The 30+ Best Yves Montand Movies
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1Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van EyckIn the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.
2Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel AuteuilJean de Florette is a 1986 French period drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is followed by Manon des Sources. The film takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers scheme to trick a newcomer out of his newly inherited property. The film starred three of France's most prominent actors – Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, who won a BAFTA award for his performance, and Yves Montand in one of the last roles before his death. The film was shot, together with Manon des Sources, over a period of seven months. At the time the most expensive French film ever made, it was a great commercial and critical success, both domestically and internationally, and was nominated for eight César awards, and ten BAFTAs. In the long term the films did much to promote the region of Provence as a tourist destination.
3Jean-Louis Trintignant, Yves Montand, Jacques PerrinZ is a 1969 Algerian French language political thriller directed by Costa-Gavras, with a screenplay by Gavras and Jorge Semprún, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding democratic Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963. With its satirical view of Greek politics, its dark sense of humor, and its downbeat ending, the film captures the outrage about the military dictatorship that ruled Greece at the time of its making.
4Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Gabriele FerzettiThe Confession is a 1970 French-Italian film directed by Costa Gavras and stars Yves Montand and Simone Signoret. It is based on the true story of the Czechoslovak communist Artur London, a defendant in the Slánský trial. Gavras did not intend the film as an anti-communist film but a plea against totalitarianism and particularly Stalinism.
5Catherine Deneuve, Dana Wynter, Yves MontandLe Sauvage is a 1975 French film starring Yves Montand and Catherine Deneuve. The film was a commercial success with a total of 2,373,738 admissions in France and was the 12th highest grossing film of the year.
6Yves Montand, Bourvil, Gian Maria VolontéLe Cercle Rouge is a 1970 crime film set in Paris, France. It was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and stars Alain Delon, Andre Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté and Yves Montand. It is known for its climactic heist sequence which is about half an hour in length and without any dialogue. The film's title means "The Red Circle" and refers to the film's epigraph which translates as Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: "When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle." In fact, the Buddha said no such thing; Melville made it up just as he did with the epigraph in Le Samouraï.
7Candice Bergen, Annie Girardot, Yves MontandLive for Life is a 1967 French film directed by Claude Lelouch starring Yves Montand, Candice Bergen and Annie Girardot. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film had a total of 2,936,035 admissions in France and was the 7th highest grossing film of the year.
8Simone Signoret, Mylène Demongeot, Yves MontandThe Crucible is a 1957 joint Franco-East German film production directed by Raymond Rouleau with a screenplay adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre from the 1953 play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. The film was only briefly released on home video, and is extremely difficult to find.
9Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony PerkinsMiddle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier (Ingrid Bergman) resists the advances of Philip Van der Besh (Anthony Perkins), the 24-year-old son of one of her clients (Jessie Royce Landis). But when her longtime paramour, Roger Demarest (Yves Montand), begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman, Paula decides that two can play that game. However, it seems that society looks differently at May-December romances when the woman is the older partner.
10Emmanuelle Béart, Yves Montand, Daniel AuteuilManon des Sources is a critically acclaimed and commercially successful 1986 French language film. Directed by Claude Berri, it is the second of two films adapted from the 1966 two-volume novel by Marcel Pagnol, who wrote it based on his own earlier film of the same title. It is the sequel to Jean de Florette.
11Kirk Douglas, Orson Welles, Anthony PerkinsIs Paris Burning? is a 1966 film directed by René Clément, starring an ensemble cast, about the liberation of Paris in August 1944 by the French Resistance and the Free French Forces during WWII. The script was based on the book of the same title by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre.
12Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob NewhartIn this musical, Daisy Gamble (Barbra Streisand) decides she'll give hypnosis a try to help her stop smoking, at the request of her fiancé. While hypnotized, she discloses to her psychiatrist, Marc (Yves Montand), that she's the reincarnation of a 19th-century seductress named Lady Melinda Winifred Waine Tentrees. Marc soon falls in love with Daisy's former self, while Daisy in turn falls for Marc. When she realizes that Marc is only interested in Lady Melinda, however, she pulls away.
13Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis TrintignantThe Sleeping Car Murders is a 1965 French mystery film directed by Costa Gavras from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. It stars Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner and Pascale Roberts. This film was the first movie for Costa-Gavras, to be followed later by other, more politically serious work.
