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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
Criterion Channel
85
7.8
/14309/
76
/286/
77
/276/
4.1
/32181/
97
/33/
89
/209/

Orpheus (1950)
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
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
7.8
/15716/
74
/331/
77
/344/
4.2
/41090/
96
/23/
87
/155/

My Night at Maud's (1969)
The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.
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
/6836/
74
/87/
71
/150/
3.9
/6704/
90
/21/
86
/132/
cc age 13+

Small Change (1976)
The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physically abused, poverty stricken friend, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges most their age experience.
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
82
7.6
/10168/
73
/225/
72
/204/
4.0
/37972/
87
/23/
89
/94/

Love in the Afternoon (1972)
Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.5
/13396/
73
/246/
73
/283/
3.9
/34280/
96
/23/
85
/127/

Claire's Knee (1970)
On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, his fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.
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
6.9
/16519/
69
/284/
68
/306/
3.7
/32316/
93
/27/
78
/559/

Weekend (1967)
A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.
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
79
7.2
/6299/
70
/89/
69
/155/
3.7
/7504/
89
/19/
82
/54/

Two English Girls (1971)
In the early 20th-century, Frenchman Claude meets Englishwoman Ann in Paris. Ann invites him to her family home, intending him for her sister Muriel. Claude falls for Muriel, but families demand year-long separation before approving marriage.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
78
7.5
/16277/
73
/307/
72
/448/
3.9
/36000/
97
/29/
89
/271/

Stolen Kisses (1968)
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
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
Criterion Channel
78
7.4
/11333/
69
/224/
71
/300/
3.8
/27401/
75
/20/
84
/153/

Bed and Board (1970)
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.
poster
77
7.2
/2685/
65
/19/
64
/44/
3.7
/2221/
87
/15/
79
/12/

The War Is Over (1966)
Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.
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
Kanopy
77
7.4
/38114/
72
/718/
71
/900/
3.8
/95632/
92
/65/
85
/718/

Contempt (1963)
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
7.2
/6511/
68
/106/
68
/138/
3.9
/10731/
82
/34/
77
/105/

Lola Montès (1955)
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
75
7.7
/13879/
73
/215/
74
/269/
4.0
/28482/
90
/29/
86
/156/

Mouchette (1967)
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
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
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
77
71
7.5
/13204/
72
/187/
73
/294/
4.0
/21488/
75
/16/
87
/214/

A Man and a Woman (1966)
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that they have something deeply in common.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
70
7.4
/6970/
71
/222/
72
/266/
3.8
/36193/
88
/495/

Antoine and Colette (1962)
Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).
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
63
6.5
/2944/
62
/29/
62
/86/
3.3
/2587/
64
/809/

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is writing a thesis on criminal women, so he visits Camille Bliss in prison for an interview. Accused of murdering her husband and her lover, Camille recounts her life and love affairs.


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