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Kanopy
89
8.1
/72827/
78
/1152/
80
/1041/
4.4
/61545/
100
/54/
94
/694/
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
88
8.5
/23075/
82
/594/
82
/539/
4.5
/49390/
95
/19/
96
/114/

Le Trou (1960)
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.
poster
The Roku Channel
85
8.1
/72885/
78
/1292/
79
/1062/
4.2
/83907/
95
/88/
93
/869/

Diabolique (1955)
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
poster
79
7.5
/4965/
72
/107/
70
/139/
3.8
/4832/
100
/28/
84
/43/
84
/9/

The Big Risk (1960)
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to start fresh with his family.
poster
Kanopy
76
70
7.4
/10340/
72
/154/
70
/219/
3.7
/10436/
88
/24/
82
/119/

Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
poster
Kanopy
78
63
7.5
/2899/
73
/47/
73
/54/
3.8
/4767/
87
/23/
83
/36/

The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
Using a specially designed transparent 'canvas' to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera rolls. He begins with simple works that take shape after only a single brush stroke. He then progresses to more complex paintings, in which he repeatedly adds and removes elements, transforming the entire scene at will, until at last the work is complete.
poster
65
61
7.2
/9506/
69
/223/
68
/171/
3.5
/3265/
43
/7/
71
/90/

The Night of the Generals (1967)
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
57
7.1
/3749/
68
/83/
66
/121/
3.5
/2492/
70
/10/
74
/20/
69
/10/

Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
55
7.9
/2879/
78
/50/
73
/88/
3.9
/5836/
100
/11/
93
/2/

Panic (1947)
Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.
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Kanopy
63
51
6.5
/3279/
67
/95/
63
/192/
3.3
/3120/
54
/567/

Cartouche (1962)
In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.
poster
Hoopla
75
45
6.9
/969/
61
/23/
65
/40/
3.6
/6208/
100
/11/
86
/5/

Olivia (1951)
"Olivia" captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress Julie and through this screen of love observes the tense romance between Julie and the other head of the school Cara in its final months.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
40
6.7
/1239/
60
/21/
60
/37/
3.5
/693/
90
/232/

The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses paths with a beautiful Parisian divorcee, who is nothing like anyone he has ever met before.
poster
64
37
6.6
/684/
62
/24/
70
/41/
3.4
/535/
57

The Magnificent Tramp (1959)
Bum Archimède wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.
poster
Kanopy
69
37
7.0
/1800/
68
/52/
69
/86/
3.5
/1339/

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.
poster
64
34
6.7
/1172/
56
/20/
65
/34/
3.5
/723/
62
/64/

The Spies (1957)
A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.
poster
68
30
6.9
/781/
65
/23/
68
/51/
3.6
/804/

The Possessors (1958)
Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his business and his family. But someone is about to challenge this authority: his son François...
poster
71
29
7.5
/1034/
64
/16/
58
/16/
3.6
/411/
80
/5/
79
/10/

He Who Must Die (1957)
Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion. A stuttering shepherd is chosen to play Jesus. The town butcher (who wanted to be Jesus) is chosen as Judas. The town prostitute is chosen as Mary Magdalene. The rest of the disciples are also chosen. As the movie unfolds, the Passion Play becomes a reality. A group of villagers, uprooted by the war and impoverished, arrive at the village led by their priest. The wealthier citizens of the town want nothing with these people and manipulate a massacre. In the context of the 1920s, each of the characters plays out their biblical role in actuality.
poster
73
28
7.3
/1188/
71
/26/
72
/69/
3.5
/455/
80
/8/

The Law Is the Law (1958)
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.
poster
Criterion Channel
46
26
5.1
/1347/
48
/31/
43
/34/
3.0
/2791/
29
/13/

Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973)
Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. He comes to her elegant flat - her father has died leaving her rich - and she tells the priest stories about men she has seduced. The seduction is easy, she tells him, it's destruction that takes planning. We watch her with an upright elected official, a wealthy boor, and a folk singer. She describes herself as a spider. Her friend Léporella tries to be Jeanne's conscience. What does Jeanne want?
poster
Criterion Channel
60
25
6.2
/1223/
56
/14/
56
/28/
3.2
/1046/

La Parisienne (1957)
The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.
poster
56
25
6.2
/1380/
69
/24/
57
/24/
3.3
/883/
29
/7/
58
/12/

Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
American ex-Air Force man and current businessman Bob Macklin is married to the impoverished Italian-born Lisa. Bob’s jealousy and immaturity irks Lisa, who tells him she’s planning to file for a divorce before his plane departs on a business trip for Casablanca.
poster
Hoopla
62
19
6.2
/758/
58
/14/
62
/29/
3.3
/359/

Ho ! (1968)
Race driver who has lost his membership card becomes the chauffeur of a gangsters pack
poster
66
18
6.6
/407/
62
/13/
66
/29/
3.5
/216/

Rue de Paris (1959)
While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away, and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times, but he also has a better side that will not stay buried.
poster
65
18
6.5
/555/
64
/11/
63
/28/
3.4
/300/

The Baron of the Locks (1960)
The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. Meanwhile, there is a certain charming cafe owner that the Baron finds irresistible -- at least for awhile.
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
?
6.3
/18/
10
/1/

Sister Angele's Secret (1956)
A poor wop entrusts his savings to an antique dealer's care. Bad idea. When he comes back to claim his dough,the villain acts as if they've never met. And the poor Italian immigrant kills him.
poster
?
40
/3/
40
/1/

Marianne of My Youth (1955)
A new teenage student arrives at a prestige boarding school in Bavaria, having not only the ability to play the guitar and sing, but also to charm animals and detect ghosts. Quickly becoming part of a secretive club of five other students, he is inadvertently stranded by them at an abandoned chateau on an island in the middle of a large lake, where he encounters an enchanting young woman who wants to escape... Also filmed in a separate German-language version with largely different cast, MARIANNE MEINE JUGENDLIEBE, q.v.
poster
?
5.7
/38/
10
/1/
43
/3/

La Madelon (1955)
1914, a small village of the Marne. Charming and woken up, Madeleine, said the Madelon, who works in the coffee(café) of his father, Tourlourou, account of numerous pretenders. To the rich Antoine Pichot, she prefers corporal Beauguitte. When the war bursts, she(it) searches for the latter.
poster
?
5.7
/23/
40
/3/
60
/2/

The Bear (1960)
A mild-mannered zookeeper has to contend with his tyrannical boss and a talking lovesick bear.
poster
?
6.7
/36/
10
/1/

Bird of Paradise (1962)
A beautiful dancer has two admirers -- one is a young worker whom she has only met by accident, and the other is an unscrupulous businessman. The worker had been training as a Buddhist monk and as his interest in the dancer and the businessman's pursuit of the woman develop, the dancer and the former monk end up at the archaeological site of Angkor.
poster
49
?
6.0
/157/
41
/5/
46
/6/

Hellé (1972)
Hellé is a young deaf-mute living among the mountains. She’s ignored by everyone except, now and then, the local woodsmen, who use her for their pleasure. She has no education, no knowledge of right or wrong. One summer, a young man comes to spend the holidays in her village.
poster
?
5.4
/37/
10
/1/
50
/5/

Club of Women (1956)
A remake of a pre-war French film success, Club de femmes is a seriocomedy centralized in an all-female boarding house. Forced to band together because of a housing shortage, the film's heroines set up camp in a deserted structure, despite the tongue-cluckings of local busybodies and do-gooders. Complications ensue when a huge corporation announces plans to raze the building and erect a factory. Amazingly, the ladies are saved by the very company that wants to evict them.
poster
?
6.2
/97/
50
/2/
55
/4/

L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956)
Antoine Fournier, a language teacher at a secondary school in Lille, was disgraced by four young men he had caught stealing money from a charity collection. Dismissed from the teaching profession, Fournier found a job as a porter in a Monte Carlo palace through his wartime friend Ansaldi. A few years later, when he became the first concierge, the "man with the golden keys", chance brought him into the presence of the young men, married but as Machiavellian as ever. He won't take revenge on them, but their baser instincts will.
poster
?
3.9
/35/
16
/3/
30
/1/

The Spy (1964)
The British Admiralty is worried: several cargo ships carrying troops have mysteriously jumped off Gibraltar. The Admiralty calls in the Intelligence Service to find out the cause of the destruction before new units arrive. Lieutenant Jackson, of the Marine Infantry Regiment stationed in Gibraltar, spends all his duty time in Tangier, where he is attracted by his love of poker and a beautiful dancer, Lola. Despite the objurgations of his general and the tender friendship of Cathie, his general's daughter, he can't stop playing and loses a very large sum one evening.
poster
48
?
5.6
/147/
50
/2/
34
/5/

