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1111 Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1976 Akerman, Chantal Belgium / France
1977 La Captive 2000 Akerman, Chantal France / Belgium
2049 Night and Day 1991 Akerman, Chantal France / Belgium / Switzerland Y
2196 D'Est 1993 Akerman, Chantal Belgium / France / Portugal
2219 Les Années 80 1983 Akerman, Chantal Belgium / France
2219 Les Rendez-vous d'Anna 1978 Akerman, Chantal France / Belgium / West Germany Y
2354 Je, tu, il, elle 1974 Akerman, Chantal France / Belgium Y
1444 Fanny 1932 Allégret, Marc France D
2030 The Proud Ones 1953 Allégret, Yves / Portas, Rafael E. France / Mexico
2100 Dédée d'Anvers 1948 Allégret, Yves France
2125 The Shameless Old Lady 1965 Allio, René France Y
2030 Bad Company 1999 Améris, Jean-Pierre France D
2281 Voleur de vie 1998 Angelo, Yves France
1632 Black and White in Color 1976 Annaud, Jean-Jacques Ivory Coast / France / West Germany / Switzerland Y
410 The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Arcand, Denys Canada / France D
794 Jesus of Montreal 1989 Arcand, Denys Canada / France Y
1064 The Decline of the American Empire 1986 Arcand, Denys Canada Y
1175 Irma Vep 1996 Assayas, Olivier France Y
2227 Clean 2004 Assayas, Olivier Canada / France / UK D
2329 Les Destinees 2000 Assayas, Olivier France / Switzerland D
2330 demonlover 2002 Assayas, Olivier France D
2219 The Son of Gascogne 1995 Aubier, Pascal France Y
1757 Read My Lips 2001 Audiard, Jacques France D
1865 A Self-Made Hero 1996 Audiard, Jacques France
2286 The Beat That My Heart Skipped 2005 Audiard, Jacques France D
1271 Devil in the Flesh 1946 Autant-Lara, Claude France
1956 Occupe-Toi d'Amélie 1949 Autant-Lara, Claude France
2122 Tu ne tueras point 1961 Autant-Lara, Claude France / Italy / Yugoslavia
2281 La Traversée de Paris 1956 Autant-Lara, Claude France / Italy
2281 Le Bon Dieu sans confession 1953 Autant-Lara, Claude France
2283 Lettres d'amour 1942 Autant-Lara, Claude France
2297 Rouge et Noir 1954 Autant-Lara, Claude Italy / France
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2239 13 Tzameti 2005 Babluani, Géla France / Georgia D
2293 Hors la Vie 1991 Bagdadi, Maroun Belgium / France / Italy
2311 French Twist 1995 Balasko, Josiane France Y
1573 The Chorus 2004 Barratier, Christophe France / Switzerland / Germany Y
2281 Freedom 2000 Bartas, Sharunas France / Portugal / Lithuania
2281 Selon Matthieu 2000 Beauvois, Xavier France
2293 Don't Forget You're Going to Die 1995 Beauvois, Xavier France
1137 Casque d'or 1952 Becker, Jacques France Y
1373 Le Trou 1960 Becker, Jacques France / Italy D
1467 Touchez pas au grisbi 1954 Becker, Jacques France / Italy YU
2282 Antoine et Antoinette 1947 Becker, Jacques France Y
2292 Édouard et Caroline 1950 Becker, Jacques France
2297 It Happened at the Inn 1943 Becker, Jacques France
1994 Les Enfants du Marais 1999 Becker, Jean France
545 Diva 1981 Beineix, Jean-Jacques France DS
1832 Betty Blue 1986 Beineix, Jean-Jacques France Y
2003 After Life 2002 Belvaux, Lucas France / Belgium D
2003 An Amazing Couple 2002 Belvaux, Lucas France / Belgium D
2003 On the Run 2002 Belvaux, Lucas France / Belgium D
1331 Man Bites Dog 1992 Belvaux, Rémy / Bonzel, André / Poelvoorde, Benoît Belgium Y
2303 Inch'Allah dimanche 2001 Benguigui, Yamina France / Algeria D
2297 Ballerina 1938 Benoît-Lévy, Jean France
