# French New Wave — Godard, Truffaut, Varda, Rivette, Rohmer

> The movement that broke everything open. Godard made Breathless in 1960 with a handheld camera and jump cuts nobody had tried in narrative film. Truffaut turned autobiography into The 400 Blows. Varda was there before both of them — Cléo from 5 to 7 is as formally adventurous as anything Godard did, with more heart. Rivette, Rohmer, Resnais, Chabrol, Demy, Marker. The catalogue runs from the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, but the ripples never stopped. The list filters French-language films from the core era, scored 6.5 or above.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/canon/french-new-wave/>

## 30 films in this list

- **[Le Trou](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/le-trou-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 8.3 · 568 votes · neon-soaked, foreign-gem, cult
- **[The 400 Blows](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-400-blows-1959/)** (1959) — ★ 8.0 · 2,323 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[Army of Shadows](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/army-of-shadows-1969/)** (1969) — ★ 7.9 · 747 votes · foreign-gem, devastating, cult
- **[Le Samouraï](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/le-samourai-1967/)** (1967) — ★ 7.8 · 1,246 votes · neon-soaked, foreign-gem, cult
- **[Z](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/z-1969/)** (1969) — ★ 7.8 · 619 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[Day for Night](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/day-for-night-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.8 · 652 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Crooks in Clover](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/crooks-in-clover-1963/)** (1963) — ★ 7.7 · 560 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Vivre Sa Vie](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/vivre-sa-vie-1962/)** (1962) — ★ 7.7 · 700 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[PlayTime](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/playtime-1967/)** (1967) — ★ 7.7 · 662 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[The Young Girls of Rochefort](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-young-girls-of-rochefort-1967/)** (1967) — ★ 7.7 · 654 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[My Night at Maud's](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/my-night-at-maud-s-1969/)** (1969) — ★ 7.7 · 354 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Cléo from 5 to 7](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/cleo-from-5-to-7-1962/)** (1962) — ★ 7.7 · 772 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[Fantastic Planet](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/fantastic-planet-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.6 · 1,096 votes · foreign-gem, cult, cozy
- **[Purple Noon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/purple-noon-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.6 · 594 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[Jules and Jim](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/jules-and-jim-1962/)** (1962) — ★ 7.5 · 1,049 votes · cozy, foreign-gem, cult
- **[The Old Gun](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-old-gun-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 7.5 · 289 votes · devastating, foreign-gem, cult
- **[Au Hasard Balthazar](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/au-hasard-balthazar-1966/)** (1966) — ★ 7.5 · 509 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[Breathless](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/breathless-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.5 · 2,029 votes · cozy, devastating, foreign-gem
- **[Band of Outsiders](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/band-of-outsiders-1964/)** (1964) — ★ 7.5 · 611 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-discreet-charm-of-the-bourgeoisie-1972/)** (1972) — ★ 7.5 · 911 votes · surreal, weird, fever-dream
- **[The Phantom of Liberty](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-phantom-of-liberty-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 7.5 · 328 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Last Year at Marienbad](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/last-year-at-marienbad-1961/)** (1961) — ★ 7.4 · 544 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[Mon Oncle](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/mon-oncle-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 7.4 · 614 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Mouchette](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/mouchette-1967/)** (1967) — ★ 7.4 · 278 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg-1964/)** (1964) — ★ 7.4 · 881 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[Happiness](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/happiness-1965/)** (1965) — ★ 7.4 · 297 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[F for Fake](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/f-for-fake-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.4 · 362 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-mad-adventures-of-rabbi-jacob-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.4 · 1,055 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Pierrot le Fou](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/pierrot-le-fou-1965/)** (1965) — ★ 7.3 · 938 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[Oscar](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/oscar-1967/)** (1967) — ★ 7.3 · 534 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult

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