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Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/7171/
65
/162/
70
/210/
3.7
/6911/
88
/8/
82
/63/

Coup de Torchon (1981)
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
poster
Kanopy
60
6.4
/4140/
63
/185/
60
/301/
3.3
/5840/
62
/21/
55
/20/
65
/11/

The French Minister (2013)
Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.
poster
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.
poster
63
47
6.5
/2081/
61
/40/
60
/54/
3.3
/2938/
63
/53/

The Severed Heads (1957)
A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.
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Hoopla
75
47
7.5
/2260/
68
/34/
72
/86/
3.8
/1962/
86
/15/

Life and Nothing But (1989)
In 1920, Major Dellaplane, a man of honor and ethics, searches for missing French soldiers. He meets Madame Irène de Courtil, a politically connected Parisian, and their paths cross.
poster
61
44
6.8
/2614/
61
/28/
61
/68/
3.4
/1711/
48
/781/

Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
Saint Tropez. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the murder of her wealthy husband Louis, an alcoholic impotent. She hits him, and leaves the rest of the task to Jeff. Julie finds herself alone the following day, and becomes therefore the prime suspect. Where is Louis' body? Where is Jeff? Is there any secret beyond a door?
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63
43
5.6
/6565/
68
/329/
60
/299/
2.6
/1308/
81
/2/

Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986)
In 1914, sixteen year old Roger returned home from boarding school during vacation to find his puberty hit hard in a house filled with beautiful women. These women have previous engagements with other men who are away, and during this time, Roger impregnates them all, including his aunt and sister, then devises plans to cuckold the men.
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Hoopla
55
43
6.0
/5210/
61
/184/
57
/259/
2.9
/2691/
39
/7/

Jaguar (1996)
A shaman from the South American rain forest visits France for a public relations campaign. In a hotel's elevator in Paris he meets a French good-for-nothing named Perrin he's fascinated with. He follows Perrin to his flat and although Perrin is not very enthusiastic about so much interest in his person, he lets the shaman spend the night in his flat. After an official meeting on the next day being part of the PR campaign the shaman suffers from a heart attack. Hardly being able to speak and laying in a hospital bed he demands to see Perrin. The latter is not very interested in meeting the shaman again. However it looks like it is to late for animosities as the shaman and Perrin seem to be tied mentally somehow since they've met in the elevator.
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67
42
6.6
/2731/
68
/78/
64
/129/
3.4
/2278/
70
/6/

The Body of My Enemy (1976)
A man accused of murder discovers a trail of corruption leading to the powerful family of his former love. Going underground, he seeks allies in a town where trust is scarce.
poster
62
42
6.1
/2518/
62
/74/
59
/145/
3.1
/1555/
67
/24/

The Vultures (1984)
April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?
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62
40
6.5
/1497/
59
/23/
61
/56/
3.4
/1333/
57

Thank You, Life (1991)
Camille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. As the film progresses, Camille discovers AIDS and the fear that she may have picked up the disease in her early encounters.
poster
60
38
6.3
/2344/
66
/114/
63
/201/
3.2
/3115/
50
/2/

Inspector Blunder (1980)
A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.
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Kanopy
60
36
6.3
/2412/
61
/56/
61
/77/
3.3
/1519/
52
/10/

Three Men to Kill (1980)
A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him as a potential witness. Soon they are killing everyone he even comes in contact with in order to get him.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
36
6.6
/1478/
58
/29/
59
/39/
3.5
/1676/

Alice or the Last Escapade (1977)
One night Alice can't stand her husband anymore and she decides to leave him. It's a dark, rainy night and something smashes the windshield so Alice is forced to seek shelter in an old mansion. She is warmly welcomed but soon realises that strange things are happening. She tries to escape but it seems there's no way out.
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35
5.9
/1920/
65
/93/
62
/192/
3.1
/2602/
43
/1/

Banzaï (1983)
Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.
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57
31
6.4
/1237/
57
/36/
61
/61/
3.3
/1911/
40
/4/

