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51. The Good Time Girls (1960)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

7.2
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Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams but often find real-life to be inescapable.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Clotilde Joano, Stéphane Audran, Lucile Saint-Simon

Votes: 3,191 | Gross: $0.01M

52. Antoine and Colette (1962)

32 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

7.5
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Antoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. He falls in love with a woman he meets at a concert. She sees him as a friend, but her parents love him.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay, Jean-François Adam

Votes: 6,389

53. Regular Lovers (2005)

183 min | Drama, Romance

6.8
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76 Metascore

1968 and 1969 in Paris during and after the student and trade-union revolt. 20-year-old François is a poet dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov ... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Louis Garrel, Clotilde Hesme, Julien Lucas, Eric Rulliat

Votes: 2,989

54. Muriel (1963)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

7.0
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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.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Nita Klein, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée

Votes: 3,757

55. The War Is Over (1966)

121 min | Drama, War

7.3
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A middle-aged political activist tries to dissuade his young followers from taking radical action.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold, Jean Dasté

Votes: 2,451

56. Love on the Run (1979)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.0
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Antoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Dani

Votes: 7,548

57. A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

6.5
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Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets Camille Bliss in prison to interview her. Camille is accused of murdering her husband Clovis and her ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand

Votes: 2,783

58. Love at Twenty (1962)

110 min | Drama, Romance

7.2
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"Love at Twenty" unites five directors from around the world to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of ... See full summary »

Directors: Shintarô Ishihara, Marcel Ophüls, Renzo Rossellini, François Truffaut, Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay, Rosy Varte

Votes: 2,463

59. The Chinese (1967)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

6.9
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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.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Michel Semeniako

Votes: 8,380 | Gross: $0.04M

60. Wind from the East (1970)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

5.8
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A filmic essay on class struggle which draws on images from westerns but has no plot and is both an experiment in making a revolutionary film and an interrogation of how successfully such a film can be revolutionary.

Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Gérard Martin | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Anne Wiazemsky, Cristiana Tullio-Altan, Allen Midgette

Votes: 705

61. Sign of the Lion (1962)

103 min | Drama

7.2
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A French-American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing firmly in his horoscope.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Jess Hahn, Michèle Girardon, Van Doude, Paul Bisciglia

Votes: 2,359

62. Suzanne's Career (1963)

Not Rated | 54 min | Drama, Romance

6.8
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The friendship of Bertrand and Guillaume is complicated when the womanizing Guillaume begins to pursue a charming girl named Suzanne.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Catherine Sée, Philippe Beuzen, Christian Charrière, Diane Wilkinson

Votes: 4,266

63. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)

Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Romance

7.3
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A law student regularly visits a Paris bakery to flirt with a brunette employee.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Michèle Girardon, Fred Junck

Votes: 5,464

64. The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)

113 min | Comedy

6.3
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Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie ... See full summary »

Directors: Philippe de Broca, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Demy, Sylvain Dhomme, Jean-Luc Godard, Édouard Molinaro, Roger Vadim, Max Douy | Stars: Marie-José Nat, Dominique Paturel, Danièle Barraud, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Votes: 673

65. Far from Vietnam (1967)

Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Drama, War

7.3
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In seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.

Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda | Stars: Anne Bellec, Karen Blanguernon, Fidel Castro, Bernard Fresson

Votes: 889

66. Godard Cinema (2022 TV Movie)

100 min | Documentary

6.9
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Jean-Luc Godard is cinema, its quintessence. Having just turned 91, he has made more than 140 films. We hate him as much as we worship him. Where does his aura come from? From legendary films of course, but also from Godard himself.

Director: Cyril Leuthy | Stars: Guillaume Gouix, Jean-Luc Godard, Cyril Leuthy, Macha Méril

Votes: 248

67. Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes (2022)

45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

8.8
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A timid young man chronically suffers from social anxiety. At a party, an unlikely encounter inspires a night of drinking, joy and romance.

Director: Pat Mitchell | Stars: Calvin Waldau, Skye Marie Sena, Juan Rodriguez Leon, Valeria Di Babbo

Votes: 13

68. The Carabineers (1963)

80 min | Comedy, Drama, War

6.7
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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.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Patrice Moullet, Marino Masé, Geneviève Galéa, Catherine Ribeiro

Votes: 3,616

69. Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)

20 min | Short, Drama

6.5
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A jilted man (Jean-Paul Belmondo) rants at his mostly silent former lover (Anne Collette).

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anne Collette, Gérard Blain

Votes: 1,771

70. Conversazioni con altre donne (2023)

82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.6
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Two former partners reignite their spark at a wedding reception, but as the night wears on, fond memories fade into mutual regrets and their brief affair turns into a desperate attempt to recapture lost time.

