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France
A Woman Possessed - 1975
Laurent, a seemingly normal young man, is looking to join a witches' sect that resides in a forest near his house. The only thing is Laurent's wife Aline also needs to join the sect
Quality: 9/10, subs, aka La Papesse
Stars: Lisa Livane, Erika Maaz, Jean-François Delacour
L'Appartement des Filles - 1963
A charming gold smuggler tries to recruit an equally charming air hostesses to transport gold bars to Bombay, in this tres cool romantic crime comedy
Quality: 8.5/10, France, Subs
Stars: Mylène Demongeot, Sylva Koscina, Renate Ewert
Au Royaume des Cieux - 1949
The story takes place in a harsh girls reformatory where a couple of young lovers try to make their escape. Recommended
Quality: 9/10, subs. aka Woman Hunt
Stars: Serge Reggiani, Jean Davy, Monique Mélinand
The Blonde Witch - 1956
An engineer working for a lumber company falls for a beautiful wild country girl, said by locals to be a witch. He tries to make her conform to regular ways. A real gem
Quality: 9/10, France/Sweden, subs (aka La Sorciere)
Stars: Marina Vlady, Maurice Ronet, Nicole Courcel
Come Dance With Me! - 1959
A sexy dance teacher picks up a Dentist recently separated from his wife but he doesn't realise that she has blackmail on her mind
Quality: 9/10, subs
Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams
Couple Cherche 1978
A rich couple hire a butler to spice up their love life
Quality: 9/10, France, Adult, Dubbed (aka Serviced With A Smile)
Stars: Brigitte Lahaie, Nicole Valin, Alban Ceray
Devil and the Angel - 1946
An internationally renowned engraver manages to make counterfeit notes for the love of a woman. She is blind and cannot see the ugliness of the excruciatingly disfigured engraver
Quality: 8/10, France, subs
Stars: Madeleine Sologne, Erich von Stroheim, Louis Salou
The Devil's Daughter - 1946
A gangster on the run takes refuge in his hometown. A classic French Noir
Quality: 7.5/10, France, subs (aka La Fille du Diable)
Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Ledoux, Thérèse Dorny
Don Juan Or If Don Juan Were A Woman - 1973
A Parisian girl believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carriere, Michele Sand, Jane Birkin
The Fourth Sex - 1963
Michel and Paul earn money from passers-by by doing chalk drawings outside the Louvre. They also make the scene at the hot spots of Paris. Sand is a wealthy and luscious blonde lesbian artist who paints nude girls and houses an entourage of chic chicks at her loft
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Brigitte Juslin, Richard Winckler, Nicole Burgot
Huis Clos - 1954 aka No Exit
Three people who despise each other find themselves sharing a room in Hell - forever
Quality: 9/10, France, subs
Stars: Arletty, Frank Villard, Gaby Sylvia
The Killing Of Santa Claus - 1941
An old globe-maker is mysteriously killed while going through the town, playing out his role as Father Christmas
Quality: 9/10, France, Subs
Stars: Harry Baur, Renée Faure, Marie-Hélène Dasté
Knave Of Hearts aka Monsieur Ripois (1954) (dvd)
From the Louis Hemon novel 'M.Ripois and His Nemesis', about a philanderer in pursuit of love and riches from Paris to London
Quality: 9/10 France/UK, Subtitles, French language
Stars: Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Margaret Johnston, Natasha Parry
Lady In The Car With Glasses And A Gun - 1970
A girl takes her boss's car for the holiday in the Med, oddly retracing a journey she has not taken, and is recognized by people she has not met before
Quality: 6-7/10 (variable)
Stars: Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, John McEnery, Stephane Audran, Bernard Fresson
The Long Absence - 1961
Thérèse Langlois runs a small café in the suburbs of Paris, awaits the return of her long lost husband. One day she thinks she recognises him, as a tramp
Quality: 9/10, France/Italy, subs
Stars: Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette
Lorna The Exorcist - 1974
Franco directed film in which a man is tormented by an ex-lover, Lorna, who possesses a strange power over a women, including the man's daughter
Quality: 9/10, France, dubbed (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Pamela Stanford, Guy Delorme, Lina Romay
Les Louves - 1957 aka The She-Wolves
Two POW's escape and go on the run, one eager to take refuge with his never-met War girlfiend Helene, but when he is killed the other guy takes his place and a twisted web is woven
Quality: 7.5/10, subs
Stars: Francois Perier, Micheline Presle, Jeanne Moreau
Love Is My Profession - 1958
Married French lawyer Andre, successfully defends the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she won't be true to him
Quality: 9/10, Subs, Fr/It
Stars: Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère
Malefices - 1962 aka Sorcery
A married Vet is called by a mysterious woman to treat her sick leopard. They become lovers but she holds a strange power over him and puts a hex on his wife
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Juliette Gréco, Liselotte Pulver, Jean-Marc Bory
Manèges - 1950
The cutting story of a sham marriage, love, hatred, greed, manipulation and misogyny
Quality: 9/10, France, subs, aka The Cheat
Stars: Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Jacques Baumer
Mr Peek a Boo - 1951
A mild-mannered government official discovers that he has the ability to walk through walls
Quality: 8.5/10 (a little audio noise. English language French/Italian co-prd)
Stars: Bourvil, Joan Greenwood, Gerard Oury, Roger Treville
The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak - 1984
Wild, scanitly-clad fantasy adventure!
Quality: 9/10, dubbed
Stars: Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zaboo Breitman
Retour de Manivelle - 1957
Superb French Film Noir. An unemployed Frenchman who saves the life of a rich man is hired as a chauffeur by the grateful man but gets caught in a murder-for-life-insurance-money scheme with his scheming wife. Sexy, sleazy and brutal
Quality: 9/10, France/Italy, Subs (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Michèle Mercier
Un Revenant - 1946
A dance producer returns to his home town seeking revenge on the family who tried to kill him some twenty years earlier
Quality: 9/10, subs, France
Stars: Louis Jouvet, Gaby Morlay, Francois Perier
The Sleeping Car Murder - 1965
Six people travel in a sleeping car from Marseilles to Paris. Upon their arrival, a woman is found dead in one of the berths. The Police investigate the other passengers, suspecting one may be the murderer, but they are murdered one by one
Quality: 9/10, France, subs, aka Compartiment Tueurs
Director: Costa-Gavras
Stars: Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Simone Signoret
Sylvie et le Fantome - 1946
The magical tale of a ghost who helps a young girl find true happiness. Excellent stuff
Quality: 8/10, subtitles
Stars: Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey, Jacques Tati
Temptation Island - 1959 aka L'ile du Bout du Monde
Three girls are shipwrecked with a tasy geezer on a remote island. Love, sex and murder are on the cards
Quality: 9/10, subs
Stars: Magali Noël, Dawn Addams, Rossana Podestà, Christian Marquand