Nouvelle Vague

1h 46m · 2025 · Directed by Richard Linklater · 3.7 / 5 on Letterboxd

Nouvelle Vague (2025) runs 1h 46m, directed by Richard Linklater. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut about a gangster couple. The result? Breathless, one of the first features of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Where to watch: Netflix (US, checked 9 July 2026)