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Kanopy
89
8.1
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78
/1152/
80
/1041/
4.4
/61545/
100
/54/
94
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85
/15/

The Wages of Fear (1953)
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.
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Criterion Channel
87
8.1
/33623/
78
/555/
78
/600/
4.3
/48088/
94
/51/
93
/387/
86
/19/

Z (1969)
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth. But, a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.
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86
7.9
/31345/
76
/775/
76
/702/
4.2
/60590/
96
/67/
92
/419/
92
/19/

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
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Kanopy
84
7.8
/5310/
76
/99/
73
/132/
4.0
/6441/
100
/8/
85
/16/

The Confession (1970)
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement.
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Criterion Channel
83
8.1
/29110/
78
/561/
76
/598/
4.1
/23704/
93
/28/
95
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75
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Jean de Florette (1986)
In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.
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Criterion Channel
82
8.0
/25500/
77
/506/
76
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4.0
/20539/
81
/31/
93
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70
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Manon of the Spring (1986)
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.
poster
80
7.3
/2915/
72
/48/
70
/151/
3.7
/3752/
88
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86
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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.
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Criterion Channel
79
7.7
/6653/
75
/118/
72
/104/
4.1
/10408/
78
/9/
89
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State of Siege (1972)
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
poster
77
7.3
/4201/
69
/81/
72
/187/
3.7
/7628/
100
/9/
83
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Cesar and Rosalie (1972)
A young woman becomes entangled with a successful businessman, but her ex tries to win her back, provoking intense jealousy that leads her to reconsider her choice. Ultimately, one man's actions force a resolution to her dilemma.
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77
76
7.2
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73
/333/
71
/213/
3.8
/11097/
92
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88
/314/
72
/8/

Grand Prix (1966)
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
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Kanopy
76
7.2
/8720/
75
/470/
74
/724/
3.8
/22776/
85
/48/

Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
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75
7.2
/2704/
63
/23/
64
/45/
3.7
/2639/
79
/1/

The War Is Over (1966)
Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.
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74
7.6
/1845/
68
/34/
71
/48/
3.9
/1919/
81
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Special Section (1975)
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
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Hoopla
74
65
6.4
/4608/
70
/85/
67
/62/
3.4
/2929/
100
/10/
75
/127/

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regress into past lives and different personalities, and he finds himself falling in love with one of them.
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63
6.8
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68
/138/
72
/218/
3.5
/3461/
75
/8/
71
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Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
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59
6.4
/1039/
50
/13/
57
/31/
3.4
/676/
70
/1/

Womanlight (1979)
The story is simple: two people who have recently suffered a great deal come together for consolation rather than love.
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Hoopla
64
58
6.4
/8540/
69
/161/
63
/175/
3.2
/5267/
64
/14/
60
/141/

Let's Make Love (1960)
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
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57
6.3
/738/
43
/14/
62
/19/
3.4
/418/
74
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Live for Life (1967)
Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.
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DocAlliance Films
81
55
7.9
/1187/
83
/19/
78
/24/
4.1
/3237/
81
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A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
Chris Marker’s A Grin Without a Cat is an epic political essay tracing the rise and decline of the global left from the 1960s to the 1970s. Through archival footage and commentary, the film examines revolutionary movements in France, Latin America, and beyond, reflecting on the ideals, failures, and fading hopes of a generation.
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Kanopy
72
55
7.8
/5037/
79
/117/
77
/163/
4.0
/4587/
49
/9/

I... For Icarus (1979)
Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.
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70
53
7.0
/3378/
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/25/
71
/40/
3.7
/2141/
60
/5/
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Goodbye Again (1961)
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.
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Criterion Channel
63
53
6.5
/4115/
63
/60/
65
/69/
3.6
/11407/
50
/8/
62
/124/

Tout Va Bien (1972)
A strike at a French sausage factory contributes to the estrangement of a married filmmaker and his reporter wife.
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Kanopy
83
50
7.8
/963/
76
/19/
80
/41/
4.1
/3608/
93
/15/
90
/8/

The Lovely Month of May (1963)
Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.
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72
42
7.2
/2560/
68
/60/
69
/93/
3.7
/2942/
79
/2/

The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
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40
7.2
/1709/
67
/33/
68
/103/
3.6
/1415/

The Red Inn (1951)
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard.
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39
6.5
/2342/
64
/42/
66
/132/
3.4
/2271/
48
/8/

Lovers Like Us (1975)
A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.
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Cultpix
72
38
6.9
/2348/
71
/35/
66
/92/
3.6
/1988/
83
/3/

Police Python 357 (1976)
A methodical police inspector becomes entangled in a web of deceit after a murder investigation reveals disturbing connections to his own department. As suspicion tightens around him, he must outwit both the killer and the system to survive.
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Kanopy
70
35
6.8
/773/
51
/5/
60
/12/
3.4
/352/
92
/13/
77
/10/
76
/13/

