What is the best Agnès Varda movie of all time?

The grandmother of the French New Wave made films full of curiosity, warmth, and radical humanity across seven decades. From early fiction to late personal essays — which Varda stays with you?

Cléo from 5 to 7

A real-time portrait of a young pop singer wandering Paris for two hours while awaiting cancer test results.

1/6

Vagabond

A young woman's drifting life across the French countryside is reconstructed through the accounts of those who briefly knew her.

2/6

The Gleaners and I

Varda turns her camera on modern-day gleaners — people who collect leftovers from fields, markets, and society — and herself.

3/6

Faces Places

Varda and street artist JR travel rural France creating giant photographic installations on walls and buildings with the locals they meet.

4/6

Jacquot de Nantes

A tender tribute to her dying husband Jacques Demy, recreating his childhood memories of first falling in love with cinema.

5/6

One Sings, the Other Doesn't

Two women with different lives stay connected over fifteen years as the feminist movement reshapes their choices and identities.

6/6