Search results for "Paul Frankeur"
Strange Tales

Strange Tales

Strange Tales
IMDb: 5.8
84

A group of policemen look over three murder cases including a cutthroat that prays on young women, a madman that hid his deformed landlord’s corpse in the floor, and a…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Reproduction interdite

Reproduction interdite

Reproduction interdite
IMDb: 6.5
92

An art dealer in dire straits, after being ripped off by two crooks, one of whom owns a genuine painting by Gauguin while the other is an expert copyist, finds…

Genre: Crime, Drama
My Uncle Benjamin

My Uncle Benjamin

My Uncle Benjamin
IMDb: 6.7
90

Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper’s beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage…

Genre: Comedy, History
The Phantom of Liberty

The Phantom of Liberty

The Phantom of Liberty
IMDb: 7.8
104

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting…

Genre: Comedy
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
IMDb: 7.8
101

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.

Genre: Comedy
The Milky Way

The Milky Way

The Milky Way
IMDb: 7.4
102

Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way they meet a whole assortment of people—some truculent, some violent, and…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Le Deuxième Souffle

Le Deuxième Souffle

Le Deuxième Souffle
IMDb: 7.9
150

A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.

Genre: Crime, Drama
License to Kill

License to Kill

License to Kill
IMDb: 5.3
N/A

Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime…

Genre: Crime
Maigret Sees Red

Maigret Sees Red

Maigret Sees Red
IMDb: 6.2
87

Gangsters from the United States try to kill a key government witness whose testimony could help land an influential mobster in jail. It’s up to detective Maigret to deal with…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Gentleman from Epsom

The Gentleman from Epsom

The Gentleman from Epsom
IMDb: 6.1
82

The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Rue de Paris

Rue de Paris

Rue de Paris
IMDb: 6.6
90

Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin), is the topic of this standard drama with a dash of comedy. While Henri was…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
IMDb: 7
98

Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.

Razzia

Razzia

Razzia
IMDb: 7
101

Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touchez Pas au Grisbi
IMDb: 7.7
95

Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin
IMDb: 7.4
106

Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they’ve gotten away with murder after Thérèse’s weakling husband “falls” from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer’s demands and…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Jour de fête

Jour de fête

Jour de fête
IMDb: 7.2
86

Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling…

Genre: Comedy
Devil’s Daughter

Devil’s Daughter

Devil’s Daughter
IMDb: 6.7
105

Pursued by the police, Saget usurps the identity of a man who was returning to his town after having made his fortune in the United States. Under this new name,…

Genre: Drama