List of the best Gérard Depardieu movies: Mon Oncle d'Amerique(1980), A Pure Formality(1994), Danton(1982), Cyrano de Bergerac(1990), Buffet Froid(1979), The Return of Martin Guerre(1982), The Woman Next Door(1981), Going Places(1974), Menage(1986), Colonel Chabert(1994), This Sweet Sickness(1977), Vatel(2000) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
France
1980
123 Minutes
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.
Mystery & Thriller
Italy|France
1994
108 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Roman Polanski Sergio Rubini Nicola Di Pinto Paolo Lombardi Gaetano Cimarosa Maria Rosa Spagnolo Alberto Sironi
author recluse police officer inspector victim intense dark powerful eerie france police station crime scene interrogation room countryside mind games amnesia interrogation murder investigation mystery rivalry
Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, ... See full summary »
Drama, History
France|Poland
1982
136 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Wojciech Pszoniak Patrice Chéreau Anne Alvaro Roland Blanche Emmanuelle Debever Krzysztof Globisz Ronald Guttman
leader revolutionary wife robespierre intense fascinating paris france power struggle revolution political coup injustice historical events georges danton fall rivalry 1790s
In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
Romance
France
1990
135 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Anne Brochet Vincent Perez Jacques Weber Roland Bertin Philippe Morier-Genoud Philippe Volter Pierre Maguelon Josiane Stoleru Jerome Nicolin Gabriel Monnet
soldier poet cadet young woman cousin love interest engaging disheartening spirited paris theater war zone countryside self-esteem beauty love triangle war poetry cyrano de bergerac love
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1979
95 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Bernard Blier Jean Carmet Denise Gence Liliane Rovère Eric Vasberg Jean Rougerie Bernard Crombey
unemployed person accountant wife killer detective man dark hilarious eerie profound apartment street police station subway serial murders police corruption crime spree alienation modernity boredom
Black comedy about solitude and the dehumanization of the modern world, through the adventures of three men. First introduced is Alphonse Tram, an unemployed young man. His only neighbour ... See full summary »
Drama, History
France
1982
122 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Nathalie Baye Roger Planchon André Chaumeau Maurice Barrier Stéphane Pean Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Sylvie Meda
wife husband villager magistrate veteran impostor fascinating gripping emotional suspenseful france countryside village courtroom family home impersonation court battles husband/wife relationship con game war aftermath
In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.
Romance
France
1981
105 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Fanny Ardant Henri Garcin Michèle Baumgartner Roger Van Hool Veronique Silver Philippe Morier-Genoud Olivier Becquaert
married man married woman neighbor lover old flame wife somber disturbing emotional melodramatic french countryside french alps family home affair obsessive love infidelity nervous breakdown heartbreak jealousy love
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Comedy, Drama
France
1974
117 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Miou-Miou Patrick Dewaere Jacques Chailieux Michel Peurilon Brigitte Fossey Isabelle Huppert Christiane Muller Jeanne Moreau
thug partner ex-convict beautiful woman stranger son wild outlandish offbeat france road car train bedroom car theft misogyny sexual conquests sexual awakening petty crime road trip
Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: ... See full summary »
Comedy
France
1986
81 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Michel Blanc Miou-Miou Bruno Cremer Jean-Pierre Marielle Caroline Sihol Jean-François Stévenin Mylène Demongeot Michel Creton Jean-Yves Berteloot
burglar husband wife art collector gigolo bisexual wild hilarious france nightclub apartment house wine cellar love triangle theft prostitution argument money love rivalry
A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Bob breaks up the fight and proceeds to seduce first the wife and then the husband. Then Bob teaches the ... See full summary »
Drama
France
1994
110 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Fanny Ardant Fabrice Luchini André Dussollier Daniel Prévost Maxime Leroux Patrick Bordier Jacky Nercessian Romane Bohringer Eric Elmosnino Olivier Saladin
war hero countess count lawyer child wife dark brooding melodramatic tense paris courtroom battlefield estate legal battle identity greed betrayal estrangement presumed dead
Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
France
1977
101 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Miou-Miou Claude Piéplu Jacques Denis Dominique Laffin Christian Clavier Xavier Saint-Macary Veronique Silver Annick Le Moal Josiane Balasko Robert Dullier
accountant childhood sweetheart coworker husband creepy passionate dark france cottage office love triangle devotion disconnection accidental death obsession rivalry wretched excess 1970s
A man is desperately attaining beloved woman, despite her husband and child.
