Film Index
French cinema: Thriller
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...
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Pierre Chenal
Betty Fisher et autres histoires (2001)
Claude Miller
After making her name as a writer in the United States, Betty Fisher returns to France with her four-year-old son Joseph, leaving her partner Édouard in New York...
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Claude Miller
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...
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Claude Chabrol
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...
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Roger Vadim
Blague dans le coin (1963)
Maurice Labro
The third-rate comic Jeff Burlington finds work at Eldorado, a casino in the American gambling town Las Perlas. Here, Jeff is delighted to be reunited with his old friends Dolly and Betty, the latter of whom is the mistress of Sammy Bradford, the shady owner of the casino...
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Maurice Labro
Blanche comme neige (2019)
Anne Fontaine
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young woman named Claire who helped to run a luxury hotel with her stepmother Maud... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young woman named Claire who helped to run a luxury hotel with her stepmother Maud... [More...]
Bleu comme l'enfer (1986)
Yves Boisset
Ned is a smalltime crook whose attempt to rob a motorway snack bar is frustrated by Franck, a ruthless cop. Never one to play by the rules if he can help it, Franck takes Ned back to his home at gunpoint, with the intention of inflicting on him some suitable form of chastisement... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Ned is a smalltime crook whose attempt to rob a motorway snack bar is frustrated by Franck, a ruthless cop. Never one to play by the rules if he can help it, Franck takes Ned back to his home at gunpoint, with the intention of inflicting on him some suitable form of chastisement... [More...]
Bob le flambeur (1956)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Once a renowned criminal, Bob Montagne now appears to be a reformed character, content to fritter away his time and his money in the casinos and gambling rooms of the shadier districts of Paris... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
Once a renowned criminal, Bob Montagne now appears to be a reformed character, content to fritter away his time and his money in the casinos and gambling rooms of the shadier districts of Paris... [More...]
La Bonne année (1973)
Claude Lelouch
Simon is released from prison after having served a seven year stretch for an audacious jewel robbery at Cannes in 1966. He returns to Paris, hoping to meet up with his accomplice, Charlot (who managed to escape with the stolen jewels) and a young antique dealer, Françoise, with whom he is hoping to start a new life... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Simon is released from prison after having served a seven year stretch for an audacious jewel robbery at Cannes in 1966. He returns to Paris, hoping to meet up with his accomplice, Charlot (who managed to escape with the stolen jewels) and a young antique dealer, Françoise, with whom he is hoping to start a new life... [More...]
La Bonne tisane (1958)
Hervé Bromberger
After spending several years abroad, gangster boss René Leconte returns to France to resume his criminal exploits... [More...]
Hervé Bromberger
After spending several years abroad, gangster boss René Leconte returns to France to resume his criminal exploits... [More...]
Bonnes à tuer (1954)
Henri Decoin
Crowds of on-lookers on Paris's most famous thoroughfare, the Champs-Elysées, gather around the crushed body of a man who has just plunged to his death from a great height... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Crowds of on-lookers on Paris's most famous thoroughfare, the Champs-Elysées, gather around the crushed body of a man who has just plunged to his death from a great height... [More...]
Boomerang (2015)
François Favrat
Having just turned forty, Antoine meets up with his sister Agathe for a meal in a restaurant. Antoine needs something to distract him from his recent messy divorce and Agathe wants to remember their mother, who died exactly thirty years ago in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
François Favrat
Having just turned forty, Antoine meets up with his sister Agathe for a meal in a restaurant. Antoine needs something to distract him from his recent messy divorce and Agathe wants to remember their mother, who died exactly thirty years ago in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
Border Line (1992)
Danièle Dubroux
Hélène, a middle-aged woman who has been married for over 20 years, decides to visit her former lover. She learns that he has recently died and that his son, Julien, is living in his apartment... [More...]
Danièle Dubroux
Hélène, a middle-aged woman who has been married for over 20 years, decides to visit her former lover. She learns that he has recently died and that his son, Julien, is living in his apartment... [More...]
Borsalino (1970)
Jacques Deray
Marseille, 1930. After completing a six month stretch in prison, Roch Siffredi returns to his girlfriend to find her in the company of another man, François Capella... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Marseille, 1930. After completing a six month stretch in prison, Roch Siffredi returns to his girlfriend to find her in the company of another man, François Capella... [More...]
Borsalino & Co. (1974)
Jacques Deray
France, 1934. Over the past few years, Roch Siffredi and François Capella were two of the most notorious gangsters in Marseille... [More...]
Jacques Deray
France, 1934. Over the past few years, Roch Siffredi and François Capella were two of the most notorious gangsters in Marseille... [More...]
Le Boucher (1970)
Claude Chabrol
After serving in both the Indochina and Algerian wars, Paul Thomas returns to his home village in a provincial backwater of France and takes over his father's butcher's shop... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
After serving in both the Indochina and Algerian wars, Paul Thomas returns to his home village in a provincial backwater of France and takes over his father's butcher's shop... [More...]
