Direction: Marcel Carné

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Marcel Carné. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


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

Daybreak

1939 · Movie · 89 min. · France

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

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

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

Wasteland

1960 · Movie · 100 min. · France

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

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

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

La Bible

1977 · Documentary · 90 min. · France

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

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Not rated