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Breathless (1960)

NR ★ 7.5/10 90 min Drama, Crime, Romance France French
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Screenplay by: Jean-Luc Godard
Original Storys: François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol
Story by: François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol
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Wild! Violent! Outspoken and Honest!

Description

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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Top Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo Michel Poiccard / László Kovács
Jean Seberg
Jean Seberg Patricia Franchini
Daniel Boulanger
Daniel Boulanger Police Inspector Vital
Henri-Jacques Huet
Henri-Jacques Huet Antonio Berrutti
Roger Hanin
Roger Hanin Carl Zubart
Van Doude
Van Doude American Journalist, Patricia's Friend
Claude Mansard
Claude Mansard Claudius Mansard
Liliane Dreyfus
Liliane Dreyfus Liliane / Minouche

Breathless Appears on 28 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #649
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #241
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #406
Essential Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #14
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #073
Russian Culture Ministry’s 100 Recommended Films
Russian Culture Ministry #13
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #38

Critic Curated

50 Greatest Films Of All Time By Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair #06
BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #11
Buzzfeed: 47 Incredible Movies You Need To Watch If You Want To Be A Film Buff
Buzzfeed #04
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013
Entertainment Weekly #53
Paste Magazine The 100 Best French Films of All Time
Paste Magazine #44
Paste Magazines Best Movies Of The 1960s
Paste Magazine #18
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #57
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #285
The Guardian and Observer critics’ top 10 romantic movies
The Guardian #06
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #160
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #68
Vulture's 50 Films To Watch First from The Criterion Collection
Vulture #09
Yahoo Movies 100 Movies To See Before You
Yahoo Movies #18

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #236
John Woo's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #22
Sofia Coppala's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #05

Fun Lists

Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked
LaCinetek #91

Letterboxd Lists

Showdown Paris Je Taime
Letterboxd Showdown #07
Showdown Running On Empty
Letterboxd Showdown #14

Movements

French New Wave
Letterboxd #01

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #60

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