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- La Rupture (1970) Director: Claude Chabrol. The cycle of films that Claude Chabrol made with his then wife Stéphane Audran in the late 1960s and early 70s are some of the most unsettling and ambiguous thrillers you’ll ever see.
- Le Cercle rouge (1970) Director: Jean-Pierre Melville. With a brilliantly tense robbery sequence in a Paris jewellery shop that’s sustained over 30 nail-biting minutes without a word of dialogue, the penultimate film made by French noir master Jean-Pierre Melville has a strong claim to the title of greatest ever heist movie.
- Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (1972) Director: Maurice Pialat. Maurice Pialat’s searing 1968 debut, L’Enfance-nue, promised much, and he spent the 70s delivering on it, turning his attention to terminal illness (La Gueule ouverte, 1974), disaffected youth (Passe ton bac d’abord, 1978) and, in 1972’s Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble, the disintegration of a marriage.
- Day for Night (1973) Director: François Truffaut. There’s no better way to understand the fundamental difference in temperament between Truffaut and Godard – those two key figureheads of 1960s French film – than in comparing their movies about moviemaking.
1. Le Dîner de Cons. 1998 1h 20m PG-13. 7.6 (44K) Rate. 73 Metascore. A few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise. Director Francis Veber Stars Thierry Lhermitte Jacques Villeret Francis Huster. 2. Priceless. 2006 1h 46m R. 7.0 (33K) Rate. 72 Metascore.
Jun 24, 2019 · Rooted in the rich tradition of French cinema, these films offer a diverse range of stories, from hilarious farces to witty romantic comedies. I made a list of several French movies in the comedy category.
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- Those Happy Days / Nos jours heureux (2006)
- Blazing Saddles. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn. 720 votes. Another Mel Brooks masterpiece, this controversial satire of classic Westerns stars Cleavon Little as a Black sheriff appointed to a racist town and Gene Wilder as his unlikely ally, the Waco Kid.
- Young Frankenstein. Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman. 672 votes. Directed by the comedic genius Mel Brooks, this parody of classic horror films presents Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) as he inherits his infamous grandfather's castle, eventually creating his own monster, played by Peter Boyle.
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam. 623 votes. This absurdly hilarious film, which has become a cult favorite, features King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table on their quest for the titular relic, encountering outlandish foes along the way.
- National Lampoon's Animal House. John Belushi, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland. 595 votes. This raucous, raunchy romp through the wild world of college fraternities stars John Belushi as the iconic Bluto and features a slew of memorable characters and outrageous antics.
1. The Mother and the Whore (1973) 210 min | Drama, Romance. 7.8. Rate. 89 Metascore. The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women, including the maternal Marie and the sexually liberated Veronika, in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
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A list of 54 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Eden and After (1970), The Phantom of Liberty (1974), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), Numéro deux (1975) and Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978).
Jul 23, 2018 · 1. La Classe Américaine, also called Le grand détournement, is a 1993 television flim. La classe means “style.” Example: Waouh Julie, tes nouvelles chaussures à perroquet, c’est la classe ! Wow Julie, your new shoes with parrots on them, they’re stylish! In older slang, la classe américaine = a great style !
