- 13 TZAMETI (2006) Directed by Gela Babluani - A man takes over a dead man's task without realizing the horror it entails.
- 2 DAYS IN PARIS (2007) Directed by Julie Delpie - A European vacation was intended to repair the tattered relationship between American Jack (Adam Goldberg) and French native Marion (Julie Delpy). But, by the time they arrive in Paris to visit Marion's family, it is clear the trip is not going well. The city brings out aspects of Marion that only alienate neurotic Jack further, from her in-your-face politics to her former boyfriends, who surface in every cafe. Thus the most romantic city in the world could mean the end of the couple's romance.
- 22 BULLETS (2010) Directed by Richard Berry - Charly Mattei has turned a new leaf on his past as an outlaw. For the past three years he's been devoting himself to his wife and two children. However, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the underground parking garage of Marseille's Old Port with 22 bullets in his body. Against all odds, he survives. Yet, as things escalate further Charly is forced to fight back the only way he knows how in order to defend his family.
- 5X2 (2004) Directed by Francois Ozon - As young French couple Gilles (Stéphane Freiss) and Marion (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles is elsewhere; Gilles and Marion's joyous wedding; and, finally, the fateful moment when they meet as acquaintances at an Italian beach resort, and their love affair begins.
- 8 WOMEN (2002) Directed by Francois Ozon - At an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration -- their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Comedic situations arise with the revelations of dark family secrets. Eight women. Each is a suspect. One of them is guilty. Which one is it?
- ADORATION (2019) Directed by Fabrice Du Welz - Gloria convinces 12-year-old Paul, who is infatuated with her, to help her escape from a private psychiatric hospital.
- AGE OF UPRISING (2013) Directed by Arnaud des Pallieres - In the 16th century, Michael, a horse trader, leads a happy life with his family until a lord treats him poorly. Michael demands his rights be restored and raises an army to put the country to fire and sword.
- ALIAS BETTY (2001) Directed by Claud Miller - Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher (Sandrine Kiberlain) enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot (Nicole Garcia) arranges to kidnap another child, Jose (Alexis Chatrian), to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole (Mathilde Seigner) is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend, Francois (Luck Mervil), and some of his cohorts.
- ALL TOGETHER (2012) Directed by Stephanie Robelin - Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternative to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.
- AMELIE (2001) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet - "Amélie" is a fanciful comedy about a young woman who discretely orchestrates the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclusively of her own making. Shot in over 80 Parisian locations, acclaimed director Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("Delicatessen"; "The City of Lost Children") invokes his incomparable visionary style to capture the exquisite charm and mystery of modern-day Paris through the eyes of a beautiful ingenue.
- AMEN (2002) Directed by Costa Gavras - Nazi officer Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), a chemist by training, is assigned to develop a disinfectant to purify water for the German army, but soon discovers that his invention, Zyklon B, is being used to exterminate imprisoned Jews. Horrified, he approaches a number of diplomatic figures with his story, but only Riccardo Fontana (Mathieu Kassovitz), a priest, takes him seriously. Fontana returns to the Vatican but is informed by his superiors that they have more pressing concerns.
- ANATOMY OF HELL (2004) Directed by Catherine Breillat - A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".
- APARTMENT, THE (1996) Directed by Gilles Mimoumi - Following the romantic obsession of Max, a young corporate hotshot who leaves his successful new world behind to search for his elusive lost love Lisa.
- APRES LUI (2007) Directed by Gael Morel - A woman (Catherine Deneuve) becomes obsessed with her son's best friend after her child dies in a car accident.
- APRES VOUS (2003) Directed by Pierre Salvadori - An overly helpful headwaiter (Daniel Auteuil) goes out of the way to help a suicidal man (José Garcia) reconcile with his girlfriend (Sandrine Kiberlain).
- ARARAT (2002) Directed by Atom Egoyan - This is a contemporary story of the making of a historical epic about the Armenian holocaust between 1915 and 1918. The story line follows how making the film transforms the life of an 18-year-old man hired as a driver on the production.
- ARTIST AND THE MODEL, THE (2012) Directed by Fernando Trueba - Marc Cros (Jean Rochefort), a famous sculptor, sees Mercè (Aida Folch) in the village and brings her home to sketch her.
- AUGUSTINE (2012) Directed by Alice Winocour - In 1885, Professor Charcot studies an illness that causes hysteria. He meets Augustine -- barely out of childhood -- and as he becomes obsessed with her, she tries harder and harder to seduce him.
- AVENUE MONTAIGNE (2006) Directed by Daniele Thompson - Jessica (Cécile De France), a young woman from the French provinces, arrives in Paris and takes a job as a waitress at a bistro located amid a theater, concert hall and auction house. From this vantage point, she observes the lives of her famous and not-so-famous clientele, including a classical pianist (Albert Dupontel), an art collector (Claude Brasseur) and an actress (Valérie Lemercier).
- BACURAU (2019) Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho/Juliano Dornelles- A filmmaker decides to travel to a village in the interior of Brazil to make a documentary. As days go by, he begins to discover that the locals are not exactly what they appear to be and hide dangerous secrets.
- BAXTER (1989) Directed by Jerome Boivin - A bull terrier observes the behavior of an old lady, a young couple and a troubled boy and adapts his own behavior to suit each situation.
- BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPS, THE (2005) Directed by Jacques Odiard - Tom Seyr (Romain Duris), a violent thug with a heart, grows weary of cracking heads for his smarmy, mediocre gangster father, Robert (Niels Arestrup), and longs for a chance at something else. A fortuitous encounter prompts Tom to renew his classical piano playing, like his mother before him, and he begins to study with piano teacher Miao Lin (Linh Dan Pham). But when he starts a passionate affair with Aline (Aure Atika), the wife of one of his cronies, his new happiness may be short-lived.
- BEAUTIFUL PERSON, THE (2008) Directed by Christophe Honore - In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie (Léa Seydoux) transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours (Louis Garrel). When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.
- BEAUTY OF THE DEVIL, THE (1950) Directed by Rene Clair - Scientist and professor Henri Faust (Michel Simon) is set to retire after decades of study, but he feels there is still much to discover. Enter Mephistopheles (Gérard Philipe), a minion of Lucifer, who offers to turn Faust into a young man. The scholar agrees, but now that he is young again, he finds himself distracted by women. Mephistopheles starts tempting him with more and more -- money, acclaim, even a princess (Simone Valere) -- in order to make Faust yield his eternal soul.
- BELLE DE JOUR (1967) Directed by Luis Bunuel - Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy (Catherine Deneuve) cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre (Jean Sorel). When her lovestruck friend Henri (Michel Piccoli) mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais (Genevieve Page), Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients (Pierre Clémenti) grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
- BELLE TOUJOURS (2006) Directed by Manoel de Oliveira - In Paris aging rogue Henri Husson (Michel Piccoli) spots Severine (Bulle Ogier), a housewife who began a secret life as a prostitute years earlier to relieve her boredom. Though she does not know if he ever revealed her secret to her paralyzed husband, she is reluctant to meet with him. However, Henri is very persistent and finally persuades her to have dinner with him.
- BELOVED (2011) Directed by Christophe Honore - A carefree woman and her commitment-shy daughter have different experiences with love throughout their lives.
- BETTY BLUE (1986) Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix - A young woman whose passionate affair with handyman and would-be writer inexorably drifts towards tragedy as she becomes increasingly unbalanced.
- BICYCLING WITH MOLIERE (2013) Directed by Philippe le Guay - Retired actor Serge (Fabrice Luchini) is approached by Gauthier (Lambert Wilson) to star in a play, but he plays hard to get. Serge's new lover, the play's producer, and his agent arrive on the same weekend to pressure him to make up his mind.
- BIRD PEOPLE (2014) Directed by Pascale Ferran - Gary, an American businessman traveling to Dubai, becomes fed up with the stress in his life, and decides to stay in Paris to start his life over.
- BLACK HEAVEN (2010) Directed by Giles Marchand - A lost cell phone and a suicidal vamp lead two lovers (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin) into a deadly virtual-reality game.
- BLAME IT ON FIDEL! (2006) Directed by Julie Gavras - A nine-year-old girl has a simple life, with the only shadow in it coming from an uncle in Spain who is fighting Franco, the man whose name must not be mentioned.
- BLUE (THREE COLORS) (1993) Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski - Julie (Juliette Binoche) is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. But avoiding human interactions on the bustling streets of Paris proves impossible, and she eventually meets up with Olivier (Benoît Régent), an old friend who harbors a secret love for her, and who could draw her back to reality.
- BLUE ROOM, THE (2014) Directed by Mathieu Amalric - Following an adulterous tryst between two lovers, a man finds himself under investigation for an unknown crime.
- BOARDING GATE (2007) Directed by Olivier Assayas - An ex-sex worker, now employed with an import-export company, reunites with a figure from her past who is now a high-powered businessman.
- BON VOYAGE (2003) Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau - World War II has just begun, and it's clear that Paris will fall to the Germans. Actress Viviane (Isabelle Adjani) is celebrating her newest film and trying to avoid Jean-Étienne Beaufort (Gérard Depardieu), an admiring French government official. Her night takes a turn for the worse when her date has a heart attack, forcing her to ask an old boyfriend, Frédéric (Grégori Derangère), for help. Viviane later flees to Bordeaux, France, where she takes a new interest in Beaufort.
- BRAND NEW TESTAMENT, THE (2016) Directed by Jaco Van Dormael - Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter?
- BREATHE (2014) Directed by Melanie Laurent - Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.
- BRIDE WORE BLACK, THE (1968) Directed by Francois Truffaut - After newly widowed Julie Kohler's (Jeanne Moreau) mother stops her from commiting suicide, she hatches a different plan to deal with her grief. In a small black book, she lists five men. One by one she visits the men with murderous intentions, assuming different identities to get close to them. Only one man remains elusive, having been captured by the cops before Julie could reach him -- but despite the obstacles, Julie intends to see her task through to the end.
- BRIDESMAID, THE (2004) Directed by Claude Chabrol - Philippe (Benoît Magimel) meets and instantly falls in love with Senta Bellange (Laura Smet), who is a bridesmaid at his sister's wedding. At first he is drawn in by her mysterious nature and intense passion, but as time passes, he finds her unpredictable behavior increasingly troubling. When Senta asks Philippe to commit a horrible, violent act as proof of his love for her, he is unsure whether it's one of her delusions or if she really expects him to act.
- BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (2001) Directed by Christophe Gans - In a rural province of France, a mysterious creature is laying waste to the countryside, savagely killing scores of women and children. Unseen, possessed of enormous strength and a human intelligence, the beast has eluded capture for years. King Louis sends in a renowned scientist and his Iroquois blood brother, an unconventional team whose combined methods and capabilities may bring the beast down. But the true nature of the beast is not what anyone could have anticipated.
- CACHE (2005) Directed by Michael Haneke - Without warning, happy, successful Parisian couple Georges (Daniel Auteuil) and Anne Laurent (Juliette Binoche) receive anonymous videos suggesting that they are being stalked. The tapes are followed by disturbingly violent, if childish, drawings. Georges, a well-known literary talk show host, shrugs off the mysterious messages, but Anne grows increasingly distressed and fearful for their teenage son. She grows to suspect that an incident in Georges' past is behind the increasing torment.
- CALVAIRE (THE ORDEAL) (2004) Directed by Fabrice Du Welz - Marc Stevens is a jobbing cabaret singer working in old people's homes and community centers. On his way to the next gig, his car breaks down in a run-down village.
- CAMILLE CLAUDEL (1988) Directed by Bruno Nuytten - When renowned French sculptor Auguste Rodin (Gérard Depardieu) notices the raw sculpting talent of the beautiful and precocious Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani), the two artists begin a scandalous love affair. Camille becomes Auguste's muse and assistant, sacrificing her own work to contribute to his sculptures. However, when her work goes unrecognized and she desires attention of her own, Camille is left alone and gradually spirals into mental illness.
- CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 (2013) Directed by Bruno Dumont - The family of French sculptor Camille send her to a psychiatric hospital in the south of France against her will. Living a desolate life, she awaits a visit from her brother Paul who remains in contact with her.
- CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT (2004) Directed by Chris Marker - Filmmaker Chris Marker follows the trail of graffiti cats and -- in the process -- documents recent French history.
- CERTIFIED COPY (2010) Directed by Abbas Kiarostami - While touring Tuscany, Italy, promoting his new book, English author James (William Shimell) meets French store owner Elle (Juliette Binoche), and the two hit it off, deciding to spend a free day together. They travel to a nearby town, get coffee, visit a museum and pretend to be recently married in what turns out to be a popular wedding destination. As these two strangers get to know each other, however, it becomes clear there's more to their new relationship than meets the eye.
- CESAR (1936) Directed by Marcel Pagnol - The third part of Marcel Pagnol's "Fanny Trilogy," this drama follows cafe owner Cesar Olivier (Raimu) as he works to reunite his godson, Cesariot (André Fouché), with his biological father, Marius (Pierre Fresnay). Since Marius is actually Cesar's estranged son, Cesariot is both Cesar's godson and grandson, a secret that the boy's mother, Fanny (Orane Demazis), reluctantly reveals. When Cesariot finally meets Marius, he begins to learn the truth about his real father.
- CHANGE OF PLANS (2009) Directed by Daniele Thompson - So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.
- CHANGING TIMES (2004) Directed by Andre Techine - Cécile (Catherine Deneuve) dumped her first love, Antoine (Gérard Depardieu), over three decades ago, but Antoine was never able to move on. He eventually resolves to track her down, a quest that leads him to Tangiers, Morocco. Sarah is now a successful radio show host -- not to mention married to Natan (Gilbert Melki). Nevertheless, Antoine is determined and persists in trying to reignite their passion. But just when it seems as if he's making headway, a tragic accident interrupts his efforts.
- CHAOS (2001) Directed by Coline Serreau - Malika, a young prostitute, is badly molested in the street by her pimp in front of Paul and Hélène, a well-off couple, carefully hidden in their car. Against all odds, Hélène leaves her husband and family behind to go to the hospital and take care of Malika, who lies in a coma. The mission Hélène assigned herself: to help Malika have a new life and, above all, to take her out of her molesters' claws…
- CHARLESTON PARADE (1927) Directed by Jean Renoir- A native white girl teaches a futuristic African airman how to do the Charleston dance.
