Browse by Country - France
The Tenant (1976)
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Shelley Winters
Polanski's most autobiographical film is, like "Repulsion", a journey through the distorted realm of the human mind. Polanski himself plays Trelkovsky... Read more
Bilitis (1977)
Director: David Hamilton
Starring: Patti D'arbanville, Mona Kristensen, Gilles Kohler
The sexual awakening of a young woman is the focus of this gorgeously filmed, super-sensual tale from acclaimed photographer David Hamilton ("Laura").... Read more
Orpheus ( aka Orphee ) (1949)
Director: Jean Cocteau
Starring: Maria Casares, Jean Marais, Francois Perier
Jean Cocteau's 1940s update of the Orphic myth depicts Orpheus (Jean Marais), a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his... Read more
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Director: Rene Laloux
Starring: Oms, Draags
A winner at the Cannes Film Festival 1973, 'Fantastic Planet' is a full length animated fantasy set on the planet of the Draags in a far-off solar sys... Read more
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver, Armand Assante
Gerard Depardieu plays the intrepid explorer who discovered America 500 years ago, Christopher Colombus. Told from the point of view of his illegitima... Read more
The Bear (1988)
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Jack Wallace, Tcheky Karyo, Andre Lacombe
A good family film about an orphaned baby bear and the huge Kodiak bear that 'adopts it'. Made over several years with a huge budget and a top French... Read more
Fresh (1994)
Director: Boaz Yakin
Starring: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L Jackson
This harrowing urban drama about survival and redemption in inner-city America plays like a coiled spring that could snap at any moment. Sean Nelson p... Read more
A Self Made Hero (1996)
Director: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Albert Dupontel
Mathieu Kassovitz plays a young Frenchman who manages to avoid military service in WWII. His one great talent is his confidence and his ability as a s... Read more
Subway (1985)
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Reno, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Gal...
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a successful safecracker who needs to find a hideout after robbing the wealthy and well-connected Helena (Isabelle Adjan... Read more
The Advocate (1993)
Director: Leslie Megahey
Starring: Colin Firth, Amina Annabi, Donald Pleasence, Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, Lysette...
Aka "Hour of the Pig". Lawyer Colin Firth abandons the bustle of 15th century Paris for the supposedly more pastoral pace of rural France, only to get... Read more