Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Les Amants (1958)
Louis Malle
Jeanne relieves the boredom of her stale marriage to newspaper magnate Henri Tournier by frequent visits to Paris, where she divides her time between her best friend Maggie and her covert lover Raoul...
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Louis Malle
Les Amateurs (2003)
Martin Valente
J.P. and Christophe are two ordinary lads, in their mid-twenties, who come from an ordinary low-incoming housing estate in France...
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Martin Valente
Amazone (2000)
Philippe de Broca
Edouard, a misanthropic jewel thief on the run from the authorities, seeks sanctuary in the Amazon rain forest. Here, he comes across a strange young girl, Lulu, who explains that she is an alien from another world many millions of light-years away...
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Philippe de Broca
L'Ambitieuse (1959)
Yves Allégret
When she married Georges Rancourt, the black sheep of a wealthy French family, Dominique did so for love. But she is an ambitious woman who wants to be as rich as rest of the Rancourt family...
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Yves Allégret
Les Ambitieux (2007)
Catherine Corsini
Julien, an aspiring young writer, succeeds in getting an interview with publisher Judith Zahn. Without reading Julien's novel, Judith rejects it, but encourages him to persevere, mainly as a pretext to make him her lover...
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Catherine Corsini
Amen. (2002)
Costa-Gavras
During the Second World War, Kurt Gerstein works for the Nazis on various disinfection and purification programmes. To his horror, he learns that a chemical he has developed for benevolent use is intended to be used to gas Jews in the concentration camps... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
During the Second World War, Kurt Gerstein works for the Nazis on various disinfection and purification programmes. To his horror, he learns that a chemical he has developed for benevolent use is intended to be used to gas Jews in the concentration camps... [More...]
Amer (2010)
Hélène Cattet
At three key stages in her life, Ana is assailed by conflicting feelings of fear and desire. In childhood, she is seized with terror when she witnesses an old woman perform a bizarre death ritual whilst her parents yield themselves to a horrifying bestial act... [More...]
Hélène Cattet
At three key stages in her life, Ana is assailed by conflicting feelings of fear and desire. In childhood, she is seized with terror when she witnesses an old woman perform a bizarre death ritual whilst her parents yield themselves to a horrifying bestial act... [More...]
Americano (2011)
Mathieu Demy
Martin is a late thirty-something who lives in Paris with his girlfriend Claire, although the spark has long gone out of their relationship and they live together more out of habit than through mutual need... [More...]
Mathieu Demy
Martin is a late thirty-something who lives in Paris with his girlfriend Claire, although the spark has long gone out of their relationship and they live together more out of habit than through mutual need... [More...]
Les Âmes de papier (2013)
Vincent Lannoo
Since his wife's premature death, Paul has little enthusiasm for his career as a writer and he now devotes himself mostly to writing funeral speeches for paying customers... [More...]
Vincent Lannoo
Since his wife's premature death, Paul has little enthusiasm for his career as a writer and he now devotes himself mostly to writing funeral speeches for paying customers... [More...]
Les Âmes fortes (2001)
Raoul Ruiz
In 1945, a number of old women gather together at the sombre occasion of a wake and reflect on the life of someone in their midst... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
In 1945, a number of old women gather together at the sombre occasion of a wake and reflect on the life of someone in their midst... [More...]
Les Âmes grises (2005)
Yves Angelo
France, 1917. A young schoolteacher, Lysia Verhaeren, arrives in a small town near to the Western Front to take up her first post at an infant's school... [More...]
Yves Angelo
France, 1917. A young schoolteacher, Lysia Verhaeren, arrives in a small town near to the Western Front to take up her first post at an infant's school... [More...]
L'Ami de mon amie (1987)
Eric Rohmer
In a pristine new town on the outskirts of Paris, a young civil servant, Blanche, strikes up a friendship with a computer programmer, Léa... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
In a pristine new town on the outskirts of Paris, a young civil servant, Blanche, strikes up a friendship with a computer programmer, Léa... [More...]
L'Ami: François d'Assise et ses frères (2016)
Renaud Fely
In Italy at the start of the 13th century, the son of a wealthy merchant has turned his back on riches and now leads a simple life in the service of the poor and infirm... [More...]
Renaud Fely
In Italy at the start of the 13th century, the son of a wealthy merchant has turned his back on riches and now leads a simple life in the service of the poor and infirm... [More...]
Les Amis (1971)
Gérard Blain
Paul is a 16-year-old boy who lives with his mother in social housing in Paris. He left school at 13 and is in no hurry to find a job, imagining that one day he will begin a career as an actor... [More...]
Gérard Blain
Paul is a 16-year-old boy who lives with his mother in social housing in Paris. He left school at 13 and is in no hurry to find a job, imagining that one day he will begin a career as an actor... [More...]
Les Amitiés maléfiques (2006)
Emmanuel Bourdieu
At the start of a new term at university, three literature students Eloi, Alexandre and André strike up a friendship that will have life-changing repercussions... [More...]
Emmanuel Bourdieu
At the start of a new term at university, three literature students Eloi, Alexandre and André strike up a friendship that will have life-changing repercussions... [More...]
Les Amitiés particulières (1964)
Jean Delannoy
In the 1930s, Georges de Sarre, a fifteen-year old boy from an aristocratic background, begins his studies in a Jesuit boarding school... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
In the 1930s, Georges de Sarre, a fifteen-year old boy from an aristocratic background, begins his studies in a Jesuit boarding school... [More...]
Amok (1934)
Fyodor Otsep
In a Dutch colony in the Far East, Dr Holk ekes out a solitary existence catering to the needs of the natives whilst frittering away his earnings on gambling and alcohol... [More...]
