CESAR DE LA MEILLEURE ACTRICE
by romaric21 | created - 08 Jul 2012 | updated - 31 Jul 2012 | PublicQuelles actrices auraient pu être nommées si les césar avaient existé avant 1976 ?
La gagnante suivie des 4 nommées . J'ai modifié le palmarès récent en tenant compte des résultats . Je ne pense pas que Jeanne Moreau l'aurait emporté en 1992 si elle avait gagné à plusieurs reprises par le passé.
Voici les comédiennes récompensées :
- 5 : Simone Signoret et Isabelle Adjani.
- 4 : Romy Schneider.
- 3 : Arletty , Michèle Morgan , Jeanne Moreau et Catherine Deneuve.
- 2 : Marie Bell , Madeleine Renaud , Micheline Presle , Françoise Rosay , Danielle Darrieux , Edwige Feuillère , Delphine Seyrig , Annie Girardot , Sabine Azéma , Juliette Binoche ,Nathalie Baye et Yolande Moreau.
- 1 : Annabella , Orane Demazis , Gaby Morlay , Madeleine Sologne , Gabrielle Dorziat , Maria Schell , Emmanuelle Riva , Brigitte Bardot , Françoise Dorléac , Louise Sylvie , Anouk Aimée , Françoise Fabian , Aurore Clément , Miou-Miou , Sandrine Bonnaire , Anémone , Carole Bouquet , Anne Parillaud , Isabelle Huppert , Fanny Ardant , Ariane Ascaride , Elodie Bouchez , Karin Viard , Dominique Blanc , Emmanuelle Devos , Isabelle Carré , Sylvie Testud , Marina Hands , Marion Cotillard , Sara Forestier , Bérénice Bejo.
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1. Le Million (1931)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Musical
An impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier
Votes: 3,842
César 1932 : ANNABELLA
2. Marius (1931)
Not Rated | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Marius is faced with a choice whether to fulfill his passion by sailing the seas or stay and marry the woman he loves.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe
Votes: 2,568
Orane DEMAZIS
3. The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930)
108 min | Crime, Mystery
A professor's daughter is attacked in her sealed bedroom.Her fiance is suspected but a cub journalist finds the surprising culprit.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Huguette Duflos, Kissa Kouprine, Maxime Desjardins, Marcel Vibert
Votes: 139
Huguette DUFLOS
4. The Threepenny Opera (1931)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel
Votes: 2,543
Odette FLORELLE
5. Faubourg Montmartre (1931)
115 min | Drama
Two sisters struggle to stay on the straight and narrow.
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Charles Vanel, Line Noro, Florelle
Votes: 67
Gaby MORLAY
6. Fanny (1932)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama
After Fanny's boyfriend leaves her and sails away, she finds out she's pregnant.
Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin, Orane Demazis
Votes: 1,926 | Gross: $0.02M
César 1933 : Orane DEMAZIS
7. Au nom de la loi (1932)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A policeman is killed when he tries to investigate a case involving cocaine traffic. The only evidence of the crime is a white female's bloodstained glove found in an abandoned taxi and a ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Marcelle Chantal, Régine Dancourt, Gabriel Gabrio, Jean Marchat
Votes: 123
Marcelle CHANTAL
8. Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932)
87 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Two French Foreign Legionnaires are lost amid the shifting sands of the Sahara Desert when they stumble across the entrance to an underground world. Searching this new found subterranean ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Heinz Klingenberg, Tela Tchaï, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 592
Brigitte HELM
9. The Dreamy Mouth (1932)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A woman and two violinists ' drama.
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Pierre Blanchar, Victor Francen, Maria Fromet
Votes: 32
Gaby MORLAY
10. He (1932)
57 min | Comedy, Drama
Madame Husson looks over her town in vain for a girl who can be crowned with the traditional garland of roses symbolizing innocence,so picks a boy.After which the lad, drunk from celebrating, loses his innocence in a place of debauchery.
