List of the best Jeanne Moreau movies: Elevator to the Gallows(1958), Jules and Jim(1962), Diary of a Chambermaid(1964), Moderato Cantabile(1960), The Adolescent(1979), The Summer House(1993), Banana Peel(1965), Lumiere(1976), Mademoiselle(1966), Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie(1987), A Lady in Paris(2012), Souvenirs d'en France(1975) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
France
1958
90 Minutes
Florence Carala
Jeanne Moreau Maurice Ronet Jean Wall Georges Poujouly Yori Bertin Lino Ventura Elga Andersen Micheline Bona Félix Marten Robert Balpo Nicolas Bataille
industrialist wife lover thug police officer suspenseful sultry dark melodramatic paris office elevator motel apartment murder plot infidelity marriage schemes botched crime forbidden love
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Drama
France
1962
110 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Oskar Werner Henri Serre Marie Dubois Vanna Urbino Sabine Haudepin Bassiak Kate Noelle
author friend wife daughter emotional endearing paris austria love triangle friendship infidelity world war i forbidden love rivalry 1920s
Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
Drama
France|Italy
1964
97 Minutes
Céléstine
Jeanne Moreau Michel Piccoli Georges Geret Francoise Lugagne Jean Ozenne Daniel Ivernel Gilberte Geniat Bernard Musson Jean-Claude Carrière Claude Jaeger Dominique Sauvage
maid husband wife father driver young girl creepy suspenseful tense france household countryside abduction rape murder deception sex mystery transformation 1930s
A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1960
90 Minutes
Anne Desbarèdes
Jeanne Moreau Jean-Paul Belmondo Pascale de Boysson Colette Régis Didier Haudepin
A wealthy and bored woman is witness of a murder in affection and meets another witness. She asks him about the history of the victim and falls in love with him.
Drama
France|West Germany
1979
90 Minutes
Director
Simone Signoret Francis Huster Laetitia Chauveau Édith Clever
The summer of 1939. Marie, at 13, goes with her parents to visit her grandmother in a small town near Avignon. Although rumors of war reach the countryside, it's an idyllic place. Marie's ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1993
82 Minutes
Lili
Jeanne Moreau Julie Walters Lena Headey Joan Plowright David Threlfall Maggie Steed Catherine Schell
bride mother best friend fiancé ex-husband passionate cheeky england egypt family home marriage of convenience dark secrets religious vows sacrifice forbidden love rivalry 1950s
Katherine Coleridge (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) is a basically miserable and mentally unstable woman who is married to even-aged Isobel's father, Robert (Peter Whitaker), who is the only one ... See full summary »
Comedy
France|Italy|West Germany
1965
97 Minutes
Cathy wants to avenge her father by stealing Bontemps and Lachards, two corrupt associates who have destroyed the fortune of her father.For this she will work with three specialists,"... See full summary »
Drama
France|Italy
1976
95 Minutes
Director
Jeanne Moreau Francine Racette Lucía Bosé Caroline Cartier Marie Henriau Keith Carradine Bruno Ganz François Simon
Sarah, an actress nearing 40, has invited the woman who has been her best friend for 16 years and two younger women to her vacation retreat in Provence. There are the simple pleasures of ... See full summary »
Drama
1966
100 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Ettore Manni Keith Skinner Jane Berretta Mony Reh Umberto Orsini Georges Douking Rosine Luguet Gabriel Gobin Pierre Collet Jean Gras
schoolteacher lumberjack police chief farmer wife mayor creepy raw village woods camp arson sexual repression jealousy prejudice sadism temptation 1960s
Villagers blame an outsider (Ettore Manni) for poisonings, fires and floodings committed by a disturbed schoolteacher (Jeanne Moreau).
Documentary
1987
268 Minutes
nazi war criminal military officer klaus barbie chilling disturbing lyon, france argentina bolivia germany world war ii genocide politics communism nazism wretched excess pursuit 1980s
Eyewitness interviews and archival footage highlight Marcel Ophuls' account of the Nazi "Butcher of Lyon.".
