Backdrop image for movie The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

  • Drama
  • Romance

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Catherine DeneuveCatherine DeneuveGeneviève Emery
  • Photo of Nino CastelnuovoNino CastelnuovoGuy
  • Photo of Anne VernonAnne VernonMadame Emery
  • Photo of Mireille PerreyMireille PerreyTante Élise
  • Photo of Marc MichelMarc MichelRoland Cassard
  • Photo of Ellen FarnerEllen FarnerMadeleine
  • Photo of Jean ChampionJean ChampionAubin
  • Photo of Jean-Pierre DoratJean-Pierre DoratJean
  • Photo of Harald WolffHarald WolffMonsieur Dubourg
  • Photo of Pierre CadenPierre CadenBernard

Similar to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Backdrop image for movie Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone (1976)

New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge gun". As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone, an all-round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam's speakeasy. His designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Tallulah who wants Bugsy for herself.

  • Drama
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Music
  • Family
Backdrop image for movie Fanaa

Fanaa (2006)

Zooni Ali Beg is a blind Kashmiri girl who travels without her parents for the first time with a dance troupe to Delhi to perform in a ceremony for independence day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan, a casanova and tour guide who flirts with her. Although her friends warn Zooni about him, she cannot resist falling in love with him and he takes her on a private tour of New Delhi. But there is more to Rehan than meets the eye and Zooni will have to make a heartbreaking decision.

  • Action
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Thriller
Backdrop image for movie The Lion King

The Lion King (1994)

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

  • Family
  • Animation
  • Drama
Backdrop image for movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Horror
  • Thriller
Backdrop image for movie K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

  • Drama
  • History
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • War
Backdrop image for movie The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line (1998)

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

  • Drama
  • History
  • War
Backdrop image for movie The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff (1983)

As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.

  • Drama
  • History
  • Adventure
Backdrop image for movie A Perfect World

A Perfect World (1993)

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

  • Drama
  • Crime
Backdrop image for movie That Thing You Do!

That Thing You Do! (1996)

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Music
Backdrop image for movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing

  • Action
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Backdrop image for movie American Dreamz

American Dreamz (2006)

The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. Recently awakened President Staton even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.

  • Comedy
  • Drama
Backdrop image for movie Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.

  • Action
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Backdrop image for movie Set It Off

Set It Off (1996)

Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Backdrop image for movie Glory

Glory (1989)

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

  • Drama
  • History
  • War
Backdrop image for movie The Jacket

The Jacket (2005)

A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Science Fiction
  • Thriller
  • Fantasy
Backdrop image for movie Infamous

Infamous (2006)

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

  • Drama
  • Crime
Backdrop image for movie The Perfect Gentleman

The Perfect Gentleman (2010)

Jonathan is poised to marry the daughter of a wealthy tycoon. The couple appears picture perfect, until the eve of their engagement party, when an unexpected guest threatens to destroy Jonathan's plans for the future.

  • Drama
  • Thriller
Backdrop image for movie La Bamba

La Bamba

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.

  • Drama
  • Music
Backdrop image for movie The Year of Living Dangerously

The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.

  • Romance
  • Drama