The Vault
The Snowshoers
1958 ★ 5.8This short documentary records the celebration and ritual surrounding a snowshoe competition in Sherbrooke in the late 1950s. The film marked the beginning of a
Ten Tall Men
1951 ★ 6.5Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost o
Caroline and the Rebels
1955 ★ 6.5A French officer and his sister develop an inappropriate attraction, leading to comical misadventures and an unexpected twist that brings them closer despite th
Et ta sœur…
1958 ★ 6.3Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is
Isle of Levant
1957 ★ 4.1A documentary on the island off the French Riviera where 'bathing in the buff' isn't just practiced, it's highly encouraged! Isle of Levant is a 1957 documentar
The Tricyclist
1957 ★ 5.7Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine's tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering, Antoine shows more interest in the local soccer team than in professio
Honey, Scare Me
1958 ★ 5.0A crime story writer comes to the French Alps for vacation. However, an envelope given by a strange man, would put him in a conflict between two teams of spies.
Love Is My Profession
1958 ★ 6.3Leading lawyer Andre Gobillot takes the case of Yvette, a young criminal. As he works on her defence, an unexpected romance blooms between them, only to be cut
Sunday in Peking
1956 ★ 6.4Chris Marker’s travel essay Sunday in Peking transforms a long-held childhood dream into a cinematic journey through Beijing. Blending documentary observation w
Niki
2024 ★ 6.2French-American artist Niki de Saint-Phalle, from the age of 23, is a model and an aspiring actor who is married and has a two year old daughter. Together, they
Rue de l'estrapade
1953 ★ 5.6While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend Denise. One
Temptation
1959 ★ 5.0When a ship bringing a contingent of international wounded from Korea is torpedoed, three women (two nurses and a secretary) and a male journalist survive and r
Odette
1950 ★ 6.4The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death
Françoise Arnoul
Francoise Arnoul was a French actress born in Constantine, Algeria, on June 9, 1931, and she passed away on July 20, 2021, at the age of ninety. Also known by t
Ingeborg Schöner
Ingeborg Schöner (born July 2, 1935, Wiesbaden) is a German actress, Zen teacher, and author. She began her film career in the mid-1950s and became a familiar
The Nun II
2023 ★ 6.6In 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. She once again comes face-to-face with a powerful evil. The Nun II is a
The Lovers of Montparnasse
1958 ★ 6.9Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her p
Operation Concrete
1958 ★ 5.4Godard returned to Paris briefly before getting a job as a construction worker on a dam project in Switzerland. With the money from the job, he made a short fil
The Gamblers
1950 ★ 5.9Adaptation of classical Russian Nikolai Gogol's comedy. The Gamblers is a 1950 film directed by Claude Barma that adapts the classical comedy written by Russian
Three Days to Live
1958 ★ 5.5Struggling actor Simon witnesses a murder; he didn't see the killer, but that doesn't stop him from claiming that he did in order to get his name into the paper
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954 ★ 7.2Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enj
The President
1961 ★ 7.3At 73, a former President of the French Council reflects on his political career while writing his memoirs, delving into his relationships with key figures, inc
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol (24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) group of filmmakers who first cam
Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a