- CHESSPLAYER, THE (1927) Directed by Raymond Bernard - Polish heroes are profiled in this historical allegory set during the reign of Catherine II of Russia.
- CHICKEN WITH PLUMS (2011) Directed by Marjane Satrapi/Winshluss - When his beloved violin is broken, famed musician Nasser Ali Khan (Mathieu Amalric) loses the will to live. Unable to find a replacement for the instrument, Nasser decides to retreat to his bed and await death. As he waits, Nasser plunges deep into reverie and experiences dreams both joyous and melancholic. He speaks with Azrael (Édouard Baer), the Angel of Death, who reveals the future of Nasser's children. As pieces of a puzzle fall together, the poignant secret of Nasser's life emerges.
- CHILDREN OF THE CENTURY, THE (1999) Directed by Diane Kurys - Baroness Dudevant (Juliette Binoche) leaves her husband, begins a new life as writer George Sand and has a tumultuous affair with poet Alfred de Musset (Benoît Magimel).
- CHRYSALIS (2007) Directed by Julien Leclercq - A futuristic lawman's (Albert Dupontel) search for a killer leads him to a mysterious surgeon.
- CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, THE (1995) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro - Old and decrepit Krank (Daniel Emilfork) has lost his capacity for dreaming and is attempting to fight death by stealing the dreams of children. Krank's cadre of cloned henchmen (Dominique Pinon) snatch 5-year-old Denree (Joseph Lucien) to subject him to the horrific dream-retrieval process. The boy's father, One (Ron Perlman), the hulking strongman of a traveling circus, and his precocious 9-year-old friend, Miette (Judith Vittet), join forces to defeat Krank's minions and save Denree.
- CLARA ET MOI (2004) Directed by Arnaud Viard - Antoine (Julien Boisselier) is a successful single young man living in France. His only source of unhappiness is his loneliness. That changes swiftly, however, when he meets the intelligent and radiant Clara (Julie Gayet). Antoine falls in love with Clara, and lifelong bliss seems imminent -- that is, until a painful secret from Clara's past pushes Antoine into a state of shock and anger. Their relationship is put on hold while Antoine weighs his difficult choices.
- CLASS, THE (2008) Directed by Laurent Cantet - Francois Marin (François Bégaudeau) is a French language and literature teacher at an inner-city Paris high school. As the new school year begins, he introduces himself to his new class and begins the arduous process of reaching out to each of them. Marin encounters his share of problem students, teen violence, ethnic tensions between classmates and education barriers within the group, all of which test his patience and -- more importantly -- his resolve as an educator.
- CLIMAX (2018) Directed by Gaspar Noe - When members of a dance troupe are lured to an empty school, drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive nightmare as they try to survive the night -- and find out who's responsible -- before it's too late.
- CLOSET, THE (2001) Directed by Francis Veber - When Francois Pignon (Daniel Auteuil), an accountant for a rubber factory, is about to be fired, he spreads a rumor that he's gay so that the company will be afraid to fire him, lest they come under fire for sexual discrimination. The ruse quickly becomes a challenge, starting when a burly homophobe (Gérard Depardieu) befriends Pignon to also keep his own job for the opposite reason.
- CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (2014) Directed by Olivier Assayas - A veteran actress (Juliette Binoche) comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.
- COCO BEFORE CHANEL (2009) Directed by Anne Fontaine - Young Coco Chanel (Audrey Tautou) works as a seamstress by day and a cabaret entertainer by night, then she meets a wealthy heir (Benoît Poelvoorde) and becomes his lover and fashion consultant. Tired of the flowery hats, tight corsets and yards of lace that define women's fashion, Coco uses her lover's clothing as a starting point to distill an elegant and sophisticated line of women's clothing that propels her to the top of Parisian haute couture.
- COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY (2009) Directed by Jan Kounen - A passionate affair between two creative giants begins after French couturier Coco Chanel (Anna Mouglalis) invites the destitute Russian composer (Mads Mikkelsen) and his family to live in her villa.
- CODE, THE (2002) Directed by Manuel Boursinhac - A career criminal, after a four year jail sentence, has decided to go straight and lead a quiet life, but he is drawn back into his former life by his former conspirators who need help with a heist.
- CODE UNKNOWN (2000) Directed by Michael Haneke - In Paris, one incident is seen through the eyes of several people -- Anne (Juliette Binoche), a stressed actress thirsty for success; her boyfriend Georges (Thierry Neuvic), who is a photographer; Romanian immigrant Maria (Luminita Gheorghiu), who is not legally allowed to work in France and Amadou, (Ona Lu Yenke), a caring teacher who is sympathetic to marginalized people. All become swept up in racial tensions and legal issues that stem from a single, careless act of littering.
- COLOMBIANA (2011) Directed by Olivier Megaton - In 1992 Bogota, a little girl (Amandla Stenberg) watches crime lord Don Luis (Beto Benites) and his henchman Marco (Jordi Mollà) murder her parents. Fifteen years later, the now-grown Cataleya (Zoe Saldana), who is named for a Colombian orchid, works as a contract killer for her Chicago-based uncle (Cliff Curtis). Leaving a lipstick drawing of her namesake on every victim, Cataleya carries out her assignments with cold, frightening efficiency and dreams of avenging her family.
- COMEDY OF INNOCENCE (2000) Directed by Raul Ruiz - Camille (Nils Hugon) frightens his mother, Ariane (Isabelle Huppert), during his ninth birthday party when he proclaims that she's not his real parent. The next day, he leads her to the home of violin teacher Isabella (Jeanne Balibar), whose son died by drowning two years ago and would now be the same age as Camille. Isabella, a mentally unstable patient of Camille's psychiatrist uncle, Serge (Charles Berling), claims the boy is her dead son reincarnated -- and moves in with the family.
- CONCERT, THE (2009) Directed by Radu Mihaileanu - Many years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov (Aleksei Guskov) was fired as conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a janitor, he learns that members of the orchestra have been invited to perform in Paris. Andrei gathers his former players and plans to substitute them for the current ones, and he hopes that a beautiful virtuoso (Mélanie Laurent) will accompany them.
- COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, THE (1998) Directed by Josee Dayan - Gerard Depardieu stars in a 1999 miniseries about a convict's quest to vindicate his honor.
- CRAZY STRANGER, THE (1997) Directed by Tony Gatlif - Seeking a folk singer, a Frenchman (Romain Duris) takes up with a drunkard (Izidor Serban) and a peasant woman (Rona Hartner) in a wintry Romanian village.
- CRIME, A (2006) Directed by Manuel Pradal - Returning home from work, blue-collar New Yorker Vincent (Norman Reedus) unwittingly stumbles onto the crime scene of his murdered wife. Three years later, he is still inconsolable -- so much so that he is utterly oblivious to his neighbor, Alice (Emmanuelle Béart), and her obsessive affection for him. Wishing to force closure and bring an end to his vigilante murder investigation, Alice uses her allure to snare Roger (Harvey Keitel), a lonely cab driver and the perfect patsy.
- CRIMSON RIVERS, THE (2000) Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz - Pierre Niemans is a tough city cop assigned to investigate a brutal murder at a college in the Alps, Max Kerkerian a young investigator trying to find out why the grave of a ten-year-old girl was desecrated. As their parallel investigations start, slowly they converge and the duo find themselves with more bodies leading them to a dark secret in Mathieu Kassovitz's dark, cerebral thriller.
- CURTAIN RAISER, A & OTHER SHORTS (1993) Directed by Francois Ozon - DVD release of seven short films by François Ozon originally produced between 1993 and 2006. A Curtain Raiser, X2000, Bed Scenes, Little Death, Truth or Dare, A Rose Between Us, Victor.
- CYRANO (1990) Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau - Soldier and poet Cyrano de Bergerac (Gérard Depardieu) is in love with Roxane (Anne Brochet), but he's too ashamed to admit it because of his big nose. When a cadet, Christian (Vincent Perez), falls for Roxane, he asks for Cyrano's help in sharing his feelings. Cyrano writes love letters signed with Christian's name, and Roxane doesn't realize that it's Cyrano's words she falls for. She marries Christian, and Cyrano continues to keep the other man's secret, even after tragedy strikes.
- DANGEROUS LIAISONS (2003) Directed by Josee Dayan - Les Liaisons dangereuses (English title: Dangerous Liaisons) is a 2003 French television mini-series directed by Josée Dayan starring Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Everett, Nastassja Kinski and Leelee Sobieski. It is based on the classic 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
- DANS PARIS (2006) Directed by Christophe Honore - After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul (Romain Duris) sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his father (Guy Marchand) and aimless brother Jonathan (Louis Garrel) but refuses to get out of bed. One night, Paul rises from his torpor and makes a fateful visit to the Seine.
- DARK PORTALS: CHRONICLES OF VIDOCQ (2001) Directed by Pitof - In 1830 Paris, a famous detective disappears as he doggedly pursues the Alchemist, an assassin. His young biographer takes on the case and swears revenge against the hitman.
- DAYS OF GLORY (2006) Directed by Rachid Bouchareb - During World War II, North African troops encounter bigotry and unfair treatment from their French comrades-in-arms, despite the fact that they bravely fight for a country they have never seen. Some, like Abdelkader (Sami Bouajila), believe that fighting for France is the only way to achieve equality, but Martinez hides his Arab ancestry and treats his men poorly.
- DEERSKIN (2019) Directed by Quentin Dupieux - A man's obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime.
- DELICACY (2011) Directed by David Foenkinos/Stephane Foenkinos - A suddenly widowed Parisian executive (Audrey Tautou) finds her zest for life returning when she begins a romantic relationship with an employee (François Damiens).
- DELICATESSEN (1991) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet/Marc Caro - Clapet (Jean-Claude Dreyfus) is a butcher who owns a run-down apartment building in post-apocalyptic France. The building is in constant need of a handyman, because Clapet routinely butchers them and sells them as food. The latest in the long line of disposable workers is Louison (Dominique Pinon), a former circus clown desperate for work and lodging. But this time Clapet's plan hits a snag when his young daughter (Marie-Laure Dougnac) falls head over heels for the lovable Louison.
- DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR (1971) Directed by Gerard Oury - Power-hungry tax collector Don Salluste de Bazan (Yves Montand) is banished from the Spanish Court and decides to use his valet, Blaze (Louis De Funès), to take his revenge. In disguise, Blaze fills Don Salluste's vacant position and plans to have an affair with the queen (Alice Sapritch), which the vengeful ex-collector will then reveal to the king (Alberto de Mendoza). Instead, Blaze and the queen fall in love, and the valet uses his newfound power to help end mistreatment of the poor.
- DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (2016) Directed by Benoit Jacquot - A chambermaid (Léa Seydoux) from Paris relocates to a remote household in Provence in the late 19th century, engages in trysts and finds herself enraptured with a coach driver (Vincent Lindon).
- DINNER GAME, THE (1998) Directed by Francis Veber - Wealthy Frenchmen hold a weekly contest to see who can invite the biggest idiot to their dinner parties.
- DIRTY MONEY (UN FLIC) (1972) Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville - Commissaire Edouard Coleman (Alain Delon) is a Paris police chief whose life investigating violent crimes has left him despondent. After beginning an affair with a beautiful but cold woman named Cathy (Catherine Deneuve), he befriends her boyfriend, Simon (Richard Crenna), a local nightclub owner. Unbeknownst to Edouard, however, Simon is also a ruthless bank robber and drug smuggler who is planning one final heist. Edouard is forced to pursue Simon after learning his true identity.
- DISTRICT 13: ULTIMATUM (2009) Directed by Patrick Alessandrin - In this sequel to 2004's "District 13," vigilante justice-keepers Damien (Cyril Raffaelli) and Leito (David Belle) are back in the outer-Paris ghetto of District 13 in order to save the impoverished, violence-riddled community. Controlled by five ruthless gang bosses jostling for ultimate power, District 13 is in dangerous decline. To save those living within, Damien and Leito must restore peace before the city's secret law enforcers take measures into their own hands.
- DIVA (1981) Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix - A young mail carrier, Jules (Frederic Andrei), becomes entranced with the voice of American diva Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez). She doesn't believe in being recorded, but Jules secretly records her singing on a tape. His recording gets mixed up with another tape that incriminates a police chief, who is working with the mob. Jules quickly becomes the target of mob gangsters, and he must find a way to get himself out of the situation alive.
- DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (2007) Directed by Julian Schnabel - Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
- THE DOCTORS HORRIBLE EXPERIMENT (1961) Directed by Jean Renoir - A scientist turns into a violent madman after sampling a formula developed to separate good from evil.
- DONKEY SKIN (1970) Directed by Jacques Demy - In a magical, faraway land, a widower king (Jean Marais) decrees that he will wed his daughter, the princess (Catherine Deneuve), because she's the only woman able to match his former queen's beauty. To dodge the incestuous union, the princess -- with the help of a magical fairy (Delphine Seyrig) -- disguises herself as a donkey and escapes to a neighboring kingdom. There, the donkey-skinned maiden encounters a handsome prince (Jacques Perrin) who falls in love with her.
- ELLE (2016) Directed by Paul Verhoeven - Michele, a successful and ruthless video game company CEO, attempts to track down the man who had assaulted her in her home. Soon she is thrown into a massive cat-and-mouse chase with no end in sight.
- ELLES (2011) Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska - Well-off Parisian journalist Anne is investigating the lives of two student prostitutes for a magazine article. What begins as a routine assignment quickly turns personal, as Anne is drawn into the lives of these fiercely independent young women.
- THE ELUSIVE CORPORAL (1962) Directed by Jean Renoir - During World War II, a captured French corporal (Jean-Pierre Cassel) finds himself transferred to a prison in Germany, which he attempts to escape several times. After one such failure, he is reunited with his friend Ballochet (Claude Rich), who in claiming to be a translator, not a soldier, has been treated much better by the Germans. Though tempted to give up on escaping, the corporal finds his resolve renewed by a German dentist's daughter, who has come to love him for his resilience.
- EXILES (2004) Directed by Tony Gatlif - A pair of footloose bohemian lovers living in Paris decide to cross France and Spain to return to their roots in Algeria, to begin a long journey of discovery.
- EXTERMINATING ANGELS (2006) Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau - After an actress makes an intimate confession, a filmmaker (Frédéric van den Driessche) starts an experimental project about the nature of female sexuality and how the forbidden can sometimes enhance excitement. Meanwhile, two apparitions (Raphaële Godin, Margaret Zenou) set forth on a mission that may signal disaster for the filmmaker.
- EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC (2010) Directed by Luc Besson - A famous writer-cum-archaeologist whisks herself off to Egypt in search of a mummified doctor who, she hopes, once resurrected by her friend professeur Espérandieu, will be able to revive her sister (comatose after a grisly tennis accident). As misadventure stacks upon misadventure, will our heroine succeed in her original mission, and can she evade her nemesis, archaeologist Dieuleveult?
- FAHRENHEIT 451 (1966) Directed by Francois Truffaut - Adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel about a future society that has banned all reading material and the job of the firemen is to keep the fires at 451 degrees: the temperature that paper burns. A fireman begins to re-think his job when he meets a book-loving girl.
- FANNY (1932) Directed by Marc Allegret - In this sequel to the 1931 French film "Marius," Marius (Pierre Fresnay) takes a five-year job on a ship headed for the Indian Ocean. His lover, Fanny (Raimu), learns she is pregnant with his baby and must decide if she wants to raise an illegitimate child alone, or accept a marriage proposal from Panisse, a wealthy older man who she does not love. Uncertain whether Marius will ever return, she faces serious choices regarding her future.
- FAREWELL, HOME SWEET HOME (1999) Directed by Otar Iosseliani - Several stories include an alcoholic (Otar Iosseliani), his high-powered businesswoman wife and their son, who joins a gang of petty thieves.
- FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (2009) Directed by Mia Hansen-Love - Grégoire (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is torn between the demands of his family and his obsession with his career. He runs an independent film company and barely has time to see his frustrated wife, Sylvia (Chiara Caselli), or his three daughters during the week. Their weekends are spent trying to enjoy time together even as Grégoire compulsively checks in with his partners. After a tragic incident, Sylvia takes over the company and realizes the extent of her husband's secrets.
- FEAR AND TREMBLING (2003) Directed by Alain Corneau - After spending part of her childhood in Japan, Amelie (Sylvie Testud) goes back after graduating from college to work as an interpreter at a corporation. The male executives treat her poorly, but she has a good relationship with Fubuki (Kaori Tsuji), her immediate supervisor. Unfortunately, Amelie sets herself up for a fall when she shows that despite being from Europe, she is adept at the Japanese language. Viewed as lacking in proper humility, her coworkers conspire to put her in her place.
- FEARS OF THE DARK (2007) Directed by Christian "Blutch" Hincker/Charles Burns/Marie Caillou/Pierre di Sciullo/Lorenzo Mattotti/Richard McGuire- Fear(s) of the Dark is a 2007 French black-and-white animated horror anthology film on the subject of fear produced by Prima Linéa Productions and written and directed by several notable comic book creators and graphic designers. It premiered at the 2007 Roma Film Festival.
- FLANDERS (2006) Directed by Bruno Dumont - Promiscuous farm girl Barbe (Adélaïde Leroux) entertains numerous lovers, but mostly prefers the company of Demester (Samuel Boidin). Demester seems incapable of commitment, and so Barbe sleeps with Blondel (Henri Cretel) out of revenge. Soon after, she sees both lovers off to war. While Barbe discovers she is pregnant, Demester and Blondel experience atrocities on and off the battlefield.
- FLOWER OF EVIL, THE (2003) Directed by Claude Chabrol - In her 50s, French mother Anne Charpin-Vasseur (Nathalie Baye) makes a most uncommon choice: she decides to run for mayor of the town she lives in. Among the obstacles she faces are an unfaithful husband (Bernard Le Coq), mysterious leaflets that accuse her family of having collaborated with the Nazis during World War II, and a blossoming love affair between her returning son (Benoît Magimel) and his stepsister (Mélanie Doutey) that is cheered on by Aunt Line (Suzanne Flon).
- FRANCE (2021) Directed by Bruno Dumont - A superstar TV journalist's career, home life and psychological stability are shaken after she carelessly drives into a young deliveryman on a busy Paris street.
- FRENCH MINISTER, THE (2013) Directed by Bertrand Tavernier - A new speechwriter must navigate the rough waters of internal politics while trying to compose an important address for his boss, the minister of foreign affairs.
- GABRIELLE (2005) Directed by Patrice Chereau - Wealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey (Pascal Greggory) comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle (Isabelle Huppert), has left him for another man. Realizing her mistake, Gabrielle returns, and the pair begin a merciless analysis of their marriage as the relationship comes undone.
- GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE (2010) Directed by Joann Sfar - Follows the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from his younger years in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris to his successful music career in the 1960s and, finally, his death in 1991.
- GAMES OF LOVE & CHANCE (2003) Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche - In the slums of Paris, a group of students -- primarily North African and Southeast Asian immigrants -- are staging a class production of the Marivaux play "Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard," about the inevitability of class distinctions. Lead actress Lydia (Sara Forestier) takes to the material, encouraging and bullying the other students to take the production seriously. Meanwhile, her friend Krimo (Osman Elkharraz) plays her love interest on stage and harbors real affection as well.
- GEMMA BOVERY (2014) Directed by Anne Fontaine - After moving to the French countryside with her husband (Jason Flemyng), a British beauty (Gemma Arterton) draws the attention of a local baker (Fabrice Luchini), a young playboy and her magnetic ex.
- GIRL FROM MONACO, THE (2008) Directed by Anne Fontaine - Bertrand (Fabrice Luchini), a middle-aged lawyer, is sent to Monaco to defend an old woman (Stéphane Audran) who murdered a man with ties to the mob. Against his will, Bertrand is assigned a bodyguard named Christophe (Roschdy Zem). Their relationship becomes especially strained when Bertrand meets Audrey (Louise Bourgoin), a beautiful local weather girl and Christophe's ex-girlfriend. Audrey seduces Bertrand, occupying all his time and, according to Christohpe, distracting him from the trial.
- GIRL FROM PARIS, THE (2001) Directed by Christian Carion - Planning to retire, a goat farmer (Michel Serrault) sells his business to a computer expert (Mathilde Seigner) and shows her the ropes.
- GIRL ON THE BRIDGE, THE (2000) Directed by Patrice Leconte - One night, a fading entertainer intervenes when a woman contemplates suicide, beginning a strange, unpredictable relationship.
- GIRL ON THE TRAIN, THE (2009) Directed by Andre Techine - A young woman (Émilie Dequenne) causes an uproar when she falsely claims to be the victim of an anti-Semitic attack.
- GIRLHOOD (2014) Directed by Celine Sciamma - Marieme joins an all-girl gang in the projects of Paris and is slowly turned out of her shell by her three sassy neighbors. As she falls further under their bravado and volatile energy, she begins making brave and foolish choices.
- GOD IS GREAT AND I’M NOT (2001) Directed by Pascale Bailly - A troubled woman (Audrey Tautou) wants to convert to Judaism after sleeping with a Jewish veterinarian (Édouard Baer) 12 years her senior.
- GOING PLACES (1974) Directed by Bertrand Blier - Jean-Claude (Gérard Depardieu) and Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere) are crooks. They're not experts, but they're competent enough to make their way through France by knocking over stores and lifting cars. They also have plenty of sexual conquests, including one with the young, attractive Marie-Ange (Miou-Miou), and the older ex-con, Jeanne (Jeanne Moreau). But the duo isn't simply suave; in addition to their crimes, they mistreat women without regret -- which could come back to haunt them.
- GOODBYE FIRST LOVE (2011) Directed by Mia Hansen-Love - 15-year-old Camille and 19-year-old Sullivan are in love for the first time. However, when Sullivan goes to Latin America on a journey of self-discovery, Camille is consumed by melancholy and longing for Sullivan, and she struggles to move on.
- GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (2014) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard - As a stray dog wanders from town to country over the course of several seasons, a married woman and a single man meet, love, argue and fight.
- GRAND ECOLE (2004) Directed by Robert Salis - A group of young people join an elite school that's training the future ruling class of the country. A brilliant student realizes he has feelings for his roommate and succumbs to the charm of a young laborer.
- GUARDIANS (2017) Directed by Sarik Andreasyan - A team of former Soviet superheroes, assembled during the Cold War to combat a dangerous scientist, is dispatched against destructive robots.
- HAIL MARY (1985) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard - Jean-Luc Godard explores faith and relationships in this story of a virginal Swiss woman who learns she is pregnant.
- HAIRDRESSER’S HUSBAND, THE (1990) Directed by Patrice Leconte - Antoine (Jean Rochefort) has always had a thing for beautiful hairstylists. As a young boy, he lusted after the beautician who cut his hair, and vowed that one day he'd marry a hairdresser. His quest comes to an end when, as an adult, he meets gorgeous Mathilde (Anna Galiena). Their marriage doesn't dampen his erotic desire for her. If anything, he becomes even more sexually obsessed with her. In fact, the two rarely leave the hair salon, until the fateful night that Mathilde ventures outside.
- HAPPY END (2017) Directed by Michael Haneke - Although a middle-class family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks, they pay little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.
- HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT (2002) Directed by Laetitia Colombani - A talented art student named Angélique (Audrey Tautou) is passionately in love with Dr. Loïc Le Garrec (Samuel Le Bihan), a handsome married man whom she believes will leave his wife, Rachel (Isabelle Carré). Loïc does leave Rachel after she miscarries, but eventually decides to stay in his marriage, causing Angélique to spiral into depression. However, as the story shifts from Angélique's perspective to Loïc's, the surprising truth about their relationship is revealed.
- HEADING SOUTH (2005) Directed by Laurent Cantet - Three older women -- Ellen (Charlotte Rampling), a university professor from New England; Brenda (Karen Young), a housewife from Georgia; and Sue (Louise Portal), a blue-collar Canadian -- descend upon a Haitian resort in a lusty haze. Hoping to escape from dissatisfaction and loneliness, the women repeatedly hire handsome local men for casual sex. But, when Brenda begins to develop feelings for gigolo Legba (Ménothy Cesar), the sudden appearance of honest emotion throws the trio into turmoil.
- HEARTBEAT DETECTOR (2007) Directed by Nicolas Klotz - Psychiatrist and corporate efficiency expert Simon Kessler (Mathieu Amalric) is contacted in secret by Karl Rose (Jean-Pierre Kalfon), a board member at German chemical giant SC Farb. Rose assigns Kessler to investigate the mental stability -- or lack thereof -- of the company's CEO, Mathias Jüst (Michael Lonsdale), a man whose increasingly unpredictable behavior has become cause for concern. As Kessler looks deeper into Jüst's life, he discovers that his unhinged target may have Nazi ties.
- HEDGEHOG, THE (2009) Directed by Mona Achache - While planning her suicide, a precocious 11-year-old (Garance Le Guillermic) befriends a new neighbor (Togo Igawa) and a prickly recluse (Josiane Balasko).
- HIDEAWAY (LE REFUGE) (2009) Directed by Francois Ozon - At an oceanside chateau, a bond slowly forms between a pregnant drug addict (Isabelle Carré) and the brother (Louis-Ronan Choisy) of her late lover.
- HIGH TENSION (2003) Directed by Alexandre Aja - A beautiful young Frenchwoman, Alex (Maïwenn Le Besco), travels out to the country to visit her family and brings along her friend Marie (Cécile de France). Soon after they get settled in the secluded home, Alex's parents are brutally attacked by a psychotic truck driver (Philippe Nahon), who proceeds to stalk the two women as well. When the killer kidnaps Alex in his truck, Marie hides in the back to try and rescue her, but the bloodshed is far from over.
- HOLY MOTORS (2012) Directed by Leos Carax - Donning different disguises, a man is driven around Paris in a limousine. As he puts on costumes he inhabits new roles, the strange incarnations moving through their semi-scripted parts.
- HORDE, THE (2009) Directed by Yannick Dahan/Benjamin Rocher - A team of police officers hunting a violent gang in Paris discover an apartment block overrun by zombies.
- HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE ME? (2005) Directed by Bertrand Blier - After winning a lottery, an office worker (Bernard Campan) pays a beautiful prostitute (Monica Bellucci) a large amount of money to live with him.
- HUMAN RESOURCES (1999) Directed by Laurent Cantet - Frank, a business school student in Paris, takes an internship at the factory where his father has worked for 30 years, only to find that the ensuing lay-offs and general downsizing -- which cost his father his job -- are deeply troubling. Father and son go head to head in Laurent Cantent's stirring story of business, family, and individual opinion.
- I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (2008) Directed by Philippe Claudel - After serving 15 years in prison for killing her young son, Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) moves in with her younger sister, Lea (Elsa Zylberstein). Though Lea has built a comfortable family life in the years since Juliette went away, she is still affected by her sister's terrible crime. Meanwhile, world-weary Juliette attempts to get past the years of estrangement and reconnect with Lea.
- ILLUSIONIST, THE (2010) Directed by Sylvain Chomet - Magic tricks can't compete with rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, so a French illusionist (Jean-Claude Donda) finds himself touring Scotland's shabby pubs and run-down restaurants. But things brighten for him when he meets Alice (Eilidh Rankin), a girl who believes his powers are real. Together they travel to Edinburgh for a performance, but he doesn't have the heart to reveal that his feats are merely tricks, and risks financial ruin by giving her gifts supplied by his "magic."
- IMAGE BOOK, THE (2018) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard - Jean-Luc Godard provides social commentary during a montage of digitally altered, color-saturated film clips.
- IMMORTAL (2004) Directed by Enki Bilal - In 2095, New York City has become a dystopian world of genetically altered humans and ancient Egyptian gods. When powerful deities condemn the god Horus to death, he searches for a human female capable of bearing his child. After possessing the body of an escaped convict (Thomas Kretschmann), Horus discovers Jill (Linda Hardy), a genetic anomaly able to procreate with gods. As Jill solves the mystery of her own creation, Horus attempts to continue his legacy.
- IN MY SKIN (2002) Directed by Marina de Van - A Parisian marketing professional, Esther (Marina de Van) has a gruesome secret. She's been obsessed with the damage she can inflict upon her own body ever since sustaining a deep cut in an accident. Esther cuts her flesh with knives, scissors and other sharp household objects. Her behavior, of course, deeply worries her boyfriend Vincent (Laurent Lucas), but Esther can't stop harming herself. Soon her self-mutilation places her in mortal danger.
- IN THE HOUSE (2012) Directed by Francois Ozon - A precocious student infiltrates a classmate's family, and submits stories about it for a class. His teacher is shocked at first, but is quickly drawn into, and complicit in, the story, even as it crosses the line into dangerous territory.
