Movie Database

Movies by Director - Jean Renoir (38 [Missing: 5])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
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. ...1925Jean RenoirDrama,Romance6.7 (629 votes)7120220731
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.1926Jean RenoirDrama,Romance6.7 (859 votes)15020211228
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.1927Jean RenoirSci-Fi,Short5.9 (716 votes)1720231112
Charleston Parade [Sur un air de Charleston]NA1927 Not Available
MarquittaNA1927 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.1928Jean Renoir, Jean TédescoDrama,Fantasy,Short7.2 (1.4K votes)4020220723
Sad Sack, The [Tire au flanc]A rich poet and his servant both join the army and wind up in the same barracks.1928Jean RenoirComedy6.4 (245 votes)8720211228
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.1928Jean RenoirDrama6.4 (78 votes)9020211228
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.1929Jean RenoirAdventure6.4 (105 votes)10420211228
La ChienneA woman and her pimp exploit a painter for money.1931Jean RenoirCrime,Drama,Romance7.6 (4.1K votes)9520211228
Baby's Laxative [On purge bébé]A porcelain-maker invites a guest to sell him chamber pots, but family problems cause interruptions.1931Jean RenoirComedy6.0 (417 votes)4620211228
Boudu Saved from DrowningA bookseller saves a tramp from drowning and shelters him, but the tramp's odd behavior starts to wear everyone down.1932Jean RenoirComedy7.3 (5.6K votes)8520211228
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.1933Jean RenoirComedy5.8 (116 votes)8320211228
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.1932Jean RenoirCrime,Drama,Mystery6.6 (811 votes)7520211228
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,1934Jean RenoirDrama6.7 (479 votes)10120211228
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 well1935Jean RenoirCrime,Drama,Romance7.2 (1.8K votes)8420211228
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.1936Jean RenoirCrime,Drama,Romance7.6 (3.2K votes)9020211228
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?1936Jean RenoirComedy,Crime,Drama7.3 (3.3K votes)7720211228
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.1946Jean RenoirComedy,Drama,Romance7.6 (6.3K votes)4020211228
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.1937Jean RenoirDrama,War8.1 (35.8K votes)11320211228
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.1938Jean RenoirCrime,Drama7.6 (7.4K votes)10020211228
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.1938Jean RenoirDrama,History,Music7.1 (1.2K votes)13020211228
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.1939Jean RenoirComedy,Drama8.0 (28.4K votes)11020211228
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.1941Jean Renoir, Irving PichelCrime,Drama,Mystery7.0 (1.7K votes)8820220414
This Land Is MineA mild-mannered school teacher in a Nazi-occupied town during WWII finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.1943Jean RenoirDrama,War7.6 (3.2K votes)10320211228
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.1945Jean RenoirDrama7.1 (3.3K votes)9220211228
Diary of a Chambermaid, TheA chambermaid plots to climb the social ladder by marrying a wealthy man.1946Jean RenoirDrama,Romance6.6 (1.3K votes)8620211228
Salute to FranceNA1944 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.1947Jean RenoirCrime,Drama,Film-Noir6.4 (2.2K votes)7120211228
River, TheThe growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.1951Jean RenoirDrama,Romance7.5 (6.1K votes)9920211228
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.1952Jean RenoirComedy,Drama,History7.0 (2.9K votes)10320211228
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.1955Jean RenoirComedy,Drama,Musical7.4 (4K votes)10220211228
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.1956Jean RenoirComedy,Drama,Romance6.3 (1.9K votes)9820211228
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 w1959Jean RenoirComedy,Romance6.5 (1.2K votes)9120211228
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...1959Jean RenoirDrama,Horror,Sci-Fi6.6 (1.2K votes)9520231201
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, and1962Jean RenoirComedy,Drama,War7.0 (863 votes)9020211228
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 sto1970Jean RenoirDrama7.1 (255 votes)10020211228
The Ways of LoveNA1950 Drama Not Available
The Flower and the ViolenceNA1962 Drama Not Available