In 1983, Maud Linder made a documentary film, "The Man in the Silk Hat", about Linder's life and career. It was screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In 1992, Maud Linder published a book about Linder in France, "Max Linder was my father" and in 2008 she received the Prix Henri Langlois for her work to promote her father's legacy. In his honor, "Lycée Max Linder", a public school in the city of Libourne in the Gironde département near his birthplace was given his name in 1981.