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101. Le fauteuil 47 (1937)
93 min | Comedy
A young man, in love with a famous actress, married her daughter by a combination of circumstances.
Director: Fernand Rivers | Stars: Raimu, Françoise Rosay, André Lefaur, Henri Garat
Votes: 81
20 septembre 1937
102. La dame de Malacca (1937)
113 min | Drama, Romance
Audrey marries a medical officer ,sails to Malaysia and meets a prince whose burden is too heavy for his shoulders .
Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Richard-Willm, Jacques Copeau, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 54
103. Pique Dame (1937)
87 min | Drama
Russia, 1835. Lieutenant Hermann, a compulsive gambler, is fascinated by an infallible martingale held by Countess Tomski, nicknamed The Queen of Spades. The day Hermann wants to wring the ... See full summary »
Director: Fyodor Otsep | Stars: Marguerite Moreno, Pierre Blanchar, André Luguet, Madeleine Ozeray
Votes: 40
1 octobre 1937
104. Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)
84 min | Comedy
In Victorian London, a crime novelist and his wife fake their disappearance in order to hide from an uptight Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against the "evils" of crime fiction.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 1,966
20 octobre 1937
105. L'habit vert (1937)
109 min | Comedy
Count Hubert de Latour Latour is the lover of the Duchess de Maulévrier. The day he is surprised by the Duke in the company of his wife and... in a rather compromising situation, Hubert ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Richebé | Stars: Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher, Jules Berry, André Lefaur
Votes: 80
28 octobre 1937
106. Harvest (1937)
127 min | Drama, Romance
The narrative revolves around a farming village where only three inhabitants remain, but they are told that if only one of them, Panturle, manages to find a wife, the village will be able to prosper again
Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis, Fernandel, Marguerite Moreno
Votes: 507
29 octobre 1937
107. L'affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937)
102 min | Drama, History
Historical drama based on a true case of miscarriage of justice, the "Joseph Lesurques case" of 1796.
Directors: Claude Autant-Lara, Maurice Lehmann | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo, Jacques Copeau, Charles Dullin
Votes: 113
10 novembre 1937
108. À Venise, une nuit (1937)
86 min | Comedy
Mortal is ready to do anything to obtain a divorce from his wife Nadia. To compromise her, he needs to find her a lover. He thinks he has found the ideal candidate in the person of a manly ... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Albert Préjean, Elvire Popesco, Marcel Mouloudji, Pauline Carton
Votes: 12
19 novembre 1937
109. Forfaiture (1937)
94 min | Drama
This version of the story begins with the engineer's wife (Denise Morel) being driven to the site where her husband is building a bridge. The first thing she notices is the mark of the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Victor Francen, Sessue Hayakawa, Louis Jouvet, Lise Delamare
Votes: 142
24 novembre 1937
110. Abus de confiance (1937)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Imposture helps an orphan girl become a lawyer.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Charles Vanel, Yvette Lebon, Pierre Mingand
Votes: 171
29 novembre 1937
111. Naples Under the Kiss of Fire (1937)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
Mario Esposito, who sings in a Neapolitan restaurant, is in love with Assunta, the niece of Teresa, the owner of the place. He shares his apartment with Michel, his best friend. This one ... See full summary »
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Tino Rossi, Michel Simon, Mireille Balin, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 64
7 décembre 1937
112. The Alibi (1937)
84 min | Crime
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean, Jany Holt, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 247
23 décembre 1937
113. Les pirates du rail (1938)
89 min | Drama
It's about 4 mercenary and they take ostages on a train in New york...
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 55
19 janvier 1938
114. Prison sans barreaux (1938)
98 min | Drama
In a state correctional institute for teenage girls, Madame Appel, the superintendent, rules with an iron fist. The State appoints thirty-year-old Yvonne to evaluate the situation. The ... See full summary »
Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: Annie Ducaux, Roger Duchesne, Ginette Leclerc, Corinne Luchaire
Votes: 65
18 février 1938
115. Hercule (1938)
105 min | Comedy
Hercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The editor-in-chief, Vasco, takes advantage of his ignorance to make corruption prevail. But Hercules gradually realizes the role that we make him play.
