6 Best Marcel Dalio Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 30, 2026

Marcel Dalio built a celebrated French film career before fleeing to Hollywood, where he kept up a prolific run in classic American cinema. The Rules of the Game unravels a house party into farce and tragedy, To Have and Have Not has a charter boat captain reluctantly aiding the Resistance in Martinique, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes follows two showgirls’ voyage to Paris, and How to Steal a Million enlists a thief for a forged sculpture. Grand Illusion and Pepe le Moko round out the list.

How to Steal a Million (1966)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A woman recruits a burglar to steal her own father's forged sculpture before it's exposed as fake.

Directed by William Wyler · 2h 03m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Two showgirls sail to Paris in pursuit of wealthy husbands and a coveted diamond tiara.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 31m

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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To Have and Have Not (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Marcel Dalio features in this wartime drama about a charter boat captain in Vichy-controlled Martinique who reluctantly aids the French Resistance.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Rules of the Game (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Marcel Dalio features in this classic where a wealthy French estate's house party unravels into farce and tragedy as romances collide.

Directed by Jean Renoir · 1h 50m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Grand Illusion (1937)

TMDB ★ 7.9

French prisoners of war form an unexpected bond with their aristocratic German captor during the First World War.

Directed by Jean Renoir · 1h 54m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Darkroom

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Pépé le Moko (1937)

TMDB ★ 7.2

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

Directed by Julien Duvivier · 1h 34m

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Marcel Dalio Movies

How to Steal a Million (1966)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

To Have and Have Not (1945)

The Rules of the Game (1939)

Grand Illusion (1937)

Pépé le Moko (1937)

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