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La Grande Bouffe
La Grande Bouffe (La grande abbuffata, The Grande Bouffe, Blow-Out) is Marco Ferreri's 1973 French-Italian black comedy in which Mastroianni, Piccoli, Noiret, and Tognazzi eat themselves to death; a Cannes 1973 scandal that won FIPRESCI.
La Grande Illusion
La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion) is Jean Renoir's 1937 French anti-war film about French POWs in German camps in WWI, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, and Erich von Stroheim, centered on class solidarity across national lines.
La Grande Maison Paris (グランメゾン・パリ)
La Grande Maison Paris (グランメゾン・パリ) is a 2024 Japanese film sequel to the drama Grand Maison Tokyo, directed by Ayuko Tsukahara, starring Takuya Kimura as chef Natsuki Obana chasing three Michelin stars in Paris, with culinary supervision by Kei Kobayashi of Restaurant KEI.
La Grande Vadrouille
La Grande Vadrouille (Don't Look Now We're Being Shot At) is a 1966 French-British comedy by Gérard Oury starring Bourvil and Louis de Funès helping downed British airmen escape occupied France; it sold 17.27 million tickets in France, a record until Titanic (1998).
La grazia
La grazia (The Pardon/Grace) is Paolo Sorrentino's 2025 Italian drama, his eleventh film, starring Toni Servillo as fictional President Mariano De Santis facing pardon petitions and a euthanasia bill; it opened Venice 82 and won Servillo the Coppa Volpi.
La Haine
La Haine (Hate) is Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 French black-and-white drama about Vinz, Hubert, and Saïd, three friends in a Paris banlieue the day after a riot. It won Cannes Best Director 1995 and three Césars, including Best Film.
La Ilusión Viaja en Tranvía
La ilusión viaja en tranvía (Illusion Travels by Streetcar) is a 1954 Mexican comedy by Luis Buñuel, produced by Clasa Films Mundiales, in which tram workers Caireles and Tarrajas steal tram 133 before it is scrapped.
La Isla Mínima
La Isla Mínima (Marshland), 2014 Spanish thriller by Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos, set in 1980 in the Guadalquivir marshes; two Madrid detectives hunt a killer of teenage girls. Won 10 Goyas from 17 nominations, including Best Film.
La Jaula de Oro
La jaula de oro (The Golden Cage), 2013 film by Diego Quemada-Díez, a Mexico-Spain drama about Guatemalan teenage migrants riding La Bestia freight trains to the US; Cannes Un Certain Talent winner, distinct from Ruben Alves' comedy La Cage Dorée.
La Jetée
La Jetée (1962) is Chris Marker's 28-minute French photo-roman short, told almost entirely in still black-and-white photographs, about time travel after World War III destroys Paris; it won the 1963 Prix Jean Vigo and inspired Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys.
La La Land
La La Land is a 2016 American musical film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. It won 6 Oscars, a record 7 Golden Globes and 5 BAFTAs, and tied the 14-nomination Oscar record before Moonlight took Best Picture.
La Ley de Herodes
La ley de Herodes (Herod's Law) is Luis Estrada's 1999 Mexican black-comedy satire in which a naive PRI mayor becomes corrupt in 1949; it was censored by IMCINE, then won 10 Ariels and became a box-office hit.
La Ley del Deseo
La ley del deseo (Law of Desire) is Pedro Almodóvar's 1987 Spanish melodrama-thriller, the first production of El Deseo, starring Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, and Antonio Banderas; it premiered at Berlin's Panorama, won a Teddy Award, and was Almodóvar's first film released abroad.
La Llorona (2019 film)
La Llorona (2019) is Jayro Bustamante's Guatemalan-French horror-drama reworking the weeping-woman legend as an account of the Maya genocide and Ríos Montt's trial; 97 minutes, Venice premiere, 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, distinct from The Curse of La Llorona.
La lupa (film title family)
La lupa is the shared title of two Italian films adapted from Giovanni Verga's 1880 novella: Alberto Lattuada's 1953 version shot in Matera and Gabriele Lavia's 1996 version starring Monica Guerritore, plus related adaptations Furia and Wild Is the Wind.
La Otra Familia
La Otra Familia (The Other Family), 2011 Mexican drama by Gustavo Loza: a gay couple, Jean Paul and Chema, care for seven-year-old Hendrix, abandoned by his crack-addicted mother; released 25 March 2011 by 20th Century Fox, first national LGBT-themed commercial production.
La Piscine (film)
La Piscine (The Swimming Pool), 1969 Jacques Deray psychological thriller with Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin; Saint-Tropez villa jealousy ends in a pool drowning; screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière, music Michel Legrand.
La Reine Margot (1994 film)
La Reine Margot (1994), Patrice Chéreau's French historical drama adapted from Dumas, starring Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Virna Lisi; Cannes Prix du jury, five 1995 Césars, two cuts.
La Ronde
La Ronde (1950) is Max Ophuls's French film adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's play Reigen, a circular chain of ten love affairs in 1900 Vienna narrated by Anton Walbrook, starring Simone Signoret, and censored in the United States.
La Strada
La Strada (1954) is Federico Fellini's Italian neorealist fable starring Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina, sold to strongman Zampanò (Anthony Quinn); first Oscar winner for Best Foreign-Language Film.
La Tarea
La tarea (Homework) is a 1990 Mexican comedy-drama by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, starring María Rojo and José Alonso, about a film student secretly videotaping her reunion with her ex-lover; notable for its three long fixed-camera takes and 1991 festival awards.
La Vaquilla
La Vaquilla (The Heifer) is Luis García Berlanga's 1985 Spanish Civil War comedy, written with Rafael Azcona, about Republican soldiers stealing a bull; also restaurants and the escaped Minglanilla cow.
La Vida Mancha
La Vida Mancha (Life Marks) is a 2003 Spanish drama by Enrique Urbizu, written by Michel Gaztambide, starring José Coronado, Zay Nuba, and Juan Sanz; the middle film of his noir trilogy, released 9 May 2003.
La Vie en Rose (2007 film)
La Vie en Rose (La Môme) is Olivier Dahan's 2007 France-UK-Czech biopic of Édith Piaf, starring Marion Cotillard, who won the 2008 Best Actress Oscar; shot in Prague for about $25 million, it earned about $86 million worldwide.
La Zizanie
La Zizanie is a 1978 French comedy by Claude Zidi starring Louis de Funès and Annie Girardot: an anti-pollution-machine manufacturer's home expansion drives his wife to run against him for mayor.
Laabam (லாபம்)
Laabam (லாபம்; transl. Profit) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed and co-written by S. P. Jananathan, starring Vijay Sethupathi and Shruti Haasan.
Laadla (लाडला) (1994 film)
Laadla (लाडला), 1994 Hindi masala film directed by Raj Kanwar, starring Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, and Raveena Tandon; a hit about a union leader forced to marry the mill owner, with music by Anand-Milind.
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (लागा चुनरी में दाग)
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (लागा चुनरी में दाग), Journey of a Woman, is a 2007 Yash Raj Films Hindi drama directed by Pradeep Sarkar, starring Rani Mukerji as a Banaras woman who secretly works as a call girl in Mumbai; it opened poorly despite a Rs 15 crore budget.
Laal Kaptaan (लाल कप्तान)
Laal Kaptaan (लाल कप्तान) is a 2019 Hindi period Western-style revenge drama directed by Navdeep Singh, starring Saif Ali Khan as a Naga sadhu bounty hunter chasing Rehmat Khan in post-Buxar Bundelkhand; it was a box office disaster.
Laal Rang (लाल रंग)
Laal Rang (लाल रंग), also Yeh Laal Rang, is a 2016 Hindi black comedy crime drama by Syed Ahmad Afzal starring Randeep Hooda as blood-racket kingpin Shankar in Karnal, Haryana; released 22 April 2016, grossing $366,408, with sequel announced 2023.