List of the best Charles Boyer movies: The Earrings of Madame De ...(1953), Gaslight(1944), Cluny Brown(1946), Hold Back the Dawn(1941), History Is Made at Night(1937), Mayerling(1936), Flesh and Fantasy(1943), The Happy Time(1952), When Tomorrow Comes(1939), The Constant Nymph(1943), Back Street(1941), Algiers(1938) ... ...
Drama
France|Italy
1953
105 Minutes
Général André De
Charles Boyer Danielle Darrieux Vittorio De Sica Jean Debucourt Jean Galland Mireille Perrey Paul Azais Hubert Noël
general wife mistress jeweler aristocrat unrestrained passionate paris constantinople opera house infidelity affair aristocracy betrayal jewelry forbidden love transformation 19th century
When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
114 Minutes
Charles Boyer Ingrid Bergman Joseph Cotten Dame May Whitty Angela Lansbury Terry Moore
singer husband inspector maid dark uneasy brooding london italy household tower of london deception treasure murder opera revenge mystery pursuit 1880s
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if it means driving his wife insane.
Comedy
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Adam Belinski
Charles Boyer Jennifer Jones Peter Lawford Helen Walker Reginald Gardiner Reginald Owen C. Aubrey Smith Richard Haydn Margaret Bannerman Sara Allgood Ernest Cossart
young woman plumber uncle father chemist refugee charming emotional witty england manor village london new york city world war ii love triangle class distinctions father/son relationship marriage jealousy
A free-spirited parlor maid and a Czech refugee surprise an English village with their unconventional ways.
Romance
USA
1941
115 Minutes
Charles Boyer Olivia de Havilland Paulette Goddard Victor Francen Walter Abel Curt Bois Rosemary DeCamp Eric Feldary Nestor Paiva Eva Puig Micheline Cheirel
gigolo teacher girlfriend melodramatic mexico los angeles border hollywood, calif. immigration love deception escape discovery 1940s
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
Romance
USA
1937
97 Minutes
Paul Dumond
Charles Boyer Jean Arthur Colin Clive Leo Carrillo Ivan Lebedeff George Meeker Lucien Prival George Davis
magnate wife waiter chef chauffeur love interest dark playful uneasy paris hotel room car restaurant office ship frame-ups murder infidelity romance sadism
A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.
Romance
France
1936
89 Minutes
L'archiduc Rodolphe
prince mistress emperor franz josef baroness count winsome emotional sad touching vienna court opera house prater hunting lodge archduke rudolf affair repression austro-hungarian empire catholic church tragic love
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry... See full summary »
Fantasy
USA
1943
93 Minutes
Paul Gaspar
Charles Boyer Barbara Stanwyck Edward G. Robinson Robert Benchley Betty Field Bob Cummings Thomas Mitchell
gentleman seamstress law student psychic lawyer circus performer chilling melodramatic club party circus new orleans ocean liner london dreams fate murder beauty deception supernatural
An anthology of three loosely connected occult tales, with ironic and romantic twists.
Comedy
USA
1952
94 Minutes
Jacques Bonnard
Charles Boyer Louis Jourdan Marsha Hunt Bobby Driscoll Linda Christian Kurt Kaszner Marcel Dalio Jeanette Nolan
father mother maid uncle son salesman uplifting charming cheery endearing household school theater canada childhood love family infatuation unrequited love growing up
Spring inspires lessons in love and life for a French family in 1920s Ottawa, especially for teenage Robert, who's blind to the attentions of an American neighbor girl, because he's ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Philip Chagal
A concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
Drama
USA
1943
106 Minutes
Lewis Dodd
Charles Boyer Joan Fontaine Alexis Smith Charles Coburn Brenda Marshall Dame May Whitty Peter Lorre Joyce Reynolds Jean Muir Montagu Love Edward Ciannelli
The daughter of a musical mentor is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband, a handsome composer.
Drama
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Charles Boyer Margaret Sullavan Richard Carlson Frank McHugh Tim Holt Frank Jenks Esther Dale Samuel S. Hinds Peggy Stewart Nell O'Day Kitty O'Neil
shopgirl banker manufacturer mistress son wife melodramatic moving sad cincinnati shop train station boat new york city apartment affair unrequited love social ostracism father/son relationship business
Five years after meeting and falling in love with a banker, a willful shop girl decides to become his mistress upon learning he has since gotten married and had a son.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Charles Boyer Hedy Lamarr Sigrid Gurie Joseph Calleia Alan Hale Gene Lockhart Johnny Downs
thief inspector police chief petty criminal woman friend sultry dark intricate moving casbah algiers, algeria police station street docks manhunt jealousy friendship obsession escape
Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah.
