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1. The Sicilian Clan (1969)
GP | 122 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious young mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick
Votes: 9,161 | Gross: $3.00M
2. The Burglars (1971)
PG | 120 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plans an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector, but corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon, Robert Hossein
Votes: 2,994
3. Any Number Can Win (1963)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A career con artist reunites with his wife but has already planned his next move: one daring last heist that will set him up for life. However, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval, Viviane Romance
Votes: 4,153 | Gross: $1.00M
4. I... For Icarus (1979)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Conspiracy thriller inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. After a fictional president is assassinated, a determined, tough prosecutor investigates the emerging conspiracy behind it.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Yves Montand, Michel Albertini, Roland Amstutz, Jean-Pierre Bagot
Votes: 4,570
5. The 25th Hour (1967)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, War
In World War II, a Romanian gentile peasant is denounced by the village gendarme and sent to a concentration camp for Jews where, due to an error, he's drafted into the S.S.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, Grégoire Aslan, Michael Redgrave
Votes: 2,182
6. The Serpent (1973)
PG | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
A Soviet diplomat hatches a complicated plan to enable him to defect to the West.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 1,205
7. Greed in the Sun (1964)
122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A rough trucker assigns his new truck and its mysterious cargo to his newest employee, only to see it hijacked by one of his experienced drivers. Now, his friends are after him to retrieve the goods. Are 100,000 dollars worth dying for?
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Reginald Kernan, Bernard Blier
Votes: 2,720
8. Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Approved | 119 min | Drama, War
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Géret, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Votes: 1,909
9. The Vultures (1984)
106 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In 1943 in Tunisia, a unit of the French Foreign Legion fights the Germans over possession of a bank treasure in gold bars.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Villeret, Michel Constantin, Michel Creton
Votes: 2,278
10. Mother (1991)
157 min | Drama
The saga of an Armenian family that immigrated to France after the break-up of the oppressive Ottoman Empire.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel, Isabelle Sadoyan
Votes: 3,634
11. Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
G | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1743, outlaw Leon Alastray is hunted by the Spanish army but is given sanctuary by a priest in a village terrorized by marauding Yaqui Indians.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer, Charles Bronson, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 2,388
12. A Monkey in Winter (1962)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife survived the war. They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow. But times have changed and soon after the war,... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 3,314
13. Mille milliards de dollars (1982)
132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Mel Ferrer, Michel Auclair, Caroline Cellier
Votes: 968
14. Body of My Enemy (1976)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Ten years ago, he would have married her. Now only hatred holds them together. Francois is accused of murder. A hooker and a football star lie slaughtered. He thinks he has been framed by the mob. Going underground, he finds that the trail leads all the way to the top - to ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bernard Blier, Marie-France Pisier, Charles Gérard
Votes: 2,403
15. The Most Wanted Man (1953)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
Joe Calvert (Fernandel) is a nearsighted, friendly man who works as a clerk in a large department store, who gets into embarrassing situations when he isn't wearing his glasses. Since Joe ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Louis Seigner, David Opatoshu
Votes: 305
16. The Cow and I (1959)
TV-PG | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
In 1942, a French prisoner of war in Germany decides to escape to France using a cow held by a lunge as a decoy. He crosses all Germany in this way.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Pierre-Louis, Ellen Schwiers, Ingeborg Schöner
Votes: 1,732
17. Mother (1992)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
This film recounts Henri Verneuil's relationship with his father who had brought his Armenian family to Marseille, France, in order to escape from the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Richard Berry, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 2,079
18. The Night Caller (1975)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Commissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner, Adalberto Maria Merli, Rosy Varte
Votes: 4,317
19. La nuit des Césars (1976– )
Documentary
The César is the national film prize of France. He is named after the French sculptor César Baldaccini.
Stars: Nathalie Baye, Antoine de Caunes, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Tchernia
Votes: 230
20. Vivement dimanche (1998– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Emmanuel Chaunu, Franck Ferrand, Hélène Gateau
Votes: 108
21. Le président (1961)
110 min | Thriller
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Renée Faure, Henri Crémieux
Votes: 1,068
22. Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
143 min | Comedy
The seven stages of woman - seven stories about French women and love in the sixties.
Directors: Michel Boisrond, Christian-Jaque, René Clair, Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jacqueline Porel, Pierre-Jean Vaillard, Darry Cowl, Micheline Dax
Votes: 225
23. Champs-Elysées (1982–2013)
Music
Champs-Élysées is a French television variety program presented by Michel Drucker and broadcast live from January 16, 1982 to June 1985 and from January 1986 until June 29, 1990 every ... See full summary »
Stars: Michel Drucker, Michel Sardou, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Johnny Hallyday
Votes: 85
24. A Kiss for a Killer (1957)
105 min | Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Isa Miranda, Jean-Loup Philippe
Votes: 214
25. Forbidden Fruit (1952)
92 min | Drama
A doctor in southern France takes a mistress but lives to regret it.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Jacques Castelot, René Génin
Votes: 194
26. Des gens sans importance (1956)
101 min | Drama
Mid-aged married truck driver falls in love with a young waitress he meets while making a break on a long trip. They try to make it work, but she can't get a decent job or place to stay in ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Pierre Mondy, Yvette Etiévant
Votes: 633
27. The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
104 min | Comedy
A small town seeking publicity tries to bring together the quintuplet grandsons of the town's oldest inhabitant.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Andrex, Michel Ardan
Votes: 690
28. Cinéma cinémas (1982–1991)
Documentary
A ten episode Tv series on cinephilia, in which contributors to both American and French films are interviewed.
