Movies by François Truffaut
As part of the cast:
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Two in the Wave (2010)
Cast: François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Léaud …
Directed by: Emmanuel Laurent
Emmanuel Laurent appeals directly to fellow film buffs with this absorbing portrait of French New Wave icons François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, capturing their relationship through…
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Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinémathèque (2004)
Cast: Jean-Luc Godard, Henri Alekan, Catherine Allégret …
Directed by: Jacques Richard
Acclaimed filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Claude Chabrol and others pay homage to the founder of the progressive Cinémathèque Française in this documentary that…
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Confidentially Yours (1983)
Cast: François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Fanny Ardant …
Directed by: François Truffaut
With his final film -- a romantic comedy based on Charles Williams's novel "The Long Saturday Night" -- legendary director Francois Truffaut delivers a stylish tribute to Alfred…
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
When Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) encounters a UFO, he's left with a sunburned face, a skeptical family and a shaken psyche. In an attempt to make sense of what he saw, Roy starts…
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
The 1977, 1980 and 1998 versions of Steven Spielberg's seminal sci-fi hit are collected in this exhaustive 30th anniversary edition, which also includes a 20-minute interview with the…
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Day for Night (1973)
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Francois Truffaut's lavish dramedy about a film production is a case of life imitating art, with Truffaut playing a director and his most important actor in real life (Jean-Pierre Leaud)…
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The Wild Child (1970)
Cast: François Truffaut, Jean Daste, Jean-Pierre Cargol …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Director François Truffaut makes a rare on-screen appearance in one of his most unusual films. Based on a true story, the film follows the discovery of a feral child (Jean-Pierre Cargol)…
As a director:
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Confidentially Yours (1983)
Cast: François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Fanny Ardant …
Directed by: François Truffaut
With his final film -- a romantic comedy based on Charles Williams's novel "The Long Saturday Night" -- legendary director Francois Truffaut delivers a stylish tribute to Alfred…
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The Woman Next Door (1981)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Married father Bernard Coudray's (Gerard Depardieu) quiet life is turned upside down when Mathilde Bauchard (Fanny Ardant) moves next door with her husband. Many years earlier, Bernard…
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The Last Metro (1980)
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret …
Directed by: François Truffaut
When the Nazis arrive in France, Jewish director Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent) hides in the basement of his theater for the duration of the occupation while his wife, Marion (Catherine…
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Love on the Run (1979)
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Director François Truffaut presents the final film in his Antoine Doinel series, picking up where Bed and Board left off. Eight years into Antoine's marriage to his sweetheart,…
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The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
Cast: Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud …
Directed by: François Truffaut
French scientist Bertrand Morane (Charles Denner) has had so many lovers that he has no idea who gave him a sexually transmitted disease. To jog his memory, he begins writing a book about all…
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Pocket Money (1976)
Cast: Nicole Félix, Chantal Mercier, Jean-François Stévenin …
Directed by: François Truffaut
In this poignant and humorous film set in France in the summer of 1976, director François Truffaut chronicles the journey of childhood through the eyes of children ages two weeks to 14…
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The Story of Adele H. (1975)
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Isabelle Adjani earned a César Award (France's version of the Oscar) for her portrayal of Adèle Hugo, the daughter of novelist Victor Hugo, whose unrequited obsession with…
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Day for Night (1973)
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Francois Truffaut's lavish dramedy about a film production is a case of life imitating art, with Truffaut playing a director and his most important actor in real life (Jean-Pierre Leaud)…
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Two English Girls (1971)
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Upon meeting Frenchman Claude Roc (Jean-Pierre Léaud) in Paris, sculptress Ann Brown (Kika Markham) asks him to spend the holidays with her family in Britain, intending for Claude to…
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The Wild Child (1970)
Cast: François Truffaut, Jean Daste, Jean-Pierre Cargol …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Director François Truffaut makes a rare on-screen appearance in one of his most unusual films. Based on a true story, the film follows the discovery of a feral child (Jean-Pierre Cargol)…
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Bed and Board (1970)
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko Berghauer …
Directed by: François Truffaut
In director Francois Truffaut's fourth film about Antoine Doinel, Antoine (Jean-Pierre Leaud) marries Christine (Claude Jade) and labors away at odd jobs. After learning of his impending…
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Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Nelly Borgeaud …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Louis (Jean-Paul Belmondo) owns a cigarette factory on an African island, but it's lonely work -- so he puts an ad in the newspaper looking for a bride. Much to his surprise, the lovely…
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Stolen Kisses (1968)
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Daniel Ceccaldi, Claude Jade …
Directed by: François Truffaut
An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film, the third in François Truffaut's Antoine Doinel series finds his protagonist (Jean-Pierre Leaud) kicked out of the army and trying to…
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The Bride Wore Black (1968)
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Legendary director François Truffaut crafted this interpretation of William Irish's suspense-filled novel. Julie Kohler (Jeanne Moreau) is a woman whose revenge skills are tested…
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Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Cast: Cyril Cusack, Julie Christie, Anton Diffring …
Directed by: François Truffaut
All printed materials are destroyed and banned, and firemen start fires in this adaptation of author Ray Bradbury's cautionary near-future parable of an oppressive society in which free…
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The Soft Skin (1964)
Cast: Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac
Directed by: François Truffaut
Well-known publisher and literary critic Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly) becomes infatuated with strikingly beautiful flight attendant Nicole (Françoise Dorleac), with whom he keeps…
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Jules and Jim (1962)
Cast: Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Jeanne Moreau …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Writers Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre) are close friends who fall in love with the same woman, the unpredictable Catherine (Jeanne Moreau), amid the turbulence of World War I…
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Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Cast: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Charlie (Charles Aznavour), a once-famous pianist, is now stroking the keys in a Parisian saloon. When his brothers get in trouble with gangsters, Charlie inadvertently gets swept up in the…
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The 400 Blows / Antoine and Colette (1959)
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy …
Directed by: François Truffaut
This pairing includes François Truffaut's first feature film, The 400 Blows, as well as the haunting short film "Antoine and Colette," which originally appeared in the film…
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The 400 Blows (1959)
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy …
Directed by: François Truffaut
After young Antoine (Jean-Pierre Léaud) runs away, life on the streets of Paris leads to nothing but trouble and guilt in this gritty feature film debut from legendary director…
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Truffaut Shorts: Antoine & Collette/Les Mistons (1957)
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Bernadette Lafont …
Directed by: François Truffaut
In Antoine & Collette, love-struck 18-year-old Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) vainly chases after lissome 20-year-old Colette (Marie-France Pisier). Les Mistons follows five…
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Les Salades de L'amour (1957)
Cast: Gérard Blain, Bernadette Lafont, Michel Francois …
Directed by: François Truffaut
A complement to Francois Truffaut's collection of films about Antoine Doinel, this video contains two main features: Truffaut's 1957 short, Les Mistons (The Mischief Makers), which…