Jean Rouch
Director · 127 credits · 11 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Lovely Month of May (1963)
Frequent collaborators: Germaine Dieterlen, Jean-Luc Godard, Gilbert Rouget, Edgar Morin
Best Jean Rouch movies by genre
Directed movies (96 total, ranked by score)
1Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · ★ 7.2 (116 votes)
Documentary
2I, a Negro
1959 · ★ 7.3 (34 votes)
Documentary
- 3
Ciné-mafia
1980
Documentary
- 4
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
1997
Documentary, Drama
- 5
Announcement
1997
6The Punishment
1962 · ★ 8.0 (5 votes)
Drama
7Six in Paris
1965 · ★ 6.5 (31 votes)
Comedy, Drama
- 8
Boulevards d'Afrique
1989
9Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
1974
Documentary
10Baby Ghana
1957 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
11The Human Pyramid
1961 · ★ 6.5 (17 votes)
Documentary, Drama
12Little by Little
1970 · ★ 7.2 (13 votes)
Comedy, Drama
13Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983
Documentary
14Mya - la mère
1970
15Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
1979
Documentary
16Badye, the Storyteller
1977 · ★ 5.5 (1 votes)
Documentary
17Horendi
1972 · ★ 8.8 (4 votes)
Documentary
18Moro Naba
1958 · ★ 4.7 (3 votes)
Documentary
19Mammy Water
1953 · ★ 5.7 (7 votes)
Documentary
20In the Land of the Black Magi
1947 · ★ 6.5 (3 votes)
Documentary
- 21
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
1987 · ★ 7.5 (1 votes)
22The Mad Masters
1955 · ★ 6.3 (67 votes)
Documentary
23Un lion nommé l'Américain
1972 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
24Gare du Nord
1965 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)
Drama
- 25
Madame l'eau
1993 · ★ 7.2 (4 votes)
26Jaguar
1967 · ★ 6.7 (11 votes)
Documentary
27Cemeteries in the Cliff
1951 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)
Documentary
28The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
1964 · ★ 6.7 (7 votes)
Drama, Documentary
29Battle on the Great River
1950 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Documentary
30Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974 · ★ 6.9 (7 votes)
Comedy
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.