Breathless(À bout de souffle)

The 400 Blows
(Les Quatre Cents Coups)

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• France • 1959
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay, Robert Beauvais
• Genre Drama
• Available on Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, YouTube, Kanopy, Criterion, HBO Max

For young Parisian Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another.

Contempt
(Le Mépris)

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• France, Italy • 1963
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang, Raoul Coutard
• Genre Drama
• Available on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon, YouTube

A vivid display of conflict between passion and art.

La Strada
(La strada)

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• Italy • 1954
• Director Federico Fellini
• Cast Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Lidia Venturini
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion, Kanopy, HBO Max, TCM

The real circus is the entanglement these three performers find themselves in.

8½

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France • 1963
• Director Federico Fellini
• Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
• Genre Fantasy, Drama
• Available on Kanopy, HBO Max, Google Play, YouTube, Criterion, TCM, iTunes, VUDU, Amazon

A picture that goes beyond what men think about - because no man ever thought about it in quite this way!

La Dolce Vita
(La dolce vita)

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• Italy, France • 1960
• Director Federico Fellini
• Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

A paprazzo's search for love and happiness.

Wild Strawberries
(Smultronstället)

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• Sweden • 1957
• Director Ingmar Bergman
• Cast Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jullan Kindahl, Gunnar Sjöberg
• Genre Drama
• Available on Amazon, Kanopy, Criterion, TCM, HBO Max, DIRECTV, iTunes

A retired doctor reflects on his life during a long road trip to receive an honorary degree.

Battleship Potemkin
(Броненосец Потёмкин)

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• Soviet Union • 1925
• Director Sergei Eisenstein
• Cast Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Aleksandr Levshin
• Genre Drama, History
• Available on iTunes, Amazon, FlixFling, HBO Max, Classix, VUDU, Kanopy, Hoopla, Criterion

Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.

The Rules of the Game
(La Règle du jeu)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1939
• Director Jean Renoir
• Cast Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Claire Gérard, Anne Mayen
• Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Available on YouTube, Kanopy, Criterion, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Pantaflix

Grand Illusion
(La Grande Illusion)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1937
• Director Jean Renoir
• Cast Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Georges Péclet
• Genre Drama, History, War
• Available on YouTube, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon

During WWI, a group of French prisoners of war grapple with their class differences as they plot their escape.

Persona

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• Sweden • 1966
• Director Ingmar Bergman
• Cast Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jörgen Lindström
• Genre Drama
• Available on Kanopy, Criterion, HBO Max, iTunes, Amazon

Two separate people. Will they combine into one?

Blow-Up

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• United Kingdom, Italy, USA • 1966
• Director Michelangelo Antonioni
• Cast David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Jane Birkin
• Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Available on Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, FandangoNOW, DIRECTV, iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, HBO Max

Michelangelo Antonioni's first British film

Vivre Sa Vie
(Vivre sa vie: film en douze tableaux)

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• France • 1962
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger, Gérard Hoffman, Monique Messine
• Genre Drama
• Available on Kanopy, Criterion, HBO Max

The many faces of a woman trying to find herself in a world of men.

Jules and Jim
(Jules et Jim)

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• France • 1962
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois, Sabine Haudepin, Vanna Urbino
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Kanopy, Criterion, HBO Max, iTunes, Amazon

Close friends Jules and Jim both fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

Pierrot le Fou
(Pierrot le fou)

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• France, Italy • 1965
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Dirk Sanders, Jimmy Karoubi, Roger Dutoit
• Genre Drama, Thriller
• Available on Google Play, Amazon, VUDU, iTunes, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube

How is life going to look like if one is always on the run?

Bicycle Thieves
(Ladri di biciclette)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy • 1948
• Director Vittorio De Sica
• Cast Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri, Gino Saltamerenda, Giulio Chiari
• Genre Drama
• Available on VUDU, Amazon, YouTube, Kanopy, Criterion, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play

A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job.

Le Samouraï

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• France, Italy • 1967
• Director Jean-Pierre Melville
• Cast Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Catherine Jourdan, Jacques Leroy
• Genre Crime, Thriller
• Available on VUDU, Amazon, YouTube, Kanopy, Criterion, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play

His only friend was his gun!

Hiroshima Mon Amour
(Hiroshima mon amour)

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• France, Japan • 1959
• Director Alain Resnais
• Cast Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
• Genre Drama, History, Romance
• Available on Criterion, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, VUDU, YouTube

From the measureless depths of a woman's emotions...

Alphaville
(Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)

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• France, Italy • 1965
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Christa Lang, Valérie Boisgel
• Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
• Available on Kanopy, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, Google Play, YouTube

A spy journeys to a tyrannical space city to complete three secret missions.

Band of Outsiders
(Bande à part)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1964
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn, Chantal Darget
• Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
• Available on No streaming locations found.

A Who-Dunit, Who's Got-It, Where-Is-It-Now Wild One From That "Breathless" director Jean-Luc Godard!

L'Atalante

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• France • 1934
• Director Jean Vigo
• Cast Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre, Maurice Gilles
• Genre Romance, Drama, Comedy
• Available on Kanopy, Criterion, Amazon

Small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, but all is not smooth sailing...