Cinematography: Willy Kurant

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Willy Kurant. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


A Grin Without a Cat

1977 · Documentary · 180 min. · France

Direction Chris Marker

Plot French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin...

8.2

706 votes

8.2

706 votes

Far from Vietnam

1967 · Documentary · 120 min. · France

Direction Claude Lelouch · Agnès Varda · Jean-Luc Godard · Chris Marker

Cast Anne Bellec · Karen Blanguernon · Bernard Fresson · Maurice Garrel

Plot Seven directors combine efforts for this documentary, a searing anti-American indictment of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, William Klein, Joris Ivens, Agnes Varda, Claude Lelouch, and Jean-Luc...

7.4

312 votes

7.4

312 votes

Masculine-Feminine

1966 · Movie · 103 min. · France

Direction Jean-Luc Godard

Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud · Chantal Goya · Marlène Jobert · Michel Debord

Plot Paul is young, just demobbed from national service in the French Army, and dishillusioned with civilian life. As his girlfriend builds herself a career as a pop singer, Paul becomes...

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7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

The Killing of America

1981 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Sheldon Renan

Cast Chuck Riley · Ed Dorris · Thomas Noguchi · Sirhan Sirhan

Plot A documentary of the decline of America. It features a lot a great footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more.

7.2

108 votes

7.2

108 votes

Wall Engravings

1968 · Movie · 80 min. · France

7.0

43 votes

7.0

43 votes

The Immortal Story

1968 · Movie · 58 min. · France

Direction Orson Welles

Cast Orson Welles · Jeanne Moreau · Roger Coggio · Norman Eshley

Plot The Portuguese colony of Macao in the 19th century. Mr. Clay is a very rich merchant and the subject of town gossip. He has spent many years in China and...

6.9

785 votes

6.9

785 votes

Elsa la rose (S)

1966 · Documentary · 20 min. · France

Direction Agnès Varda

Cast Louis Aragon · Michel Piccoli · Elsa Triolet

Plot The story of a poet's (Louis Aragon) love for his wife, the writer Elsa Triolet.

6.7

120 votes

6.7

120 votes

Trans-Europ-Express

1966 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Alain Robbe-Grillet

Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant · Marie-France Pisier · Nadine Verdier · Christian Barbier

Plot A film director, Jean, his producer, Marc, and his assistant, Lucette, board the Trans-Europ-Express in Paris bound for Antwerp. Once in their compartment it occurs to them that the drama...

6.7

289 votes

6.7

289 votes

Under the Sun of Satan

1987 · Movie · 93 min. · France

Direction Maurice Pialat

Cast Gérard Depardieu · Sandrine Bonnaire · Maurice Pialat · Yann Dedet

Plot Dossignan is a very zealous rural priest. The dean Menou-Segrais tries to keep him reasonable. But Dossignan will be tempted by Satan, then will try to save the soul of...

6.6

979 votes

6.6

979 votes

Kitchen with Apartment

1993 · Movie · 96 min. · France

6.6

44 votes

6.6

44 votes

The Creatures

1966 · Movie · 92 min. · France

6.5

89 votes

6.5

89 votes

Jealousy

2013 · Movie · 77 min. · France

Direction Philippe Garrel

Cast Louis Garrel · Anna Mouglalis · Rebecca Convenant · Olga Milshtein

Plot As a man leaves his wife and daughter, a series of brief conversations, observed gestures, chance encounters and impulsive acts, tell the story of the relationships that flounder and thrive...

6.4

670 votes

6.4

670 votes

The Departure

1967 · Movie · 93 min. · Belgium

Direction Jerzy Skolimowski

Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud · Catherine-Isabelle Duport · Jacqueline Bir · Paul Roland

Plot A fast-paced comedy about a young Belgian car nut and hairdresser's apprentice, his girlfriend, and their legal and illegal attempts to get a Porsche under him for his nearing debut...

6.4

120 votes

6.4

120 votes

Anna (TV)

1967 · Movie · 87 min. · France

Direction Pierre Koralnik

Cast Anna Karina · Jean-Claude Brialy · Marianne Faithfull · Serge Gainsbourg

Plot "Anna" strikes the imagination with its blend of smiling superficiality and its visual creativity. In a way, it is a cousin film of Antonioni's "Blow up", but its deep concern...

6.4

51 votes

6.4

51 votes

China Moon

1994 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction John Bailey

Cast Ed Harris · Madeleine Stowe · Charles Dance · Benicio del Toro

Plot Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is...

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

Je t'aime moi non plus (I Love You, I Don't)

1976 · Movie · 89 min. · France

Direction Serge Gainsbourg

Cast Jane Birkin · Joe Dallesandro · Hugues Quester · Reinhard Kolldehoff

Plot The petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy...

5.6

310 votes

5.6

310 votes

Tuff Turf

1985 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Fritz Kiersch

Cast James Spader · Kim Richards · Paul Mones · Matt Clark

Plot At the start of his senior year in high school, Morgan's father has lost his company, so the family moves from Connecticut, where they've been in the yacht club, to...

5.3

170 votes

5.3

170 votes

The Night Of The Following Day

1969 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Hubert Cornfield

Cast Marlon Brando · Richard Boone · Rita Moreno · Pamela Franklin

Plot Two men kidnap a girl off the streets, take her to a beach house owned by a drug-addicted stewardess, and hold her for ransom.

5.1

225 votes

5.1

225 votes

A Business Affair

1994 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charlotte Brändström

Cast Christopher Walken · Carole Bouquet · Jonathan Pryce · Sheila Hancock

Plot This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when...

5.0

36 votes

5.0

36 votes

A Burning Hot Summer

2011 · Movie · 95 min. · France

Direction Philippe Garrel

Cast Monica Bellucci · Louis Garrel · Jérôme Robart · Céline Sallette

Plot The once-happy marriage between brooding painter Frederic and his movie-star wife Angele hits the rocks when another couple joins them on a Roman holiday.

4.9

785 votes

4.9

785 votes