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François Truffaut

By: Ally the Manic Listmak​er


Truffaut was one of the greats of the French new wave. He wrote the treatment for Breathless and magnificently debuted with The 400 Blows.


Anyone who worked with Truffaut could boast about working with him. Great actors whom he worked with include: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Isabelle Adjani, Catherine Deneuve (and her sister Françoise Dorléac), Gérard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Julie Christie (pictured above), Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Nathalie Baye, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claire Maurier, and singer Charles Aznavour.

Ranked list:

1. Vivement dimanche! / Confidentially Yours

2. Antoine and Colette
3. Jules et Jim
4. Baisers voles / Stolen Kisses
5. Domicile conjugal /Bed & Board
6. The Man Who Loved Women
7. Le Dernier métro / The Last Metro
8. Les Quatre cents coups / The 400 Blows
9. Nuit Americaine / Day for Night
10. La Mariee Etait en noir / The Bride Wore Black
11. Tirez sur le pianiste / Don’t Shoot the Piano Player
12. Une histoire d’eau (1961) co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard
13. Une belle fille comme moi / A Gorgeous Bird Like Me (1972)
14. La Sirène du Mississipi / Mississippi Mermaid
15. L’Argent de poche / Small Change
16. La chambre verte/The Green Room

17. L’Amour en fuite/Love on the Run
18. Fahrenheit 451
19. L’Histoire d’Adèle H. /The Story of Adele H.
20. La Petite voleuse/The Little Thief (based on a script by François Truffaut, directed by Claude Miller)
21. Les Mistons/The Kids
22. L’Enfant Sauvage/Wild Child
23. Les Deux anglaises et le continent/Two English Girls
24. La Peau douce/The Soft Skin
25. Tire-au-flanc 62 (1960)

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Owen Sound

1Sep10

François Truffaut is one of those directors where not only do I really enjoy his films but also have a great affection for him as a person. I love reading his articles and watching his interviews and such. I find his love of cinema very endearing and inspiring.

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Ally the Manic Listmaker

31Aug10

Pierre Yves, thank you for your comments. I added a note to La petite voleuse/The Little Thief and I added The Green Room which was strangely missing.

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Pierre Yves

31Aug10

Sad to see "Les deux anglaises et le continent" and "La peau douce" so low in your list. Happy to see "Vivement dimanche" (hommage to Hitchcock) and "l'homme qui aimait les femmes" (very French...) in your top 10. But where is "La chambre verte"? PS: "La petite voleuse" is a movie by Claude Miller with Truffaut's participation to the screenplay, "le petit voleur" is just... something else.

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Sean Keeley

16Jun10

I guess I need to see Confidentially Yours. I must say though, I'm shocked at how low The 400 Blows and Shoot the Piano Player are. Also, Two English Girls is criminally underrated!

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