Movie List for "french"

Las Hurdes (1933) Documentary Short Movie

A surrealistic documentary portrait of the region of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills. Year 1933.

Generes: Documentary, Short
Director: Luis Buñuel
Writer: Luis Buñuel, Rafael Sánchez Ventura, Pierre Unik
Actors: Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O’Neill

Eden à l’Ouest (2009) Drama Movie

A drama centered around the illegal immigrants living in the EU. Year 2009.

Generes: Drama
Director: Costa-Gavras
Writer: Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg
Actors: Riccardo Scamarcio, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Léa Wiazemsky

Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres (1974) Drama Movie

Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who’s blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone’s favorite, faces bankruptcy, Year 1974.

Generes: Drama
Director: Claude Sautet
Writer: Claude Néron, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Claude Sautet
Actors: Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani

Toubab Bi (1991) Classic Movie

Soriba is from a village near Dakar. One day, he left to study cinema in Paris. He hopes to find Issa, his childhood friend, whom he has not heard from for seven years. Year 1991.

Generes: N/A
Director: Moussa Touré
Writer: Michèle Armandi, Nathalie Lévy, Moussa Touré
Actors: Makena Diop, Hélène Lapiower, Khalil Gueye

La femme infidèle (1969) Drama Thriller Movie

A man begins to believe his wife is cheating on him. Year 1969.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Claude Chabrol
Writer: Claude Chabrol, Sauro Scavolini
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Maurice Ronet

Bianca (1983) Comedy Drama Movie

Michele is a mathematics professor who just started a new job in a school with some peculiar teaching methods. After a woman in his neighborhood is murdered, Michele meets beautiful colleague Bianca, and a relationship begins between Year 1983.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Nanni Moretti
Writer: Nanni Moretti, Sandro Petraglia
Actors: Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Roberto Vezzosi

Mr. Arkadin (1955) Crime Drama Film-Noir Movie

An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold-war European landscape. Year 1955.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Orson Welles
Writer: Orson Welles
Actors: Orson Welles, Peter van Eyck, Michael Redgrave

Der Stand der Dinge (1982) Drama Movie

The crew is running out of money to finish their film. Year 1982.

Generes: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Writer: Robert Kramer, Wim Wenders, Joshua Wallace
Actors: Allen Garfield, Samuel Fuller, Isabelle Weingarten

Le boucher (1970) Drama Thriller Movie

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town. Year 1970.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Claude Chabrol
Writer: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia

Masculin féminin (1966) Drama Romance Movie

A romance between young Parisians, shown through a series of vignettes. Year 1966.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Writer: Jean-Luc Godard, Bruce Goldstein, Guy de Maupassant
Actors: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Marlène Jobert

La famiglia (1987) Drama Romance Movie

With the background of the XX century Italian history, Carlo, a retired teacher, traces the vicissitudes of his family. Year 1987.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Ettore Scola
Writer: Graziano Diana, Ruggero Maccari, Furio Scarpelli
Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Stefania Sandrelli

Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (2000) Drama Crime Movie

A group of children living on the street leave their gang, prompting retribution from the gang’s leader. After one of the children dies, the rest try to come up with the resources to give their friend a proper burial. Year 2000.

Generes: Drama, Crime
Director: Nabil Ayouch
Writer: Nabil Ayouch, Nathalie Saugeon
Actors: Mounïm Kbab, Mustapha Hansali, Hicham Moussoune

Lumumba (2000) Biography Drama History Movie

The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Year 2000.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Raoul Peck
Writer: Pascal Bonitzer, Dan Edelstein, Raoul Peck
Actors: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié

Il conformista (1970) Drama Movie

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident. Year 1970.

Generes: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Writer: Alberto Moravia, Bernardo Bertolucci, Lee Kresel
Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin

La jetée (1962) Short Drama Romance Movie

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III’s devastation, told through still images. Year 1962.

Generes: Short, Drama, Romance
Director: Chris Marker
Writer: Chris Marker
Actors: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain

La haine (1995) Crime Drama Movie

24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot. Year 1995.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Writer: Mathieu Kassovitz
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui