Movie List for "french"

D’où viens-tu… Johnny? (1963) Drama Music Movie

Johnny is a young musician in Paris, France. Besides he is enjoying life, he is always in need of money. Occasionally he does some errands not knowing that he is working for the mafia. One day the police overshadows him and he rea… Year 1963.

Generes: Drama, Music
Director: Noël Howard
Writer: Yvan Audouard, Noël Howard, Christian Plume
Actors: Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan, Évelyne Dandry

The Judge and the Assassin (1976) Crime Drama History Movie

An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career. Year 1976.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Writer: Jean Aurenche, Bertrand Tavernier, Pierre Bost
Actors: Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert

Marie de Nazareth (1995) Drama Movie

At the time of king of the Jews Herod and the Roman emperor Augustus, Mary lives a simple life in Nazareth in Galilee with her fiancée Joseph the carpenter. One day an angel announces that she will give birth to the son of God. Year 1995.

Generes: Drama
Director: Jean Delannoy
Writer: Jean Delannoy, Jacques Douyau
Actors: Myriam Muller, Didier Bienaimé, Eric Jakobiak

The Music Lovers (1971) Biography Comedy Drama Movie

Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy. Year 1971.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Ken Russell
Writer: Melvyn Bragg, Catherine Drinker Bowen, Barbara von Meck
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian

Passion (1982) Comedy Drama Movie

A film director has an inspirational crisis while working on the production, Passion, and struggles with the nature of work and art. Year 1982.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli

La belle affaire (1973) Comedy Movie

Paul and Thérèse sold their coffee shop near an airport to buy another one in Marseille. All is well until they find out that their shop serves as a hub for drug trafficking. In order to stop trafficking, they rekindle the gang war. Year 1973.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Jacques Besnard
Writer: André Clair, André Halain, Robert Thomas
Actors: Michel Serrault, Rosy Varte, Michel Galabru

Dieu, que les femmes sont amoureuses… (1994) Comedy Movie

Anne is a very surrounded woman, between her son, her twins, the student who keeps them, her mother, her ex-husband and her mistress, her lover. Year 1994.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Magali Clément
Writer: Magali Clément
Actors: Catherine Jacob, Etienne Chicot, Mathieu Carrière

Jesus of Montreal (1989) Drama Romance Movie

A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors’ lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself. Year 1989.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Denys Arcand
Writer: Denys Arcand
Actors: Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay

Ils sont grands ces petits (1979) Comedy Movie

A nasty estate developer wants to throw scientist Louise and her pal Leo out of their home. Year 1979.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Joël Santoni
Writer: Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean Jabely
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Claude Brasseur, Claude Piéplu

Trahir (1993) Drama History Movie

After hard years in prison, a poet accepts a pact with the Securitate so that his volumes will be edited. But the duplicitous relationship established with the agent who obtains his freedom will spoil both his family life and his … Year 1993.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Writer: Radu Mihaileanu, Laurent Moussard
Actors: Johan Leysen, Alexandru Repan, Mireille Perrier

Topkapi (1964) Adventure Comedy Crime Movie

A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger. Year 1964.

Generes: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Director: Jules Dassin
Writer: Monja Danischewsky, Eric Ambler
Actors: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell

Gadjo dilo (1997) Comedy Drama Music Movie

A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more. Year 1997.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Tony Gatlif
Writer: Tony Gatlif, Kits Hilaire, Maigne Jaques
Actors: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban

Attention bandits! (1987) Drama Movie

On the day Jean Gabin dies, a kidnaper who also takes a fortune in jewels heisted from Cartiers murders Simon Verini’s wife. (Simon was fencing the jewels for a youthful gang who robbed Cartiers; he suspects them of the murder.) H… Year 1987.

Generes: Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Writer: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Actors: Jean Yanne, Marie-Sophie L., Patrick Bruel

Tricheurs (1984) Comedy Drama Movie

Exploring themes of addiction, sexual power games, and compulsive behavior, a powerfully impudent look into the world of gambling addicts, Suzie is cast among a stylish milieu of gamblers on a Portuguese island. Year 1984.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Writer: Pascal Bonitzer, Steve Baës, Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Jacques Dutronc, Bulle Ogier, Leandro Vale

Boomerang (1976) Crime Drama Movie

Under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques, pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman’s widow. But the press reveals that Jacques is… Year 1976.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: José Giovanni
Writer: José Giovanni, Alain Delon, Monica Venturini
Actors: Alain Delon, Carla Gravina, Dora Doll