Movie List for "french"

The Escape (1978) Adventure Comedy Crime Movie

The lawyer Jean-Philippe Duroc visits his client, Martial Gaulard, sentenced to death for a murder he has not committed. At that moment, a mutiny happens inside the prison. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Director: Gérard Oury
Writer: Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson
Actors: Pierre Richard, Victor Lanoux, Raymond Bussières

Les régates de San Francisco (1960) Drama Movie

Lidia,the daughter of a family in an Italian port town becomes pregnant. Her cousin Tina is jealous when Lidia then turns to another man, her own lover. Year 1960.

Generes: Drama
Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Writer: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini
Actors: Danièle Gaubert, Laurent Terzieff, Suzy Delair

Le fil à la patte (1954) Comedy Movie

Count Fernand du Bois d’Enghien typifies the pleasure seeker and as such he has a mistress of course, star singer Lucette Gauthier. But now Fernand feels it is time for him to tie the knot. For that, pretty Viviane Duverger is the… Year 1954.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Guy Lefranc
Writer: Georges Feydeau, Noël-Noël
Actors: Noël-Noël, Suzy Delair, Bourvil

Judex (1963) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by “Judex”, demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, and apparently dies after a midnight toast at his masked ball. However, he is only… Year 1963.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Georges Franju
Writer: Arthur Bernède, Louis Feuillade, Jacques Champreux
Actors: Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Edith Scob

George qui? (1973) Biography Comedy Drama Movie

This interrogation of famed 19th century French writer, proto feminist George Sand, includes discussion with the new early 1970s feminist movement and a critique of the limitations of her progressivism (she opposed the 1871 Paris … Year 1973.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Michèle Rosier
Writer: Michèle Rosier
Actors: Anne Wiazemsky, Alain Libolt, Denis Gunsbourg

La fenêtre (1992) Classic Movie

Virginie leaves her longtime lover in Paris to live in a spartan studio in Montreal, while pondering on her upcoming abortion. As she looks out of the studio window to the neighborhood below, she has memories from her life and vis… Year 1992.

Generes: Classic
Director: Monique Champagne
Writer: Monique Champagne
Actors: Jean-François Balmer, Anne Létourneau, Albert Millaire

Le grand rendez-vous (1950) Drama War Movie

One of the first victories against the Nazis in World War II is when Parisians help allied forces drive the enemy out of occupied French Algeria. Year 1950.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Jean Dréville
Writer: Guy Calvet, Jean Dréville, Jacques Rémy
Actors: François Patrice, Marc Valbel, René Blancard

The Serpent (1973) Drama Thriller Movie

A Soviet diplomat hatches a complicated plan to enable him to defect to the West. Year 1973.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Henri Verneuil
Writer: Henri Verneuil, Gilles Perrault, Pierre Nord
Actors: Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde

Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus (1969) Comedy Movie

A man who left his wife finds himself chased by the police and a killer who take him for an American mobster. Year 1969.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Jean-Claude Dague
Writer: Jean-Claude Dague, Jean Stuart, Georges Beller
Actors: Francis Blanche, Michel Galabru, Darry Cowl

A Bomb for a Dictator (1957) Drama Thriller Movie

A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up the dictator’s private plane as he returns, but at the last second he changes plans… Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Alex Joffé
Writer: Alex Joffé, Jean Le Vitte
Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Michel Auclair, Françoise Fabian

Andréa (1976) Comedy Romance Movie

A satire of the movie series “Emmanuelle”. Year 1976.

Generes: Comedy, Romance
Director: Henri Glaeser
Writer: Henri Glaeser
Actors: Odette Laurent, Marie-Christine Descouard, Jacques Zolty

Der Kongreß amüsiert sich (1966) Comedy Romance Movie

Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before t… Year 1966.

Generes: Comedy, Romance
Director: Géza von Radványi
Writer: Fred Denger, Hans Habe, Aldo von Pinelli
Actors: Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens, Paul Meurisse

Golem, l’esprit de l’exil (1992) Drama Movie

An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement and exile, this film tells the story of a woman (similar to the biblical Ruth) and her sisters, who are forced into exile after the death of their husb… Year 1992.

Generes: Drama
Director: Amos Gitai
Writer: Amos Gitai, Stephan Levine
Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Ophrah Shemesh

Un dimanche de flic (1983) Crime Movie

Frank and Rupert are police commissioners. Fred, a former police officer, is informed that a major heroin and money transaction to take place. Year 1983.

Generes: Crime
Director: Michel Vianey
Writer: Andrew Coburn, Michel Vianey
Actors: Victor Lanoux, Jean Rochefort, Barbara Sukowa