List of the best Jacques Demy movies: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(1964), The Young Girls of Rochefort(1967), Model Shop(1969), The Pied Piper(1972), Lady Oscar(1980), Parking(1985) ... ...
Musical, Romance
France|West Germany
1964
91 Minutes
Director
Catherine Deneuve Nino Castelnuovo Anne Vernon Marc Michel Ellen Farner Mireille Perrey Jean Champion P. Caden J.P. Dorat
pretty woman mechanic businessperson husband wife emotional melodramatic moving france small town cherbourg, france social standing love triangle small-town life love growing up discovery 1960s
A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.
Musical, Romance
France
1967
125 Minutes
Director
Catherine Deneuve Françoise Dorléac Gene Kelly George Chakiris Grover Dale Jacques Perrin Danielle Darrieux Geneviève Thenier Pamela Hart Leslie North
songwriter sister mother carnival worker artist pianist uplifting touching charming dreamy rochefort, france seaside café romance small-town life aspirations chance meeting music growing up quest
Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.
Drama
France|USA
1969
90 Minutes
Director
Anouk Aimée Gary Lockwood Alexandra Hay Carol Cole Tom Holland Severn Darden Craig Littler
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George is unemployed, broke, about to be drafted to Vietnam, and suddenly madly in love with the divine Lola, a woman he has only briefly glimpsed. Now George searches for his potential amour through the City of Angels.
Fantasy
UK|West Germany|USA
1972
90 Minutes
Director
Donovan Jack Wild Donald Pleasence John Hurt Michael Hordern Roy Kinnear Peter Vaughan Diana Dors Cathryn Harrison Keith Buckley Patsy Puttnam
gypsy guitarist burgomaster daughter alchemist baron outlandish dreamy germany hamelin town black death wedding corruption folklore revenge love 14th century
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Comedy
Japan|France
1980
125 Minutes
Director
Catriona MacColl Barry Stokes Christina Bohm Jonas Bergström Mark Kingston Martin Potter Nicholas Amer Anouska Hempel Shelagh McLeod Cadine Constan
The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.
Fantasy
France
1985
95 Minutes
Director
Francis Huster Keiko Ito Laurent Malet Gérard Klein Marie-France Pisier Jean Marais Hugues Quester
This film is an update of Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, set in the world of 1980s rock.