life forever... [More...]
Un soir... par hasard (1963)
Ivan Govar
At an important research centre in Saclay, just outside Paris, 20-year-old atomic physicist André Ségonne has made what could well be one of the scientific breakthroughs of the century when he creates a small quantity of anti-matter in his laboratory... [More...]
Ivan Govar
At an important research centre in Saclay, just outside Paris, 20-year-old atomic physicist André Ségonne has made what could well be one of the scientific breakthroughs of the century when he creates a small quantity of anti-matter in his laboratory... [More...]
Un témoin dans la ville (1959)
Edouard Molinaro
In the course of a violent argument, businessman Pierre Verdier pushes his mistress Jeanne out of a moving train. Tried for murder, he is subsequently acquitted through lack of evidence... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In the course of a violent argument, businessman Pierre Verdier pushes his mistress Jeanne out of a moving train. Tried for murder, he is subsequently acquitted through lack of evidence... [More...]
Une affaire d'état (2009)
Eric Valette
Nora Chayd is a redoubtable police inspector who has more on her plate than she bargained for when she begins investigating the murder of a prostitute in the Pigalle district of Paris... [More...]
Eric Valette
Nora Chayd is a redoubtable police inspector who has more on her plate than she bargained for when she begins investigating the murder of a prostitute in the Pigalle district of Paris... [More...]
Une affaire de goût (2000)
Bernard Rapp
Frédéric Delamont is a rich and powerful industrialist who takes an almost sadistic relish in exerting his power and influence over others... [More...]
Bernard Rapp
Frédéric Delamont is a rich and powerful industrialist who takes an almost sadistic relish in exerting his power and influence over others... [More...]
Une autre vie (2014)
Emmanuel Mouret
Jean is an electrician who makes a living installing household alarms in the south of France. In the course of his work he meets Aurore, a famous concert pianist who is recovering from a breakdown at her home in the country... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
Jean is an electrician who makes a living installing household alarms in the south of France. In the course of his work he meets Aurore, a famous concert pianist who is recovering from a breakdown at her home in the country... [More...]
Une employée modèle (2002)
Jacques Otmezguine
François Maurey is the managing director of a small but successful IT company. Whilst driving home one night, he encounters a young woman, Florence, who begs him to protect her from her aggressive husband... [More...]
Jacques Otmezguine
François Maurey is the managing director of a small but successful IT company. Whilst driving home one night, he encounters a young woman, Florence, who begs him to protect her from her aggressive husband... [More...]
Une manche et la belle (1957)
Henri Verneuil
Philippe Delaroche is a modest bank employee whose attempt to swindle some easy money out of a rich widow, Betty Farnwell, ends with an unexpected proposal of marriage... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Philippe Delaroche is a modest bank employee whose attempt to swindle some easy money out of a rich widow, Betty Farnwell, ends with an unexpected proposal of marriage... [More...]
Une nuit (2012)
Philippe Lefebvre
Simon Weiss's life as a dedicated cop in Paris's vice squad is mostly routine. Most nights are uneventful, more likely to arouse boredom than excitement... [More...]
Philippe Lefebvre
Simon Weiss's life as a dedicated cop in Paris's vice squad is mostly routine. Most nights are uneventful, more likely to arouse boredom than excitement... [More...]
Une part d'ombre (2018)
Samuel Tilman
David is a family man who has everything he could ask for, including a devoted wife Julie and two children he adores. So far he has led an ordinary existence and there is no sign of the dramatic turn of events that are about to overtake him and his family as they return home after their holidays... [More...]
Samuel Tilman
David is a family man who has everything he could ask for, including a devoted wife Julie and two children he adores. So far he has led an ordinary existence and there is no sign of the dramatic turn of events that are about to overtake him and his family as they return home after their holidays... [More...]
Une ravissante idiote (1964)
Edouard Molinaro
When Harry Compton loses his job with a bank in London, he decides to follow the career of his father and become a Russian spy... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
When Harry Compton loses his job with a bank in London, he decides to follow the career of his father and become a Russian spy... [More...]
L'Union sacrée (1989)
Alexandre Arcady
Simon Atlan, a Jewish anti-narcotics cop, is teamed up with Karim Hamida, secret agent for an Arab government. Tensions between the two men run high as they investigate an international drugs ring operating in state schools... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
Simon Atlan, a Jewish anti-narcotics cop, is teamed up with Karim Hamida, secret agent for an Arab government. Tensions between the two men run high as they investigate an international drugs ring operating in state schools... [More...]
Urgence (1985)
Gilles Béhat
One night, Lyza sees her brother, the reporter Max Forestier, killed and narrowly escapes death herself at the hands of an unknown assailant... [More...]
Gilles Béhat
One night, Lyza sees her brother, the reporter Max Forestier, killed and narrowly escapes death herself at the hands of an unknown assailant... [More...]
