By the 1950s, Carné's reputation was in eclipse. The critics of "Cahiers du cinéma", who became the film makers of the New Wave, dismissed him and placed his films' merits solely with Prévert. Other than his 1958 hit "Les Tricheurs", Carné's postwar films met with only uneven success and many were greeted by an almost unrelenting negative criticism from the press and within members of the film industry. In 1958, Carné was the Head of the Jury at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1971 film "Law Breakers" was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Carné made his last film in 1976.