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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave films, 1959–1967

Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave films, 1959–1967

  1. Godard’s feature debut with *Breathless*

    Labels: Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard, French New

  2. First color feature: *Une femme est une femme*

    Labels: Une femme, Anna Karina, Widescreen color

  3. Structured storytelling in *Vivre sa vie*

    Labels: Vivre sa, Anna Karina, Tableaux structure

  4. Censorship delays *Le petit soldat* release

    Labels: Le petit, Algerian War, French censorship

  6. Commercial pressures dramatized in *Le Mépris*

    Labels: Le M, Alberto Moravia, Film industry

  7. Playful genre remix in *Bande à part*

    Labels: Bande part, Louvre run, Youth crime

  8. Dystopian noir without sets in *Alphaville*

    Labels: Alphaville, Science fiction, Film noir

  9. Romantic-crime road film *Pierrot le Fou* opens

    Labels: Pierrot le, Road film, Pop art

  10. Youth culture and Vietnam era politics in *Masculin féminin*

    Labels: Masculin f, Youth culture, Vietnam opposition

  11. *Made in U.S.A.* pushes politics into pulp form

    Labels: Made in, Detective pastiche, Distribution issues

  12. Maoist student radicalism depicted in *La Chinoise*

    Labels: La Chinoise, Maoist students, Political cinema

  13. Essay-film narration in *Two or Three Things I Know About Her*

    Labels: Two or, Essay film, Consumer society

  14. *Weekend* declares an endpoint for this New Wave phase

    Labels: Weekend, Traffic jam, Social breakdown