Director: Filippo Conz | Stars: Valentina Lodovini, Francesco Scianna, Chiara Baschetti, Carlo Ferreri

Votes: 36

71. Six in Paris (1965)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

6.7
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Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and Montparnasse et Levallois (Godard) are ... See full summary »

Directors: Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Éric Rohmer, Jean Rouch | Stars: Jean-Pierre Andréani, Stéphane Audran, Nadine Ballot, Claude Chabrol

Votes: 1,386 | Gross: $0.02M

72. All Boys Are Called Patrick (1959)

21 min | Short, Comedy

7.0
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Two French college girls each meet a boy named Patrick and quickly realize that it is less a coincidence then they think.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Nicole Berger, Anne Collette, Jean-Claude Brialy

Votes: 2,556

73. Wheel of Ashes (1968)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

6.9
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After experiencing a wild life of sordidness, the young Pierre decides to quit this chaotic world, trading it for a search for inner peace and getting closer to God. During this quest, he's... See full summary »

Director: Peter Emmanuel Goldman | Stars: Pierre Clémenti, Katinka Bo, Pierre Besançon, Richard Leblanc

Votes: 131

74. Ce soir ou jamais (1961)

104 min | Comedy, Drama

6.2
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Laurent is theatrical director, his girl Valerie an aspiring actress. Their relationship begins to fracture when Valerie doesn't get the role in Laurent's play.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Anna Karina, Claude Rich, Georges Descrières, Jacqueline Danno

Votes: 259

75. Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004)

Not Rated | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, History

7.7
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78 Metascore

Life and work of the founder of the Cinémathèque Française.

Director: Jacques Richard | Stars: Henri Alekan, Catherine Allégret, Jo Amorin, Jean-Michel Arnold

Votes: 423

76. A Story of Water (1961)

12 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

6.5
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A young woman is going to Paris by bus, but when she steps out of her house she discovers that her garden and the whole village is flooded with water. With a boat and a bike she succeeds to... See full summary »

Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Caroline Dim, Jean-Luc Godard

Votes: 1,690

77. Veronica and Her Dunce (1958)

18 min | Short, Comedy

6.4
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A careless mother hires a young tutor to bring up her son's marks, as bad in mathematics as in French language. The young woman tries to teach the boy the easiest things in the curriculum, ... See full summary »

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Nicole Berger, Stella Dassas, Alain Delrieu

Votes: 1,220

78. A Soft Love (2023)

12 min | Short, Romance

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An over dramatic Italian man and a wit French woman are about to sleep together for the first time after three weeks of excellent dating. Unfortunately their growing passion is interrupted ... See full summary »

Director: Alessandro Marino | Stars: Jessica Heller, Alessandro Marino

79. Nadja in Paris (1964)

13 min | Short, Drama

6.7
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Nadja is a guest student, who stays at Cité Universitaire and visits the Sorbonne, while preparing a thesis on Proust. Besides her student life she likes to stroll about Paris, to explore the variety of this wide and open city.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Nadja Tesich, Jean-Pierre Léaud

Votes: 1,533

80. Hopeless (2010)

17 min | Short, Crime, Drama

4.8
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Two young lovers on the run.

Director: Andrew Napier | Stars: Amanda Fuller, Joe Williamson, Ross Alden, Cenk Uygur

Votes: 22

81. How the Moon Fell from the Sky and No One Even Noticed (2018)

40 min | Short, Drama, Musical

7.5
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When best friends Benji (Peter Carroll) and Ruben (Nick Trivisonno) decide to make a film about the man on the moon, they don't realize they're signing up for the end of the world as they ... See full summary »

Director: Christina Xing | Stars: Nicholas Trivisonno, Peter Carroll, Kat Wanger, Jonathon Qualls

Votes: 28

82. Waldo the Dog (2010)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.3
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A guilt and shame ridden mentally unstable young man wears a dog mask in order to cope.

Director: Kris Canonizado | Stars: Rook Kelly, Jaquelyn Xavier, Dave Mora, Tommy Wilson

Votes: 49

83. Pearblossom Hwy (2012)

78 min | Drama

6.2
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"What else am I? What else can I say? I'm a troublemaker," says Cory, one of the three protagonists, directly into the camera. The other protagonists are Anna, an illegal immigrant from ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Ott | Stars: Atsuko Okatsuka, Cory Zacharia, John Brotherton, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 136

84. Dovzhenko. Ukrainian Homer of Cinema (2013)

Documentary, Short, Biography

8.6
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An inspiring portrait of Dovzhenko, one of the greatest film directors, known as Homer of Cinema.