Director: Dominique Bernard-Deschamps | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Mady Berry, Colette Darfeuil, Simone Bourday
Votes: 61
Françoise ROSAY
11. La maternelle (1933)
83 min | Drama
When her father files bankruptcy and then dies, Rose's fiancé jilts her; she takes a job as a maid in a Montmartre kindergarten with 150 poor children. Rose gives each child loving ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein | Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Alice Tissot, Paulette Élambert, Sylvette Fillacier
Votes: 133
César 1934 : Madeleine RENAUD
12. July 14 (1933)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
Jean is a young cab driver. Anna, a flower-girl neighbour, is in love with him. But he is still thinking to Pola, who just left him. Jean asks her to the bal. Many events (Pola's come back,... See full summary »
Director: René Clair | Stars: Annabella, Jorge Rigaud, Raymond Cordy, Paul Ollivier
Votes: 474
ANNABELLA
13. The Death Agony of the Eagles (1933)
125 min | Drama, History
During the Restoration, Napoleon's officers are retired and living on half pay. Useless and idle, they spend their time meeting in hope of his return. When the emperor dies, they plot to offer the throne to his son, L'Aiglon.
Director: Roger Richebé | Stars: Pierre Renoir, Constant Rémy, Jean Debucourt, Marcel André
Votes: 29
Annie DUCAUX
14. La dame de chez Maxim's (1933)
109 min | Comedy
Dr. Lucien Petypon is usually a serious man, but, drawn by his friend Corignon, he once paints the town red at Maxim's. When he wakes up late the next morning, he finds the scantily clad ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Florelle, Esther Kiss, Ady Cresso, Jeanne Frédérique
Votes: 21
Odette FLORELLE
15. The Two Orphans (1933)
102 min | Drama
A more small scale version of the story Griffin used for his epic Orphans Of The Storm: a doctor tries to reunite two sisters who have become separated from each other during the whirlwind of the French Revolution.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Yvette Guilbert, Gabriel Gabrio, Emmy Lynn, Pierre Magnier
Votes: 92
Renée SAINT-CYR
16. Le grand jeu (1934)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Pierre (Pierre Richard-Willm), a young lawyer, has enormous debts due to his mistress Florence (Marie Bell), and her whims of luxury life. Pierre has gone too far and put the family firm in... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Marie Bell, Pierre Richard-Willm, Charles Vanel, Georges Pitoëff
Votes: 426
César 1935 : Marie BELL
17. Angele (1934)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama
A young and naive peasant girl in Provence, who has been seduced and abandoned, moves to Marseilles and becomes a street-walker after having her baby.
Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Orane Demazis, Fernandel, Henri Poupon, Jean Servais
Votes: 425
Orane DEMAZIS
18. La dame aux camélias (1934)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Marguerite Gautier is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hopes of a career and position ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernand Rivers, Abel Gance | Stars: Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, Jane Marken, Lugné-Poe
Votes: 25
Yvonne PRINTEMPS
19. Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
77 min | Drama
A young woman living with her family on the frontier in Quebec, Canada, endures the hardships of isolation and climate, and chooses between three suitors: a trapper, a farmer, and an immigrant from Paris.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Suzanne Desprès, Gaby Triquet, Maximilienne
Votes: 261
Madeleine RENAUD
20. Madame Bovary (1934)
101 min | Drama
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
Valentine TESSIER
21. Carnival in Flanders (1935)
95 min | Comedy, History, Romance
Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Françoise Rosay, André Alerme, Jean Murat, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 1,405
César 1936 : Françoise ROSAY
22. La bandera (1935)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
Pierre Gilieth has committed a murder in Paris. He flees to Barcelona, where he runs out of money. So he joins the Spanish Foreign Legion. He meets there two fellow countrymen, Mulot and ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Annabella, Jean Gabin, Robert Le Vigan, Raymond Aimos
Votes: 734
ANNABELLA
