Georges Simenon
Writer · Died September 4, 1989, aged 86 · Liège, Belgium
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Simenon was born at 26 rue Léopold (now number 24) in Liège to Désiré Simenon and his wife Henriette Brüll. Désiré Simenon worked in an accounting office at an insurance company and had married Henriette in April 1902. Although Simenon was born on Friday 13 February 1903, superstition resulted in his birth being registered as having been on the 12th. This story of his birth is recounted at the beginning of his novel Pedigree. The Simenon family traces its origins back to Belgian Limburg. Simenon could trace his line back to peasants living in the area since as early as 1580. His mother had origins from Limburg, the Netherlands and Germany while his father was of Walloon origin. One of his mother's most notorious ancestors was Gabriel Brühl, a criminal who preyed on Limburg from the 1720s until he was hanged in 1743. Later, Simenon would use Brühl as one of his many pen names. In April 1905, two years after Simenon's birth, the family moved to 3 rue Pasteur (now 25 rue Georges Simenon) in Liège's Outremeuse neighbourhood. Simenon's brother Christian was born in September 1906 and eventually became their mother's favourite child, much to Simenon's chagrin. Later, in February 1911, the Simenons moved to 53 rue de la Loi, also in the Outremeuse. In this larger home, the Simenons were able to take in lodgers. Typical among them were apprentices and students of various nationalities, giving the young Simenon an important introduction to the wider world; this marked his novels, notably Pedigree and Le Locataire. At the age of three, Simenon learned to read at the Saint-Julienne nursery school. Then, between 1908 and 1914, he attended the Institut Saint-André. In September 1914, shortly after the beginning of the First World War, he began his studies at the Collège Saint-Louis, a Jesuit high school. In February 1917, the Simenon family moved to a former post office building in the Amercoeur neighbourhood. June 1919 saw another move, this time to the rue de l'Enseignement, again back in the Outremeuse neighbourhood. Using his father's heart condition as a pretext, Simenon decided to put an end to his studies in June 1918, not even taking the Collège Saint-Louis' year-end exams. He subsequently worked a number of very short-term odd jobs. In January 1919, the 15-year-old Simenon took a job at the Gazette de Liège, a newspaper edited by Joseph Demarteau. While Simenon's own beat only covered unimportant human interest stories, it afforded him an opportunity to explore the seamier side of the city, including politics, bars, and cheap hotels but also crime, police investigations and lectures on police technique by the criminologist Edmond Locard. Simenon's experience at the Gazette also taught him the art of quick editing. He wrote more than 150 articles under the pen name "G. Sim." He began submitting stories to Le Matin in the early 1920s. ... Source: Article "Georges Simenon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- February 13, 1903
- September 4, 1989 (aged 86)
- Liège, Belgium
- Writer
- 34 on MovieCove · 132 credits in all
What are Georges Simenon's films like?
Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 30
Light 1 · Serious 11 · Dark 18
A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 1
Gentle 4 · Charged 15 · Intense 11
Steady 18 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 7
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 11
A split, not a type: Resolved 17 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic12
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Georges Simenon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- BritBox
- Kino Film Collection, show their 3 titles on Kino Film Collection
- MHz Choice, show their 2 titles on MHz Choice
- Shout! TV, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
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- Cohen Media Channel, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
- France Channel, show their title on France Channel
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Subscription and free streaming for Georges Simenon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
132 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Maigret in Society(2026)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Maigret(2025)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Belle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Green Shutters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Maigret(2022)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Death of Auguste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Iron Stairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Black Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Blue Room(2014)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Accomplices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Madrid, 1987(2011)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Jusqu'à l'enfer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
In Case of Bad Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Man from London(2007)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Die Katze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Monsieur Joseph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Les Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
La Californie(2006)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
La Fuite de monsieur Monde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
L'ombra cinese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
La trappola di Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Red Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The House by the Canal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Blue Room(2002)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
L'Aîné des Ferchaux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
In All Innocence(1998)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all filmsMaigret et le Liberty Bar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Stranger in the House(1997)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all filmsTangier Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Les clients d'Avrenos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
El pasajero clandestino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Teddy Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Hostages of Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
The Price of Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Stranger in the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Seven Days After the Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Betty(1992)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Maigret(1992)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Maigret(1991)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all showsMaigretův první případ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Cizinci v domě (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Ein anderer Liebhaber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Quartier nègre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Monsieur Hire(1989)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Maigret is with the Minister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Sonntag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Equator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Vzpurní svědkové (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Seven Crosses in a Notebook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Maigret Hesitates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Hatter's Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The North Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Maigret and the Man on the Bench (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Der Mörder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The South Bank Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Les Anneaux de Bicêtre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Maigret and the Old Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Der kleine Doktor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
