How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

François Truffaut

Cast

Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (19...

Runtime

30m

Director

François Truffaut

Cast

Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Tom Shadyac

Cast

Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

Sergio Leone

Cast

Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern