Movies by Director - Jean Renoir (38 [Missing: 5]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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Whirlpool of Fate [La fille de l'eau]After her father's death and her uncle having drunk all the inheritance, Virginia is left alone. She is accepted by a family of bohemians but a quarrel between the bohemians and the peasants coerce her to flee the peasants' riot. ... | 1925 | Jean Renoir | Drama,Romance | 6.7 (629 votes) | 71 | 20220731 |
NanaWhen the vivacious and beautiful Nana bombs at the Théâtre des Variétés, she embarks on the life of a courtesan, using her allure and charisma to entice and pleasure men. | 1926 | Jean Renoir | Drama,Romance | 6.7 (859 votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
Charleston Parade [Sur un air de Charleston]Shot in three days, this surreal, erotic silent short shows a native white girl teaching a futuristic African airman the Charleston dance. | 1927 | Jean Renoir | Sci-Fi,Short | 5.9 (716 votes) | 17 | 20231112 |
Charleston Parade [Sur un air de Charleston]NA | 1927 | | | | | Not Available |
MarquittaNA | 1927 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Little Match Girl, The [La petite marchande d'allumettes]An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, she sees things in the flame. | 1928 | Jean Renoir, Jean Tédesco | Drama,Fantasy,Short | 7.2 (1.4K votes) | 40 | 20220723 |
Sad Sack, The [Tire au flanc]A rich poet and his servant both join the army and wind up in the same barracks. | 1928 | Jean Renoir | Comedy | 6.4 (245 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Tournament, The [Le tournoi dans la cité]16th Century France. The beautiful Isabelle becomes engaged to a Catholic man, but the cruel Protestant leader François de Baynes declares that she will belong to him. | 1928 | Jean Renoir | Drama | 6.4 (78 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Bled, LeA young French woman who inherits her uncle's property in Algeria finds herself schemed against by her envious cousins, and romanced by a handsome but previously irresponsible young man who works for his uncle on a neighbouring farm. | 1929 | Jean Renoir | Adventure | 6.4 (105 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
La ChienneA woman and her pimp exploit a painter for money. | 1931 | Jean Renoir | Crime,Drama,Romance | 7.6 (4.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Baby's Laxative [On purge bébé]A porcelain-maker invites a guest to sell him chamber pots, but family problems cause interruptions. | 1931 | Jean Renoir | Comedy | 6.0 (417 votes) | 46 | 20211228 |
Boudu Saved from DrowningA bookseller saves a tramp from drowning and shelters him, but the tramp's odd behavior starts to wear everyone down. | 1932 | Jean Renoir | Comedy | 7.3 (5.6K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Chotard and Company [Chotard et Cie]François Chotard , wholesale grocer, gives his daughter in marriage to Julien Collinet , a situation conducive to quarrels between the son and the father-in-law, until Julien receives the Prix Goncourt, a prestigious literary award. | 1933 | Jean Renoir | Comedy | 5.8 (116 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Night at the Crossroads [Nuit du Carrefour]Inspector Maigret investigates the mysterious murder of a Dutch diamond dealer, found dead in a stolen car. The car belongs to an insurance agent, Michonnet, and has been abandoned in the garage belonging to Carl Andersen. | 1932 | Jean Renoir | Crime,Drama,Mystery | 6.6 (811 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
Madame BovarySoon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault, who is well-endowed in every sense. In her new home, Emma finds conflict with her mother-in-law, | 1934 | Jean Renoir | Drama | 6.7 (479 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
ToniIn the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well | 1935 | Jean Renoir | Crime,Drama,Romance | 7.2 (1.8K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Lower Depths, The [Les Bas-Fonds]A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thief's slum. Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family. | 1936 | Jean Renoir | Crime,Drama,Romance | 7.6 (3.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Crime of Monsieur Lange, The [Le Crime De Monsieur Lange]The boss of a publishing company is a womanizer and a jerk, but what would happen if he suddenly disappeared? | 1936 | Jean Renoir | Comedy,Crime,Drama | 7.3 (3.3K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
Day in the Country, A [Partie de campagne]The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day. | 1946 | Jean Renoir | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 7.6 (6.3K votes) | 40 | 20211228 |
Grand Illusion, The [La Grande Illusion]During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress. | 1937 | Jean Renoir | Drama,War | 8.1 (35.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
Bête Humaine. LaIn this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder. | 1938 | Jean Renoir | Crime,Drama | 7.6 (7.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Marseillaise, LaA news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems. | 1938 | Jean Renoir | Drama,History,Music | 7.1 (1.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
Rules of the Game, TheA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. | 1939 | Jean Renoir | Comedy,Drama | 8.0 (28.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Swamp WaterAttempting to find his lost dog in a vast Georgia swamp, Ben Ragan stumbles upon wanted murderer Tom Keefer who convinces Ben he was framed for the murder by the real killer. | 1941 | Jean Renoir, Irving Pichel | Crime,Drama,Mystery | 7.0 (1.7K votes) | 88 | 20220414 |
This Land Is MineA mild-mannered school teacher in a Nazi-occupied town during WWII finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance. | 1943 | Jean Renoir | Drama,War | 7.6 (3.2K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Southerner, TheThe life of the poor Tucker family, that worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature is against them. | 1945 | Jean Renoir | Drama | 7.1 (3.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Diary of a Chambermaid, TheA chambermaid plots to climb the social ladder by marrying a wealthy man. | 1946 | Jean Renoir | Drama,Romance | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Salute to FranceNA | 1944 | | Short | | | Not Available |
Woman on the Beach, TheA Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter. | 1947 | Jean Renoir | Crime,Drama,Film-Noir | 6.4 (2.2K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
River, TheThe growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold. | 1951 | Jean Renoir | Drama,Romance | 7.5 (6.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Golden Coach, TheThree men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru. | 1952 | Jean Renoir | Comedy,Drama,History | 7.0 (2.9K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
French CancanThis comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge. | 1955 | Jean Renoir | Comedy,Drama,Musical | 7.4 (4K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Elena and Her Men [Elena et les hommes]Polish countess Elena falls in love to a French radical party's candidate, a general, in pre-World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her. | 1956 | Jean Renoir | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 6.3 (1.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Picnic on the Grass [Le déjeuner sur l'herbe]Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. His wealthy household (his family owns chemical corporations that w | 1959 | Jean Renoir | Comedy,Romance | 6.5 (1.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Experiment in Evil [Le testament du Docteur Cordelier]Mr. Joly, doctor Cordelier's lawyer, is amazed to discover that his client and friend leaves his possessions to a stranger, Opale, a sadistic criminal. He needs this man to prove that people's behavior can be adjusted at will... | 1959 | Jean Renoir | Drama,Horror,Sci-Fi | 6.6 (1.2K votes) | 95 | 20231201 |
Elusive Corporal, The [Le caporal épinglé]An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic intellectual, a working-class Parisian, and | 1962 | Jean Renoir | Comedy,Drama,War | 7.0 (863 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Little Theatre of Jean Renoir, The [Le petit théâtre de Jean Renoir]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 Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like sto | 1970 | Jean Renoir | Drama | 7.1 (255 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
The Ways of LoveNA | 1950 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
The Flower and the ViolenceNA | 1962 | | Drama | | | Not Available |