A Judgement in Stone(La Cérémonie)

Straw Dogs

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• United Kingdom, United States • 1971
• Director Sam Peckinpah
• Cast Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton
• Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Sometimes a man is forced to defend his honor.

The Soft Skin
(La Peau douce)

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• France • 1964
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Françoise Dorléac, Jean Desailly, Nelly Benedetti, Daniel Ceccaldi, Laurence Badie, Philippe Dumat
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, HBO Max

What happens when married Pierre meets the enchanting Nicole?

Au Revoir les Enfants
(Au revoir les enfants)

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• France, West Germany, Italy • 1987
• Director Louis Malle
• Cast Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Philippe Morier-Genoud, François Berléand
• Genre Drama, War
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max

At a Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed.

The Piano Teacher
(La Pianiste)

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• Austria, France, Germany • 2001
• Director Michael Haneke
• Cast Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, HBO Max, YouTube

Perversion --- at its absolute best.

Me and My Sister
(Les Sœurs fâchées)

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• France • 2004
• Director Alexandra Leclère
• Cast Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Frot, François Berléand, Brigitte Catillon, Michel Vuillermoz, Christiane Millet
• Genre Drama, Comedy
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Nobody Knows
(誰も知らない)

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• Japan • 2004
• Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Cast Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan, You
• Genre Drama
• Available on Apple iTunes, DIRECTV, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel

After being abandoned by their mother, 12-year-old Akira must figure out how to keep his three siblings alive.

The Butcher
(Le Boucher)

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• France, Italy • 1970
• Director Claude Chabrol
• Cast Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccara, William Guérault
• Genre Thriller, Drama, Mystery
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Cop au Vin
(Poulet au vinaigre)

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• France • 1985
• Director Claude Chabrol
• Cast Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Lucas Belvaux, Jean Topart, Pauline Lafont
• Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Available on Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, ARROW, YouTube

Nightcap
(Merci pour le chocolat)

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• France, Switzerland • 2000
• Director Claude Chabrol
• Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Mathieu Simonet, Michel Robin
• Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Available on Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, ARROW, Kanopy, YouTube

A couple find their happiness threatened by the arrival of a mysterious new guest who raises difficult questions.

Comedy of Power
(L'ivresse du pouvoir)

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• France, Germany • 2006
• Director Claude Chabrol
• Cast Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto, Robin Renucci, Thomas Chabrol
• Genre Drama
• Available on Kanopy

Torment
(L'Enfer)

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• France • 1994
• Director Claude Chabrol
• Cast Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet, Nathalie Cardone, André Wilms, Marc Lavoine, Christiane Minazzoli
• Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Available on Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, ARROW, YouTube

The Magician
(Ansiktet)

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• Sweden • 1958
• Director Ingmar Bergman
• Cast Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Naima Wifstrand
• Genre Drama
• Available on Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube

A nineteenth-century traveling mesmerist and potion-peddler’s magic is put to the test by a cruel, eminently rational royal medical advisor.

Code Unknown
(Code inconnu)

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• France, Austria, Romania • 2000
• Director Michael Haneke
• Cast Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Ona Lu Yenke
• Genre Drama, Romance, War
• Available on Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube

The lives of multiple characters briefly intersect and impact each other in this tense depiction of cultural tensions in contemporary Paris.

Evil Angels

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• Australia • 1988
• Director Fred Schepisi
• Cast Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Dale Reeves, David Hoflin, Jason Reason, Michael Wetter
• Genre Drama
• Available on Apple iTunes, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, Vudu, HBO Max, YouTube

A family torn apart. A public filled with outrage. A woman accused of murder.

Story of Women
(Une Affaire de femmes)

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• France • 1988
• Director Claude Chabrol
• Cast Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Nils Tavernier, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Foutrier, Nicolas Foutrier
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel

Ma mère

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• France, Portugal, Austria • 2004
• Director Christophe Honoré
• Cast Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Joana Preiss, Emma de Caunes, Jean-Baptiste Montagut, Dominique Reymond
• Genre Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Masques

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• France • 1987
• Director Claude Chabrol
• Cast Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Chaumette, Anne Brochet, Roger Dumas
• Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Available on Criterion Channel

France's master of stylish and witty suspense presents his delightfully dark and hauntingly humorous game of cat and mouse

Home

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• Switzerland, France, Belgium • 2008
• Director Ursula Meier
• Cast Isabelle Huppert, Adélaïde Leroux, Madeleine Budd, Kacey Mottet Klein, Olivier Gourmet
• Genre Drama
• Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Fandor Amazon Channel

When construction work is suddenly completed on a previously deserted highway, a neighboring family begins to turn inward.

Inspector Lavardin
(Inspecteur Lavardin)

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• Switzerland, France • 1986
• Director Claude Chabrol
• Cast Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques Dacqmine, Hermine Clair
• Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
• Available on Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Vudu, ARROW, Kanopy

My Worst Nightmare
(Mon pire cauchemar)

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• France, Belgium • 2011
• Director Anne Fontaine
• Cast Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Dussollier, Virginie Efira, Donatien Suner, Corentin Devroey
• Genre Comedy
• Available on Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube

The life of an uptight, upper-class couple unravels when one of them begins a friendship with a crass contractor.