Jean Renoir Movies

An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match...

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

Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault. In her new...

A gang of thieves utilize a cross-road garage as their hideaway; after accidentally murdering a jewel thief, the heat is on.

Jean Renoir's directional debut and first silent film stars his wife, Catherine Hessling, as a young girl who manages to turn her tragic family life...

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

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

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

In the third part of a Cinéastes triptych on Jean Renoir, the director sits alone in a cinema analyzing scenes from La Marseillaise and The...

The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of...

A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.

The tale of a rich, flaky poet and his servant who both join the army and wind up in the same barracks.

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The...

Shot in three days, this surreal, erotic silent short shows a native white girl teaching a futuristic African airman the Charleston dance.

Three-part interview with French film director Jean Renoir, conducted by French New Wave director Jacques Rivette.

This portrait of the world-famous French director based on his personal correspondance reveals the little known insurgent side of his personnality....

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.

With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to...

A example of Jean Renoir's talents as a director as he works Gisèle Braunberger into the right frame of mind.