Highest-Rated Movies about 'Mardi Gras', Sort by Popularity

Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005), Mardi Gras (1958), The Order of Myths (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Mardi Gras movies.

#1. Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005)

• Rating: 7.5/10
• Length: 78 mins
• Genre: Documentary
• Director: David Redmon

Storyline: This examination of cultural and economic globalization follows the life-cycle of Mardi Gras beads from a small factory in Fuzhou, China, to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and to art galleries in New York City.

Plot Keywords: factory worker, factory director, teenager, passionate, engaging, fascinating, factory ...

#2. Mardi Gras (1958)

• Rating: 5.6/10
• Length: 107 mins
• Genre: Musical, Comedy
• Director: Edmund Goulding

Storyline: A military school cadet Boone wins a date with a French movie goddess (Carère) who happens to be the queen of the "Mardi Gras" parade. They fall in love, but Carère's movie studio wants to capitalize on this newly found love for publicity.

Plot Keywords: frenchwoman, actress, cadet, young man, movie star, friend, touching ...

#3. The Order of Myths (2008)

• Rating: 10.0/10
• Length: 97 mins
• Genre: Documentary
• Director: Margaret Brown

Storyline: Although "Mardi Gras" immediately brings to mind New Orleans for most people, the first Mardi Gras in America was actually held in Mobile, Ala., over 300 years ago. Remarkably, even in 2007, the festivities remain racially segregated, with two pairs of kings and queens -- one black, one white. Filmmaker Margaret Brown takes us through the divided zones of Mobile's current Mardi Gras celebrations as numerous participants attempt to initiate an integration between black and white revelers.

Plot Keywords: townsperson, partygoer, event coordinator, king, queen, documentarian, intense ...