François Truffaut
Known for: Directing
Born: February 6, 1932
Died: October 21, 1984
Place of birth: Paris, France
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 actor working on over twenty-five films. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, Truffaut was one of the most influential figures of the French New Wave, inspiring directors such as Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson.
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Filmography
107 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
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Determination
2026
8.0
Being Bo Widerberg
2025
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Postface à l’Atalante
2025
6.0
Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses
2024
6.4
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024
7.2
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023
7.8
Passion Fanny Ardant
2023
5.6
Godard Cinema
2023
6.0
Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door
2023
7.2
Godard by Godard
2023
7.6
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022
8.0
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
2021
6.5
Sous le soleil de Pialat
2021
7.1
Jim Morrison: The End
2021
2.0
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
8.0
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
2021
7.0
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
2020
7.3
Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020
10.0
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019
6.0
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019
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When Hitchcock met O'Casey
2019
6.0
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018
7.0
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
7.1
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
5.9
Vadim Mister Cool
2016
6.5
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
2016
7.5
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016
5.8
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
6.2
Ain't Misbehavin
2013NR
To Be... A Classic
2012NR
The Magic Skin
2011
6.3
Two in the Wave
2010
7.2
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010
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Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009NR
On the Trail of the New Wave
20097.0
Looking for Truffaut
2009
7.0
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
2006
6.0
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
2004
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Their First Films
2004
10.0
Un film et son époque
2003
4.9
The Truth About Charlie
2002
6.7
Heart of the Festival
2002
10.0
Léaud l'unique
2001
8.0
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
2000
6.8
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
19997.0
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
1997NR
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain
1996
7.7
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
1996
7.7
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996
6.9
The World of Jacques Demy
199510.0
Belle Époque
1995
8.0
The Secret of the Wild Child
1994
5.6
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
19933.3
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992
6.2
The Little Thief
1988
7.8
Wings of Desire
1987
4.9
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
7.1
Confidentially Yours
1983
5.9
Breathless
1983
7.1
The Woman Next Door
1981
7.2
The Last Metro
1980
7.0
Love on the Run
1979
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Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978
6.6
The Green Room
1978
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
7.4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
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François Truffaut
1977
7.1
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
7.1
Small Change
1976
5.0
That Kid
1976
6.9
The Story of Adèle H.
1975
6.7
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
8.5
Apostrophes
1975
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Les Musiciens de la pellicule
1974
9.5
Spécial cinéma
1974NR
Omnibus: François Truffaut
1973
7.8
Day for Night
1973
6.2
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
1972
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
7.0
Two English Girls
1971
5.3
Langlois
1970
7.1
Bed and Board
1970
7.1
The Wild Child
1970
9.0
Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films
1970
6.6
Mississippi Mermaid
1969
7.3
Naked Childhood
1969
7.3
Stolen Kisses
1968
7.1
The Bride Wore Black
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967NR
The Birth of Children of Paradise
1967
6.8
Carl Th. Dreyer
1966
7.1
Fahrenheit 451
1966
7.5
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
1965
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Pour le plaisir
1964
8.0
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1964
7.1
The Soft Skin
1964
5.7
Mata Hari, Agent H21
1964
5.8
Take It All
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
19625.9
Los 4 Golpes
1962
7.2
Antoine and Colette
1962
6.7
Love at Twenty
1962
8.0
A Swelled Head
1962
7.5
Jules and Jim
196210.0
Le scarabée d'or
1961
6.5
A Story of Water
1961
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Portrait of François Truffaut
1961
5.4
The Army Game
1960
7.2
Shoot the Piano Player
1960
7.5
Breathless
1960
7.6
Testament of Orpheus
1960
8.0
The 400 Blows
1959
6.1
The Overworked
1958
7.0
Anna the Maid
1958
6.8
The Mischief Makers
1957
6.6
Fool’s Mate
1956
8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
6.1
The Kreutzer Sonata
1956
5.0
Reflets de Cannes
1954