Hotel America (1981)
Helene, a pill-addicted anesthesiologist, is mourning the death of her boyfriend when, through a car accident she causes, she chances to meet the lethargic Gilles, a young man who lives for free at his mother's hotel. Gilles pursues Helene romantically, and she eventually softens up. Gilles, however, is also devoted to Bernard, a petty crook who revels in mugging gay men. All three struggle with relationships that seem to be going nowhere.
poster
58
27
6.2
/408/
42
/8/
58
/26/
3.5
/1660/

Marie, the Doll (1976)
Marie, who was orphaned as a young girl, has a case of arrested development that makes her act younger than her age. One day she stops to look in a store window displaying various ornate dolls. Claude, the affluent, eccentric store owner, sees her and becomes infatuated which leads to her and him meeting and deciding to go and take a look at Claude personal doll collection at his house. Marie, unaware of Claude's bizarre obsession with dolls, decides to marry him.
poster
57
26
5.9
/1243/
56
/41/
57
/93/
3.1
/1213/
55
/2/

My Best Friend's Girl (1983)
The charming Pascal, owner of a clothing store in Courchevel, and the chubby and scruffy Micky, disc jockey in a nearby club, are best of friends. Pascal accumulates women, much to the chagrin of Micky, who is consoled of his failures by listening to his friend talk about his successes. Viviane arises, ravishing and icy, but she's seasonal. Pascal, sincerely in love, seduces her and then leaves. This is a dire situation for Micky: Pascal is far away and the beauty is so kind to him. Complications arise once Pascal returns.
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24
6.6
/880/
60
/15/
71
/26/
3.5
/650/

The Beautiful Story (1992)
A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past. These stories are juxtaposed.
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58
22
5.8
/1240/
61
/21/
51
/32/
3.1
/629/

Le Choc (1982)
Martin Terrier wants to quit his job as a hired hitman, but his organized crime employers are unwilling to see him turned out to pasture, Terrier knows too much, and he is still useful to the organization. He escapes to the countryside where he meets Claire, and the two soon fall in love. Back in Paris to confront his employers, Terrier learns that they've stolen all his money from the bank. They give him an ultimatum—do one last job for them and he gets his money and his freedom...
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20
6.7
/1196/
55
/12/
60
/20/
3.4
/618/
59
/10/

The Nada Gang (1974)
Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They kidnap the American ambassador after one of his regular visits to an exclusive brothel. The gang starts to quarrel amongst themselves as to the diplomat's fate, while the police purge suspects in their attempts to destroy the Nada faction. As the violence escalates on both sides, the States and the terrorists are forced to use one another's methods in an increasingly desperate and relentless conflict.
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62
19
6.8
/614/
56
/14/
58
/33/
3.4
/340/

Other People's Money (1978)
Henri Rainier has everything a man could want. A glamorous wife, two beautiful daughters and a well-paid job with a large bank. Then, one day, his entire world collapses. In the wake of a high-profile financial scandal, he is summoned into his director's office and accused of negligence. Rainier has no choice but to resign, but he soon realises that he has been made a scapegoat. He begins his own investigation in an attempt to clear his name and discover who is responsible for the enormous hole in the bank's finances. It soon becomes apparent that he is up against a very powerful and dangerous opponent.
poster
60
19
6.4
/789/
67
/18/
57
/38/
3.3
/312/
49
/8/

The Night Clerk (2011)
Frédéric, a young man with a troubled past, has the good fortune to be given a job in a luxurious mountain hotel. When one of the hotel guests disappears one evening and is later found dead, Frédéric suspects he may have been killed by the family who employ him. But rather than betray his boss, Jacques Couvreur, he makes up his mind to protect him. Unwittingly, Frédéric puts himself in grave danger...
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56
18
5.5
/424/
53
/18/
55
/41/
3.2
/347/

