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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

Directed movies (96 total, ranked by score)

  1. VW-Voyou

    1973 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary

    31

  2. Drums from the Past

    1971 · ★ 5.9 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    32

  3. The Lion Hunters

    1966 · ★ 6.0 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    33

  4. Makwayela

    1977 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    34

  5. Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli

    1971 · ★ 4.5 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    35

  6. That Tender Age

    1964

    Drama

    36

  7. Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

    1977 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    37

  8. Enigma

    1986 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    38

  9. A Friendly Handshake

    1997

    Documentary

    39

  10. The Sons of the Water

    1959

    Documentary

    40

  11. Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed

    1948

    Documentary

    41

  12. Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death

    1981

    Documentary

    42

  13. The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham

    1986

    Drama

    43

  14. The Goumbé of the Young Revelers

    1966 · ★ 7.2 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    44

  15. The Magicians of Wanzerbé

    1948

    Documentary

    45

  16. Brise-glace

    1990 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    46

  17. The Rainmakers

    1951 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    47

  18. Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice

    1976 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    War

    48

  19. Circumcision

    1949 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    49

  20. Dionysos

    1984 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Comedy

    50

  21. Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”

    1973

    Comedy, Documentary

    51

  22. The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death

    1974

    Documentary

    52

  23. Daouda Sorko

    1967

    Documentary

    53

  24. Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

    1966

    Documentary

    54

  25. Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

    1978

    55

  26. Boukoki

    1973

    Documentary

    56

  27. Ayorou Singing Stones

    1968

    Documentary

    57

  28. Le Rêve plus fort que la mort

    2002

    Documentary

    58

  29. Germaine chez elle

    1994

    Documentary

    59

  30. Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision

    1973

    Documentary

    60

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