23. Divine (1935)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
A country girl starts to work as a chorus girl in Paris and then finds true love with a good-looking milkman.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Simone Berriau, Jorge Rigaud, Gina Manès, Philippe Hériat
Votes: 176
Simone BERRIAU
24. Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
93 min | Drama, History, Romance
At the end of the 15th Century, Rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexander VI. Following the advice of his chief adviser Niccolo ... See full summary »
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Gabriel Gabrio, Maurice Escande, Roger Karl
Votes: 278
Edwige FEUILLERE
25. Le bonheur (1934)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Injured by anarchist Philippe Lucher, film actress Clara Stuart falls in love with her attacker and decides to plead in his favor at his trial.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Charles Boyer, Paulette Dubost, Jean Toulout
Votes: 261
Gaby MORLAY
26. Mayerling (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry... See full summary »
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier, Yolande Laffon
Votes: 955 | Gross: $0.24M
César 1937 : Danielle DARRIEUX
27. César (1936)
Not Rated | 168 min | Drama
Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But, he cannot ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin
Votes: 1,651
Orane DEMAZIS
28. Samson (1936)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Jacques Brachart is a parvenu in the finance, the boss of the African Coppers. The D'Andeline are noble but pennyless. They make their daughter Anne-Marie marry Brachart. A marriage of ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Harry Baur, Gaby Morlay, André Lefaur, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 105
Gaby MORLAY
29. They Were Five (1936)
100 min | Drama
Five unemployed penniless workers win 100,000 Francs with the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos, Viviane Romance
Votes: 1,425
Viviane ROMANCE
30. Jenny (1936)
105 min | Drama
Jenny is a madam at a brothel. When her daughter comes back from England, she does not want her to find out what kind of job she really has.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Albert Préjean, Lisette Lanvin, Roland Toutain
Votes: 282
Françoise ROSAY
31. Life Dances On (1937)
144 min | Drama
Christine, newly widowed and consumed by the memory of a ball she attended age 16, decides to track down the men she danced with that night and discover their fates.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay, Louis Jouvet, Harry Baur
Votes: 925
César 1938 : Marie BELL
32. 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: 504
Orane DEMAZIS
33. 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
Marguerite MORENO
34. Street of Shadows (I) (1937)
116 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A slippery femme fatale, a spy for Germany during the Great War, is sent to Thessaloniki in Greece and becomes involved with a man on the other side, a French military officer.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Roger Karl
Votes: 141
Dita PARLO
35. 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
Elvire POPESCO
36. 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: 9,963 | Gross: $0.03M
César 1939 : Michèle MORGAN
37. 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: 308
Odette JOYEUX
38. Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
106 min | Biography, Drama
A famous actress and a Polish prince have an ill-fated love affair.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, Junie Astor, Pierre Larquey
Votes: 17
Yvonne PRINTEMPS
39. 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
Françoise ROSAY
40. 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: 8,423
Simone SIMON
41. 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: 8,274 | Gross: $0.03M
César 1940 : ARLETTY
42. 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
Marie DEA
43. 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
Corinne LUCHAIRE
44. Entente cordiale (1939)
110 min | Drama
The history of the Entente Cordiale in the big and small picture, from 1898, when a French officer occupied the village of Fashoda, Sudan to 8 April 1904, when a series or agreements ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Victor Francen, Pierre Richard-Willm, André Lefaur
Votes: 72
Gaby MORLAY