Director: Alexander Esway | Stars: Fernandel, Gaby Morlay, Pierre Brasseur, Henri Crémieux
Votes: 72
4 mars 1938
116. Les gens du voyage (1938)
108 min | Drama
Due to an accident at the Barlay Circus, animal trainer Flora finds Fernand, a former prison escapee, and refers him to manager, Edouard Barlay.
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Françoise Rosay, André Brulé, Marie Glory, Fabien Loris
Votes: 65
4 mars 1938
117. The Lafarge Case (1938)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Based on true facts ,a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century ,this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal, Raymond Rouleau, Margo Lion
Votes: 31
8 mars 1938
118. Les disparus de St. Agil (1938)
98 min | Drama, Mystery
Strange things happen at night at the Saint-Argil secondary school. Baume, Sorgues and Macroy, three of the school's pupils, discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Armand Bernard, Aimé Clariond
Votes: 952
6 avril 1938
119. Le schpountz (1938)
Passed | 160 min | Comedy
Meeting a movie team on location near his house, a young man gets a lot of encouragement for his dreaming career as a movie star in what was only sarcasm from the members of the team. This ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Fernandel, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin, Léon Belières
Votes: 786
15 avril 1938
120. The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938)
103 min | Crime, Drama
An innocent man spends time in prison for murder, then escapes and falls in love with the wife of the real perpetrator.
Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Raimu, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Renaud, Marcelle Géniat
Votes: 348
4 mai 1938
121. La présidente (1938)
85 min | Comedy
Vérotchka, a vivacious theater actress touring in a provincial town, is turned out of her hotel by orders of Monsieur Tricointe, the stern president of the local law court. In a rage, the ... See full summary »
Director: Fernand Rivers | Stars: Elvire Popesco, Henri Garat, André Lefaur, Louis-Jacques Boucot
Votes: 29
25 mai 1938
122. Les nouveaux riches (1938)
89 min | Comedy
Former workers, Martinet and Legendre have become successful company managers after winning the lottery. Martinet plays on the stock market against his former boss, and ruins him, what enrages Legendre, and his son.
Director: André Berthomieu | Stars: Raimu, Michel Simon, Betty Stockfeld, Fernand Fabre
Votes: 17
15 juin 1938
123. The Baker's Wife (1938)
Not Rated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama
A small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the village is thrown into disarray.
Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin, Robert Vattier
Votes: 2,400
7 septembre 1938
124. Tricoche et Cacolet (1938)
107 min | Comedy
Two friends, Tricoche and Cacolet, are partners in a detective agency. Chance has it that Cacolet is hired by Van der Pouf, a rich banker who wants him to watch over his wife Bernardine ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Colombier | Stars: Fernandel, Frédéric Duvallès, Ginette Leclerc, Jean Weber
Votes: 37
7 septembre 1938
125. Port of Shadows (1938)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Brasseur
Votes: 9,968 | Gross: $0.03M
12 septembre 1938
126. Sirocco (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Drama
Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco. She flees to France, first as the mistress and then ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Viviane Romance, Louis Jouvet, Pierre Renoir, Jany Holt
Votes: 160
22 septembre 1938
127. Café de Paris (1938)
91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
It's New Year's Eve and important industrialists, businessmen, journalists,ambassadors are enjoying the food and the drinks in the "Café de Paris".The center of the conversations is Lambert... See full summary »
Directors: Yves Mirande, Georges Lacombe | Stars: Véra Korène, Jules Berry, Jacques Baumer, Pierre Brasseur
Votes: 87
23 septembre 1938
128. The Curtain Rises (1938)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Isabelle, Cécilia and François are drama students at the "Conservatoire d'art dramatique". Cécilia is in love with François, but the young man is in love with Isabelle instead. Cécilia elaborates a desperate plan to get back at François.
Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin, Odette Joyeux, Janine Darcey
Votes: 309
6 octobre 1938
129. Bargekeepers Daughter (1938)
72 min | Comedy
Prince Sacha studies in Paris and cares more for Marianne than about Silistrie, the country his family was exiled from. But Chautard, a French financier, who has business there (the country... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Esway | Stars: Elvire Popesco, Louis Jouvet, André Alerme, Fernand Charpin
Votes: 39
12 octobre 1938
130. Marked Girls (1938)
102 min | Drama
Juliette, an innocent woman, is wrongly sentenced to prison for attempted murder. After her release, she married an industrialist to whom she did not speak of her tumultuous past.
Director: Roger Richebé | Stars: Viviane Romance, Renée Saint-Cyr, Marguerite Deval, Jean Worms
Votes: 29
13 octobre 1938
131. The Shanghai Drama (1938)
76 min | Drama
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau, Dorville
Votes: 126
25 octobre 1938
132. Carrefour (1938)
84 min | Drama
A amnesiac industrialist is tricked into a game of mistaken identity.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzy Prim, Tania Fédor
Votes: 135
26 octobre 1938
133. Le ruisseau (1938)
100 min | Drama
When Paul, an officer, discovers Denise, a young orphan escaped from her orphanage, he takes advantage of his naivete to seduce her before changing her mind and sending her to live with her mother while sailing.
Directors: Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Gaby Sylvia, Ginette Leclerc
Votes: 37
29 octobre 1938
134. Monsieur Coccinelle (1938)
100 min | Comedy
An average worker who feels downtrodden at work and home, dreams of becoming a dictator. His aunt has her own fantasy that the love-of-her-life, a fairground magician, will return to her once more.
Director: Dominique Bernard-Deschamps | Stars: Pierre Larquey, Jane Loury, Jeanne Provost, René Bergeron
Votes: 33
2 novembre 1938
135. She Returned at Dawn (1938)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Married to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Dux, Jacques Dumesnil, Pierre Mingand
Votes: 104
18 novembre 1938
136. It Happened in Gibraltar (1938)
92 min | Drama, Romance, War
Off Gibraltar ,British ships blow up;there might be a mole among the British officers .
Director: Fyodor Otsep | Stars: Viviane Romance, Roger Duchesne, Abel Jacquin, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 113
30 novembre 1938
137. Hotel du Nord (1938)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
On the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the Parisian Hôtel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple. But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say. Can life be a fairy tale?
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty
Votes: 3,241
17 décembre 1938
138. J'étais une aventurière (1938)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Jean Murat, Jean-Max, Guillaume de Sax
Votes: 45
21 décembre 1938
139. La Bête Humaine (1938)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
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
23 décembre 1938
140. Noix de coco (1939)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
A small town gentleman learns that his prim and proper wife was once a showgirl, and that, even worse, he had enjoyed a one night stand with her in the Orient.
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Raimu, Marie Bell, Michel Simon, Gilbert Gil
Votes: 51
17 février 1939
141. Pasha's Wives (1939)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Mireille, a Frenchwoman, has married a westernized Turkish diplomat. Thinking that she will live a dream life in an Arabian Nights setting, she accepts to follow Vedad Bey, her husband, to ... See full summary »
Directors: Marc Sorkin, Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Viviane Romance, John Lodge, Marcel Dalio, Sylvie
Votes: 61
18 février 1939
142. Derrière la façade (1939)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The owner of an apartment building is found murdered. Two rival policemen, Boucheron and Lambert, investigate the matter and get into the private lives of the tenants: an unfaithful judge, ... See full summary »
Directors: Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande | Stars: Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry, André Lefaur, Gaby Morlay
Votes: 151
14 mars 1939
143. La fin du jour (1939)
99 min | Drama
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Ozeray
Votes: 1,031
24 mars 1939
144. Le veau gras (1939)
85 min | Comedy
Jules Vachon, a pharmacist, has two sons, Gabriel, a steady-minded young man dedicated to his job in the pharmacy, and Gaston, a good for nothing whose only talent is to seduce rich women ... See full summary »
Director: Serge de Poligny | Stars: Elvire Popesco, André Lefaur, Armand Bernard, Dorville
Votes: 37
13 avril 1939
145. La tradition de minuit (1939)
102 min | Mystery
Five people are gathered in a cafe because of a phone call they have all received. The plot thickens when they discover a dead body in a bedroom upstairs.