- INSIDE (2007) Directed by Alexandre Bustillo/Julien Maury - A scissor-wielding psychopath (Béatrice Dalle) terrorizes a pregnant widow (Alysson Paradis) on Christmas Eve.
- INTIMATE STRANGERS (2004) Directed by Patrice Leconte - When a beautiful woman named Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire) mistakes a psychiatrist's office for that of tax attorney William (Fabrice Luchini), she unwittingly confesses her deepest and darkest secrets to a perfect stranger. Sexually repressed and lonely, William doesn't have the courage to reveal his true identity to Anna. Maintaining the deception, William begins to enjoy the fake therapy sessions. Every week, the pair meet, and they forge an odd and erotic relationship.
- INTOUCHABLES, THE (2011) Directed by Olivier Nakache/Eric Toledano - A Parisian aristocrat, quadriplegic since a paragliding accident, hires a young man to be his live-in caretaker. Although very different the two men bond and develop a close friendship.
- IRREVERSIBLE (2002) Directed by Gaspar Noe - A woman's lover and her former boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist.
- IT’S EASIER FOR A CAMEL… (2003) Directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - Federica is a quirky 30 something who always dreamt of having hair that would grow back as soon as she cut it. She is shaken out of her mental meanderings following a grave illness in the family, and is forced to finally confront her life problems.
- JEAN DE FLORETTE (1986) (W/ MANON OF SPRING (1986)) (DOUBLE FEATURE) Directed by Claude Berri - In Jean de Florette, the enterprising Ugolin Soubeyran (Daniel Auteuil) returns to his native countryside after the serving in the military. Intent on growing expensive flowers, he conspires with his uncle, Cesar (Yves Montand), to gain access to a hidden spring on a neighboring property. When their initial attempt to buy the land fails, they must contend with Jean de Florette (Gérard Depardieu), who arrives with his family to work the coveted plot and turn it into a profitable farm.
In Manon of Spring, Manon (Emmanuelle Béart), a beautiful shepherdess in Provence, France, has lost her father and seen her family's livelihood ruined through the greediness of her neighbors: Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil) and his grandfather, Cesar (Yves Montand). Now grown and living in isolation from the village, she plots revenge against the men for their misdeeds. Her plot is complicated by Ugolin, who has fallen in love with her -- but Manon's retribution will not be deterred.
- JEAN RENOIR THREE DISC COLLECTION: This seven movie film collection is directed by Jean Renior. Our first look at this NTSC DVD collection surprises us with a range of good 16mm to excellent 35mm source prints for the silent era films. This Jean Renoir set is known for its excellent prints that are all of better quality than previous editions on budget VHS videotape. Films included are, Whirlpool of Fate, Nana, Charleston Parade, Little Match Girl, La Marseillaise, The Doctors Horrible Experiment and The Elusive Corporal.
- JET LAG (2002) Directed by Daniele Thompson - After being stranded at an airport, a beautician and a businessman share a hotel room in Paris. Will their initial mutual indifference and downright hostility turn into a one night stand or perhaps something more?
- JOYEUX NOEL (2005) Directed by Christian Carion - With the advent of World War I, Europe is thrown into a brutal and vicious chaos as men are forced to kill or be killed. While blood soaks the battlefield as Christmas approaches, the men in the trenches of the Western Front face a transformation, however fleeting, toward peace and goodwill. Against all odds, four unlikely individuals from opposing sides (Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis) bond during this bloodless respite to experience the hope and goodness in humanity.
- JULIA (2008) Directed by Erick Zonca - An alcoholic (Tilda Swinton) becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.
- JUMBO (2020) Directed by Zoe Wottick - Fascinated by all the carousels and attractions, amusement park employee Jeanne begins a very special relationship with Jumbo. And soon it turns out that this attraction also communicates with her.
- KING OF HEARTS (1966) Directed by Philippe de Broca - This quirky comedic war film focuses on Scottish soldier Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates), who is sent to a French town on a mission to disarm a bomb left behind by the retreating German army. Plumpick discovers that the area is deserted except for the inmates of the local asylum. The mental patients playfully take over the town and pronounce the soldier their king. While Plumpick is intrigued by the antics of the former inmates, he must stay on task and find the bomb before it detonates.
- KINGS & QUEENS (2004) Directed by Arnaud Desplechin - Shortly before her wedding, art gallery director Nora (Emmanuelle Devos) travels from Paris to Grenoble to visit her preteen son, Elias, who is spending time with her aging professor father, Louis (Maurice Garrel), recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. During her stay, she reaches out to her former lover, Ismael (Mathieu Amalric), a viola player and father figure to Elias who has been committed against his will to a mental hospital. Ismael, however, has his own problems to sort out.
- L’AGE D’OR (1930) Directed by Luis Bunuel - A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with one another, but their attempts to consummate their love are thwarted by their families, the Church and the bourgeois society.
- L’AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE (2002) Directed by Cedric Klapisch - Xavier (Romain Duris) is a French university student who moves to Barcelona, Spain, to learn Spanish in order to score a desirable job. Residing in a house with other young Europeans of varied nationalities, Xavier has a life-altering experience living in such an international environment. After a visit by his girlfriend, Martine (Audrey Tautou), Xavier realizes that she may not be the one for him, and starts to fall for a friend's wife, the lovely Anne-Sophie (Judith Godrèche).
- L’ENFANT (2005) Directed by Luc Dardenne/Jean-Pierre Dardenne - After giving birth, teenage Sonia (Déborah François) returns home to find that her boyfriend, irresponsible petty criminal Bruno (Jérémie Segard), has sublet their apartment. Sonia tracks Bruno down on the street, and after the couple spends the night together, they decide to start a new life with the baby. But the next morning, Bruno sells their child for cash, sending Sonia into shock. Shaken by her decision to press charges against him, Bruno sets out to retrieve the baby.
- LA BALANCE (1982) Directed by Bob Swaim - The Paris police are desperate to bust drug kingpin Roger Massina (Maurice Ronet). To do it, they want pimp Dede Laffont (Philippe Léotard) to serve as their inside man. Dede refuses: Informants never live very long. But Detective Palouzi (Richard Berry) isn't taking no for an answer. Sure enough, the police put pressure on Nicole Danet (Nathalie Baye), the prostitute who's also Dede's girlfriend, forcing him to make a decision that could rob him of everything.
- LA BELLE CAPTIVE (1983) Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet - A married man (Daniel Mesguich) learns the young woman he adored from afar at a nightclub had died seven years earlier.
- LA BELLE NOISEUSE (1991) Directed by Jacques Rivette - Famous painter Edouard (Michel Piccoli) stopped working long ago and now lives in the countryside with his wife, Liz (Jane Birkin). When his friend Nicolas (David Bursztein) visits, Edouard is taken with his striking girlfriend, Marianne (Emmanuelle Beart), who inspires him to try to complete a nude portrait he gave up on years ago. At Nicolas' suggestion, Marianne agrees to serve as Edouard's model, and the painter and his new muse begin working on the difficult project.
- LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (1978) Directed by Edouard Molinaro - Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault) are happy that their son, Laurent (Rémi Laurent), is getting married. Unfortunately, the bride's father (Michel Galabru) is a die-hard conservative -- and Renato and Albin are rather conspicuously gay. To ensure that the marriage goes off without a hitch, Albin uses his skills as a drag performer to play mom for a meeting with the in-laws. But, before long, both men learn that playing it straight isn't as easy as it seems!
- LA CAGE AUX FOLLES 2 (1980) Directed by Edouard Molinaro - Two aging St. Tropez homosexuals (Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault) unwittingly have the microfilm a spy ring wants.
- LA CAPTIVE (2000) Directed by Chantal Akerman - Suspecting his girlfriend (Sylvie Testud) is bisexual, an obsessed man (Stanislas Merhar) follows her every move and demands complete submission.
- LA FEMME NIKITA (1990) Directed by Luc Besson - Convicted felon Nikita (Anne Parillaud), instead of going to jail, is given a new identity and trained to be a secret police assassin controlled by the government. Her lonely life is warmed when she falls in love with a man who knows nothing of her mysterious life.
- LA MARSEILLAISE (1936) Directed by Jean Renoir - In this historical film, renowned director Jean Renoir depicts the French Revolution with an unusually matter-of-fact approach that downplays the dramatic elements of the story. While the filmmaker's brother, Pierre Renoir, portrays the besieged Louis XVI and Lise Delamare plays his iconic wife, Marie Antoinette, the production focuses mostly on the ordinary people caught up in the tumultuous time, resulting in a film that is more concerned with regular citizens than with royalty. Part of our Jean Renoir 3 disc collection.
- LA MOUSTACHE (2005) Directed by Emmanuel Carrere - The Moustache is a French film from 2005, directed by Emmanuel Carrère and starring Vincent Lindon, and adapted from Carrère's own novel The Moustache. The film features music from Philip Glass.
- LA PETITE LILI (2003) Directed by Claude Miller - Tensions arise after an actress (Nicole Garcia), a director (Bernard Giraudeau) and others gather to watch a young woman's short film.
- LE PETIT SOLDAT (1967) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard - A controversial account of a French army deserter caught between rival political factions. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
- LA REVUE DES REVUES (1927) Directed by Joe Francis - Parisian Pleasures is a 1927 French-German silent film directed by Joe Francis and starring Josephine Baker, André Luguet and Hélène Hallier. The film focuses on the Parisian nightlife of the time, showing various performances of the Jazz Age, including two by Baker, with the plot taking a backseat.
- LA VIE EN ROSE (2007) Directed by Olivier Dahan - Born into poverty and raised in a brothel, Édith Piaf (Marion Cotillard) manages to achieve worldwide fame. Though her extraordinary voice and charisma open many doors that lead to friendships and romances, she experiences great personal loss, drug addiction and an early death.
- LA VIE PROMISE (2002) Directed by Olivier Dahan - Single mother Sylvia (Isabelle Huppert) provides for her daughter, Laurence (Maud Forget), by working as a prostitute in the city of Nice, France. When Laurence rescues her mother by plunging a knife into a violent pimp, the two flee the city and seek out Sylvia's ex-husband, Piotr (André Marcon), in northern France. Once reunited, the family struggles to begin a new life together in spite of the potency of the tragedies and failures that have torn them apart.
- LADY CHATTERLEY (2006) Directed by Pascale Ferran - Lady Chatterley is a 2006 French drama film by Pascale Ferran. The film is an adaptation of the 1927 novel John Thomas and Lady Jane, an earlier version of Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D. H. Lawrence.
- LATE BLOOMERS (2011) Directed by Julie Gavras - A long-married husband (William Hurt) and wife (Isabella Rossellini) have different reactions to the fact that they are growing older.
- LE CHEF (2012) Directed by Daniel Cohen - In order to prevent his restaurant from losing a star, a veteran chef takes a young intern under his wing to help him revamp their entire menu.v
- LE COMBAT DANS L'ÎLE (1962) Directed by Alain Cavalier - Betrayed by partner-in-crime Serge during a political assassination attempt, political terrorist Clément is forced to go into hiding. He takes refuge for a while with Paul, a childhood friend.
- LE DERNIER COMBAT (1983) Directed by Luc Besson - A scraggly, anonymous man (Pierre Jolivet) looks for love among a desolate, post-apocalyptic wasteland where almost no one speaks and roaming bands of marauders prey on the weak and unprotected. Assisted by a mad scientist (Jean Bouise), the man attempts to rebuild a broken-down airplane to expand his lonely, seemingly pointless search. At every turn the man is thwarted by well-armed, merciless thugs; however, hope rears its head he discovers one last surviving woman imprisoned by the toughs.
- LE GRAND BLEU (1988) Directed by Luc Besson - Director Luc Besson is famous for his imaginative visual technique and breathtaking action sequences. One of the most stunningly beautiful films ever made, "The Big Blue" features gorgeous underwater photography and spectacular location shooting in the French Antibes, the Greek islands, Peru, and Taormina in Sicily. But it is the emotional intensity of the film experience and mystical themes of the story that have made it a cult phenomenon.
- LE MAGNIFIQUE (1973) Directed by Philippe de Broca - A French writer's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) neighbor (Jacqueline Bisset) becomes his lover in a spy-novel fantasy.
- LE PETIT LIEUTENANT (2005) Directed by Xavier Beauvois - When a fresh young police academy graduate from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure world of the Parisian homicide squad, his schoolteacher wife is reluctant to go with him.
- LE PETIT SOLDAT (1963) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard - A controversial account of a French army deserter caught between rival political factions. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
- LEAVING (2008) Directed by Catherine Corsini - Suzanne (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) is a well-to-do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room for her in their backyard. When Suzanne and the man hired to do the building meet, the mutual attraction is sudden and violent. Suzanne decides to give up everything and live this all engulfing passion to the fullest.
- LEMMING (2005) Directed by Dominik Moll - Alain Getty (Laurent Lucas) and his wife, Bénédicte (Charlotte Gainsbourg), are happily married and enjoying the luxuries afforded them by Alain's successful career. Alain invites his boss, Richard (André Dussollier), and Richard's wife, Alice (Charlotte Rampling), for dinner one night, but things quickly turn sour when Alice becomes rude and erratic. The discovery of a rare lemming in the kitchen sink -- and Bénédicte's strange behavior -- is just the beginning of Alain's confusion.
- LES BONNES FEMMES (1960) Directed by Claude Chabrol - Four young women work for a lecherous boss and entertain a variety of suitors in a search for Mr. Right.
- LES CHANSONS D’AMOUR (2007) Directed by Christophe Honore - Ismael (Louis Garrel) and Julie (Ludivine Sagnier) lead a blissfully romantic existence in Paris and are as likely to sing their thoughts as speak them. They meet a variety of equally passionate young people as they wander through the dream-like city, and they invite Alice (Clotilde Hesme) into their lives and into their bed. The delicate balance of their idyllic world is threatened when death intrudes unexpectedly, challenging them to keep love alive through loss and mourning.
- LES COMPERES (1983) Directed by Francis Veber - Christine (Anny Duperey) is distraught when her adolescent son runs away. When the cops are no help, she contacts two former lovers -- François (Pierre Richard), a suicidal teacher, and Jean Lucas (Gérard Depardieu), a burly journalist working on a story about the Mafia. She then convinces them to help find her boy by claiming that she believes one of the men is her son's father. Although they make a poor team, the two set off on a quest to find their purported son.
