The French Connection II 1975  R, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Charles Millot, Philippe Leotard, Ed Lauter, Samantha Llorens, Andre Penvern, Reine Prat, Ham-Chau Luong, Jacques Dynam, Raoul Delfosse, Malek Kateb
In this sequel to the "French Connection," Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) is still tracking down drug dealer Frog One (Fernando Rey). This time around, Popeye travels to Marseilles where he becomes a victim when he is captured by Frog One's henchmen and forced to take heroin. They then dump him at a police station where he quits the heroin by the "Cold Turkey" method, recovers, and is back on the job tracking down the drug dealers.
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La Balance 1982 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Nark
Director: Bob Swaim
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Richard Berry, Bernard Freyd, Christophe Malavoy, Jean-Paul Comart, Maurice Ronet, Albert Dray, Florent Pagny, Tcheky Karyo
Police employ brutal tactics to force Parisian prostitute Nicole (Nathalie Baye) and her racketeer pimp, Dede (Philippe Leotard), to become informers and help breakup a drug syndicate.
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 Les Miserables 1995  R, 174 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Annie Girardot, Clementine Celarie, Philippe Leotard, Jean Marais, Micheline Presle, Philippe Khorsand, Salome Lelouch
This is an extravagant, heart-felt rendition of Victor Hugo's epic novel about Valjean's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) attempts to lead a new life after being imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread. Although he spends the rest of his life performing noble acts of sacrifice for his fellow outcasts, his every move is closely watched by detective Javert (Philippe Khorsand).
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Middle of the World 1974 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Alain Tanner
Cast: Olimpia Carlisi, Philippe Leotard, Juliet Berto, Jacques Denis, Roger Jendly, Gilbert Bahon, Paul Paquier, Denise Peron, Pierre Walker, Adrien Nicati
Paul (Philippe Leotard) is a married engineer who wants it all–he runs for political office while having an affair with a waitress.
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Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me 1972 R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: A Gorgeous Bird Like Me
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand, Andre Dussollier, Philippe Leotard, Anne Kreis, Gilberte Geniat, Daniele Girard, Martine Ferriere, Michel Delahaye, Jerome Zucca
While writing his book "Criminal Women," criminology student Stanislaus (Andre Dussollier) visits a prison and interviews inmate Camille Bliss (Bernadette Lafont). As she relates her past to Stanislaus, she reveals that while she is accused of attempting to kill both her husband (Philippe Leotard) and her lover (Charles Denner), she has indirectly been involved in the killing of her father and mother-in-law as well. By the time she finishes her stories, Stanislaus, like others before, falls in love with Camille, and now he determines to prove her innocence.
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Two English Girls 1971  N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Anne and Muriel
Two English Girls and the Continent
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter, Sylvia Marriott, Marie Mansart, Philippe Leotard, Irene Tunc, Mark Peterson, Georges Delerue, Marcel Berbert
During the early 20th century, aspiring French writer Claude Roe (Jean-Pierre Leaud) is invited to the home of a British friend of his mother for the summer. Claude meets and falls in love with two sisters (Kika Markham and Stacey Tendeter), which marks the beginning of an obsession with one of them that will endure for 20 years.
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| 1. The French Connection II (1975)
2. La Balance (1982)
aka: The Nark
3. Les Miserables (1995)
4. Middle of the World (1974)
5. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972)
aka: A Gorgeous Bird Like Me
6. Two English Girls (1971)
aka: Anne and Muriel
aka: Two English Girls and the Continent
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