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1. D'autres sont seuls au monde: Henri Martin, marin de France (1953)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Claude Martin, René Vautier, Raymond Vogel | Stars: Henri Martin, Claude Martin, Troupe des Pavés de Paris
Votes: 7
2. The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (1976– )
793 min | Music
Leonard Bernstein's Harvard University lectures on the future of music, originally delivered in 1973, but not broadcast until 1976.
Stars: Leonard Bernstein, Michael Wager, Tatiana Troyanos, Tom Krause
Votes: 65
3. Blues (2012)
72 min | Drama
A modern adaptation of Cocteau's classic play "The Human Voice": A woman is waiting for her ex-boyfriend's last call.
Director: André Schneider | Star: Barbara Kowa
Votes: 31
4. Der schöne Gleichgültige (1967 TV Movie)
40 min | Drama
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Gisela Uhlen, Karl Michael Vogler
Votes: 12
5. Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris (1958 TV Movie)
107 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Roger Benamou | Stars: Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Jean Paul Hurteau, Albert Lance
Votes: 57
6. Reflets de Cannes (1952– )
Documentary
The first show of the French television about movies; the only one dedicated to the Cannes Film Festival. Features interviews and backstage footage devoted to the event, the gala evenings, the competing films, and everyday life in Cannes.
Stars: François Chalais, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Achard, Michèle Morgan
Votes: 135
7. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (1967)
15 min | Short, Music
A man awakes, checks his watch and grows concerned that his lover is late. She arrives and is fickle in both charming and spurning him. He adores her. She abuses him. She sets up a noose, shows it to him and runs away. He hangs himself.
Director: Roland Petit | Stars: Zizi Jeanmaire, Rudolf Nureyev
Votes: 11
8. Django Reinhardt (1957)
26 min | Documentary, Short
One of the first filmed portraits of a jazz musician.
Director: Paul Paviot | Stars: Henri Crolla, André Ekyan, Hubert Fol, Raymond Fol
Votes: 26
9.
Portrait souvenir (1960–1969)
Episode:
Marcel Proust
(1962)
87 min | Documentary
This documentary is a portrait of Proust composed of recollections by those who knew him. Intercut with reading from his works.
Director: Gérard Herzog | Stars: Céleste Albaret, Emmanuel Berl, Jean Cocteau, Duc de Gramont
Votes: 6
10. Alta comedia (1965– )
120 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Stars: Fernando Soler, Sara García, Ruben Tuesta, Ignacio Quirós
Votes: 25
11. Grande Teatro Tupi (1951–1964)
Drama
A tele theater where famous plays were adapted and staged, during the days before videotaped Brazilian television, and performed by a cast of accomplished actors.
Stars: Wanda Kosmo, Rita Cléos, Nydia Lícia, Rildo Gonçalves
Votes: 31
12. Pantomimes (1955)
20 min | Short
Through a series of pantomimes, Marcel Marceau, the famous mime, evokes the three ages of life: youth, middle and old age.
Director: Paul Paviot | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Daniel Gélin, Marcel Marceau, Pierre Véry
Votes: 18
13. Estudio 1 (1965–2016)
Drama
Stars: Ana María Vidal, Fernando Delgado, José Bódalo, Luisa Sala
Votes: 91
14. Television Theater (1953– )
Drama
Series of television plays.
Stars: Jerzy Trela, Krzysztof Globisz, Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert
Votes: 90
15.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Oedipus Rex
(1993)
TV-G | 58 min | Music, Musical
A son is born to a young couple. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes the baby into the desert to be abandoned. The child is rescued, named Oedipus by King Polybus and Queen Merope of ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Philip Langridge, Jessye Norman, Min Tanaka, Bryn Terfel
Votes: 158
16. Dissent (2011)
34 min | Short, Drama
An old father, still a tyrant despite his age. Edward, the son, devoured by his Oedipus complex. And Karla, the young woman betrothed to Edward, who dreams about her future husband's ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Dosantos | Stars: Guy Balotine, Jessica Park, Jim Maloy, Norman Sham
Votes: 5
17. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 896
18. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon
Votes: 28,072 | Gross: $0.30M
19. Orpheus (1950)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa
Votes: 13,399
20. La voix humaine (2018)
83 min | Drama
A woman's last phone conversation with her lover, who now loves someone else.
Director: Roger Avary | Star: Elsa Zylberstein
Votes: 12
21. Festival (I) (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
An hour-long UK dramatic anthology series produced by the BBC from 1963-64, with a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett. Stars ... See full summary »
Stars: David Garfield, Cyril Cusack, John Wood, John Welsh
Votes: 20
22. Le bel indifférent (1978 TV Movie)
8 min | Drama
Director: Marion Sarraut | Stars: Annie Cordy, Alain Delon
Votes: 24
23. Coriolan (1950)
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Josette Day, Henri Filipacchi, Jean Marais
Votes: 98
24. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma
Votes: 46,426 | Gross: $7.18M
25. ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
51 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A weekly anthology of one-hour plays, both original and adapted from literary sources.
