10) The 400 Blows (1959)
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François Truffaut's The 400 Blows ends with one of cinema's most famous freeze-frames. Young Antoine Doinel escapes from the juvenile detention center and runs into the sea to achieve that momentary feeling of liberation. The camera freezes on his face as he gazes straight into the lens; the audience doesn't get to know his future, but it mirrors the kind of ending of the film that expresses youthful rebellion against societal straitjacketing: let the viewers imagine Antoine's future. It remains a defining moment of the French New Wave.
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