45. 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
Madeleine OZERAY
46. Four Flights to Love (1939)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance, War
Before World War I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre Leblanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride ... See full summary »
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Elvire Popesco, André Alerme, Monique Rolland
Votes: 228
César 1941 : Micheline PRESLE
47. 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
Danielle DARRIEUX
48. There's No Tomorrow (1939)
82 min | Drama
After an unhappy marriage, a woman of the world is forced to become a dancer in a cabaret in order to raise her young son.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Jorge Rigaud, Daniel Lecourtois, Mady Berry
Votes: 474
Edwige FEUILLERE
49. 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
Micheline FRANCEY
50. 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
Michèle MORGAN
51. 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
César 1942 : ARLETTY
52. Two Women (1940)
97 min | Drama
Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Annie Ducaux, Blanchette Brunoy, Jacques Dumesnil
Votes: 12
Blanchette BRUNOY & Annie DUCAUX
53. 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
Michèle MORGAN & Madeleine RENAUD
54. The Blue Veil (1942)
90 min | Drama, Family
In 1914, in the first months of World War I, Louise Jarraud loses her husband, killed on the front. Shortly after, she gives birth to a baby, who soon dies. Devastated by this double ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Stelli | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Elvire Popesco, André Alerme, Fernand Charpin
Votes: 88
César 1943 : Gaby MORLAY
55. Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Arletty, Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux, Alain Cuny
Votes: 2,464
ARLETTY
56. 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: 3,644
Suzy DELAIR
57. 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
Edwige FEUILLERE
58. Le mariage de Chiffon (1942)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy
"Chiffon" is an eccentric young aristocratic girl, who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community.
Directors: Claude Autant-Lara, Pierre Guerlais | Stars: Odette Joyeux, André Luguet, Jacques Dumesnil, Suzanne Dantès
Votes: 220
Odette JOYEUX
59. L'éternel retour (1943)
107 min | Drama, Romance
This is a retelling of Tristan and Isolde, set in 1940s France. The script was written by Jean Cocteau.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Madeleine Sologne, Jean Marais, Jean Murat, Junie Astor
Votes: 618
César 1944 : Madeleine SOLOGNE
60. Le colonel Chabert (1943)
90 min | Drama
An Empire colonel, left for dead on a battlefield, returns to Paris and finds his wife remarried.
Director: René Le Hénaff | Stars: Raimu, Marie Bell, Jacques Baumer, Aimé Clariond
Votes: 132
Marie BELL
61. Douce (1943)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Odette Joyeux, Madeleine Robinson, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 418
Odette JOYEUX
62. The Raven (1943)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey, Héléna Manson
Votes: 10,899 | Gross: $0.03M
Ginette LECLERC
63. Lumière d'été (1943)
112 min | Drama
A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle.
Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson, Paul Bernard
Votes: 644
Madeleine RENAUD
64. The Woman Who Dared (1944)
105 min | Drama
The wife of a mechanic and former fighter pilot falls in love with the idea of flying herself. This soon becomes an obsession and she undertakes a lofty feat: the longest solo flight ever made by a woman.
Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt, Raymonde Vernay
Votes: 646
César 1945 : Madeleine RENAUD
65. L'ange de la nuit (1944)
95 min | Drama
Director: André Berthomieu | Stars: Jean-Louis Barrault, Michèle Alfa, Henri Vidal, Gaby André
Votes: 62
Michèle ALFA
66. Les petites du quai aux fleurs (1944)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young girl learns how it is painful growing up.
Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: André Lefaur, Odette Joyeux, Bernard Blier, Louis Jourdan
Votes: 89
Odette JOYEUX
67. L'enfant de l'amour (1944)
100 min | Drama, Family
This woman's melodrama pivots around a child that a famous actress had in her youth, but whom she has concealed from the wealthy businessman she is now with.
