Film Index
French cinema: Thriller
Au coeur du mensonge (1999)
Claude Chabrol
René Sterne was a successful artist before a terrorist attack left him maimed for life. Now, beset with scars that are both physical and psychological, he struggles to regain his inspiration in a quiet fishing port on the coast of Brittany...
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Claude Chabrol
Au nom de la loi (1932)
Maurice Tourneur
Inspector Clamart is confident that he can single-handedly deal with a drugs trafficking ring. The next day, his lifeless body is found floating in the Seine...
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Maurice Tourneur
Au p'tit zouave (1949)
Gilles Grangier
Au p'tit Zouave is a café run by Armand Billot and his wife in a working class district of Paris. The café is a popular haunt for ordinary people working in the area, although Billot's main preoccupation is his treasured goldfish, which he guards day and night from his wife's cat...
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Gilles Grangier
Au plus près du soleil (2015)
Yves Angelo
Sophie is a judge who is presently occupied with the case of Juliette, a younger woman who is charged with abusing her lover, a man who was driven to suicide...
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Yves Angelo
Au secours! (1924)
Abel Gance
Max is relaxing on honeymoon with his bride Renée when he suddenly feels inclined to drop in on his club. He arrives at the club just as the Count de Mornay offers a bet that no one can spend a night in his haunted castle...
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Abel Gance
L'Auberge rouge (2007)
Gérard Krawczyk
In the late 1800s, Martin and Rose manage a remote inn in the Pyrenean mountains. Unable to make enough money from their honest trade, the couple allow their adopted son Violet to murder their customers so that they can purloin their belongings... [More...]
Gérard Krawczyk
In the late 1800s, Martin and Rose manage a remote inn in the Pyrenean mountains. Unable to make enough money from their honest trade, the couple allow their adopted son Violet to murder their customers so that they can purloin their belongings... [More...]
L'Autre monde (2010)
Gilles Marchand
Whilst holidaying in the South of France one summer, teen lovers Gaspard and Marion find a mobile phone which contains a series of cryptic messages... [More...]
Gilles Marchand
Whilst holidaying in the South of France one summer, teen lovers Gaspard and Marion find a mobile phone which contains a series of cryptic messages... [More...]
Aux yeux de tous (2012)
Cédric Jimenez
There are around half a million security cameras in France, a huge surveillance system that could be dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands..... [More...]
Cédric Jimenez
There are around half a million security cameras in France, a huge surveillance system that could be dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands..... [More...]
Avant l'aube (2011)
Raphaël Jacoulot
Frédéric Boissier believes he has put his troubled past behind him when he gets himself a respectable job as a night porter in a luxury mountain hotel... [More...]
Raphaël Jacoulot
Frédéric Boissier believes he has put his troubled past behind him when he gets himself a respectable job as a night porter in a luxury mountain hotel... [More...]
Avec la peau des autres (1966)
Jacques Deray
Once it is discovered that there is a leak in his organisation, French security agent Pascal Fabre travels to Vienna to investigate the possibility that France's spy network has been infiltrated by enemy agents... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Once it is discovered that there is a leak in his organisation, French security agent Pascal Fabre travels to Vienna to investigate the possibility that France's spy network has been infiltrated by enemy agents... [More...]
L'Aventure est au coin de la rue (1944)
Jacques Daniel-Norman
A wealthy young man, Pierre Trévoux, is tired of his dull life and yearns for adventure. After spending an evening in a night-club where is inspired by the singer Adria-Adria, he gets the better of a pickpocket, Roulet, forcing him to give him his ill-gotten gains for that evening... [More...]
Jacques Daniel-Norman
A wealthy young man, Pierre Trévoux, is tired of his dull life and yearns for adventure. After spending an evening in a night-club where is inspired by the singer Adria-Adria, he gets the better of a pickpocket, Roulet, forcing him to give him his ill-gotten gains for that evening... [More...]
L'Aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972)
Claude Lelouch
Realising that times have changed, five unscrupulous crooks decide it is time for a reappraisal of their line of business... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Realising that times have changed, five unscrupulous crooks decide it is time for a reappraisal of their line of business... [More...]
Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Luc Besson
In 1912, the plucky journalist Adèle Blanc-Sec undertakes an expedition to Egypt in the hope of finding an ancient remedy for her sister, who is close to death after injuring herself in a game of tennis... [More...]
Luc Besson
In 1912, the plucky journalist Adèle Blanc-Sec undertakes an expedition to Egypt in the hope of finding an ancient remedy for her sister, who is close to death after injuring herself in a game of tennis... [More...]
Les Aventuriers (1967)
Robert Enrico
Whilst looking for materials for her next sculpture, Laetitia makes friends with Roland, a former racing driver, and Manu, a flying instructor... [More...]
Robert Enrico
Whilst looking for materials for her next sculpture, Laetitia makes friends with Roland, a former racing driver, and Manu, a flying instructor... [More...]
L'Aveu (1970)
Costa-Gavras
Prague, 1951. A.L. is the deputy foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, a man with an impeccable record. Having fought on the side of the Brigadas Internacionales during the Spanish Civil War, and then with the French Resistance during WWII, A.L.'s devotion to communism seems to be beyond dispute... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
Prague, 1951. A.L. is the deputy foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, a man with an impeccable record. Having fought on the side of the Brigadas Internacionales during the Spanish Civil War, and then with the French Resistance during WWII, A.L.'s devotion to communism seems to be beyond dispute... [More...]
