List of the best Leslie Caron movies: The L-Shaped Room(1963), Gigi(1958), Surreal Estate(1976), The Subterraneans(1960), Lili(1953), Fanny(1961), Head of the Family(1967), Father Goose(1964), An American in Paris(1951), The Story of Three Loves(1953), Daddy Long Legs(1955), A Very Special Favor(1965) ... ...
Drama
UK
1963
125 Minutes
Leslie Caron Tom Bell Brock Peters Avis Bunnage Emlyn Williams Cicely Courtneidge Bernard Lee Patricia Phoenix Nanette Newman
writer doctor boyfriend pregnant woman bleak gritty powerful moving london france boarding house romance abortion pregnancy friendship growing up love sacrifice discovery 1960s
A single, pregnant woman moves into a London boarding house where she meets a group of fellow misfits.
Musical
USA
1958
116 Minutes
Gigi
Leslie Caron Maurice Chevalier Louis Jourdan Hermione Gingold Eva Gabor Jacques Bergerac Isabel Jeans John Abbott Monique van Vooren Lydia Stevens Edwin Jerome
wealthy man pretty woman mistress grandmother playful spirited uplifting paris love wealth high society love growing up transformation 1900s
Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
Drama
France
1976
83 Minutes
Céleste
Leslie Caron Bulle Ogier Marie-France Pisier Corin Redgrave Marilyn Jones Pierre Baudry
An English novelist is lured, with disconcerting and disorienting results, into purchasing a crumbling mansion by what he imagines are the deliberately 'literary' ploys of its housekeeper (Leslie Caron) and two mysterious, lurking women.
Drama
USA
1960
89 Minutes
A love story between two misunderstood new bohemians who don't even understand themselves.
Musical, Romance
1953
81 Minutes
Leslie Caron Mel Ferrer Jean-Pierre Aumont Zsa Zsa Gabor Kurt Kaszner Amanda Blake Alex Gerry Ralph Dumke Wilton Graff George Baxter
teen girl magician puppeteer assistant amusing emotional small town circus france love triangle circus friendship puppetry young love growing up transformation 1950s
A French teen (Leslie Caron) joins a carnival and meets a lying magician (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and a loving puppeteer (Mel Ferrer).
Drama
1961
133 Minutes
Fanny
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, Drama
1967
115 Minutes
Paola
Leslie Caron Nino Manfredi Ugo Tognazzi Claudine Auger Evi Maltagliati Sergio Tofano
A housewife finds her responsibilities as a wife and mother are sapping too much of her spirit as an individual.
Comedy
USA
1964
115 Minutes
Catherine Freneau
Cary Grant Leslie Caron Trevor Howard Jack Goode Nicole Felsette Verina Greenlaw Pip Sparke Jennifer Berrington Laurelle Felsette Sharyl Locke Simon Scott
fisherman drunk teacher student soldier lighthearted amusing charming island south sea papua new guinea boat romance war rescue love adventure metamorphosis 1940s
During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.
Musical, Romance
USA
1951
113 Minutes
Gene Kelly Leslie Caron Oscar Levant Georges Guétary Nina Foch Eugene Borden Martha Barnattre Ann Codee George Davis Hayden Rorke Paul Maxey
painter singer patron heiress dancer love interest touching lighthearted paris nightclub restaurant affair song and dance celebration world war ii money love rivalry 1950s
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Drama
USA
1953
122 Minutes
Mademoiselle
Moira Shearer Gottfried Reinhardt Leslie Caron Kirk Douglas Pier Angeli Ethel Barrymore Farley Granger James Mason Agnes Moorehead Zsa Zsa Gabor
governess trapeze artist choreographer ballerina boy witch melodramatic touching sad ocean liner rome london accidental death love romance wishes ambition traveling love metamorphosis
An anthology film consisting of three very different stories about love set in Europe and told in flashback.
Musical, Romance
USA
1955
126 Minutes
Fred Astaire Leslie Caron Terry Moore Thelma Ritter Fred Clark Charlotte Austin Larry Keating Kathryn Givney Kelly Brown Sara Shane Numa Lapeyre
millionaire orphan secretary lighthearted cheery winsome france paris new york city boarding school wealth may-december romance secret philanthropy discovery love 1950s
A wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor, nicknaming him from the description given by some of her fellow orphans.
Comedy
USA
1965
105 Minutes
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.
