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Abel Gance

Director · 54 credits · 16 in highly-rated films

Best known for Napoleon (1927)

Frequent collaborators: Albert Dieudonné, Edmond van Daële, Antonin Artaud, Nelly Kaplan, Marguerite Gance

Best Abel Gance movies by genre

Directed movies (41 total, ranked by score)

  1. Napoleon

    1927 · ★ 7.8 (225 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    1

  2. J'Accuse

    1919 · ★ 7.4 (69 votes)

    War, Drama

    2

  3. La Roue

    1923 · ★ 7.3 (67 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    3

  4. Austerlitz

    1960 · ★ 6.6 (40 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    4

  5. Blind Venus

    1941 · ★ 6.1 (7 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    5

  6. Four Flights to Love

    1939 · ★ 6.4 (17 votes)

    War, Drama, Romance

    6

  7. Mater Dolorosa

    1933

    Drama

    7

  8. Napoléon Bonaparte

    1935 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, War, History

    8

  9. Captain Fracasse

    1943 · ★ 6.3 (9 votes)

    Adventure

    9

  10. The Mask of Horror

    1912

    Horror

    10

  11. The Woman Thief

    1938

    Drama

    11

  12. Magirama

    1958

    Drama, War

    12

  13. Au secours !

    1924 · ★ 6.6 (19 votes)

    Comedy, Horror

    13

  14. The Novel of a Poor Young Man

    1936 · ★ 6.8 (9 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Poliche

    1934

    15

  16. Cyrano and d'Artagnan

    1964 · ★ 5.9 (11 votes)

    Adventure

    16

  17. Le fou de la falaise

    1916

    17

  18. The Queen and the Cardinal

    1935 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. J'Accuse

    1938 · ★ 6.5 (31 votes)

    War, Drama

    19

  20. The Life and Loves of Beethoven

    1937 · ★ 6.8 (12 votes)

    Drama, Music, History

    20

  21. Barberousse

    1917 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    21

  22. La Digue

    1911

    22

  23. The Zone of Death

    1917

    Drama

    23

  24. Bonaparte et la révolution

    1972

    Documentary, History

    24

  25. The Right to Life

    1917

    25

  26. Louise

    1939 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Music, Romance, Drama

    26

  27. The Tenth Symphony

    1918 · ★ 6.4 (8 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. Le périscope

    1916

    28

  29. L'énigme de dix heures

    1915

    29

  30. L'héroïsme de Paddy

    1915

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.