This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.

Diary of a Chambermaid

1964

French

7.4

♡ 14

88%

82%

Action

based on novel or book

Luis Buñuel Director

Françoise Bertin as

Michel Dacquin as (as Michel Dacquid)

Jeanne Moreau as Céléstine

Michel Piccoli as M Monteil

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.

The War Is Over

1966

French

7.2

♡ 6

1960s

communist infiltrator

Drama

franco regime (francoism)

Alain Resnais Director

Bernard Fresson as André Sarlat

Françoise Bertin as Carmen

Michel Piccoli as L'inspecteur des douanes / First Customs Inspector

Geneviève Bujold as Nadine Sallanches

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.

Death in a French Garden

1985

French

6.8

♡ 7

Michel Deville Director

Richard Bohringer as Daniel Forest

Michel Piccoli as Graham Tombsthay

Nicole Garcia as Julia Tombsthay

Élisabeth Vitali as Waitress

A wealthy wife's affair with her daughter's guitar tutor is threatened when the tutor is attacked and rescued by a hired killer, leading him to suspect their secret is out.

The Big Feast

1973

French

7.0

♡ 19

60%

Marco Ferreri Director

Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello

Michel Piccoli as Michel

Philippe Noiret as Philippe

James Campbell as Zack

Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

2012

French

6.5

85%

59%

Comedy

Drama

Alain Resnais Director

Lambert Wilson as Lambert Wilson / Orphée #2

Mathieu Amalric as Mathieu Amalric / M. Henri

Michel Piccoli as Michel Piccoli / Le père

Jean-Christophe Folly as Monsieur Henri

From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play "Eurydice." These actors watch a recording of the work performed by a young acting company, La Compagnie de la Colombe. Do love, life, death and love after death still have any place on a theater stage? It's up to them to decide. And the surprises have only just begun...

Contempt

1963

French

7.4

♡ 27

92%

85%

Action

based on novel or book

Jean-Luc Godard Director

Brigitte Bardot as Camille Javal

Jack Palance as Jeremy Prokosch

Jean-Luc Godard as Lang's Assistant Director

Michel Piccoli as Paul Javal

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

Le Doulos

1962

French

7.7

♡ 21

96%

jazz singer or musician

Thriller

weasel

Jean-Pierre Melville Director

Carl Studer as Kern

Jean Desailly as Le commissaire Clain

Serge Reggiani as Maurice Faugel

Michel Piccoli as Nuttheccio

Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?

That Obscure Object of Desire

1977

French

7.8

♡ 18

97%

parent child relationship

paris, france

Romance

Luis Buñuel Director

Ángela Molina as Conchita

Carole Bouquet as Conchita

Fernando Rey as Mathieu

Michel Piccoli as Mathieu Faber

After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.

The Milky Way

1969

French

7.3

♡ 6

95%

Luis Buñuel Director

Daniel Pilon as François, ami de Rodolphe

Georges Marchal as Le jésuite / The Jesuit

Michel Piccoli as Le marquis de Sade / The Marquis

Claudio Brook as L'évêque / Bishop

Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way they meet a whole assortment of people—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.

Death in the Garden

1956

French

6.7

♡ 4

92%

based on novel or book

Luis Buñuel Director

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Captain Ferrero

Michel Piccoli as Father Lizardi

Manuel Dondé as Telegraph operator

Alicia del Lago as (uncredited)

In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local government undertakes a violent crackdown.

Nothing About Robert

1999

French

6.3

♡ 2

Comedy

Drama

Pascal Bonitzer Director

Violetta Sanchez as Ariane Morgenstern

Fabrice Luchini as Didier Temple

Michel Piccoli as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West

Bernadette Lafont as Mme Sauvage

Didier never knew that a wrong film review of a film which he did not bother to watch would land him in numerous troubles.

The Crucible

1957

French

7.2

♡ 6

Raymond Rouleau Director

Simone Signoret as Elisabeth Proctor

Hans Klering as Field

Michel Piccoli as James Putnam

Yves Montand as John Proctor

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear and suspicion blur the lines of reality.

Bad Blood

1986

French

7.2

♡ 4

85%

older man younger woman relationship

Romance

Thriller

unrequited love

Leos Carax Director

Juliette Binoche as Anna

Serge Reggiani as Charlie

Julie Delpy as Lise

Michel Piccoli as Marc

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.

La prophétie des grenouilles

2003

French

6.6

♡ 1

Adventure

Animation

based on myths, legends or folklore

Family

Fantasy

tale

Jacques-Rémy Girerd Director

Michel Piccoli as Ferdinand

Pierre-François Martin-Laval as La girafe

Annie Girardot as L'éléphante

Manuela Gourary as Madame Lamotte

It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements. People and animals alike are dragged through this incredible whirlpool of an adventure.

Spoiled Children

1977

French

6.5

♡ 5

95%

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Michel Piccoli as Bernard Rougerie

Isabelle Huppert as La secrétaire du député

Christian Clavier as Le réalisateur TV

Thierry Lhermitte as Stéphane Lecouvette

Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate himself from his wife in order to complete the script for his next film. Bernard moves into an apartment building whose tenants are in the midst of a revolt against their abusive landlord. Reluctant at first, he joins their cause and then becomes involved in an affair with young, unemployed resident Anne.

Danger: Diabolik

1968

Italian

6.5

♡ 19

65%

Mario Bava Director

John Phillip Law as Diabolik

Michel Piccoli as Inspector Ginko

Carlo Croccolo as Lorry Driver

Adolfo Celi as Ralph Valmont

International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.

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May Fools

The Young Girls Turn 25

The Phantom of Liberty

Diary of a Chambermaid

The War Is Over

Death in a French Garden

The Big Feast

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

Contempt

Le Doulos

That Obscure Object of Desire

The Milky Way

Death in the Garden

Nothing About Robert

The Crucible

Bad Blood

La prophétie des grenouilles

Spoiled Children

Danger: Diabolik