Marcel Carné

French film director (1906 – 1996)

4.98body-of-work score · ranked #212 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
August 18, 1906 · Paris
Died
October 31, 1996 · Clamart
Nationality
France
Work
film director, screenwriter, art critic, film critic
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Marcel Carné
Studio Harcourt · Public domain

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.

  1. 1
    Children of ParadiseLes Enfants du paradisMust-See #311

    1945 · France · romance, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1952 #3 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #136 · TIME All-TIME 100

    2.199 citations
  2. 2

    1953 · France / Italy · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1954 #1 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

    1.182 citations
  3. 3

    1942 · France · fantasy, horror, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1948 #7 · Criterion Collection spine #626 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.613 citations
  4. 4

    1936 · France · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1938 #3

    0.501 citation
  5. 5
    Port of ShadowsLe Quai des brumes

    1938 · France · drama, crime, romance

    Empire 500 (2008) #256 · Criterion Collection spine #245

    0.352 citations
  6. 6

    1938 · France · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #1139

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 25 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1929Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche
  • 1936Jenny
  • 1937Bizarre, Bizarre
  • 1938Hôtel du Nord
  • 1938Port of Shadows
  • 1939Le Jour Se Lève
  • 1942Les Visiteurs du Soir
  • 1945Children of Paradise
  • 1946Gates of the Night
  • 1947La Fleur de l'âge
  • 1950Juliette, or Key of Dreams
  • 1950La Marie du port
  • 1953Thérèse Raquin
  • 1954Air of Paris
  • 1956The Country I Come From
  • 1958Young Sinners
  • 1960Wasteland
  • 1962Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux
  • 1965Three Rooms in Manhattan
  • 1968Young Wolves
  • 1971Law Breakers
  • 1974La merveilleuse visite
  • 1977Bible
  • 1991Mouche
  • Mouche