The Best Michel Elias Movies, Ranked
24 credits from 1972 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Dilili in Paris (2019) comes out on top with a score of 50. The biggest box office hit is Taxi 2 (2000) with $60.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Michel Elias Box Office Hits
Michel Elias's films have made $80.8M worldwide in total. Taxi 2 (2000) is the biggest hit at $60.7M, ahead of The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1975) ($11.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Taxi 2 2000 · Adventure $60.7M $626K dom. - 2
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute 1975 · Fantasy $11.2M $11.2M dom. - 3
Dilili in Paris 2019 · Adventure $4.94M - 4
The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess 2022 · Drama $3.34M - 5
Kirikou and the Sorceress 1998 · Animation $281K - 6
The Dog, the General, and the Birds 2003 · Animation $241K - 7
To Be Twenty in the Aures 1972 · War $2.42K
The Best Michel Elias Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Michel Elias has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Animation leads with 8 films, and Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) is the pick of them.
- Animation 8 films Kirikou and the Sorceress 1998 · as Voix, sons et bruitages des animaux
- Adventure 3 films Dilili in Paris 2019 · as Renoir, Brancusi, Renan Movie Echo Score: 50
- Drama 2 films The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess 2022 · as Khnoum / Grand prêtre / Garde vieux / Chanoine / (voice)
- Fantasy 2 films The Smurfs and the Magic Flute 1975 · as Le Grand Schtroumf (voice)
- War 1 film To Be Twenty in the Aures 1972 · as Robert, teacher
The Best Michel Elias Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Michel Elias's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
- 2020s 2 films The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess 2022 · as Khnoum / Grand prêtre / Garde vieux / Chanoine / (voice)
- 2010s 4 films Dilili in Paris 2019 · as Renoir, Brancusi, Renan Movie Echo Score: 50
- 2000s 3 films Taxi 2 2000 · as Rally speaker
- 1990s 3 films Kirikou and the Sorceress 1998 · as Voix, sons et bruitages des animaux
- 1970s 5 films The Smurfs and the Magic Flute 1975 · as Le Grand Schtroumf (voice)
The Latest Michel Elias Movies
The most recent films Michel Elias is credited on, newest first — starting with The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (2022). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess 2022 · Khnoum / Grand prêtre / Garde vieux / Chanoine / (voice)
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La Projectionniste 2021 · Lucien (voice) - Dilili in Paris 2019 · Renoir, Brancusi, Renan
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Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess 2016 · Rat / Chef / Wizard / Acrobat (voice) (archive footage) -
Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume 2013 · Various Characters (voice) (archive footage) -
L’Innocent 2012 · Voice of Jean-Paul Sartre (voice) -
The Extraordinary Adventures of Michel Strogoff 2004 · Jolivet (voice) - The Dog, the General, and the Birds 2003 · Le chien (voice)
- Taxi 2 2000 · Rally speaker
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Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar 1999 · Jules César (voice) -
Mookie 1998 · Mookie (voice) - Kirikou and the Sorceress 1998 · Voix, sons et bruitages des animaux
The Best Michel Elias Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Michel Elias films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Michel Elias movie?
Dilili in Paris (2019) is the best-rated Michel Elias film, with a Movie Echo Score of 50. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Dilili in Paris: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Michel Elias movie?
Taxi 2 (2000) made the most at the box office, with $60.7M worldwide, followed by The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1975) with $11.2M. Together, Michel Elias's films with box office figures have made $80.8M.
What is the best Michel Elias animation movie?
Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) is the best-rated of Michel Elias's animation films. In other genres: Dilili in Paris (adventure), The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (drama) and The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (fantasy).
What is the newest Michel Elias movie?
The newest film on Michel Elias's filmography is On a volé ma VF (2024), with Michel Elias as Narrator (voice).
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