Wim Wenders’ 1991 epic follows Claire and Sam across continents as they evade bounty hunters and test a camera that lets the blind see recorded experiences. Shot across eleven countries with Robby Müller, it treats the road movie as philosophical drift — prioritising texture, duration, and the fragility of perception over plot or resolution.
Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 debut sends a car thief who idolises American gangsters, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo, on the run through Paris after he shoots a policeman, hiding out with an American girlfriend played by Jean Seberg who is unsure whether to protect him or turn him in. Shot handheld on repurposed still-camera film stock with almost no lighting, and cut with jump cuts that were reportedly not planned during filming, it became one of the founding statements of the French New Wave.