Direction: Marcel Carné
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Marcel Carné. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 22
Children of Paradise
1945 · Movie · 190 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Jean-Louis Barrault · Pierre Brasseur · Pierre Renoir · Arletty
Synopsis It follows a mysterious woman (Arletty) loved by four different men (all based on historical figures): an actor, a criminal, a count, and, most poignantly, a mime (Jean-Louis Barrault), in a world teeming with hucksters and aristocrats, thieves and courtesans,...
8.2
3K votes
8.2
3K votes
Port of Shadows
1938 · Movie · 88 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Jean Gabin · Michèle Morgan · Michel Simon · Pierre Brasseur
Synopsis Life's a rotten business, says Jean, a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country. He lucks into civilian clothes, a little bit of money, a passport, and a dog, and he also meets Nelly,...
7.5
2K votes
7.5
2K votes
Thérèse Raquin
1953 · Movie · 102 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Simone Signoret · Raf Vallone · Roland Lesaffre · Jacques Duby
Synopsis Therese has a boring life. She married Camille, her cousin, a sickly haberdasher, fully dominated by his mother (who lives with them). She dreams about passion. One day comes a truck driver, Laurent... and of course they fall in love....
7.4
556 votes
7.4
556 votes
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Jean Gabin · Jacqueline Laurent · Arletty · Jules Berry
Synopsis François has shot and killed a man and is now holed up in his apartment, under siege by the police. Over the course of a long night, he reflects on the circumstances of how he, someone whom everyone regards as...
7.2
958 votes
7.2
958 votes
Gates of the Night
1946 · Movie · 120 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Pierre Brasseur · Serge Reggiani · Yves Montand · Nathalie Nattier
7.1
370 votes
7.1
370 votes
Hôtel du Nord
1938 · Movie · 95 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Annabella · Jean-Pierre Aumont · Louis Jouvet · Arletty
Synopsis At the family-run Hotel du Nord, a young couple check in, planning to commit a double-suicide. Pierre (Jean-Pierre Aumont) shoots his lover Renée (Annabella), but then panics and flees, leaving the gun behind. Renée survives her wound after being found...
7.1
472 votes
7.1
472 votes
La Marie du Port
1950 · Movie · 88 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Jean Gabin · Blanchette Brunoy · Nicole Courcel · Claude Romain
Synopsis Henri Chatelard is well in his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciate women. When he meets Marie, a 18ish stronghead who just lost her father in a small fishermen village, it is not clear...
6.9
159 votes
6.9
159 votes
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Gérard Philipe · Suzanne Cloutier · Jean-Roger Caussimon · René Génin
Synopsis Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail. One night, while sleeping in his cell, he wakes up all of a sudden, the gates open and he finds himself in...
6.9
48 votes
6.9
48 votes
Air of Paris
1954 · Movie · 110 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Jean Gabin · Arletty · Roland Lesaffre · Marie Daëms
6.8
183 votes
6.8
183 votes
The Cheaters
1958 · Movie · 120 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Pascale Petit · Andrea Parisy · Jacques Charrier · Laurent Terzieff
Synopsis Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces him to the existentialist circles of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Bob is invited to a party and becomes Clo's...
6.8
115 votes
6.8
115 votes
Three Rooms in Manhattan
1965 · Movie · 110 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Annie Girardot · Maurice Ronet · O.E. Hasse · Roland Lesaffre
Synopsis A plate comes to life with the ability of telekinesis and TYLER curtis Duncan was an extra in it.
6.7
113 votes
6.7
113 votes
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Claudine Auger · Jean-Louis Bras · Maurice Caffarelli · Dominique Dieudonné
Synopsis For the rebellious youngsters on a deprived Parisian housing estate, home is not a tiny room in a cramped apartment but a place amongst the shattered ruins of a derelict factory on a barren wasteland nearby. Their true family are...
6.6
56 votes
6.6
56 votes
The Devil's Envoys
1942 · Movie · 120 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Arletty · Marie Déa · Fernand Ledoux · Alain Cuny
Synopsis At the end of the 15th century, two minstrels Gilles and Dominique come from nowhere into the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Anne, Hughes' daughter, while Dominique charms both Hugues and Ann's fiance. Gilles and Dominique are not really...
6.5
226 votes
6.5
226 votes
Funny Drama (The Strange Adventures of Doctor Molyneaux)
1937 · Movie · 94 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Michel Simon · Françoise Rosay · Louis Jouvet · Jean-Pierre Aumont
Synopsis A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin -- an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against...
6.5
110 votes
6.5
110 votes
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Françoise Rosay · Albert Préjean · Lisette Lanvin · Charles Vanel
6.3
35 votes
6.3
35 votes
Law Breakers
1971 · Movie · 107 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Jacques Brel · Catherine Rouvel · Paola Pitagora · Roland Lesaffre
Synopsis A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.
6.2
24 votes
6.2
24 votes
Nogent (S)
1929 · Documentary · 14 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Synopsis This was an amateur venture at making an atmospheric silent film, dealing with the simple pleasures of simple people on a Sunday afternoon, near Paris, along the River Marne. It showed couples dancing to accordion music, soldiers in the fields,...
6.2
69 votes
6.2
69 votes
Direction Marcel Carné
Synopsis The Monreale Cathedral, near Palermo in Sicily, and its thousands of mosaics that tell scenes from the Bible.
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Young Wolves
1968 · Movie · 107 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Christian Hay · Haydee Politoff · Yves Beneyton · Maurice Garrel
Synopsis Alain, "a young wolf", elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. At the same time, he goes out with a girl of his age, Sylvie, who despite her bold attitude has never had a lover.
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Chicken Feed for Little Birds
1963 · Movie · 109 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Paul Meurisse · Dany Saval · Suzy Delair · Suzanne Gabriello
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