List of the best Gérard Oury movies: Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At(1966), Delusions of Grandeur(1971), Back to the Wall(1958), The Umbrella Coup(1980), Ace of Aces(1982), Vanille Fraise(1989), Levy and Goliath(1987), Gentle Art of Murder(1962), The Brain(1969), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob(1973), Woman of the River(1957), Heroes and Sinners(1955) ... ...
War, Comedy
France|UK
1966
130 Minutes
Director
Bourvil Louis De Funès Terry-Thomas Marie Dubois Claudio Brook Benno Sterzenbach Colette Brosset Andréa Parisy Pierre Bertin Henri Genes Gabriel Gobin
conductor house painter german soldier amusing france paris escape french resistance world war ii escape 1940s
Several ordinary Frenchmen, helping British pilots avoid Nazi captivity, go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone.
Comedy, Drama, History
France|Spain|Italy|West Germany
1971
105 Minutes
Director
Yves Montand Louis De Funès Karin Schubert Alice Sapritch Alberto de Mendoza Don Jaime de Mora y Aragon Eduardo Fajardo Antonio Pica
tax collector valet queen king nephew hilarious spectacular spain royal court poverty affair secret plans disguise poison royalty love revenge rise 16th century
In 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1958
100 Minutes
Gérard Oury Jeanne Moreau Philippe Nicaud Claire Maurier Colette Renard Jean Lefebvre
A wealthy industrialist discovers his wife is having an affair and decides to exact revenge by blackmailing her under an assumed identity.
Crime, Comedy, Drama
France
1980
90 Minutes
Director
Pierre Richard Valérie Mairesse Christine Murillo Gordon Mitchell Gérard Jugnot Gert Froebe Vittorio Caprioli Maurice Risch Dominique Lavanant Axelle Abbadie Yaseen Khan
A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.
Comedy, Drama
France|West Germany
1982
100 Minutes
Director
Jean-Paul Belmondo Rachid Ferrache Stephane Ferrara Frank Hoffman Günter Meisner Jean-Roger Milo Florent Pagny Yves Pignot Marie-France Pisier Benno Sterzenbach Hans Strecke
boxer jewish child wild amusing switzerland world war i rescue 1930s
In 1936, a French boxer on his way to the Berlin Olympic Games befriends a local Jewish boy and decides to save him from the Nazis.
Comedy
France|Italy
1989
103 Minutes
Director
Pierre Arditi Sabine Azéma Isaach De Bankolé Jacques Perrin Riccardo Cucciolla Giuseppe Cedrena
Husband finds out that his wife is a secret agent and that she has a handsome partner.
Comedy
France
1987
111 Minutes
Director
Richard Anconina Michel Boujenah Jean-Claude Brialy Saouad Amidou Sophie Barjac Maxime Leroux Robert Hossein
A young Jewish man live as a good citizen, until criminals hide drugs in his luggage.
Crime, Drama
1962
159 Minutes
Director
Edwige Feuillère Michèle Morgan Annie Girardot Pierre Brasseur Gino Cervi Danielle Darrieux Gabriele Ferzetti Richard Todd
A Frenchman sees a movie about deadly women (Edwige Feuillère, Michèle Morgan, Annie Girardot) in history, then stars in his own movie when he leaves the theater.
Comedy
1969
100 Minutes
Director
David Niven Eli Wallach Jean-Paul Belmondo Bourvil Silvia Monti Fernand Valois Raymond Gerome Jacques Balutin Jacques Ciron Fernand Guiot
thief robber prisoner police detective police captain hustler amusing engaging playful lighthearted confident hilarious paris train heist history robbery attempt robbery money chase
The mastermind (David Niven) of Britain's great train robbery plans to rob a French train of NATO money bound for Brussels.
Comedy
1973
96 Minutes
Director
Louis De Funès Suzy Delair Claude Giraud Marcel Dalio Georges Adet
racist rabbi revolutionary arab killer secret service agent hilarious amusing engaging playful witty new york france normandy, france mix-up comedy religion relationships fun friendship
A bigoted French businessman (Louis De Funès) is mistaken for a rabbi while fleeing with an Arab (Claude Giraud).
Drama
1957
92 Minutes
Enzo Cinti
A rural Italian (Sophia Loren) informs on the smuggler (Rik Battaglia) who got her pregnant, then goes off to have his child.
Mystery & Thriller
1955
105 Minutes
Villeterre
Yves Montand María Félix Jean Servais Gérard Oury Elisabeth Manet Curt Jurgens Gert Froebe Manolo Montez Rudy Castell
Drama
1953
105 Minutes
Yusef
Trevor Howard Elizabeth Allan Maria Schell Denholm Elliott Peter Finch Gérard Oury
police officer mistress wife dark sad profound africa sierra leone adultery depression religion love morality catholic church forbidden love temptation 1940s
A religious police official (Trevor Howard) has an affair with a widow (Maria Schell) in South Africa.
War
UK
1954
101 Minutes
Captain George Two
Dirk Bogarde Denholm Elliott Akim Tamiroff Kay Callard William Russell Harold Siddons Eric Pohlmann Gérard Oury Lisa Gastoni Sam Kydd Peter Burton
british soldier german soldier commando nazi englishman lieutenant gripping tense patriotic greece england island world war ii dangerous assignment secret mission sabotage nazis underdog sacrifice quest
During World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.
Adventure
UK
1953
90 Minutes
Napoleon
Yvonne De Carlo Rock Hudson Maxwell Reed Denis O'Dea Michael Goodliffe Bryan Forbes Jacques B. Brunius Ivor Barnard Arthur Wontner Gérard Oury Larry Taylor
Gilliat,a fisherman/smuggler is in jail, and is offered a pardon, if he undertakes a mission to sail to France to rescue Douchette, an English agent, whose cover has been blown,and who has now been jailed. Gilliat accepts the challenge.