Louis de Funes Movies

A young composer struggles between love and career in postwar Paris. De Funes appears in an early supporting role, already stealing every scene he touches with impeccable timing.

Twin brothers separated at birth — one becomes a crook, the other a respectable citizen. When fate reunites them, chaos follows. A Sacha Guitry classic with de Funes in a memorable supporting role.

Two men smuggle a suitcase full of black-market pork across occupied Paris at night. Bourvil sweats, de Funes schemes, and every encounter with a German patrol gets more absurd. A masterpiece of tension and dark comedy.

De Funes is Blaireau, the village poacher who outwits the local game warden at every turn. A cat-and-mouse comedy set in the French countryside — pure slapstick joy and one of his first starring roles.

De Funes drags his family on a chaotic road trip through Spain with a tiny car and a caravan. Everything that can go wrong does — border crossings, bulls, and a wife who's had enough.

A rich industrialist tries to dump worthless shares on his daughter's fiance. De Funes in full panic mode — lying, scheming, and sweating through every scene. The dinner sequence is comedy gold.

Cruchot gets transferred to Saint-Tropez and immediately goes to war with nudists, hippies, and his own squad. Pure chaos — every scene escalates into madness.

A masked criminal terrorizes Paris with impossible disguises and de Funes plays the bumbling detective convinced he'll crack the case. Jean Marais does triple duty and the gadgets are gloriously 60s.

Fantomas is back and more dangerous than ever — kidnapping scientists and replacing them with doubles. De Funes returns as the incompetent Commissioner Juve, now even more paranoid and even funnier.

Bourvil unknowingly drives a car stuffed with gold, diamonds, and heroin across Europe while de Funes chases him in increasingly desperate ways. The Cadillac scene alone is worth watching.

A British bomber crew parachutes into occupied Paris and two ordinary Frenchmen — de Funes and Bourvil — have to smuggle them to the free zone. France's biggest box office hit for 30 years, and every minute earns it.

De Funes runs a fancy Parisian restaurant with an iron fist until a South American president vanishes from his dining room. The interrogation scene with the lie detector is one of the greatest comedy sequences ever filmed.

A millionaire discovers his daughter is pregnant, his accountant robbed him, and nothing is what it seems — all in one chaotic morning. De Funes in a confined space losing his mind. Theatrical perfection.

A boat designer creates an unsinkable yacht that immediately sinks. De Funes is the furious boss, and every attempt to fix the situation makes it exponentially worse.

Cruchot falls in love and tries to impress his future mother-in-law while keeping Saint-Tropez in order. Romance de Funes-style means maximum awkwardness and zero smooth moves.

A frozen man from 1905 is thawed out in 1969 and de Funes has to pretend the entire world hasn't changed. The household goes full period cosplay and the situation spirals beautifully.

De Funes plays a tyrannical ballet director who controls every aspect of his troupe. The one-man-band sequence where he plays every instrument simultaneously is legendary physical comedy.

De Funes plays Antoine Doracieux, who accidentally kills his son-in-law and spends the entire film trying to hide the body. Every attempt to dispose of it creates a bigger mess. Dark comedy at its finest.

De Funes is a corrupt Spanish tax collector and Yves Montand is his servant. When the Queen exiles them, the escape plan involves disguises, dungeons, and de Funes in a dress.

De Funes plays a racist factory owner who hides from gangsters in a synagogue, steals a rabbi's clothes, and ends up dancing hora at a Jewish wedding. He was never more chaotic — or more human.

A legendary food critic discovers his guide's ratings are being manipulated by an industrial food magnate. De Funes tasting synthetic food with genuine horror is acting at its finest. His last great pairing with Coluche.

A factory owner's pollution destroys his wife's beloved garden, and she declares total war. De Funes vs. Annie Girardot in a domestic battle that levels everything. The greenhouse scene is devastating.

Aliens land near Saint-Tropez and start replacing the gendarmes with identical clones. De Funes has to figure out who's real while his own team thinks he's lost it. Surprisingly fun sci-fi comedy.

De Funes directs and stars as Moliere's legendary miser, clutching his gold chest with genuine madness in his eyes. The 'my cassette!' monologue is de Funes channeling 400 years of theatrical tradition through pure physical comedy.

Two old farmers in the French countryside attract a friendly alien with their cabbage soup. De Funes and Jean Carmet are the most unlikely sci-fi heroes ever, and the alien just wants more soup.

The final Gendarme film — Cruchot trains female gendarmes and everything goes wrong in the best possible way. A farewell to the character that defined French comedy for two decades.