Les Aveux les plus doux (1971)
Edouard Molinaro
Jean Dubreuil is a young man who finds himself in deep trouble when a seemingly straightforward attempt to rob a circus goes badly wrong... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Jean Dubreuil is a young man who finds himself in deep trouble when a seemingly straightforward attempt to rob a circus goes badly wrong... [More...]
L'Avocat (2011)
Cédric Anger
Léo Demarsan has barely qualified as a lawyer before he secures a prestigious client who is keen to exploit his flair for business law... [More...]
Cédric Anger
Léo Demarsan has barely qualified as a lawyer before he secures a prestigious client who is keen to exploit his flair for business law... [More...]
Baise-moi (2000)
Virginie Despentes
One evening, two jaded young women meet at a railway station and form an instant bond. Both have been abused and humiliated by a society that treats them with contempt... [More...]
Virginie Despentes
One evening, two jaded young women meet at a railway station and form an instant bond. Both have been abused and humiliated by a society that treats them with contempt... [More...]
Bal Cupidon (1949)
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
After causing a road accident by driving too fast, Flip finds himself in court, and prosecution lawyer Isabelle Plessis takes immense pleasure in seeing him sent to prison... [More...]
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
After causing a road accident by driving too fast, Flip finds himself in court, and prosecution lawyer Isabelle Plessis takes immense pleasure in seeing him sent to prison... [More...]
La Balance (1982)
Bob Swaim
Inspector Palouzi, the head of a driven vice squad in a crime-ridden district of Paris, finds he has a problem when one of his best informers is gunned down in the street... [More...]
Bob Swaim
Inspector Palouzi, the head of a driven vice squad in a crime-ridden district of Paris, finds he has a problem when one of his best informers is gunned down in the street... [More...]
Ballade pour un voyou (1963)
Claude-Jean Bonnardot
Recently released from prison, juvenile delinquent Vincent Vivant tries to make a fresh start as a garage mechanic. Tempted by easy money, he agrees to act as a courier for a spy named Stéphane, his errand being to take a mysterious suitcase to its intended owner... [More...]
Claude-Jean Bonnardot
Recently released from prison, juvenile delinquent Vincent Vivant tries to make a fresh start as a garage mechanic. Tempted by easy money, he agrees to act as a courier for a spy named Stéphane, his errand being to take a mysterious suitcase to its intended owner... [More...]
Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117 (1964)
André Hunebelle
French agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, alias OSS 117, is sent to Bangkok to investigate the assassination of an American secret service agent... [More...]
André Hunebelle
French agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, alias OSS 117, is sent to Bangkok to investigate the assassination of an American secret service agent... [More...]
La Bande à Bonnot (1968)
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
La Bande à papa (1956)
Guy Lefranc
Fernand Jérôme is one of those grey little men no one ever notices, the Mr Everyman kind who contents himself with his humdrum life and has no greater ambition than to see his next paycheque land on his doormat... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Fernand Jérôme is one of those grey little men no one ever notices, the Mr Everyman kind who contents himself with his humdrum life and has no greater ambition than to see his next paycheque land on his doormat... [More...]
Bande à part (1964)
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Odile is a young woman who lives in Paris, working as a housekeeper for her aunt, Madame Victoria. She tells Franz, a fellow student at the language school she attends, that her neighbour, Mr Stoltz, keeps a huge stash of money in an unlocked cupboard... [More...]
Banqueroute (2000)
Antoine Desrosières
One of the lesser known casualties of the 1995 stock market crash is an ambitious young trader named Nicolas Lanson. A man who has grown accustomed to a life of unbridled luxury, Lanson thrives on his bloated bonuses, and this incentivises him to take the kind of investment risks that no sane stockbroker would even consider... [More...]
Antoine Desrosières
One of the lesser known casualties of the 1995 stock market crash is an ambitious young trader named Nicolas Lanson. A man who has grown accustomed to a life of unbridled luxury, Lanson thrives on his bloated bonuses, and this incentivises him to take the kind of investment risks that no sane stockbroker would even consider... [More...]
Les Barbouzes (1964)
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Georges Lautner
After the death of an eminent armaments manufacturer Constantin Benard Shah, four ruthless secret agents nicknamed Les Barbouzes are assigned to recover the plans for a revolutionary thermonuclear device that are hidden amongst the deceased's personal effects... [More...]
Barocco (1976)
André Téchiné
In a gloomy seaport, a bitterly fought election campaign is underway and a young boxer named Samson sees an easy way to earn himself a large amount of cash... [More...]
André Téchiné
In a gloomy seaport, a bitterly fought election campaign is underway and a young boxer named Samson sees an easy way to earn himself a large amount of cash... [More...]
Le Battant (1983)
Alain Delon
A fortune in diamonds is stolen and the jeweller killed. Petty crook Jacques Darnay is jailed for the crime. Released on parole eight years later Darnay is well aware that he is being tailed by police and gangsters alike, both sides wanting to recover the loot... [More...]
Alain Delon
A fortune in diamonds is stolen and the jeweller killed. Petty crook Jacques Darnay is jailed for the crime. Released on parole eight years later Darnay is well aware that he is being tailed by police and gangsters alike, both sides wanting to recover the loot... [More...]
Béru et ces dames (1968)
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]