List of the best Yves Montand movies: Jean de Florette(1986), Manon of the Spring(1986), State of Siege(1972), Vincent, Francois, Paul... and the Others(1974), The War Is Over(1966), The Sleeping Car Murders(1965), Delusions of Grandeur(1971), Choice of Arms(1981), The Devil by the Tail(1969), Live for Life(1967), The Witches of Salem(1957), IP5: The Island of Pachyderms(1992) ... ...
Drama
Switzerland|France|Italy
1986
122 Minutes
Cesar Soubeyran, 'Le Papet'
Yves Montand Gérard Depardieu Daniel Auteuil Elisabeth Depardieu Ernestine Mazurowna Marcel Champel Armand Meffre Margarita Lozano Andre Dupon Pierre Nougaro Jean Maurel
nephew uncle farmer neighbor aunt spirited emotional melodramatic intense france farm countryside mountain provence, france ambition aspirations farming competition deception daunting task
A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
Drama
Switzerland|Italy|France
1986
114 Minutes
Cesar 'Le Papet' Soubeyran
Yves Montand Daniel Auteuil Emmanuelle Béart Hippolyte Girardot Margarita Lozano Yvonne Gamy Jean Bouchaud Elisabeth Depardieu Gabriel Bacquier Armand Meffre
shepherdess love interest grandfather schoolteacher endearing moving provence, france retribution land wars family loss struggle revenge love underdog rivalry 1920s
A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1972
120 Minutes
Philip Michael Santore
Yves Montand Renato Salvatori O.E. Hasse Jacques Weber Jean-Luc Bideau Evangeline Peterson Maurice Teynac Yvette Étiévant
government official guerrilla captive captor tense uneasy south america uruguay insurgency government repression captivity kidnapping interrogation underdog fall 1970s
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1974
112 Minutes
Vincent
Yves Montand Michel Piccoli Serge Reggiani Gérard Depardieu Stéphane Audran Marie Dubois Ludmila Mikaël Antonella Lualdi
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming ... See full summary »
Drama
France|Sweden
1966
121 Minutes
Yves Montand Ingrid Thulin Geneviève Bujold Dominique Rozan Michel Piccoli Anouk Ferjac Marie Mergey
A middle-aged political activist tries to dissuade his young followers from taking radical action.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1965
95 Minutes
Inspeceur Graziani, Inspector Graziani
Yves Montand Simone Signoret Pierre Mondy Catherine Allégret Pascale Roberts Jacques Perrin Michel Piccoli Jean-Louis Trintignant Charles Denner Claude Mann Nadine Alari
Six people travel in a railroad sleeping car from Marseilles to Paris. Upon their arrival, a woman is found dead in one of the berths. The police investigate the other five passengers, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama, History
France|Spain|Italy|West Germany
1971
105 Minutes
Blaze
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
1981
117 Minutes
Noel Durieux
Yves Montand Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Michel Galabru Gérard Lanvin Jean-Claude Dauphin Jean Rougerie Christian Marquand
Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with ... See full summary »
Comedy
France|Italy
1969
92 Minutes
Cesar
Yves Montand Maria Schell Jean Rochefort Jean-Pierre Marielle Madeleine Renaud Xavier Gélin Claude Piéplu Clotilde Joano Marthe Keller
marquess granddaughter baron criminal gas station attendant amusing engaging france hotel countryside gas station sabotage schemes aristocracy crime deception family wretched excess pursuit discovery
A Marquise who lures motorists to her hotel by sabotaging their cars gets more than she bargains for when one guest turns out to be a bank robber on the run
Romance
France|Italy
1967
130 Minutes
Robert Colomb
Robert Colomb, a famous TV newscaster, is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful. He is about to replace his current mistress, Mireille, with Jacqueline when he meets, and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1957
140 Minutes
John Proctor
Yves Montand Simone Signoret Mylène Demongeot Raymond Rouleau Jean Debucourt Jean Gaven
farmer wife lover teen girl village elder reverend brooding salem, mass. family home village witch hunt infidelity deception mass hysteria wretched excess revenge 17th century
Faced with heavy opposition from local ranchers, a white Indian woman desperately seeks help for her tribe struggling to survive on a reservation.
Drama
France
1992
119 Minutes
Leon Marcel
Yves Montand Olivier Martinez Sekkou Sall Géraldine Pailhas Colette Renard
Two young robbers meet an old man. The three start traveling together, looking for the same thing.
