The 400 Blows(Les Quatre Cents Coups)

Stolen Kisses
(Baisers volés)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1968
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Daniel Ceccaldi, Claire Duhamel
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Available on Criterion Channel

Antoine knows what he wants to do ... his problem is doing it.

Antoine and Colette
(Antoine et Colette)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1962
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte, François Darbon, Patrick Auffay, Jean-François Adam
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Available on Criterion Channel

Will Colette ultimately fall for Antoine's romanticism?

Bed and Board
(Domicile conjugal)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Italy • 1970
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Daniel Ceccaldi, Claire Duhamel, Hiroko Berghauer, Daniel Boulanger
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Available on Criterion Channel

First Truffaut gave us "The 400 Blows." Then "Stolen Kisses"... and now "Bed and Board."

Contempt
(Le Mépris)

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

A vivid display of conflict between passion and art.

Breathless
(À bout de souffle)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1960
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude
• Genre Drama, Crime
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy

When you discover the dirty truth about the person you love...

8½

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

With 8½ Frederico Fellini weaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix.

La Dolce Vita
(La dolce vita)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 through booze and sex.

The Seventh Seal
(Det sjunde inseglet)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Sweden • 1957
• Director Ingmar Bergman
• Cast Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson, Erik Strandmark
• Genre Fantasy, Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy

Rashomon
(羅生門)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1950
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijirô Ueda
• Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex

A singular crime from four different perspectives.

Wild Strawberries
(Smultronstället)

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

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

Persona

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Sweden • 1966
• Director Ingmar Bergman
• Cast Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jörgen Lindström
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, HBO Max, DIRECTV, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video

Two separate people. Will they combine into one?

M
(M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Germany • 1931
• Director Fritz Lang
• Cast Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens
• Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Classix, Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Pantaflix, Kanopy, Plex

When police in a German city are unable to catch a child killer, local criminals agree to join in the manhunt.

Jules and Jim
(Jules et Jim)

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

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

Day for Night
(La Nuit américaine)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Italy • 1973
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

A movie for people who love movies

Fahrenheit 451

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1966
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser
• Genre Drama, Science Fiction
• Available on Vudu

What if you had no right to read?

The Last Metro
(Le Dernier Métro)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1980
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard
• Genre Drama, Romance, War
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Video

A story of love and conflict in Nazi-occupied Paris.

Shoot the Piano Player
(Tirez sur le pianiste)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1960
• Director François Truffaut
• Cast Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Serge Davri, Claude Mansard
• Genre Drama, Thriller, Crime
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Classix, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video

Pierrot le Fou
(Pierrot le fou)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 Criterion Channel, Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, 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 Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy

Antonio and his son walk the streets of Rome in search of Antonio’s stolen bicycle, vital for keeping his job.

Le Samouraï

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy

His only friend was his gun!