Director: Roger Richebé | Stars: Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Marcel Dalio, Marcel Pérès
Votes: 37
22 avril 1939
146. The World Will Shake (1939)
108 min | Sci-Fi
Jean Durand ,a young scientist invents a machine which can predict the date of your death accurately.He tries to use a prostitute as a guinea pig to test the machine.Jean Durand is evil,and... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Claude Dauphin, Madeleine Sologne, Armand Bernard, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 94
10 mai 1939
147. The Last Turning (1939)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Frank, a hobo, ends up in a garage-truck stop in the middle of nowhere. Nick Marino, its older, kind and naive owner, is married to Cora, a sexy and mercenary woman half his age. Frank, ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Michel Simon, Marcel Vallée, Auguste Bovério
Votes: 301
17 mai 1939
148. Le Jour Se Leve (1939)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty, Jules Berry
Votes: 8,275 | Gross: $0.03M
9 juin 1939
149. Fric-Frac (1939)
92 min | Comedy
Marcel works as assistant to a jeweller whose bossy daughter Renée keeps hitting on him. When he meets lovely Loulou and her lazy friend Jo, he is fascinated by the girl and somehow ... See full summary »
Directors: Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Fernandel, Michel Simon, Arletty, Hélène Robert
Votes: 554
15 juin 1939
150. The Rules of the Game (1939)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély
Votes: 31,350
8 juillet 1939
151. Circonstances atténuantes (1939)
85 min | Comedy
A retired criminal-court judge on vacation finds himself stranded in a nest of thieves, who show him a friendlier side of crime.
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Michel Simon, Arletty, Dorville, Andrex
Votes: 217
26 juillet 1939
152. Jeunes filles en détresse (1939)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
The young girls struggle against their parents' divorces.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Marcelle Chantal, Jacqueline Delubac, André Luguet, Micheline Presle
Votes: 72
25 août 1939
153. Second Childhood (1939)
80 min | Drama
Late-fall sunshine for an aging man.
Director: Jeff Musso | Stars: Raimu, Jacqueline Delubac, Pierre Brasseur, Tramel
Votes: 26
30 août 1939
154. La famille Duraton (1939)
85 min | Comedy
Reality show on the radio circa 1939.
Director: Christian Stengel | Stars: Noël-Noël, Jules Berry, Blanchette Brunoy, Julien Carette
Votes: 34
6 septembre 1939
155. Personal Column (1939)
106 min | Musical, Romance, Thriller
After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man who she met through a personal column advert, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Renoir, Marie Déa, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 412
16 décembre 1939
156. Menaces... (1940)
95 min | Drama
The months before World War II. The fear of the impending war never leaves the guests of an hotel in Paris.
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Mireille Balin, John Loder, Ginette Leclerc, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 138
11 janvier 1940
157. Battement de coeur (1940)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Danielle Darrieux plays an impoverished reform-school escapee who finds a new lease on life when she enrolls in a school for pickpockets run by Fagin-like Saturnin-Fabre.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin, André Luguet, Junie Astor
Votes: 329
3 février 1940
158. The Phantom Wagon (1939)
93 min | Drama, Fantasy
A nun suffering from TB is desperately trying to save an alcoholic tramp and to bring him back to his wife and kids.He has a friend who died last year and became the coachman of the "Ghost Wagon" .