Drama
2012
94 Minutes
Frida
Jeanne Moreau Laine Mägi Patrick Pineau Francois Beukelaers Claudia Tagbo Ita Ever Fred Epaud Helle Kuningas Tõnu Mikiver Helene Vannari
Anne (Laine Mägi) leaves Estonia to care for Frida in Paris. Anne realizes Frida (Jeanne Moreau) does not want her there -- all Frida wants is the attention of Stephane (Patrick Pineau), her younger lover from years before.
Drama
1975
92 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Michel Auclair Marie-France Pisier Claude Mann Julien Guiomar Orane Demazis
Comedy
1967
97 Minutes
Mimi
Jeanne Moreau Claude Autant-Lara Philippe de Broca Franco Indovina Raquel Welch Elsa Martinelli Anna Karina France Anglade Jean-Pierre Léaud
emperor human prostitute banker hilarious powerful ambulance attraction prostitution tradition absurdity changing times lust 1960s
Six vignettes show prostitutes (Jeanne Moreau, Raquel Welch, Elsa Martinelli), from prehistory to the future.
Drama
1962
100 Minutes
Eve Oliver
Jeanne Moreau Stanley Baker Virna Lisi James Villiers Riccardo Garrone Nona Medici Lisa Gastoni
femme fatale welshman writer fiancée beautiful woman lover dark emotional sultry venice, italy rome city apartment house self-destruction infidelity obsession marriage unrequited love love triangle
Mystery & Thriller
1968
107 Minutes
Julie Kohler
Jeanne Moreau Claude Rich Jean-Claude Brialy Michel Bouquet Charles Denner Michael Lonsdale Daniel Boulanger Alexandra Stewart
murderer woman mother young boy prisoner widow dark tense chilling france wedding prison house funeral concert hall death hit list trauma disguise accident
Francois Truffaut's Hitchcockian account of a widow's efforts to take revenge against the men who killed her husband.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1958
100 Minutes
Gloria Decrey
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.
Drama
France
2005
80 Minutes
Laura
Melvil Poupaud Jeanne Moreau Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Daniel Duval Marie Rivière Christian Sengewald Louise-Anne Hippeau Henri de Lorme Walter Pagano Ugo Soussan Trabelsi
photographer partner waitress husband sister grandmother intricate moving calm photography studio paris loft family home truck stop café terminal illness family self-discovery loneliness impotence
A fashion photographer with terminal cancer elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.
Western
USA
1970
106 Minutes
Martine Bernard
Lee Marvin Jeanne Moreau Jack Palance Mitchell Ryan Jim Davis John Hudkins Raymond Guth John McKee Michael Conrad Tom Heaton G.D. Spradlin
cowboy criminal storekeeper prostitute rancher brooding emotional thrilling wild west arizona ranch store small town house cowboys small-town life changing times settling down disillusionment friendship
An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more--and that there will be no room for him, either.
Drama
USA
1950
120 Minutes
Fernandel Jeanne Moreau Jacques Varennes Raymond Souplex Line Noro Mireille Perrey Colette Mareuil Philippe Nicaud Georges Chamarat Germaine Kerjean
The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.
Drama
France|Portugal
2012
95 Minutes
Candidinha
Claudia Cardinale Jeanne Moreau Michael Lonsdale Ricardo Trêpa Leonor Silveira Luís Miguel Cintra Bastien Guio
Set in the late 19th century, about a honored but poor patriarch who sacrifices himself to protect his fugitive son.
Comedy
France|Italy
1965
119 Minutes
Brigitte Bardot Jeanne Moreau George Hamilton Gregor von Rezzori Paulette Dubost Poldo Bendandi Claudio Brook Carlos López Moctezuma
ira agent irishwoman vaudevillian revolutionary priest land owner hilarious madcap sultry suspenseful england mexico circus train desert front lines friendship stripping mexican revolution vaudeville
Somewhere in Central America in 1907: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus. She decides to stay with the circus,... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
France
1955
92 Minutes
Jean Gabin Jeanne Moreau Gaby Basset Simone Berthier Charles Bouillaud Marcel Bozzuffi Robert Dalban Dinan Gilbert Edard Jacques Ferriere
After a spending the night with his girlfriend, trucker Jean encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death.