The Clockmaker(1974)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Last Train(1973)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Maigret and the Man on the Bench (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Youth on Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
The Family Rico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Der Mann aus London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
The Widow Couderc(1971)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Le Chat(1971)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all filmsMaigret en vacances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Obavy komisaře Maigreta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Cecile is Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Resurrection of the Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Maigret at Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Hotel Majestic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Cop-Out(1967)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Maigret at the Pigalle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Enter Inspector Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Thirteen Against Fate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Three Rooms in Manhattan(1965)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Un'ombra su Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Maigret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Magnet of Doom(1963)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Maigret Sees Red(1963)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all filmsThe Saint-Fiacre Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Emile's Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Passion of Slow Fire(1961)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The President(1961)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Maigret(1960)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Liberty Bar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
The Baron of the Locks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Love Is My Profession(1958)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Stowaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
その手にのるな (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Monitor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Inspector Maigret(1958)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Brothers Rico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Seven Small Crosses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Blood to the Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Bottom of the Bottle(1956)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Maigret Leads the Investigation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
A Life in the Balance(1955)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Stain on the Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
The Paris Express(1952)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Full House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Forbidden Fruit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
The Truth About Bebe Donge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Midnight Episode (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Marie of the Port (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Dernier refuge(1947)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Barrio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Temptation Harbour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Panic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Majestic Hotel Cellars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Cecile Is Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
The London Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Picpus(1943)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Midnight in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Strangers in the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Annette and the Blonde Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
The House of the Seven Maidens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
A Man's Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
The Yellow Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Night at the Crossroads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
The German Cousin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Stain on the Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 132 titles, 130 of them dated from 1932 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Blue Room (2002)
Highest rated
Monsieur Hire (1989)
Most popular right now
Maigret (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Georges Simenon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up12
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
17 of their 34 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser17
- Broadly Agreed9
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the dialogue 51/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Georges Simenon's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Georges Simenon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Georges Simenon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jean Gabin shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Pierre Granier-DeferreShared titles: The Last Train (1973), Le Chat (1971), The Widow Couderc (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Pierre Granier-Deferre
- Patrice LeconteShared titles: Maigret (2022), Monsieur Hire (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Patrice Leconte
- Jean DelannoyShared titles: Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959), Inspector Maigret (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Jean Delannoy
Writers
- Pascal JardinShared titles: The Last Train (1973), Le Chat (1971), The Widow Couderc (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Pascal Jardin
- Michel AudiardShared titles: The President (1961), Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959), Inspector Maigret (1958)See all 3 shared titles with Michel Audiard
- Jean AurencheShared titles: The Clockmaker (1974), Love Is My Profession (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Jean Aurenche
- Pierre BostShared titles: The Clockmaker (1974), Love Is My Profession (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Pierre Bost
Actors
- Jean GabinShared titles: Le Chat (1971), Maigret Sees Red (1963), The President (1961), Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959), Inspector Maigret (1958), Love Is My Profession (1958)See all 6 shared titles with Jean Gabin
- Denis PodalydèsShared titles: Maigret in Society (2026), In All Innocence (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Denis Podalydès
- Laurent PoitrenauxShared titles: Maigret in Society (2026), The Blue Room (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Laurent Poitrenaux
- André WilmsShared titles: Maigret (2022), Monsieur Hire (1989)See all 2 shared titles with André Wilms
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Philippe SardeShared titles: The Clockmaker (1974), The Last Train (1973), Le Chat (1971), The Widow Couderc (1971)See all 4 shared titles with Philippe Sarde
- Louis PageShared titles: Maigret Sees Red (1963), The President (1961), Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959), Inspector Maigret (1958)See all 4 shared titles with Louis Page
- Jean RavelShared titles: The Last Train (1973), Le Chat (1971), The Widow Couderc (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Jean Ravel
- Walter WottitzShared titles: The Last Train (1973), Le Chat (1971), The Widow Couderc (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Walter Wottitz
Producers
- Raymond DanonShared titles: The Clockmaker (1974), The Last Train (1973), Le Chat (1971), The Widow Couderc (1971), Maigret Sees Red (1963)See all 5 shared titles with Raymond Danon
- John SimenonShared titles: Maigret in Society (2026), Maigret (2025), Maigret (2022), The Blue Room (2014)See all 4 shared titles with John Simenon
- Maurice JacquinShared titles: Le Chat (1971), The Widow Couderc (1971), Maigret Sees Red (1963)See all 3 shared titles with Maurice Jacquin
- Philippe CarcassonneShared titles: Maigret (2022), Monsieur Hire (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Philippe Carcassonne
