Direction: Henri Verneuil

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


I as in Icarus

1979 · Movie · 123 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Yves Montand · Michel Etcheverry · Roger Planchon · Pierre Vernier

Synopsis The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state attorney and...

7.5

859 votes

7.5

859 votes

Mother

1991 · Movie · 139 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Claudia Cardinale · Omar Sharif · Isabelle Sadoyan · Nathalie Roussel

Synopsis Story about an Armenian family who arrive in France in 1921 and endure the pain and privations of exile in a foreign land.

7.2

46 votes

7.2

46 votes

The Evil That Is Eve

1957 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Henri Vidal · Mylène Demongeot · Isa Miranda · Jean-Loup Philippe

Synopsis Betty Farnwell, a rich widow living in Nice, decides to marry Philippe, a good-looking but self-interested man. No sooner has he got married than he meets bewitching young Eve, Betty's secretary, and falls for her. Eve becomes his lover but...

7.2

41 votes

7.2

41 votes

People of No Importance

1956 · Movie · 101 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Jean Gabin · Françoise Arnoul · Pierre Mondy · Yvette Etiévant

Synopsis Some People without Importance: Clothilde is a waitress at a wayside cafe, gas station and lodge, enduring boredom in the middle of nowhere by a truck route...

7.1

32 votes

7.1

32 votes

The 25th Hour

1967 · Movie · 130 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Anthony Quinn · Virna Lisi · Grégoire Aslan · Michael Redgrave

Synopsis Wartime drama, with Anthony Quinn as a Romanian farmer who falls foul of a local police captain (Gregoire Aslan) who desires Quinn's wife (Virna Lisi).

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

The President

1961 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Jean Gabin · Bernard Blier · Renée Faure · Henri Crémieux

Synopsis At 73, France's ex-president, Emile Beaufort, faces declining health, but he still plays a vigorous role behind the scenes as a philosopher and, potentially, as a power broker. In particular, his relationship with Philippe Chalamont comes into play: Chalamont seems...

6.9

102 votes

6.9

102 votes

6.8

1K votes

Greed in the Sun

1964 · Movie · 130 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Lino Ventura · Reginald Kernan · Bernard Blier

Synopsis Southern Morocco. The owner of a truck transports company hires a new driver to transport mysterious goods in a brand new magnificent truck. While the established group of drivers of the company is welcoming the new driver, one of them...

6.7

199 votes

6.7

199 votes

588 rue paradis

1992 · Movie · 130 min. · France

6.6

33 votes

6.6

33 votes

A Monkey in Winter

1962 · Movie · 105 min. · France

6.5

91 votes

6.5

91 votes

The Cow and I

1959 · Movie · 119 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Fernandel · Pierre-Louis · Ellen Schwiers · Ingeborg Schöner

Synopsis In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.

6.5

80 votes

6.5

80 votes

A Thousand Billion Dollars

1982 · Movie · 132 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Patrick Dewaere · Mel Ferrer · Michel Auclair · Caroline Cellier

Synopsis One day, journalist Paul Kerjean receives an anonymous phone call implicating the politician Jacques Benoît-Lambert in a fraudulent business deal. Shortly after Paul has published an article exposing this scam, the politician is found dead, apparently a suicide. However, when...

6.3

42 votes

6.3

42 votes

6.1

107 votes

Fear Over the City (The Night Caller)

1975 · Movie · 125 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Charles Denner · Adalberto Maria Merli · Rosy Varte

Synopsis Jean Letellier and inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer, whose victims are womens.

5.9

187 votes

5.9

187 votes

The Serpent

1973 · Movie · 120 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Yul Brynner · Henry Fonda · Dirk Bogarde · Philippe Noiret

Synopsis Vlassov (Yul Brynner) is a Soviet spy. In France, Vlassov defects. He is whisked to the U.S.A., where Allan Davies (Henry Fonda) takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also...

5.8

319 votes

5.8

319 votes

Weekend at Dunkirk

1964 · Movie · 119 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Catherine Spaak · Georges Géret · Jean-Pierre Marielle

Synopsis Set during World War II, and stuck on the beaches near Dunkirk, Julien Maillat tries to join England by boat with the English Army, but cannot succeed. He , then, tries to organize the life for him and his soldiers...

5.8

185 votes

5.8

185 votes

Guns for San Sebastian

1968 · Movie · 115 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Anthony Quinn · Charles Bronson · Anjanette Comer · Sam Jaffe

Synopsis Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn) is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John (Sam Jaffe), whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from...

5.7

526 votes

5.7

526 votes

The Burglars

1971 · Movie · 120 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Omar Sharif · Robert Hossein · Renato Salvatori

Synopsis A band of crooks led by ace safecracker Azad break into a mansion on the outskirts of Athens to steal a near-priceless collection of emeralds. The robbery is a success, but the crooks miss the cargo ship by which they...

5.6

176 votes

5.6

176 votes

Les morfalous

1984 · Movie · 106 min. · France

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Jacques Villeret · Michel Constantin · Michel Creton

Synopsis April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of...

5.2

132 votes

5.2

132 votes