Fyodor Otsep
In a Dutch colony in the Far East, Dr Holk ekes out a solitary existence catering to the needs of the natives whilst frittering away his earnings on gambling and alcohol... [More...]
Amour (2012)
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a happily married couple who are now in their eighties. Retired piano teachers, they have a daughter who is also a musician, but she lives abroad with her own family... [More...]
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a happily married couple who are now in their eighties. Retired piano teachers, they have a daughter who is also a musician, but she lives abroad with her own family... [More...]
L'Amour à mort (1984)
Alain Resnais
Whilst participating in an archaeological survey, Simon Roche, a man in his fifties, falls in love with Élisabeth Sutter, an attractive younger woman... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Whilst participating in an archaeological survey, Simon Roche, a man in his fifties, falls in love with Élisabeth Sutter, an attractive younger woman... [More...]
L'Amour aux trousses (2005)
Philippe de Chauveron
Paul and Franck are two French police officers in the narcotics squad who are the closest of friends. In the course of tracking down a dangerous drugs dealer one of their fellow officers is shot dead and Paul ends up with a serious leg injury... [More...]
Philippe de Chauveron
Paul and Franck are two French police officers in the narcotics squad who are the closest of friends. In the course of tracking down a dangerous drugs dealer one of their fellow officers is shot dead and Paul ends up with a serious leg injury... [More...]
L'Amour dure trois ans (2012)
Frédéric Beigbeder
Literary critic by day, columnist by night, Marc Marronnier is convinced that love never lasts for more than three years... [More...]
Frédéric Beigbeder
Literary critic by day, columnist by night, Marc Marronnier is convinced that love never lasts for more than three years... [More...]
L'Amour en douce (1985)
Edouard Molinaro
Marc Delmas, a young lawyer living in Aix-en-Provence, likes to while away his evenings drinking with his buddies and playing cards right into the small hours... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Marc Delmas, a young lawyer living in Aix-en-Provence, likes to while away his evenings drinking with his buddies and playing cards right into the small hours... [More...]
L'Amour en fuite (1979)
François Truffaut
Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel has divorced his wife Christine and is having a love affair with a young shop girl, Sabine... [More...]
François Truffaut
Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel has divorced his wife Christine and is having a love affair with a young shop girl, Sabine... [More...]
L'Amour est un crime parfait (2014)
Arnaud Larrieu
Marc may be an enthusiastic literature professor, but he is also an inveterate skirt-chaser, and his habit of taking his female students to bed often brings him into conflict with Richard, his departmental head at Lausanne University... [More...]
Arnaud Larrieu
Marc may be an enthusiastic literature professor, but he is also an inveterate skirt-chaser, and his habit of taking his female students to bed often brings him into conflict with Richard, his departmental head at Lausanne University... [More...]
Amour et compagnie (1950)
Gilles Grangier
Claude Andrieux, a young accountant for an insurance company, is about to dismissed by his boss when he is charged with a most delicate mission - to prevent a wealthy client from committing suicide... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Claude Andrieux, a young accountant for an insurance company, is about to dismissed by his boss when he is charged with a most delicate mission - to prevent a wealthy client from committing suicide... [More...]
Amour et confusions (1997)
Patrick Braoudé
Dan is a thirty year old divorcee who designs women's lingerie for a living. One day, he meets Sarah, an ambitious businesswoman who lives only for her work, and they spend the night together... [More...]
Patrick Braoudé
Dan is a thirty year old divorcee who designs women's lingerie for a living. One day, he meets Sarah, an ambitious businesswoman who lives only for her work, and they spend the night together... [More...]
Amour et turbulences (2013)
Alexandre Castagnetti
Julie, an aspiring young artist, is on a plane from New York to Paris, where she is soon to be married. By chance, she is upgraded to club class and finds herself sitting next to Antoine, a philandering lawyer with whom she had a passionate love affair three years previously... [More...]
Alexandre Castagnetti
Julie, an aspiring young artist, is on a plane from New York to Paris, where she is soon to be married. By chance, she is upgraded to club class and finds herself sitting next to Antoine, a philandering lawyer with whom she had a passionate love affair three years previously... [More...]
L'Amour flou (2018)
Romane Bohringer
The actors Philippe Rebbot and Romane Bohringer first met in 2004. They fell in love, lived together in perfect harmony for ten years, and had two adorable children - Rose and Raoul... [More...]
Romane Bohringer
The actors Philippe Rebbot and Romane Bohringer first met in 2004. They fell in love, lived together in perfect harmony for ten years, and had two adorable children - Rose and Raoul... [More...]
L'Amour fou (1969)
Jacques Rivette
To those who know them, Sébastien and Claire are the model of the perfectly happy married couple. But as they rehearse a stage production of Racine's play Andromaque, the fault lines in their marriage are already starting to show... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
To those who know them, Sébastien and Claire are the model of the perfectly happy married couple. But as they rehearse a stage production of Racine's play Andromaque, the fault lines in their marriage are already starting to show... [More...]
L'Amour fou (2010)
Pierre Thoretton
In 1958, Yves Saint Laurent met the man of his life, Pierre Bergé. For the first time, Bergé talks about his love affair with Saint-Laurent - fifty years of passion and torment, during which time they were to revolutionise the world of women's fashion... [More...]
Pierre Thoretton
In 1958, Yves Saint Laurent met the man of his life, Pierre Bergé. For the first time, Bergé talks about his love affair with Saint-Laurent - fifty years of passion and torment, during which time they were to revolutionise the world of women's fashion... [More...]