2297 La Maternelle 1933 Benoît-Lévy, Jean / Epstein, Marie France Y
1994 Ma Vie En Rose 1997 Berliner, Alain France / Belgium / UK Y
2297 Les Misérables 1934 Bernard, Raymond France
470 Jean de Florette 1986 Berri, Claude France / Switzerland / Italy DS
630 Manon of the Spring 1986 Berri, Claude Italy / France / Switzerland DS
1129 The Two of Us 1967 Berri, Claude France D
1855 Germinal 1993 Berri, Claude Belgium / France / Italy
2296 Lucie Aubrac 1997 Berri, Claude France
1574 La Femme Nikita 1990 Besson, Luc France / Italy Y
1977 Le Dernier Combat 1983 Besson, Luc France D
2296 Subway 1985 Besson, Luc France D
2346 Angel-A 2005 Besson, Luc France Y
2342 Dead Tired 1994 Blanc, Michel France D
1132 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs 1978 Blier, Bertrand Belgium / France Y
1736 Beau-père 1981 Blier, Bertrand France
1843 Menage 1986 Blier, Bertrand France Y
2030 Buffet Froid 1979 Blier, Bertrand France DU
2167 Too Beautiful for You 1989 Blier, Bertrand France Y
2283 Going Places 1974 Blier, Bertrand France DS
2295 Paix Sur Les Champs 1970 Boigelot, Jacques Belgium
2348 Her Name Is Sabine 2007 Bonnaire, Sandrine France D
1184 Days of Glory 2006 Bouchareb, Rachid France / Morocco / Algeria / Belgium D
2295 Dust of Life 1995 Bouchareb, Rachid France / Algeria / Belgium / Germany / Hong Kong
1018 Sundays and Cybele 1962 Bourguignon, Serge France Y
1849 Fat Girl 2001 Breillat, Catherine France / Italy D
2329 The Last Mistress 2007 Breillat, Catherine France / Italy
2329 36 Fillette 1988 Breillat, Catherine France D
84 Diary of a Country Priest 1951 Bresson, Robert France D
418 L'Argent 1983 Bresson, Robert France / Switzerland Y
422 Pickpocket 1959 Bresson, Robert France D
450 Au hasard Balthazar 1966 Bresson, Robert France / Sweden Y
697 A Man Escaped 1956 Bresson, Robert France Y
1260 Lancelot of the Lake 1974 Bresson, Robert France / Italy Y
1288 The Devil, Probably 1977 Bresson, Robert France Y
1599 Mouchette 1967 Bresson, Robert France D
1784 Four Nights of a Dreamer 1971 Bresson, Robert France
1864 A Gentle Creature 1969 Bresson, Robert France V
2202 Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne 1945 Bresson, Robert France Y
2293 The Trial of Joan of Arc 1962 Bresson, Robert France
30 Belle de jour 1967 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy D
37 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy / Spain D
98 L'Âge d'Or 1930 Buñuel, Luis France Y
174 Un Chien Andalou 1928 Buñuel, Luis France D
532 That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 Buñuel, Luis France / Spain Y
754 The Phantom of Liberty 1974 Buñuel, Luis Italy / France Y
1074 Diary of a Chambermaid 1964 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy Y
1710 Land Without Bread 1933 Buñuel, Luis Spain Y
2030 The Milky Way 1969 Buñuel, Luis France / West Germany / Italy D
2219 Noviciat 1964 Burch, Noël France
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2130 Tell No One 2006 Canet, Guillaume France D
2348 Ne le dis à personne 2006 Canet, Guillaume France D
1302 Time Out 2001 Cantet, Laurent France Y
2066 Human Resources 1999 Cantet, Laurent France / UK
2267 Entre les murs 2008 Cantet, Laurent France
2281 Heading South 2005 Cantet, Laurent France / Canada D
2283 Les Misérables 1912 Capellani, Albert France
1511 The Lovers on the Bridge 1991 Carax, Leos France Y
2196 Mauvais Sang 1986 Carax, Leos France Y
