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1960s Movies

Is Paris Burning? (1966)

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Is Paris Burning? movie storyline. Shortly after the failed 20 July plot to assassinate him in 1944, Adolf Hitler appoints General der Infanterie Dietrich von Choltitz as military governor of occupied Paris. Hitler believes Choltitz will obey his order that the Allies should not be allowed to capture Paris without the Germans destroying it completely, similar to the planned destruction of Warsaw.

1960s Movies

A Very Special Favor (1965)

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A Very Special Favor movie storyline. Michel Boullard (Charles Boyer) meets Paul Chadwick (Rock Hudson) while going against him in a court case in France. To win the case, Chadwick woos the attract female judge, and this becomes known to attorney Boullard.

1960s Movies

The L-Shaped Room (1963)

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The L-Shaped Room movie storyline. Jane (Leslie Caron), a young French woman, pregnant and unmarried, takes a room in a seedy London boarding house, which is inhabited by an assortment of misfits. She considers getting an abortion, but is unhappy with this solution.

1970s Movies / François Truffaut Movies

The Man Who Loved Women (1977)

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The Man Who Loved Women movie storyline. Montpellier: December 1976. At the funeral of Bertrand Morane, Genevieve (Brigitte Fossey) observes the other mourners, all women once involved with him. The following is told in flashback.

1960s Movies

Fanny (1961)

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Fanny movie synopsis. Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe’-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her.

1950s Movies

Gigi (1958)

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Gigi movie synopsis. Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.

1970s Movies

Goldengirl (1979)

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Goldengirl movie storyline. A scientist and neo-Nazi doctor named Serafin has developed a way to create a physically superior human being. He tests it out on his adopted daughter, Goldine.

1950s Movies

An American in Paris (1951)

July 27, 2019July 25, 2023 - by greatmovies

An American in Paris movie storyline. Jerry Mulligan is an ex-serviceman who stayed on in Paris after the war. He’s now a struggling artist trying to sell his paintings on the sidewalk.