Drama
USA
1952
79 Minutes
Ralph Meeker Leslie Caron Kurt Kaszner Gilbert Roland John McIntire Louis Armstrong Dan Seymour Larry Gates John Indrisano
boxer girlfriend father war hero dancer blind person inspiring gutsy patriotic new orleans boxing ring locker room korea bar doctor's office boxing korean war duty secret blindness
New Orleans newspaper columnist, about to retire, tells the story of a most unforgettable character, boxer Socks Barbarossa.
Drama
UK|USA
1977
127 Minutes
leading man actress wife manager reporter boxer hedonistic passionate outlandish sultry new york city hollywood, calif. movie set funeral dance floor boxing ring rudolph valentino fame polyamory sexual conquests
The life of 1920s movie star and sex symbol, Rudolph Valentino.
Crime, Drama
USA
1971
88 Minutes
Warren Oates Leslie Caron Alex Dreier Lal Baum
private detective witness thug gangster old man secretary gripping brooding uneasy suspenseful los angeles road monterey, calif. coast fugitives mysterious strangers witness protection investigation murder mob
A hardboiled aging private eye is hired to find and protect a missing government witness sought after by the gangsters. The witness is a beautiful French woman and even the cops can't be trusted. The case is tough, but so is Chandler.
War
France|USA
1966
173 Minutes
Françoise Labé
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.
Mystery & Thriller
France|Liechtenstein|Switzerland
1985
100 Minutes
Henia Liebskind
Michel Piccoli Alexandre Arbatt Leslie Caron Liv Ullmann Daniel Olbrychski Michel Aumont
chess player protégé wife hypnotist defector government official suspenseful intricate geneva hospital gas station press conference swimming pool chess cold war student-teacher relationship alcoholism smoking death threat rivalry
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|France
1989
96 Minutes
Jane Hillary
Juliette Caton Charlie Sheen Leslie Caron Yorgo Voyagis Laura Betti Jan Rubes Kathryn Ludlow Jade Magri Joanna Clarke Nicola Stapleton
heidi best friend grandfather classmate rival italian soldier amusing airy emotional melodramatic heartwarming intense alps italy boarding school world war i friendship military love escape
In this version of "Heidi," a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I.
Mystery & Thriller
2001
96 Minutes
Senora Alvarado
Alfred Molina Meredith Baxter Leslie Caron Amira Casar Nicolas Chagrin Tasha de Vasconcelos David Hunt Adam James Peter Strauss Fritz Wepper Kai Wiesinger
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Alfred Molina) solves the stabbing murder of an American businessman aboard a train.
Documentary, Biography
1975
92 Minutes
Carroll Baker Leslie Caron Vampira Christine White Natalie Wood
Rock Hudson, Natalie Wood, Elizabeth Taylor and archival footage recall the actor who died in a 1955 car crash.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
France
1977
120 Minutes
Véra
Charles Denner Brigitte Fossey Nelly Borgeaud Leslie Caron Geneviève Fontanel Nathalie Baye Sabine Glaser Valerie Bonnier Martine Chassing Roselyne Puyo
lover beautiful woman wife editor womanizer sultry amusing cool france montpellier romance sex infidelity affair love 1970s
Bertrand Morane's burial is attended by all the women the forty-year-old engineer loved. We then flash back to Bertrand's life and love affairs, told by himself while writing an ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1995
128 Minutes
Katie Parker
Oliver Platt Lee Evans Richard Griffiths Leslie Caron Jerry Lewis Oliver Reed Ian McNeice George Carl Freddie Davies Ruta Kilmonis
comedian father singer son mother half brother offbeat las vegas casino blackpool, england family home stage comedy family father/son relationship secrets plagiarism underdog transformation 1990s
An unsuccessful comedian uncovers a family secret and learns the true price of letting inherent talent shine.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Madeline Minot
Joseph Cotten Barbara Stanwyck Louis Calhern Leslie Caron Joe De Santis Jim Backus Margaret Wycherly Richard Hale Nicholas Joy Roy Roberts Mitchell Lewis
woman wealthy man poet servant butler revolutionary uneasy dark suspenseful emotional new york city mansion inheritance murder plot schemes family bloodline revolution national pride quest rivalry
In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.
Drama
UK|USA
2000
121 Minutes
Madame Audel
Juliette Binoche Johnny Depp Lena Olin Judi Dench Alfred Molina Peter Stormare Carrie-Anne Moss Leslie Caron John Wood Hugh O'Conor Victoire Thivisol
mother friend mayor preacher pirate grandmother emotional quirky france village boat cooking religion alcoholism rebellion politics romance temptation discovery rescue
A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.