Mississippi Mermaid(La sirène du Mississipi)

The 400 Blows
(Les Quatre Cents Coups)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1959
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay, Robert Beauvais
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy

For Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. When one of his schemes goes awry, the law gets involved.

Antoine and Colette
(Antoine et Colette)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1962
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte, François Darbon, Patrick Auffay, Jean-François Adam
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Available on Criterion Channel

Will Colette ultimately fall for Antoine's romanticism?

Elevator to the Gallows
(Ascenseur pour l'échafaud)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1958
• Director Louis Malle
• Cast Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Lino Ventura, Iván Petrovich
• Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Plex

Frantic for life and love - frantic for excitement

Small Change
(L'Argent de poche)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1976
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Jean-François Stévenin, Virginie Thévenet, Chantal Mercier, Marcel Berbert, Christine Pellé, Eva Truffaut
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, DIRECTV

The Last Metro
(Le Dernier Métro)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1980
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard
• Genre Drama, Romance, War
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Video

A story of love and conflict in Nazi-occupied Paris.

The Soft Skin
(La Peau douce)

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

What happens when married Pierre meets the enchanting Nicole?

Inland Empire

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Poland, USA • 2006
• Director David Lynch
• Cast Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Jan Hencz
• Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Available on No streaming locations found.

An actress's perception of reality gets distorted as her life begins to mimic the movie she's shooting in a nightmarish and surreal way.

Indochine

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1992
• Director Régis Wargnier
• Cast Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Pérez, Linh Đan Phạm, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Alain Fromager
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

As the country changes around her, the prosperous owner of a rubber plantation in French Indochina tries to maintain control…

Ménage
(Tenue de soirée)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1986
• Director Bertrand Blier
• Cast Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou, Michel Creton, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Yves Berteloot
• Genre Crime, Drama, Comedy
• Available on No streaming locations found.

The Woman Next Door
(La Femme d'à côté)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1981
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michèle Baumgartner, Roger Van Hool, Véronique Silver
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Criterion Channel

Swords of Blood
(Cartouche)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Italy • 1962
• Director Philippe de Broca
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jess Hahn, Marcel Dalio, Jean Rochefort, Philippe Lemaire
• Genre Action, Comedy, Adventure
• Available on No streaming locations found.

The Brain
(Le Cerveau)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Italy • 1969
• Director Gérard Oury
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven, Eli Wallach, Silvia Monti, Raymond Gérôme
• Genre Crime, Comedy
• Available on No streaming locations found.

The Brain has rocked the world with laughter!

The White Ribbon
(Das weisse Band)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Germany, Austria, France • 2009
• Director Michael Haneke
• Cast Ursina Lardi, Ulrich Tukur, Burghart Klaußner, Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Susanne Lothar
• Genre Drama, Mystery
• Available on Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV

In rural Germany just before World War I, strange things are happening to a once-ordinary, authoritarian village society.

Buffet froid

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1979
• Director Bertrand Blier
• Cast Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Michel Serrault, Geneviève Page, Jean Benguigui
• Genre Comedy, Crime
• Available on Kanopy

He has no memory of committing the murders... what did he really do?

Happy Easter
(Joyeuses Pâques)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1984
• Director Georges Lautner
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Marceau, Marie Laforêt, Rosy Varte, Michel Beaune, Marie-Christine Descouard
• Genre Comedy
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Fear Over the City
(Peur sur la ville)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Italy • 1975
• Director Henri Verneuil
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner, Adalberto Maria Merli, Rosy Varte, Jean Martin, Lea Massari
• Genre Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Cop or Hood
(Flic ou voyou)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1979
• Director Georges Lautner
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset, Julie Jézéquel, Michel Beaune
• Genre Action, Comedy, Crime
• Available on No streaming locations found.

The Body of My Enemy
(Le corps de mon ennemi)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1976
• Director Henri Verneuil
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bernard Blier, Marie-France Pisier, René Lefèvre, François Perrot, Daniel Ivernel
• Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Trophy Wife
(Potiche)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 2010
• Director François Ozon
• Cast Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Jérémie Renier, Judith Godrèche
• Genre Comedy
• Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, ARROW, Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy

France, 1977: Women's Liberation is in the air

Love Is a Funny Thing
(Un Homme Qui Me Plaît)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Italy • 1969
• Director Claude Lelouch
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, Marcel Bozzuffi, Farrah Fawcett, Kaz Garas, Foster Hood
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on Epix, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, EPIX Amazon Channel

The Slap
(La Gifle)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Italy • 1974
• Director Claude Pinoteau
• Cast Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Isabelle Adjani, Nicole Courcel, Francis Perrin, Jacques Spiesser
• Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Available on No streaming locations found.