Best French movies of 1984

Actors : Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon,
Directors : Volker Schlöndorff,

Elegant and educated bachelor, Charles Swann, moves in the most powerful and fashionable circles of Paris in the 1890's. When he falls in love with Odette de Crecy, a courtesan, his friends...

Actors : Pat Paulsen, Jack Riley, Jaye P. Morgan, Linda Blair,
Directors : Jackie Kong,

A hapless police officer is transferred to the night shift even as he clandestinely pursues a career as a stand up comedian.

Actors : Pierre Mondy, Patrick Fierry, Gérard Jugnot, Fanny Bastien,
Directors : Gérard Jugnot,

First film (as director) of , this movie is a simple and tender story of a little policemen... See full synopsis »

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. In 1911, he volunteers and is posted to the Sahara under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh...

Actors : François Périer, Paule Annen, Yveline Ailhaud, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Gérard Depardieu,

Blinded by admiration, Orgon, a property-owning French man, brings the poor and insincere Tartuffe into his home and arranges for his daughter to marry him. Various members of the family attempt to have Tartuffe thrown out.

Actors : Pierre Santini, Jean-François Balmer, Sandra Montaigu, Roland Dubillard,
Directors : Jacques Bral,

A private detective ponders another profession until a mysterious woman hires him to solve her roommate's murder.

Actors : Paul Crauchet, Sandrine Dumas, Bernard Brieux, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Alain Bonnot,

Jacqui, David and Nathalie are persuaded by a barely known little criminal to do a hold-up in a bank. But they're squealed on, just used as diversion while a group of professional criminals...