Screenplay: Jacques Prévert
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jacques Prévert. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Children of Paradise
1945 · Movie · 190 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Jean-Louis Barrault · Pierre Brasseur · Pierre Renoir · Arletty
Plot 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...
8.2
3K votes
8.2
3K votes
The Seine Meets Paris
1957 · Documentary · 30 min. · France
Direction Joris Ivens
Cast Serge Reggiani
Plot Quotidian scenes of Paris along the quays beside the River Seine. Fishing, snoozing, cutting hair, washing clothes. Lovers embrace as nuns gaze. Students sketch, models pose. A diver recovers a...
7.6
117 votes
7.6
117 votes
Stormy Waters
1941 · Movie · 81 min. · France
Direction Jean Grémillon
Cast Jean Gabin · Madeleine Renaud · Michèle Morgan · Charles Blavette
7.5
270 votes
7.5
270 votes
Port of Shadows
1938 · Movie · 88 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Jean Gabin · Michèle Morgan · Michel Simon · Pierre Brasseur
Plot 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,...
7.5
2K votes
7.5
2K votes
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936 · Movie · 80 min. · France
Direction Jean Renoir
Cast René Lefèvre · Florelle · Jules Berry · Marcel Lévesque
Plot A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description. His name is Amedee Lange, he murdered Batala...
7.4
954 votes
7.4
954 votes
Lumière d'été
1943 · Movie · 112 min. · France
Direction Jean Grémillon
Cast Madeleine Renaud · Pierre Brasseur · Madeleine Robinson · Paul Bernard
7.3
102 votes
7.3
102 votes
Daybreak
1939 · Movie · 89 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Jean Gabin · Jacqueline Laurent · Arletty · Jules Berry
Plot 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...
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
The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et l'oiseau)
1979 · Movie · 87 min. · France
Direction Paul Grimault
Plot The story about the King V and three makes 8 and 8 makes 16. It got excellent reviews.
7.1
288 votes
7.1
288 votes
The Devil's Envoys
1942 · Movie · 120 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Arletty · Marie Déa · Fernand Ledoux · Alain Cuny
Plot 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...
6.5
226 votes
6.5
226 votes
The Little Soldier (S)
1947 · Movie · 11 min. · France
Direction Paul Grimault
Plot Adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story.
6.5
39 votes
6.5
39 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
Plot 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...
6.5
110 votes
6.5
110 votes
Mon chien (S)
1955 · Documentary · 25 min. · France
Direction Georges Franju
Cast Jacqueline Lemaire · Roger Pigaut
Plot A Parisian family on their way to the French Riviera. The father decides to get rid of the family dog that he abandons in a forest. His young daughter cries...
6.3
21 votes
6.3
21 votes
Jenny
1936 · Movie · 105 min. · France
Direction Marcel Carné
Cast Françoise Rosay · Albert Préjean · Lisette Lanvin · Charles Vanel
6.3
35 votes
6.3
35 votes
Boys' School
1938 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Christian-Jaque
Cast Erich von Stroheim · Michel Simon · Armand Bernard · Aimé Clariond
6.2
32 votes
6.2
32 votes
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956 · Movie · 115 min. · France
Direction Jean Delannoy
Cast Gina Lollobrigida · Anthony Quinn · Jean Carmet · Alain Cuny
Plot Better known as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, this opulent French production is the second talkie version of Victor Hugo's famous novel. Buried under mounds of latex, Anthony Quinn does...
6.0
358 votes
6.0
358 votes
5.6
35 votes
Two Snails Set Off (S)
2017 · Movie · 3 min. · France
Direction Jean-Pierre Jeunet · Romain Segaud
Plot Based on a poem of Jacques Prévert.
5.6
47 votes
5.6
47 votes
Tant de forêts (TV) (S)
2014 · Movie · 3 min. · France
Direction Burcu Sankur · Geoffrey Godet
Plot This poem denounces the destruction of forests to make paper pulp, but paper is used to alert people about the threats of deforestation.
5.1
29 votes
5.1
29 votes
Escargots (S)
2003 · Movie · 3 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt
3.5
36 votes
3.5
36 votes