An American in Paris (1951)

137 Pictures

7.2	Rating (298 ratings)
7.2	IMDB rating

Add to favorites

Edit page

Buy at Amazon

Directed by

Vincente Minnelli

Starring (View all)

Gene Kelly
Jerry Mulligan

Leslie Caron
Lise Bouvier

Oscar Levant
Adam Cook

Georges Guétary
Henri Baurel

Nina Foch
Milo Roberts

Martha Bamattre
Mathilde Mattieu

Madge Blake
Edna Mae Bestram

Nan Boardman
Maid

Written by

Alan Jay Lerner
(story by)

Lists

507 votes

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1001 items)
list by upidipi

Published 15 years, 4 months ago

874 comments

133 votes

6,006 Movies For a Post-Covid World... (6013 items)
list by ToonHead2102

Published 13 years, 3 months ago

14 comments

84 votes

Watched in 2015 (403 items)
list by Eleanor

Published 9 years, 8 months ago

3 comments

80 votes

Movie Title Stills Collection (451 items)
list by Moon River

Published 12 years ago

13 comments

77 votes

Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life (1136 items)
list by AFIoscar

Published 14 years, 11 months ago

View all An American in Paris lists

An American in Paris Videos

An American in Paris - Trailer [1951] [24th Oscar Best Picture]

107 Views

Added 13 years ago

An American in Paris (1951) Official Trailer - Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron Movie HD

64 Views

Added 5 years ago

View all An American in Paris videos

Cover art, photos and screenshots

9 votes

8 votes

7 votes

View all An American in Paris pictures (134 more)

Reviews

Review

13 years, 1 month ago at Aug 15 21:32

Jessica

1 vote

I love Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, and the pairing of the two in this film is just a wonderful thing to watch. This movie has some of the most amazing scenes, I love the choreography, the music. Who cares if the story is a bit flimsy - everything else is so beautiful to watch, there's a reason this movie is a classic, an Oscar winner, and on more than one top 100 list made by the American Film ... read more

A classic

13 years, 10 months ago at Oct 30 7:12

johanlefourbe

1 vote

To be honest, since I'm not a big fan of musicals, I wasn’t really sure about what to expect fromt this flick but it had a solid reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. Eventually, I really had a good time and I thought it was quite entertaining. Gene Kelly is definitely an amazing dancer (I always thought he was much more interesting than Fred Astaire) and there were indeed some i... read more

An American in Paris

8 years, 6 months ago at Mar 10 4:08

JxSxPx

1 vote

While Singin’ in the Rain is easier to embrace and admire, 1951’s An American in Paris is the more coolly intellectual. It is the pop-sophisticate in comparison to its more extroverted sibling. The two films probably should not be compared too much as their aims are different, but they keep getting compared due to Gene Kelly’s starring in both, and that this one swept the Oscars while Singin... read more

View all An American in Paris reviews

Description: Gene Kelly, producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli and an ace creative team conjure sheer screen magic, one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 American Films. Kelly plays an ex-GI who loves Paris and loves even more an alluring (but engaged) perfume-shop clerk (Leslie Caron in her beguiling screen debut). Dance sequences spun around Gershwin songs accent Kelly's romantic pursuit. And the final 17minute-ballet - combining the title symphony, Impressionist set stylings and Kelly's unique talent for telling a story in dance - lifts this winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture into the ether of timelessn ... (more)

Release date: 11 November 1951
UPC: 027616627322

Tags: Musical (17), Romance (9), 1951 (7), 1950s (5), Dancing (3), Usa (3), Paris (3), Painting (2), Costume Party (2), Leslie Caron (2), Gershwin (2), Gene Kelly (2), Best Picture Oscar (2), (2), Garret (1), Stairway (1), Art Patronage (1), Colour (1), Mgm (1), Street Life (1)

My tags:

Add tags

Update feed

mo∞on posted 3 images 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Visually Breath Taking Films (677 movies items)

mo∞on added this to a list 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Academy Award for Best Picture☆Films (97 movies items)

" 24th Academy Awards (1952)"

Stehako added this to a list 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Favorite Movies of All Time (2021 Edition) (1002 movies items)

" 2020: 205 2019: 208 2018: 207 2017: 210 2016: 210 2015: 215 2014: 219 2013: 222 2012: 221 2011: 225 2010: 225 2009: 227 2008: 230 2007: 236 2006: 223 2005: 228 2004: 250 2003: 236 2002: 218 2001: 302 2000: 323 1999: 357 "

Stehako added this to a list 11 months, 1 week ago

The Best Comedy from Each Year (40 movies items)

Stehako added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago

Favorite Movies of All Time (2020 Edition) (1001 movies items)

" 2019: 208 2018: 207 2017: 210 2016: 210 2015: 215 2014: 219 2013: 222 2012: 221 2011: 225 2010: 225 2009: 227 2008: 230 2007: 236 2006: 223 2005: 228 2004: 250 2003: 236 2002: 218 2001: 302 2000: 323 1999: 357 "