Drama, Romance
Australia|USA
1991
143 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Jeanne Moreau Ilias Logothetis Dimitris Poulikakos Gerasimos Skiadaresis Akis Sakellariou Gregory Patrikareas Dora Hrisikou Vassilis Bouyiouklakis Tasos Apostolou
Down on his luck and working in a Mexican restaurant in Australia, an American tourist is hired by a icy heiress to pose as an obnoxious new boyfriend in an attempt to make her father accept her current boyfriend.
Drama
2001
112 Minutes
Benoît Magimel Jeanne Moreau Marion Cotillard Sagamore Stévenin Michel Jonasz Denise Chalem Julia Vaidis-Bogard Jacques Pater Catherine Arditi Marisa Berenson Johan Leysen
student actress mother father film fan engaging touching melodramatic french alps sanatorium house france the past relationships film history family identity disappearance love mystery
A budding filmmaker (Benoît Magimel) interviews a mysterious woman (Jeanne Moreau) who had an affair with a French actor.
Drama, History
1965
115 Minutes
Doll Tearsheet
Orson Welles Jeanne Moreau John Gielgud Margaret Rutherford Marina Vlady Keith Baxter Norman Rodway
friend girlfriend prince henry iv hostess wife brash cheeky amusing sad england battlefield castle pub inn royal life father/son relationship friendship loyalty war
Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.
Drama
1959
108 Minutes
Juliette de Merteuil
Gérard Philipe Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Valérie Annette Vadim Simone Renant Jean-Louis Trintignant
husband wife beautiful woman boyfriend mistress lover passionate tense sultry melodramatic paris ski resort france apartment love triangle infidelity schemes reputation lust jealousy
Affairs strewn from Paris to the Alps disintegrate a couple's (Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Moreau) marriage.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
122 Minutes
Alain Delon Jeanne Moreau Michael Lonsdale Suzanne Flon Juliet Berto Jean Bouise Francine Bergé Massimo Girotti
doppelganger catholic art dealer resistance fighter jew mistress suspenseful frightening occupied france big city auschwitz paris misunderstanding greed fascism investigation switched identities persecution 1940s
In Nazi-occupied France, an art dealer who profits at the expense of cash-needy Jews finds that the tables are turned.
Drama
West Germany|France
1982
105 Minutes
Lysiane
Brad Davis Franco Nero Jeanne Moreau Laurent Malet Hanno Pöschl Günther Kaufmann Burkhard Driest Roger Fritz
A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.
Comedy, Drama
France
1953
96 Minutes
Rosie Facibey
Dany Robin Jean Marais Jeanne Moreau Denise Grey Bernard Lancret Nicole Berger François Joux Georges Chamarat Georges Sauval Louis Saintève
Julietta Valendor is a romantic and dreamy girl who accepts with difficulty the fifth-year-old fiancé chosen by her mother: the very worldly prince of Alpen. One day she is given the ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
1974
120 Minutes
Vibert
Julien Dandieu, leader of the socialist political party PRU is asked to be part of the new conservative government as minister of foreign affairs. However his reputation is somewhat ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1954
95 Minutes
Josy
Jean Gabin René Dary Jeanne Moreau Dora Doll Paul Frankeur Denise Clair Lino Ventura
gangster best friend mistress rival barmaid nightclub owner somber engaging tense france apartment bank nightclub bedroom theft betrayal kidnapping retirement friendship one last job
An aging racketeer (Jean Gabin) must surrender his gold in order to save his kidnapped friend (René Dary).