The Affairs of Messalina (1951)
A story, set in Rome of 44 A.D., concerning the amorous and political intrigues of the evil Empress Messalina, the wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, and her eventual hounding to death.
poster
?
7.4
/44/
10
/1/
80
/1/

Would-Be Gentleman (1958)
M. Jourdain is a cloth merchant who wants to become a gentleman, learning dance, music, fencing and philosophy. Mme Jourdain is worried about Dorante's expenses and prefers her daughter Lucile to marry Cléonte. The two young men's servants use subterfuge to get M. Jourdain to accept Cléonte as son-in-law. They fake the arrival of the Grand Turk's son in Paris, and, in an Oriental ballet, confer upon M. Jourdain the title of Mammamouchi, his daughter marrying the son of the Grand Turk, who is none other than Cléonte in disguise.
poster
?
5.0
/32/
10
/1/
60
/3/

Not Dumb, the Bird (1972)
An old lady is far from suspecting everything that is going on behind her back, in particular what her servants are up to.
poster
74
?
7.0
/336/
70
/6/
79
/19/

The Curtain Rises (1938)
1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in full swing. Many applicants, few accepted. Isabelle (Janine Darcey) is one of the few chosen. She joins former students from the second and third years, including François (Claude Dauphin) and Cécilia (Odette Joyeux). They attend the drama class run by Professor Lambertin (Louis Jouvet). The young people, passionate and eager to become comedians, clash in tumultuous love affairs, because by dint of acting, they imagine that life is a farce. François, for example, is in love with Isabelle, who also loves him, but is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress... "Put art in your life and life in your art!"
poster
55
?
6.4
/223/
45
/7/
57
/12/

Falling Point (1970)
Three men kidnap a young girl and keep her in a small house on an isolated beach, waiting for her father to pay up the ransom. But the youngest one, in charge of watching her, let accidentally the girl see his face and it becomes no longer possible to return her alive...
poster
?
5.3
/91/
10
/1/
40
/3/

A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik (1958)
A French animal lover protects a dog and a mouse wanted by Soviet scientists for their space program.
poster
?
5.9
/46/
10
/1/
55
/2/

A Mistress for the Summer (1960)
Philippe, a little known artist, has a mistress, Viviane, a woman he does not love. When he learns the bailiffs are about to seize his paintings, Philippe decides to leave alone for the French Riviera and spend, as he regularly does, comfortable and carefree holidays in the luxurious villa of his friend Paule. But, on his way, he meets Manette, a beautiful but poor girl to whom he offers to become his companion for the Summer. Manette accepts the strange deal in exchange for bed and board. As Philippe always comes in the company of his mistress of the time, the presence of Manette does not pose a problem. But the young woman soon feels ill-at-ease in such a dubious environment. moreover, she realizes that she is falling in love with Philippe, who might not be so cynical as he wants to appear.
poster
58
?
6.6
/309/
52
/9/
53
/3/
3.5
/411/

Stowaway in the Sky (1960)
A small child, fascinated by a lighter-than-air balloon, clambers aboard. The balloon takes flight, lifting the child upward to an amazing adventure. The land-bound adults have conniptions as the balloon wafts by; the child has nothing more than a great time.
poster
51
?
5.6
/216/
54
/5/
43
/7/

Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister’s husband murdered. But without her brother’s knowledge, Lucrèce has taken a strong lover who will challenge the Borgias.
poster
59
?
6.7
/365/
53
/6/
52
/8/
3.6
/333/

Rue de l'estrapade (1953)
While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend Denise. One day, Denise lets her know that Henri has a lover. Outraged, Françoise moves out of marital home and rents a maids' room in Rue de l'Estrapade. Henri tries to get his wife back but Françoise does not listen. She even looks for a job in a prêt-à-porter shop and lets herself be courted by Robert, her neighbor across the landing...
poster
39
?
6.1
/141/
10
/1/
48
/4/

The Nina B. Affair (1961)
A businessman who lives from blackmailing begins to be blackmailed by his own wife who hates him.
poster
65
?
6.8
/241/
58
/5/
70
/11/

If All the Guys in the World... (1956)
A distress call from a trawler leads various people to come to the crew's aid.
poster
50
?
6.2
/121/
37
/4/
53
/3/

Madame du Barry (1954)
The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France...
poster
61
?
7.2
/304/
60
/3/
71
/7/

Under the Paris Sky (1951)
Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.


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