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell, Micheline Francey, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 284
16 février 1940
159. Sérénade (1940)
90 min | Drama
Somewhat freewheeling romantic story of a British dancer in love with Schubert, who is jealous of the rival composer Beethoven, but is inspired by his love to write several of his greatest works.
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet, Bernard Lancret, Félix Oudart
Votes: 16
28 février 1940
160. Le chemin de l'honneur (1939)
105 min | Drama
A bad boy takes his twin brother's identity to escape from the strong arm of law.
Director: Jean-Paul Paulin | Stars: Henri Garat, Renée Saint-Cyr, André Lefaur, Roland Toutain
Votes: 21
5 mars 1940
161. L'émigrante (1940)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Fearing a gangster's vengeance,his moll sails away to South Africa ,where many emigrants intend to work in the mines there.
Director: Léo Joannon | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Jean Chevrier, Georges Lannes, Foun-Sen
Votes: 15
14 mars 1940
162. Tempête (1940)
97 min | Drama
Director: Dominique Bernard-Deschamps | Stars: Arletty, Marcel Dalio, Annie Ducaux, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 56
1er avril 1940
163. Paris New-York (1940)
90 min | Comedy
Passengers on the luxury ship Normandie, headed from France to see the New York City World's Fair, include: two crooks, an American banker and his daughter,and two police officials.En route a valuable diamond goes missing.
Directors: Yves Mirande, Claude Heymann, Georges Lacombe | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Michel Simon, André Lefaur, Claude Dauphin
Votes: 82
3 avril 1940
164. Musicians of Heaven (1940)
98 min | Drama
A would be blind hoodlum redeems himself in the Salvation Army just for a lovely lieutenant.
Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Michel Simon, René Lefèvre, René Alexandre
Votes: 36
165. Elles étaient douze femmes (1940)
80 min | Comedy
Artistocratic chic ladies want to send parcels to soldiers who never receive anything during WW1.
Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Françoise Rosay, Micheline Presle, Betty Stockfeld
Votes: 29
17 avril 1940
166. L'héritier des Mondésir (1940)
102 min | Comedy
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
8 mai 1940
167. The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940)
Approved | 142 min | Comedy, Drama
A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.
Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Raimu, Fernandel, Josette Day, Line Noro
Votes: 691
24 avril 1941
168. Volpone (1941)
94 min | Comedy
Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named... See full summary »
Directors: Maurice Tourneur, Jacques de Baroncelli | Stars: Harry Baur, Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, Jean Témerson
Votes: 402
10 mai 1941
169. L'acrobate (1941)
90 min | Comedy
After a deadbeat patron at his restaurant gets special care from the cops who think the man has amnesia, the maitre d'hotel decides to pretend he too has amnesia. He is claimed in turn by an aristocrat family and by trapeze artists.
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Fernandel, Jean Tissier, Thérèse Dorny, Marcel Carpentier
Votes: 52
27 juin 1941
170. Her First Affair (1941)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy
Micheline Chevassu is a naive young woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she makes a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the orphanage to meet him, dreaming of her ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Rosine Luguet, Gabrielle Dorziat, Suzanne Dehelly
Votes: 161
14 août 1941
171. Le dernier des six (1941)
90 min | Mystery, Thriller
Six friends promise to share their fortune in 5 years. The moment is very close, but one of the six is mysteriously murdered, then another... Superintendent Wenceslas Woroboyioetschik (aka Wens) is in charge of the investigation...
Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Michèle Alfa, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier
Votes: 372
16 septembre 1941
172. Venus of Paris (1941)
140 min | Drama, Romance
The imaginary voyage of a woman gone blind on her former lover's boat.
