# The best French films of the 1930s

La Grande Illusion, The Rules of the Game, Port of Shadows, Daybreak and Pagnol's Marseille trilogy: the French productions of the 1930s rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.

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- Nov 4, 2023 · celine_episode
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## Top 15

1. **They Were Five (1936)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Julien Duvivier. Five unemployed men win the lottery and open a riverside café. Jean Gabin.
2. **La Grande Illusion (1937)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jean Renoir. French officers held prisoner in 1916.
3. **The End of the Day (1939)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Julien Duvivier. A retirement home for old actors.
4. **The Story of a Cheat (1936)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sacha Guitry. A cardsharp narrates his life in voice-over.
5. **The Rules of the Game (1939)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jean Renoir. A shooting party at a château on the eve of war.
6. **Les Misérables (1934)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Raymond Bernard. Harry Baur as Jean Valjean, in three parts.
7. **Marius (1931)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alexander Korda, from Marcel Pagnol. Raimu and Pierre Fresnay at the Old Port.
8. **César (1936)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marcel Pagnol. The last part of the trilogy.
9. **A Day in the Country (1936)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jean Renoir. A Sunday by the river, from Maupassant.
10. **Harvest (1937)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marcel Pagnol, from Jean Giono. An abandoned village comes back to life.
11. **Daybreak (1939)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marcel Carné. Jean Gabin barricaded in on the night of a crime.
12. **Wooden Crosses (1932)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Raymond Bernard. The trenches of 1914-1918.
13. **Hôtel du Nord (1938)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marcel Carné. Arletty and her 'Atmosphère!' line.
14. **Fanny (1932)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Marc Allégret. Second part of the Marseille trilogy.
15. **Port of Shadows (1938)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Marcel Carné. Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan in Le Havre.

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