Une femme est une femme / A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Angela,a striptease artist, wants to have a baby and tries to persuade her boyfriend Emile to go along with the idea. Emile will have none of it so she goes after Emile's friend Alfred.
Starring: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Stavisky… / L'empire d'Alexandre (1974)
Crime | Drama
Irrestisible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving hundreds millions of francs gets exposed result is an unprecedented scandal that almost caused a civil war.
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Michael Lonsdale, Roberto Bisacco, Claude Rich
Director: Alain Resnais
Le jour se lève / Daybreak (1939)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. He locked himself in his furnished room and starts remembering how he was led to murder. He met once Francoise, a young fleurist, and they fell in love. But Francoise was gotten round by Valentin, a dog trainer, a machiavellian guy…
Starring: Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty, Mady Berry, René Génin
Director: Marcel Carné
La bête humaine / The Human Beast (1938)
Drama
The story centers on a train engineer Jacques Lantier (Jean Gabin) who lusts after Séverine Roubaud (Simone Simon), the wife of his co-worker Roubaud (Fernand Ledoux). Roubaud discovers that his young wife, Séverine, has been seduced by her godfather, the wealthy Grandmorin. Jealous, Roubaud forces Séverine to assist in the murder of Grandmorin during a train journey. The murder is witnessed by a railway worker, Jacques Lantier, but he keeps quiet because he is in love with Séverine. Disgusted by what her husband has done, Séverine has an affair with Lantier and pleads with him to kill her cruel husband. Little does she know that Lantier also has a dark secret.
Starring: Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Simone Simon, Blanchette Brunoy, Gérard Landry
Director: Jean Renoir
Rebellion / L'ordre et la morale (2011)
Action | Drama | History
Dissidents in a French colony attack a police station and take hostages.
Starring: Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Dabangg 2 (2012)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Chulbul Pandey is transferred and promoted to Kanpur. He is happily married with Rajjo. Kanpur witness a lot of criminal activities daily and kidnapping, rape and murders are done in broad daylight. The main antagonist/villain is Baccha Bhaiyaa, politician and a strong contender for the upcoming elections and Chulbul Pandey sabotages his political image by revealing his immoral activities to the public, media and police force. Chulbul Pandey takes Baccha Bhaiya head on & remains 'Dabang' as always.
Starring: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Mahie Gill, Sonakshi Sinha, Vinod Khanna
Director: Arbaaz Khan
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Comedy | Drama
When the head of a large corporation dies, the Chairman installs a mailroom clerk as CEO so that he and the Board of Directors can become rich by shorting the stock. But the unassuming pawn takes his new position seriously and steadfastly pursues his own ideas, which only increase the company's worth.
Starring: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning, John Mahoney, Jim True-Frost
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Crime | Drama | Romance
Pépé le Moko is a gangster from Paris that hides in Algier's Casbah. In the Casbah, he is safe and is able to elude the police's attempts to capture him. But he misses his freedom, after two years in the Casbah. He meets a gorgeous Parisian tourist, Gaby, and they fall in love. Native inspector Slimane tries to use her to attract Pépé out of the Casbah in order to catch him.
Starring: Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin, Lucas Gridoux
Director: Julien Duvivier
Mr. Klein / Monsieur Klein (1976)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | War
Paris, 1942. Robert Klein cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German-occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews facing discrimination because of laws edicted by the French government are desperate to sell valuable works of art – and it is easy for him to get them at bargain prices. His cosy life is disrupted when he realizes that there is another Robert Klein in Paris – a Jew with a rather mysterious behaviour. Very soon, this homonymy attracts the close – and menacing – attention of the police on the established art trader.
