French black-and-white films

2011 film directed by Michel Hazanavicius

8½ ( ) is a 1963 avant-garde comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on famous Italian film director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) who suffers from writer's block as he attempts to direct an epic science fiction film. Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, and Eddra Gale portray the various women in Guido's life. An international co-production between France and Italy, the film was shot in black and white by cinematographer Gianni Di Venanzo and features a score by Nino Rota, with costume and

1960 film directed by Federico Fellini

1902 French black-and-white silent science fiction film directed by Georges Méliès

1959 film by François Truffaut

1960 French film by Jean-Luc Godard

1929 film directed by Luis Buñuel

1888 film by Louis Le Prince

1960 film by Vittorio De Sica

1957 film by Federico Fellini

1966 film directed by Claude Lelouch

2005 film by George Clooney

1962 film by François Truffaut

1960 film by Luchino Visconti

1937 film by Jean Renoir

1896 film

1953 film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot

2007 animated film by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

1959 film by Alain Resnais

1945 film by Marcel Carné

1928 film by Carl Theodor Dreyer

1995 film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz

1939 film by Jean Renoir

1961 film by Alain Resnais

2018 film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski

1965 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard

1962 film by Jean-Luc Godard

1952 French film by René Clément

1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière

'''''L'Avventura''''' (; ) is a 1960 drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Developed from a story by Antonioni with co-writers Elio Bartolini and Tonino Guerra, the film is about the disappearance of a young woman (Lea Massari) during a boating trip in the Mediterranean, and the subsequent search for her by her lover (Gabriele Ferzetti) and her best friend (Monica Vitti). It was filmed on location in Rome, the Aeolian Islands, and Sicily in 1959 under difficult financial and physical conditions. The film is noted for its unusual pacing, which emphasizes visual composition, mood, and c

1961 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

1959 film by Mario Monicelli

1955 film by Henri-Georges Clouzot

1962 French science fiction featurette directed by Chris Marker

', also released as ' (), is a 1934 French film written and directed by Jean Vigo, and starring Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo, and Michel Simon.

1930 film directed by Luis Buñuel

1953 film directed by Federico Fellini

1958 French film by Louis Malle

1895 film by Louis Lumière

1960 film by Claude Sautet, Georges Franju

'''''L'Eclisse''' () is a 1962 romantic drama film co-written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Alain Delon and Monica Vitti, with Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, and Louis Seigner. Filmed on location in Rome and Verona, the story follows a young woman (Vitti) who pursues an affair with a confident young stockbroker (Delon). Antonioni attributed some of his inspiration for L'Eclisse to when he filmed a solar eclipse in Florence. The film is considered the last part of a trilogy and is preceded by L'Avventura (1960) and La Notte'' (1961).

1946 film by Jean Cocteau, René Clément

1896 film directed by Georges Méliès

1966 film by Robert Bresson

1966 film directed by René Clément

1960 film by Henri-Georges Clouzot

1938 film by Marcel Carné

1949 film by René Clément

Angel-A is a 2005 French romantic fantasy drama film written and directed by Luc Besson and featuring Jamel Debbouze and Rie Rasmussen.

1953 film by Jacques Tati

1962 film by Serge Bourguignon

1900 film by Georges Méliès

1899 film by Georges Méliès

1960 French crime drama film directed by François Truffaut

1939 film by Marcel Carné

1962 film by Orson Welles

1908 animated short film by Émile Cohl

1964 film by Jean-Luc Godard

1952 film by Christian-Jaque

1895 film directed by Louis Lumière