The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991)
The former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored
Belle de Jour (1967)
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute
The Prodigal Daughter (1981)
A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents She discovers her father is having an affair, becomes jealous of his mistress and tries to turn his feelings in her direction
The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968)
Young innocent aristocrat Benjamin comes to live with his Countess aunt Her lover teaches him the techniques of seduction and sends him to test them, first on the maids, then on the upper class Anne and finally on the countess herse
Divertimento (1992)
More than just an abbreviated form of La Belle Noiseuse, Rivette re cut his footage with some important differences in point of view this one being more from Mariannes point of view
Contempt (1963)
Screenwriter Paul Javals marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer Layered conflicts between art and business ensue
The Last Woman (1976)
Gerard and his 9 month old son have been left by his wife for feminist reasons The custody of his son is being threatened by his next romance
The Infernal Trio (1974)
A cunning French legal adviser teams up with an unemployed German girl and her sister to commit murders in Marseille
Passion (1982)
A film director has an inspirational crisis while working on the production, Passion, and struggles with the nature of work and art
Leonor (1975)
A female vampire rises from her crypt every night in search of children as her victims
Mauvais sang (1986)
As a deadly virus which infects people who have loveless sex sweeps Paris, a lonely pariah attempts to steal a potent antidote, only to fall for the mistress of his partner in crime Is the infectious young love the cure to the bad b
Passion in the Desert (1997)
Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleons Egyptian campaign Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypts great monuments and temples that are destroyed by French sold
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
A series of surreal sequences that critique morality and society in a stream of consciousness style
Mado (1976)
Middle aged businessman, Simon Leotard finds his future in jeopardy when his partner Julien commits suicide after having accumulated a mass of debts Simons unscrupulous business rival Lepidon offers to save him from bankruptcy by b
The Things of Life (1970)
A highway engineer is involved in a car crash, after which, near death, he remembers his life leading up to the accident
Elsa la rose (1966)
The story of a poets Louis Aragon love for his wife, the writer Elsa Triolet
La passante du SansSouci (1982)
Being imprisoned for murdering a politician, husband tells his wife why he did this
Spoiled Children (1977)
A touching portrait of modern life, whether showing the human dimension of large issues, or deftly detailing the intimate reverberations of a casual love affair
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
A sophisticated and self assured woman from Paris joins a middle class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
A group of men go to a villa in the French countryside where they resolve to eat themselves to death
Grandeur nature (1974)
Michel is a middle aged man with a troubled marriage He feels lonely, has been unfaithful to his wife Isabelle in various occasions, and despite she seems to accept this situation, they both grow apart Eventually Michel falls in lo
Red Wedding (1973)
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair Luciennes husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy Pierres wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years Luciennes husband holds no excitement for her, and he is
Milou en mai (1990)
During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives are collide in their family estate
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensual lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them
The Woman in Blue (1973)
Pierre, a young musician in Paris, briefly catches sight of a beautiful woman dressed in blue and soon spends all of his time trying to track her down
The Dust of Time (2008)
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA The main character is Eleni, who
The Game Is Over (1966)
In Paris, Maxime visits his wealthy industrialist father Alexandre and his beautiful young Canadian wife, Renee Alexandre fathered him years ago in a prior marriage and he has come to stay with them after studying in England Ren
Dillinger e morto (1969)
A man decides to cook for himself, but finds the revolver of John Dillinger hidden in his kitchen instead
We Have a Pope (2011)
A story centered on the relationship between the newly elected Pope and his therapist
Walking a Tightrope (1991)
Marcel Spandice, a famous homosexual writer during the sixties in Paris, is trying to make a young Arab into the greatest tightrope walker in the world
Heartbeat (1968)
Lucile, 25, is the beautiful mistress of Charles, a rich, good hearted businessman Being a kept woman suits her as she refuses to work She is grateful to Charles for that but she does not feel true love for him When she meets A
The Creatures (1966)
A young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters In the creative process, reality and imagination are constantly intertwine
Que les gros salaires levent le doigt (1982)
The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top salary employees to spend a week end in his country house A modest clerical worker, also invited, discovers the hidden reason for this party and decides to take advantage
The Assassination (1972)
Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup Aware of the threat posed by Sadiel, the ruthless Colonel Kassar contacts the French security services to help in capturing the po
Le prix du danger (1983)
In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television
Max and the Junkmen (1971)
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand
7 morts sur ordonnance (1975)
Dr Breze and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their sector with all means
La faille (1975)
A quiet man in his forties is arrested for a minor reason and sent to prison
Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
A story during the French Occupation of Egypt 1797 1803, depicting the conflict between tradintion and modernization in the context of fighting the French invadors
La part du feu (1978)
Real estate developer Bob Hansen discovers that his wife Catherine is cheating on him with his partner He reacts calmly and even encourages their meetings, thinking that this is the only way to not lose them both
Tykho Moon (1996)
The McBee family has erected a government over a future colony, that looks like a run down Paris divided into sectors by the Berlin Wall All male family members suffer from a mysterious disease and are in urgent need of organ t
Viva la vie (1984)
The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room Even the movies trailer shows only a long sequence of faces gazing speech
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
Three friends face mid life crises Paul is a writer whos blocked Francois has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money his wife grows distant, even hostile The charming Vincent, everyones favorite, faces bankrupt
La prophetie des grenouilles (2003)
Its a catastrophe A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements People and animals alik
Ten Days Wonder (1971)
Anthony Perkins, a young sculptor with a weird penchant for waking up in strange hotels with his memory wiped clean and bloodied hands, invites a former professor Michel Piccoli to the Gatsby like provincial manor presided over
Malady of Love (1987)
Mad love Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser First, she is with Raoul, the older one then passion for Clement, the younger doctor, takes over Raoul fights b