The best Philippe Noiret movies
The top 3 according to 119 votes from people: The Old Gun (1975) · Life and Nothing But (1989) · The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974). (Updated Mar 13, 2026.)
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.
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Top 12
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1
The Old Gun (1975)
Robert Enrico. A doctor avenging his family; César for Best Actor.
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2
Life and Nothing But (1989)
Bertrand Tavernier. Searching for the missing of the First World War; his second César.
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3
The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974)
Bertrand Tavernier. A father whose son has killed.
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4
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
Marco Ferreri. Four friends who eat themselves to death.
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5
Dear Inspector (1978)
Philippe de Broca. A professor and a police inspector, with Annie Girardot.
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6
Le Grand Carnaval (1983)
Alexandre Arcady. The Americans land in Algeria in 1942.
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7
Very Happy Alexander (1968)
Yves Robert. A farmer who decides to stop working.
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8
Clean Slate (1981)
Bertrand Tavernier. A colonial policeman cleaning house, from Jim Thompson.
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9
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Giuseppe Tornatore. Alfredo, the projectionist.
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10
My New Partner II (1990)
Claude Zidi. The corrupt cops return.
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11
The African (1983)
Philippe de Broca. An adventurer in Africa, with Catherine Deneuve.
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12
Uranus (1990)
Claude Berri. A village at the Liberation, from Marcel Aymé.
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Comments (2)
Alfredo dans Cinema Paradiso, impossible de ne pas pleurer
Le Vieux Fusil, une claque. La scène finale, je ne m'en suis jamais remis