Drama, History, Romance
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
A Kind of Loving
Darling
Johan
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Tell England
After the Hunt
You Can't Take It with You
Imitation of Life
Gertrud
Breathless
Wir sagen Du! Schatz.
The Silence of the Lambs
The Apartment
High Noon
Casablanca
Notorious
Rome, Open City
SIMILAR MOVIES
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 1973
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
IMDB 6.3 | Aug , 1895
A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over it. The executioner lifts his axe ready to bring it down. After that frame Mary has been replaced by a dummy. The axe comes down and severs the head of the dummy from the body. The executioner picks up the head and shows it around for everyone else to see. One of the first camera tricks to be used in a movie.A Kind of Loving
IMDB 7 | Apr , 1962
As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.Darling
IMDB 3.7 | Sep , 2007
A man cheats on his wife with his secretary, but things take a haunting shift after he accidentally kills his mistress.Johan
IMDB 5.8 | May , 1976
Johan details the director's quest for an actor to play his titular lover, the real deal having been incarcerated just prior to shooting on charges of petty theft.The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
IMDB 8.2 | Nov , 1959
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
IMDB 8.4 | Jan , 1961
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.Tell England
IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 1931
In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.After the Hunt
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2015
When the hunter arrives for this year's moose hunt, a young woman who is new to the hunting team is introduced. He watches her during the hunt and then he steps into action.You Can't Take It with You
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 1938
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.Imitation of Life
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 1959
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.Gertrud
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1964
Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will always elude her. She abandons her distinguished husband and embraces an affair with a young concert pianist, who falls short of her desire for lasting affection. When an old lover returns to her life, fresh disappointments follow, and Gertrud must try to come to terms with reality.Breathless
IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 1960
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.Wir sagen Du! Schatz.
IMDB 6.1 | Nov , 2007
Oliver doesn’t have a family so he steals one.The Silence of the Lambs
IMDB 8.3 | Feb , 1991
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.The Apartment
IMDB 8.2 | Jun , 1960
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.High Noon
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1952
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.Casablanca
IMDB 8.1 | Jan , 1943
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.Notorious
IMDB 7.7 | Aug , 1946
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.Rome, Open City
IMDB 8 | Oct , 1945
During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.