6 Best Michèle Morgan Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 5, 2026

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Michele Morgan became one of French cinema’s defining faces of the late 1930s and 40s, her luminous, melancholy presence anchoring some of the era’s most poetic films. Port of Shadows is the classic, La Symphonie Pastorale grows a pastor’s compassion for a blind orphan into forbidden love, The Fallen Idol complicates a murder investigation through a diplomat’s son, Les Grandes Manoeuvres bets a cavalry officer he can seduce any woman, and Joan of Paris and Marguerite de la Nuit round out the list.

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Marguerite de la Nuit (1955)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Michèle Morgan is in this French fantasy, a modern retelling of Faust about an ageing woman who makes a devil's bargain for youth and love.

Directed by Claude Autant-Lara · 2h 05m

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Les Grandes Manœuvres (1955)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A cynical cavalry officer bets he can seduce any woman in town, until he meets one who changes his mind.

Directed by René Clair · 1h 46m

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel

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The Fallen Idol (1948)

TMDB ★ 7.6

James Hayter appears as a young boy's misguided attempt to protect a beloved butler from a murder accusation makes things worse.

Directed by Carol Reed · 1h 36m

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling, IndieFlix, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, BFI Player Amazon Channel, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: FlixFling

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La Symphonie Pastorale (1946)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Michèle Morgan appears in this French drama about a pastor whose compassion for a blind orphan girl grows into a forbidden, complicated love.

Directed by Jean Delannoy · 1h 50m

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Joan of Paris (1942)

TMDB ★ 6.6

May Robson appears in this wartime drama about a French waitress who risks her life helping downed Allied airmen escape occupied Paris.

Directed by Robert Stevenson · 1h 31m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store

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Port of Shadows (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Michel Simon is in this French classic about a deserting soldier hiding in a foggy port town who falls for a woman entangled with dangerous criminals.

Directed by Marcel Carné · 1h 33m

Where to watch

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

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Vlad Zakh

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.