Jean Renoir Movies

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

A propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the Republican government against the rebellion by Gen. Francisco Franco's forces...

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

Directed by Garson Kanin and Jean Renoir.

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

Passers-by, those who knew him in his youth, René Barjavel, witness of his beginnings, his wife, his doctor, writers ... By questioning them...

Le P'tite Lili is a short film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti in 1927. This is a visual illustration of a song, The Lady of gravel and Benech Lilie,...

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

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...

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

François Chotard, wholesale grocer, gives his daughter in marriage to Julien Collinet, a writer who prefers dreaming to working, a situation...

A young French woman who inherits her uncle's property in Algeria finds herself schemed against by her envious cousins, and romanced by a handsome...

Eric Rohmer leads a conversation with Jean Renoir and Henri Langlois on the art of filmmaker Louis Lumière.

Dupuy, the first officer of the Cristobal, a French merchant ship, is informed by cabaret dancer La Rubia that the Cristobal carries a priceless...

Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor...

A play about the life and work of the artist Auguste Renoir, based on the book by his film director son, Jean Renoir.

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....