I väntan på rättegången där han står åtalad för mordförsök på sin fru blir Claude Gaspard förflyttad från sin gamla fängelsecell till en ny. Där visar det sig att hans nya cellkamrater är mitt uppe i planeringen av ett flyktförsök.

I en liten sydamerikansk håla åtar sig fyra desperata män rena självmordsuppdraget i att under hård tidspress köra lastbilar fulla med nitroglycerin genom ett förrädiskt bergslandskap. På vägen mot den avlägsna oljebrand som deras stötkänsliga och högexplosiva last är avsedd för, sätter varje gupp och plötslig krängning deras nerver, vänskap och mod på prov.

On crowded Milan streets, two men execute a split-second payroll heist-in broad daylight-then begin a lightning-paced getaway, via every conveyance available. But after all, when a tough guy's returning to France (where he's been sentenced to death in absentia) after holing up in Italy for nearly a decade, he's got to have some startup money--particularly if he's going back with the wife and kids.

Frun och älskarinnan till en internatskolas sadistiske rektor får en dag nog och planerar att mörda sin plågoande. De dränker honom i badkaret och kastar kroppen i skolans bassäng, men när bassängen töms är kroppen borta.

När en polsk prostituerad blir brutalt mördad i det naziockuperade Warszawa 1942, identifieras hennes mördare endast som en "tysk general". Brottet förblir olöst under flera år, ända tills mördaren slår till igen och Major Grau från tyska underrättelsetjänsten tar hand om fallet.

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.

En läkare på en liten psykiatrisk klinik i en liten stad utanför Paris blir kontaktad av en amerikansk underättelsetjänsteman. Han erbjuder läkaren en miljon mot att han ska ta emot en man vid namn Alex på sin klinik. Problemet är bara att spioner från både öst och väst kommer till kliniken för att ta reda på vem Alex är.

Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses paths with a beautiful Parisian divorcee, who is nothing like anyone he has ever met before.

Race driver who has lost his membership card becomes the chauffeur of a gangsters pack

Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.

Unga, vackra Celestine lämnar Paris på 1930-talet för att bli kammarjungfru hos en udda familj i ett slott på landsbygden. Snart dras hon in i familjens märkliga dynamik och fastnar i en väv av korruption, våld och sexuell besatthet.

Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. He comes to her elegant flat - her father has died leaving her rich - and she tells the priest stories about men she has seduced. The seduction is easy, she tells him, it's destruction that takes planning. We watch her with an upright elected official, a wealthy boor, and a folk singer. She describes herself as a spider. Her friend Léporella tries to be Jeanne's conscience. What does Jeanne want?

Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.

Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion. A stuttering shepherd is chosen to play Jesus. The town butcher (who wanted to be Jesus) is chosen as Judas. The town prostitute is chosen as Mary Magdalene. The rest of the disciples are also chosen. As the movie unfolds, the Passion Play becomes a reality. A group of villagers, uprooted by the war and impoverished, arrive at the village led by their priest. The wealthier citizens of the town want nothing with these people and manipulate a massacre. In the context of the 1920s, each of the characters plays out their biblical role in actuality.

Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.

1955 lyckades Henri-Georges Clouzot övertala sin vän Pablo Picasso – århundradets mest inflytelserika konstnär – att måla framför filmkameran. Med nyskapande teknik kunde hela processen fångas utan att konstnären själv stod i vägen. Resultatet är en häpnadsväckande, hypnotiserande och oförglömlig filmupplevelse, där de fantasieggande bilderna tycks växa fram ur tomma intet.

Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daughter, frequently to attend meetings and demonstration with customers. His boss trusts him so much that his agenda is always full... at least, that's what he say to his wife! In fact, Marcel and Francis' incomes come from their night job: thieves! Here at least, they are professional. Troubles arise when, during one robbery, they encounter a young, high-pitched voice, candid girl who takes the decision to become their associate in crime... for the fun!

The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.

1914, a small village of the Marne. Charming and woken up, Madeleine, said the Madelon, who works in the coffee(café) of his father, Tourlourou, account of numerous pretenders. To the rich Antoine Pichot, she prefers corporal Beauguitte. When the war bursts, she(it) searches for the latter.