François Truffaut

François Truffaut

February 6, 1932 · 94 years old

François Roland Truffaut (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and…

Known For

21 titles
1
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977 · 2h 18m · Movie

An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

7.6
2
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

1959 · 1h 39m · Movie

A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

8.0
3
Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

1966 · 1h 52m · Movie

In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

7.2
4
Jules and Jim

Jules and Jim

1962 · 1h 45m · Movie

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

7.7
5
Day for Night

Day for Night

1973 · 1h 56m · Movie

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

8.0
6
Shoot the Piano Player

Shoot the Piano Player

1960 · 1h 32m · Movie

A pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.

7.4
7
The Last Metro

The Last Metro

1980 · 2h 12m · Movie

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.

7.3
8
Stolen Kisses

Stolen Kisses

1968 · 1h 31m · Movie

After being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel centers a screwball comedy where he applies for different jobs and tries to make sense of his relationships with women.

7.5
9
The Bride Wore Black

The Bride Wore Black

1968 · 1h 47m · Movie

Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?

7.2
10
The Wild Child

The Wild Child

1970 · 1h 23m · Movie

In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.

7.4
11
The Story of Adele H

The Story of Adele H

1975 · 1h 36m · Movie

The story of Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.

7.2
12
The Woman Next Door

The Woman Next Door

1981 · 1h 46m · Movie

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

7.2
13
The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

1964 · 1h 53m · Movie

A well-known publisher and lecturer starts an affair with an air hostess.

7.5
14
Love on the Run

Love on the Run

1979 · 1h 34m · Movie

Antoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys Antoine's first published autobiographical...

7.0
15
Mississippi Mermaid

Mississippi Mermaid

1969 · 2h 3m · Movie

A wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.

6.9
16
Small Change

Small Change

1976 · 1h 44m · Movie

The lives of a motherless boy, who is just starting to get interested in women, and his physically abused friend, who lives in poverty, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges of a number of child...

7.6
17
The Mischief Makers

The Mischief Makers

1957 · 18m · Movie

A group of five boys, the brats of the title, are all in love with an unbearably beautiful woman and so they spend their summer jealously harassing her and her boyfriend.

7.0
18
The Green Room

The Green Room

1978 · 1h 34m · Movie

A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys the room, he renovates a little chapel an...

6.9
19
Naked Childhood

Naked Childhood

1969 · 1h 23m · Movie

An anguished foster child takes to mischief and lies as his foster parents do their best to love and care for him. But it might be too little, too late in this emotionally devastating portrayal of the orphaned child.

7.4
20
The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata

1956 · 50m · Movie

In this adaptation of Tolstoy's argument for sexual abstinence, a man recounts the events that led to the killing of his wife.

6.2
21
Take It All

Take It All

1963 · 1h 39m · Movie

A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young intellectuals in early sixties Montreal.

7.1