The Screen of Paris

France · #9 by film pedigree · 26 notable figures · 31 canon films set here

Metro rank
#9
Screen score
344.5
People
90
Films set here
31

What Paris is known for

Box office 8%Prestige 25%Audience 67%

Paris skews toward audience.

Canon films set here, by decade

1
'00
3
'20
6
'30
1
'40
6
'50
6
'60
2
'70
1
'90
4
'00
1
'10

From Paris

  1. 1Jean Renoir
  2. 2Juliette Binoche
  3. 3François Truffaut
  4. 4Marion Cotillard
  5. 5Claude Lelouch
  6. 6Jacques Tati
  7. 7Michel Hazanavicius
  8. 8Leslie Caron
  9. 9Catherine Deneuve
  10. 10Guy Hamilton
  11. 11Maurice Chevalier
  12. 12Jean Dujardin
  13. 13Albert Lamorisse
  14. 14Florian Zeller
  15. 15Arthur Harari
  16. 16Michel Gondry
  17. 17Pierre Bismuth
  18. 18Isabelle Adjani
  19. 19Coralie Fargeat
  20. 20Jacques Audiard
  21. 21Jacques Perrin
  22. 22Anouk Aimée
  23. 23Jean-Pierre Léaud
  24. 24Julie Delpy
  25. 25Isabelle Huppert

+1 more

Set in Paris

  1. Breathless 1960#23
  2. The 400 Blows 1959#51
  3. The Rules of the Game 1939#54
  4. Children of Paradise 1945#120
  5. Napoléon 1927#199
  6. Les diaboliques 1955filmed#261
  7. Inglourious Basterds 2009#268
  8. Jules and Jim 1962#272
  9. L'Atalante 1934#310
  10. Le Samouraï 1967#316
  11. Trouble in Paradise 1932#317
  12. The Phantom of the Opera 1925#318
  13. Last Tango in Paris 1972#319
  14. L'Âge d'or 1930#343
  15. Ninotchka 1939#344
  16. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921#346
  17. Love Me Tonight 1932#348
  18. Amélie 2001#358
  19. Elevator to the Gallows 1958#385
  20. An American in Paris 1951#393
  21. Pierrot le Fou 1965#399
  22. Three Colours: Blue 1993#414
  23. Caché 2005#422
  24. Rififi 1955#425
  25. Amour 2012#439

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Canon films by Paris filmmakers

  • Breathless 1960 · Jean-Luc Godard#23
  • The 400 Blows 1959 · François Truffaut#51
  • The Rules of the Game 1939 · Jean Renoir#54
  • Goldfinger 1964 · Guy Hamilton#61
  • Chinatown 1974 · Roman Polanski#77
  • The Grand Illusion 1937 · Jean Renoir#104
  • Rosemary's Baby 1968 · Roman Polanski#142
  • Contempt 1963 · Jean-Luc Godard#252
  • Repulsion 1965 · Roman Polanski#265
  • Jules and Jim 1962 · François Truffaut#272
  • The Pianist 2002 · Roman Polanski#328
  • Pierrot le Fou 1965 · Jean-Luc Godard#399
  • Playtime 1967 · Jacques Tati#459
  • Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953 · Jacques Tati#485

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