JxSxPx added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago

Ranked: Vincente Minnelli (35 movies items)

cteddiesgirl added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago

Movies/Titles I Have (7076 movies items)

Stehako added this to a list 1 year, 4 months ago

Favorite Movies of All Time (2019 Edition) (1001 movies items)

" 2018: 207 2017: 210 2016: 210 2015: 215 2014: 219 2013: 222 2012: 221 2011: 225 2010: 225 2009: 227 2008: 230 2007: 236 2006: 223 2005: 228 2004: 250 2003: 236 2002: 218 2001: 302 2000: 323 1999: 357 "

Stehako added this to a list 1 year, 4 months ago

Best Movies of the 1950s (100 movies items)

Kandi added this to a list 1 year, 5 months ago

Pearl Necklace - Movies (49 movies items)

" Nina Foch and Gene Kelly"

jordanwiles94 added this to a list 1 year, 6 months ago

Best Motion Picture Academy Awards (Oscars) (95 movies items)

Stehako added this to a list 1 year, 6 months ago

Favorite Movies of All Time (2018 Edition) (1001 movies items)

" 2017: 210 2016: 210 2015: 215 2014: 219 2013: 222 2012: 221 2011: 225 2010: 225 2009: 227 2008: 230 2007: 236 2006: 223 2005: 228 2004: 250 2003: 236 2002: 218 2001: 302 2000: 323 1999: 357 "

Green.Tissue.Box added this to a list 1 year, 6 months ago

Every Best Picture Nominee (589 movies items)

Pacifista O added this to a list 1 year, 7 months ago

The Time-Image (379 movies items)

SA-512 posted 2 images [View All] 2 years, 1 month ago

Kyle Ellis added this to a list 2 years, 1 month ago

AFI's 100 Yrs/100 Movies Checklist (123 movies items)

SA-512 posted 3 images 2 years, 5 months ago

Kandi added this to a list 2 years, 5 months ago

Store and Department Employees - Movies (18 movies items)

" Leslie Caron"

Campagnola voted for an image 2 years, 5 months ago

Kandi posted a image 2 years, 5 months ago

Kandi voted for an image 2 years, 8 months ago

SA-512 posted a image 2 years, 8 months ago

Stehako added this to a list 2 years, 8 months ago

Favorite Movies of All Time (2017 Edition) (1001 movies items)

" No Change 2016: 210 2015: 215 2014: 219 2013: 222 2012: 221 2011: 225 2010: 225 2009: 227 2008: 230 2007: 236 2006: 223 2005: 228 2004: 250 2003: 236 2002: 218 2001: 302 2000: 323 1999: 357 "

moviebuff added this to a list 2 years, 8 months ago

101 Musical Movies You Must See Before You Die (101 movies items)

Kandi voted for an image 2 years, 10 months ago

SA-512 posted a image 2 years, 10 months ago

Kandi voted for an image 2 years, 11 months ago

SA-512 posted a image 2 years, 11 months ago

Stehako added this to a list 3 years ago

Favorite Movies of All Time (2016 Edition) (1001 movies items)

" 2015: 215 2014: 219 2013: 222 2012: 221 2011: 225 -- 2010: 225 2009: 227 2008: 230 2007: 236 2006: 223 2005: 228 2004: 250 2003: 236 2002: 218 2001: 302 2000: 323 1999: 357 "

CD Smiles added this to a list 3 years, 1 month ago

My Favorite Movies (30 movies items)

M C S added this to a list 3 years, 6 months ago

Films Seen (1849 movies items)

Stehako added this to a list 3 years, 7 months ago

Favorite Romantic Comedies of All Time (101 movies items)

johanlefourbe added this to a list 3 years, 7 months ago

1001 Movies ... my own version (1950's) (90 movies items)

" Notes: Eventually, I have to admit that I really had a good time with this movie and I thought it was quite entertaining. Indeed, Gene Kelly is definitely an amazing dancer (I always thought he was much more interesting than Fred Astaire) and there were indeed some impressive dancing numbers, probably the best I have ever seen in fact. Back then, there was a big controversy because ‘An American in Paris’ managed to sweep the Oscars while 'Singin in the rain' was snobbed when it was in fact"

johanlefourbe added this to a list 3 years, 7 months ago

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

A.M.A posted a image 3 years, 7 months ago

JxSxPx added this to a list 3 years, 8 months ago

TCM’s Essentials Vol 2: Another 52 Must See Movies (52 movies items)

"“Gene Kelly’s athleticism made these movies so great…. For my money, Vincente Minnelli is one of the top twenty-five directors of all time.” - Alec Baldwin “Gene Kelly had down-to-earth appeal, but he could dance like gangbusters…. I also love the fact – and want people to particularly notice when they see this movie – that very rarely when he does cut away. He loved to have a camera on him full-body, long stretches of time within a number, so you really saw he was doing the w"