# The best Philippe Noiret movies

Two Césars for The Old Gun and Life and Nothing But, the projectionist in Cinema Paradiso and the gang of La Grande Bouffe: Philippe Noiret's films picked by Topito and SensCritique members.

- 119 votes · 12 items
- Mar 13, 2026 · episode94
- https://even.best/en/l/4437/the-best-philippe-noiret-movies

## Top 12

1. **The Old Gun (1975)** (14 · ▲16 ▼2) — Robert Enrico. A doctor avenging his family; César for Best Actor.
2. **Life and Nothing But (1989)** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Bertrand Tavernier. Searching for the missing of the First World War; his second César.
3. **The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — Bertrand Tavernier. A father whose son has killed.
4. **La Grande Bouffe (1973)** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Marco Ferreri. Four friends who eat themselves to death.
5. **Dear Inspector (1978)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Philippe de Broca. A professor and a police inspector, with Annie Girardot.
6. **Le Grand Carnaval (1983)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Alexandre Arcady. The Americans land in Algeria in 1942.
7. **Very Happy Alexander (1968)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Yves Robert. A farmer who decides to stop working.
8. **Clean Slate (1981)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Bertrand Tavernier. A colonial policeman cleaning house, from Jim Thompson.
9. **Cinema Paradiso (1988)** (4 · ▲8 ▼4) — Giuseppe Tornatore. Alfredo, the projectionist.
10. **My New Partner II (1990)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Claude Zidi. The corrupt cops return.
11. **The African (1983)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Philippe de Broca. An adventurer in Africa, with Catherine Deneuve.
12. **Uranus (1990)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Claude Berri. A village at the Liberation, from Marcel Aymé.

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