Drama
USA
1945
118 Minutes
Luis Denard
Charles Boyer Lauren Bacall Peter Lorre Victor Francen Wanda Hendrix George Coulouris Katina Paxinou John Warburton Holmes Herbert Dan Seymour Art Foster
secret agent fascist love interest double agent suspenseful intense dark london espionage war violence fascism love quest rivalry 1930s
In 1937, agents from the opposing sides of the Spanish Civil War travel to the neutral UK to secure coal contracts and to undermine each other's efforts.
Drama
USA
1951
86 Minutes
Father Marc Arnoux
priest brother church elder doctor disabled person attorney emotional uplifting melodramatic church house seminary hill miracles faith doubt investigation spiritual crisis career discovery
Father Fulton prepares to abandon his vocation despite pleas from Father Arnoux. Then a series of seemingly miracles occur including to the young Terri. Fulton has his doubts and wonders about the role of Dr. Morrell.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
85 Minutes
Dr. Paul Laurent
Charles Boyer Linda Darnell Michael Rennie Constance Smith Francoise Rosay Judith Evelyn
doctor young woman love interest wife rival war hero suspenseful quebec small town family home doctor's office gossip deception small-town life infidelity mystery 1950s
Respectable citizens receive anonymous letters revealing their adulterous relationships.
Musical
1934
102 Minutes
Latzi
A countess (Loretta Young) marries a Gypsy fiddler (Charles Boyer) instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.
Drama
USA
1940
143 Minutes
Bette Davis Charles Boyer Barbara O'Neil Jeffrey Lynn Virginia Weidler Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Fritz Leiber Montagu Love George Coulouris Ann E. Todd
duchess duke governess child melodramatic touching france school family home royalty love triangle jealousy marital problems forbidden love sacrifice 1840s
A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
87 Minutes
Michel
Irene Dunne Charles Boyer Maria Ouspenskaya Lee Bowman Astrid Allwyn Maurice Moscovich Scotty Beckett Ferike Boros
playboy frenchman singer love interest grandmother fiancé tender mushy endearing cruise ship atlantic ocean new york city empire state building madeira, portugal affair chance meeting romance accident love sacrifice
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, after he has had a chance to earn a decent living.
Drama
France
1935
105 Minutes
Gaby Morlay Charles Boyer Michel Simon Jaque Catelain Paulette Dubost Jean Toulout
Injured by anarchist Philippe Lucher, film actress Clara Stuart falls in love with his attacker and decides to plead in his favor at his trial.
Romance
USA
1937
98 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Charles Boyer Basil Rathbone Anita Louise Melville Cooper Isabel Jeans Maurice Murphy Morris Carnovsky Gregory Gaye Montagu Love Renie Riano
duchess prince banker wife daughter government official charming hilarious paris household assumed identity russian revolution domestic work aristocracy money exile sacrifice discovery transformation 1930s
After the Russian revolution, a married Russian couple of nobility must take up jobs in Paris in order to survive.
War
France|USA
1966
173 Minutes
Docteur Monod
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Boyer Leslie Caron Jean-Pierre Cassel George Chakiris Bruno Cremer Claude Dauphin Alain Delon Kirk Douglas Glenn Ford Gert Froebe
adolf hitler general dietrich von choltitz soldier resistance leader german soldier nazi brooding intense uneasy occupied france office apartment paris world war ii occupied france freedom history resistance military discovery
The departure of the German Army from Paris in 1944.
Drama
USA
1935
84 Minutes
doctor partner psychiatrist patient sister wife tense dark uneasy asylum office hospital room household staircase mental illness psychiatry accident misogyny murder nervous breakdown
The work of a progressive female psychiatrist and her colleague at a mental hospital is threatened by the arrival of a conservative new supervisor, who disapproves of both her methods and the fact that she is a woman in a "man's field."
Biography
France|Italy
1974
117 Minutes
Le baron Jean Raoul
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Boyer Anny Duperey François Périer Michael Lonsdale Robert Ben Claude Rich Gérard Depardieu
businessman wife baron lawyer physician inspector offbeat gripping paris casino hotel beach financial crisis anti-semitism corruption crime serge alexandre stavisky on the run fall wretched excess
A swindler's activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II.
Drama
USA
1948
133 Minutes
Dr. Ravic
Ingrid Bergman Charles Boyer Charles Laughton Louis Calhern Ruth Warrick Roman Bohnen Stephen Bekassy Ruth Nelson Curt Bois J. Edward Bromberg Michael Romanoff
Illegal refugees lead dark lives in pre-World War II Paris.