The Wide Blue Road (1957)
Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of fish in nearby waters and exploitation by the local wholesaler. But while the other fishermen continue to use nets, he goes out to the open sea to fish illegally with bombs. But Squarciò borrows money, loses his boat, and in a moment of supreme desperation, has to bomb directly off-shore, causing the hatred and rejection of his fellow fishermen. Trying to save his family, Squarciò and his young sons sail their new boat out beyond the local waters and bomb-fish again. But this time, the sea exacts a terrible toll…
poster
70
35
6.9
/2323/
66
/33/
65
/111/
3.5
/1795/
82
/4/

Choice of Arms (1981)
A former crook is pulled out of retirement when a gang on the run turn to him for shelter after a prison break.
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Criterion Channel
63
34
7.1
/1413/
72
/23/
71
/37/
3.6
/1189/
31
/30/

Gates of the Night (1946)
In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her brother's dark past.
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Hoopla
64
31
6.5
/1708/
64
/22/
67
/20/
3.2
/455/
62
/453/

My Geisha (1962)
Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...
poster
70
29
7.2
/871/
63
/17/
69
/45/
3.6
/700/

The Witches of Salem (1957)
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear and suspicion blur the lines of reality.
poster
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27
6.8
/906/
58
/9/
59
/33/
3.5
/760/
90
/13/

One Night... a Train (1968)
The Belgian linguistics professor Matthias is going through a difficult period in relations with his girlfriend Anne. She is French, he is Belgian, and, oddly enough for an enlightened Europe and a doubly enlightened university environment, this small difference is a shadow on the couple’s personal life. One day, during a train ride, Anne disappears and Mathias goes looking for her in an unknown city.
poster
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25
6.1
/991/
61
/14/
59
/57/
3.3
/1139/
64
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All Fired Up (1982)
Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take advantage that Pauline, his eldest daughter now fully responsible for the whole family, has begun to work for the Ministry of Finance. Pauline thwarts his new projects but when she realizes gangsters are looking for Victor she will put her life at risk to help him and save their family.
poster
61
25
6.7
/936/
54
/5/
58
/26/
3.4
/523/
60
/5/
60
/4/

The Law (1959)
A gorgeous housekeeper turns the tables on the men in a small Mediterranean coastal town by using their own vicious drinking game.
poster
64
24
6.6
/990/
63
/12/
58
/44/
3.5
/472/

La Menace (1977)
Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Savin and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Savin and Julie apart, to no avail. Frustrated in her efforts, she jumps off a cliff and dies. Savin insists that he and Julie lie to the police about the encounter, although Dominique's death was a suicide and therefore they had no direct hand in it. Detective Waldeck investigates Dominique's death.
poster
66
24
6.7
/1109/
64
/22/
60
/53/
3.5
/675/
70
/4/

The Devil by the Tail (1969)
In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to keep his ill-gotten money.
poster
62
22
6.3
/909/
63
/22/
55
/61/
3.3
/850/
67
/1/

Waiter! (1983)
After a tumultuous life, a middle-aged headwaiter in a Parisian restaurant dreams of opening a seaside amusement park. When an old flame reappears, he reignites his feelings, but she is involved with another man.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
21
5.7
/566/
51
/7/
70
/12/
3.4
/1608/
73
/5/

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974)
The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the class struggle and points out the irony of Jane Fonda's participation in the photo shoot, which was staged.
poster
60
19
6.3
/500/
42
/4/
56
/29/
3.4
/864/
75
/3/

Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
Yves Montand, playing himself, returns to his hometown of Marseilles to appear in an autobiographical musical. Once there, he searches for the barmaid he once loved and also encounters young hopeful Marion, giving her the chance of a lifetime
poster
64
17
6.3
/801/
62
/9/
62
/28/
3.3
/412/
71
/2/

IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992)
Young graffiti artist Tony and his friend Jockey jump-start an unexpected adventure on the streets of Grenoble, France, when they steal a car that's already occupied by an older man who's been sleeping in the back, Léon Marcel.
poster
64
15
6.0
/693/
50
/12/
63
/21/
3.4
/422/
80
/3/

Napoleon (1955)
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
poster
?
60
/1/

Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable (2022)
"And God Created Woman", "Il Sorpasso", "A Man and a Woman", "The Conformist", "Amour"... the list of successes by Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930-2022) may be impressive but his films say little about the man himself. A look back over the life of a discrete and deliberately enigmatic actor.
poster
?
6.8
/29/

Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix (2006)
N/A
poster
?
6.5
/90/
40
/2/

Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions (1966)
A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix
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?
6.7
/15/
10
/1/

Un matin comme les autres (1956)
N/A
poster
?
7.2
/11/
10
/1/

T'es fou Marcel (1974)
N/A
poster
?
75
/2/

Les Rois de la comédie (2023)
At the end of the 1950s, four humor specialists simultaneously experienced recognition. Fernandel with “The Cow and the Prisoner”, Bourvil with “The Hunchback”, Jacques Tati with “My Uncle” and Louis de Funès with “Oscar” at the theater. On the big screen or on stage, each of these artists has a unique style of humor. They are the kings of French comedy. But how did they manage to become true box office champions? How did they experience their immense popularity? How do they still influence the comedy genre? And above all, are- are they funny in life? Where is the line between their character in the cinema and their real personality?


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