Fresh
Truffaut balances his hopeful plot on a tightrope of coincidences and narrow escapes that horrifically suggest the abyss that engulfed so many men and women of the artistic and political underground. In French.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
The Last Metro
A story of love and conflict.
1980 · 2h 11m · PG
Drama, Romance, War
Directed by
François Truffaut
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
The Last Metro
Overview
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Director and cast
- François Truffaut Director
- Catherine Deneuve as Marion Steiner
- Gérard Depardieu as Bernard Granger
- Jean Poiret as Jean-Loup Cottins
- Andréa Ferréol as Arlette Guillaume
- Paulette Dubost as Germaine Fabre
- Jean-Louis Richard as Daxiat
- Maurice Risch as Raymond Boursier
- Heinz Bennent as Lucas Steiner
- Sabine Haudepin as Nadine Marsac
- Christian Baltauss as Lucien Ballard, Bernard's Replacement
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A dazzlingly subversive work.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
At times, the film seems to be about the reasons for its own emptiness.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
More films
Suite Française (2015)
Drama · Romance · War · Not Rated
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the vill...
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Director
- Saul Dibb
- Cast
- Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts
IMDb
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Metacritic
63
The Boy in the Woods (2023)
Drama · History · War · N/A
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Director
- Rebecca Snow
- Cast
- Jett Klyne, Richard Armitage, David Kohlsmith
IMDb
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
L'Amour fou (1969)
Drama · Romance · N/A
A troubled marriage is tested by the couple's involvement in a theatrical production of Racine’s Andromaque.
- Runtime
- 4h 12m
- Director
- Jacques Rivette
- Cast
- Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Josée Destoop
IMDb
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Palestine 36 (2025)
Drama · History · War · N/A
Year 1936. As villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe and some arriving with nefarious Zionis...
- Runtime
- 2h
- Director
- Annemarie Jacir
- Cast
- Karim Daoud Anaya, Hiam Abbass, Robert Aramayo
IMDb
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
Metacritic
67
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Drama · Romance · PG-13
In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
- Runtime
- 2h
- Director
- Baz Luhrmann
- Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford
IMDb
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Metacritic
62
Snow (1963)
Documentary · N/A
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music. Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are ...
- Runtime
- 8m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.0
Rail (1967)
Documentary · N/A
"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss. There was a facing-up to the increasing need for a big modernisation drive. Full and speedy electrification, or the wider promotion of diesel-power on remaining lines, became a matter of to...
- Runtime
- 14m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.4
Locomotion (1975)
Documentary · N/A
Collage film about the history of trains set to music.
- Runtime
- 16m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.2
Shell Spirit (1963)
N/A
Directed by Geoffrey Jones.
- Runtime
- 2m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
6.8
Comments
Talk about the film with other members