Movie List for "french"

Trop tôt/Trop tard (1981) Documentary Movie

A sequence of shots of rural landscapes accompanied by readings of texts about the struggles of poor farmers. Year 1981.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Writer: Friedrich Engels, Mahmoud Hussein
Actors: Danièle Huillet, Bahgat Elnadi, Gérard Samaan

Xala (1975) Comedy Drama Movie

A corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice. Year 1975.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Writer: Ousmane Sembene
Actors: Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang, Seune Samb

Un prophète (2009) Crime Drama Movie

A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison. Year 2009.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Jacques Audiard
Writer: Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard, Abdel Raouf Dafri
Actors: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif

La donna scimmia (1964) Comedy Drama Movie

A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her.It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager. Year 1964.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Marco Ferreri
Writer: Rafael Azcona, Marco Ferreri
Actors: Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni

Bamako (2006) Drama Movie

Bamako. Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up… In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokes Year 2006.

Generes: Drama
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Writer: Abderrahmane Sissako
Actors: Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra

Le grand voyage (2004) Drama Romance Movie

Reda, a young French-Moroccan guy and his old father drive from the south of France to Mecca in order for the father to do his pilgrimage. At first distant, they gradually learn to know each other. Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi
Writer: Ismaël Ferroukhi
Actors: Nicolas Cazalé, Mohamed Majd, Jacky Nercessian

L’extraordinaire destin de Madame Brouette (2002) Comedy Romance Drama Movie

-Mati, a divorced mother of a young daughter, makes a living selling bric-a-bric from a wheelbarrow and dreams of opening a snack bar. But she falls for the charms of Naago, a cop, and it’s only when the Tajaboom festival arrives tha Year 2002.

Generes: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Director: Moussa Sene Absa
Writer: Gilles Desjardins, Claude Gilaizeau, Moussa Sene Absa
Actors: Rokhaya Niang, Aboubacar Sadikh Ba, Kadiatou Sy

Geo-rook-han-ge-bo (2006) Comedy Crime Drama Movie

An eccentric but faithful mafia, Chi-sung is sent to prison for his part in a gang fight. But when his parents are attacked by a rival mob and his own people take no action, he realizes that a decade of loyalty towards the gang has b Year 2006.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Jin Jang
Writer: Jin Jang
Actors: Jae-yeong Jeong, Jun-ho Jeong, Seung-ryong Ryu

Yin shi nan nu (1994) Comedy Drama Romance Movie

A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members. Year 1994.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Ang Lee
Writer: Ang Lee, James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang
Actors: Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang

Les enfants de la pluie (2003) Animation Adventure Fantasy Movie

The Pyross and the Hydross are have been at war for as long as they can remember. The Pyross, who worship the sun, water brings only death and desolation, whereas the Hydross must always stay protected from heat, which petrifies them Year 2003.

Generes: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Philippe Leclerc
Writer: Serge Brussolo, Philippe Caza, Laurent Turner
Actors: Frédéric Cerdal, Pascale Chemin, Mélody Dubos

Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) Crime Drama Movie

An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom. Year 1954.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Jacques Becker
Writer: Albert Simonin, Jacques Becker, Maurice Griffe
Actors: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll

Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) Comedy Drama Musical Movie

Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner. Year 1967.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director: Jacques Demy
Writer: Jacques Demy
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorléac

Le locataire (1976) Drama Thriller Movie

A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia. Year 1976.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: Roland Topor, Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski
Actors: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas

Giulietta degli spiriti (1965) Comedy Drama Fantasy Movie

Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband. Year 1965.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Federico Fellini
Writer: Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano
Actors: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu

The Last King of Scotland (2006) Biography Drama History Movie

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s. Year 2006.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writer: Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock, Giles Foden
Actors: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson