6 Best Jean Gabin Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 7, 2027

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Jean Gabin was the defining leading man of French cinema for decades, bringing a weary, working-class gravitas to both prewar poetic realism and postwar crime dramas.

Le Président (1961) 01

Le Président (1961)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A retired French president reflects on decades of political maneuvering while advising his ambitious former rival.

French Cancan (1955) 02

French Cancan (1955)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A Parisian impresario's ambitious plan to open a new cabaret is complicated by tangled romances among his performers.

Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) 03

Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)

IMDb ★ 7.6

An aging gangster's plans for retirement are disrupted when rivals learn about his hidden stash of gold.

Le Jour se lève (1939) 04

Le Jour se lève (1939)

IMDb ★ 7.9

A factory worker barricaded in his apartment after a murder recalls the doomed romance that led him there.

Grand Illusion (1937) 05

Grand Illusion (1937)

IMDb ★ 8.1

French prisoners of war plan an escape from a German camp, forming unlikely bonds across class lines.

Pépé le Moko (1937) 06

Pépé le Moko (1937)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A charismatic gangster hiding in Algiers's Casbah is drawn out by his fatal attraction to a visiting Parisian woman.

Vlad Zakh

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