Cast: Jeanne Moreau

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


The 400 Blows

1959 · Movie · 94 min. · France

Direction François Truffaut

Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud · Claire Maurier · Albert Rémy · Guy Decomble

Plot 14-year-old Antoine Doinel has troubles at home and at school. Ignored and neglected by his parents, his relationship with his mother is further strained when he discovers that she has...

Max

8.1

31K votes

8.1

31K votes

The Train

1964 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction John Frankenheimer

Cast Burt Lancaster · Paul Scofield · Jeanne Moreau · Michel Simon

Plot Oberst von Waldheim wants to bring modern paintings, the ones the Nazis called "degenerate", out of Paris before the Allied Forces liberate Paris. He is able to persuade his bosses...

7.8

6K votes

7.8

6K votes

La notte (The Night)

1961 · Movie · 122 min. · Italy

Direction Michelangelo Antonioni

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Jeanne Moreau · Monica Vitti · Bernhard Wicki

Plot In Milan, after visiting dear friend Tommaso Garani that is terminal in a hospital, the writer Giovanni Pontano goes to a party for the release of his last book, and...

Max

7.8

4K votes

7.8

4K votes

Chimes at Midnight

1965 · Movie · 115 min. · Spain

Direction Orson Welles

Cast Orson Welles · Keith Baxter · John Gielgud · Jeanne Moreau

Plot Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' and other plays, made into a connected story of Falstaff's career as young Prince Hal's...

Max

7.7

5K votes

7.7

5K votes

The Fire Within

1963 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Louis Malle

Cast Maurice Ronet · Léna Skerla · Jeanne Moreau · Yvonne Clech

Plot In a private nursing home near to Paris, a burnt out writer, Alain Leroy, is being treated for alcoholism. Despite being almost cured of his addiction, Alain, in his mid-thirties,...

7.7

3K votes

7.7

3K votes

Elevator to the Gallows

1958 · Movie · 92 min. · France

Direction Louis Malle

Cast Jeanne Moreau · Maurice Ronet · Georges Poujouly · Yori Bertin

Plot Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. But after Julien has killed him and he puts his things in...

Max

7.6

6K votes

7.6

6K votes

Jules and Jim

1962 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Direction François Truffaut

Cast Jeanne Moreau · Oskar Werner · Henri Serre · Marie Dubois

Plot From the time of their meeting in 1912, two men, Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre), share a close friendship. Shortly before the First World War, Jules marries Catherine...

Max

7.5

12K votes

7.5

12K votes

The Trial

1962 · Movie · 118 min. · France

Direction Orson Welles

Cast Anthony Perkins · Romy Schneider · Jeanne Moreau · Orson Welles

Plot Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused...

Max

7.5

6K votes

7.5

6K votes

A Woman Is a Woman

1961 · Movie · 85 min. · France

Direction Jean-Luc Godard

Cast Anna Karina · Jean-Paul Belmondo · Jean-Claude Brialy · Henri Attal

Plot Angela, a striptease artist, wants to have a baby and tries to persuade her boyfriend Emile to go along with the idea. Emile will have none of it so she...

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

Grisbi: Hands Off the Loot

1954 · Movie · 92 min. · France

Direction Jacques Becker

Cast Jean Gabin · René Dary · Dora Doll · Vittorio Sanipoli

Plot Jean Gabin stars as Max, a suave, smooth, elder statesman of a gangster who still manages to hook a pretty young damsel on his arm when he strolls into his...

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

The Suspended Step of the Stork

1991 · Movie · 143 min. · Greece

Direction Theodoros Angelopoulos

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Jeanne Moreau · Dora Chrisikou · Gregory Karr

Plot While working on a story in the border area, a young reporter discovers a divided town bisected by a river which is also the national frontier. He observes a surreal...

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1964 · Movie · 97 min. · France

Direction Luis Buñuel

Cast Jeanne Moreau · Michel Piccoli · Georges Géret · Françoise Lugagne

Plot The second screen version of Octave Mirbeau's novel (originally filmed in 1946 by Jean Renoir), Diary of a Chambermaid charts the ambitions of Celestine (Jeanne Moreau), a woman who comes...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (TV)

1970 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Jean Renoir

Cast Nino Formicola · Milly · Roger Trapp · Robert Lombard

Plot Made for television, this film consists of four parts: Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part...

7.2

37 votes

7.2

37 votes

The Lovers

1958 · Movie · 88 min. · France

Direction Louis Malle

Cast Jeanne Moreau · Alain Cuny · Jean-Marc Bory · Judith Magre

Plot Bored with her husband, bored with her polo-playing lover, will the middle-aged heroine go away with the young man who gave her a lift that day when her car broke...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

Mademoiselle

1966 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Jeanne Moreau · Ettore Manni · Keith Skinner · Umberto Orsini

Plot In a French village, Manou is an Italian logger, virile, with a broad laugh. He can't say no to women's sexual invitations, and jealous villagers blame him for recent fires...

7.0

219 votes

7.0

219 votes

The Bride Wore Black

1968 · Movie · 107 min. · France

Direction François Truffaut

Cast Jeanne Moreau · Claude Rich · Jean-Claude Brialy · Michel Bouquet

Plot Julie Kohler, whose husband is inexplicably shot dead on the church steps after their wedding, is prevented from suicide by his mother. She leaves the town. She will track down,...

7.0

3K votes

7.0

3K votes

The Immortal Story

1968 · Movie · 58 min. · France

Direction Orson Welles

Cast Orson Welles · Jeanne Moreau · Roger Coggio · Norman Eshley

Plot The Portuguese colony of Macao in the 19th century. Mr. Clay is a very rich merchant and the subject of town gossip. He has spent many years in China and...

Max

6.9

785 votes

6.9

785 votes

The Universe of Jacques Demy

1995 · Documentary · 90 min. · France

Direction Agnès Varda

Cast Anouk Aimée · Richard Berry · Nino Castelnuovo · Danielle Darrieux

Plot In tribute to her late husband, the wife of the respected French director honors his life and artistic works by highlighting his vision in clips and interviews.

6.9

90 votes

6.9

90 votes

Les misérables (TV Miniseries)

2000 · Series · 270 min. · France

Direction Josée Dayan

Cast Gérard Depardieu · John Malkovich · Jeanne Moreau · Christian Clavier

Plot The scene is set during the French Restoration at the beginning of the 19th century. Jean Valjean, a galley slave who was sent to prison for stealing food, is now...

6.9

4K votes

6.9

4K votes