Directing
Jean Cocteau
- Titles
- 100movies8TV shows
- Career
Active from 1925 to 2024, with a break from 1965 to 1977, busiest in 2018 with 3 main titles.
- Directed
- 11titles as director
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Orpheus89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Absurdist Humor4.6average 2.0
- Melancholy7.2average 4.7
- Uncanny4.8average 2.5
- Spiritual4.1average 2.0
- Fantasy3.7average 1.7
- Psychological7.5average 5.6
- Wonder5.2average 3.4
- Romance5.4average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.1, average 5.4
- Crime1.3, average 3.7
- Adrenaline2.7, average 4.9
- Violence2.1, average 4.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Psychological Drama 5
- French Cinema 4
- Visually Striking 3
- Symbolic Storytelling 3
- Avant-Garde 2
- Forbidden Love 2
- Classic Film 2
- Experimental Cinema 2
- Jean Cocteau 2
- Jean Cocteau Adaptation 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jean MaraisActorOrpheus, Beauty and the Beast, The Eagle with Two Heads, Princess of Cleves, The Eternal Return, +2 more
Édouard DermitheActorOrpheus, Testament of Orpheus, The Strange Ones, La Villa Santo-Sospir
Georges AuricComposerOrpheus, The Blood of a Poet, Beauty and the Beast, The Storm Within
Yvonne de BrayActorThe Eagle with Two Heads, The Storm Within
Aimé ClariondActorFrom Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain, The Phantom Baron
François PérierActorOrpheus, Testament of Orpheus
Josette DayActorBeauty and the Beast, The Storm Within
Marcel AndréActorBeauty and the Beast, The Storm Within
Mila ParélyActorBeauty and the Beast, The Four-Poster Bed
Marianne OswaldActorAnna the Maid, Anna the Maid
Henri CrémieuxActorOrpheus, Testament of Orpheus
Odette JoyeuxActorThe Phantom Baron, The Four-Poster Bed
Movies and TV shows
72Upcoming
1 title
Writer
2020s
7 titles · average score 80
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Writer, Dialogue
Original Story
Writer
Theatre Play
2010s
10 titles · average score 61
Writer
Writer
as (archive footage)
Theatre Play
Original Story
Story
Writer
2000s
2 titles
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
1990s
5 titles
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
1980s
4 titles · average score 51
1970s
6 titles
Original Story
Story
Theatre Play
1960s
9 titles · average score 66
Theatre Play
Dialogue, Scenario Writer
Theatre Play
as Narrator (voice)
Theatre Play
Director, Writer
Adaptation, Writer
as Le poète
as Narrator (Afterword)
1950s
11 titles · average score 69
Theatre Play
Writer
Writer
Writer
Screenplay
Theatre Play
Director
Writer
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice)
1940s
15 titles · average score 77
as Narrator (voice)
Writer, Theatre Play
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Adaptation
Theatre Play
as The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
as Reciter (voice)
Screenplay
as Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
Screenplay
Adaptation
1930s
1 title · average score 76
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1920s
1 title
Director