Film Index
French cinema: Thriller
Le Cousin (1997)
Alain Corneau
His family life in disarray, his career threatened when he is implicated in a drugs dealing racket, a police detective kills himself...
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Alain Corneau
Cran d'arrêt (1970)
Yves Boisset
Dr Lucas Lamberti has just left prison after serving a three year stretch for killing one of his patients. An old friend, Dr Carrua, persuades him to take a friendly interest in his son, David, who has recently become an alcoholic depressive...
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Yves Boisset
Le Crâneur (1955)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
One-time stuntman Philippe finds his goose well and truly cooked when his girlfriend Betty Ball is found dead in a telephone kiosk at the chic Pigalle nightclub where she works as a dancer, Le Toboggan...
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Dimitri Kirsanoff
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1970)
Michel Audiard
Hitch-hiking his way home after an unsuccessful day betting on the horses, Alfred Mulanet is abducted by a group of gangsters, led by the sinister Monsieur K...
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Michel Audiard
Le Cri du hibou (1987)
Claude Chabrol
An artist, Robert, moves to Vichy after having separated from his wife, Véronique. He relieves his depression by spying on a young woman, Juliette, who lives in a house in the countryside with her fiancé Patrick...
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Claude Chabrol
Crime au concert Mayol (1954)
Pierre Méré
In the course of a performance at the Concert Mayol, a Parisian music hall, a dancer named Mado is poisoned. Fortunately, the young woman is taken to hospital in time to save her life but she goes missing a short time afterwards... [More...]
Pierre Méré
In the course of a performance at the Concert Mayol, a Parisian music hall, a dancer named Mado is poisoned. Fortunately, the young woman is taken to hospital in time to save her life but she goes missing a short time afterwards... [More...]
Crime d'amour (2010)
Alain Corneau
Isabelle is an ambitious young executive who works in the Paris offices of an important multinational company. Her boss, Christine, is even more ambitious and is not beyond claiming Isabelle's work as her own to advance her career... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Isabelle is an ambitious young executive who works in the Paris offices of an important multinational company. Her boss, Christine, is even more ambitious and is not beyond claiming Isabelle's work as her own to advance her career... [More...]
Le Crime est notre affaire (2008)
Pascal Thomas
Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life... [More...]
La Crime (1983)
Philippe Labro
When Alins, an eminent lawyer, is shot dead by two men disguised as police officers, Inspector Martin Griffon investigates the killing, certain that Alins was the victim of a political cover-up... [More...]
Philippe Labro
When Alins, an eminent lawyer, is shot dead by two men disguised as police officers, Inspector Martin Griffon investigates the killing, certain that Alins was the victim of a political cover-up... [More...]
La Croix des vivants (1962)
Ivan Govar
Some time after he was falsely accused of the murder of his stepfather, Yan returns to his home village in Flanders. Franz, the local garage owner is not happy with his return... [More...]
Ivan Govar
Some time after he was falsely accused of the murder of his stepfather, Yan returns to his home village in Flanders. Franz, the local garage owner is not happy with his return... [More...]
La Dame d'onze heures (1948)
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
Jean-Devaivre
On his return from Africa, Stanislas Octave Seminario, who likes to be referred to by his initials S.O.S., visits his friends, the Pescaras, at their grand house in the country... [More...]
La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil (2015)
Joann Sfar
Dany Dorémus is an attractive redhead who works as a secretary for an advertising agency. One morning, her boss asks her to drive him and his family to the airport and then take his car, a Ford Thunderbird, back to his house... [More...]
Joann Sfar
Dany Dorémus is an attractive redhead who works as a secretary for an advertising agency. One morning, her boss asks her to drive him and his family to the airport and then take his car, a Ford Thunderbird, back to his house... [More...]
Dans la maison (2012)
François Ozon
Germain Germain is a fifty-something literature teacher in a modern French school who has grown disillusioned with his profession... [More...]
François Ozon
Germain Germain is a fifty-something literature teacher in a modern French school who has grown disillusioned with his profession... [More...]
Dans la tourmente (2012)
Christophe Ruggia
Franck just about manages to make ends meet by working as a welder at a helicopter manufacturing plant in Marseille. His friend Max is less fortunate and is drowning in debt since he lost his job, a victim of a large-scale downsizing programme a few years previously... [More...]
Christophe Ruggia
Franck just about manages to make ends meet by working as a welder at a helicopter manufacturing plant in Marseille. His friend Max is less fortunate and is drowning in debt since he lost his job, a victim of a large-scale downsizing programme a few years previously... [More...]
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (2005)
Jacques Audiard
28 year old Tom Seyr is the son of a small time gangster and seems set to follow in his father's footsteps. He earns his crust through crooked real estate deals with his two thuggish associates Fabrice and Sami... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
28 year old Tom Seyr is the son of a small time gangster and seems set to follow in his father's footsteps. He earns his crust through crooked real estate deals with his two thuggish associates Fabrice and Sami... [More...]
