← Cinema Atlas
Breathless poster
Also available
data via JustWatch
Free Kanopy · library card
Stream HBO Max Amazon Channel · +4 more
+5
Rent / buy 5 options
FRANCE · 1960

Breathless

Jean-Luc Godard
French New Wave French New Wave existentialism criminal underworld romantic rebellion urban alienation
Where to watch
M
Find on MUBI
Hand-picked cinema, one film at a time
→
C
Search the Criterion Channel
Browse the collection
→
Trailer
Synopsis

Godard French New Wave landmark that revolutionized cinema grammar. Influenced generations of Hollywood filmmakers.

Year1960
CountryFrance
DirectorJean-Luc Godard
MovementFrench New Wave
Cinematic Threads
Godard is like a big mountain. For Breathless, he took the gangster films from the 1940s and '50s, the B-movies, and remade them into something completely new, fresh, and modern. That kind of spirit of taking genre films and twisting them, that's what inspires me.
See all connections for Breathless → Explore the full connection →
Films it influenced
Black Panther 2018 · Ryan Coogler Performance (, w/Donald Cammell 1970 · Nicolas Roeg Chungking Express 1994 · Wong Kar-wai Before the Revolution 1964 · Bernardo Bertolucci Bonnie and Clyde 1967 · Arthur Penn
See all 7 →

More from Jean-Luc Godard

France · French New Wave
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · France
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · France
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · France

Films with Similar Themes

French New Wave · existentialism · criminal underworld · romantic rebellion · urban alienation
La Bande des quatre
La Bande des quatre
1988 · Jacques Rivette
Le Pont du nord
Le Pont du nord
1982 · Jacques Rivette
The Arrest
The Arrest
1971 · Shirley Clarke
Jean Renoir, le Patron
Jean Renoir, le Patron
1966 · Jacques Rivette
Bad Company
Bad Company
1969 · Jean Eustache
Crazeologie
Crazeologie
1954 · Louis Malle

More from France

Cinema of France
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo