A masterpiece of the French New Wave and one of François Truffaut's finest films, Jules and Jim is a tribute to the eternal truths that men are idiots and women are crazy (and 'twas ever thus). The incomparable Jeanne Moreau is Catherine, the woman at the nexus of an unconventional relationship that also involves close friends Jules and Jim as the film tracks the trio through more than two decades of their amorous permutations. Cinematographer Raoul Coutard makes every single shot resonate with sharp New Wave style and modernity, while the charming score by Georges Delerue is unforgettable as well. But ultimately it is the film's meditation on love that stays with me: its futility, its rewards.