Director: Vyacheslav Bihun | Stars: Aleksandr Dovzhenko, Serhiy Trymbach, Sergei Eisenstein, Aleksandr Muratov

Votes: 97

85. Léaud l'unique (2001 TV Special)

59 min

5.2
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Léaud is a French actor form La Nouvelle Vague (French New Wave). To work with this actor activates a remote strength, a presence, even before the shooting, it's doing something quite mysterious but linked to cinema.

Director: Serge Le Péron | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, László Szabó, Serge Le Péron, Mathieu Amalric

Votes: 26

86. François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child (1996 TV Movie)

39 min | Documentary

7.5
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Add a Plot

Stars: François Truffaut, Philip French, Don Allen, Laura Truffaut

Votes: 54

87. François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death (1996 TV Movie)

39 min | Documentary

7.5
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Stars: François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Liliane Dreyfus, Madeleine Morgenstern

Votes: 52

88. Pas Honteux (2018)

39 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

9.9
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Pas Honteux is a dark comedy in which social expectations meets willful stupidity that plays like an exhilarating gift, This film is Friday meets French New Wave.

Director: John 'Dr. Teeth' Tucker | Stars: Travis LaBranch, Leon Lamar, Javicia Leslie, LaToya Edwards

Votes: 15

89. Avenue to Nowhere (2014)

14 min | Short, Crime, Drama

7.6
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Broke and hopeless, a couple attempt to steal money from local criminals and head for the South of France.

Director: Jacob Migicovsky | Stars: Susanna Cappellaro, Hugo Nicolau, Michael Dacre, Jean Baptiste Fillon

Votes: 12

90. The Teen Dream (2024 Video)

Documentary, Short | Post-production

This is Corey Haim. This is why he matters.

Director: Laura Ashley Polisena

92. Curiosity Kills Cat (2010)

6 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

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Cat, a young woman with a lively imagination, runs into her ex-boyfriend with a new girlfriend...and wonders what he might say about her to the new girl.

Director: Caroline Fraissinet | Stars: Katherine Catanakis, Cyrille Taillandier, Tintin, Brianna June Tillo

93. Deux de la Vague (2010)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary

6.7
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59 Metascore

Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, their careers, their friendship and their impact on the French New Wave of the 1960s.

Director: Emmanuel Laurent | Stars: Isild Le Besco, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Charles Aznavour

Votes: 881 | Gross: $0.03M

94. Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992 TV Movie)

51 min | Documentary

6.2
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Director: Christopher Spencer | Stars: Mark Halliley, Robert Benton, Peter Bogdanovich, Claude Chabrol

Votes: 22

95. Fried (2022)

M | 12 min | Short, Comedy, Mystery

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A man's attempts to eat breakfast are constantly interrupted, by the repeated appearances of a stoned out time traveler.

Director: Mars Fargo | Stars: Mars Fargo, Brian Lachowski

96. Véronique à vélo (2011)

10 min | Short, Drama, Romance

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Véronique leaves her gilded cage of romantic expectations, embarking on a bicycle ride through a looking glass, encountering surreal characters and schisms in reality, waking up along the ... See full summary »

Directors: Chrystene R. Ells, Berny Hi | Stars: Elizabeth Malnyk, Randy Graham, Caitlin Coflin, Chloe Dufour

97. Wet Seal Cigarettes (2023)

18 min | Short, Fantasy

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In a series of genre-bending events, Nicholas Bordeaux has to fight to remain sane in a surrealistic New York as he resists a new world order and the temptation of the coveted "Wet Seal ... See full summary »

Directors: Percival Bernard, Earl Weaver Jr. | Stars: Nicholas G. Sims, Chloé Lexia Worthington, Brendan O'Leary, Devin Chandler

98. Sleeping with Charlie Kaufman (2010)

Not Rated | 2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.5
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The rare example of adultery bringing two people closer together, a man admits to an affair and his girlfriend couldn't be happier.

Director: J. Roland Kelly | Star: Xtranormal

Votes: 17

99. Joyeux Noël (2018)

11 min | Short, Drama

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During the first holiday season after her beloved father's passing, a young woman attempts to recreate their traditions with his cremated remains.

Director: Haley Webb | Stars: Laetitia Guyot, Haley Webb

100. Trilogie De Tragedie (2016)

92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

3.6
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A look into the inequities of the ghosts of society through three interwoven french new wave styled vignettes by three different visual and literary artists.

Directors: Aaron Burk, Blake Fitzpatrick, Brad Paulson | Stars: Tiffani Fest, Blake Fitzpatrick, Andrew Mandapat, Peter Lofstrom

Votes: 15



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