Director: Jean Stelli | Stars: Gaby Morlay, François Périer, Aimé Clariond, André Bervil
Votes: 13
Gaby MORLAY
68. La Rabouilleuse (1944)
100 min | Drama
Director: Fernand Rivers | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Suzy Prim, André Brunot, Jacques Erwin
Suzy PRIM
69. Children of Paradise (1945)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Romance
The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir
Votes: 21,173
César 1946 : ARLETTY
70. The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A society lady engineers a marriage between her lover and a cabaret dancer who is essentially a prostitute.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette, Lucienne Bogaert
Votes: 4,836
Maria CASARES
71. The Bellman (1945)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The story begins with the murder of a horse trader, which sets free a black stallion that roams through the snow and the village terrifying the people as it gallops.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Fernand Ledoux, Renée Faure, Madeleine Robinson, Roger Pigaut
Votes: 184
Renée FAURE
72. La fiancée des ténèbres (1945)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Sylvie, a girl who believes she is cursed having seen her two lovers die in tragic circumstances, lives in the town of Carcassonne, in the South of France with her adoptive guardian, Mr. ... See full summary »
Director: Serge de Poligny | Stars: Pierre Richard-Willm, Jany Holt, Line Noro, Palau
Votes: 145
Jany HOLT
73. Angel and Sinner (1945)
Approved | 85 min | Drama
Ten people fleeing Rouen invaded by the Prussians, Rousset nicknamed ball of tallow among them, give to a Prussian to save other passengers who still despise. However, on later nobody could underestimate her being how brave .
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Micheline Presle, Berthe Bovy, Louise Conte, Mona Dol
Votes: 221
Micheline PRESLE
74. Pastoral Symphony (1946)
Approved | 110 min | Drama
A minister falls in love with a blind young woman he sheltered, but so does his son.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Michèle Morgan, Line Noro, Jean Desailly
Votes: 609
César 1947 : Michèle MORGAN
75. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon
Votes: 28,088 | Gross: $0.30M
Josette DAY
76. Sylvie et le fantôme (1946)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
On the eve of her 16th birthday, Sylvie's father needs cash to stay in his castle so he sells Sylvie's favorite thing, a painting of Alain, the lover of Sylvie's grandmother, killed in a ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey, Claude Marcy
Votes: 491
Odette JOYEUX
77. The Queen's Necklace (1946)
118 min | Drama, History
3 years before the Revolution, clever Jeanne De La Motte manages to procure a special necklace belonging to Marie Antoinette.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Viviane Romance, Maurice Escande, Jacques Dacqmine, Jean Hébey
Votes: 90
Viviane ROMANCE
78. Macadam (1946)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband, whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a ... See full summary »
Directors: Jacques Feyder, Marcel Blistène | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Paul Meurisse, Andrée Clément, Simone Signoret
Votes: 214
Françoise ROSAY
79. Devil in the Flesh (1947)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Romance
During World War I, the star-crossed affair of an underage French student with a woman engaged to a soldier.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Denise Grey, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 897
César 1948 : Micheline PRESLE
80. Le café du cadran (1947)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Directors: Jean Gehret, Henri Decoin | Stars: Bernard Blier, Blanchette Brunoy, Aimé Clariond, Félix Oudart
Votes: 81
Blanchette BRUNOY
81. Jenny Lamour (1947)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama
A flirtatious wife runs off to meet an older man and the husband closes in with intend to murder him, but finds the deed already done.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair
Votes: 6,414 | Gross: $0.03M
Suzy DELAIR
82. The Royalists (1947)
99 min | Adventure, History
Director: Henri Calef | Stars: Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Dux, Louis Seigner
Votes: 85
Madeleine ROBINSON
83. Panique (1946)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
After an elderly maid is murdered, opinions are manipulated, evidence is planted, violence erupts, and panic ensues.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Viviane Romance, Michel Simon, Max Dalban, Émile Drain
Votes: 2,570 | Gross: $0.04M
Viviane ROMANCE
84. The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
93 min | Drama
A poet plans to assassinate an unpopular queen but falls in love with her instead.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Jean Marais, Silvia Monfort, Jacques Varennes
Votes: 683
César 1949 : Edwige FEUILLERE
85. The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
170 min | Drama, Romance
Fabrice del Dongo, a young archbishop, gives his all to romance rather than to the Church, creating complications for everyone around. The Countess of San Severina, is but one of the women ... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Renée Faure, Lucien Coëdel, Louis Salou, María Casares
Votes: 531
Maria CASARES & Renée FAURE
86. Dédée d'Anvers (1948)
95 min | Drama
Dedee is a prostitute who works in Monsieur Rene's nightclub on Antwerp's harbour. The porter is Marco, her pimp. Dedee is not happy until she meets Francesco, an Italian sailor. They fall ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 693
Simone SIGNORET
87. The Last Vacation (1948)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A schoolboy remembers his last holiday in the big house of his family in the country, before it was sold.