Comedy
UK
1964
122 Minutes
Lady Eloise Frinton
Rex Harrison Shirley MacLaine Ingrid Bergman Jeanne Moreau Edmund Purdom George C. Scott Omar Sharif Art Carney Alain Delon Roland Culver Wally Cox
marquess wife gangster girlfriend widow resistance fighter intricate emotional amusing offbeat london italy yugoslavia car marriage infidelity forbidden love crime nazi occupation cars
Anthology movie about three owners of a yellow Rolls-Royce. A British diplomat buys the car for his French wife. A mobster's girlfriend has an affair in Italy. An American woman drives a Yugoslavian partisan to Ljubljana on the eve of the Nazi invasion.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
1990
117 Minutes
Amande
Anne Parillaud Jean-Hugues Anglade Tcheky Karyo Jeanne Moreau Jean Reno Jean Bouise Marc Duret Patrick Fontana
convict junkie assassin man love interest thrilling sultry prison france pharmacy death robbery training mission secret identity transformation pursuit love 1990s
A French government agent (Tcheky Karyo) turns a Paris drug punk (Anne Parillaud) into a chic assassin whose skill is cued by her code name.
Comedy
Canada|France
1990
93 Minutes
The baronness
Sergio Castellitto Nino Manfredi Marie Trintignant Marco Messeri Jeanne Moreau Eugenia Marruzzo Dennis Goldson Roland Amstutz Dominique Pinon Nanni Tamma
A young Italian, living in Paris with his French wife, is about to become a father. Before the baby is born, Alberto must repay his father for every expense from his own birth until he left... See full summary »
War
UK|USA
1963
156 Minutes
George Hamilton George Peppard Eli Wallach Vince Edwards James Mitchum Rosanna Schiaffino Jeanne Moreau Tutte Lemkow Michael Callan Peter Fonda Albert Finney
soldier sergeant musician deserter prisoner bleak disturbing profound hospital battlefield bar concentration camp europe world war ii horrors of war abuse execution adventure fall 1940s
Intelligent, sprawling saga of a squad of American soldiers, following them through Europe during World War II.
Romance
USA
1998
122 Minutes
Grande Dame
Drew Barrymore Anjelica Huston Dougray Scott Patrick Godfrey Megan Dodds Melanie Lynskey Jeanne Moreau Timothy West Judy Parfitt Jeroen Krabbé Lee Ingleby
servant stepmother sister prince daughter painter inspiring charming france family home love family abuse growing up metamorphosis 16th century
The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor.
Comedy
2015
98 Minutes
La grand-mère de Thibault
Alex Lutz Bruno Sanches Tom Dingler Anne Marivin Sylvie Testud Julia Piaton Jeanne Moreau Audrey Lamy
Drama
1963
108 Minutes
Eva
Maurice Ronet Lena Skeria Yvonne Clech Mona Dol Bernard Noël Ursula Kubler Alain Mottet Jeanne Moreau Alexandra Stewart Henri Serre
Comedy, Drama
France
1974
117 Minutes
Jeanne Pirolle
Gérard Depardieu Miou-Miou Patrick Dewaere Jacques Chailieux Michel Peurilon Brigitte Fossey Isabelle Huppert Christiane Muller Jeanne Moreau
thug partner ex-convict beautiful woman stranger son wild outlandish offbeat france road car train bedroom car theft misogyny sexual conquests sexual awakening petty crime road trip
Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: ... See full summary »
Drama
1995
113 Minutes
John Malkovich Kim Rossi-Stuart Ines Sastre Sophie Marceau Fanny Ardant Peter Weller Chiara Caselli Irène Jacob Vincent Perez Jean Reno
The observations of a filmmaker (John Malkovich) separate four vignettes about tormented love affairs.
Drama
France
1981
173 Minutes
James Caan Geraldine Chaplin Robert Hossein Nicole Garcia Daniel Olbrychski Jacques Villeret Jorge Donn Evelyne Bouix Rita Poelvoorde Macha Méril Francis Huster
Trough fabulous music, this movie tracks three generations of musicians and dancers from Russia, Germany, France and the U.S., from before World War II through the war and the Holocaust, to... See full summary »