# Marcel Carné's best films

Poetic realism, often written by Jacques Prévert: Carné's films ranked from SensCritique's top lists, with Children of Paradise far ahead.

- 66 votes · 13 items
- Sep 28, 2019 · septiemeart_nocturne
- https://even.best/en/l/3309/marcel-carne-s-best-films

## Top 13

1. **Children of Paradise (1945)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault and the Boulevard du Crime, shot under the Occupation.
2. **Hôtel du Nord (1938)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Arletty and Louis Jouvet by the Canal Saint-Martin.
3. **Le Jour se lève (1939)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Jean Gabin barricaded in his room, told in flashbacks.
4. **The Devil's Envoys (1942)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Two envoys of the devil at a medieval castle.
5. **L'Air de Paris (1954)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Jean Gabin as a boxing trainer.
6. **Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Louis Jouvet and Michel Simon in an absurd comedy.
7. **Port of Shadows (1938)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan in Le Havre, written by Prévert.
8. **Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Gérard Philipe in a dream village.
9. **Les Assassins de l'ordre (1971)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Jacques Brel as a judge investigating a police killing.
10. **Gates of the Night (1946)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Yves Montand in Liberation-era Paris.
11. **Jenny (1936)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — His first feature, already written with Prévert.
12. **Thérèse Raquin (1953)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Simone Signoret, from Zola; Silver Lion in Venice.
13. **Les Tricheurs (1958)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — The youth of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

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