Drama
France|Spain
1978
97 Minutes
Jean Larréa
Yves Montand Miou-Miou Laurent Malet France Lambiotte José Luis Gómez Jean Bouise Maurice Bénichou
The story of an exiled Spanish revolutionary, now a successful screenwriter, dangerously drawn back to his homeland and the "good fight" for freedom from fascism.
Mystery & Thriller
1953
156 Minutes
Mario
Yves Montand Charles Vanel Peter Van Eyck Vera Clouzot Folco Lulli William Tubbs Dario Moreno Jo Dest Antonio Centa Luis de Lima
driver worker tense gritty south america oil field mountain truck cantina daunting task oil exploitation death dangerous assignment rivalry quest 1950s
Four men take on the dangerous mission of driving two nitroglycerin-laden trucks through harsh terrain.
Mystery & Thriller
1955
105 Minutes
Michel Rivière
Yves Montand María Félix Jean Servais Gérard Oury Elisabeth Manet Curt Jurgens Gert Froebe Manolo Montez Rudy Castell
Romance, Drama
1956
100 Minutes
Giovanni Squarciò
Yves Montand Alida Valli Francisco Rabal Peter Carsten Federica Ranchi Terence Hill Ronoldo Bonacchi Josip Batistic Gillo Pontecorvo Stane Potokar Janez Vrhovec
A provincial fisherman (Yves Montand) angers other villagers by using dynamite illegally to expedite his catch.
Mystery & Thriller
1969
127 Minutes
The deputy
Yves Montand Irene Papas Jean-Louis Trintignant Jacques Perrin Charles Denner François Périer Pierre Dux Julien Guiomar Bernard Fresson Renato Salvatori Marcel Bozzuffi
political activist government official doctor murderer dark dense powerful greece city hospital police corruption political corruption city life accident cover-up rivalry sacrifice 1960s
A judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) proves a leftist's (Yves Montand) hit-and-run death was a Fascist plot.
Romance
France|USA
1961
120 Minutes
Ingrid Bergman Yves Montand Anthony Perkins Jessie Royce Landis Jackie Lane Pierre Dux Jean Clarke David Horne Lee Patrick Diahann Carroll
businessperson boyfriend mother friend cool confident paris apartment office may-december romance love triangle infidelity aging forbidden love 1960s
A successful business woman, dissatisfied with her current, philandering lover, starts an affair with a much younger man.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1960
118 Minutes
Jean-Marc Clement
Marilyn Monroe Yves Montand Tony Randall Frankie Vaughan Wilfrid Hyde-White David Burns Michael David Mara Lynn Dennis King Jr. Joe Besser Madge Kennedy
billionaire actress beautiful woman publicist amusing playful theater new york city mistaken identity deception romance song and dance wealth theater production love transformation 1960s
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1970
129 Minutes
Barbra Streisand Yves Montand Bob Newhart Larry Blyden Simon Oakland Jack Nicholson John Richardson Pamela Brown Irene Handl Roy Kinnear Peter Crowcroft
fiancé psychiatrist heavy smoker coquette amusing creative new york city classroom office hypnosis past life regression love triangle discovery transformation 1970s
A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.
Comedy
1975
110 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Yves Montand Luigi Vannucchi Tony Roberts Dana Wynter Gabriel Cattand Vernon Dobtcheff Rina Franchetti Bobo Lewis Aurora Maris Luis Gerardo Tovar
A woman (Catherine Deneuve) flees her fiance (Luigi Vannucchi) in Venezuela and hooks up with a perfumer (Yves Montand) on the lam from his wife.
Comedy, Drama
1962
120 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Yves Montand Edward G. Robinson Bob Cummings Yôko Tani Tatsuo Saitô Tamae Kyokawa Ichi Hayakawa Alex Gerry
A director's (Yves Montand) wife (Shirley MacLaine) poses as a geisha to win the lead in his Japanese production of "Madame Butterfly."
Drama
USA
1966
179 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Sarti
James Garner Eva Marie Saint Yves Montand Toshirô Mifune Brian Bedford Jessica Walter Antonio Sabato Françoise Hardy
driver teammate wife girlfriend cool thrilling racetrack monaco germany united states italy grand prix comeback affair quest rivalry 1960s
American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard.
Drama
1959
120 Minutes
Matteo Brigante
Gina Lollobrigida Marcello Mastroianni Pierre Brasseur Yves Montand Melina Mercouri
A racketeer and an aged squire are among the competitors for the affections of a desirable young woman.
War
France|USA
1966
173 Minutes
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.