- LES MISTONS/ANTOINE & COLETTE (1957/1962) (DOUBLE FEATURE) Directed by Francois Truffaut - In “Les Mistons,” the pretty Bernadette rides her bike through Nîmes under the watchful eyes of five kids who admire her passionately. Bernadette is dating a sports teacher, Gérard. In order to sabotage this love story, they take action.
While attending a Berlioz concert, 17-year-old Antoine notices Colette, whom he sets out to win over. The girl's parents welcome him, but Colette only considers him to be a good friend. - LET IT RAIN (2008) Directed by Agnes Jaoui - In the wake of her mother's death, feminist author Agathe (Agnès Jaoui) returns to the rural town of her birth to reconnect with her estranged sister, Florence (Pascale Arbillot). While there, Karim (Jamel Debbouze) -- a would-be filmmaker and son of the family maid -- requests permission to profile Agathe for a documentary about inspiring women. Agathe agrees, but soon finds herself at the lens-end of a camera manned by Karim's mentor, the misogynistic Michel (Jean-Pierre Bacri).
- LET JOY REIGN SUPREME (1975) Directed by Bertrand Tavernier - The Duke of Orleans (Philippe Noiret) rules for 5-year-old Louis XV in Regency France.
- LIFE AFTER FLASH (2017) Directed by Lisa Downs - Actor Sam J. Jones discusses the ups and downs of his life since starring in the 1980 cult film `Flash Gordon'.
- LIFE AND NOTHING BUT (1989) Directed by Bertrand Tavernier - At the end of World War I, Major Delaplane (Philippe Noiret) has a grim assignment ahead of him -- he must count the corpses left on the battlefields and determine their identities. While in the process of doing his duty, Delaphane meets Irene (Sabine Azéma), whose husband is believed to be among the dead. Slowly, Delaplane begins to fall for her, but this burgeoning romance becomes more complicated when the major receives word that Irene's husband may still be alive.
- LIFE OF RILEY (2014) Directed by Alain Resnais - During rehearsals for a play, Colin and Kathryn receive news that their friend George is fatally ill.
- LILA SAYS (2004) Directed by Ziad Doueiri - Chimo (Mohammed Khouas), age 19, lives with his mother. Rather than taking advantage of a Paris writing school scholarship, the unemployed aspiring writer kills time with his friend Mouloud (Karim Ben Haddou) on the streets of Marseilles. Chimo develops a crush on Lila (Vahina Giocante), a sexually experienced 16-year-old who moves into the neighborhood. They begin spending time together, alarming both Lila's possessive aunt (Edmonde Franchi) and Mouloud, who's jealous of his friend.
- THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL (1928) Directed by Jean Renoir - On New Year's Eve, a beautiful but penniless young woman (Catherine Hessling) trudges through the snowy streets of Paris attempting to sell matches to the wealthy passers-by. After staring longingly into the windows of restaurants at the safe and warm patrons within, the match girl attempts to escape the snow and cold by huddling into a corner near a toy shop. As the girl tries to warm herself with her matches, the shop's window display comes alive and beckons her into a fantasy world.
- LITTLE WHITE LIES (2010) Directed by Guillaume Canet - After a traumatic event, friends go on a beach holiday where their relationships are sorely tested as they are forced to admit the little white lies they have been telling one another.
- LOOK AT ME (2004) Directed by Agnes Jaoui - Talented 20-year-old Lolita (Marilou Berry) dreams of a singing career. But her self-esteem is low due to her weight problem and her narcissistic father, Étienne (Jean-Pierre Bacri), a literary star with scant interest in his daughter's life. Lolita finds little comfort in the attentions of her vocal coach, suspecting the woman is using her to meet her influential father. Étienne's second wife proves to be Lolita's only trustworthy ally in her private battle to find a sense of worth.
- LORNA’S SILENCE (2008) Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne - Lorna (Arta Dobroshi), a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has hopes of opening a cafe with her boyfriend, an itinerant worker who visits when he can. She marries Claudy, a local junkie, to secure legal residency and collaborates with Fabio (Fabrizio Rongione), a low-life cab driver who arranges a hefty payoff for her to marry a Russian mobster. Lorna wants to divorce Claudy; but Fabio wants him to overdose. She knows nothing of the threatening underworld in which she will be enmeshed.
- LOST IN PARIS (2016) Directed by Fiona Gordon/Dominique Abel - Fiona is a Canadian librarian who flies to Paris and discovers that her 88-year-old aunt is missing. As Fiona scours the city looking for her, she encounters Dom, a friendly but annoying tramp who won't leave her alone.
- LOVE CRIME (2010) Directed by Alain Corneau - A ruthless corporate executive (Kristin Scott Thomas) and her ambitious protege (Ludivine Sagnier) bare their claws in a vicious battle for supremacy.
- LOVE ETC. (1996) Directed by Marion Vernoux - An artwork restorer (Charlotte Gainsbourg) weds a nebbish (Yvan Attal) despite her attraction to his unpredictable pal (Charles Berling).
- LOVE ME IF YOU DARE (2003) Directed by Yann Samuell - Best friends Julien and Sophie continue an odd game they started playing as children - a fearless competition to outdo one another. As the pranks become more and more dangerous, the pair realize that the game is a way of hiding their true feelings for each other.
- LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE, THE (1991) Directed by Leos Carax - A homeless addict (Denis Lavant) and a young painter (Juliette Binoche) with failing eyesight forge a bond on the streets of Paris.
- LOURDES (2009) Directed by Jessica Hausner - Though confined to a wheelchair for most of her life, a woman (Sylvie Testud) makes a pilgrimage to the world-famous shrine at Lourdes.
- LUMUMBA (DUBBED) (2000) Directed by Raoul Peck - "Lumumba" is a gripping political thriller which tells the story of the legendary African leader Patrice Emery Lumumba. Called "the politico of the bush" by journalists of his day, the brilliant and charismatic Lumumba rose rapidly to the office of Prime Minister when Belgium conceded the Congo's independence in June, 1960. He would last two months in office. This is a true story.
- MA MERE (2004) Directed by Christophe Honore - Seventeen-year-old Pierre vows blind love to his mother, who isn't ready to handle what her son projects onto her. Refusing to be loved for something she isn't, she decides to break all mystery and reveal her true nature, that of a woman for whom immorality has become an addiction.
- MADEMOISELLE CHAMBON (2009) Directed by Stephane Brize - Jean has a loving wife and a son. But his life has become boring and his relationship with his wife has lost its passion. When he meets his son's school teacher Jean feels an unexpected spark.
- MAN FROM LONDON (2007) Directed by Bela Tarr/Agnes Hranitzky - A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.
- MAN ON THE TRAIN (2003) Directed by Patrice Leconte - A man steps off a train into a French village awaiting the day when he will rob the town bank. He meets a retired poetry teacher striking up a strange friendship and explores the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
- MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN, THE (1977) Directed by Francois Truffaut - Middle-aged Frenchman Bertrand Morane (Charles Denner) is relentless in his pursuit of women, constantly moving from conquest to conquest without any qualms about his promiscuity. He attempts to woo Helene (Geneviève Fontanel), a lovely lingerie store owner, but she prefers younger men, so he moves on to a married woman, Delphine Grezel (Nelly Borgeaud). Bertrand eventually begins his sex-filled memoirs, and his editor, Genevieve Bigey (Brigitte Fossey), becomes his next amorous relationship.
- MARGUERITE (2015) Directed by Xavier Giannoli - Paris in the 1920s. Wealthy Marguerite Dumont is an enthusiastic lover of opera. She often holds private concerts at home during which she sings for friends and acquaintances, but seems completely oblivious to the fact that she has been gifted with an astonishing lack of singing talent. Her fanciful delusions are aided by her entire social circle, in thrall to her money, as well as her servants and her husband - none of whom has ever uttered a single word of criticism.
- MASQUERADES (2008) Directed by Lyes Salem - Mounir fabricates an elaborate story and allows it to continue past the point of no return.
- MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT (2000) Directed by Claude Chabrol - Starring Isabelle Huppert and Jacques Dutronc as the epitome of marital bliss, living a beautiful lavish life in Lausanne, Switzerland. While Mika (Isabelle Huppert) is busy running a successful chocolate company, Andre (Jacques Dutronc) rehearses marvelous compositions on the piano. Deep down, something is amiss, and Chabrol spins this bittersweet yarn into a dark mystery.
- MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT (2008) Directed by Jean-Francois Richet - Jacques Mesrine is a loyal son and dedicated soldier living with his parents after returning from the Algerian war. Handsome and charming, he is soon seduced by the neon glamor of 60s Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine moves swiftly up the criminal ladder, loving the high-risk life of a gangster. After pulling off an audacious heist, he and his lover Jeanne flee to Canada.2
- MESRINE: PUBLIC ENEMY #1 (2008) Directed by Jean-Francois Richet - Second part of the French thriller about the incredible and brutal story of France's most infamous and flamboyant gangster, Jacques Mesrine. Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes. But his detention does not last long.
- MICMACS (2009) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Bazil (Dany Boon) has been a victim of weapons manufacturers his entire life. His father was killed by a landmine, and Bazil lost his job after he was shot by an errant bullet -- which is still lodged in his skull. Now Bazil lives on the streets of Paris, where he encounters Slammer (Jean-Pierre Marielle). Slammer takes him under his wing, introducing him to other outcasts. With the help of his new entourage, Bazil devises a plan to exact revenge on the companies that took so much from him.
- MISSING PICTURE, THE (2013) Directed by Riley Panh - Filmmaker Rithy Panh re-creates atrocities of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979.
- MOBIUS (2013) Directed by Eric Rochant - A Russian secret service officer in Monaco keeps an eye on Alice (Cécile de France), an undercover agent. He breaks the rules and contacts Alice during her mission, and an intense passion arises between them.
- MOLIERE (2007) Directed by Laurent Tirard - In 17th-century France, playwright and actor Molière (Romain Duris) has his debts paid off by Monsieur Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini), freeing him from debtors' prison. In return, Jourdain asks for acting lessons so he can win the heart of the beautiful widow Célimène (Ludivine Sagnier) by performing a short play for her. Presented to Jourdain's family as the priest Tartuffe, Molière begins to fall in love with Monsieur Jourdain's disregarded wife, Elmire (Laura Morante).
- MONK, THE (2011) Directed by Dominik Moll - A virtuous monk (Vincent Cassel) descends to the depths of sin and depravity after Satan sends an unholy temptress (Déborah François) to lead him astray.
- MONSIEUR HIRE (1989) Directed by Patrice Leconte - A love-starved outcast develops an unusual relationship with the seductive young neighbor he's been spying upon.
- MONSIEUR IBRAHIM (2003) Directed by Francois Dupeyron - For Momo (Pierre Boulanger), a young Jewish kid growing up in Paris in the early 1960s, life is pretty exciting. He's friends with many of the local prostitutes and loses his virginity to one of them, Sylvie (Anne Suarez). He also catches glimpses of a famous movie star (Isabelle Adjani) filming in his neighborhood. But it's his friendship with a Muslim shopkeeper, Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), that's the most rewarding part of his life. Gradually, the older man becomes a surrogate father to Momo.
- MONSIEUR LAZHAR (2011) Directed by Philippe Falardeau - An 11-year-old pupil discovers that one of the school teachers has just committed suicide. Bachir Lazhar arrives at the school to fill the tragic void and help the children cope with their loss.
- MONSIEUR VINCENT (1947) Directed by Maurice Cloche - Born into poverty and sold into slavery, Vincent de Paul (Pierre Fresnay) survives to become a respected clergyman and a confidante of the nobility. But when the Black Plague descends upon France, Vincent leaves his comfortable post to become a simple parish priest. Single-minded in his devotion to the wretched poor, he rallies the landed class to create charitable organizations, and in the process revolutionizes treatment of the needy the world over.
- MOOD INDIGO (2013) Directed by Michel Gondry - A man (Romain Duris) sees his fortune dwindle after his wife (Audrey Tautou) develops a strange condition requiring that she always be surrounded by fresh flowers, or she will die.
- MOZART’S SISTER (2010) Directed by Rene Feret - Nannerl Mozart, Wolfgang's older sister, was a musical prodigy until her brother's talent overshadowed her own abilities as a composer and harpsichordist.
- MURDEROUS MAIDS (2000) Directed by Jean-Pierre Denis - Two sisters (Sylvie Testud, Julie-Marie Parmentier) with no apparent motive kill their employer and her daughter in 1933 France.
- MURIEL (1963) Directed by Alain Resnais - Antiques dealer Hélène Aughain (Delphine Seyrig) lives in the small French village of Boulogne, along with her stepson, Bernard (Jean-Baptiste Thierrée), a veteran of the Algerian War. One day, Hélène's ex-lover Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Kérien) arrives, bringing with him a new mistress named Francoise (Nita Klein), as well as memories of the war and romance. However, this proves to be too much tension for one home, and jealousies, lusts and dark secrets soon lead to tragedy.
- MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITTE (2010) Directed by Jean Becker - In a film based on Marie-Sabine Roger's book, Margueritte (Gisèle Casadesus) is a 95-year-old woman whose greatest joy in life is a good book. So the residents of her rural French village are stunned when she strikes up a conversation with the sweet German oaf Germain (Gérard Depardieu), who is virtually illiterate. But, as their odd friendship blossoms, Margueritte shares her passion with Germain, teaching him as she reads aloud. And when her eyes begin to fail, Germain returns the favor.
- MY BEST FRIEND (2006) Directed by Patrice Leconte - Francois (Daniel Auteuil), a Parisian antique dealer, has little time or desire for personal relationships. When his business partner (Julie Gayet) challenges him to prove that he has a friend, the buddy-less Francois tries to find one. When his pathetic attempts fail, he hires a cab driver (Dany Boon) to teach him how to make and keep a real pal.
- MY DONKEY, MY LOVER AND I (2020) Directed by Caroline Vignal - Teacher Antoinette is looking forward to a holiday with her lover. To her horror, however, he cancels on her and takes his family to the mountains. When she follows him, she ends up on a trekking tour with a donkey.
- MY FATHER’S GLORY (1990) Directed by Yves Robert - Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol (Philippe Caubère), and seamstress mother Augustine (Nathalie Roussel), young Marcel (Julien Ciamaca) grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili (Joris Molinas), who teaches him about rural life. Meanwhile, tensions between Joseph and his religious brother-in-law, Jules (Didier Pain), grow during their hunting expeditions.
