Shoot the Piano Player(Tirez sur le pianiste)
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
France · 1960
1h 25m
Director François Truffaut
Starring Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier
Genre Drama, Thriller, Crime
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
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.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
Antoine and Colette
(Antoine et Colette)
Will Colette ultimately fall for Antoine's romanticism?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Bed and Board
(Domicile conjugal)
First Truffaut gave us "The 400 Blows." Then "Stolen Kisses"... and now "Bed and Board."
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
The Wild Child
(L'Enfant sauvage)
In 1798 France, A doctor attempts to civilize a feral child found in the woods.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1970
- Director François Truffaut
- Cast Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut, Françoise Seigner, Jean Dasté, Annie Miller, Claude Miller
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on MGM Plus
Jules and Jim
(Jules et Jim)
Close friends Jules and Jim both fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Last Metro
(Le Dernier Métro)
A story of love and conflict in Nazi-occupied Paris.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Butcher
(Le Boucher)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1970
- Director Claude Chabrol
- Cast Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccara, William Guérault
- Genre Thriller, Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Bride Wore Black
(La mariée était en noir)
She was a bride when the violence happened... Now she's a widow and it's going to happen again
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1968
- Director François Truffaut
- Cast Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner, Claude Rich, Michael Lonsdale
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(Touchez pas au grisbi)
Even criminals need a retirement plan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1954
- Director Jacques Becker
- Cast Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli, Marilyn Buferd, Gaby Basset
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Safe
A suburban housewife succumbs to a mysterious environmental illness that wreaks havoc on her life and those around her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 1995
- Director Todd Haynes
- Cast Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley, James Le Gros, Susan Norman, Kate McGregor-Stewart
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Murmur of the Heart
(Le souffle au cœur)
A souffle of a movie!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy, West Germany • 1971
- Director Louis Malle
- Cast Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi, Gila von Weitershausen
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Story of Water
(Une histoire d'eau)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1961
- Director François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Caroline Dim, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Luc Godard
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, OVID
Floating Weeds
(浮草)
Members of a traveling theater troupe meddle in the personal life of the troupe's leader.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1959
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyō, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ayako Wakao, Haruko Sugimura, Chishū Ryū
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel, Darkroom
The Creatures
(Les Créatures)
After a road accident, a writer, Edgar, and his wife, Mylène, take up residence on an island off the coast of France to recuperate.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Sweden • 1966
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Eva Dahlbeck, Marie-France Mignal, Britta Pettersson, Ursula Kubler
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kanopy
Room 8
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Poland • 2013
- Director James W. Griffiths
- Cast Tom Cullen, Micheal Goudd, Yuri Killmov, Franc Zalewski
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.