We report on the deposition of thin titanium carbide films on 60 mm and 100 mm Si wafers by KrF laser ablation of titanium targets in low-pressure (0.1 Pa) CH4 and C2H2 atmospheres, and on their characterization. The targets were titanium foils (purity 99.6%). Si (111) wafers, 60 and 100 mm in diameter, were used as substrates. Film characteristics (thickness, composition and crystalline structure) were studied as a function of the carbon-containing gas (C2H2 or CH4), laser fluence (4 or 6 J/cm2), substrate temperature (20 or 250 °C) and target-to-substrate distance (70–120 mm). Continuous, well adhesive polycrystalline TiC films were deposited even without any heating of the substrate. Films deposited in C2H2 ambient atmosphere are better crystallized and less prone to surface oxidation with respect to films deposited in CH4 atmosphere, in otherwise identical conditions.