The Sicilian Clan (1969)
The Sicilian Clan (1969) A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962) The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.
Le plaisir (1952)
Le plaisir (1952) Three stories about pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women, pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Julia Tellier (Madeleine Renaud) taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's com
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) With the financing of Jérôme, his brother-in-law, the inventor Albert Raynal manages to develop a revolutionary space rocket. Unfortunately, it fails on its test flight and Jérôme withdrew its financial support.
Deux hommes dans la ville (1973)
Deux hommes dans la ville (1973) A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
The Old Guard (1960)
The Old Guard (1960) Three old chums who are number ones in the business of practical jokes decide to leave their village from Vendée in France in order to go and live in a old people's nursing home. Pested off and unable to stand their jokes any more, the villagers are more than happy to see them
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) "Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the curren
Zouzou (1934)
Zouzou 1934 As children, Zouzou and Jean are paired in a traveling circus as twins shes dark, hes light After theyve grown, he treats her as if she were his sister, but shes in love with him In Paris, hes a music hall electrician, shes a laundress who delivers clean underwear to the hall She introdu
Horse (1970)
Horse 1970 Near the Baie de la Seine swamps, opposite the Port of Le Havre, Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffi
French Cancan (1955)
French Cancan (1955) Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmarte (circa 1890) where the then-old-fashioned cancan is still danced. There, he conceives the idea of reviving the cancan as
Rue de Paris (1959)
Rue de Paris (1959) While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times but he also has a better side that will not stay buried.
The Little Rebels (1955)
The Little Rebels 1955 The world of juvenile delinquents seen through the eyes of a judge
Maigret voit rouge (1963)
Maigret voit rouge (1963) Division Commissioner Jules Maigret and his team hunt a ring of American racketeers sent to Paris to silence an embarrassing witness
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Inspector Maigret (1958) For some time now, women coming home at night have been savagely murdered by a mysterious serial killer. Inspector Lagrume thinks he has found the culprit in the person of Barberot, a local butcher. But Maigret, who takes over the investigation, is not convinced. Deep inside
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959) Inspector Maigret is traveling to the French countryside to visit his friend, the duchess of Saint-Fiacre. She has received a letter recently stating that she will die soon. A few days later she does so by an heart attack, but Maigret does not believe in this..
The Truth of Our Marriage (1952)
The Truth of Our Marriage (1952) Francois Donge, a wealthy manufacturer, is fighting death at hospital. He officially suffers from a food poisoning. But actually, his wife Bebe deliberately poisoned him. Flashback: ten ...
The Moment of Truth (1952)
The Moment of Truth (1952) On the night of their tenth anniversary, Doctor Rene Richard accidentally discovers that his wife, actress Madeleine Richard, has been having an affair with a disturbed artist, Daniel Prevost who has just attempted suicide. He confronts her and she spends the night trying
Le jour se lève (1939)
Le jour se lève (1939) Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. He locked himself in his furnished room and starts remembering how he was led to murder. He met once Francoise, a young fleurist, and they fell in love. But Francoise was gotten round by Valentin, a dog traine
La grande illusion (1937)
La grande illusion (1937) At the height of World War I, the German ace aviator, Captain von Rauffenstein, shoots down the plane of the aristocratic French pilot, Captain de Boeldieu, and his co-pilot, the working-class civilian mechanic, Lieutenant Maréchal, during an air-reconnaissance mission. As
Action Man (1967)
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.
The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966)
The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966) Under his daring look of flower lover and naive painter, Father Tulipe is a counterfeiter who only makes small cuts to improve his ordinary.
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954) The middle age bon-vivant Max is a former gangster and close friend of his partner Riton. They have stolen eight gold bars of 12 kg each that worth 50-million francs and Max has kept them hidden for their retirement. Riton's mistress Josy is tired of him and has found a
Le Chat (1971)
Le Chat (1971) Courbevoie (France), 1971. Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clem
Remorques (1941)
Remorques (1941) Andre Laurent, the captain of a tugboat, married Yvonne ten years ago. She has a heart disease but does not want to tell him. She dreams he quits the job for they can live quietly. One night, during a sea rescue, he meets Catherine. She wants to leave her husband, the captain of the
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
A Monkey in Winter (1962) Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife survived the war. They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow. But times have changed and soon after the war, Albert comes in contact with Gabriel, a young man prone to heavy bouts with the bott
The Upper Hand (1966)
The Upper Hand (1966) In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. Also, an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggler's business.
Pasha (1968)
Pasha (1968) Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
Deadlier Than the Male 1956 Andre Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that Andre left more than twenty years before As Gabrielle has just died, Andre accepts to acco
Four Bags Full (1956)
Four Bags Full (1956) Two men, a painter and a poor guy, have to cross over Paris by night during World War II and to deliver black market meat. As they walk along dark Parisian streets, they encounter various characters and adventures until they are arrested by German police.
The Lower Depths (1936)
The Lower Depths 1936 The winner of the Louis Delluc Prize as the most outstanding French photo play of 1936, as selected by the Young Independent Critics of France an organization and not a description The film treats the imprisoning hold of poverty the disheartening odds of people rising from such
Port of Shadows (1938)
Port of Shadows 1938 Lifes a rotten business, says Jean, a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country He lucks into civilian clothes, a little bit of money, a passport, and a dog, and he also meets Nelly, a 17 year old whos grown up too fast Shes the object of lust of me
La vierge du Rhin (1953)
La vierge du Rhin 1953 Reported missing in 1940, Jacques Ledru comes back to Strasbourg as Martin Schmidt He tracks down his wife Genevieve, but shes remarried and has taken the head of his shipping company She and her husband will do anything to get rid of Jacques and keep his company
Crime and Punishment (1956)
Crime and Punishment 1956 Modern update of Dostoievskis novel Crime and Punishment
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Any Number Can Win 1963 Charles Jean Gabin, a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wifes plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability He enlists a former cellmate, Francis Alain Delon, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a
Moontide (1942)
Moontide 1942 After a drunken binge on the San Pablo waterfront, longshoreman Bobo fears he may have killed a man In his uncertainty, he takes a job on an isolated bait barge That night, he rescues lovely Anna from a watery suicide attempt and installs her on the barge But Tiny, Bobos longtime pal a