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! (1982)
The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end in his country house. A modest clerical worker, also invited, discovers the hidden reason for this party - and decides to take advantage of it.
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15
5.3
/809/
58
/15/
50
/54/
3.0
/209/
19
/6/

I'm Staying (2003)
A self-centered engineer tries to win back his wife after she takes a new lover.
poster
53
15
5.9
/703/
57
/18/
59
/24/
37
/5/

A Man and His Dog (2009)
An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.
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14
6.2
/601/
63
/15/
65
/27/
3.2
/233/
47
/1/

Stranger in the House (1992)
Since the suicide of his wife, Jacques Loursat has gone downhill. Estranged from his daughter, his lawyer's pratice in ruins, he consoles himself with drink. One night he is woken by a gunshot and catches sight of a young man fleeing the house. Isabelle, his daughter, claims to know nothing about it, even when he finds the body of a young man. Isabelle hangs around with a gang of spoiled young people who have no shortage of money, and is in love with Joel, an ambitious boy involved in drug dealing. Antoine, from a more modest background, is in love with her. When the police start investigating Joel's murder, Antoine becomes the ideal suspect.
poster
Hoopla
49
13
4.9
/796/
56
/26/
48
/20/
3.1
/552/
33
/1/

Madame Claude (1977)
Based on a true story. Madame Claude, a well connected Parisienne with dark past, runs a network of high-class call girls. She sends her girls to any place in the world to satisfy sexual desires of wealthy and powerful men. Claude's manipulations also involve big business and politics. Meanwhile, photographer David Evans is trying to clear his own criminal record by providing the authorities with pictures of Claude's girls with important clients in compromising positions. But powerful men can do anything to keep their secrets...
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?
5.8
/20/

Music Hall (1986)
N/A
poster
?
20
/1/

La rançon du chien (1996)
A young police inspector dreams of being accepted by a wealthy bourgeois couple.
poster
66
?
7.2
/53/
57
/4/
62
/6/
3.7
/467/

Évariste Galois (1965)
Galois is practicing shooting in preparation for a duel the very next day. His last night.
poster
?
5.6
/58/
45
/2/

See You Tomorrow (1992)
Family life in a parisian apartment during the 60's.
poster
?
5.0
/55/
35
/2/
35
/4/

Lola Zipper (1991)
With his job in the balance, Gérard bets his boss that he can transform bad-tempered street person Lola into television star material. With the inducement of stardom as his lure, he takes Lola in hand and becomes her instructor, sending her to ballet and acting classes, where she misbehaves. Most of her petulance is reserved for Gérard, however, but in the tradition of Pretty Woman and My Fair Lady, in the end he gets the girl and a new star -- in the same package.
poster
?
6.1
/15/
10
/1/
20
/1/

The Discoveries of a Modern Couple (1986)
Black comedy about a couple who become convinced that their best friends are aliens and that the Earth’s days are numbered.
poster
41
?
4.6
/110/
32
/5/
48
/6/

The Flight of the Phoenix (1984)
Staubli is happy. He has just concluded a considerable deal with El Farik, one of his biggest successes as an arms dealer. To sign his final contract, Staubli takes the plane with Loussif, Serge Tournier and his wife Laura. During a stopover, a mechanical incident immobilizes the group for a few days in the Moroccan desert. Then Tom arrives, a pilot who trades with his old plane, the Sphinx. A small business that works well. But among these particular customers, Laura strangely reminds him of the one who left him and because of whom he left everything before...
poster
?
10
/1/
30
/1/

Le Chevalier des Touches (1966)
An adaptation of the novel by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly.
poster
44
?
4.9
/392/
44
/5/
39
/9/

One 4 All (1999)
Olivia, Irina and Masha are improving their acting skills. They no longer believe in Prince Charming, and their career is waning. Olivia works at the front desk at the airport and offers a wonderful plan: he would do so that friends will be aboard the Paris - New York plane and will sit next to wealthy men. Their task is to seduce the rich and pull them out of money. But the fraudsters do not suspect that Comissaire Bayard and his young assistant are closely watching them...
poster
39
?
4.4
/145/
25
/2/
45
/6/

