10 Movies Set in or About Monaco

10 Movies Set in or About Monaco

Outside filmmakers looking toward Monaco: optional perspectives for a wider journey.

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   1. To Catch a Thief

   1955

   A retired jewel thief on the French Riviera, suspected when a copycat begins robbing the wealthy, sets out to catch the real culprit and clear his name — while romancing a glamorous heiress. Hitchcock's sparkling, sun-kissed caper.

   Curator’s note: A Riviera jewel-thief thriller whose Monaco/Cote d'Azur glamour, casinos, roads, and resort society frame the story.

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   2. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

   2012

   Still trying to get home to New York, the zoo animals join a struggling traveling circus touring Europe, staying one step ahead of a relentless animal-control officer, with a dazzling stop at Monte Carlo. A frenetic, colorful animated comedy.

   Curator’s note: Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is a strong foreign-authored film whose sustained setting or subject engages with Monaco.

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   3. Glück und Liebe in Monaco

   1959

   A young English orphan invited to the palace of Monaco becomes entangled in gentle romance and comedy amid the principality's glamour. A lighthearted German musical romance.

   Curator’s note: Glück und Liebe in Monaco is a strong foreign-authored film whose sustained setting or subject engages with Monaco.

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   4. Sjätte skottet

   1943

   A sharpshooter and the woman he meets at the Monte Carlo casino become a traveling stage act, but his mounting jealousy drives them apart and toward tragedy. A Swedish drama.

   Curator’s note: Sjätte skottet is a strong foreign-authored film whose sustained setting or subject engages with Monaco.

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   5. Monte Carlo Madness

   Bomben auf Monte Carlo · 1931

   The captain of a small Balkan kingdom's battleship, exasperated by the whims of his queen, gets tangled in romance and intrigue in glittering Monte Carlo. An early musical comedy.

   Curator’s note: Monte Carlo Madness is a strong foreign-authored film whose sustained setting or subject engages with Monaco.

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   6. Monte Carlo Baby

   Nous irons à Monte-Carlo · 1951

   When a childcare center closes over a measles scare, the baby of a glamorous film star is mistakenly handed off to a touring musician, setting off a comedy of mix-ups on the Riviera. A light musical comedy.

   Curator’s note: Monte Carlo Baby is a strong foreign-authored film whose sustained setting or subject engages with Monaco.

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   7. The Girl from Monaco

   La Fille de Monaco · 2008

   A high-strung, brilliant lawyer arrives in Monaco to defend a notorious client but loses himself in a reckless affair with a seductive local woman, while his stolid bodyguard tries to keep him from ruin. A wry French comedy-drama.

   Curator’s note: The Girl from Monaco is a strong foreign-authored film whose sustained setting or subject engages with Monaco.

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   8. Roba da ricchi

   1987

   Three comic episodes set among the wealthy of Monte Carlo follow a priest ensnared by a princess, a con woman targeting an insurance man, and a husband coping with his wife's antics. An Italian sketch comedy.

   Curator’s note: Roba da ricchi was selected as a strong foreign-authored film whose sustained setting or subject engages with Monaco.

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   9. Monte Carlo

   2011

   Three young American women on a budget trip to Paris are whisked into a life of glamour in Monte Carlo when one of them is mistaken for a snobbish British heiress. A breezy, feel-good romantic comedy.

   Curator’s note: A youth comedy built around mistaken identity and luxury travel in Monte Carlo.

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    10. Monte Carlo

    1925

    Told an ailing baronet has little time to live, the fiancée of a sick artist travels to plead with him over a canceled commission, in a melodrama of love and fortune played out on the Riviera. A silent drama.

    Curator’s note: Monte Carlo is a strong foreign-authored film whose sustained setting or subject engages with Monaco.