1545 Joyeux Noël 2005 Carion, Christian France / Germany / UK / Belgium / Romania DU
45 Children of Paradise 1945 Carné, Marcel France D
147 Le Jour se lève 1939 Carné, Marcel France V
1215 Port of Shadows 1938 Carné, Marcel France Y
2100 Thérèse Raquin 1953 Carné, Marcel France / Italy
2281 L'Air de Paris 1954 Carné, Marcel France / Italy
2281 Trois chambres à Manhattan 1965 Carné, Marcel France
2283 Gates of the Night 1946 Carné, Marcel France
2354 Hôtel du Nord 1938 Carné, Marcel France
805 Delicatessen 1991 Caro, Marc / Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France D
2248 The City of Lost Children 1995 Caro, Marc / Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France / Germany / Spain DU
2186 Thérèse 1986 Cavalier, Alain France Y
2087 Justice est faite 1950 Cayatte, André France
2143 We Are All Murderers 1952 Cayatte, André France / Italy
2266 Le Passage du Rhin 1960 Cayatte, André Italy / France / West Germany
2281 Oeil pour oeil 1957 Cayatte, André Italy / France
2293 Avant le déluge 1954 Cayatte, André France / Italy
2297 Anatomy of a Marriage 1963 Cayatte, André France / Italy / West Germany
2311 To Die of Love 1970 Cayatte, André Italy / France
132 Le Boucher 1970 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy D
664 The Unfaithful Wife 1969 Chabrol, Claude Italy / France D
744 This Man Must Die 1969 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy Y
1008 Story of Women 1988 Chabrol, Claude France Y
1047 La Cérémonie 1995 Chabrol, Claude France / Germany Y
1074 The Cousins 1959 Chabrol, Claude France
1487 Nada 1974 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy D
1900 Les Biches 1968 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy D
1945 Innocents with Dirty Hands 1975 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy / West Germany D
2019 Violette 1978 Chabrol, Claude France / Canada D
2030 Cop au Vin 1985 Chabrol, Claude France D
2050 Les Bonnes Femmes 1960 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy Y
2281 Double Tour 1959 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy D
2283 Le Beau Serge 1958 Chabrol, Claude France V
2311 Madame Bovary 1991 Chabrol, Claude France Y
2329 Betty 1992 Chabrol, Claude France D
2329 Just Before Nightfall 1971 Chabrol, Claude Italy / France
2342 The Swindle 1997 Chabrol, Claude France / Switzerland D
2346 Merci Pour le Chocolat 2000 Chabrol, Claude France / Switzerland D
2219 Destiny 1997 Chahine, Youssef France / Egypt Y
2123 Crime and Punishment 1935 Chenal, Pierre France
1388 Queen Margot 1994 Chéreau, Patrice France / Italy / Germany Y
1941 Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train 1998 Chéreau, Patrice France D
2281 Gabrielle 2005 Chéreau, Patrice France / Italy D
1270 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 Chomet, Sylvain France / Belgium / Canada / UK DUS
2049 Pearls of the Crown 1937 Christian-Jaque / Guitry, Sacha France Y
2283 Fanfan la Tulipe 1952 Christian-Jaque Italy / France
2283 Nana 1955 Christian-Jaque France / Italy
2281 Les Héros sont fatigués 1955 Ciampi, Yves France / West Germany
883 Yeelen 1987 Cissé, Souleymane Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany Y
109 À nous la liberté 1931 Clair, René France D
154 Le Million 1931 Clair, René France D
1423 Under the Roofs of Paris 1930 Clair, René France Y
1507 An Italian Straw Hat 1927 Clair, René France Y
