List of the best Bertrand Tavernier movies: My Journey Through French Cinema(2016), Coup de Torchon(1981), L.627(1992), Let Joy Reign Supreme(1975), Safe Conduct(2002), Fresh Bait(1995), Death Watch(1980), Holy Lola(2004), The French Minister(2013), The Princess of Montpensier(2010), Capitaine Conan(1996), Round Midnight(1986) ... ...
Documentary
France
2016
195 Minutes
Director
Bertrand Tavernier's personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures.
Comedy
France
1981
129 Minutes
Director
Philippe Noiret Isabelle Huppert Jean-Pierre Marielle Stéphane Audran Irene Skobline Eddy Mitchell Guy Marchand
police chief wife criminal brother-in-law teacher lover brooding gritty amusing senegal family home police station small town vigilantism crime love triangle transformation wretched excess revenge 1960s
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so.
Drama
France
1992
145 Minutes
Director
Didier Bezace Jean-Paul Comart Charlotte Kady Jean-Roger Milo Nils Tavernier Philippe Torreton Lara Guirao Cecile Garcia-Fogel
police detective boss informant coworker drug dealer police officer tense brooding paris street police station hideout investigation bureaucracy workplace politics drugs prostitution quest 1990s
This gritty police drama shows us the underbelly of the Parisian drug trade. Lulu is a tough streetwise narcotics cop who, like a Frank Serpico or a Dirty Harry Callahan, doesn't play by ... See full summary »
Drama, History
France
1975
120 Minutes
Director
Philippe Noiret Jean Rochefort Jean-Pierre Marielle Marina Vlady Christine Pascal Christian Clavier Thierry Lhermitte Gérard Jugnot Nicole Garcia Alfred Adam
France, 1719. Four years after Louix XIV's death, Philippe d'Orleans is the regent for the nine-year-old Louis XIV. Philippe is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an ... See full summary »
Drama, History
France|Germany|Spain
2002
170 Minutes
Director
Jacques Gamblin Denis Podalydès Christian Berkel Marie Gillain Charlotte Kady Marie Desgranges Maria Pitarresi Thierry Gibault Philippe Morier-Genoud Christophe Odent Ged Marlon
resistance fighter assistant director screenwriter german wife brother emotional rousing paris train tracks occupied france film set jean aurenche jean devaivre german occupation world war ii french film industry nazis rivalry sacrifice
In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get "in ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
France
1995
117 Minutes
Director
Marie Gillain Olivier Sitruk Bruno Putzulu Richard Berry Philippe Duclos Marie Ravel Clotilde Courau Jean-Louis Richard Jeanne Goupil
salesgirl boyfriend friend criminal victim dark gritty tense paris apartment nightclub store murder greed robbery deception friendship ambition temptation fall
Three teenagers plan to steal the necessary funds to open their dream shop in the US, but things get messy.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
France|West Germany
1980
128 Minutes
Director
Romy Schneider Harvey Keitel Harry Dean Stanton Thérèse Liotard Max von Sydow Bernhard Wicki Caroline Langrishe William Russell
In a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.
Drama
France
2004
125 Minutes
Director
Jacques Gamblin Isabelle Carré Lara Guirao Bruno Putzulu Frédéric Pierrot Maria Pitarresi Jean-Yves Roan Anne-Marie Philipe Séverine Caneele Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus Neary Kol
The trials and tribulations of a French couple's efforts to adopt an orphan baby in Cambodia.
Drama
France
2013
113 Minutes
Director
Thierry Lhermitte Raphaël Personnaz Niels Arestrup Julie Gayet Joséphine de La Baume Bruno Raffaelli Anaïs Demoustier Thomas Chabrol Thierry Frémont
secretary of state minister employee young man student speechwriter charming amusing engaging witty creative patriotic paris france parliament city hall new job ambition politics plot
Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is tall and impressive, a man with style, attractive to women. He also happens to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the land of enlightenment: France. With ... See full summary »
Romance, Action, Drama, History
2010
139 Minutes
Director
Mélanie Thierry Lambert Wilson Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Gaspard Ulliel Raphaël Personnaz Eric Rulliat Samuel Theis Michel Vuillermoz Judith Chemla Philippe Magnan César Domboy
marquis prince soldier heiress mother father tender spectacular passionate brooding battlefield castle courtyard mountain bedroom france religious wars social climbing arranged marriage battle
In 16th-century France, Marie de Mezières marries for her father's political gain, and when war breaks out, she becomes exposed to sexual and political intrigues of court.
War, Drama
1996
129 Minutes
Director
Philippe Torreton Samuel Le Bihan Bernard Le Coq Catherine Rich François Berléand Claude Rich André Falcon Claude Brosset Crina Muresan Cécile Vassort François Levantal
captain lieutenant commander soldier officer best friend gritty profound thrilling bulgaria battlefield bucharest, romania household border world war i following orders investigation leadership military life friendship
A French soldier (Philippe Torreton) who disdains authority leads his unruly troops at the end of World War I.
Drama
1986
130 Minutes
Director
Dexter Gordon François Cluzet Gabrielle Haker Sandra Reaves-Phillips Lonette McKee Christine Pascal Herbie Hancock Martin Scorsese Philippe Noiret Alain Sarde Palle Mikkelborg
saxophonist musician fan daughter uplifting dark emotional inspiring new york city paris bar jazz club addiction alcoholism jazz friendship aging music transformation fall
A jazz saxophonist (Dexter Gordon) from New York has a friend (François Cluzet) on the Left Bank of 1959 Paris.
Drama, Comedy
1984
94 Minutes
Director
Louis Ducreux Sabine Azéma Michel Aumont Monique Chaumette Claude Winter Geneviève Mnich Thomas Duval Quentin Ogier Katia Wostrikoff Jean-Roger Milo Pascale Vignal
painter father son wife daughter charming airy engaging france country house family painting memory aging discovery 1910s
A lonely old French painter's (Louis Ducreux) adult children and their offspring visit him one summer day in 1912.