Pierrot le Fou

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Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

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16 shared reasons

actor: Dominique Zardi actor: Anna Karina actor: Henri Attal actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR crew: Georges de Beauregard decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard genre: Drama genre: Romance language: fr popularityBand: niche rating: 7 studio: Rome-Paris Films writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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83 min NR FR FR Comedy Drama Romance 400 votes

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Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.

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actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud actor: Anna Karina actor: László Szabó cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR crew: Georges Liron crew: René Demoulin crew: Roger Robert crew: Jean-Pierre Léaud crew: René Levert crew: Georges de Beauregard decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard editor: Françoise Collin genre: Crime language: fr popularityBand: niche studio: Rome-Paris Films writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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85 min NR FR FR Crime Mystery Comedy 103 votes

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Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”

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18 shared reasons

actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud actor: Anna Karina actor: László Szabó cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR crew: Georges Liron crew: Georges Pierre crew: Jean-Pierre Léaud crew: René Levert crew: Pierre Guffroy decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard genre: Drama language: fr popularityBand: niche runtimeRange: movie:91-120 writer: Jean-Luc Godard year: 1965

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99 min NR FR FR Drama Science Fiction Mystery 608 votes

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Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.

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17 shared reasons

actor: Anna Karina actor: Georges Staquet cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR crew: Georges Liron crew: René Levert crew: Antoine Bonfanti decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard editor: Françoise Collin genre: Crime genre: Drama language: fr popularityBand: niche rating: 7 runtimeRange: movie:91-120 writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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97 min NR FR FR Crime Drama Comedy 603 votes

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Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.

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14 shared reasons

actor: Dominique Zardi actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud actor: Henri Attal country: FR crew: René Levert decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard genre: Drama genre: Romance language: fr popularityBand: niche rating: 7 runtimeRange: movie:91-120 writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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105 min NR FR FR Drama Romance 416 votes

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Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

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12 shared reasons

actor: Anna Karina actor: Henri Attal actor: László Szabó cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard genre: Drama language: fr popularityBand: niche rating: 7 writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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84 min NR FR FR Drama 692 votes

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A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.

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13 shared reasons

actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud actor: Georges Staquet actor: László Szabó cinematographer: Raoul Coutard composer: Antoine Duhamel country: FR crew: René Levert decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard language: fr popularityBand: niche runtimeRange: movie:91-120 writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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104 min R FR FR Comedy 310 votes

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Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.

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12 shared reasons

actor: Dominique Zardi actor: Henri Attal actor: László Szabó certification: NO cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard genre: Crime language: fr runtimeRange: movie:91-120 writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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108 min NO FR FR Crime Comedy 20 votes

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A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

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12 shared reasons

actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR crew: Georges de Beauregard decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard genre: Crime genre: Drama language: fr rating: 7 studio: SNC writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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90 min NR FR FR Drama Crime 2,016 votes

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A superficial woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.

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16 shared reasons

cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR crew: Georges Liron crew: Georges Pierre crew: Jean-Pierre Léaud crew: René Levert crew: Antoine Bonfanti decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard editor: Françoise Collin genre: Drama genre: Romance language: fr popularityBand: niche runtimeRange: movie:91-120 writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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95 min NR FR FR Drama Romance 130 votes

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Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.

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11 shared reasons

actor: Dominique Zardi actor: Henri Attal actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo country: FR decade: 1960s genre: Crime language: fr popularityBand: niche rating: 7 runtimeRange: movie:91-120 studio: DDL Cinematografica

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115 min PG FR FR Crime Comedy 294 votes

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In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.

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15 shared reasons

actor: Anna Karina certification: NO country: FR crew: Roger Robert crew: Roger Scipion crew: Roger Ferret crew: Philippe Fourastié crew: Georges de Beauregard decade: 1960s genre: Drama language: fr popularityBand: niche rating: 7 studio: Rome-Paris Films studio: SNC

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140 min NO FR FR Drama 102 votes

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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.

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12 shared reasons

actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR crew: Georges Liron crew: René Levert decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard genre: Drama language: fr popularityBand: niche runtimeRange: movie:91-120 writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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96 min NR FR FR Drama Comedy 235 votes

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Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.

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11 shared reasons

actor: Anna Karina actor: László Szabó certification: NO cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR crew: Georges de Beauregard decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard language: fr popularityBand: niche writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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87 min NO FR FR 183 votes

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A few stories about marriage and its problems. Antoine is about to marry Gisèle. His friend Julien, an established bachelor, desperately tries to convince him not to do it, recounting his own painful experiences.

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10 shared reasons

actor: Dominique Zardi actor: Henri Attal actor: Maurice Auzel actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo certification: NO country: FR decade: 1960s genre: Romance language: fr runtimeRange: movie:91-120

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91 min NO FR FR Comedy Romance 33 votes

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Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.

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10 shared reasons

actor: Dominique Zardi actor: Maurice Auzel actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo certification: NO country: FR decade: 1960s genre: Crime genre: Drama language: fr runtimeRange: movie:91-120

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102 min NO FR FR Crime Drama Adventure 63 votes

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Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...

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10 shared reasons

actor: Dominique Zardi actor: Henri Attal actor: Maurice Auzel certification: NO country: FR decade: 1960s genre: Crime genre: Drama language: fr popularityBand: niche

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90 min NO FR FR Drama Crime 109 votes

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Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.

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12 shared reasons

actor: Maurice Auzel actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo certification: NO country: FR crew: Georges de Beauregard decade: 1960s genre: Drama genre: Romance language: fr popularityBand: niche rating: 7 runtimeRange: movie:91-120

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118 min NO FR FR Drama Romance 162 votes

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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.

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12 shared reasons

certification: NO cinematographer: Raoul Coutard country: FR crew: Roger Robert crew: Roger Scipion crew: Georges de Beauregard decade: 1960s director: Jean-Luc Godard genre: Drama language: fr studio: Rome-Paris Films writer: Jean-Luc Godard

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80 min NO FR FR War Drama Comedy 93 votes

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A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.

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11 shared reasons

actor: Dominique Zardi actor: Maurice Auzel certification: NO country: FR crew: Pierre Guffroy genre: Crime genre: Romance language: fr popularityBand: niche rating: 7 runtimeRange: movie:91-120

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112 min NO FR FR Crime Romance 134 votes