1580 Beauty and the Devil 1950 Clair, René France / Italy Y
1941 Beauties of the Night 1952 Clair, René France / Italy V
2125 Quatorze Juliet 1933 Clair, René France
2148 Gates of Paris 1957 Clair, René Italy / France
2219 Paris qui dort 1925 Clair, René France Y
2283 Entr'acte 1924 Clair, René France D
2283 Les Deux timides 1928 Clair, René France
2297 Le Dernier Milliardaire 1934 Clair, René France
71 Forbidden Games 1952 Clément, René France D
1589 Gervaise 1956 Clément, René France / Italy Y
1636 Purple Noon 1960 Clément, René France / Italy YS
1859 Rider on the Rain 1969 Clément, René Italy / France D
2282 The Damned 1947 Clément, René France
2283 Is Paris Burning? 1966 Clément, René France / USA D
2293 Battle of the Rails 1946 Clément, René France
1946 Monsieur Vincent 1947 Cloche, Maurice France D
79 Diabolique 1955 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France D
324 The Wages of Fear 1953 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France / Italy D
1758 Quai des Orfèvres 1947 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France Y
1828 Le Corbeau 1943 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France D
1848 The Mystery of Picasso 1956 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France D
2169 La Vérité 1960 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France / Italy
2266 Manon 1949 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France
85 Beauty and the Beast 1946 Cocteau, Jean / Clément, René France / Luxembourg D
547 Orpheus 1949 Cocteau, Jean France Y
761 The Testament of Orpheus 1960 Cocteau, Jean France DS
1737 Blood of a Poet 1930 Cocteau, Jean France YS
1864 Les Parents terribles 1948 Cocteau, Jean France
2332 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not 2002 Colombani, Laetitia France D
2105 The Long Absence 1961 Colpi, Henri France / Italy
2152 Farinelli: Il Castrato 1994 Corbiau, Gérard Italy / Belgium / France Y
2295 The Music Teacher 1988 Corbiau, Gérard Belgium / France Y
1701 Tous les matins du monde 1991 Corneau, Alain France DS
389 Z 1969 Costa-Gavras Algeria / France Y
2043 The Confession 1970 Costa-Gavras France / Italy
2171 Special Section 1975 Costa-Gavras France / Italy / West Germany
2201 State of Siege 1973 Costa-Gavras France / West Germany / Italy
2287 The Sleeping Car Murders 1965 Costa-Gavras France
1603 The Silent World 1956 Cousteau, Jacques-Yves / Malle, Louis Italy / France
1766 World Without Sun 1964 Cousteau, Jacques-Yves France / Italy / USA
2295 Hoa-Binh 1970 Coutard, Raoul France
2219 One Man's War 1982 Cozarinsky, Edgardo France / West Germany
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1596 La Vie en Rose 2007 Dahan, Olivier France / UK / Czech Republic DU
710 Rosetta 1999 Dardenne, Jean-Pierre / Dardenne, Luc France / Belgium Y
1381 The Son 2002 Dardenne, Jean-Pierre / Dardenne, Luc Belgium / France D
1402 La Promesse 1996 Dardenne, Jean-Pierre / Dardenne, Luc Belgium / France / Luxembourg D
1624 L'Enfant 2005 Dardenne, Jean-Pierre / Dardenne, Luc Belgium / France DU
2297 Generals Without Buttons 1936 Daroy, Jacques France
660 Rififi 1955 Dassin, Jules France Y
2296 Celui qui doit mourir 1957 Dassin, Jules Italy / France
2317 I Married a Shadow 1983 Davis, Robin France
1828 Cartouche 1962 de Broca, Philippe France / Italy D
1971 That Man from Rio 1964 de Broca, Philippe Italy / France YS
