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Jean Renoir

Director · 67 credits · 37 in highly-rated films

Best known for Grand Illusion (1937)

Frequent collaborators: Jacques Rivette, Catherine Hessling, Marcel Dalio, André S. Labarthe, Henri Cartier-Bresson

Best Jean Renoir movies by genre

Directed movies (41 total, ranked by score)

  1. Grand Illusion

    1937 · ★ 7.9 (788 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    1

  2. The Rules of the Game

    1939 · ★ 7.5 (677 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    2

  3. The River

    1951 · ★ 7.3 (128 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    3

  4. La Bête Humaine

    1938 · ★ 7.1 (246 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Thriller

    4

  5. A Day in the Country

    1946 · ★ 7.3 (221 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Comedy

    5

  6. La Chienne

    1931 · ★ 7.3 (139 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    6

  7. French Cancan

    1955 · ★ 7.2 (107 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    7

  8. This Land Is Mine

    1943 · ★ 7.2 (71 votes)

    Drama, War

    8

  9. The Lower Depths

    1936 · ★ 7.2 (81 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Crime

    9

  10. Boudu Saved from Drowning

    1932 · ★ 6.9 (154 votes)

    Comedy

    10

  11. The Golden Coach

    1952 · ★ 7.1 (88 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    11

  12. The Crime of Monsieur Lange

    1936 · ★ 7.1 (99 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Comedy

    12

  13. Life Is Ours

    1936 · ★ 6.3 (13 votes)

    Drama, History

    13

  14. Nana

    1926 · ★ 6.6 (32 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    14

  15. The Little Match Girl

    1928 · ★ 6.9 (52 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy

    15

  16. The Southerner

    1945 · ★ 6.6 (69 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Experiment in Evil

    1960 · ★ 6.7 (50 votes)

    TV Movie, Science Fiction, Horror

    17

  18. Toni

    1935 · ★ 7.1 (75 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    18

  19. La Marseillaise

    1938 · ★ 6.8 (42 votes)

    History, Drama

    19

  20. The Woman on the Beach

    1947 · ★ 6.1 (55 votes)

    Drama

    20

  21. Charleston Parade

    1927 · ★ 5.8 (23 votes)

    Science Fiction

    21

  22. Picnic on the Grass

    1959 · ★ 6.3 (54 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    22

  23. Swamp Water

    1941 · ★ 6.3 (42 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    23

  24. The Diary of a Chambermaid

    1946 · ★ 6.2 (38 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Comedy

    24

  25. The Elusive Corporal

    1962 · ★ 6.4 (35 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, War

    25

  26. Madame Bovary

    1934 · ★ 5.6 (22 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. The Beehive

    2021 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. The Sad Sack

    1928 · ★ 6.5 (10 votes)

    Comedy

    28

  29. Whirlpool of Fate

    1925 · ★ 6.5 (23 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    29

  30. Night at the Crossroads

    1932 · ★ 6.5 (36 votes)

    Mystery, Crime, Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.