The Woman on the Beach

Genres: Romance, Drama, Film-Noir

Starring: Charles Bickford, Robert Ryan, Walter Sande, Joan Bennett, Nan Leslie, Jay Norris, Frank Darien

Directors: Jean Renoir

Country: USA

Year: 1947

IMDB Rating: 6.7

A moody piece about a triangle involving a Coast Guardsman (Robert Ryman), a blind painter (Charlesd Bickford) and his wife(Joan Bennett). Nan Leslie, Walter Sande, Mrs. Wernecke: Irene Ryan. (Drama, 71 mins.)

This Land Is Mine

Genres: Drama, War

Starring: George Coulouris, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders, Charles Laughton, Philip Merivale, Una O'Connor, Nancy Gates

Directors: Jean Renoir

Country: USA

Year: 1943

IMDB Rating: 7.5

Albert Lory is a teacher at a school in German-occupied France. He is a coward, but he is drawn into the actions of the resistance. Arrested by the Germans because of a murder, the German officers promise him freedom, if he is willing to collaborate with them against France.

The Rules of the Game

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Glenn Close, John McMartin, Joel Fabiani, Nicholas Hormann, Peter Friedman, Clarence Felder, Charles Kimbrough

Directors: Jean Renoir

Country: USA

Year: 1939

Available Quality: Hi Def, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 8

Renoir's look at bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II. An assorted cast of characters - the rich and their poor servants - meet up at a French chateau.

Grand Illusion

Genres: Drama, War

Directors: Jean Renoir

Country: France

Year: 1937

IMDB Rating: 8.2

During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escape. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape...