# The essential French New Wave films

Truffaut, Godard, Varda, Resnais, Demy, Rohmer: the essential films of the French New Wave, according to the Cinémathèque française, the BFI and SensCritique.

- 196 votes · 14 items
- Feb 2, 2020 · septiemeart_nocturne
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## Top 10

1. **The 400 Blows (1959)** (23 · ▲24 ▼1) — Antoine Doinel's childhood; best director at Cannes.
2. **Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)** (15 · ▲16 ▼1) — A singer waits for medical test results, by Agnès Varda.
3. **Breathless (1960)** (13 · ▲16 ▼3) — Belmondo, Jean Seberg and Godard's jump cuts.
4. **Le Beau Serge (1958)** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — A return to the village, Chabrol's first film.
5. **Lola (1961)** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — A cabaret dancer in Nantes, Demy's first feature.
6. **Pierrot le Fou (1965)** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Belmondo and Anna Karina on the run to the south.
7. **Jules and Jim (1962)** (11 · ▲14 ▼3) — Two friends and Catherine, by Truffaut.
8. **La Jetée (1962)** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — A short made of still photographs, by Chris Marker.
9. **Hiroshima mon amour (1959)** (10 · ▲13 ▼3) — A French actress and a Japanese architect, by Alain Resnais.
10. **My Night at Maud's (1969)** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — A Catholic engineer and a night of conversation, by Éric Rohmer.
11. **The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — A fully sung musical, by Jacques Demy.
12. **Paris Belongs to Us (1961)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — A mysterious conspiracy in Paris, by Jacques Rivette.
13. **Contempt (1963)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — A film shoot on Capri and a marriage falling apart.
14. **Stolen Kisses (1968)** (-1 · ▲4 ▼5) — Antoine Doinel as a private detective.

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