Surprise Party (1983)
Adventures of a group of youngsters set in a provincial French city in the 1950's.
poster
53
?
5.6
/106/
46
/3/
59
/5/

The Roaring Forties (1982)
Julien is an electronics professional who is down on his luck when he decides to enter an international sailboat race. He is led astray from his original good intentions by a low-life press agent who convinces him it would be well worth his while to win the race by illegal maneuvering. As he sets off, flashbacks tell how he came to be on the sailboat; later he has long monologues -- several of them, and in-between he occasionally battles to stay afloat on an uncooperative sea.
poster
?
4.5
/52/
10
/1/
30
/1/

Who Wants to Kill Sara? (1992)
A beautiful lawyer about to be married is stalked by a mysterious man who knows her too well.
poster
36
?
5.2
/228/
20
/1/
37
/3/

Mauvais Genre (1997)
The film's title is a pun, the double meaning referencing both the "wrong genre" and a person with distasteful motives. Insecure novelist Martial Bok promotes his new sexy novel La Fille de Dos ("Girl Observed From the Rear") with a round of book-signings and talk-shows. When beautiful hat designer Camille buys the book, Martial follows her and spies on her as she reads his book and removes her clothing. It's the beginning of his obsession and also an inspiration. After Martial's live-in girlfriend Lucie establishes contact with Camille for real, Martial is able to type out another sexy manuscript.
poster
?
10
/1/
50
/3/

Les Seins de Lola (1987)
The plot of the play revolves around Lola, a sexagenarian, divorced and not very well off, who gets it into her head to have a breast reconstruction.
poster
40
?
6.0
/160/
10
/3/
51
/7/

Josepha (1982)
An acting couple is forced to assess their life together when the wife falls for a wealthy horse-breeder while shooting a film.
poster
?
10
/1/

Un cas intéressant (1963)
Adaptation for TV of the Dino Buzzati play "Un caso clinico". A modern Kafkaesque horror story in which medical specialists and machinery destroy a perfectly healthy man.
poster
?
6.1
/26/
10
/1/

The Vertical Smile (1973)
A kaleidoscope of images from history populate this skillfully animated French feature. The story concerns a history professor whose ideas about human history cause him distress. Amid a flurry of newsreel-type images, Joan of Arc's trial is shown. Another theme which emerges is of two ages (in the far past and far future) in which naked humans fight one another with animalistic aggression.
poster
56
?
6.0
/239/
60
/3/
49
/7/

Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
The "black robe" in the title of this suspense film belongs to a female lawyer, Florence Nat who has just lost a case in which she defended Simon Risler, a man wrongly accused of murder. Risler escapes before he can be put in prison, and seeks help from attorney Nat in finding the real killer, partly by going after the police inspector who framed him in the first place. A retired surgeon, in the process of setting up a drug rehab clinic gets involved in solving Risler's case, and soon the solution seems to be pointing to high-ranking figures with every desire and ample means to keep the truth well-hidden.
poster
49
?
5.0
/106/
50
/4/
49
/4/

Les Faussaires (1994)
This comedy was shot in Tahiti. It focuses on the rocky relationship between Cohn, a local con man, and author Jack Baker who wants to profile Paul Gauguin in an upcoming book. Cohn, an obnoxious crook and pathological liar originally from Paris, has been the bane of the local population for years, yet despite his annoyances they will not arrest him. Hearing that Cohn owns an authentic Gauguin, Jack Baker makes his acquaintance. They do not get off to a great start, but eventually become friends after Cohn's secret is discovered.
poster
53
?
5.0
/227/
58
/9/
51
/22/

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs (1979)
In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of finding his man, he is trapped into becoming a contestant on a children's quiz show. What's worse is that he becomes a very successful contestant.


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