Boulevard des assassins (1982)
Boramy Tioulong
50-year-old writer Daniel Salmon is in desperate need of a break when his latest novel fails to sell. Coming in the wake of his messy divorce, this set-back has badly shaken Salmon's confidence and he needs to get away for a few weeks... [More...]
Boramy Tioulong
50-year-old writer Daniel Salmon is in desperate need of a break when his latest novel fails to sell. Coming in the wake of his messy divorce, this set-back has badly shaken Salmon's confidence and he needs to get away for a few weeks... [More...]
Les Brigades du Tigre (2006)
Jérôme Cornuau
In 1907, to counter the rising tide of violent crime in France, a special police unit known as the Mobile Brigade is set up by the Home Office minister Georges Clemenceau (a.k.a... [More...]
Jérôme Cornuau
In 1907, to counter the rising tide of violent crime in France, a special police unit known as the Mobile Brigade is set up by the Home Office minister Georges Clemenceau (a.k.a... [More...]
Brocéliande (2002)
Doug Headline
On the very day that archaeology student Chloé begins her university course on Celtic history she senses she is entering a strange and dangerous world... [More...]
Doug Headline
On the very day that archaeology student Chloé begins her university course on Celtic history she senses she is entering a strange and dangerous world... [More...]
Bye bye, Barbara (1969)
Michel Deville
Jérôme Tomas is a sportswriter who is covering an important rugby match in Biarritz when, one evening, he enters a bar and encounters a strange young woman dressed in white... [More...]
Michel Deville
Jérôme Tomas is a sportswriter who is covering an important rugby match in Biarritz when, one evening, he enters a bar and encounters a strange young woman dressed in white... [More...]
Café de Paris (1938)
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
La Cage aux folles II (1980)
Edouard Molinaro
In Nice, the flamboyant impresario Renato still manages the popular night club La Cage aux folles with his transvestite partner Albin... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In Nice, the flamboyant impresario Renato still manages the popular night club La Cage aux folles with his transvestite partner Albin... [More...]
La Cage (1975)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Julien, a successful property developer, gets more than he bargained for when he accepts an invitation to dinner with his ex-wife Hélène at her detached residence in the suburbs of Paris... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Julien, a successful property developer, gets more than he bargained for when he accepts an invitation to dinner with his ex-wife Hélène at her detached residence in the suburbs of Paris... [More...]
Le Caïd (1960)
Bernard Borderie
An oil refinery in southern France is the site of a bloody hold-up in which a crook named Toni escapes with thirty million francs... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
An oil refinery in southern France is the site of a bloody hold-up in which a crook named Toni escapes with thirty million francs... [More...]
Calvaire (2004)
Fabrice Du Welz
Marc Stevens is an itinerant singer who performs mainly for retirement homes. After an engagement at a hospice is cancelled, his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere... [More...]
Fabrice Du Welz
Marc Stevens is an itinerant singer who performs mainly for retirement homes. After an engagement at a hospice is cancelled, his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere... [More...]
Caméléone (1996)
Benoît Cohen
One night, Léa, a former prostitute, shoots dead a man who has been stalking her. The killing is witnessed by two newspaper delivery men, Luc and Jean, who offer Léa protection... [More...]
Benoît Cohen
One night, Léa, a former prostitute, shoots dead a man who has been stalking her. The killing is witnessed by two newspaper delivery men, Luc and Jean, who offer Léa protection... [More...]
Canicule (1984)
Yves Boisset
Jimmy Cobb is an ageing American gangster whose attempt to raid a bank in Orleans goes badly wrong. Pursued by the police, he manages to escape to the country with his ill-gotten gains, which he buries in a wheatfield... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Jimmy Cobb is an ageing American gangster whose attempt to raid a bank in Orleans goes badly wrong. Pursued by the police, he manages to escape to the country with his ill-gotten gains, which he buries in a wheatfield... [More...]
Cannabis (1970)
Pierre Koralnik
Serge Morgan is a hitman in the employ of the American Mafia. Having fulfilled his latest contract, he takes a plane to Paris... [More...]
Pierre Koralnik
Serge Morgan is a hitman in the employ of the American Mafia. Having fulfilled his latest contract, he takes a plane to Paris... [More...]
Le Cap de l'espérance (1951)
Raymond Bernard
Bob Legeay, a failed lawyer, ends up in a Mediterranean port where he becomes mixed up with a gang of crooks whilst sponging off his mistress Lyna, an older woman who runs a popular bar in the locality... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
Bob Legeay, a failed lawyer, ends up in a Mediterranean port where he becomes mixed up with a gang of crooks whilst sponging off his mistress Lyna, an older woman who runs a popular bar in the locality... [More...]
Le Capital (2012)
Costa-Gavras
Marmande is the CEO of Phénix Bank, Europe's leading financial institution. When he is diagnosed with testicular cancer, he immediately appoints a rank outsider, Marc Tourneuil, as his acting successor... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
Marmande is the CEO of Phénix Bank, Europe's leading financial institution. When he is diagnosed with testicular cancer, he immediately appoints a rank outsider, Marc Tourneuil, as his acting successor... [More...]