Jean Renoir

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The Little Match Girl
7.1

The Little Match Girl

Jun. 07, 1928

The Little Match Girl

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 ...
The Elusive Corporal
7

The Elusive Corporal

May. 23, 1962

The Elusive Corporal

The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir’s 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social ...
The Doctor’s Horrible Experiment
6.6

The Doctor’s Horrible Experiment

Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong ...
Picnic on the Grass
6.5

Picnic on the Grass

Nov. 11, 1959

Picnic on the Grass

Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy ...
Elena and Her Men
6.2

Elena and Her Men

Sep. 12, 1956

Elena and Her Men

Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and ...
French Cancan
7.3

French Cancan

Apr. 27, 1955

French Cancan

Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin ...
The River
7.4

The River

Sep. 10, 1951

The River

Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer ...
The Woman on the Beach
6.4

The Woman on the Beach

A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
The Diary of a Chambermaid
6.6

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. ...
The Southerner
7.1

The Southerner

Apr. 30, 1945

The Southerner

Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers ...
This Land Is Mine
7.5

This Land Is Mine

May. 07, 1943

This Land Is Mine

Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice ...
Swamp Water
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Swamp Water

Nov. 16, 1941

Swamp Water

A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return ...
The Rules of the Game
7.9

The Rules of the Game

Jul. 09, 1939

The Rules of the Game

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
La Marseillaise
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La Marseillaise

Feb. 10, 1938

La Marseillaise

A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, ...
Grand Illusion
8.1

Grand Illusion

Jun. 04, 1937

Grand Illusion

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class ...
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
7.3

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

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 ...
The Lower Depths
7.5

The Lower Depths

Dec. 11, 1936

The Lower Depths

Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska ...
Toni
7.2

Toni

Feb. 22, 1935

Toni

In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in the agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down ...
Boudu Saved from Drowning
7.2

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine ...
Baby’s Laxative
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Baby’s Laxative

Jun. 21, 1931

Baby’s Laxative

A little boy won’t go to the bathroom, which leads to all sorts of complications for his parents and their friends.
La Chienne
7.5

La Chienne

Nov. 20, 1931

La Chienne

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, „Lulu“, and make her his mistress. He thinks he ...
Nana
6.6

Nana

Jun. 25, 1926

Nana

Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.