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1. Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie (Joan Crawford) gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother (William Bakewell) becomes involved in bootlegging.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Joan Crawford, Cliff Edwards, Lester Vail, William Bakewell
Votes: 1,271
2. The Oldest Profession (1967)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.
Directors: Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini, Philippe de Broca, Jean-Luc Godard, Franco Indovina, Michael Pfleghar | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gabriele Tinti, Elsa Martinelli
Votes: 623
3. The Red and the Black (1954)
205 min | Drama, Romance
It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post- Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Gérard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi, Antoine Balpêtré
Votes: 694
4. Devil in the Flesh (1947)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Romance
During World War I, the star-crossed affair of an underage French student with a woman engaged to a soldier.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Denise Grey, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 903
5. The Crossing of Paris (1956)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Two men carry at night four suitcases of contraband meat across German-occupied Paris during WWII. Their opposite personalities and strange encounters provoke different adventures - until they are arrested by the police.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Jeannette Batti
Votes: 4,329 | Gross: $0.02M
6. L'inhumaine (1924)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte, Philippe Hériat, Fred Kellerman
Votes: 1,045
7. The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux, Pierre Mondy, Bernard Dhéran
Votes: 539
8. Enough Rope (1963)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel The Blunderer. In this drama, two total strangers suspect each other of murdering their own wives.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Gert Fröbe, Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein, Harry Meyen
Votes: 188
9. The Immature Grain (1954)
106 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy, Philippe and Vinea have always regarded themselves as brother and sister. But as adolescence segues into puberty, the two youngsters fall in love.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Nicole Berger, Pierre-Michel Beck, Robert Berri
Votes: 243
10. Love Is My Profession (1958)
122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère, Nicole Berger
Votes: 1,525
11. The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
127 min | Drama
A French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins---actually eight as two of the sins are covered in one episode while a new "... See full summary »
Directors: Yves Allégret, Claude Autant-Lara, Eduardo De Filippo, Jean Dréville, Georges Lacombe, Carlo Rim, Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Jean Debucourt, Marcelle Praince
Votes: 275
12. Sylvie et le fantôme (1946)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
On the eve of her 16th birthday, Sylvie's father needs cash to stay in his castle so he sells Sylvie's favorite thing, a painting of Alain, the lover of Sylvie's grandmother, killed in a ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey, Claude Marcy
Votes: 494
13. Marguerite de la nuit (1955)
125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Based on novel by Pierre Dumarchais. The story of the aging pedant who sells his soul to Satan in exchange for youth and knowledge.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Clancy
Votes: 255
14. The Green Mare (1959)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo, Yves Robert
Votes: 375
15. At 3:25 (1925)
Unrated | 59 min | Sci-Fi
A scientist's invisible ray freezes Paris into immobility.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Charles Martinelli, Louis Pré Fils, Albert Préjean, Madeleine Rodrigue
Votes: 1,975
16. The Red Inn (1951)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Crime
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving a soporific soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Fernandel, Françoise Rosay, Marie-Claire Olivia, Jean-Roger Caussimon
Votes: 1,597
17. Nana (1926)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Romance
When the vivacious and beautiful Nana bombs at the Théâtre des Variétés, she embarks on the life of a courtesan, using her allure and charisma to entice and pleasure men.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Catherine Hessling, Pierre Lestringuez, Jacqueline Forzane, Werner Krauss
Votes: 964
18. L'auberge rouge (2007)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
In the 19th century Pyrénées, a stagecoach stops for the night at an isolated inn run by a couple of murderous thieves. The husband wants to kill and rob them all, but one of them is a priest whom the wife refuses to see harmed.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Baptiste Maunier
Votes: 1,437
19. Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Documentary
In-depth documentaries about the greatest filmmakers from around the world, all in the form of candid face-to-face interviews, conducted, created and produced by former critics for Les Cahiers du Cinéma, Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe.
