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Léon Morin, Prêtre 1961
French director Jean-Pierre Melville's film is an extraordinary departure - a conversation between a radical young priest and an atheist widow that explores faith and love against a backdrop of Occupied provincial France
L'Âge D'Or 1930
The second outing from the surrealist duo Bu?uel and Salvador Dali is a subversive hallucination that takes potshots at the establishment
L'Afrance 2001
A Senegalese student in Paris finds his life thrown into question after a run-in with the immigration authorities
L'Amore 1948
L'Amour A Vingt Ans 1962
L'Amour Fou 1968
L'Amour Par Terre 1984
L'Aveau 1970
L'Enfance Nue 1970
L'Enfant Sauvage 1969
Truffaut's moving exploration of the case of the Wild Child of Aveyron. A detailed account of one boy's journey from child of the woods to scientific oddity to beloved member of an unconventional family
L'Enfer 1993
A husband's obsessive jealousy about his beautiful wife spirals into psychosis in this single-minded thriller from veteran French director Claude Chabrol
L'Eté Meurtrier 1983
L'Homme Qui Aimait Les Femmes 1977
Celebrated New Wave director Francois Truffaut returns to the familiar theme of a man in search of female attention in one of his later and darker films
L'Immortelle 1962
L-Shaped Room, The 1963
L.627 1992
L.I.E. 2001
Unsettling drama about the relationship between a middle-aged man and a 15-year-old boy. Impressive performances ensure a tough subject is given a surprising, complex and sophisticated treatment
LA Confidential 1997
Brilliant adaptation of James Ellroys' detective novel about three cops facing corrupt businessmen, sleazy journalists and assorted trash in 50s LA
LA Story 1991
A West Coast response to Woody Allen's Manhattan, LA Story is another love letter from a comedian to the city he adores
LA Takedown 1989
Before Michael Mann set the big screen alight with the brilliant, epic Heat, he rehearsed the story in this made-for-TV version
La Bête 1975
Banned for 25 years, the uncut version of La Bête is like the extreme French cousin of the Carry On series - funnier, more erotic and far more shocking
La Belle Et La Bête 1946
A faithful and fantastical adaptation of the Beauty And The Beast story from the always fascinating Gallic polymath Jean Cocteau
La Belle Noiseuse 1991
Long drawn-out evaluation of the relationship between a male painter and his female subject. French high arthouse from Jacques Rivette
La Chambre Verte 1978
Truffaut was a fine critic and writer whose feature debut was one of the most exhilarating in postwar cinema.
La Comunidad 2000
Blackly comic thriller by Spanish maverick Alex De La Iglesia. A Madrid estate agent discovers a stash of cash in a dead man's flat. However, an assortment of nasty neighbours would rather die than let her get away with the loot
La Fille Sur Le Pont 1999
Vanessa Paradis is the suicidal siren rescued by a knife-thrower in this award-winning French love story. Camp, contrived but lovely to look at, it's a very seductive fairytale
La Gloire De Mon Pere 1990
French pastoral coming-of-age tale based on the memoirs of the late Marcel Pagnol
La Haine 1995
An unflinching and harsh depiction of racial tension in contemporary Paris, for which Mathieu Kassovitz won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival
La Jetée 1962
Incredibly influential, dauntingly beautiful short made up almost entirely of stills. Inspired a generation of sci-fi directors
La Mère Sauvage 1997
La Peau Douce 1964
French New Wave meets middle-class melodrama in François Truffaut's cool portrayal of adultery. A middle-aged academic falls for air hostess François Dorléac, but their dangerous liaison ends in tragedy
La Régle Du Jeu 1939
Masterpiece from Jean Renoir that satirises French class distinctions to sharp, witty and timeless effect
La Ronde 1950
La Ronde 1964
La Signora Di Tutti 1934
La Sindrome di Stendhal 1996
Blood-soaked psychological crime thriller from horror king Argento. Stars the director's own daughter Asia as a glamorous detective struck down by amnesia while on the trail of a serial rapist-killer in Florence and Rome
La Spagnola 2002
Australian cinema meets European arthouse in this comic story of a Spanish immigrant family's break-up in the outback as the philandering father runs off with an Aussie floozy
La Tragédie de Carmen 1983
La Vie De Bohème 1992
La Vie Devant Soi 1983
Laburnum Grove 1936
Labyrinth 1986
Jennifer Connelly stars as a teenage girl who must vie with David Bowie's bewigged Goblin King over the fate of her baby brother. A fantasy-musical from Jim Henson
Labyrinth Of Passion 1982
Labyrinth of Dreams 1997
Lacemaker, The 1977
Lacombe Lucien 1974
Superior, challenging filmmaking from Louis Malle about a simple farmhand who finds himself working for the Gestapo and falling for the daughter of a Jewish tailor
