List of French films of 1970

A list of French film production that were first released 1970.

Films

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
L'Ardoise	Claude Bernard-Aubert	Salvatore Adamo, Jess Hahan, Élisabeth Wiener		French-Italian co-production^[1]
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel	Marc Allégret		Drama	^[2]
Bed and Board	François Truffaut	Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko Berghauer	Comedy drama, romance	French-Italian co-production^[3]
The Blood Rose	Claude Mulot	Anny Duperey, Philippe Lemaire, Howard Vernon		^[4]
Bocce cucite	Pino Tossini	Lou Castel, Carla Romanelli, Roland Carey	Crime	Italian-French co-production^[5]
Borsalino	Jacques Deray	Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Bouquet	Crime	French-Italian co-production^[6]
Le Boucher	Claude Chabrol	Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Pasquale Ferone	Thriller	French-Italian co-production^[7]^[8]
Cannabis	Pierre Koralnik	Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Paul Nicholas	Crime	French-Italian-West German co-production^[9]
Céleste	Michel Gast	Débora Duarte, Jean Rochefort, Lea Massari		French-Italian co-production^[10]
Le Cercle rouge	Jean-Pierre Melville	Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté	Crime	French-Italian co-production^[11]
Claire's Knee	Éric Rohmer	Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand	Comedy-drama	^[12]
The Confession	Costa-Gavras	Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Vitold	Drama	French-Italian co-production^[13]
The Conformist	Bernardo Bertolucci	Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clémenti	Drama	Italian-French-West German co-production^[14]
The Cop	Yves Boisset	Michel Bouquet, Françoise Fabian, Gianni Garko	Crime	French-Italian co-production^[15]
Cran d'arrêt	Yves Boisset	Bruno Cremer, Renaud Verley, Marianne Comtell	Crime	French-Italian co-production^[16]
Le Distrait	Pierre Richard	Pierre Richard, Marie-Christine Barrault, Bernard Blier	Comedy, romance	^[17]
Donkey Skin	Jacques Demy	Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin	Fantasy	French-Spanish co-production^[18]
L'Eden et Après	Alain Robbe-Grillet	Catherine Jourdan, Pierre Zimmer, Lorraine Rainer	Comedy-drama	Czechoslovak-French co-production
Elise ou la vraie vie	Michel Drach	Marie-José Nat, Mohamed Chouikh, Bernadette Lafont	Drama	French-Algerian co-production^[19]^[20]
Et qu'ça saute !	Guy Lefranc	Henri Salvador, Michel Galabru, Jean Le Poulain	Comedy	^[21]
Le gendarme en balade	Jean Girault	Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Michel Galabru	Comedy	French-Italian co-production^[22]
La Horse	Pierre Granier-Deferre	Jean Gabin, Danièle Ajoret, Michel Barbey	Crime	French-Italian-West German co-production^[23]
La Peau de torpédo	Jean Delannoy	Stéphane Audran, Klaus Kinski, Lilli Palmer		French-West German-Italian co-production^[24]^[25]
Le Dernier Saut	Édouard Luntz	Maurice Ronet, Michel Bouquet, Cathy Rosier	Crime	French-Italian co-production^[26]
Moonlighting Mistress	Wolfgang Becker	Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Harald Leipnitz, Véronique Vendell	Thriller	West Germany-French^[27]
The Novices	Guy Casaril	Brigitte Bardot, Annie Girardot, Jacques Jouanneau	Comedy	French-Italian co-production^[28]
OSS 117 prend des vacances	Pierre Kalfon	Luc Merenda, Elsa Martinelli, Edwige Feuillère	Spy	French-Brazilian co-production^[29]^[30]
Point de chute	Robert Hossein	Johnny Hallyday, Robert Hossein, Pascale Rivault		^[31]
Rider on the Rain	René Clément	Marlène Jobert, Charles Bronson, Annie Cordy	Crime	French-Italian co-production^[32]
Qui?	Léonard Keigel	Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet	Thriller	French-Italian co-production^[33]
Solo	Jean-Pierre Mocky	Jean-Pierre Mocky, Sylvie Bréal, Anne Deleuze		French-Belgian co-production^[34]
Le Temps des loups	Sergio Gobbi	Robert Hossein, Charles Aznavour, Virna Lisi		French-Italian co-production^[35]
Le Territoire des autres	François Bel, Gérard Vienne, Michel Fano		Documentary	^[36]
The Things of Life	Claude Sautet	Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider	Drama, romance	French-Italian co-production^[37]
Too Small Ticky	Eddy Matalon	Jane Birkin, Michael Dunn, Bernard Fresson	Crime	^[38]
Tristana	Luis Buñuel	Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero	Drama	French-Italian-Spanish co-production^[39]
La Vampire Nue	Jean Rollin	Olivier Martin, Maurice Lemaître, Caroline Cartier		^[40]
Vertige pour un tueur	Jean-Pierre Desagnat	Marcel Bozzuffi, Sylva Koscina, Marc Cassot		French-Italian co-production^[41]
Le Voyou	Claude Lelouch	Jean-Louis Trintignant, Christine Lelouch, Charles Gerard		French-Italian co-production^[42]
The Wild Child	François Truffaut	Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut	Drama	French-Italian co-production^[43]