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Lucienne Le Marchand, Jean Aquistapace
Votes: 148
20 septembre 1941
173. Parade en 7 nuits (1941)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.
Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Jules Berry, Victor Boucher, André Lefaur, Elvire Popesco
Votes: 46
24 septembre 1941
174. Madame Sans-Gêne (1941)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The ordeals of a crude washerwoman in the chic court of Napoleon the First;La Maréchale Lefèvre ,a former launderer who followed the emperor in many of his campaigns is the laughing stock ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Richebé | Stars: Arletty, Aimé Clariond, Maurice Escande, Henri Nassiet
Votes: 75
7 octobre 1941
175. Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
The story concerns an old globe-maker who is mysteriously killed while going through the town portraying Pere Noel ("Father Christmas" aka Santa Claus).
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Harry Baur, Renée Faure, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Raymond Rouleau
Votes: 691
16 octobre 1941
176. Le valet maître (1941)
90 min
Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others, like Gustave Morillon, are... born masters, even if, like him, they are valets. ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Mesnier | Stars: Elvire Popesco, Henri Garat, Marguerite Deval, René Génin
Votes: 8
30 octobre 1941
177. Remorques (1941)
91 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The captain of the tugboat Cyclone, André Laurent, rushes off to save the Mirva. He abandons his sick wife Yvonne and the couple celebrating their marriage. In the early morning, the Cyclone tugs the Mirva ashore with Catherine aboard.
Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan, Charles Blavette
Votes: 1,580
27 novembre 1941
178. Les affaires sont les affaires (1942)
82 min | Drama
Isidore Lechat is a ruthless self-made man whose money allows him to humiliate the others ,particularly a ruined noble:he wants his daughter to marry this marquis's son but the girl is in love with a young scientist .
Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Charles Vanel, Aimé Clariond, Jacques Baumer, Germaine Charley
Votes: 77
179. Patrouille blanche (1942)
89 min | Adventure, Mystery
An Oriental villain named Halloway is called in by wealthy oil interests who want to destroy a dam project for hydroelectric power that may threaten their profits.
Director: Christian Chamborant | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Junie Astor, Paul Azaïs, Robert Le Vigan
Votes: 17
180. La femme que j'ai le plus aimée (1942)
90 min | Drama
Claude is a young man whose girlfriend has just broken up with him. Feeling unable to overcome the pain, Claude has no other idea than to end his life. Back home, he finds five middle-aged ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Vernay | Stars: Arletty, Mireille Balin, Lucien Baroux, René Lefèvre
Votes: 40
20 mars 1942
181. Wicked Duchess (1942)
99 min | Drama, Romance
The Duchess of Langeais, as beautiful as she is brilliant, is a woman who likes to seduce but who does not give in. Until the day when she falls in love with General de Montriveau, a cabal goes up against her.
Director: Jacques de Baroncelli | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Richard-Willm, Aimé Clariond, Lise Delamare
Votes: 124
27 mars 1942
182. Croisières sidérales (1942)
95 min | Sci-Fi
It may be the first time they have used the theory of relativity in a story.
Director: André Zwobada | Stars: Madeleine Sologne, Jean Marchat, Julien Carette, Robert Arnoux
Votes: 96
29 avril 1942
183. Strangers in the House (1942)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole. Abandoned by his wife about 20 years ago, he has sunk into alcoholism. One day, the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the attic of his residence.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Raimu, Juliette Faber, Gabrielle Fontan, Héléna Manson
Votes: 465
16 mai 1942
184. Le journal tombe à cinq heures (1942)
98 min | Drama
The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the eyes of Hélène Perrin, a cub reporter trained by Pierre Rabaud, a star in his field. Side ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Marie Déa, Pierre Renoir, Pierre Larquey
Votes: 64
21 mai 1942
185. La nuit fantastique (1942)
103 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Denis is distracted: he's studying all day for philosophy exams and working all night at the flower market; plus, whenever he closes his eyes, he dreams of a mysterious woman in white. His ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Saturnin Fabre, Charles Granval
Votes: 385
10 juillet 1942
186. The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier, Pierre Larquey
Votes: 3,649
7 août 1942
187. L'assassin a peur la nuit (1942)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A thief hides out in the South and gets involved with the sister of a friendly fellow employee on an outdoor work site. But circumstances draw him back to the city, to another woman, and to murder.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Mireille Balin, Jean Chevrier, Louise Carletti, Henri Guisol
Votes: 96
2 septembre 1942
188. Simplet (1942)
88 min | Comedy
Directors: Fernandel, Carlo Rim | Stars: Fernandel, Colette Fleuriot, Milly Mathis, Maximilienne
Votes: 103
189. Midnight in Paris (1942)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On a rainy night, eccentric tramp Mr La Souris finds a corpse. But the body soon vanishes in his car leaving only his wallet. While the police start investigating a missing person report, La Souris concocts a plan to secure his find.
Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Raimu, Aimé Clariond, René Bergeron, Paul Amiot
Votes: 192
14 octobre 1942
190. Feu sacré (1942)
103 min
A young woman from the countryside travels to Paris to become an actress. Despite all kinds of difficulties, affronts and emotional adventures, she succeeded in gaining a place in the world of entertainment and becomes a great movie star.
Director: Maurice Cloche | Stars: Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Gaston Orbal, Édouard Delmont
Votes: 6
12 novembre 1942
191. Frédérica (1942)
92 min | Comedy
Gilbert, poet and singer, is about to marry Lilette but deep inside himself he is not quite sure that she is the woman he needs. That is the reason why he has made up an imaginary woman, ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco, Rellys, Jacqueline Gauthier
Votes: 29
192. Huit hommes dans un château (1942)
93 min | Crime, Drama
The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: René Dary, Jacqueline Gauthier, Aline Carola, Louis Salou
Votes: 22
9 décembre 1942
193. Gambling Hell (1942)
61 min | Adventure, Drama
A captain, who has rescued a woman from danger,sails with her to Macao to do an arms deal with the Asian proprietor of a gambling den.The proprietor,s daughter, whom a visiting journalist ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Mireille Balin, Henri Guisol, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 176
9 décembre 1942
194. Le bienfaiteur (1942)
88 min | Crime, Drama
A kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence and carries out dishonest activities.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Raimu, Suzy Prim, Pierre Larquey, Lucienne Delyle
Votes: 120
11 décembre 1942
195. Little Nothings (1941)
88 min | Comedy
Listening to a musical program on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the title is borrowed from Mozart's ballet-pantomime, Les Petits Riens) which have ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Leboursier | Stars: Raimu, Fernandel, Cécile Sorel, Suzy Prim
Votes: 47
16 décembre 1942
196. The Count of Monte Cristo (1943)
90 min | Adventure, Drama
Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Vernay | Stars: Pierre Richard-Willm, Michèle Alfa, Aimé Clariond, Marcel Herrand
Votes: 194
21 janvier 1943
197. L'honorable Catherine (1943)
99 min | Comedy
Catherine's technique to sell her clocks is to blackmail illegitimate couples such as Jacques and Gisèle. However when Gisèle's husband Pierre walks in on them, Catherine pretends to be ... See full summary »
Directors: Marcel L'Herbier, Jacques de Baroncelli | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Raymond Rouleau, André Luguet, Charles Granval
Votes: 78
4 février 1943
198. The Count of Monte Cristo - Part 2: Retribution (1943)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Directors: Robert Vernay, Ferruccio Cerio | Stars: Pierre Richard-Willm, Michèle Alfa, Aimé Clariond, Lise Delamare
Votes: 112
25 février 1943
199. La bonne étoile (1943)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Fernandel, Janine Darcey, Andrex, René Génin
Votes: 22
24 mars 1943
200. Le camion blanc (1943)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
A young mechanic is given a strange job: to convey the king of the gypsies' embalmed dead body on a very long route.
Director: Léo Joannon | Stars: Jules Berry, Blanchette Brunoy, François Périer, Roger Karl
Votes: 30
24 mars 1943
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