- MY GOLDEN DAYS (2015) Directed by Arnaud Desplechin - A middle-aged anthropologist (Mathieu Amalric) reminisces about family, school adventures, a student trip to the USSR and the love (Lou Roy-Lecollinet) of his life.
- MY MOTHER’S CASTLE (1990) Directed by Yves Robert - To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol (Julien Ciamaca) and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father (Philippe Caubère) discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.
- NANA (1926) Directed by Jean Renoir - After her latest play is a disaster, a proud but talentless actress (Catherine Hessling) becomes a government official's mistress.
- NOBODY ELSE BUT YOU (2011) Directed by Gerald Hustache-Mathieu - A novelist (Jean-Paul Rouve) investigates the apparent suicide of a Marilyn Monroe look-alike (Sophie Quinton) who believed herself to be the reincarnation of the legendary movie star.
- OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE, AN (1962) Directed by Robert Enrico - A Southern civilian escapes his execution at the hands of Union soldiers when the hanging rope breaks.
- ON MY WAY (2013) Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot - After a romantic breakup and failed restaurant, Bettie is fed up with her life. Tired, one day she decides to abandon everything, hit the road and flee aimlessly through the French countryside with her grandson.
- OTHER SON, THE (2012) Directed by Lorraine Levy - Complex repercussions face two families -- one Israeli, one Palestinian -- after learning that their sons (Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi) were accidentally switched at birth.
- OUTSIDE THE LAW (2010) Directed by Rachid Bouchareb - Three Algerian brothers in France navigate the turbulent times following World War II as the Algerians fight for independence.
- PACT OF SILENCE (2003) Directed by Graham Guit - Twins share a frightening secret that endangers the life of a priest (Gérard Depardieu).
- PARIS (2007) Directed by Cedric Klapsich - A ex-dancer has a heart problem and even with a transplant, he may still only have a few months to live. Time spent looking at people/life in Paris from his balcony. His single mom sister moves in with her 3 kids to look after him.
- PARIS 13TH DISTRICT (2021) Directed by Jacques Audiard - Émilie, Camille, Nora and Amber redefine what modern love is while navigating through the struggles of daily life, friendship and relationships.
- PARIS 36 (2008) Directed by Christophe Barratier - Determined to silence a cabaret troupe that has radical political affiliations, landlord Galapiat (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu) evicts a Paris nightclub, the Chansonia, from his building and shutters its doors. Desperate to return to work, penniless stage manager Pigoil (Gérard Jugnot) discovers Douce (Nora Arnezeder), a young woman whose enchanting voice steels him in his determination to put on a new production -- a musical spectacular the likes of which Paris has never seen.
- PARIS, JE T’AIME (2006) Directed by various - A collection has 18 vignettes set in Paris. In "Bastille," a man (Sergio Castellitto) considers leaving his wife (Miranda Richardson) for his mistress (Leonor Watling). A cowboy (Willem Dafoe) rides at midnight to comfort a woman (Juliette Binoche) who lost her son in "Place des Victoires." In "Fauborg Saint-Denis," an American actress (Natalie Portman) wants to break off her romance with a blind student.
- PARK BENCHES (2009) Directed by Bruno Podalydes - A film tells of a man sitting on a park bench who is observed by several people.
- PAST, THE (2013) Directed by Asghar Farhadi - An Iranian man, separated from his wife, returns to Paris to attend their divorce hearing. Re-establishing relationships with his stepchildren, he finds himself embroiled in the turmoil of his wife's new relationship and the deteriorating relationship of his wife and her eldest daughter, who is concealing a shattering secret.
- PAULINE AT THE BEACH (1983) Directed by Eric Rohmer - Fifteen-year-old Pauline (Amanda Langlet) journeys to the Normandy coast for a summer vacation with her adult cousin Marion (Arielle Dombasle). Marion is waiting out her divorce and, along the shore, runs into her old flame Pierre (Pascal Greggory). Although he's anxious to rekindle their former romance, Marion wants nothing to do with him, and she sets him up with Pauline. The romantic web gets more tangled yet when Marion starts a liaison with Henri (Féodor Atkine), a middle-aged playboy.
- PEPPERMINT SODA (1977) Directed by Diane Kurys - Anne (Eleonore Klarwein), age 13, lives with her divorced mother (Anouk Ferjac) and big sister Frederique (Odile Michel) in Paris, and cannot seem to grow up fast enough. She yearns to wear stockings, which her mother strictly forbids, and to enjoy the mature beverage of peppermint soda at a nearby cafe. As she becomes increasingly aware of boys, Anne takes to steaming open Frederique's letters so as to vicariously experience her sister's burgeoning and troubled romance.
- PLACE VENDÔME (1998) Directed by Nicole Garcia - The death of Vincent Mallivert, director of one of the prestigious jewelry shops on Place Vendme, leaves his wife Marianne at a terrible crossroads in her life. Marianne lives in a boozy stupor most of the time... until the day she discovers seven magnificent diamonds stashed away in her husband's hidden chest.
- PLUCKING THE DAISY (1956) Directed by Marc Allegret - Plucking the Daisy is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Brigitte Bardot. It was also known as Mam'selle Striptease and Please Mr Balzac.
- POINT BLANK (2010) Directed by Fred Cavaye - A man (Gilles Lellouche) finds himself pitted against rival gangsters and trigger-happy police in a deadly race to save the lives of his kidnapped wife and unborn child.
- POLA X (1999) Directed by Leos Carax - A writer (Guillaume Depardieu) leaves his upper-class life and journeys with a woman (Yekaterina Golubeva) claiming to be his sister, and her two friends.
- POLICE (1985) Directed by Maurice Pialat - Detective Louis Mangin (Gérard Depardieu) is a Parisian cop who specializes in interrogations, using intimidation to the point of sadism. His efforts to bust a Tunisian drug racket go awry, however, when he falls into an affair with a sultry, defiant liar named Noria (Sophie Marceau), who is the girl of one of the criminals. When Noria is suspected of drug trafficking, Mangin's already tenuous morals are called into question, and the line between right and wrong is further blurred.
- POLINA (2016) Directed by Valerie Muller/Angelin Peljocaj - Polina, a gifted Bolshoi ballerina, falls in love with a French dancer who introduces her to contemporary dance and leads her to travel the world.
- POLISSE (2011) Directed by Maiwenn - Parisian cops (Karine Viard, Joeystarr, Marina Foïs) cope with their personal problems while battling crimes against children.
- PONETTE (1996) Directed by Jacques Doillon - After losing her mother in a car accident that leaves her with a broken arm, 4-year-old Ponette (Victoire Thivisol) struggles with anguish and fear. Left by her father with a caring aunt (Claire Nebout) and her children, Ponette grieves, secretly hoping her mother will somehow come back. Confused by the religious explanations provided by adults, and challenged by the cruel taunts of a few children at school, little Ponette must make her way through her emotional turmoil.
- POTICHE (2010) Directed by Francois Ozon - In 1977 France, tightfisted factory owner Robert Pujol (Fabrice Luchini) is so shocked when his workers strike for higher wages that he suffers a heart attack. His acquiescent wife, Suzanne (Catherine Deneuve), whose father had founded the factory, takes over management duties during Robert's convalescence. To her own surprise, Suzanne turns out to be a natural leader whose less dictatorial management inspires both her workers and local liberal politician Babin (Gérard Depardieu).
- PRICELESS (2006) Directed by Pierre Salvadori - Irène (Audrey Tautou) loves nice things and loves to have wealthy men pay for them. One night, she mistakes Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a poor bartender, for a potential client and spends the night with him. The next morning, Irène realizes her mistake and leaves, but poor Jean is smitten with her. Later, when a rich dowager mistakes Jean for a veteran gigolo, Irène agrees to tutor him in the art of fleecing wealthy lovers.
- PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER, THE (2010) Directed by Bertrand Tavernier - During the French Wars of Religion, heiress Marie (Mélanie Thierry) finds that her father, the Marquis de Mézières (Philippe Magnan), has arranged for her to marry the Prince of Montpensier (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), a war hero with favorable political connections. Marie, however, is in love with Henri de Guise (Gaspard Ulliel), a soldier who is less socially revered than the prince. But Marie's protestations are for nought, and conflict ensues on the battlefield and in the bedroom.
- PRINCESS TAM TAM (1935) Directed by Edmond T. Greville - A young Bedouin girl, Alwina (Josephine Baker), becomes the object of desire and inspiration for an idealistic French writer, Max (Albert Prejean). Max intends to write a book about the exotic Alwina, as well as molding her into a sophisticated, alluring woman. He brings Alwina back to Paris, presenting her as an Indian princess, and immediately sets off fireworks with his wife -- who is not impressed with her husband's dalliance. The city, on the other hand, is delighted by Alwina.
- PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (2006) Directed by Alain Resnais - Six Parisians engage in a lonely and mostly unsuccessful search for real love: Nicole (Sabine Azéma) and Dan (Pierre Arditi) are engaged to be married, but his drinking drives them apart; Thierry (Isabelle Carré) flirts with a religious co-worker (André Dussollier) who has a secret vice; Gaelle (Lambert Wilson) answers numerous personal ads, but her dates never show up.
- PRIVATE PROPERTY (2006) Directed by Joachim Lafosse - Pascale (Isabelle Huppert) leads a lonely life with her adult sons François (Yannick Renier) and Thierry (Jérémie Renier) at a rural estate subsidized by her ex-husband's alimony payments. When Pascale falls for neighbor Jan (Kris Cuppens), she makes plans to move in with him. But Pascale's twin sons -- loafers who treat her like a servant and refuse to accept the responsibilities of adulthood -- won't let her go. The family remains locked in a stalemate until someone makes a startling move.
- THE PROFESSIONAL (1981) Directed by Georges Lautner - Assassinating high-profile targets is old hat for French Secret Service agent Josselin Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo). But when his assignment to take down African warlord N'Jala (Pierre Saintons) is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.
- PROPHET, A (2009) Directed by Jacques Audiard - This acclaimed crime drama follows Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim), a delinquent young Muslim man, who is struggling to get by in a French prison. When he is taken under the wing of powerful Corsican mob boss Cesar Luciani (Niels Arestrup), he begins performing regular assignments for him, proving himself invaluable to the imposing criminal. As Malik rises in the mob ranks, he gains more power, but also more enemies, a situation that eventually brings conflict with his mentor.
- PURPLE NOON (1960) Directed by Rene Clement - Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) travels to Italy to visit his playboy friend Phillippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) and Phillippe's new fiancée, Marge Duval (Marie Laforêt). What Phillippe doesn't know is that his father has paid Tom to convince his son to abandon Europe and return to his family responsibilities in San Francisco. But when Phillippe's family cuts off their funding of Tom's extravagant lifestyle during his covert mission, he discovers another way to maintain his newfound standard of living.
- QUEEN MARGOT (1994) Directed by Patrice Chereau - Margot (Isabelle Adjani) is one of several in line to inherit the crown in France, where Roman Catholics and Protestants are jockeying for power. Margot's mother, Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi), is intent on seeing her son take the throne once the reign of King Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade) ends. After being married to a man she doesn't love and starting a tryst with one she does, Margot contends with her mother's at-all-costs plan to control the political fate of the volatile country.
- QUEEN TO PLAY (2009) Directed by Caroline Bottaro - Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire), a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a handsome couple play a passionate game of chess, she becomes inspired to play herself. Hélène's working-class husband (Francis Renaud) and spoiled daughter (Valerie Lagrange) are soon bewildered by her obsession with chess. They also grow suspicious of Hélène's close relationship with Dr. Kröger (Kevin Kline), her eccentric American expat tutor.
- RAW (2016) Directed by Julia Docournau - Stringent vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time. The young woman soon experiences terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.
- READ MY LIPS (2001) Directed by Jacques Audiard - Carla Bhem (Emmanuelle Devos) has worked as a secretary for a property development company for a long time. Her job includes everything from handling files to dealing with suppliers. First to arrive in the morning, last out at night... And her reward? To be paid like a serf, treated like mud and ordered around like a dog. The name of the solution is Paul Angeli (Vincent Cassel), the new trainee she had hired that is fresh out of jail. She teaches him good manners and he teaches her bad ones.
- RED (THREE COLORS) (1994) Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski - Part-time model Valentine (Irène Jacob) meets a retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who lives in her neighborhood after she runs over his dog. At first the judge gifts Valentine with the dog, but her possessive boyfriend won't allow her to keep it. When she returns with the dog to the judge's house, she discovers him listening in on his neighbors' phone conversations. At first Valentine is outraged, but her debates with the judge over his behavior soon leads them to form a strange bond.
- RED BALLOON, THE (1956) Directed by Albert Lamorisse - Award-winning short film by Albert Lamorisse, elegantly capturing the adventures of a boy who befriends a seemingly sentient balloon and follows it through the streets of Paris.
- REGULAR LOVERS (2005) Directed by Philippe Garrel -Amidst the chaos of student and union protests, 20-year-old Parisian poet François (Louis Garrel) finds himself in legal hot water for dodging a stint in the French military. While at a party, he falls in love with Lilie (Clotilde Hesme), a would-be sculptor. When the riots begin to increase, the two seek refuge in the mansion of their affluent friend, Antoine (Julien Lucas), where, along with other French youths, they smoke opium, write poetry and reflect on the situation outside.
- RENAISSANCE (2006) Directed by Christian Volckman - Avalon Corp., a purveyor of eternal youth and beauty, worms its way into every facet of life in 2054 Paris, a closely monitored city. When Ilona (Romola Garai), one of Avalon's most promising scientists, is kidnapped, the company calls in Barthélémy Karas (Daniel Craig), a cop with a reputation for finding anyone, no matter what it takes. When one witness after another turns up dead, Karas realizes that he is not the only one looking for Ilona.
- RENDEZ-VOUS (1985) Directed by Andre Techine - An aspiring actress (Juliette Binoche) in Paris becomes involved with a real estate agent (Wadeck Stanczak),his roommate (Lambert Wilson) and a theater director.
- RENOIR (2012) Directed by Giles Bourdos - Pierre-Auguste Renoir paints on the French Riviera in 1915 after his wife dies and his son is wounded in a battle. He finds a young woman named Andrée and she becomes his last model.
