Cast: Leslie Caron

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Leslie Caron. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


An American in Paris

1951 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Gene Kelly · Leslie Caron · Oscar Levant · Georges Guétary

Plot One of the greatest of 1950s screen musicals is a happy collaboration between the grace and athleticism of Gene Kelly and colourful palette of Vincente Minnelli. An American G.I. lingers...

7.3

13K votes

7.3

13K votes

The Durrells (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Nye · Steve Barron · Roger Goldby · Edward Hall

Cast Keeley Hawes · Josh O'Connor · Milo Parker · Daisy Waterstone

Plot Set in 1935 when the Englishwoman Louisa Durrell, whose life had fallen apart, decided to move from Bournemouth to the Greek island of Corfu. Her husband had died some years...

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

The Man Who Loved Women

1977 · Movie · 120 min. · France

Direction François Truffaut

Cast Charles Denner · Brigitte Fossey · Nelly Borgeaud · Geneviève Fontanel

Plot Scientist Bertrand Morane, "never in the company of men after 5," seduces women by evening and writes about the experiences in the early morning. Though 40ish and somewhat square, no...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

7.0

78 votes

Is Paris Burning?

1966 · Movie · 175 min. · France

Direction René Clément

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Charles Boyer · Leslie Caron · Jean-Pierre Cassel

Plot August 1944. The French and American armies are nearing the French capital. Hitler orders one of his generals to retain control of the city or else destroy it. After the...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

Gigi

1958 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Leslie Caron · Maurice Chevalier · Louis Jourdan · Hermione Gingold

Plot Gaston (Jordan), the scion of a wealthy Parisian family finds emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress (Gingold) of his uncle...

6.8

7K votes

6.8

7K votes

Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Graham Evans · John Gorrie · Alan Gibson · Herbert Wise

Cast Roald Dahl · John Houseman · Andrew Ray · Joan Collins

Plot TV Series (1979-1988). 9 seasons. 112 episodes. A British anthology of mystery, suspense, horror and black comedy, highlighted by plot twists and surprise endings (in the early seasons, all by...

6.8

49 votes

6.8

49 votes

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · Documentary · 126 min. · United States

Direction Gene Kelly

Cast Fred Astaire · Gene Kelly · Judy Garland · Mickey Rooney

Plot Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

6.8

165 votes

6.8

165 votes

Lili

1953 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Charles Walters

Cast Leslie Caron · Mel Ferrer · Kurt Kasznar · Jean-Pierre Aumont

Plot Lili, a poor French girl, has nowhere to go after her father dies. She meets Marc, and follows him home. "Home" turns out to be a carnival, where Marc is...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

The L-Shaped Room

1962 · Movie · 126 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Bryan Forbes

Cast Leslie Caron · Tom Bell · Bernard Lee · Brock Peters

Plot Jane (Leslie Caron), a young French woman, pregnant and unmarried, takes a room in a seedy London boarding house, which is inhabited by an assortment of misfits. She considers getting...

6.7

140 votes

6.7

140 votes

QB VII (TV) (TV Miniseries)

1974 · Series · 390 min. · United States

Direction Tom Gries

Cast Ben Gazzara · Anthony Hopkins · Leslie Caron · Dan O'Herlihy

Plot A physician sues a novelist for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.

6.7

47 votes

6.7

47 votes

Chocolat

2000 · Movie · 121 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lasse Hallström

Cast Juliette Binoche · Judi Dench · Alfred Molina · Lena Olin

Plot In the 1950s, single mother Vianne Rocher (Binoche) and her 6-year-old daughter move to the small French town of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, where Vianne opens a chocolate shop, during Lent, across from...

6.7

61K votes

6.7

61K votes

Damage

1992 · Movie · 111 min. · France

Direction Louis Malle

Cast Jeremy Irons · Juliette Binoche · Miranda Richardson · Rupert Graves

Plot A member of Parliament (Irons) falls passionately in love with his son's fiancée. They pursue their affair with obsessive abandon despite the dangers of discovery and what it would do...

6.6

5K votes

6.6

5K votes

The Man with a Cloak

1951 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Fletcher Markle

Cast Joseph Cotten · Barbara Stanwyck · Louis Calhern · Leslie Caron

Plot In 1848, a young Frenchwoman, Madeline Minot, goes to New York City to see Thevenet, the grandfather of her fiance. Thevenet had been with Napoleon and may be sympathetic to...

6.6

74 votes

6.6

74 votes

Lenin: The Train (TV)

1988 · Movie · 203 min. · Italy

6.5

120 votes

6.5

120 votes

Dangerous Moves

1984 · Movie · 110 min. · Switzerland

Direction Richard Dembo

Cast Michel Piccoli · Alexandre Arbatt · Liv Ullmann · Leslie Caron

Plot The story of two very different men competing in the World Chess Championship Games. One is a 52-year-old Soviet Jew who holds the title, and the other is a 35-year-old...

6.5

371 votes

6.5

371 votes

Father Goose

1964 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Nelson

Cast Cary Grant · Leslie Caron · Trevor Howard · Jack Good

Plot During World War II South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau...

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

Fanny

1961 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction Joshua Logan

Cast Leslie Caron · Maurice Chevalier · Charles Boyer · Horst Buchholz

Plot Almost 19-year-old Marius (Horst Buchholz) feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before...

6.4

255 votes

6.4

255 votes

The Story of Three Loves

1953 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli · Gottfried Reinhardt

Cast Pier Angeli · Ethel Barrymore · Leslie Caron · Kirk Douglas

Plot Three loosely connected love stories. The first story: Paula is a talented dancer who cannot truly live unless she dances. But has a heart condition, which means she cannot live...

6.3

139 votes

6.3

139 votes

Daddy Long Legs

1955 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast Fred Astaire · Leslie Caron · Thelma Ritter · Fred Clark

Plot On a trip to France, millionaire Jervis Pendelton sees an 18 year old girl in an orphanage. Enchanted with her, but mindful of the difference in their ages, he sponsors...

6.3

639 votes

6.3

639 votes