Comedy
France|Italy
1958
85 Minutes
Brigitte Bardot Charles Boyer Henri Vidal Noël Roquevert Madeleine LeBeau Fernand Sardou Claire Maurier Robert Pizani
beautiful woman suitor prince father amusing playful sultry france paris french riviera romance jealousy infidelity love triangle love rivalry 1950s
Set against the picturesque springtime in Paris, the prime minister's daughter marries a buttoned down cabinet official, but when her new husband starts stepping out behind her back, the young bride takes of for the Riviera.
Comedy
USA
1969
132 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Charles Boyer Claude Dauphin Edith Evans John Gavin Paul Henreid Oscar Homolka Margaret Leighton Giulietta Masina Nanette Newman Richard Chamberlain
Nice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.
Comedy
Austria|France
1963
97 Minutes
Lilli Palmer Charles Boyer Jean Sorel Thomas Fritsch Herbert Fux Charles Régnier
financial advisor couple actress rival amusing theater stage city home room serendipity attraction courtship following your heart personal tragedy power struggle forbidden love love temptation 1960s
A successful and married, although not quite young, actress at a London theatre, falls for a young man, only a little older than her son, involved with a young actress who uses him to advance her career and upstage the leading lady.
Romance
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Charles Boyer Basil Rathbone C. Aubrey Smith Tilly Losch Joseph Schildkraut John Carradine Alan Marshall Lucile Watson Henry Brandon Helen Jerome Eddy
monk heiress soldier guide emotional melodramatic passionate desert monastery north africa unlikely romance uncertainty regret running away forbidden love quest sacrifice 1930s
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Charles Boyer John Beal Jean Hersholt Sam Hardy Inez Courtney
conductor composer teacher friend professor confident disheartening melodramatic new york city europe hotel music hall café marriage music trust friendship devotion jealousy fall
Franz Roberti is a famous orchestra conductor who has a number of girlfriends. While talking with his old music teacher, Professor Thalma, he meets Constance, an aspiring music composer. ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1955
91 Minutes
Sophia Loren Charles Boyer Marcello Mastroianni Nino Besozzi Titina de Filippo Giustino Duran
A photographer is forlorn when the model that he helped make famous becomes involved with a wealthy Lothario.
Comedy, Drama
1955
91 Minutes
Sophia Loren Charles Boyer Marcello Mastroianni Nino Besozzi Titina de Filippo Giustino Duran
beautiful woman producer woman photographer endearing heartwarming emotional moving photography studio career aspirations love-hate relationship aspirations relationships adventure discovery pursuit transformation love rise
A photographer is forlorn when the model that he helped make famous becomes involved with a wealthy lothario.
Drama, History
1937
112 Minutes
Greta Garbo Charles Boyer Reginald Owen Alan Marshall Henry Stephenson Leif Erickson Dame May Whitty C. Henry Gordon Maria Ouspenskaya Claude Gillingwater
napoleon bonaparte countess marie walewska count politician son patriotic melodramatic poland isle of elba france historical events affair imprisonment divorce love sacrifice wretched excess forbidden love 1800s
Married Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo) becomes Napoleon's (Charles Boyer) mistress, followed by the battle of Waterloo.
Romance
1935
75 Minutes
An American (Loretta Young) searches China for the half-Russian, half-Asian industrialist (Charles Boyer) she loves.
Drama
1955
100 Minutes
Martine Carol Charles Boyer Jacques Castelot Elisa Cegani Noël Roquevert Walter Chiari Dario Michaelis Dora Doll Palau
Comedy
USA
1967
106 Minutes
Victor Velasco
Robert Redford Jane Fonda Charles Boyer Mildred Natwick Herbert Edelman James Stone Ted Hartley Mabel Albertson Fritz Feld
newlywed husband wife attorney mother neighbor endearing lighthearted madcap new york city greenwich village apartment marital problems newlyweds matchmaking transformation growing up love 1960s
Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.
Drama
Mexico|USA
1962
153 Minutes
Marcelo Desnoyers
Glenn Ford Ingrid Thulin Charles Boyer Lee J. Cobb Paul Henreid Paul Lukas Yvette Mimieux Karl Boehm Harriet MacGibbon Kathryn Givney Marcel Hillaire
nazi patriarch grandchild pilot nephew playboy bleak emotional fiery gripping powerful argentina germany france family death betrayal honor world war ii rivalry
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.
Drama
USA
1955
124 Minutes
Dr. Douglas N. Devanal
Richard Widmark Lauren Bacall Charles Boyer Gloria Grahame Lillian Gish John Kerr Susan Strasberg Oscar Levant Paul Stewart Tommy Rettig
psychiatrist wife activities director medical director patient engaging intense uneasy melodramatic clinic library artist's studio office politics psychiatry mental illness power struggle battle of sexes experiments rivalry
At a private psychiatric clinic, the daily dramas and interactions between the doctors, nurses, administrators, benefactors and patients are accentuated by the personal and family crises of these individuals.
