# The best Jean-Luc Godard films

Breathless, Contempt, Pierrot le Fou… Godard's films ranked highest by audiences and critics (SensCritique, Captain Watch, IndieWire).

- 12 votes · 14 items
- Jun 17, 2023 · baptiste_rennes
- https://even.best/en/l/2048/the-best-jean-luc-godard-films

## Top 12

1. **Contempt (1963)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Bardot, Piccoli, Fritz Lang and the Villa Malaparte.
2. **Masculin Féminin (1966)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — "The children of Marx and Coca-Cola".
3. **Alphaville (1965)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lemmy Caution against a tyrannical computer.
4. **Le Petit Soldat (1963)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Algerian War seen from Geneva, long banned.
5. **2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A woman in Paris's new housing estates.
6. **Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988-1998)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — His video summa on the history of cinema.
7. **Goodbye to Language (2014)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — In 3D, Cannes Jury Prize.
8. **Pierrot le Fou (1965)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Belmondo and Anna Karina on the run to the Mediterranean.
9. **Band of Outsiders (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A botched heist and a dance that became iconic.
10. **A Woman Is a Woman (1961)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A colour musical comedy with Anna Karina.
11. **A Married Woman (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A day between husband and lover.
12. **Breathless (1960)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Belmondo and Seberg, the New Wave's manifesto film.
13. **Vivre sa vie (1962)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Anna Karina in twelve tableaux.
14. **Weekend (1967)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A couple and an endless traffic jam.

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