9. The Southerner (L’Homme du Sud) | 1945

This film is based on the novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand written by George Sessions Perry. The story follows a lower-class family struggling to start a cotton farm in Texas. L’Homme du Sud was the third of five films that Renoir directed whilst living in the US during the 1940s and is now considered by some to be a ‘Hollywood masterpiece’. This film was nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Director, Best Sound and Best Music) and won Best Feature Film at Venice Film Festival in 1946.

10. The River (Le Fleuve) | 1951

The River, set in Bengal in India, follows three young girls who become besotted with an older American soldier. This coming of age story was shot in Technicolor meaning that everything had to be done perfectly as there was a 5 months turnaround once sent to the lab. The River won the International Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1951 and went on to influence famous directors such as Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese.