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Kanopy
88
8.0
/133021/
79
/2232/
80
/2249/
4.3
/248873/
99
/72/
94
/2056/
cc age 13+

The 400 Blows (1959)
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.0
/5229/
82
/144/
76
/134/
4.3
/28826/
96
/72/
88
/96/
86
/19/

The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
poster
86
8.0
/26035/
76
/483/
78
/633/
4.2
/45887/
98
/40/
91
/423/

Day for Night (1973)
A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.6
/46453/
74
/768/
75
/1026/
3.9
/83325/
94
/51/
89
/1072/
97
/18/

Jules and Jim (1962)
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.7
/93034/
74
/1777/
75
/1938/
3.9
/260667/
95
/81/
90
/2242/
96
/24/

Breathless (1960)
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.8
/30656/
78
/815/
76
/745/
4.2
/212739/
93
/54/
89
/321/
87
/22/

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.7
/7525/
73
/152/
73
/191/
4.2
/19290/
94
/35/
91
/96/
89
/18/

The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
8.2
/39342/
79
/1176/
78
/957/
4.3
/137138/
90
/29/
93
/732/

La Jetée (1962)
A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.8
/37153/
75
/664/
77
/678/
4.0
/133025/
91
/35/
91
/436/

Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.9
/31028/
78
/630/
75
/665/
4.1
/65847/
93
/60/
91
/448/
94
/16/

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.6
/26574/
74
/514/
74
/521/
4.1
/55789/
93
/58/
84
/612/

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/38722/
77
/777/
76
/887/
4.2
/129658/
96
/46/
89
/628/

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
poster
82
7.6
/28520/
73
/475/
75
/591/
3.9
/61385/
94
/51/
91
/746/
93
/22/

Band of Outsiders (1964)
Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.8
/34094/
76
/851/
73
/852/
4.1
/163633/
97
/73/
87
/838/
86
/9/

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.8
/11335/
76
/193/
76
/234/
4.2
/26174/
82
/11/
90
/129/

The Fire Within (1963)
Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/39516/
73
/791/
73
/910/
4.0
/139498/
88
/50/
86
/644/

Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/18690/
71
/336/
72
/406/
3.8
/78949/
96
/47/
86
/379/
93
/14/

Masculin Féminin (1966)
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.5
/14976/
73
/337/
72
/377/
4.1
/42513/
94
/33/
87
/127/

La Cérémonie (1995)
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.1
/8633/
69
/153/
69
/178/
3.6
/23138/
81
/21/
73
/105/
97
/5/

Le petit soldat (1963)
Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.0
/29586/
69
/657/
69
/587/
3.7
/63170/
92
/52/
81
/709/
92
/7/

Alphaville (1965)
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.5
/8966/
73
/138/
71
/209/
3.8
/12679/
90
/29/
86
/79/
78
/4/

The Soft Skin (1964)
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stay away from her.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.3
/10654/
71
/239/
68
/259/
3.8
/44768/
75
/16/
83
/66/

La Collectionneuse (1967)
A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/5678/
71
/130/
72
/116/
4.0
/19281/
82
/11/
84
/21/

The Aviator's Wife (1981)
A student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her airline pilot lover. Then he sees the pilot with a blonde woman and he begins to follow them…
poster
Netflix
77
7.4
/3636/
70
/85/
74
/57/
3.7
/44336/
90
/146/
84
/27/
76
/37/
cc age 14+

Nouvelle Vague (2025)
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut about a gangster couple. The result? Breathless, one of the first features of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
77
7.4
/21662/
72
/358/
72
/424/
3.8
/36958/
90
/30/
88
/381/

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
74
7.6
/11222/
74
/228/
74
/280/
4.1
/81513/
88
/8/
79
/70/

Happiness (1965)
A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.
poster
73
7.1
/140307/
71
/3133/
71
/3006/
3.6
/249569/
59
/163/
78
/2635/
63
/40/

The Dreamers (2003)
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
6.7
/3889/
63
/42/
65
/89/
3.5
/6261/
80
/15/
67
/51/

The Carabineers (1963)
During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
72
7.4
/8305/
71
/207/
70
/288/
3.9
/31955/
95
/20/
78
/75/
73
/4/

Lola (1961)
A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.
poster
Kanopy
79
71
7.5
/5460/
70
/113/
78
/204/
3.9
/9721/
93
/14/
81
/71/

Fists in the Pocket (1965)
A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
6.5
/9191/
62
/194/
62
/208/
3.5
/25791/
94
/34/
72
/179/

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.
poster
Kanopy
75
70
6.9
/8877/
71
/205/
69
/227/
3.7
/47635/
95
/20/
73
/55/

La Chinoise (1967)
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
7.3
/20140/
73
/366/
73
/391/
3.9
/62143/
71
/28/
71
/11/

A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
64
6.9
/7182/
69
/126/
66
/180/
3.7
/13277/
78
/18/
77
/101/

Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
64
7.0
/4082/
71
/75/
69
/191/
3.8
/6964/
80
/15/
79
/44/

Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
64
7.1
/4051/
71
/78/
69
/91/
3.6
/6284/
100
/9/
76
/30/

Handsome Serge (1958)
After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic.
poster
Kanopy
75
64
7.1
/4685/
69
/98/
68
/128/
3.7
/9999/
86
/21/
82
/31/

The Married Woman (1964)
A superficial woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
61
7.0
/4756/
67
/102/
69
/121/
3.7
/21101/
72
/330/

La Pointe Courte (1956)
A penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the inhabitants of Sète in the South of France.
poster
71
60
7.2
/3392/
65
/39/
62
/71/
3.7
/3836/
78
/9/
79
/51/

The Good Girls (1960)
Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.
poster
Kanopy
59
6.6
/6284/
64
/184/
66
/366/
3.2
/16875/
54
/89/
53
/7/
55
/24/

Godard Mon Amour (2017)
In 1967, during the making of “La Chinoise,” film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 19-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and marries her.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
58
7.0
/2448/
71
/57/
62
/50/
3.7
/7287/
100
/16/
74
/5/
90
/6/

Cold Water (1994)
An outer suburb of Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine, both sixteen, are classmates and lovers who have become frustrated with the aloofness of their families and the general monotony of their lives. When the pair are caught shoplifting, Christine's father ships her off to a home for emotionally disturbed children, temporarily putting space between her and Gilles. Luckily for them, though, she escapes and the couple contemplate running away together.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
58
7.2
/3510/
71
/65/
68
/95/
3.7
/4567/
94
/16/
81
/16/

The Cousins (1959)
Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a decadent, bohemian pleasure-seeker who shows the meek, diligent Charles the thrills of city life. When Charles falls for Florence, one of Paul's acquaintances, relationships begin to shift.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
57
6.8
/4554/
64
/89/
64
/121/
3.4
/12131/
73
/737/

Suzanne’s Career (1963)
In the second of Rohmer's moral tales, he examines the relationship between two friends and a girl who at first appears easily exploited. It is a complex tale of feelings and misconceptions, acted out within the head of the main character, as part of Rohmer's attempt to more easily simulate the mindscape quality of literature within a film.
poster
65
57
6.2
/4846/
59
/76/
61
/102/
3.3
/12951/
85
/20/
59
/111/

Made in U.S.A (1967)
Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
55
6.7
/2894/
64
/44/
65
/70/
3.6
/6082/
86
/14/
71
/23/

Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
53
6.5
/4097/
63
/60/
66
/67/
3.6
/11035/
50
/8/
62
/124/

Tout Va Bien (1972)
A strike at a French sausage factory contributes to the estrangement of a married filmmaker and his reporter wife.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
52
7.3
/5826/
67
/133/
68
/138/
3.6
/18208/
88
/8/

The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
Early new wave effort from Rohmer, which was the first of his six moral tales. It concerns a young man who approaches a girl in the street, but after several days without seeing her again, he becomes involved with the girl in the local bakery. Eventually, he has to choose between them when he arranges dates with them on the same day.
poster
67
50
6.7
/2355/
68
/50/
65
/70/
3.6
/7276/
83
/6/
48
/19/

Model Shop (1969)
While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop", an establishment that rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers. George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph Lola, and discovers that she is as unhappy as he.


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