- RETURNED, THE (2004) Directed by Robin Campillo - Dead people emerge from their graves and reunite with loved ones in a provincial city.
- REVENGE (2017) Directed by Coralie Fargeat - Jen is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend until his two sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. As tension mounts in the house, the situation abruptly and viciously intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen brutalised and left for dead. Unfortunately for her assailants, she survives and soon begins a relentless quest for bloody revenge.
- RICKY (2009) Directed by Francois Ozon - Complications arise when a factory worker (Alexandra Lamy) and a colleague (Sergi López) have a baby (Arthur Peyret) that sprouts wings.
- ROMANCE (1999) Directed by Catherine Breillat - Frustrated by the lack of intimacy in her relationship, a young schoolteacher goes through a series of intimidating and often violent sexual partners.
- RUMBA (2008) Directed by Bruno Romy/Fiona Gordon/Dominique Abel - Fiona and Dom are a happy couple. The two teachers share a passion for Latin dancing. One night, after a glorious dance competition, they have a car accident and see their lives turn upside down.
- RUSSIAN DOLLS (2005) Directed by Cedric Klapisch - Struggling writer Xavier becomes involved with two women while juggling assignments in Paris. Events culminate at a friend's wedding in Moscow.
- RUST AND BONE (2012) Directed by Jacques Audiard - Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts), a former boxer and single father, meets Stephanie (Marion Cotillard) when he saves her from a brawl at the nightclub where he works as a bouncer. Their casual acquaintance develops into something much more after Stephanie, who trains killer whales at a marine park, suffers a horrible accident and loses both her legs above the knee. As Stephanie draws on Ali's physical strength, an unexpected courtship slowly comes to life.
- SADE (2000) Directed by Benoit Jacquot - 1794. The Revolution has entered the bloodiest phase of the Terror, and the Marquis de Sade is once again in prison. There he prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
- SAFE CONDUCT (2002) Directed by Bertrand Tavernier - In 1940s Paris, during the German occupation, two men in the film industry find different ways to deal with the Vichy regime stifling their creativity. Jean Devaivre (Jacques Gamblin) is an assistant director, and Jean Aurenche (Denis Podalydès) is a screenwriter. Devaivre actively rebels against the occupation: He is an employee of Continental, a Nazi film company, but secretly fights in the resistance. Aurenche, on the other hand, refuses to create propaganda by working for the company.
- SAINT LAURENT (2014) Directed by Bertrand Bonello - Bertrand Bonello tells the story of Yves Saint Laurent during the peak of his career, when he draws upon his vast reserves of creativity to forge an identity for himself as a fashion industry icon.
- SARAH’S KEY (2010) Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner - An account of research by a journalist (Kristin Scott Thomas) into a shameful incident in French history intertwines with a story of a 10-year-old Jewish girl (Mélusine Mayance) from that time period.
- SCIENCE OF SLEEP, THE (2006) Directed by Michael Gondry - Soon after the death of his father, a distraught young man (Gael García Bernal) begins a job as a graphic designer, but has little chance to create. His intense dreams begin to overtake his waking life and he becomes increasingly caught up in flights of fancy. His hyperactive imagination then begins to interfere with his courtship of a pretty neighbor (Charlotte Gainsbourg).
- SECRET THINGS (2002) Directed by Jean Claude Brisseau - When Sandrine (Sabrina Seyvecou), a bartender at a strip club, loses her job for refusing to have sex with a customer, she moves in with stripper Nathalie (Coralie Revel), who teaches her how to use her sexuality to win over men. Together, the two find work at a bank, determined to sleep their way to the top. While Sandrine destroys the life of middle-aged executive Delacroix (Roger Mirmont), Nathalie is drawn to Christophe Bernay (Fabrice Deville), the depraved son of the firm's dying founder.
- SECRET, A (2007) Directed by Claude Miller - When French teen Francois (Mathieu Amalric) learns a confusing family secret from his aunt (Julie Depardieu), he sets out to discover his true history. Francois struggles to understand his identity in light of the realization that, in the face of German occupation of Paris, his father, Maxime (Patrick Bruel), made the difficult decision to erase his Jewish heritage and transform the family into the Grimberts -- faux-Catholics who would have a better chance of surviving the Holocaust.
- SEQUINS (2004) Directed by Eleonore Faucher - To hide her pregnancy, 17-year-old Claire (Lola Naymark) leaves her family and her supermarket job to work under seamstress Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride). The practical arrangement -- Claire's assistance in exchange for an isolated place to make a living until her baby is adopted -- becomes something deeper: Creative Claire learns from experienced Mélikian, while the older woman's grief over losing her son is slowly assuaged by helping the young woman bring a child into the world.v
- SEVENTH HEAVEN (1997) Directed by Benoit Jacquot - A bored, sexually frustrated woman's (Sandrine Kiberlain) life improves when she begins hypnotherapy and tries feng shui, but her husband's (Vincent Lindon) life unravels.
- SEX IS COMEDY (2002) Directed by Catherine Breillat - A director (Anne Parillaud) attempts to shoot a sensitive love scene involving two actors (Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida) who hate each other.
- SHALL WE KISS? (2007) Directed by Emmanuel Mouret - Emilie (Julie Gayet) meets Gabriel (Michaël Cohen) while traveling out of town, and the two of them hit it off. They spend the evening happily enjoying each others' company, until Gabriel asks her for a kiss. Emilie refuses, and then explains why. She tells an anecdote about her friend Judith (Virginie Ledoyen), a married woman who once said yes to a kiss in similar circumstances and unleashed a whole series of uncontrollable events, which Emilie relates through flashbacks.
- SHEITAN (2006) Directed by Kim Chapiron - A group of young people leave a bad disco party and follow the advice of one of them to join her in her place in the countryside. But then they meet a strange man, Joseph, who has an evening of Satan worshiping planned.
- SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER (1960) Directed by Francois Truffaut - Charlie (Charles Aznavour) is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard (Jean-Jacques Aslanian) and Chico (Albert Remy), surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena (Marie Dubois), a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters (Claude Mansard, Daniel Boulanger) arrive, looking for his brothers.
- SINCE OTAR LEFT… (2003) Directed by Julie Bertuccelli - Elderly Eka (Esther Gorintin) lives with her daughter, Marina (Nino Khomasuridze), and granddaughter Ada (Dinara Drukarova) in a depressed Georgian city. Eka spends most of her time thinking about her son, Otar, who communicates with her via letters from Paris. When Marina learns that Otar has died, she enlists Ada to continue writing to Eka, as Otar, to save her mother the grief of losing her son. The situation becomes complicated, though, when Eka says she intends to visit Otar in France.
- SISTERS (2020) Directed by Yamina Benguigui - After they learn that their father is dying, three sisters travel to Algeria in search of their long-lost brother who has been missing for 30 years.
- SKIRT DAY (2008) Directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld - A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
- SLALOM (2020) Directed by Charlène Favier - Under the guidance of a strict ex champion, a promising 15 year old girl trains as a professional skiing star. Will she be able to endure the physical and emotional pressures?
- SLEEPLESS NIGHT (2011) Directed by Frederic Jardin - A corrupt cop (Tomer Sisley) scours the crawlspaces and corridors of a nightclub in search of a stolen bag of cocaine in order to save his son from a vengeful crime boss.
- SLIGHTLY PREGNANT MAN, A (1973) Directed by Jacques Demy - When a male driving school owner goes to see his doctor with complaints of feeling run down, he is pronounced four months pregnant. When the diagnosis is confirmed by a specialist, the result is an international media frenzy.
- SMALL CHANGE (1976) Directed by Francois Truffaut - Small Change is a 1976 French film directed by François Truffaut about childhood innocence and child abuse. In English-speaking countries outside North America, the film is known as Pocket Money. The film had a total of 1,810,280 admissions in France, making it one of Truffaut's most successful films.
- SOMBRE (1998) Directed by Philippe Grandrieux - A serial killer (Marc Barbe) stalks sisters (Elina Lowensohn, Geraldine Voillat) he befriended after their car broke down.
- SON, THE (2002) Directed by Luc Dardenne/Jean-Pierre Dardenne - Olivier (Olivier Gourmet), a carpentry instructor at a rehab facility for boys, initially turns down young Francis' (Morgan Marinne) request to apprentice with him. He eventually gives in and begins to teach the troubled teenager, but, he also takes to following the boy through the streets, watching his every move and even going so far as to break into his home. After the reason for Olivier's dark obsession is finally exposed, he realizes that he must then make a difficult decision.
- SONG OF INNOCENCE (2005) Directed by Antoina Santana - In 1870s France. An 18-year-old peasant girl, Angèle-Marie, is hired to take care of the newly born baby of a young bourgeois couple, Julien and Charlotte Orcus. Since giving birth, Charlotte has been unable to sleep with her husband, so he naturally finds himself drawn to the attractive young nurse.
- SPECIAL TREATMENT (2010) Directed by Jeanne Labrune - A disaffected call girl named Alice (Isabelle Huppert) and her psychiatrist Xavier (Bouli Lanners) lead similar lives. They both have clients, charge for sessions, and take on roles that serve the needs, psychological or otherwise, of those they serve.
- SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (1968) Directed by Roger Vadim/Federico Fellini/Louis Malle - In one chapter of this three-in-one feature inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's tales, a countess (Jane Fonda), shunned by a horseman (Peter Fonda), kills the man and his animals yet pays dearly for her deadly act. Another focuses on a religious man (Alain Delon) who seeks absolution for a murder only to find that his violent impulses come rushing back. The third is about a boozing actor (Terence Stamp) who accepts a car as compensation for a role, but is ultimately defeated by addiction.
- STRANDED (2010) Directed by Hugues Martin/Sandra Martin - French soldiers on a rescue mission in the North African desert face a fight for their lives when they are attacked by invisible creatures.
- STUDENT SERVICES (2010) Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot - A financially strapped college student (Déborah François) enters the sex trade to make ends meet.
- SUMMER IN LA GOULETTE, A (1996) Directed by Ferid Boughedir - Girls from different families are forbidden to see one another after they are caught flirting with boys from other religions.
- SUMMER’S TALE, A (1996) Directed by Eric Rohmer - Before beginning a new job, Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud) goes to a beach town to relax for a few weeks. He waits for Lena (Aurelia Nolin), a girl he has been casually dating for some time. When she does not arrive, he strikes up a friendship with waitress Margot (Amanda Langlet). Through her, Gaspard also meets Solene (Gwenaëlle Simon), a free spirit open to a physical relationship if he agrees to be faithful. As Gaspard spends time with each, he finds his feelings even further conflicted.
- SUMMERTIME (2015) Directed by Catherine Corsini - In 1971, Carole and Delphine meet in Paris and fall in love. When Carole follows Delphine back to her family farm, the two find that lesbianism and feminism are not as accepted in the countryside.
- SUZANNA ANDLER (2021) Directed by Benoît Jacquot - A middle-aged mother, discontent with her unfaithful husband, travels to a Riviera beach house with her lover.
- SWIMMING POOL (2003) Directed by Francois Ozon - When uptight British writer Sarah Morton (Charlotte Rampling) has difficulty with her new detective novel, her publisher, John Bosload (Charles Dance), sends her to his French country home to unwind. Once Sarah warms up to her new surroundings, her peace and quiet is interrupted by the arrival of Bosload's daughter, Julie (Ludivine Sagnier), a beautiful, uninhibited young woman. Though the two clash, they eventually form an unlikely bond -- one that is strained when things take a dramatic turn.
- SYNONYMS (2019) Directed by Nadav Lapid - A young Israeli man, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary, travels to Paris to flee his nationality.
- TALES OF THE NIGHT (2011) Directed by Michel Ocelot - Tales of the Night is a 2011 French computer silhouette animation feature film directed by Michel Ocelot. It is a compilation movie for movie theaters of five episodes of Dragons et Princesses in stereoscopic 3D and one additional, until then unseen story, "The Girl-Doe and the Architect's Son", for a total of six.
- TELL NO ONE (2006) Directed by Guillaume Canet - Margot (André Dussollier) was murdered by a serial killer eight years ago, and her husband, Alexandre (François Cluzet), continues to mourn her death. One day, the police discover two dead bodies near Alexandre's home, along with a cache of evidence implicating him in the crime. On the same day, Alexandre receives an email with a video showing his wife alive and well, along with a simple message: "Tell no one." With the police breathing down his neck, Alexandre goes on the run.
- THEM (2006) Directed by David Moreau/Xavier Palud - Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noises... they're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.
- THEY CAME BACK (2004) Directed by Robin Campilo - Dead people emerge from their graves and reunite with loved ones in a provincial city.
- THINGS TO COME (2016) Directed by Mia Hansen-Love - A passionate middle-aged philosophy professor (Isabelle Huppert) rethinks her already much-examined life after an unforeseen divorce.
- THREE DANCING SLAVES (2004) Directed by Gael Morel - Following the death of his mother, Marc (Nicolas Cazalé) becomes embedded in France's criminal underworld, getting caught up in drugs and the risky deals that go along with them. His older brother, Christophe (Stéphane Rideau), on the other hand, has just been released from prison and makes a go of living the straight life by taking a job at a pork factory. Meanwhile, youngest brother Olivier (Thomas Dumerchez) deals with his grief by falling for Marc's friend Hicham (Salim Kechiouche).
- THREE MEN AND A CRADLE (1985) Directed by Coline Serreau - When a baby is left on their doorstep, hard-partying bachelors Pierre (Roland Giraud), Jacques (André Dussolier) and Michel (Michel Boujenah) experience a serious lifestyle change. Instead of carousing until dawn and chasing women, they're now changing diapers and learning the ins and outs of fatherhood. The baby's mother -- one of Jacques' many conquests -- has flown to the United States. In the meantime, they'll have to protect the child from a mix-up with some drug runners.
- THREE WORLDS (2012) Directed by Catherine Corsini - Three people are affected by the same tragedy, and each reacts to it in a different way.
- TIME OF THE WOLF, THE (2003) Directed by Michael Haneke - Following a global cataclysm, Anne (Isabelle Huppert) and her family set out for a safe haven at their holiday home. But, when they arrive, the home is already occupied by other survivors. Their hopes for safety are immediately dashed by a violent tragedy, which serves as a lesson to take nothing for granted and expect the worst in this new, harsh landscape. Accompanied by a fierce young boy (Hakim Taleb), the family eventually reaches a train station with the prospect of escaping.