Stars: André S. Labarthe, Georges Franju, Jean Renoir, Jacques Rivette
Votes: 94
20. Douce (1943)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Odette Joyeux, Madeleine Robinson, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 421
21. Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
160 min | Documentary, Biography
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
Stars: Lindsay Anderson, Charles Lamont, William R. Cox, Loyal T. Lucas
Votes: 560
22. Man of the Sea (1920)
86 min | Drama
Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when he becomes a man, Michel becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Charles Boyer, Claire Prélia, Suzanne Doris, Philippe Hériat
Votes: 270
23. Le plombier amoureux (1932)
90 min | Comedy
This is the French-language version of Buster Keaton's The Passionate Plumber (1932).
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Jeannette Ferney, Polly Moran
Votes: 40
24. Fric-Frac (1939)
92 min | Comedy
Marcel works as assistant to a jeweller whose bossy daughter Renée keeps hitting on him. When he meets lovely Loulou and her lazy friend Jo, he is fascinated by the girl and somehow ... See full summary »
Directors: Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Fernandel, Michel Simon, Arletty, Hélène Robert
Votes: 556
25. Lettres d'amour (1942)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
France, 1855. Zélie Fontaine, a twenty-odd-year-old widow and the post mistress of the small provincial town of Argenson, has accepted to receive love letters to Hortense de la Jacquerie, ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Julien Carette, André Alerme
Votes: 115
26. Thou Shalt Not Kill (1961)
148 min | Drama, War
At the end of World War II, a French pacifist is arrested for refusing to fight. In prison, he befriends a German priest arrested for murder of a French Resistance fighter. They discuss morality, obedience, and religion.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Laurent Terzieff, Horst Frank, Mica Orlovic, Marijan Lovric
Votes: 76
27. Le voyage imaginaire (1926)
80 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In a daydream, a shy bank clerk is led by a fairy into a subterranean world where people transform into animals and waxworks come to life. Lucie, his office crush, follows him but a bad fairy is intent on keeping them apart.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Dolly Davis, Jean Börlin, Albert Préjean, Jim Gérald
Votes: 259
28. Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961)
120 min | Comedy
King Henri the Fourth claims his Droit Du Seigneur.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur, Francis Claude
Votes: 74
29. Le mariage de Chiffon (1942)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy
"Chiffon" is an eccentric young aristocratic girl, who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community.
Directors: Claude Autant-Lara, Pierre Guerlais | Stars: Odette Joyeux, André Luguet, Jacques Dumesnil, Suzanne Dantès
Votes: 222
30. Occupe-toi d'Amélie..! (1949)
92 min | Comedy
Once a lowly chambermaid, Amelie Pochet now revels as the pampered mistress of a military man named Etienne.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Jean Desailly, Victor Guyau, Grégoire Aslan
Votes: 241
31. Journal d'une femme en blanc (1965)
105 min | Drama
A young female gynecologist tries to break taboos in the sixties: women's right to own and control their own body.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Marie-José Nat, Jean Valmont, Claude Gensac, Germaine Delbat
Votes: 76
32. Le bon Dieu sans confession (1953)
105 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Paul Vialar. Stuck in a loveless marriage, bourgeois industrialist Francois falls in love with Janine, another man's wife.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Henri Vilbert, Claude Laydu, Ivan Desny
Votes: 143
33. Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975–1980)
Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Dalida, Michel Sardou, Eddy Mitchell
Votes: 34
34. Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
348 min | Documentary, History
Documentary mini-series about the rise and fall of the European silent film industry.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ulrich Tukur, Sidney Gilliat
Votes: 441
35. My Name Is Anna Magnani (1979)
105 min | Documentary, Biography
Traces the life of Anna Magnani, her creations, her successes, her triumphs, her boycotted career, her nonconformism, her anxieties, her generosity - Punctuated with photos that tell her ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Vermorcken | Stars: Anna Magnani, Jean-Paul Andret, Claude Autant-Lara, Liliane Becker
Votes: 47
36. Une vie sans joie (1927)
84 min | Drama
About the conflict between social classes through the life of the unhappy Catherine Ferrand, an orphan girl, who is a victim of the jealousy of women and the greed of men.
