Movie List for "french"

La religieuse (1966) Drama Movie

Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne’s virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuse Year 1966.

Generes: Drama
Director: Jacques Rivette
Writer: Denis Diderot, Jean Gruault, Jacques Rivette
Actors: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle

Le salaire de la peur (1953) Adventure Drama Thriller Movie

In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe. Year 1953.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Writer: Georges Arnaud, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi
Actors: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck

The Price of Forgiveness (2001) Drama Movie

Mythical story about a fishing village on the south coast of Senegal. Two men in the village are both in love with the same beautiful girl. Year 2001.

Generes: Drama
Director: Mansour Sora Wade
Writer: Mbissane Ngom (novel), Nar Sene (French screenplay), Mansour Sora Wade (French screenplay)
Actors: Hubert Koundé, Rokhaya Niang, Gora Seck, Alioune Ndiaye

Faat Kiné (2001) Comedy Drama Movie

A forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male dominated field. Year 2001.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Writer: Ousmane Sembene
Actors: Venus Seye, Mame Ndoumbé, Awa Sene Sarr

Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer (1996) Drama Movie

This film is one of the most magical to come out of Africa, hardly surprising since Madagascar is unlike anywhere else on earth. Raymond Rajaonarivelo follows his epic first film on the Malagasy liberation struggle, TABA TABA, with a Year 1996.

Generes: Drama
Director: Raymond Rajaonarivelo
Writer: Santiago Amigorena, Raymond Rajaonarivelo
Actors: Jean Rabenjamina, Joseph Rainizatilehy, Aimée Razatindrataranoa

Romanzo criminale (2005) Crime Drama Movie

Set in the 1970s, it’s the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome. Year 2005.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Michele Placido
Writer: Giancarlo De Cataldo, Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia
Actors: Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Mouglalis, Pierfrancesco Favino

Une chambre en ville (1982) Drama Musical Romance Movie

A film musical in which every line is sung. The frame is about workers during a strike. They also prepare and perform a demonstration. Two personal relations develop against this background. François abandons his pregnant girlfriend Year 1982.

Generes: Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Jacques Demy
Writer: Jacques Demy
Actors: Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Richard Berry

Belle de jour (1967) Drama Romance Movie

A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute. Year 1967.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Luis Buñuel
Writer: Joseph Kessel, Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli

Musique au poing (1982) Documentary Music Movie

FELA KUTIis to African music what Bob Marley is to reggae: its prophet. All contemporary forms of black music, from funk to electronic, owe something to the irresistible groove of the Afrobeat sound that he created. Shot in Lagos at Year 1982.

Generes: Documentary, Music
Director: Jean-Jacques Flori, Stéphane Tchalgadjieff
Writer: N/A
Actors: Fela Kuti, Martin Luther King, Pope John Paul II

À nos amours (1983) Drama Romance Movie

An erratic young woman’s family desperately tries to prevent her increasingly erotic ways. Year 1983.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Maurice Pialat
Writer: Arlette Langmann, Maurice Pialat
Actors: Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Christophe Odent

Der siebente Kontinent (1989) Drama Movie

A European family who plan on escaping to Australia, seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister Year 1989.

Generes: Drama
Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke, Johanna Teicht
Actors: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer

L’homme de Rio (1964) Action Adventure Comedy Movie

A young man comes to the rescue of his girlfriend abducted by thieves and brought to Rio. An extravagant adventure ensues. Year 1964.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Philippe de Broca
Writer: Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger
Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais

Mouchette (1967) Drama Movie

A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man. Year 1967.

Generes: Drama
Director: Robert Bresson
Writer: Georges Bernanos, Robert Bresson
Actors: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal

Tokyo! (2008) Comedy Drama Fantasy Movie

A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories. Year 2008.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho
Writer: Gabrielle Bell, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry
Actors: Ayako Fujitani, Ryô Kase, Ayumi Itô

La piscine (1969) Crime Drama Romance Movie

Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul sed Year 1969.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Jacques Deray
Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière, Jacques Deray, Alain Page
Actors: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet

L’Atalante (1934) Comedy Drama Romance Movie

Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L’atalante along with the captain’s first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy. Year 1934.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Jean Vigo
Writer: Jean Guinée, Albert Riéra, Jean Vigo
Actors: Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis