List of the best Alain Resnais movies: Hiroshima, mon amour(1959), Last Year at Marienbad(1961), Providence(1977), Mon Oncle d'Amerique(1980), The War Is Over(1966), Smoking/No Smoking(1994), Same Old Song(1997), Stavisky(1974), Not on the Lips(2003), Wild Grass(2009), Life Is a Bed of Roses(1983), Life of Riley(2014) ... ...
Drama
France|Japan
1959
92 Minutes
Director
Emmanuelle Riva Eiji Okada Stella Dassas Pierre Barbaud Bernard Fresson
architect actress somber bleak powerful hiroshima, japan love loss memory death war discovery love 1950s
A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.
Drama
France|Italy
1961
93 Minutes
Director
Delphine Seyrig Giorgio Albertazzi Sacha Pitoeff Françoise Bertin Luce Garcia-Ville Héléna Kornel Françoise Spira Karin Toeche-Mittler Pierre Barbaud Wilhelm von Deek
aristocrat beautiful woman love interest fascinating intricate france hotel czechoslovakia resort memory mystery romance mystery discovery 1960s
In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
Fantasy
Switzerland|France
1977
104 Minutes
Director
John Gielgud Dirk Bogarde Ellen Burstyn David Warner Elaine Stritch Cyril Luckham Denis Lawson
novelist sick person son alcoholic wife illegitimate son uneasy offbeat fascinating outlandish providence, r.i. house family madness writing alcoholism family dysfunction discovery mystery escape
A dying writer bases his last book on his own perception of his family.
Comedy, Drama
France
1980
123 Minutes
Director
Gérard Depardieu Nicole Garcia Roger Pierre Marie Dubois Nelly Borgeaud Pierre Arditi Gérard Darrieu Philippe Laudenbach
executive actress politician philosopher profound france factory city affair family love triangle ambition discovery transformation 1980s
The intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.
Drama
France|Sweden
1966
121 Minutes
Director
Yves Montand Ingrid Thulin Geneviève Bujold Dominique Rozan Michel Piccoli Anouk Ferjac Marie Mergey
A middle-aged political activist tries to dissuade his young followers from taking radical action.
Comedy
France|Italy|Switzerland
1994
277 Minutes
Director
An examination of the possible consequences of a certain event.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
France|Switzerland|UK|Italy
1997
120 Minutes
Director
Pierre Arditi Sabine Azéma Jean-Pierre Bacri André Dussollier Agnès Jaoui Lambert Wilson Jane Birkin Jean-Paul Roussillon
sister husband student real estate agent hypochondriac old flame winsome uplifting creative lighthearted france paris apartment bus street friendship music tourism city life relationships
A musical story about how people find their love on the streets of beautiful Paris.
Biography
France|Italy
1974
117 Minutes
Director
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Boyer Anny Duperey François Périer Michael Lonsdale Robert Ben Claude Rich Gérard Depardieu
businessman wife baron lawyer physician inspector offbeat gripping paris casino hotel beach financial crisis anti-semitism corruption crime serge alexandre stavisky on the run fall wretched excess
A swindler's activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II.
Drama
Switzerland|France
2003
112 Minutes
Director
Sabine Azéma Isabelle Nanty Lambert Wilson Audrey Tautou Pierre Arditi Darry Cowl Jalil Lespert Daniel Prévost
A romantic musical story having the vibes both France and USA.
Drama
France|Italy
2009
104 Minutes
Director
André Dussollier Sabine Azéma Emmanuelle Devos Mathieu Amalric Anne Consigny Michel Vuillermoz Édouard Baer Annie Cordy Sara Forestier Nicolas Duvauchelle Vladimir Consigny
dentist middle-aged man middle-aged woman wife police officer friend emotional offbeat touching paris police station airplane restaurant chance meeting obsession unrequited love adultery relationships transformation love
A quirky woman who spends her free time as a pilot has her purse stolen; when a mysterious man finds her wallet, they embark on a peculiar romance.
Fantasy
France
1983
110 Minutes
Director
Vittorio Gassman Ruggero Raimondi Geraldine Chaplin Fanny Ardant Pierre Arditi Sabine Azéma Robert Manuel Martine Kelly André Dussollier Samson Fainsilber Veronique Silver
count friend principal child american teacher quirky profound passionate castle ardennes, france relationships world war i education utopia brainwashing growing up love quest 1910s
Three intertwined tales. On the eve of the First World War, Count Forbek starts to build a fantastic castle in the Ardennes forest. After the war he uses it to start a utopian society by ... See full summary »
Comedy
France
2014
108 Minutes
Director
Sabine Azéma Hippolyte Girardot Caroline Sihol Michel Vuillermoz Sandrine Kiberlain André Dussollier Alba Gaïa Kraghede Bellugi
In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a few months to live.
Comedy
France
1989
105 Minutes
Director
Adolph Green Gérard Depardieu Linda Lavin Laura Benson Micheline Presle Geraldine Chaplin John Ashton Caroline Sihol Francois-Eric Gendron
A grumpy American is suffering during his visit to Europe.
Documentary
1967
110 Minutes
Director
politician fidel castro widow jean-luc godard ho chi minh protester engaging somber profound passionate vietnam france united states battlefield vietnam war politics america government anti-war movement protest
Six filmmakers present war footage and other artifacts of contemporary pop culture to examine the Vietnam War, U.S. foreign policy and President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Drama
2012
115 Minutes
Director
Mathieu Amalric Michel Piccoli Hippolyte Girardot Denis Podalydès Andrzej Seweryn Michel Vuillermoz Jean-Noel Broute Sylvain Dieuaide
A who's-who of French actors are summoned to hear the reading of a playwright's last will and testament. They are asked to view a recording of a play in which all have starred over the years, and as video rolls, they all act out their old roles.
Fantasy, Drama
1984
92 Minutes
Director
Sabine Azéma Fanny Ardant Pierre Arditi André Dussollier Jean Dasté Geneviève Mnich Jean-Claude Weibel Lou Castel Françoise Rigal Françoise Morhange
An archaeologist (Pierre Arditi) and a Frenchwoman (Sabine Azéma) fall deeply in love, until his encounter with death shatters their lives.
Comedy, Drama
2006
123 Minutes
Director
Sabine Azéma Pierre Arditi Laura Morante Lambert Wilson Isabelle Carré André Dussollier Françoise Gillard
real estate agent co-worker old man bartender soldier sister dark emotional fascinating paris apartment restaurant bar love deception romance loneliness death seduction love
Six Parisians, including a real estate agent (Isabelle Carré) and his religious co-worker (André Dussollier), face a sad search for real love.
Documentary
France
1993
97 Minutes
Himsel
Renaud Alain Resnais
Klein filmed the meetings, barricades, debates, lectures, and the occupations in universities during May 1968.