14Jane Fonda, Yves Montand, Vittorio CaprioliTout va bien is a 1972 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and collaborator Jean-Pierre Gorin and starring Jane Fonda and Yves Montand. The film's title means "everything goes well." It was released in the United States under the title "All's Well" and internationally under the title "Just Great." The Godard and Gorin collaboration continued with the featurette Letter to Jane as a postscript to Tout va bien.
15Romy Schneider, Isabelle Huppert, Yves MontandCésar and Rosalie is a 1972 French romance film starring Yves Montand and Romy Schneider, directed by Claude Sautet.
16Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony RandallOne of the wealthiest men in the world, Jean-Marc Clement (Yves Montand) is rich in money, but lacking in love. While seeking someone who adores him for his personality rather than his fortune, Clement learns that he is the subject of a satirical theater production. Unrecognized as he visits the play's set, Clement is offered the part as himself by the show's unwitting producers, and he takes the gig to be close to the gorgeous yet down-to-earth actress Amanda Dell (Marilyn Monroe).
17Yves Montand, Louis de Funès, Karin SchubertPower-hungry tax collector Don Salluste de Bazan (Louis De Funès) is banished from the Spanish Court and decides to use his valet, Blaze (Yves Montand), to take his revenge. In disguise, Blaze fills Don Salluste's vacant position and plans to have an affair with the queen (Karin Schubert), which the vengeful ex-collector will then reveal to the king (Alberto de Mendoza). Instead, Blaze and the queen fall in love, and the valet uses his newfound power to help end mistreatment of the poor.
18Yves Montand, Miou-Miou, Jean BouiseRoads to the South is a 1978 film directed by Joseph Losey. It stars Yves Montand and Miou-Miou.
19Terence Hill, Alida Valli, Yves MontandThe Wide Blue Road is a 1957 Italian romance drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and Maleno Malenotti.
20Yves Montand, Pierre Brasseur, Serge ReggianiGates of the Night is a 1946 film directed by Marcel Carné.
21Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Bujold, Yves MontandThe War is Over is a French drama film about a leftist in Franco's Spain, directed by Alain Resnais and starring Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, and Geneviève Bujold.
22James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves MontandThe most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron (James Garner) is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti (Yves Montand), a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.More Grand Prix
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23Gérard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Yves MontandVincent, François, Paul and the Others is a 1974 French film directed by Claude Sautet based on the novel La grande Marrade by Claude Néron.
24Carole Laure, Yves Montand, Jean-François BalmerLa menace is a 1977 French-Canadian film directed by Alain Corneau and starring Yves Montand, Carole Laure and Marie Dubois.
25Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. HasseAssigned to work in South America, United States official Philip Michael Santore (Yves Montand) is employed by an agency involved in counterinsurgency tactics. Santore's position makes him a target for a local band of guerrillas, and, before long, he is kidnapped. As a prisoner, Santore undergoes interrogation, shedding light on the violent situation in the country. Once the insurgents are done with their questioning, they must decide whether Santore lives or dies.
26Shirley MacLaine, Edward G. Robinson, Yves MontandMy Geisha is a 1962 American comedy film directed by Jack Cardiff, starring Yves Montand, Shirley MacLaine, and Edward G. Robinson, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was produced by MacLaine's then-husband Steve Parker, and written by Norman Krasna, based on Krasna's story of the same name. The film had its World Premiere at the Plaza Theatre in London's West End on 18 January 1962.
27Yves Montand, Catriona MacColl, Françoise FabianTrois places pour le 26 is a 1988 musical film written and directed by Jacques Demy.
28Gina Lollobrigida, Marcello Mastroianni, Yves MontandThe Law is a 1959 Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.
29Yves Montand, Michèle Morgan, Jean DebucourtMarguerite de la nuit is a 1955 French language motion picture fantasy drama directed by Claude Autant-Lara, and written by Ghislaine Autant-Lara and Gabriel Arout, based on novel by Pierre Dumarchais. The film stars Michèle Morgan and Yves Montand. It tells the story of an older pedant who buys adolescence from Satan.
30Yves Montand, Maria Schell, Jean Rochefort