Ladder of Swords 1988
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains 1981
Punk-inspired music-biz satire starring Diane Lane and Ray Winstone. Features Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols, Paul Simonon of The Clash and Fee Waybill of The Tubes
Ladies House of Pleasure 1972
French kitschosexarama from the early 70s. Naughty, tacky fun
Ladies Man, The 2000
Another feeble Saturday Night Live spin-off, this time featuring an Afro-sporting Casanova who mends his ways after falling in love
Ladies' Man, The 1961
Lady And The Duke, The 2001
Theatrical film based on the memoirs of a British aristocrat living in Paris at the time of the Revolution. Shooting on digital camera, Eric Rohmer experimentally incorporates his cast into an unreal world of chambers and watercolour exteriors
Lady Eve, The 1941
Lady Jane 1985
Lady Killer 1933
Lady Sings the Blues 1972
Lady Vanishes, The 1938
Lady Vanishes, The 1979
Lady and the Tramp 1955
Love story, with dogs, song and dance and a reliable moral message from Uncle Walt
Lady for a Day 1933
Lady from Shanghai, The 1948
Lady in White 1988
Ladybird, Ladybird 1994
A love story inspired by real events detailing a couple's struggle to have a family
Ladyhawke 1985
Ladykillers, The 1955
A star-studded cast is led by sinister Alec Guinness in this vintage slice of Ealing Comedy. A gang of thieves get more trouble than they bargained for when they rent rooms in the Kings Cross home of little old lady
Lagaan 2001
By mixing two of India's greatest loves - cinema and cricket - Aamir Khan's debut production has become the new benchmark for Bollywood and the first Indian classic of the 21st century
Lair of the White Worm 1988
Laissez-Passer 2001
An epic and absorbing collage of incidents from occupied Paris, set against the vivid background of a beleaguered French film industry, from acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier
Lake Placid 1999
The Jaws formula is reworked again, this time with a giant crocodile lurking in a New England lake. A fun, knowing horror comedy starring Bill Pullman, Oliver Platt, Bridget Fonda and Brendan Gleeson
Lamb 1986
Lamp Still Burns, The 1943
Lancelot du Lac 1974
Robert Bresson's take on the Arthurian legend is a masterpiece, with the characters inexorably sucked towards the final battle. Sumptuously shot, riveting story telling
Land Girls, The 1997
Set in World War Two, three girls join the Women's Land Army and find romance in interesting ways
Land Without Bread 1932
Land and Freedom 1995
Land of the Pharaohs 1955
Land og Synir 1980
Land that Time Forgot, The 1975
Landlord, The 1970
Landru 1962
Lantana 2001
An adult drama in the best possible sense of the word, Ray Lawrence's exceptional picture uses a detective's missing persons investigation to examine contemporary relationships
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life 2003
Lara Croft comes over all 007 and Indiana Jones and tries to prevent a mad scientist from using Pandora's Box as the ultimate bioweapon. Angelina Jolie slips into the tight outfits for the video game heroine's second big-screen adventure
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2001
Hollywood wild-child Angelina Jolie makes a larger-than-life Lara Croft, but this muddled adaptation of the phenomenally-successful videogame fails to live up to its dynamic lead
Large 2000
Drug-filled and seemingly drug-fuelled tale of a rock star's son who has to meet certain conditions in order to receive his inheritance. Features a set of cameos from TV types, including Les Dennis and Phil Cornwell
Larger Than Life 1996
Larks on a String 1969
Lassie Come Home 1943
Last Action Hero, The 1993
Arnie's big post-Terminator 2 flop. Self referential, but surprisingly funny. The action movie eats itself.
Last American Hero, The 1973
Last Battle, The 1983
Last Boy Scout, The 1991
Underrated, overlooked action movie gem knowingly scripted by Shane Black and directed with verve by Tony Scott. Stars Bruce Willis as a PI investigating corporate sports corruption
Last Broadcast, The 1998
Bizarrely anticipating The Blair Witch Project, this story follows a film crew's trek into the Jersey Pines in search of The Jersey Devil.
Last Castle, The 2001
A disgraced general transforms the inmates of a military prison into an army to battle the tyrannical regime of the prison commander. Action-drama starring Robert Redford and James Gandolfini
Last Command, The 1928
Last Dance 1996
Last Day of Summer, The 1983
Last Days of Dolwyn, The 1949
Last Days, The 1998
Last Detail, The 1973
Brilliantly cynical black comedy. Nicholson won his first Oscar for his no-holds barred portrayal of a filthy mouthed sailor who ensures Randy Quaid has the time of his life on his way to jail
Last Embrace 1979
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