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20 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Breathless. 1960 1h 30m Not Rated. 7.7 (88K) Rate. A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy. Director Jean-Luc Godard Stars Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean Seberg Van Doude. 2.
1. The Samurai. 1967 1h 41m GP. 8.0 (57K) Rate. 90 Metascore. After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner. Director Jean-Pierre Melville Stars Alain Delon François Périer Nathalie Delon. 2. The 400 Blows. 1959 1h 39m Not Rated. 8.1 (128K) Rate.
- Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959) ‘Hiroshima, mon amour’ weeps. It whimpers and bleeds sorrow from every pore that it’s gorgeous, perfect, powerful, horrifying, hellish nightmarish frames hold.
- La Jetée (1962) An attractive proposition running at just 29 minutes long, ‘La Jetée’ represents some of the most impeccable film-making ever achieved.
- Last Year at Marienbad (1961) And on that note comes what is equally the most fascinating and perplexing choice on this list. Alain Resnais’ 1961 masterwork has been hailed as such by some and as incomprehensible mush by so many others.
- Playtime (1967) Another artist who made his name before the advent of the Nouvelle Vague, Jacques Tati is to French comedy what Charlie Chaplin remains to silent cinema.
Aug 13, 2015 · 10 great French New Wave films. As Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave masterpiece Vivre sa vie arrives on Blu-ray, we remember 10 of the best movies to come out of a movement that changed cinema forever.
- What Is The French New Wave Movement?
- Best French New Wave Movies
- Best French New Wave Films
- How Did The French New Wave Movement originate?
- How The French New Wave Changed Film History Forever
The French New Wave is a movement in cinema that started with the release of François Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows” in 1959. The style was characterized by making films about youth and middle-class life, and not privileging dialogue over visual effects. In today’s world, this new wave has been influential on many filmmakers around the world who are ex...
French New Wave filmmakers were inspired by Italian Neorealism and Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman’s films from the 1950s. They also incorporated aspects of Japanese movie-making into their work as well as elements from American avant-garde cinema. These films often focus on existentialist themes such as loneliness, despair, boredom, alienatio...
The style was reflective of an anti-bourgeois sentiment among youth at the time but also drew from many American films at the time such as Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane or Howard Hawks’s Red River. French New Wave films of the 1960s are often hailed as some of the most influential and ground-breaking pieces of cinema ever made. These revolutionary fil...
The new wave filmmakers were doing something different than what had been done before them; they wanted to show real life on screen rather than romanticized images or happy endings. They wanted to create realistic films that depicted everyday life in France which differed from Hollywood’s glamorous portrayal of America. Along with their contemporar...
In the decades following World War II, European filmmakers and thinkers sought to shake up traditional filmmaking. These directors were pushing against what they saw as conservative filmmaking traditions which favored actors overstory and embraced escapism from reality. They wanted their audience members to be more engaged in the world they were wa...
"Le samouraï", "The 400 Blows", "Breathless", "Army of Shadows", & "Le Cercle Rouge" are on The Top 100 French New Wave Movies of All Time on Flickchart.
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Mar 8, 2020 · The French New Wave of cinema, or La Nouvelle Vague, was one of the most important film movements of all time. In this article, we’re going to rank the best French New Wave Films based on four criteria: Acting, Story, Directing and Style.
