Jacques Becker Movies

  • 1960
    Le Trou

    Le Trou

    Le Trou

    8.31960HD

    Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take...

    Le Trou
  • 1937
    Grand Illusion

    Grand Illusion

    Grand Illusion

    7.8351937HD

    A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own...

    Grand Illusion
  • 1954
    Touchez Pas au Grisbi

    Touchez Pas au Grisbi

    Touchez Pas au Grisbi

    7.1511954HD

    Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the...

    Touchez Pas au Grisbi
  • 1954
    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    6.2441954HD

    A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty...

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
  • 1946
    A Day in the Country

    A Day in the Country

    A Day in the Country

    7.3131946HD

    The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.

    A Day in the Country
  • 1952
    Casque d'Or

    Casque d'Or

    Casque d'Or

    7.31952HD

    At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets...

    Casque d'Or
  • 1932
    Boudu Saved from Drowning

    Boudu Saved from Drowning

    Boudu Saved from Drowning

    6.91932HD

    Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and...

    Boudu Saved from Drowning
  • 1958
    The Lovers of Montparnasse

    The Lovers of Montparnasse

    The Lovers of Montparnasse

    6.9331958HD

    Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy...

    The Lovers of Montparnasse
  • 1957
    The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

    The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

    The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

    6.41957HD

    Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his acquired wealth. Before entering the...

    The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
  • 1951
    Edward and Caroline

    Edward and Caroline

    Edward and Caroline

    6.41951HD

    Newlyweds Edward & Caroline are preparing for an important evening when a quarrel over Caroline's dress sets off a series of domestic brouhahas.

    Edward and Caroline
  • 1943
    It Happened at the Inn

    It Happened at the Inn

    It Happened at the Inn

    6.81943HD

    An old woman living in an inn is killed and her family members seem like the likely culprits.

    It Happened at the Inn
  • 1945
    Paris Frills

    Paris Frills

    Paris Frills

    6.41945HD

    Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is...

    Paris Frills
  • 1949
    Rendezvous in July

    Rendezvous in July

    Rendezvous in July

    5.71949HD

    Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.

    Rendezvous in July
  • 1947
    Antoine & Antoinette

    Antoine & Antoinette

    Antoine & Antoinette

    6.41947HD

    1947, in France, Antoine (Roger Pigaut) and Antoinette (Claire Mafféi), a young couple living in Paris, lead a monotonous existence: he works...

    Antoine & Antoinette
  • 1942
    The Trump Card

    The Trump Card

    The Trump Card

    41942HD

    A man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Clarence and Montès, two inspector students, must solve this murder, but...

    The Trump Card
  • 1953
    Rue de l'Estrapade

    Rue de l'Estrapade

    Rue de l'Estrapade

    5.21953HD

    While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best...

    Rue de l'Estrapade
  • 1932
    Night at the Crossroads

    Night at the Crossroads

    Night at the Crossroads

    6.31932HD

    A gang of thieves utilize a cross-road garage as their hideaway; after accidentally murdering a jewel thief, the heat is on.

    Night at the Crossroads
  • 1936
    Life Is Ours

    Life Is Ours

    Life Is Ours

    6.21936HD

    A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

    Life Is Ours
  • 1967
    Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker

    Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker

    Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker

    01967HD

    Episode of the French television series about the work of film director Jacques Becker. (A 27-minute excerpt from this show appears on the Criterion...

    Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker
  • 1929
    Le Bled

    Le Bled

    Le Bled

    5.31929HD

    A young French woman who inherits her uncle's property in Algeria finds herself schemed against by her envious cousins, and romanced by a handsome...

    Le Bled