Vidocq (2001)
Pitof

Paris in the 1830s. It is whilst in pursuit of a mysterious criminal called the Alchemist that the celebrated detective Vidocq meets his death...   [More...]

Ville à vendre (1992)
Jean-Pierre Mocky

Moussin is a small derelict town in the industrial east of France where eight out of ten people are unemployed. Whilst the town appears to be in a state of irreversible decline with virtually every house up for sale, the mood of the local population is upbeat, thanks to generous allowances handed out by the town's mayor...   [More...]

Virgile (1953)
Carlo Rim

François Virgile is a likeable young man but his attempts to make something of his life are continually thwarted by a curse which, he believes, has brought misery and misfortune to generations of his family...   [More...]

Vivement dimanche! (1983)
François Truffaut

When a man named Massoulier is shot dead, estate agent Julien Vercel is arrested as his fingerprints are on the dead man's car...   [More...]

Voici le temps des assassins (1956)
Julien Duvivier

André Chatelin manages a popular restaurant in Paris, adjacent to the busy Halles market. His is an uneventful but contented life, until the fateful day when he is visited by Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle...   [More...]

Le Vol du Sphinx (1984)
Laurent Ferrier

A cruel disappointment in love compels a young Frenchman named Tom to give up his old life and start a new one as a pilot in the south of Morocco...   [More...]

La Volante (2015)
Christophe Ali

Thomas is driving his wife to hospital to give birth when he knocks down and kills a young man in the road. The latter's mother, Marie-France, is unable to get over this tragedy...   [More...]

Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (1959)
Michel Boisrond

When Virginie meets Hervé Dandieu, a dentist, it is love at first sight and they soon marry. However, it isn't long before they begin to fall out and start bickering over everything...   [More...]

Vous êtes de la police? (2007)
Romuald Beugnon

Retired police inspector Simon Sablonnet reluctantly allows himself to be admitted to an old people's home when he begins to have difficulty moving around...   [More...]

Wasabi (2001)
Gérard Krawczyk

Hubert is a police inspector with a kind heart but an iron fist. Although he gets results, not everyone appreciate his methods...   [More...]

Les Yeux cernés (1964)
Robert Hossein

When Vollmer, the owner of a sawmill, is shot dead in a small Austrian town, there is no shortage of suspects. Friedrich, the inspector leading the police investigation, learns that Vollmer, a tough and ruthless man, was hated by just about everyone, including his estranged wife...   [More...]

Les Yeux sans visage (1960)
Georges Franju

Professor Genessier, once a great surgeon, is now consumed with his overriding obsession - to restore the features of his beloved daughter Christiane...   [More...]

Z (1969)
Costa-Gavras

In an unnamed Mediterranean country run by an ultra right-wing government, a liberal party leader is assassinated after giving a public speech...   [More...]

Zone rouge (1986)
Robert Enrico

One summer evening, on a quiet road on the outskirts of Lyon, some tins of paint fall from a lorry. It's hard to imagine that such an innocuous event could have such devastating consequences.....   [More...]