Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3255 Films to Rent
Femme Est Une Femme, Une (A Woman is a Woman) (1961)
- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo…
- Godard flirts with the Hollywood musical, and any other idea that takes his fancy to tell his buoyant tale of a free–spirited stripper who…
Il Posto (1961)
- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Loredana Detto, Sandro Panseri
- This Italian neo–realist classic is a simply told yet beautiful depiction of a small–town boy whose employment search in Milan lands him…
Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre…
- Jeanne Moreau stars in this famous New Wave melodrama caught up in the spirit of its swinging times. A twenty–year love triangle, lightening…
Last Year at Marienbad (L'Annee Dernier a Marienbad) (1961)
- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi
- All the rules of film–making are broken in this notorious question mark of a film in which a past event plagues the occupants of a grand…
Mother Joan of Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolow) (1961)
- Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- A landmark of post–WW2 Polish cinema recounts in stunningly composed b&w images the disturbing true–story of a 17th century French…
Notte, La (The Night) (1961)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti
- A compelling bout of urban alienation, with Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau as a despairing married couple coming slowly apart at the seams.…
Pierre Etaix: Restored Complete Film Works (1961-1971)
- Feat. Pierre Étaix
- A long–overdue collection of film works from French comedy master Pierre Etaix, the delightfully witty clown, comedian and filmmaker whose…
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Max von Sydow
- Husband, father and brother must cope with the disintegrating mental health of a young woman on an island. The focus is on religion, madness and the…
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Vierne
Feat. Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot
- One of two live–action adaptations of Herge’s Tintin adventures, this stars a look–alike Jean–Pierre Talbot as the eponymous boy…
Two Women (1961)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Sophia Loren
- Sophia Loren won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as a WW2 widow who endures turmoil with her 13–year–old daughter before they are…