Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3369 Films to Buy & Rent
Devil's Eye, The (Djävulens öga) (1960)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Stig Jarrel…
- Simultaneously at the lighter and weirder ends of the Bergman spectrum, this film sees the Devil send Don Juan from hell to the mortal plane to rob a…
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse) (1960)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Dawn Addams, Peter Van Eyck, Gert Frobe
- The final film in Fritz Lang's DR. MABUSE series, which includes DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER and THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE, is also the director's…
Eyes Without a Face (Yeux sans visage, Les) (1960)
- Dir. Georges Franju
Feat. Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob
- Landmark European horror tells with French artistry and tonal malevolence the magnificent obsession of a surgeon determined to restore his…
French Screen Icons: Jean-Paul Belmondo 1 (Moderato Cantabile, A Man Called La Rocca, Weekend at Dunkirk) (1960-1964)
- Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Three films starring French leading–man Jean–Paul Belmondo.
L'Avventura (1960)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Monica Vitti
- The quintessential Euro–arthouse film of the 60s – a rambling yet elegant voyage through the sterile lives of the bourgeiousie, following…
La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni
- An episodic film following the very cool Marcello Mastroianni, a disillusioned journalist trapped in shallow, so called 'decadent' society. A…
Le Trou (The Hole; The Night Watch) (1960)
- Dir. Jacques Becker
Feat. Marc Michel
- Classic, noir–ish prison suspense in the mould of A MAN ESCAPED and RIFIFI chronicles an ambitious tunnel escape. Sparse and tense.
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Bernadette Lafont, Clotilde Joano, Stephane Audran
- An early comedy from French new wave director Claude Chabrol (LE BOUCHER), following four single Parisian women as they encounter the romantic…
Lola (1960)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Marc Michel
- Irresistible 'New Wave' confection breezily spins its romantic tale around the alluring presence of Anouk Aimee, here a cheery cabaret–dancer…
Moderato Cantabile (Seven Days...Seven Nights) (1960)
- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jeanne Moreau
- New Wave two–hander stars Jeanne Moreau as a bored housewife who falls for Belmondo's brooding stranger. Stunning wide–screen…