Défense de savoir (1973)
Nadine Trintignant
A lawyer, Jean-Pierre Laubray, is appointed to defend Simone Hild, who has been arrested for the murder of her boyfriend, Jean Ravier... [More...]
Nadine Trintignant
A lawyer, Jean-Pierre Laubray, is appointed to defend Simone Hild, who has been arrested for the murder of her boyfriend, Jean Ravier... [More...]
Déjà mort (1998)
Olivier Dahan
In Nice, pizza-delivery boy Andréa introduces Laure, a 20-year-old girl he barely knows, to his friend David. A wealthy layabout, David has just started up his own pornographic photo agency with his friend Romain and is looking for new models... [More...]
Olivier Dahan
In Nice, pizza-delivery boy Andréa introduces Laure, a 20-year-old girl he barely knows, to his friend David. A wealthy layabout, David has just started up his own pornographic photo agency with his friend Romain and is looking for new models... [More...]
Demain dès l'aube (2009)
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
La Demoiselle d'honneur (2004)
Claude Chabrol
Since the death of his father, Philippe Tardieu has been the breadwinner and guardian angel for his mother Christine and sisters Patricia and Sophie... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Since the death of his father, Philippe Tardieu has been the breadwinner and guardian angel for his mother Christine and sisters Patricia and Sophie... [More...]
Le Démoniaque (1968)
René Gainville
Whilst American film producer Floyd Delaney does the rounds at the Cannes Film Festival, his adolescent son Jay keeps himself to himself, spending most of his time locked up in his hotel room... [More...]
René Gainville
Whilst American film producer Floyd Delaney does the rounds at the Cannes Film Festival, his adolescent son Jay keeps himself to himself, spending most of his time locked up in his hotel room... [More...]
La Dénonciation (1962)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
October 1961. Michel Jussieu, a successful film producer, returns to a Parisian nightclub he visited the previous night to collect a sweater... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
October 1961. Michel Jussieu, a successful film producer, returns to a Parisian nightclub he visited the previous night to collect a sweater... [More...]
Dernier atout (1942)
Jacques Becker
In Calcaras, the capital of a South American country, two young police cadets, Clarence and Montès, are competing against one another for a coveted promotion... [More...]
Jacques Becker
In Calcaras, the capital of a South American country, two young police cadets, Clarence and Montès, are competing against one another for a coveted promotion... [More...]
Le Dernier des six (1941)
Georges Lacombe
Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
Santerre and his five friends - Gribbe, Gernicot, Namotte, Perlonjour and Tignol - enter into a strange pact after they win a tidy little windfall in a bet... [More...]
Dernier domicile connu (1970)
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
Le Dernier gang (2007)
Ariel Zeitoun
In the mid-1970s, Simon lives in the poor Belleville district of Paris and scrapes by through his petty criminal activities, assisted by his equally hard-up mates... [More...]
Ariel Zeitoun
In the mid-1970s, Simon lives in the poor Belleville district of Paris and scrapes by through his petty criminal activities, assisted by his equally hard-up mates... [More...]
Le Dernier tournant (1939)
Pierre Chenal
Frank, a young drifter, arrives at a remote service station on a mountain road near to Marseille. Here, the kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he readily accepts... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
Frank, a young drifter, arrives at a remote service station on a mountain road near to Marseille. Here, the kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he readily accepts... [More...]
Des femmes disparaissent (1959)
Edouard Molinaro
In Marseilles, the notorious gang leader Quaglio runs a prostitution ring. His plan involves luring young woman to his mansion on the outskirts of the town, before drugging them and smuggling them out of the country to be sold as prostitutes... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In Marseilles, the notorious gang leader Quaglio runs a prostitution ring. His plan involves luring young woman to his mansion on the outskirts of the town, before drugging them and smuggling them out of the country to be sold as prostitutes... [More...]
Le Désordre et la nuit (1958)
Gilles Grangier
Inspecteur Georges Vallois is called in to investigate the murder of Albert Simoni, the owner of a night club in Paris. The prime suspect is Lucky Fridel, a young German woman who came to Paris to start a career as a singer... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Inspecteur Georges Vallois is called in to investigate the murder of Albert Simoni, the owner of a night club in Paris. The prime suspect is Lucky Fridel, a young German woman who came to Paris to start a career as a singer... [More...]
Deux heures à tuer (1966)
Ivan Govar
For the past two months, a serial killer has been at large in the inconsequential little French town of Auvemaux. So far the fiend has murdered three women, and on each occasion he takes with him one of the shoes of his unfortunate victim... [More...]
Ivan Govar
For the past two months, a serial killer has been at large in the inconsequential little French town of Auvemaux. So far the fiend has murdered three women, and on each occasion he takes with him one of the shoes of his unfortunate victim... [More...]