2283 King of Hearts 1966 de Broca, Philippe France / Italy D
2296 On Guard 1997 de Broca, Philippe France / Italy / Germany D
2297 Dear Detective 1978 de Broca, Philippe France Y
2219 La Mémoire courte 1982 de Gregorio, Eduardo France / Belgium
2219 Tangos volés 2002 de Gregorio, Eduardo Spain / France
1672 I'm Going Home 2001 de Oliveira, Manoel France / Portugal Y
2281 Espelho Mágico 2005 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal
2293 The Letter 1999 de Oliveira, Manoel Spain / France / Portugal
2354 In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni 1978 Debord, Guy France
1827 La Symphonie Pastorale 1946 Delannoy, Jean France Y
2281 Aux yeux du souvenir 1948 Delannoy, Jean France
2281 Dieu a besoin des hommes 1950 Delannoy, Jean France
2296 Maigret tend un piège 1958 Delannoy, Jean France / Italy
2148 Dangerous Moves 1984 Dembo, Richard France / Switzerland Y
156 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Demy, Jacques France / West Germany DUS
258 Lola 1961 Demy, Jacques Italy / France Y
1514 The Young Girls of Rochefort 1967 Demy, Jacques / Varda, Agnès France YS
1999 La Baie des Anges 1963 Demy, Jacques France D
2219 Trois places pour le 26 1988 Demy, Jacques France
2219 Une chambre en ville 1982 Demy, Jacques Italy / France
1227 Beau Travail 1999 Denis, Claire France Y
1694 Chocolat 1988 Denis, Claire France / West Germany / Cameroon Y
1977 No Fear, No Die 1990 Denis, Claire France / West Germany VS
2281 The Intruder 2004 Denis, Claire France D
2342 U.S. Go Home 1995 Denis, Claire France
2143 Borsalino 1970 Deray, Jacques France / Italy Y
2348 The Page Turner 2006 Dercourt, Denis France D
2283 La Reine Élisabeth 1912 Desfontaines, Henri / Mercanton, Louis France
2281 Kings & Queen 2004 Desplechin, Arnaud France D
2177 La Lectrice 1988 Deville, Michel France Y
2281 Almost Peaceful 2002 Deville, Michel France Y
2311 Benjamin 1968 Deville, Michel France
2311 The American Beauty 1961 Dhéry, Robert France
2354 Muna Moto 1975 Dikongue-Pipa, Jean-Pierre Cameroon
1367 Ponette 1996 Doillon, Jacques France Y
2281 Raja 2003 Doillon, Jacques France / Morocco D
72 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 Dreyer, Carl Theodor France D
2292 Mina Tannenbaum 1994 Dugowson, Martine Netherlands / France / Belgium
1710 La Souriante Madame Beudet 1922 Dulac, Germaine France
2167 Humanité 1999 Dumont, Bruno France D
2192 Flandres 2006 Dumont, Bruno France D
2281 Twentynine Palms 2003 Dumont, Bruno France / Germany / USA Y
2171 Monsieur Ibrahim 2003 Dupeyron, François France Y
1688 India Song 1975 Duras, Marguerite France
2219 Le Camion 1977 Duras, Marguerite France
2219 Nathalie Granger 1972 Duras, Marguerite France D
890 Pépé le Moko 1937 Duvivier, Julien France D
1576 Un Carnet de Bal 1937 Duvivier, Julien France
1790 Poil de Carotte 1932 Duvivier, Julien France Y
2045 Panique 1947 Duvivier, Julien France
2123 The End of a Day 1939 Duvivier, Julien France
2297 Golgotha 1935 Duvivier, Julien France
2297 Maira Chapdelaine 1934 Duvivier, Julien France
2295 A Chef in Love 1996 Dzhordzhadze, Nana France / Georgia / Ukraine / Belgium Y
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1380 The Fall of the House of Usher 1928 Epstein, Jean France / USA YU
2219 La Glace à trois faces 1927 Epstein, Jean France D
778 The Mother and the Whore 1973 Eustache, Jean France Y
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