Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret

October 1, 1930 · 95 years old

Philippe Noiret (1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de…

Known For

35 titles
1
Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso

1988 · 2h 54m · Movie

Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.

8.5
2
The Postman

The Postman

1994 · 1h 48m · Movie

A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

7.8
3
Topaz

Topaz

1969 · 2h 23m · Movie

French Intelligence Agent Andre Devereaux becomes embroiled in Cold War politics, first by uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then breaking up an international Russian spy ring.

6.2
4
The Big Feast

The Big Feast

1973 · 2h 10m · Movie

A group of men go to a villa in the French countryside where they resolve to eat themselves to death.

7.0
5
The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

1967 · 2h 28m · Movie

In 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.

7.2
6
Zazie in the Metro

Zazie in the Metro

1960 · 1h 33m · Movie

With her mother away for the weekend, a brash and precocious ten-year-old country girl sets out to explore Paris during a Métro strike under her uncle's not-so-watchful eye. But can a little girl cause so much chaos in the city ce...

6.9
7
Clean Slate

Clean Slate

1981 · 2h 8m · Movie

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so.

7.3
8
'Round Midnight

'Round Midnight

1986 · 2h 13m · Movie

A troubled, but talented musician flees the US to escape his problems, finding refuge and support in Paris.

7.4
9
The Old Gun

The Old Gun

1975 · 1h 43m · Movie

During World War II, a peaceful French surgeon decides to ruthlessly exterminate an SS squad because of the atrocities they'd just committed in his countryside home and childhood village.

7.5
10
On Guard

On Guard

1997 · 2h 8m · Movie

The Comte de Gonzague schemes against his cousin, the Duc de Nevers, even though he is the Duke's heir and will inherit his estates. The Count has kept secret the existence of the Duke's bastard, recently born. When the Duke learn...

6.9
11
Revenge of the Musketeers

Revenge of the Musketeers

1994 · 2h 5m · Movie

France, 1654: D'Artagnan's girl grows up in a convent. When the mother superior is murdered, Eloïse suspects a plan to murder the king and hopes to prevent this and revenge the murder by finding her father and the 3 musketeers.

5.8
12
The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

1969 · 1h 50m · Movie

A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.

6.4
13
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978 · 1h 52m · Movie

European chefs are being killed in the same ways that their special dishes are prepared. Pastry chef Natasha O'Brien is suspected, as is her ex-husband Robby Ross, a fast-food franchiser looking for chefs to endorse his omelet shops.

6.4
14
The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin

1976 · 2h 8m · Movie

An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.

7.3
15
Very Happy Alexander

Very Happy Alexander

1968 · 1h 40m · Movie

Alexandre, a young and honest farmer under the yoke of an authoritarian wife, works around the clock in the fields. When she dies in a car accident, it's a holiday for Alexandre.

7.3
16
My New Partner at the Races

My New Partner at the Races

1990 · 1h 47m · Movie

A team of corrupt policemen returns when they face with really wicked colleagues.

6.2
17
Dead Tired

Dead Tired

1994 · 1h 32m · Movie

A renowned entertainer's life is turned upside down by a cunning doppelganger who threatens to destroy their hard-earned success and legacy through a series of calculated moves.

6.4
18
Life and Nothing But

Life and Nothing But

1989 · 2h 15m · Movie

Intense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past.

7.5
19
Woman Times Seven

Woman Times Seven

1967 · 1h 39m · Movie

Seven portraits of different types of women.

5.8
20
Let Joy Reign Supreme

Let Joy Reign Supreme

1975 · 1h 59m · Movie

A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities' depravity contribute to social oppression, and the uprisings flare up one after another.

7.0
21
Three Brothers

Three Brothers

1981 · 1h 53m · Movie

Three men face their mother's death.

7.1
22
Ripoux 3

Ripoux 3

2003 · 1h 45m · Movie

It has been ten years since the paths of René and François separated. From the glorious days when as cops they roamed the Montmartre district, they only have a handful of memories.

5.7
23
On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter

On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter

1980 · 1h 40m · Movie

Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the lovely buttocks of a classical statue and ...

6.2
24
Les grands ducs

Les grands ducs

1996 · 1h 25m · Movie

Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.

5.9
25
Max & Jeremie

Max & Jeremie

1992 · 1h 55m · Movie

A socially awkward TV-addicted ambitious small time thug is ordered to take out a retiring professional hitman, a legend among his peers. However, the two grow to like each other and become friends instead and that's not what the ...

6.1
26
Le capitaine Fracasse

Le capitaine Fracasse

1961 · 1h 48m · Movie

The ruined Baron Philippe de Sigognac, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors. Attracted by Isabelle, and by the enthusiasm of his acting companions, he joins the troupe.

6.1
27
Père et fils

Père et fils

2003 · 1h 35m · Movie

An old man comes up with a subterfuge to reconcile his estranged sons.

6.6
28
Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

1975 · 1h 52m · Movie

A man whose girl is threatened to be kidnapped sends her for protection with a private detective. He takes her to a mansion, where many kidnapped girls waiting to be ransomed are drugged and subjugated to all kinds of sexual depra...

5.7
29
Pile ou face

Pile ou face

1980 · 1h 45m · Movie

For inspector Baroni, Monsieur Morlaix is the main suspect who might have killed his wife.

6.6
30
L'étoile du Nord

L'étoile du Nord

1982 · 2h 4m · Movie

In 1934, a mysterious Frenchman returns to Europe from Egypt.

6.5
31
Noyade interdite

Noyade interdite

1987 · 1h 42m · Movie

On his return to the French Atlantic coast, Inspector Paul Molinat has to solve a mysterious series of murders with the help of the ambitious Inspector Leroyer. Several bodies are washed up on the beach with gunshot wounds.

6.0
32
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

1974 · 1h 34m · Movie

When he investigates his daughter's disappearance, a bookseller discovers an underground society, living literally under the streets of Paris.

6.2
33
Le 4ème pouvoir

Le 4ème pouvoir

1985 · 1h 40m · Movie

Yves Dorget, major reporter in a daily newspaper, finds on an "affair" part of a simple news item Catherine Carré, his former friend, editor and chief and star presenter of a television newscast.

6.1
34
Time for Loving

Time for Loving

1972 · 1h 44m · Movie

The film depicts several stories surrounding an apartment in Paris, and the various people who occupy it over the years.

5.5
35
The Bread Peddler

The Bread Peddler

1963 · 2h 2m · Movie

A young woman by the name of Jeanne Fortier finds herself the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice.

5.8