During World War II, an innkeeper vows to abstain from alcohol for the sake of his family. Years later, as they thrive in Normandy, his resolve is tested by a charming advertising professional who loves to drink.

The Cow and I

1959

French

7.1

♡ 4

60%

Henri Verneuil Director

Ingeborg Schöner as Helga

Ellen Schwiers as Josepha alias 'Marlène' - la fermière

Bernard Musson as Pommier - prisonnier de guerre

Til Kiwe as SS-Offizier #2

In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.

The Wild Oat

1953

French

6.4

♡ 1

Henri Verneuil Director

René Génin as Arnaud, le secrétaire de mairie

Fernandel as Félicien Hébrard - le boulanger

Fernand Sardou as Le Brigadier

José Casa as Le garde-champêtre

A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.

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.

I... For Icarus

1979

French

7.8

♡ 7

assassination

based on myths, legends or folklore

scientific experiment

Thriller

Henri Verneuil Director

Yves Montand as Le procureur Henri Volney

Georges Trillat as L'inspecteur au bar 'Manhattan'

Georges Beller as Sam Kido

Brigitte Lahaie as Ursula Hoffmann, la strip-teaseuse

Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.

Greed in the Sun

1964

French

7.0

♡ 4

Henri Verneuil Director

Gert Fröbe as Castagliano dit 'La betterave'

Lino Ventura as Hervé Marec dit 'Le plouc'

Bernard Blier as Mitch-Mitch

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Rocco

A truck driver ventures into the Moroccan desert to retrieve a stolen truck, facing danger, bad luck, and uneasy alliances. Chaos builds to a climactic showdown.

Any Number Can Win

1963

French

7.3

♡ 3

79%

Henri Verneuil Director

Alain Delon as Francis Verlot

Jean Carmet as Le barman

Henri Poirier as Un passager du train

Georges Wilson as Walther

Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.

Guns for San Sebastian

1968

English

6.6

♡ 6

52%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Henri Verneuil Director

Sam Jaffe as Father Joseph

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Felipe Cayetano

Charles Bronson as Teclo

Leon Askin as Vicar General

Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.

The Burglars

1971

French

6.6

♡ 10

33%

Henri Verneuil Director

Omar Sharif as Abel Zacharia

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Azad

Dyan Cannon as Lena Gripp's

Robert Hossein as Ralph

In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.

The Sicilian Clan

1969

French

7.4

♡ 7

86%

based on novel or book

Henri Verneuil Director

Irina Demick as Jeanne Manalese

Catherine Sola as La vendeuse de jouets

Jack Knight as NYPD detective

Alain Delon as Roger Sartet

An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.

The 25th Hour

1967

French

7.4

♡ 5

94%

Henri Verneuil Director

Valentino Macchi as

Jean Desailly as Cabinet Minister

Jacques Marin as The Soldier at Dobresco's

John Le Mesurier as Tribunal President

A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's troopers, and other happenings.

The Night Caller

1975

French

6.9

♡ 4

75%

Henri Verneuil Director

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Le commissaire Jean Letellier

Albert Delpy as L'ingénieur du son

Charles Denner as L'inspecteur Moissac

Lea Massari as Nora Elmer

A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.

Weekend at Dunkirk

1964

French

6.9

♡ 6

59%

Henri Verneuil Director

Marie Dubois as Hélène

Catherine Spaak as Jeanne

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Julien Maillat

Nigel Stock as Un soldat brûlé

In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.

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A Monkey in Winter

The Cow and I

The Wild Oat

Mille milliards de dollars

I... For Icarus

Greed in the Sun

Any Number Can Win

Guns for San Sebastian

The Burglars

The Sicilian Clan

The 25th Hour

The Night Caller

Weekend at Dunkirk