Action
USA
1953
98 Minutes
Prime Minister Singh
Alan Ladd Deborah Kerr Charles Boyer Corinne Calvet Cecil Kellaway Mark Cavell John Abbott Philip Bourneuf John Williams Charles Lung Leonard Carey
arms dealer warlord adventurer maharajah brash confident gripping thrilling india palace revolution weapons adventure escape 20th century
In 1947, in an independent India, Europeans are scrambling to evacuate Ghandahar which is besieged by a local warlord but sought-after by an American arms dealer.
Comedy
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Michel Boullard
womanizer oil baron lawyer father fiancé psychiatrist amusing playful frenetic courtroom paris new york city seduction duplicity engagement court decision relationships love temptation pursuit
A rich man asks a womanizing playboy to marry his daughter and make a grandson for him.
Comedy
USA
1963
111 Minutes
M. Etienne Pimm
Glenn Ford Hope Lange Charles Boyer Ricardo Montalban Telly Savalas Ruth McDevitt Ulla Jacobsson Georgette Anys Robert Bettoni Mony Dalmès
heiress duke boat captain matchmaker amusing lighthearted emotional italy coast boat city matchmaking love triangle wealth royalty aristocracy manners love rivalry 1960s
On the French Riviera, a professional matchmaker assisted by an American adventurer arranges for convenience marriages between titled impoverished aristocratic men and rich low-bred women.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|USA
1976
99 Minutes
Count Sanziani
movie star countess count melodramatic offbeat press conference italy hotel stardom fantasy world memory aspirations life lessons imagination growing up transformation 1970s
A simple young woman helps eccentric old countess deal with her old age and she introduces the young woman to a world of upper class society.
Drama
1961
133 Minutes
Cesar
Leslie Caron Maurice Chevalier Charles Boyer Horst Buchholz Salvatore Baccaloni Lionel Jeffries Raymond Bussières Georgette Anys Joel Flateau Paul Bonifas
beautiful woman husband sailor son friend emotional passionate marseilles, france household romance marriage of convenience separation reunion love discovery 1940s
In Marseille a young woman (Leslie Caron) remeets Marius, the father of her child, when her aged husband (Maurice Chevalier) is dying.
Comedy
USA
1966
127 Minutes
DeSolnay
Audrey Hepburn Peter O'Toole Eli Wallach Charles Boyer Hugh Griffith Fernand Gravey Marcel Dalio Jacques Marin Roger Treville Eddie Malin Bert Bertram
forger art thief burglar daughter father private detective amusing witty lighthearted suspenseful museum paris france family home art forgery robbery schemes deception father/daughter relationship
The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.
Drama, History
USA
1958
124 Minutes
Dominique You
Yul Brynner Charlton Heston Claire Bloom Charles Boyer Inger Stevens Henry Hull E.G. Marshall Lorne Greene Ted de Corsia Douglas Dumbrille Robert F. Simon
pirate andrew jackson governor daughter thrilling spirited airy patriotic new orleans island piracy unlikely hero war truce underdog rescue 1810s
During the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
170 Minutes
Monsieur Gasse, Travel Agent
David Niven Cantinflas Shirley MacLaine Robert Newton Charles Boyer Joe E. Brown Martine Carol John Carradine Charles Coburn Ronald Colman Melville Cooper
explorer servant police officer princess airy charming playful london spain paris india japan san francisco expedition class distinctions culture clash theft adventure pursuit quest
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Drama
1932
79 Minutes
Albert (Gaerste's chauffeur)
Jean Harlow Chester Morris Una Merkel Lewis Stone Leila Hyams Henry Stephenson May Robson Charles Boyer Harvey Clark
A gold digger (Jean Harlow) breaks up her boss's (Chester Morris) marriage and sins her way to financial success.
Musical
USA
1973
143 Minutes
The High Lama
Peter Finch Liv Ullmann Sally Kellerman George Kennedy Michael York Olivia Hussey Bobby Van James Shigeta Charles Boyer John Gielgud Larry Duran
writer diplomat brother spiritual leader fascinating incredible creative dreamy striking shangri-la himalayas valley accident deception paradise plane crash discovery adventure rescue quest
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.
Comedy
UK|USA
1967
131 Minutes
Robert Parrish Peter Sellers Ken Hughes Ursula Andress David Niven Orson Welles Joanna Pettet Woody Allen Deborah Kerr
james bond secret agent spy femme fatale villain madcap playful england scotland casino espionage assassination deception showdown adventure quest pursuit 1960s
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.