- TIME TO LEAVE (2005) Directed by Francois Ozon - When Romain (Melvil Poupaud), a vain young photographer, is diagnosed with a virtually inoperable brain tumor, he refuses treatment and tells no one of the prognosis. Romain recoils from his partner, Sasha (Christian Sengewald), but confides in his worldly grandmother, Laura (Jeanne Moreau), who encourages him to reexamine himself before he departs the world of the living. Soon Romain meets Jany (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi), a waitress who offers him a surprising opportunity to die meaningfully.
- TOKYO! (2008) Directed by Michel Gondry/Leos Carax/Bong Joon-Ho - Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde (Denis Lavant), a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man (Teruyuki Kagawa) who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple (Ayako Fujitani, Ryô Kase) find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
- TOLERANCE (1989) Directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati - In 18th-century France, an unkempt hermit (Rupert Everett) transforms into a libertine and affects the lives of a nobleman (Ugo Tognazzi) and his wife (Anne Brochet).
- TOUS LE MATINS DU MONDE (1991) Directed by Alain Corneau - Upon his wife's death, viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is overwhelmed with grief and retreats from the outside world. The musician moves with his two daughters (Anne Brochet, Carole Richert) into a small house in his garden, where he attempts to create a haven. However, word of his musical talent reaches aspiring musician Marin Marais (Guillaume Depardieu, Gérard Depardieu), who intrudes on Colombe's seclusion with the hope of finding a mentor.
- TOWARDS ZERO (2007) Directed by Pascale Thomas - Inspector Bataille (François Morel) uncovers dark family secrets and simmering jealousies as he probes the murder of a wealthy matriarch at a seaside estate.
- TOWN IS QUIET, THE (2000) Directed by Robert Guediguian - "The Town is Quiet" tells the story of several characters whose lives overlap and influence one another in both tragic and uplifting ways. Their paths cross with those of the other finely etched characters to create a rich, insightful fresco of a particular contemporary urban reality, showing, in the words of the director, that at a time when life is more and more meaningless, the town is not quiet.
- TRILOGY, THE (2002) Directed by Lucas Belvaux - This multipack includes three films in a trilogy, An Amazing Couple, On the Run and After the Life.
An Amazing Couple (2002) When a man (François Morel) begins behaving oddly, his wife (Ornella Muti) worries that he may be having an affair.
On the Run (2002) Violent revolutionary Bruno Le Roux (Lucas Belvaux) breaks free from prison after a 15-year stint and runs to Grenoble, France. He plans to seek out gangster Jacquillat (Patrick Descamps), who he believes betrayed him, and reconnect with his former lover and revolutionary partner, Jeanne (Catherine Frot) -- but all does not go as planned. With the help of Agnes (Dominique Blanc), a woman he saves from a drug dealer, Bruno tries to evade the police while settling old scores.
After the Life (2002) In this third part of Lucas Belvaux's genre-hopping trilogy, police officer Pascal Manise (Gilbert Melki) must deal with his drug-addicted wife, Agnès (Dominique Blanc), whose habit leads to a series of problems. Chief among them is Bruno Le Roux (Lucas Belvaux), a fugitive extremist, who encounters Agnès while she's trying to score morphine. Also involved in the drama are Jaquillat (Patrick Descamps), a drug-dealing businessman, and Cécile (Ornella Muti), an unlikely love interest for Pascal.
- TRIPLE AGENT (2004) Directed by Eric Rohmer - A Russian expatriate general practices espionage for Marxists, Soviets and Communists in 1930's France, while hiding all of this from his wife, until his life becomes entwined in the throes of deception causing his life to unravel.
- TWO ENGLISH GIRLS (1971) Directed by Francois Truffaut - This French film chronicles a decades-long love triangle between Claude (Jean-Pierre Léaud), an art critic, and sisters Ann (Kika Markham) and Muriel (Stacey Tendeter). Claude initially intends to marry Muriel, but after a lengthy separation, he decides to call off the wedding. Ann then visits Claude in Paris to champion her heartbroken sister. Instead, Ann falls for Claude. Over the intervening years, Claude's preference shifts as the three remain embroiled in a complicated relationship.
- UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, THE (1964) Directed by Jacques Demy - Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve), a beautiful young Frenchwoman who works at a small-town boutique selling umbrellas, falls for dashing mechanic Guy (Nino Castelnuovo). Their brief romance is interrupted when Guy is drafted to serve in the Algerian War. Though pregnant by Guy, Geneviève marries an older businessman, Roland (Marc Michel), and begins to move on with her life. Throughout the musical film, all the characters' dialogue is conveyed through song.
- UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929) Directed by Luis Bunuel - Un Chien Andalou is a 1929 French silent surrealist short film directed by Luis Buñuel, and written by Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Buñuel's first film, it was initially released in a limited capacity at Studio des Ursulines in Paris, but became popular and ran for eight months.
- UN COEUR EN HIVER (1992) Directed by Claude Sotet - Violin player Camille (Emmanuelle Béart) begins an affair with Maxime (André Dussollier), who is prepared to leave his wife. But then Camille goes to Maxime's violin repair shop and meets his employee, Stephane (Daniel Auteuil), and she instantly falls in love. While Camille freely expresses her emotions for Stephane, he acts increasingly introverted, shunning her affections even though he cares for her, too. Camille soon becomes obsessed in her determination to win Stephane over.
- UNDER THE SUN OF SATAN (1987) Directed by Maurice Pialat - Sixteen year-old Mouchette kills her lover, the Marquis of Cadignan. The conclusion is suicide but the teenager confesses her crime to Abbé Donissan, the humble parish priest, and recounts her story. A strange relationship develops between them.
- UNE FEMME MARIEE (A MARRIED WOMAN) (1964) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard - A Frenchwoman (Macha Méril) needs her husband's (Philippe Leroy) security and her lover's (Bernard Noël) passion.
- UNFORGIVABLE (2011) Directed by Andre Techine - An author moves to Venice to write a novel and falls in love with a woman he does not fully trust.
- UNTOUCHABLE, THE (2006) Directed by Benoit Jacquot - After learning from her mother that her father lives in India, a young woman goes there to meet him for the first time.
- VALET, THE (2006) Directed by Francis Veber - Pierre Lavasseur (Daniel Auteuil), a wealthy tycoon, faces disaster when a paparazzo snaps a picture of him with his longtime mistress (Alice Taglioni). Since Pierre's wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) owns a majority share of their corporation, Pierre must avoid a divorce at all costs. At his lawyer's suggestion, Pierre hires Francois Pignon (Gad Elmaleh), a parking attendant who is also in the photograph, to pose as his lover's "real" boyfriend and thus hide the affair from his wife.
- VAN GOGH (1991) Directed by Maurice Pialat - Based on the life of the legendary Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (Jacques Dutronc), this French film focuses on the last few months before his death. The movie details Vincent's close, if volatile, relationship with his brother, Theo (Bernard Le Coq). Also examined are the artist's friendships with his doctor, Paul Gachet (Gérard Séty), and the physician's pretty daughter, Marguerite (Alexandra London), as well as Vincent's late-period work and his creative process.
- VENUS IN FUR (2013) Directed by Roman Polanski - An enigmatic actress (Emmanuelle Seigner) may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's (Mathieu Amalric) play.
- VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (2004) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) is told that her fiancé (Gaspard Ulliel) has been killed in World War I. She refuses to believe this, however, and begins trying to find out what actually happened on the battlefield the night he was supposedly killed, enlisting the help of a private investigator. During her search, she stumbles across evidence of the inhumane and morally bankrupt system used by the French to deal with deserters, and hears from other men who were sentenced to extreme punishment.
- VIOLETTE (1978) Directed by Claude Chabrol - Teenage Violette Nozière (Isabelle Huppert) poisons her parents (Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet) to support her lover in 1930s Paris.
- VIOLETTE (2013) Directed by Martin Provost - The compelling story of novelist Violette Leduc and her struggle to find her voice as a writer. Scarred by both a childhood trauma and a loveless marriage, Violette finds a complex mentor in Simone de Beauvoir and enters a world of literary giants.
- VIVA MARIA! (1965) Directed by Louis Malle - Gorgeous IRA operative Maria (Brigitte Bardot) flees the British authorities and finds herself in Mexico, where she meets a stunning woman also named Maria (Jeanne Moreau), a singer in a traveling circus. The new friends start a vaudeville act -- one that grows exponentially more popular after they incorporate striptease into their routine. When the singer Maria falls for a charismatic Mexican rebel, the girls leave the circus behind and recreate themselves as wild-eyed revolutionaries.
- WASABI (2001) Directed by Gerard Krawczyk - When his former lover dies, a French policeman (Jean Reno) travels to Tokyo to take care of his estranged daughter (Ryôko Hirosue).
- WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCK (2000) Directed by Francois Ozon - Germany, the '70s. Leopold, a smug, still-hunky 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces fresh-faced, carrot-topped 19-year old Franz who swiftly moves into his bachelor pad. Their cozy relationship soon sours as Leopold, a kind of gone-to-seed Dirk Bogarde, turns cranky and argumentative. When Franz's buxom blond girlfriend surfaces, and then Leopold's elegant and enigmatic ex, things get funnier, steamier and a lot more complicated.
- WELL-DIGGERS DAUGHTER (2011) Directed by Daniel Auteuil - A Frenchman finds himself stuck between honor and his love for his daughter when she gets in trouble with the rich son of a shopkeeper.
- WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (2006) Directed by Faouzi Bensaidi - A tough, self-confident traffic cop sells call-time on her cell phone. Her best friend is a part-time prostitute whose favorite client is a stone-faced hitman.
- WHAT’S IN A NAME (2012) Directed by Alexandre de La Patelliere/Matthieu Delaporte - Vincent tells his childhood friends that he plans to name his child Adolf, and it causes unpleasant memories to surface for some of them.
- WHEN THE SEA RISES (2004) Directed by Gilles Porte/Yolande Moreau - Irène (Yolande Moreau) is an actress who travels around the small towns of France, bringing her one-woman show to venues off the beaten track. As part of the performance, she chooses one man out of the audience each night and includes him in the act. When her car breaks down, a stranger named Dries (Wim Willaert) lends a hand, and she thanks him with tickets for that night's show. She selects Dries to bring onstage -- and then, despite having a loving family at home, begins an affair with him.
- WHIRLPOOL OF FATE (1925) - An orphan (Catherine Hessling) escapes from her cruel uncle and finds refuge with a landowner's son, but her happiness is short-lived. Part of our Jean Renior 3 disc collection.
- WHITE (THREE COLORS) (1994) Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski - Polish immigrant Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique (Julie Delpy), divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave the France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikolah (Janusz Gajos) to smuggle him back to their homeland. After successfully returning, Karol begins to build his new life, while never forgetting his old one.
- WHITE MANE (1953) Directed by Albert Lamorisse - White Mane is a 1953 short film directed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. It is based on a children's book with the same name by the French author René Guillot.
- WHO KILLED BAMBI? (2003) Directed by Gilles Marchand - Student nurse Isabel begins an internship at a prestigious hospital, where she is introduced to surgeon Dr Philip. As patients begin to mysteriously disappear, Isabel begins to suspect the doctor, and finds herself embroiled in a cat-and-mouse game.
- WIDOW OF SAINT-PIERRE (2000) Directed by Patrice Leconte - An emotionally-charged romantic epic about an extraordinary woman poised between two extraordinary men at a pivotal moment in time. Set in 1850 on the desolate and intensely beautiful island of Saint-Pierre, the film is a powerful and provocative examination of grand passions and their consequences. A single twist of fate sets the plot in motion, establishing that the twin forces of character and destiny can work together to alter lives in unexpected and even unimaginable ways.
- WILD CHILD, THE (1970) Directed by Francois Truffaut - A young boy (Jean-Pierre Cargol) is discovered in a forest, living a feral existence among a pack of wolves. Captured by hunters, he is sent to Paris and placed in a school for deaf-mute children. There he is observed by Dr. Itard (François Truffaut) who concludes that the boy is neither deaf nor intellectually stunted, but has simply been deprived of normal, humanizing influences. With no shortage of tenderness, patience and ambition, Itard devotes himself to educating and civilizing the boy.
- WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY (2000) Directed by Dominik Moll - Michel, wife Claire and their children are setting off to their holiday cabin when, at a service station, Harry approaches Michel swearing they're old school friends and remembering their shared experiences. Harry and his girlfriend latch on to Michel and Claire, but Harry's generous nature appears to be a guise.
- WITNESSES, THE (2007) Directed by Andre Techine - Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
- WOMAN IN THE FIFTH, THE (2011) Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski - Tom Ricks, estranged from his wife and daughter, travels to Paris to try and reunite with them, but he's left dejected when his wife slams the door in his face. Then, one evening, he meets Margit, a beautiful and enigmatic widow. They embark on a passionate affair - and she seems to have real faith in his creativity. Before long, a series of disturbing events begin to cast doubt on whether she is all she seems.
- WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR (2010) Directed by Philippe Le Guay - The behavior of two Spanish maids changes the lives of a conservative couple, helping the husband to become a better man.
- YOU AND THE NIGHT (2013) Directed by Yann Gonzalez - A young couple and their vivacious transvestite maid prepare for an orgy, but before the fun can begin the guests must get to know each other.
- YOU WILL BE MY SON (2011) Directed by Gilles Legrand - Paul de Marseul runs a prestigious family wine estate with passion and flair, assisted by his son whom he cannot stand and constantly puts down. When his loyal vineyard manager's son returns to the estate, Paul sees in him his ideal son and heir.
- YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL (2013) Directed by Francois Ozon - Isabelle (Marine Vacth), a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
- YOUNG KARL MARX, THE (2017) Directed by Raoul Peck - In 1844, the young Karl Marx meets Friedrich Engles, who shares his views on the exploitation of the working class.
- ZOU ZOU (1934) Directed by Marc Allegret - As children, Zouzou (Joséphine Baker) and Jean (Jean Gabin) performed together in a circus. Onstage, they were falsely billed as brother and sister, but in truth Zouzou harbored a secret love for her co-star. As an adult, she now works as a laundress, and it seems as if her showbiz days are over. But everything changes when Jean helps land her a spot dancing at a Paris theater. Zouzou rockets to stardom, even as Jean's romance with her friend Claire (Yvette Lebon) leaves her lovelorn.