Starring: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon, Massimo Girotti
Director: Joseph Losey
Small Pond (2011)
Comedy | Drama
It's summertime in Columbia, Missouri. The college students have all gone home and Kirsten (Hari Leigh), a blissfully irresponsible register jerk, reigns as the clown princess of the downtown bar scene. Kirsten works ten hours a week at Shakespeare's Pizza and is entirely satisfied with her humble but comfortable world, although she is despised by her long-suffering roommate (Amy Seimetz) and her best friend (Josh Fadem) has come to tire of shepherding Kirsten's drunken antics. While reluctantly reconnecting with an eccentric childhood friend (Susan Burke) who has recently moved to town, an ill-fated nitrous oxide bender unexpectedly forces Kirsten's first baby steps into adulthood.
Starring: Hari Leigh, Susan Burke, Amy Seimetz, Josh Fadem, Ann Magnuson
Director: Josh Slates
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Rolling (2007)
Drama
A med student, a teenage runaway, a lawyer, a drag queen, a high school basketball player, a drug dealer, and a teacher all cross paths in the Ecstasy-riddled L.A. underground party scene. Rolling is a turbulent journey that takes a tough yet entertaining look at this unique drug phenomenon. With the pace and style of a documentary, Rolling captures the essence of Ecstasy culture, exposing the delicate balance of relationships and responsibilities with chasing this drug-induced euphoria.
Starring: Sanoe Lake, Garrett Brawith, Rachel Hardisty, Joshua Harper, Clinton Cargile, Erin Cummings, Calico Cooper
Director: Billy Samoa Saleebey
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Nightwatching (2007)
Biography | Drama | History | Mystery
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting "The Night Watch".
Starring: Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May, Toby Jones
Director: Peter Greenaway
Tess (1979)
Drama | Romance
Peasant girl Tess Durbeyfield is sent to live with the wealthy d'Urbervilles by her father after he learns that they are distantly related. However, the d'Urbervilles are not relatives, they're just a family that bought the noble line's name.
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Tony Church
Director: Roman Polanski
The Joy Luck Club / Xi fu hui (1993)
Drama
The Joy Luck Club tells the uplifting story of four remarkable friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy and heartbreak. Their Lifelong friendship reveals a mosaic of the startling events and conditions that have shaped their lives – and how these experiences have affected the hopes and dreams they hold for each of their children.
Starring: France Nuyen, Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom, Chao Li Chi, Victor Wong
Director: Wayne Wang
The First Time (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A romantic comedy centered on the two high schoolers: Dave, who until now has pined for a girl he can't have, and Aubrey, a creative type who's dating a guy who doesn't quite understand her.
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Britt Robertson, Victoria Justice, Craig Roberts, James Frecheville
Director: Jon Kasdan
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Auntie Mame (1958)
Comedy | Drama
Mame is an unconventional individualist socialite from the roaring 20's. When her brother dies, she is forced to raise her nephew Patrick. However, Patrick's father has designated an executor to his will to protect the boy from absorbing too much of Mame's rather unconventional perspective. Patrick and Mame become devoted to each other in spite of this restriction, and together journey through Patrick's childhood and the great depression, amidst some rather zaney adventures.
Starring: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark, Roger Smith
Director: Morton DaCosta
A Star is Born (1976)
Drama | Music | Romance
The tempestuous love affair between two rock singers, whose careers are on opposite trajectories.
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Barbra Streisand, Gary Busey, Marta Heflin, Sally Kirkland, Paul Mazursky
Director: Frank Pierson
Heavenly Creatures / Maiden's Prayer (1994)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Fantasy
The story concerns Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, outcasts who become best friends, whose bizarre fantasy life becomes more intense as their bond becomes increasingly more obsessive. When Pauline's mother tries to intervene and split the girls apart, they bring about a terrible revenge, resulting in what is to this day still a celebrated and controversial case.
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor
Director: Peter Jackson
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Comedy | Drama
Three sisters deal with their tangled relationships amidst the wonders of New York City.
Starring: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Max von Sydow, Woody Allen
Director: Woody Allen
Legionnaire (1998)
Action | Adventure | Drama | War
A 1920s boxer who wins a fight after having been hired by gangsters to lose it, then flees to join the French Foreign Legion.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff
Director: Peter MacDonald
