Screenplay: Thomas Narcejac

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast James Stewart · Kim Novak · Henry Jones · Barbara Bel Geddes

Plot San Francisco police detective Scottie Fergusson (James Stewart) develops a fear of heights and is forced to retire when a colleague falls to his death during a chase. An old...

Direction H.G. Clouzot

Cast Simone Signoret · Véra Clouzot · Paul Meurisse · Charles Vanel

Plot Michel Delasalle (Paul Meurisse), the headmaster of a provincial boarding school, becomes the target of a murder plot concocted by his wife Christina (Véra Clouzot) and his mistress (Simone Signoret).

Direction Georges Franju

Cast Pierre Brasseur · Alida Valli · Juliette Mayniel · Edith Scob

Plot A brilliant surgeon, Dr. Génessier, helped by his assistant Louise, kidnaps nice young women. He removes their faces and tries to graft them onto the head on his beloved daughter...

Direction Edouard Molinaro

Cast Lino Ventura · Sandra Milo · Franco Fabrizi · Jacques Berthier

Plot Excellent, very entertaining cat-and-mouse thriller, as an avenging husband (the incomparable Lino Ventura) tries to kill a witness to a murder. In its spare monochrome Decae photography, cool jazz soundtrack,...

Direction Georges Franju

Cast Pascale Audret · Jean Babilée · Georges Bever · Pierre Brasseur

Plot 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...

Direction Jeremiah Chechik

Cast Sharon Stone · Isabelle Adjani · Chazz Palminteri · Kathy Bates

Plot Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic French thriller gets a Hollywood makeover in this glossy remake. Guy Baran (Chazz Palminteri) is the dull, loutish headmaster of a private school that has seen better...

Direction Eric Red

Cast Jeff Fahey · Lindsay Duncan · Kim Delaney · Zakes Mokae

Direction Jacques Tréfouel

Cast Philippe Caroit · Ludmila Mikael · Danièle Delorme · Michel Galabru

Direction David Eady

Cast John Gregson · Mai Zetterling · John Ireland · Michel Dennison

Plot Businessman and inventor Richard Hammond is determined to develop and market the perfect light-bulb. In a freak lab accident he is blinded and suffers a partial breakdown. His wife, partner...

Direction John Badham

Cast Tuesday Weld · Joan Hackett · Sam Waterston · Lucille Benson

Plot The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school...

Direction Luis Saslavsky

Cast François Périer · Jeanne Moreau · Micheline Presle · Madeleine Robinson

Plot Gervais and his friend Bernard, two prisoners of war, manage to escape from the camp where they are held. Bernard is determined to take refuge with Hélène, his war grandmother,...

Direction Sergio Gobbi

Cast Pierre Vaneck · Elsa Martinelli · Robert Hossein · Jean Topart

Direction Mimi Leder

Cast Melissa Gilbert · Bruce Boxleitner · Kate Vernon · Cicely Tyson

Plot Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than...

Direction Henri Decoin

Cast Juliette Greco · Jean-Marc Bory · Liselotte Pulver · Mathé Mansoura

Direction Gérard Oury

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Edwige Feuillère · Annie Girardot · Rina Morelli

Direction Josée Dayan

Cast Isabelle Adjani · Mathieu Amalric · Matthieu Dessertine · Jacques Bonnaffé

Direction Denis Malleval

Cast Bruno Debrandt · Audrey Fleurot · Marie Denarnaud · Christian Rauth

Plot Jonathan and Anaïs Hopkins have only been married a few months, but life together is a nightmare. Anaïs is unstable, cold in bed and often away visiting her sister. Or...

Direction Patrick Grandperret

Cast Vincent Lindon · Jacques Dutronc · Florence Thomassin · Karin Viard

Plot Paris, 1996. Parisian editor Pierre Duval has an affair with Claire, wife of wealthy architect Bernard Jaillac. The latter has to supervise a large-scale operation in Morocco, he asks Pierre...

Direction Jacques Ertaud

Cast Jean-Luc Azra · Eric Remy · Bernardette Le Saché · Annette Poivre

Direction Etienne Périer

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Michel Auclair · Jean Servais · Raymond Gérôme