List of the best Barbet Schroeder movies: Koko: A Talking Gorilla(1978), Barfly(1987), Single White Female(1992), The Charles Bukowski Tapes(1985), More(1969), Amnesia(2015), The Venerable W.(2017), Celine and Julie Go Boating(1974), The Duchess of Langeais(2007), Une Aventure(2005), The Darjeeling Limited(2007), Six in Paris(1965) ... ...
Documentary
France
1978
85 Minutes
Director
Penny Patterson Karl H. Pribram
researcher gorilla scientist charming engaging house trailer california stanford university sign language human-animal friendship wild animals animal rights education emotion transformation discovery quest 1970s
A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1987
100 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rourke Faye Dunaway Alice Krige Jack Nance J.C. Quinn Frank Stallone Sandy Martin Roberta Bassin
writer drunk bartender barfly woman publisher gritty hedonistic cheeky emotional los angeles bar street apartment parking lot alcoholism poetry misfits drinking fighting
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1992
107 Minutes
Director
Bridget Fonda Jennifer Jason Leigh Steven Weber Peter Friedman Stephen Tobolowsky Frances Bay Michele Farr Tara Karsian
young woman roommate software designer fiancé jealous person neighbor creepy shocking new york city apartment jealousy roommates obsession murder betrayal relationships transformation revenge metamorphosis 1990s
A woman advertising for a new roommate finds that something very strange is going on with the tenant who decides to move in.
Documentary
1985
240 Minutes
Director
Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder presents an extended interview documenting Bukowski's views on the world and the human condition.
Drama
1969
114 Minutes
Director
Mimsy Farmer Klaus Grunberg Heinz Engelmann Michel Chanderli Henry Wolf Louise Wink Georges Montant
Drama
2015
96 Minutes
Director
Marthe Keller Max Riemelt Bruno Ganz Corinna Kirchhoff Fermi Reixach Marie Leuenberger Fèlix Pons Florentín Groll Eva Barceló Lluís Altés Kate Ashcroft
A young composer moves from Berlin to the island of Ibiza and begins a friendship with an elderly woman whose painful past has caused her to reject everything to do with Germany, including her native language.
Documentary
2017
100 Minutes
Director
A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhists through the portrait of the Burmese monk Ashin Wirathu, leader of an anti-Muslim movement in Myanmar.
Fantasy
France
1974
190 Minutes
Producer
Juliet Berto Dominique Labourier Bulle Ogier Marie-France Pisier Barbet Schroeder Philippe Clévenot Marie-Therese Saussure Nathalie Asnar Jean Douchet Anne Zamire Adele Taffetas
librarian magician young girl playful creative amusing paris park apartment haunted house friendship parallel universe dreams storytelling adventure 1970s
A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives preempted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.
Romance, Drama, History
France|Italy
2007
137 Minutes
Le Duc de Grandlieu
Jeanne Balibar Guillaume Depardieu Bulle Ogier Michel Piccoli Barbet Schroeder Anne Cantineau Mathias Jung Julie Judd Marc Barbé Nicolas Bouchaud Thomas Durand
general nun engaging tense uneasy spain paris obsession search love quest love transformation escape 19th century
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
France|Belgium
2005
100 Minutes
Dr. Idelman
Ludivine Sagnier Nicolas Duvauchelle Bruno Todeschini Estelle Vincent Antoine de Prekel Barbet Schroeder Christian Crahay Arnaud Churin
Cecile and Julien begin their new life together. Julien works long hours in a video library, a world full of pictures. Coming home late one night, he encounters a young, beautiful, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA|India
2007
91 Minutes
The Mechanic
Owen Wilson Adrien Brody Jason Schwartzman Amara Karan Wallace Wolodarsky Waris Ahluwalia Irrfan Khan Barbet Schroeder Camilla Rutherford Bill Murray Anjelica Huston
train conductor brother girlfriend wife dancer nun offbeat amusing intricate india train reunion family drugs journey discovery adventure 2000s
A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other.
Drama
1965
95 Minutes
Jean-Daniel Pollet Jean Douchet Micheline Dax Nadine Ballot Barbara Wilkin Jean-Michel Rouziere Jean-Francois Chappey Gilles Chusseau
A sextet: "Saint Germain-des-Pres," "Gare du Nord," "Rue Saint-Denis," "Place de l'Etoile," "Montparnasse-Levallois," "La Muette."
Comedy
USA
1996
103 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Glenn Close Annette Bening Pierce Brosnan Danny DeVito Martin Short Sarah Jessica Parker Michael J. Fox Rod Steiger Lukas Haas Natalie Portman
u.s. president first lady congressman scientist military officer alien campy unrestrained playful creative washington, d.c. new york city nevada las vegas kansas alien invasion first contact nuclear war apocalypse world superpowers
Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.