Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Jacques Becker

1. The Grand Illusion (1937)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War

8.1

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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.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

Votes: 38,877 | Gross: $0.17M

2. The Hole (1960)

Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.5

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Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: André Bervil, Jean Keraudy, Michel Constantin, Philippe Leroy

Votes: 20,405 | Gross: $0.03M

3. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama

7.7

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85 Metascore

An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli

Votes: 8,551 | Gross: $0.13M

4. La Bête Humaine (1938)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama

7.5

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In 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.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux

Votes: 8,426

5. A Day in the Country (1946)

Not Rated | 40 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

7.5

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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.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D'Arnoux, André Gabriello

Votes: 7,104

6. Casque d'Or (1952)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

7.6

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Three gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières

Votes: 6,225

7. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy

7.2

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A bookseller saves a tramp from drowning and shelters him, but the tramp's odd behavior starts to wear everyone down.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska, Jean Gehret

Votes: 6,211

8. The Lower Depths (1936)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

7.5

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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.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet, Jany Holt

Votes: 3,677

9. Montparnasse 19 (1958)

Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

7.4

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About the last years of the life of the great artist Modigliani. A poor Italian artist suffering from alcoholism and opium addiction falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents are categorically against it.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Anouk Aimée, Lila Kedrova

Votes: 1,679

10. La Marseillaise (1938)

Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, History, Music

7.0

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A 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, ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Louis Jouvet, Léon Larive

Votes: 1,394

11. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)

92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

6.0

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Rich oriental lord Cassim's cheeky servant Ali Baba was sent to buy a meaty girl-slave, but brings dancer Morgiane, whom he is enamored with. When he's part of a caravan robbed by Abdel's ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Fernandel, Samia Gamal, Dieter Borsche, Henri Vilbert

Votes: 1,385

12. Antoine & Antoinette (1947)

84 min | Comedy, Drama

7.4

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Working class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, especially the grocer Monsieur Roland, Antoinette ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Roger Pigaut, Claire Mafféi, Noël Roquevert, Gaston Modot

Votes: 1,122 | Gross: $0.01M

13. It Happened at the Inn (1943)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

7.5

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In a lost French village, an old woman is killed and her savings stolen. Several members of her family, all called "Goupi", are suspected.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Fernand Ledoux, Georges Rollin, Blanchette Brunoy, Arthur Devère

Votes: 1,079

14. Night at the Crossroads (1932)

75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.5

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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.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Pierre Renoir, Georges Térof, Winna Winifried, Georges Koudria

Votes: 953

15. Edward and Caroline (1951)

88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.9

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Edouard is a pianist, married with Caroline. This evening, they are invited to Claude's. Claude is the snobbish uncle of Caroline, his son Alain (as snobbish as his father) is in love with ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Anne Vernon, Elina Labourdette, Jacques François

Votes: 737

16. Paris Frills (1945)

Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.0

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Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Presle, Jean Chevrier, Gabrielle Dorziat

Votes: 721

17. The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)

104 min | Crime, Mystery

6.3

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Arsène Lupin, the multifaceted gentleman thief, steals two masterpieces from the President of the Council. Some time later, posing as Monsieur Gilles, a winegrower who is marrying his only ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, O.E. Hasse, Daniel Ceccaldi

Votes: 641

18. Madame Bovary (1934)

101 min | Drama

6.6

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Soon 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,... See full summary »

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir, Robert Le Vigan

Votes: 546

19. Rendezvous in July (1949)

112 min | Comedy, Drama

7.1

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Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Brigitte Auber, Nicole Courcel, Pierre Trabaud

Votes: 456 | Gross: $0.01M

20. Rue de l'Estrapade (1953)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

6.7

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While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend Denise. One day, Denise lets her know ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Louis Jourdan, Anne Vernon, Jean Servais

Votes: 343

21. Life Is Ours (1936)

66 min | Drama, History

5.9

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A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing who the comrades help the proletarian people against the capitalists. It also features propagandistic speeches of leading members of the party.

Directors: Jacques Becker, Jacques B. Brunius, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Maurice Lime, Pierre Unik, André Zwobada, Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Dasté, Jacques B. Brunius, Simone Guisin, Teddy Michaud

Votes: 318

22. The Trump Card (1942)

105 min | Crime, Drama

5.9

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A man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Clarence and Montès, two inspector students, must solve this murder, but they don't know that dead guy is the USA public enemy No.1.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Mireille Balin, Raymond Rouleau, Pierre Renoir, Noël Roquevert

Votes: 224

23. Chotard and Company (1933)

83 min | Comedy

5.8

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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.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jeanne Boitel, Fernand Charpin, Georges Pomiès, Jane Loury

Votes: 133

24. Le bled (1929)

104 min | Adventure

6.1

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A 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.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jackie Monnier, Diana Hart, Renée Rozier, Enrique Rivero

Votes: 131

25. Cinépanorama (1956–1966)

Documentary

7.2

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Stars: François Chalais, France Roche, Yves Montand, Martine Carol

Votes: 63

26. L'héritier des Mondésir (1940)

102 min | Comedy

5.9

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Bienaimé, a modest postman, in love with Janine, the village postmistress, does not know that he is the illegitimate son of the old Baron de Mondésir. The Baron dies and in happy amazement,... See full summary »

Director: Albert Valentin | Stars: Fernandel, Elvire Popesco, Jules Berry, Gaby André

Votes: 48

27. Cristobal's Gold (1940)

80 min | Drama

6.2

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Based on the novel by Albert t'Serstevens. Dupuy, the first mate of the French freighter "Cristobal" is informed by cabaret dancer La Rubia that the "Cristobal" carries a priceless secret cargo of gold.

Directors: Jean Stelli, Jacques Becker | Stars: Charles Vanel, Conchita Montenegro, Albert Préjean, Jim Gérald

Votes: 23

28. Pitiless Gendarme (1935)

40 min | Short, Comedy

6.7

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The police superintendent may be good-natured but he has got a lot on his plate with all the witnesses that come to make a statement before him. They are all crazier than the others and ... See full summary »

Directors: Jacques Becker, Pierre Prévert | Stars: Antanon, Jacques Becker, Lou Bonin, Etienne Decroux

Votes: 12