The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Because I love it that much, I have to share the classic French movie, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. A musical film made in 1964, it was directed by iconic French director Jacques Demy, and stars Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo. Umbrellas is the middle film in an informal "romantic trilogy' of Demy films that share some of the same actors, characters and overall look; it comes after Lola (1961) and before The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). The film was nominated for countless awards, including five Academy Awards in 1964 and again in 1966. See this classic film and soak up the style, the era and the amazing acting of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

More Movies Featuring Paris

Gigi

From a 1944 novel by Colette and 1951 musical comedy, this 1958 Leslie Caron film won nine Oscars, with songs by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; set in a glorious Belle Époque Paris, with costumes right out of Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

Breathless

The landmark 1960 French New Wave film with a too-cool Jean-Paul Belmondo and heartbreakingly young Jean Seberg running from the cops on the mean streets of Paris.

Is Paris Burning?

A 1966 pseudo-documentary style re-creation of the liberation of Paris during World War II with a platoon of stars, including Belmondo, Kirk Douglas, Orson Welles and Simone Signoret.