Best French movies of 1960s

Actors : Michel Constantin, Lino Ventura, Paul Crauchet, Marlène Jobert,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas...

Actors : Marie-Christine Barrault, Maria Pacôme, Catherine Samie, Pierre Richard,
Directors : Pierre Richard,

A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company. He topples from one problem to another.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Charles Gérard, Christine Lelouch, Danièle Delorme,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

Story about an incurable thief, his success and his failures.

Actors : Guido Celano, Ayfer Feray, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Françoise Brion,
Directors : Alain Robbe-Grillet,

A sad man meets a beautiful, secretive woman who may or may not be involved in some conspiracy ring dealing in kidnapped women used as prostitutes. After several days of their sadly ...

Actors : Roger Van Hool, Michel Piccoli, Amidou, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Alain Cavalier,

Lucile, 25, is the beautiful mistress of Charles, a rich, good-hearted businessman. Being a kept woman suits her as she refuses to work. She is grateful to Charles for that but she does not...

Actors : Jeanne Moreau, Pascale de Boysson, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Deschamps,
Directors : Peter Brook,

A wealthy and bored woman is witness of a murder in affection and meets another witness. She asks him about the history of the victim and falls in love with him.

Actors : Frank Villard, Madeleine Robinson, Jean Gabin, Jean Lefebvre,
Directors : Gilles Grangier,

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

Actors : Georges Wilson, Amédée, Alida Valli, Charles Blavette,
Directors : Henri Colpi,

Thérèse Langlois, who runs a small café in the suburbs of Paris, lives alone, awaiting her long lost husband. One day she thinks she recognizes him in a tramp walking past her establishment...

Actors : Raymond Bussières, Paul Crauchet, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Joanna Shimkus,
Directors : Robert Enrico,

The quest for respect of a small time mob driver turns him into a notorious gangster.

Actors : Geneviève Grad, Gérard Barray, Jean Marais, Riccardo Garrone,
Directors : Pierre Gaspard-Huit,

The ruined Baron Philippe de Sigognac, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors. Attracted by Isabelle, and by the enthusiasm of his acting companions, he joins the troupe.

Actors : Charles Aznavour, Georges Rivière, Nicole Courcel, Cordula Trantow,
Directors : André Cayatte,

Following the defeat of France by Germany during WWII, two French soldiers are taken to a German farm as forced laborers. In the ensuing years they become deeply involved in the lives of ...

Actors : Alexandru Virgil Platon, Nelly Borgeaud, Razvan Petrescu, Françoise Brion,
Directors : Henri Colpi,

An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Braila. Codine (Alexandre Virgil Platon) is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He ...

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Tissier, Sacha Briquet, Bernadette Lafont,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Roland, an idler living on the Left Bank in Paris, is determined to inflict a terrible revenge on his friend Arthur, after the latter subjected him to a harmless joke. He engages the ...

Actors : Francisco Rabal, Marie Laforêt, Charles Denner, Serge Reggiani,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Marie-Chantal travels by train to her cousin's place to spend a winter holiday, when a stranger - apparently a fugitive from someone aboard - entrusts her with a jewel in the shape of a ...

Actors : Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Ronet, Anny Duperey, Christina Holme,
Directors : Jean Aurel,

Clara becomes a secretary who must cater to all the desires of the womanizing writer Jérôme, while he tries to write his memoirs.

Actors : Brigitte Bardot, Laurent Terzieff, James Robertson Justice, Jean Rochefort,
Directors : Serge Bourguignon,

Story of a woman torn between her love for two different men.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marianne Koch, Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret,
Directors : Georges Franju,

When he learns his days are numbered old count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to die there, just to annoy his heirs. As a result of his body not being found the ...

Actors : Denis Le Guillou, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anne Deleuze, Sylvie Bréal,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Mocky,

During an orgy with minor girls, some old and wealthy notables are being murdered by a small group of leftist young revolutionaries. Very soon the police are tracking down Virgile Cabral, ...