Stars: Michel Boujut, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 64
29. The Lions Are Loose (1961)
95 min | Comedy
Bored with her life, Albertine (Claudia Cardinale) drops her husband and takes the first train to Paris, to start fresh.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Claudia Cardinale, Danielle Darrieux, Michèle Morgan
Votes: 206
30. Les amants du tage (1955)
123 min | Drama, Romance
He is a French taxi driver in Lisbon carrying the scars of a wife's infidelity that ended in tragedy when he found her with his lover upon returning from the war. She is a French woman in ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Françoise Arnoul, Trevor Howard, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 166
31. Mother (1993– )
277 min | Drama
The story of an Armenian man and his family who are forced to flee their country and live as refugees in a foreign country.
Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif, Zabou Breitman, Denis Podalydès
Votes: 141
32. Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975–1980)
Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Dalida, Michel Sardou, Eddy Mitchell
Votes: 34
33. Le grand échiquier (1972– )
Music
Artists from different backgrounds reveal themselves in a new angle and we discover those who make them dream and inspire.
Stars: Jacques Chancel, Pierre Rabbath, Raymond Devos, Juliette Gréco
Votes: 33
34. Sacrée soirée (1987–2009)
Family, Musical, Talk-Show
Sacrée Soirée is a variety show broadcast on TF1 from September 2, 1987 to June 29, 1994, then from December 19, 2007 to December 16, 2009, for a total of 264 numbers, for 7 seasons, every ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean-Pierre Foucault, Didier Derlich, Frédéric François, François Feldman
Votes: 42
35. Paris, Palace Hotel (1956)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul, Roberto Risso, Tilda Thamar
Votes: 112
36. Brelan d'as (1952)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three episodes of a police nature, one of them starring Maigret and the other Lemmy Caution.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Michel Simon, Raymond Rouleau, John van Dreelen, Nathalie Nattier
Votes: 151
37. It Happened All Night (1960)
97 min | Comedy
Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn't like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Pascale Petit, Roger Hanin, Pierre Mondy, Robert Dalban
Votes: 64
38. Gangster Boss (1959)
92 min | Comedy
In Paris, scoundrel mates Paolo and Antoine Venturen hope to get rich quick by asking ransom fro rich Mr. Jumelin's preteen son Eric. Masquerading as Indians, the scamp's favorite game, ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Papouf, Florence Blot
Votes: 283
39. Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Talk-Show
Apostrophes is a French literary television program produced and hosted by Bernard Pivot, broadcast live on Antenne 2 between January 10, 1975, and June 22, 1990, every Friday evening at 9:... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Claude-Jean Philippe, Gilles Lapouge, Jean d'Ormesson
Votes: 48
40. La Table-aux-Crevés (1951)
92 min | Comedy
In Cantagrel, Urbain Coindet, a farmer and town councilor in his forties, finds his wife hanging from a beam in the barn. Aurélie Coindet has committed suicide but but not everybody is ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Maria Mauban, Andrex, Antonin Berval
Votes: 150
42. Cinépanorama (1956–1966)
Documentary
Stars: François Chalais, France Roche, Yves Montand, Martine Carol
Votes: 63
43. Spécial cinéma (1974–1997)
Talk-Show
Shown on the main French language TV-channel in Switzerland (RTS), "Spécial Cinéma" is one of TSR's most iconic shows where the biggest names in film, directors and actors, from Visconti to Verneuil, from Godard to Delon where interviewed.
Stars: Christian Defaye, Alain Delon, Claude Goretta, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 11
44. Reflets de Cannes (1952– )
Documentary
The first show of the French television about movies; the only one dedicated to the Cannes Film Festival. Features interviews and backstage footage devoted to the event, the gala evenings, the competing films, and everyday life in Cannes.
Stars: François Chalais, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Achard, Michèle Morgan
Votes: 135
45. Maxime (1958)
124 min | Comedy, Drama
In the early 1900s, a down-and-out French nobleman gets involved in romantic matchmaking that backfires in his favor.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Charles Boyer, Arletty, Jane Marken
Votes: 129
46. Bouillon de culture (1991–2001)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Broth of culture.
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Philippe Sollers, Jean Tulard, Bernard-Henri Lévy
Votes: 40
47. Pour le cinéma (1968–1978)
Stars: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Claude Lelouch
Votes: 8
48. The Wild Oat (1953)
103 min | Comedy
After his son leaves to join the army, a temperamental French baker learns a villager's new baby is his grandson.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Madeleine Sylvain, Georges Chamarat, Pierrette Bruno
Votes: 286
49. Carnaval (1953)
90 min | Comedy
Dardamelle does not conceal the fact that his wife has made him a cuckold.How will his fellow townspeople react?
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Jacqueline Pagnol, Pauline Carton, Renée Passeur
Votes: 69
50. Le palmarès des chansons (1965–1968)
Music
Stars: Guy Lux, Raymond Lefebvre, Anne-Marie Peysson, Jacques Solness