Directors: Albert Dieudonné, Jean Renoir | Stars: Catherine Hessling, Albert Dieudonné, Eugénie Nau, Pierre Lestringuez
Votes: 189
37. Le magot de Josefa (1963)
90 min | Comedy
Comedy of the complications caused by a young man passing cheques on the strength of his mother, a village grocer, being rich.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Anna Magnani, Bourvil, Pierre Brasseur, Henri Virlojeux
Votes: 146
38. Construire un feu (1930)
20 min | Short, Drama
Despite being warned about the subzero temperature, a single man ventures out into the Yukon forest to find his destiny.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: José Davert, Jean LeClerc, Ed. Lartigaud
39. Le joueur (1958)
102 min | Drama
The game was his curse.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Liselotte Pulver, Françoise Rosay, Jean Danet
Votes: 190
40. Gloria (1977)
115 min | Drama
Two ten-year-old children, Gloria and Jacques, meet at the former's birthday party. It is love at first sight and they vow eternal love. Unfortunately, the First World War breaks out and ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Valérie Jeannet, Sophie Grimaldi, Nicole Maurey, Maurice Biraud
Votes: 44
41. Buster se marie (1931)
80 min | Comedy
This is the French-language version of Buster Keaton's 1931 comedy Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931).
Directors: Claude Autant-Lara, Edward Brophy | Stars: Buster Keaton, Françoise Rosay, Jeanne Helbling, André Luguet
Votes: 42
42. Le franciscain de Bourges (1968)
110 min | Drama, War
The story of priest Alfred Stanke, interned by the Gestapo of Bourges in 1944-45.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Béatrix Dussane, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Gérard Berner
Votes: 128
43. The Devil in the Heart (1927)
120 min | Drama
Ludivine Bucaille stupidly wishes that Leherg and his son Delphin both die at sea. Amazingly, Leherg actually is lost at sea but his son somehow survives. His mother subsequently dies of ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Betty Balfour, Jaque Catelain, Roger Karl, André Nox
Votes: 84
44. La joie de vivre (1952– )
Stars: Henri Spade, Jacqueline Joubert, Charles Bassompierre, Pierre-Jean Vaillard
45. L'athlète incomplet (1932)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Simultaneously filmed French language version of the Joe E Brown college comedy Local Boy Makes Good, in which Douglas Fairbanks Jr. stars instead.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeannette Ferney, Barbara Leonard, Carrie Daumery
46. Ciboulette (1933)
85 min | Comedy, Musical
Duparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl Ciboulette and Antonin, a young spoiled aristocrat.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Simone Berriau, Robert Burnier, Dranem, André Urban
Votes: 18
47. Le ruisseau (1938)
100 min | Drama
When Paul, an officer, discovers Denise, a young orphan escaped from her orphanage, he takes advantage of his naivete to seduce her before changing her mind and sending her to live with her mother while sailing.
Directors: Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Gaby Sylvia, Ginette Leclerc
Votes: 37
48. The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1940)
58 min | Drama
A man, down on his luck, invents a business partner and build an aura around him that leads to opportunities and complications in equal measure.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly, Richard Gofe, Alastair Sim
Votes: 92
49. Umorismo in nero (1965)
93 min | Comedy
Directors: Claude Autant-Lara, José María Forqué, Giancarlo Zagni | Stars: Sylvie, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Richard, Pauline Carton
Votes: 46
50. L'affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937)
102 min | Drama, History
Historical drama based on a true case of miscarriage of justice, the "Joseph Lesurques case" of 1796.
Directors: Claude Autant-Lara, Maurice Lehmann | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo, Jacques Copeau, Charles Dullin
Votes: 113