Director: Roger Leenhardt | Stars: Odile Versois, Michel François, Jean Lara, Renée Devillers
Votes: 180
Odile VERSOIS
88. The Terrible Parents (1948)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Michel is in love with Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his intention to marry her. He thinks his announcement is innocent enough; his engagement, however, threatens to reveal dark secrets lurking within his family's home.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Yvonne de Bray, Marcel André
Votes: 982 | Gross: $0.01M
Gabrielle DORZIAT ( césar 1950 ) & Yvonne de BRAY
89. Manon (1949)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A classic tale about bitter relationships between a frivolous girl and a soldier is adapted for the post-World War II time.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry, Andrex
Votes: 1,176
Cécile AUBRY
90. Gigi (1949)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old ... See full summary »
Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Jean Tissier, Yvonne de Bray, Frank Villard
Votes: 298
Danielle DELORME
91. The Sinners (1949)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Story takes place in a dreadful girls' reformatory. A couple of lovers will try to escape from this living hell.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Serge Reggiani, Jean Davy, Monique Mélinand, Suzy Prim
Votes: 144
Suzy PRIM
92. Manèges (1949)
91 min | Drama
After spending all his money to fulfill the smallest wish of his wife Dora, Robert is still madly in love with her. Now she is in agony, and her mother comes. She will reveal to Robert how ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Jacques Baumer, Mona Dol
Votes: 451
César 1951 : Simone SIGNORET
93. Orpheus (1950)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa
Votes: 13,411
Maria CASARES
94. La Marie du Port (1950)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Henri Chatelard is well in his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciate women. When he meets Marie, a 18ish stronghead who just lost her father in a small ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Jean Gabin, Blanchette Brunoy, Nicole Courcel, Claude Romain
Votes: 465
Nicole COURCEL
95. Lady Paname (1950)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Henri Jeanson | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Henri Guisol, Henri Crémieux
Votes: 144
Suzy DELAIR
96. The Naked Heart (1950)
100 min | Drama
At the beginning of the 20th century, in the North of the Province of Quebec. After five years spent in a boarding school, Maria Chapdelaine comes back to the family farm. Robert Gagnon, a ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Kieron Moore, Françoise Rosay, Jack Watling
Votes: 38
Michèle MORGAN
97. The Red Inn (1951)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Crime
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving a soporific soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Fernandel, Françoise Rosay, Marie-Claire Olivia, Jean-Roger Caussimon
Votes: 1,596
César 1952 : Françoise ROSAY
98. Without Leaving an Address (1951)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Thérèse Ravenaz is a charming young woman but also the victim of a seducer who abandoned her as soon as she told him that she was expecting his baby. To trace her unworthy lover, she boards... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Bernard Blier, Danièle Delorme, Pierre Trabaud, Arlette Marchal
Votes: 187
Danielle DELORME
99. Olivia (1951)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal, the fascinating Miss Julie, sows confusion in the heart of the newcomer, Olivia.
Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray
Votes: 733 | Gross: $0.01M
Edwige FEUILLERE
100. Savage Triangle (1951)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A prostitute takes back her child, a boy who does not even know how to play.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Madeleine Robinson, Frank Villard, Nicolas Amato, Henri Arius
Votes: 128
Madeleine ROBINSON
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