Inspired by director Vittorio De Sica's 1952 neorealist classic Umberto D., Francis Huster's sentimental drama stars...
|
|
2009
|
French filmmaker Stephane Clavier directs the comedy Lovely Rita: Patron Saint of Lost Causes, based on the novel by...
|
|
2003
|
In this French drama, an irresponsible man is forced by circumstances beyond his control to communicate with the family he's...
|
|
1994
|
Asterix, the popular French cartoon character, comes back to the big screen in this second feature-length animated film by...
|
Centinlapsus
|
1986
|
The second of a long string of animated children's films based on cartoon characters created by Rene Goscinny and Alberto...
|
Caius Obtus
|
1985
|
With enough humor to make up for any minor shortcomings, this story about the bumbling Pinot (Gérard Jugnot), a Parisian...
|
|
1984
|
|
|
Marcel Thiebault
|
1983
|
The Gift was based on Bankers Also Have Souls, a play by Valme and Terzolli. To honor retiring co-worker Gregoire...
|
Gregoire
|
1982
|
Alain Delon produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in this story about a solitary thief, jailed for a jewel robbery and...
|
Rouxel
|
1982
|
|
|
|
1982
|
Francois (Pierre Mondy) battles a mid-life crisis by becoming a bank robber in this tepid drama. He meets the young actress...
|
Francois
|
1980
|
|
|
|
1980
|
The tendency for a life of crime to continue unabated is a part of this conventional crime comedy by director...
|
Roger
|
1980
|
Every year, in France, there is a national celebration of sorts when that year's pressing of beaujolais grapes has become a...
|
Georges
|
1978
|
The whole household revolves around the Annie (Annie Girardot), the mother, but no one helps her do anything. Without her...
|
Jean-Pierre
|
1978
|
In this drama, unemployment complicates a father's relationship with his estranged daughter. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi...
|
Boss
|
1977
|
This comedy follows the misadventures of a group of military goofballs who nonetheless manage to help the Resistance...
|
Chaudard
|
1977
|
In this sad French romance, a factory owner gives up everything to win the love of a hooker who loves only her job. ~ Sandra...
|
Castejac
|
1975
|
|
|
Chaudard
|
1975
|
Two inept brothers, who cannot keep a job, call on their brother-in-law looking for work. He runs a detective agency, and...
|
Gunman
|
1974
|
Director Robert Dhery stars in this slight comedy about a man whose brother-in-law is making an amateur film for a regional...
|
Bibi
|
1974
|
Members of the Septième get separated from their unit in this French wartime comedy/action feature. Showing an unusual...
|
Chaudard
|
1973
|
This French melodrama tells the tragic story of a young priest (Robert Hossein) who falls in love with a young woman, has...
|
|
1973
|
In this whimsical French comedy, Cookie (Sheila White) is a tough, sweet little rich girl, and is rather smart, too. She's...
|
|
1971
|
The notable French comedian Pierre Richard stars in and directs this, his second feature film. Here he plays Alfred, about...
|
Morel
|
1971
|
A wealthy French matron drives her captors crazy when she is kidnapped and help for ransom. Mathilde (Jacqueline Maillan) is...
|
Director
|
1970
|
Pierre is a middle-aged factory worker with a harridan mother and plenty of unresolved anger about his life. After his...
|
Pierre
|
1969
|
Military Intelligence officer Major Grau (Omar Sharif) investigates the brutal murder of a Warsaw prostitute in this mystery...
|
|
1967
|
|
|
|
1966
|
|
|
|
1966
|
|
|
Commissioner
|
1965
|
In this WW II drama set during a weekend in June of 1940, German invaders force British troops to flee Dunkirk. The French...
|
|
1964
|
|
|
|
1964
|
|
|
|
1964
|
|
|
|
1964
|
This routine drama by François Villiers is about a father coming to grips with the fact that he has a young son. Pierre...
|
Pierre
|
1963
|
|
|
|
1963
|
Bebert (Martin Lartigue) is a five-year-old boy who gets separated from his older brother on a train. Comedy ensues as the...
|
|
1963
|
One of several versions of a steamy novel by Eugene Sue, Les Mystères de Paris is set at the turn of the 20th century and...
|
Chourineur
|
1962
|
|
|
|
1962
|
|
|
|
1962
|
|
|
Caderousse
|
1961
|
|
|
Dicky
|
1961
|
In this drama, a woman marries a lawyer who is endeavoring to do all he can to stay on the good side of his wealthy aunts so...
|
|
1961
|
A rather leaden police story by director Charles Gerard (who refocused on acting after 1966), La Loi des Hommes is...
|
|
1961
|
In what must be the longest lapse of time between a film and its sequel, 70-year-old Abel Gance continues his nearly...
|
Napoleon Bonaparte
|
1960
|
Love and the Frenchwoman (La Francaise et L'Amour) concentrates on the nature of love by illustrating seven separate aspects...
|
|
1960
|
The protagonists in this routine sexual drama are less than appealing, which makes involvement in their one-night peccadillo...
|
Antoine
|
1960
|
This well-acted-though routine wartime drama is the second such film in a row for young Jean Claude Brialy, who plays a...
|
|
1959
|
Three Murderesses stars Alain Delon as a French playboy who gets more than he bargained for when he begins romancing three...
|
|
1959
|
|
|
|
1959
|
This is a fast-paced, effective drama about some "wolves" or gangsters who take over a reformatory for juvenile delinquents...
|
Charlot
|
1959
|
|
|
|
1958
|
Cheri, Fais Mon Peur (Honey, Scare Me) is another slapstick smorgasbord tailored to the talents of Jerry Lewis-like farceur...
|
|
1958
|
|
|
|
1958
|
French filmmaker Sacha Guitry had intended to direct as well as write 3DLa Vie a Deux3D (3DLife as a Couple3D), but death...
|
|
1958
|
Les Louves was also released as Demoniaque and She Wolves. By any name, it's a puzzler, at least until the final fast-paced...
|
|
1958
|
Darry Cowl continues in his patented "French Jerry Lewis" vein in Le Temps des Ouefs Durs (Hardboiled Egg Time). Cowl plays a...
|
|
1958
|
Francois Perier, Peter vanEyck, and Anouk Aimee star in this tense tale of five highly skilled thieves who all pool their...
|
|
1958
|
Gifted comic actor Darry Cowl plays the title role in Le Triporteur (The Tricyclist). A football fanatic, young Antoine...
|
Cop
|
1958
|
If Hollywood could put the names of Abbott and Costello in the titles of the team's pictures, why couldn't Italy honor its...
|
|
1957
|
|
|
|
1957
|
This complex effort from French filmmaker Yves Allégret was distributed in English-speaking countries as Young Girls Beware...
|
|
1957
|
Eddie Constantine stars as Bob, an American GI at large in Paris. After attending a performance of the fabled Folies-Bergere,...
|
|
1957
|
|
|
|
1957
|
|
|
|
1956
|
Director Henri Verneuil co-adapted Des Gens Sans Importance from a novel by Serge Groussard. The title translates to...
|
|
1955
|
Crainquebille is the third film version of Anatole France's satiric novel. The title character, played by Yves Deniaud, is an...
|
Friend
|
1954
|