Stars: Lee Grant, Arthur Kennedy, The Doodletown Pipers, Diahann Carroll
Votes: 110
26. Steel Cathedrals (1985 Video)
20 min | Short, Music
20 minute music documentary filmed around Tokyo, Japan in November 1984.
Director: David Sylvian | Stars: Jean Cocteau, David Sylvian
Votes: 22
27.
Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982–1985)
Episode:
Orphée
(1983)
Drama
Director: Claude Santelli | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Catherine Frot, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marie-Christine Barrault
Votes: 7
28. The Blood of a Poet (1932)
Not Rated | 55 min | Fantasy
Told in four episodes - an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talazac
Votes: 7,364
29. Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993)
120 min | Documentary, Drama
How drugs have influenced artistic production in the course of the last 200 years, focusing on major European and American literary figures and visual artists.
Director: Storm Thorgerson | Stars: Bernard Hill, Phil Daniels, Thom Booker, Patrick Barlow
Votes: 76
30. Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Fantasy
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Françoise Arnoul, Claudine Auger, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 3,737
31. The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A society lady engineers a marriage between her lover and a cabaret dancer who is essentially a prostitute.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette, Lucienne Bogaert
Votes: 4,832
32. Play of the Week (1959–1961)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al, utilizing some of the best talent appearing on Broadway.
Stars: Myron McCormick, Cathleen Nesbitt, Frank Conroy, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 80
33. L'éternel retour (1943)
107 min | Drama, Romance
This is a retelling of Tristan and Isolde, set in 1940s France. The script was written by Jean Cocteau.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Madeleine Sologne, Jean Marais, Jean Murat, Junie Astor
Votes: 617
34. Cinépanorama (1956–1966)
Documentary
Stars: François Chalais, France Roche, Yves Montand, Martine Carol
Votes: 63
35.
ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
Episode:
The Human Voice
(1967)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A one-woman play about a woman's conversation with her former lover, who is leaving her to marry a younger woman. Starring Ingrid Bergman.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Star: Ingrid Bergman
Votes: 18
36. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 93
38. Con qué la lavaré? (2004)
10 min | Animation, Short
Day break in the red-light district of a Spanish town. Someone who earns their living in these parts makes their way home, sits down in front of the mirror and begins to remove their ... See full summary »
Director: María Trénor
Votes: 73
39. The Human Voice (2018)
19 min | Short, Drama
Adapted from the play by Jean Cocteau, and starring Rosamund Pike, The Human Voice is an unflinching portrait of a woman's heartbreak over the course of a final telephone conversation between lovers.
Director: Patrick Kennedy | Star: Rosamund Pike
Votes: 113
40. The Human Voice (1966 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 50 min | Drama
A monologue of a woman talking on the phone with her longterm lover who is about to marry another girl.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Star: Ingrid Bergman
Votes: 358
41. America as Seen by a Frenchman (1960)
90 min | Documentary
Satirical documentary, shot in all parts of the US, showing various aspects of American behavior.
Director: François Reichenbach | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Paul Klinger, June Richmond
Votes: 173
42. Eine Melodie - vier Maler (1955)
14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Herbert Seggelke | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Hans Erni, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Gino Severini
Votes: 9
43. The Terrible Children (1950)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
The dangerously obsessive relationship between a psychologically manipulative brother and sister who isolate themselves and draw others into their mind games.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Jacques Bernard
Votes: 4,328
44. Love (1948)
69 min | Drama
In part one, a heartbroken woman talks to her ex-lover on the phone. In part two, a pregnant woman believes she is carrying the child of Saint Joseph.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Peparuolo, Amelia Robert
Votes: 1,944
45. The Terrible Parents (1948)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Michel is in love with Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his intention to marry her. He thinks his announcement is innocent enough; his engagement, however, threatens to reveal dark secrets lurking within his family's home.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Yvonne de Bray, Marcel André
Votes: 981 | Gross: $0.01M
46. La comédie du bonheur (1940)
108 min | Comedy
Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him committed to a mental hospital. But ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Michel Simon, Ramon Novarro, Jacqueline Delubac, Micheline Presle
Votes: 71
47. The Human Voice (2020)
R | 30 min | Short, Drama
A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Agustín Almodóvar, Miguel Almodóvar, Pablo Almodóvar
Votes: 8,636
48. The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
55 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, a nightingale's song restores his health and teaches... See full summary »
Directors: Jirí Trnka, Milos Makovec | Stars: Helena Patockova, Jaromir Sobotoa, Detsky pevecky sbor Jana Kuhna, Boris Karloff
Votes: 456
49. Venom and Eternity (1951)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
In this experimental film, Isidore Isou, the leader of the lettrist movement, lashes out at conventional cinema and offers a revolutionary form of movie-making: through scratching and ... See full summary »
Director: Isidore Isou | Stars: Isidore Isou, Jean-Louis Barrault, Blanchette Brunoy, Blaise Cendrars
Votes: 452
50. Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000 (1962)
25 min | Documentary, Short
In this poetic essay, Jean Cocteau delivers, in his inimitable way, some impressions on his time and what he imagines is the future.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Star: Jean Cocteau
Votes: 103