Jacques Becker
French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- September 15, 1906 · 1st arrondissement of Paris
- Died
- February 21, 1960 · 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Nationality
- France
- Work
- screenwriter, film director, actor, film actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Antoine and AntoinetteAntoine et Antoinette
1947 · France · comedy, drama, romance
Palme d'Or winner 1947
1.501 citation - 2GrisbiTouchez pas au grisbi
1954 · France / Italy · crime, film-noir, drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1954 #2 · Criterion Collection spine #271 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies
0.933 citations - 3The HoleLe Trou
1960 · France / Italy · drama, crime
Letterboxd Top 250 #18 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1960 #10 · Criterion Collection spine #129
0.803 citations - 4Edward and CarolineÉdouard et Caroline
1951 · France · romance, drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1951 #9
0.301 citation - 50.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1935Le commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans pitié
- 1935Tête de Turc
- 1936Life Belongs to Us
- 1940Cristobal's Gold
- 1942The Trump Card
- 1943It Happened at the Inn
- 1945Paris Frills
- 1947Antoine and Antoinette
- 1949Rendezvous in July
- 1951Edward and Caroline
- 1952Casque d'Or
- 1953Rue de l'Estrapade
- 1954Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
- 1954Grisbi
- 1957The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
- 1958The Lovers of Montparnasse
- 1960The Hole