Jacques-Yves Cousteau: movies and TV shows
Jacques-Yves Cousteau has 128 credits in the archive: 103 films and 25 TV series, from 1943 to 2021. Highest rated: Midi Première (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1943 – 2021 · busiest year: 1971 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Becoming Cousteau | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 111 |
| 2014 | Shipwrecked on a Great Lake | Self | Film | 6.0 | 104 |
| 2011 | Verne on Vacation | Film | — | 101 | |
| 2011 | My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 101 |
| 2010 | Epic Rap Battles of History | TV | 7.3 | 100 | |
| 2009 | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 99 |
| 1997 | Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia | Self | Film | 6.0 | 87 |
| 1997 | Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia | Film | 6.0 | 87 | |
| 1996 | Titanic's Lost Sister | Self | Film | 8.5 | 86 |
| 1995 | 30 Years of National Geographic Specials | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 85 |
| 1995 | The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1) | Self | Film | 6.5 | 85 |
| 1995 | The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1) | Film | 6.5 | 85 | |
| 1992 | Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube | Self | TV | — | 82 |
| 1991 | The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea | Self | Film | 6.0 | 81 |
| 1991 | The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea | Film | 6.0 | 81 | |
| 1991 | The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire | Self | Film | 6.0 | 81 |
| 1990 | Lilliput in Antarctica | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 80 |
| 1990 | Lilliput in Antarctica | Film | — | 80 | |
| 1990 | The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez | Self | Film | 5.8 | 80 |
| 1987 | Le monde est à vous | Self | TV | — | 77 |
| 1987 | The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord | Self | Film | 5.5 | 77 |
| 1986 | Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn | Self | TV | 6.0 | 76 |
| 1986 | Riders of the Wind | Self - Host | Film | — | 76 |
| 1985 | Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years | Self | Film | 9.0 | 75 |
| 1985 | The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1) | Self | Film | 8.0 | 75 |
| 1985 | The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1) | Film | 8.0 | 75 | |
| 1985 | The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind | Self | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 1984 | The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle | Self | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 1984 | The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle | Film | 5.5 | 74 | |
| 1983 | The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River | Self | Film | 5.0 | 73 |
| 1983 | The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers | Self | Film | 5.0 | 73 |
| 1983 | The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon | Self | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV | 6.8 | 72 |
| 1982 | St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea | Self (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 72 |
| 1982 | St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea | Film | 10.0 | 72 | |
| 1981 | Cries from the Deep | Self | Film | 10.0 | 71 |
| 1981 | Cries from the Deep | Film | 10.0 | 71 | |
| 1981 | Cries from the Deep | Film | 10.0 | 71 | |
| 1981 | The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea | Self | Film | 5.5 | 71 |
| 1981 | The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea | Film | 5.5 | 71 | |
| 1980 | The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude | Self | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1980 | The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude | Film | 6.0 | 70 | |
| 1979 | The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey | TV | 8.4 | 69 | |
| 1979 | The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey | TV | 8.4 | 69 | |
| 1979 | The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey | TV | 8.4 | 69 | |
| 1979 | The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2 | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 1979 | The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2 | Film | — | 69 | |
| 1979 | The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1 | Self | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1978 | The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1) | Self | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1978 | The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1) | Film | 5.5 | 68 | |
| 1978 | The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea | Self | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1978 | The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2) | Self | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1978 | The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2) | Film | 5.5 | 68 | |
| 1978 | The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament | Self | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1977 | Calypso's Search for the Britannic | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 1977 | Calypso's Search for the Britannic | Film | — | 67 | |
| 1977 | Calypso's Search for the Britannic | Film | — | 67 | |
| 1977 | Lost Relics of the Sea | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 1977 | Lost Relics of the Sea | Film | — | 67 | |
| 1976 | Voyage to the Edge of the World | Self | Film | 7.1 | 66 |
| 1976 | Voyage to the Edge of the World | Film | 7.1 | 66 | |
| 1976 | Voyage to the Edge of the World | Film | 7.1 | 66 | |
| 1976 | Voyage to the Edge of the World | Film | 7.1 | 66 | |
| 1976 | Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World | Film | — | 66 | |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self | TV | 8.5 | 65 |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self | TV | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1975 | An Evening with John Denver | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 1975 | The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 1975 | The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan | Film | — | 65 | |
| 1974 | The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice | Self | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1974 | The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice | Film | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 1974 | The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin | Self | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1974 | The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin | Film | 6.0 | 64 | |
| 1973 | The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile | Self | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1973 | The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo | Self | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 1973 | The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo | Film | 5.5 | 63 | |
| 1973 | The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea | Self | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self - Main Guest | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self | TV | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1972 | The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins | Self | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1972 | The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus | Self | Film | 5.0 | 62 |
| 1971 | Vetenskapens värld | Self | TV | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1971 | Samedi soir | Self | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1971 | The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos | Self | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1971 | The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters | Self | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1971 | The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns | Self | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1971 | The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns | Film | 6.0 | 61 | |
| 1970 | The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships | Self | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1969 | The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales | Self | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1969 | The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid | Self | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1968 | The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau | Self - Host | TV | 7.9 | 58 |
| 1968 | The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau | TV | 7.9 | 58 | |
| 1968 | The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca | Self | Film | 7.8 | 58 |
| 1967 | The Cousteau Collection N°38-1 | The Coral Jungle | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 1967 | The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks | Self | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1966 | The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III) | Self | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1966 | The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 1964 | World Without Sun | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1964 | World Without Sun | Film | 6.6 | 54 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1959 | The Golden Fish | Film | 7.3 | 49 | |
| 1957 | The Sunken Galley | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1957 | The Sunken Galley | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1956 | En direct de... | self | TV | — | 46 |
| 1956 | The Silent World | Self | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1956 | The Silent World | Film | 6.5 | 46 | |
| 1956 | The Silent World | Film | 6.5 | 46 | |
| 1956 | The Silent World | Film | 6.5 | 46 | |
| 1955 | Was bin ich? | Self | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1955 | Station 307 | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1955 | La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 1955 | La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1951 | Danger Under the Sea | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self | TV | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1948 | Diving Logs | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1947 | Paysages du silence | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1946 | Shipwrecks | Self - Diver / Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1946 | Shipwrecks | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1946 | Shipwrecks | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1943 | At a Depth of Eighteen Meters | Self | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1943 | At a Depth of Eighteen Meters | Film | 9.0 | 33 | |
| Cousteau: Amazon | TV | — | — | ||
| Savage World of the Coral Jungle | Himself | Film | — | — | |
| La Collection Cousteau N° 1 | Le Grand Requin Blanc | Les Requins Dormeurs Du Yucatan | Film | — | — |