Best French movies of 1960s

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Georges Wilson, Amédée, Charles Blavette, Alida Valli,
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 : 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 : Margaret Lee, Robert Stack, Jean Gabin, Jean Topart,
Directors : Jean Delannoy,

Sophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action.

Actors : Daniel Gélin, Serge Gainsbourg, Andréa Parisy, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Pierre Grimblat,

In Venice, forty-old-year old Serge Fabergé has just been given the best advertisement director award. While taking a walk on the Piazza San Marco, Serge meets Evelyn Nicholson, a ...

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Nadja Tiller, Edith Scob, Perrette Pradier,
Directors : Julien Duvivier,

A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.

Actors : Elke Sommer, Vittoria Prada, Christian Pezey, Pierre Brice,
Directors : Max Pécas,

Olivier, a handsome but callow and moody young student, picks up an enthusiastic actress during a theatre rehearsal, and is introduced to her acquaintances -- a group of jaded rich kids who...

Actors : Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Ronet, Christina Holme, Anny Duperey,
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 : 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, ...

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

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