Sitcom (1998)
The adventures of an upper class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brothers discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sisters suicide attempt and how much do you want masochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a
Criminal Lovers (1999)
Modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel After committing a murder, a young couple on the run find refuge in a remote cottage in the woods, where they become trapped by the perverse hermit who lives there
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self confidence Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly
Devil Story (1986)
A zombie wearing a Nazi SS uniform terrorizes the French countryside
Brief Crossing (2001)
A young French man and an older English woman spend one night together on a ship
Équation à un inconnu (1980)
This long lost masterpiece of gay erotic cinema centers on a handsome young stud who rides his motorcycle through a myriad of sexual encounters, from a soccer games locker room to a dreamy and unsettling orgy where the film reaches
Land and Freedom (1995)
David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists He makes friends between the soldiers
Cyrano, My Love (2018)
December 1897, Paris Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties He has not written anything for two years In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in
Adorable menteuse (1962)
Juliette is a young woman who lies to everyone She lies to all men she attracts with her womanly charms But when she falls for an older man her reputation as a liar precedes her and she cannot convince him that he really does love
Action Man (1967)
Sophisticated crook talks ex crook and now respectable business man into one last caper This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action
Trap for the Assassin (1966)
In the period following the Franco Prussian War of 1870, Roger Laroque became the owner of a small factory But business was bad and Laroque found himself forced to borrow a huge sum of money He finally managed to acquit his debt bu
Qui? (1970)
Marina and her boyfriend have an argument while on a trip in France While driving with the car among the cliffs, he starts speeding and the car falls into the sea Marina can jump out of the car, but her boyfriend seems to be drowne
Love on a Pillow (1962)
A young girl rescues a man from a suicide attempt He turns out to be a sociopath, who begins to take over her life, abusing her both verbally and emotionally, yet she cant seem to tear herself away from him
Les liaisons dangereuses (1959)
Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another But there is one rule never fall in love But this ti
A Few Days with Me (1988)
Martials mother owns a chain of supermarkets He had spent some years in a mental hospital because of pervasive indolence Hoping that an active task may improve his condition, he is sent to inspect one of the supermarkets The mana
Violent City (1970)
After being double crossed by his mistress and barely escaping a murder attempt, a hit man sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the mob boss who put her up to it
Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
Take a walk into the dreamlike world of filmmaker Raul Ruiz as he takes us to Paris for a twisting ride Four strangely symmetrical stories unfold involving love, lust, crime, and time
The Crimson Rivers (2000)
A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college
Delicatessen (1991)
Post apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants
The Father (2020)
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality
Violette (1978)
In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18 year old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working class and possibly incestuous family, with troubling consequence
Les possédés (1988)
In 1870 Russia, a group of young and idealistic anarchists plots to overthrow the established order through violent means
The Brontë Sisters (1979)
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations
Love on the Ground (1984)
A play within a play within a play within a play Actors perform a play in a house an audience member invites them to work in his own home improvising a play around his own life The line between fiction and reality blurs
La Truite (The Trout) (1982)
Frederique Huppert leaves her familys small town trout farm to embark on an journey taking her to Japan and into the arms of a man Irritations concerning her actions and present state of feelings begin to fill her mind, forcing h
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
The dreamer is Jacques, a young painter, who by chance runs into Marthe as shes contemplating suicide on the Pont Neuf in Paris They talk, and agree to see each other again the next night Gradually, he discovers that her lover p
Pola X (1999)
A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark haired woman who claims to be his long lost sister, starting an unusual relationship with her and prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fiancee
Létudiante (1988)
Weeks from her final exams, part time teacher Valentine meets a very different musician Just a one night stand and back to preparing for exams, she thinks
One Deadly Summer (1983)
Oozing sensuality, a young woman arrives in a small town and gets married to the local mechanic Was it love at first sight What links her enigmatic presence to the familys piano Is it curiosity or is it something far more siniste
The Devil, Probably (1977)
Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, he decides that suicide is the only option
The Cement Garden (1993)
Four children live with their terminally ill mother After she dies, they try to hold things together In their isolated house, they begin to deteriorate mentally, whilst they hide their moms decomposing corpse in a makeshift concre
Rum Runners (1971)
In the prohibition years, the rumrunners travel through the Caribbean Sea with the forbidden liquor barely escaping the ship patrols While on the run, one of the bootleggers falls in love with an actress on a movie set
Le Trou (1960)
Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison break scheme
Le Gai Savoir (1969)
How do we learn What do we know Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile, meet on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse, and the path to revolution Scenes of Pariss student revolt, the
Torment (1994)
Paul, an irritable and stressed out hotel manager, begins to gradually develop paranoid delusions about his wifes infidelity As he succumbs to green eyed jealousy, his life starts to crumble Each step on his downward spiral to mad
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
A Spiritual Matter (2015)
In an empty house, a woman, 40, lets herself go to her most motivating, deepest impulses
The Cage (1975)
A vengeful woman traps her ex husband in their basement He realizes that the only chance he has of ever getting out is to try and beat her at her own psychological mind game
Sex Is Comedy (2002)
A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other
Panique (1946)
After an elderly maid is murdered, opinions are manipulated, evidence is planted, violence erupts, and panic ensues
Le Pont du Nord (1981)
Young unhinged female ex con with a motorcycle helps a sickly young homeless woman in red discover what the map of Paris she took from her gangster boyfriend leads to
Le jaguar (1996)
Two Frenchmen must go to South America to save the local shamans soul from the evil forces
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face
Cop au Vin (1985)
In a small provincial French town, Dr Morasseau, Mr Lavoisier and butcher Filiol decide to create a significant estate business but Mrs Cuno and her son Louis do not want to sell their house Louis presumably provokes the death of Fi
César (1936)
Honore Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side He confesses to the priest in front of his friends he insists that the doctor be truthful But, he cannot bring himself to tell his son Cesariot that his
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
France, 1719 Four years after Louis XIVs death, Philippe dOrleans is the regent for the nine year old Louis XV Philippe is a liberal and a libertine His right hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Phil