Vacances explosives (1957)
Christian Stengel
In Paris, Arlette Bernard hosts a grand reception at the bar she has just bought to celebrate the marriage of her daughter Syvie to François Morel, just before they set out on their honeymoon in the south of France... [More...]
Christian Stengel
In Paris, Arlette Bernard hosts a grand reception at the bar she has just bought to celebrate the marriage of her daughter Syvie to François Morel, just before they set out on their honeymoon in the south of France... [More...]
Valentin Valentin (2015)
Pascal Thomas
In a small apartment block in Paris, a melancholic 30-year-old named Valentin divides his time between his demanding mistress, his egoistical mother, three girls on the fifth floor and a pretty Chinese girl whose presence in the house across the road has always intrigued him... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
In a small apartment block in Paris, a melancholic 30-year-old named Valentin divides his time between his demanding mistress, his egoistical mother, three girls on the fifth floor and a pretty Chinese girl whose presence in the house across the road has always intrigued him... [More...]
La Valise (1973)
Georges Lautner
Having succeeded in making himself the enemy of the entire Arab world, Commander Bloch, a senior agent in the Israeli secret services, flees to Libya and soon finds himself holed up in the French Embassy in Tripoli... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Having succeeded in making himself the enemy of the entire Arab world, Commander Bloch, a senior agent in the Israeli secret services, flees to Libya and soon finds himself holed up in the French Embassy in Tripoli... [More...]
La Valse du gorille (1959)
Bernard Borderie
An international conference at which Professor Keibel is to present his theory for a revolutionary new rocket system is sabotaged by German agents determined to steal Keibel's discovery and sell it to the highest bidder... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
An international conference at which Professor Keibel is to present his theory for a revolutionary new rocket system is sabotaged by German agents determined to steal Keibel's discovery and sell it to the highest bidder... [More...]
Le Vampire de Düsseldorf (1965)
Robert Hossein
In the 1930s, chaos and misery reign over Düsseldorf as the Nazis begin their campaign of terror. But the city is afflicted by another menace, a serial killer who writes a letter to the police every time he murders a young woman... [More...]
Robert Hossein
In the 1930s, chaos and misery reign over Düsseldorf as the Nazis begin their campaign of terror. But the city is afflicted by another menace, a serial killer who writes a letter to the police every time he murders a young woman... [More...]
Les Vampires (1915)
Louis Feuillade
Paris is in the grip of an unseen, nameless, terror, against which the police are powerless to act. A criminal organisation known as the Vampires create fear and mayhem, killing, looting, abducting - no crime is too daring, or too despicable... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
Paris is in the grip of an unseen, nameless, terror, against which the police are powerless to act. A criminal organisation known as the Vampires create fear and mayhem, killing, looting, abducting - no crime is too daring, or too despicable... [More...]
Vengeance (2009)
Johnnie To
A man named Costello arrives in Hong Kong, ostensibly to find work as a chef. In fact, he is here to avenge the death of his daughter and her family, who were savagely slain by hired killers... [More...]
Johnnie To
A man named Costello arrives in Hong Kong, ostensibly to find work as a chef. In fact, he is here to avenge the death of his daughter and her family, who were savagely slain by hired killers... [More...]
Verdict (1974)
André Cayatte
André Léoni is put on trial for the rape and murder of his girlfriend Annie Chartier, the daughter of a respectable middle-class couple... [More...]
André Cayatte
André Léoni is put on trial for the rape and murder of his girlfriend Annie Chartier, the daughter of a respectable middle-class couple... [More...]
Vertige (2009)
Abel Ferry
With a thirst for adventure, a group of friends decide to go on a rock climbing expedition in Croatia. What begins as a carefree outing in the countryside soon turns into something darker as old feelings resurface and a fear of heights grips some members of the party... [More...]
Abel Ferry
With a thirst for adventure, a group of friends decide to go on a rock climbing expedition in Croatia. What begins as a carefree outing in the countryside soon turns into something darker as old feelings resurface and a fear of heights grips some members of the party... [More...]
Le Vertige (1926)
Marcel L'Herbier
Russia, March 1917. With a fierce revolution threatening to engulf the entire country, the Petrograd estate of General Svirsky is hours away from being overrun by the peasant mob... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Russia, March 1917. With a fierce revolution threatening to engulf the entire country, the Petrograd estate of General Svirsky is hours away from being overrun by the peasant mob... [More...]
Les Victimes (1996)
Patrick Grandperret
Pierre Duval is a publisher who is madly in love with Manou, an attractive but unpredictable young woman. Unfortunately, she is married to a renowned architect, Bernard Jaillac, who has no intention of letting her go... [More...]
Patrick Grandperret
Pierre Duval is a publisher who is madly in love with Manou, an attractive but unpredictable young woman. Unfortunately, she is married to a renowned architect, Bernard Jaillac, who has no intention of letting her go... [More...]