Paradis pour tous

1982

French

6.5

♡ 3

Alain Jessua Director

Patrick Dewaere as Alain Durieux

Stéphane Audran as Edith

Fanny Cottençon as Jeanne Durieux

Jacques Dutronc as Pierre Valois

Doctor Valois has invented the "flashage", a cure for depressed people. After having tested it on monkeys, he tries with a first human patient, Alain Durieux. This is great success, everybody's happy except may be Alain's wife, Jeanne, who's worrying about the changes in Alain's personality. Other patients use the treatment with similar successes, and Valois's happy about it. But the monkeys are changing: non-cured ones are made mad by the over-stability and stereotyped behaviour of the cured ones. So are the humans. When Valois realises he can't stop the process, he decides to "flash" himself.

The French Detective

1975

French

6.8

♡ 7

88%

Pierre Granier-Deferre Director

Valérie Mairesse as La fille à la cocarde

Patrick Dewaere as L'inspecteur Lefèvre

Gérard Dessalles as L'inspecteur Ransac

Charles Dalin as Sergio

When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?

Edith and Marcel

1983

French

5.9

♡ 4

29%

Claude Lelouch Director

Carlo Nell as

Carl Studer as

Patrick Dewaere as Marcel Cerdan / Tirs d'essai

Beata Tyszkiewicz as Margot's Mother

This tragic musical drama chronicles the star-crossed love between beloved French singer Edith Piaf and World Middleweight boxing champion Marcel Cerdan who died in a plane crash. The tumultuous affair is paralleled by the love affair of a French POW and his young pen pal who get engaged after writing to each other for four years and having never met. Their romances are framed by the sad, torchy songs of Piaf.

Beau-père

1981

French

6.9

♡ 18

80%

84%

Action

breaking the fourth wall

Bertrand Blier Director

Maurice Ronet as Charly

Macha Méril as La maîtresse de maison

Patrick Dewaere as Rémi Bachelier

Joseph Michael Roth as Un ami de Marion

Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.

A Bad Son

1980

French

7.4

♡ 5

Claude Sautet Director

Patrick Dewaere as Bruno Calgagni

Brigitte Fossey as Catherine

Sandra Montaigu as La fille au flipper

Richard Bohringer as (scenes deleted)

Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. His first stop is at his father's apartment.

Hotel America

1981

French

6.4

♡ 8

40%

Action

Drama

Romance

André Téchiné Director

Catherine Carrée as

Patrick Dewaere as Gilles Tisserand

Catherine Deneuve as Hélène

Dominique Lavanant as Jacqueline

Helene, a pill-addicted anesthesiologist, is mourning the death of her boyfriend when, through a car accident she causes, she chances to meet the lethargic Gilles, a young man who lives for free at his mother's hotel. Gilles pursues Helene romantically, and she eventually softens up. Gilles, however, is also devoted to Bernard, a petty crook who revels in mugging gay men. All three struggle with relationships that seem to be going nowhere.

The Bishop's Bedroom

1977

Italian

6.4

♡ 9

38%

Action

based on novel or book

Dino Risi Director

Karina Verlier as Germaine

Lia Tanzi as Landina - fiancé of Maffei

Patrick Dewaere as Marco Maffei

Ornella Muti as Matilde Scrosati in Berlusconi

Mario, a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco, a loner with a sailboat, and takes him home to meet his estranged wife Cleofe and sexually repressed sister in law Matilde. Mario confesses his love for Matilde and so ensues a love triangle.

The Spies

1957

French

6.7

♡ 5

Henri-Georges Clouzot Director

Curd Jürgens as Alex

Patrick Dewaere as Le petit Moynet

Daniel Emilfork as Peterson

Sam Jaffe as Sam Cooper

A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.

The Swashbuckler

1971

French

6.5

♡ 2

Jean-Paul Rappeneau Director

Sami Frey as Henri - marquis de Guérandes - le chef d'une troupe de chouans

Charles Denner as Le passager partisan des républicains

Vernon Dobtcheff as Le pasteur

Patrick Dewaere as Un volontaire

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.

Serie Noire

1979

French

7.3

♡ 7

92%

Alain Corneau Director

Patrick Dewaere as Franck Poupart

Myriam Boyer as Jeanne

Marie Trintignant as Mona

Bernard Blier as Staplin

In the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious young woman trapped in a grim world. As his obsession deepens, his grip on reality begins to slip—and the line between escape and destruction starts to blur.

Mille milliards de dollars

1982

French

7.0

♡ 5

Henri Verneuil Director

Mel Ferrer as Cornelius A. Woeagen

Edith Scob as Mme Bronsky

Patrick Dewaere as Paul Kerjean

Charles Denner as Walter, le détective

A young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American multinational seeking to dominate French industries. Determined to expose the truth, he races against time to gather evidence before more lives—and his own—are at stake.

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

1978

French

6.9

♡ 2

83%

husband wife relationship

Romance

stricken

Bertrand Blier Director

Philippe Brigaud as Le docteur Papillon

Gérard Depardieu as Raoul

Carole Laure as Solange

Patrick Dewaere as Stéphane

Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.

Heat of Desire

1981

French

5.7

♡ 3

Luc Béraud Director

Jeanne Moreau as Hélène, la mère de Caroline

Alejo del Peral as Réceptionniste

Patrick Dewaere as Serge Lainé

José Luis López Vázquez as Sr. Martínez, recteur de l'université de Barcelone

In France in the near future, revolt and chaos erupt. A right-wing politician, Philippe Muphand, is set to take control when his lady friend Caroline walks out, announcing she will take up with the first fool she sees. The fool is Serge Laine, a professor and author of the prize-winning "Le voyage qui ne finit pas," headed to the train station for tickets to Barcelona where he and his wife will enjoy a second honeymoon and he will lecture at the university. Caroline seduces Serge, and he soon abandons wife, family, job, and honesty to embrace Caroline, the romanticism of Jack London, and murder.

La meilleure façon de marcher

1976

French

7.1

♡ 6

repressed homosexuality

Romance

transvestite

Claude Miller Director

Claude Piéplu as Camp director

Michel Blanc as Deloux

Patrick Dewaere as Marc

Patrick Bouchitey as Philippe

In 1960, Marc and Philippe are counselors at a summer camp in the French countryside. One night, Marc finds Philippe dressed and made up as a woman, and from now on, he will keep on humiliating Philippe.

Going Places

1974

French

7.1

♡ 18

71%

Bertrand Blier Director

Isabelle Huppert as Jacqueline

Gérard Depardieu as Jean-Claude

Patrick Dewaere as Pierrot

Thierry Lhermitte as Warden with Jacques

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

Hothead

1979

French

7.2

♡ 5

Jean-Jacques Annaud Director

Patrick Dewaere as François Perrin

Michel Fortin as Langlumey

Jacques Mathou as Le client des toilettes

Corinne Marchand as Madame Sivardière

François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the team star for the previous mockeries.

Themroc

1973

French

6.9

♡ 6

77%

absurdism

Comedy

Claude Faraldo Director

Miou-Miou as La jeune voisine

Patrick Dewaere as Le maçon

Michel Piccoli as Themroc

Michel Fortin as Un ouvrier / Un CRS

Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.

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Paradis pour tous

The French Detective

Edith and Marcel

Beau-père

A Bad Son

Hotel America

The Bishop's Bedroom

The Spies

The Swashbuckler

Serie Noire

Mille milliards de dollars

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Heat of Desire

La meilleure façon de marcher

Going Places

Hothead

Themroc