Notes

↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 7.
↑ Erlewine.
↑ LeVasseur, Andrea. "Bed and Board". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ "La Rose Ecorchee". Bifi.fr (in French). Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ Curti 2013, p. 35.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, pp. 9–10.
↑ Firsching, Robert. "The Butcher". AllMovie. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 16.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 20.
↑ "Céleste". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 24.
↑ Erickson 2013a.
↑ Hobart.
↑ Erickson 2012a.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 32.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 39.
↑ Erickson 2013b.
↑ Erickson, Hal. "Donkey Skin". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ Pavlides, Dan. "Elise ou la Vraie Vie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ "Elise ou La Vraie vie". Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ "Et qu'ça saute !". Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ Palvides, Dan. "Le Gendarme En Balade". AllMovie. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 49.
↑ "La Peau de Torpédo (1969)". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ "Der Mann mit der Torpedohaut". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 46.
↑ "Ich schlafe mit meinem Mörder". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ "Les Novices". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ Pavlides, Dan. "OSS 117 prend des vacances". AllMovie. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014.
↑ "OSS 117 prend des vacances". BFI Television and Film Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 27, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 58.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, pp. 52–53.
↑ Pavlides, Dan. "Qui?". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 60.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 64.
↑ Pavlides, Dan. "Le Territoire Des Autres". AllMovie. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ Erickson, Hal. "Les Choses de la vie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 67.
↑ Pavlides, Dan. "Tristana". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ "La Vampire nue". Bifi.fr. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 71.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 70.
↑ Erickson, Hal. "The Wild Child". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

Sources

Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography 1968-1980. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-6976-5.

Curti, Roberto; Lafond, Frank (2026). French Thrillers of the 1970s: Volume I, Crime Films. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-8681-3. LCCN 2025048366.

Erickson, Hal. "Claire's Knee". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2013.

Erickson, Hal. "The Conformist". AllMovie. Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

Erickson, Hal. "Le Distrait". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

Erlewine, Iotis. "Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

Hobart, Tana. "L'Aveu". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

Pavlides, Dan. "Eden and After". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

External links

French films of 1970 at the Internet Movie Database
French films of 1970 at Cinema-francais.fr

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond20267-1] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 7.

[FOOTNOTEErlewine-2] Erlewine.

[3] LeVasseur, Andrea. "Bed and Board". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[4] "La Rose Ecorchee". Bifi.fr (in French). Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[FOOTNOTECurti201335-5] Curti 2013, p. 35.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond20269–10-6] Curti & Lafond 2026, pp. 9–10.

[7] Firsching, Robert. "The Butcher". AllMovie. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2013.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202616-8] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 16.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202620-9] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 20.

[10] "Céleste". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202624-11] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 24.

[FOOTNOTEErickson2013a-12] Erickson 2013a.

[FOOTNOTEHobart-13] Hobart.

[FOOTNOTEErickson2012a-14] Erickson 2012a.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202632-15] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 32.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202639-16] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 39.

[FOOTNOTEErickson2013b-17] Erickson 2013b.

[18] Erickson, Hal. "Donkey Skin". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[19] Pavlides, Dan. "Elise ou la Vraie Vie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[20] "Elise ou La Vraie vie". Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[saute-lefranc-21] "Et qu'ça saute !". Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[22] Palvides, Dan. "Le Gendarme En Balade". AllMovie. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2013.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202649-23] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 49.

[24] "La Peau de Torpédo (1969)". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[25] "Der Mann mit der Torpedohaut". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202646-26] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 46.

[27] "Ich schlafe mit meinem Mörder". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[28] "Les Novices". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[29] Pavlides, Dan. "OSS 117 prend des vacances". AllMovie. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014.

[30] "OSS 117 prend des vacances". BFI Television and Film Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 27, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2013.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202658-31] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 58.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202652–53-32] Curti & Lafond 2026, pp. 52–53.

[33] Pavlides, Dan. "Qui?". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202660-34] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 60.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202664-35] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 64.

[36] Pavlides, Dan. "Le Territoire Des Autres". AllMovie. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[37] Erickson, Hal. "Les Choses de la vie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202667-38] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 67.

[39] Pavlides, Dan. "Tristana". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

[40] "La Vampire nue". Bifi.fr. Retrieved February 12, 2013.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202671-41] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 71.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond202670-42] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 70.

[43] Erickson, Hal. "The Wild Child". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2026.

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