Drama, Romance, History
France|UK|Belgium
2000
117 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Uma Thurman Tim Roth Julian Glover Julian Sands Timothy Spall Arielle Dombasle Hywel Bennett Richard Griffiths Murry Lachlan Young Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
steward prince courtesan king louis xiv brother costume designer emotional sultry amusing spirited france countryside chateau dinner party royalty financial crisis political intrigue sexual advances class distinctions war
Vatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict.
Comedy
Italy|France
1978
114 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Marcello Mastroianni James Coco Gail Lawrence Geraldine Fitzgerald Avon Long
A man walking on the beach near New York City finds the corpse of King Kong. He also finds Kong's orphaned son, and takes it to a friend who lives in the city, and they decide to raise it.
Comedy
France
1978
99 Minutes
Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.
Drama
France
1984
180 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Philippe Noiret Catherine Deneuve Sophie Marceau Michel Duchaussoy Robin Renucci Salah Teskouk Florent Pagny Roger Dumas Saïd Amadis Hippolyte Girardot
French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. In 1911, he volunteers and is posted to the Sahara under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh... See full summary »
Drama
France
1979
100 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Victor Lanoux Nicole Calfan Pierre Vernier Fanny Ardant Philippe Klebert
After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to stop to the climb of violence.
Comedy
France
2010
92 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Benoît Delépine Yolande Moreau Isabelle Adjani Benoît Poelvoorde Blutch Philippe Nahon Bouli Lanners Anna Mouglalis Catherine Hosmalin Miss Ming
retiree wife amusing france pension working class bureaucracy pursuit 2000s
A retiree battles to obtain his rightfully due pension.
Drama
France|Italy
1983
137 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Nastassja Kinski Victoria Abril Vittorio Mezzogiorna Dominique Pinon Bertice Reading Gabriel Monnet Milena Vukotic
He is a revenge-obssessed stevedore whose sister was brutally raped and murdered. She is a wealthy, elusive woman. They try hard to get together... or do they?
Comedy
France|Belgium
2016
101 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Gustave Kervern Benoît Poelvoorde Vincent Lacoste Céline Sallette Gustave Kervern Andréa Ferréol Chiara Mastroianni Izïa Higelin Ana Girardot Michel Houellebecq
Chaos ensues when a father and son travel to a farm festival via the Wine Trail in a Parisian taxi.
Crime, Drama
France
2009
110 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Clovis Cornillac Jacques Gamblin Marie Bunel Vahina Giocante Marie Matheron Adrienne Pauly Yves Verhoeven Bruno Abraham-Kremer Rodolphe Pauly
detective husband wife half brother emotional crafty dark sultry house france dance floor car vacation husband/wife relationship brotherhood work vs. family investigation murder mystery quest
A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2003
89 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Élodie Bouchez Carmen Maura Isaac Sharry Tsilla Chelton Estelle Larrivaz Anne Le Ny
doctor twin eerie dark paris france dark secrets discovery mystery 2010s
A priest who is also a doctor investigates the mysterious illness of a young nun who shares a dark secret with her twin sister who is a convicted child murderer.
Drama
France
1996
105 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Michèle Laroque Souad Amidou Guy Marchand Ticky Holgado Philippe Khorsand
Gerard Depardieu is a new teacher in a lower class school. He has a hard time with a special eighth grade class, and in his building.
Drama
USA|France
2014
125 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Jacqueline Bisset Paul Calderon Paul Hipp Ronald Guttman Anh Duong Anna Lakomy Marie Mouté Elizabeth Kemp Joe Lawless Pamela Afesi
politician chambermaid emotional dark hotel room manhattan power trial sexual abuse underdog
Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A ... See full summary »
Comedy
France|USA
1994
90 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Katherine Heigl Dalton James Lauren Hutton Faith Prince Stephen Tobolowsky Ann Hearn Robyn Peterson Frank Renzulli
father daughter love interest boyfriend lover ex-wife amusing hilarious cheeky cheery emotional heartwarming united states new york city paris bahamas vacation relationships coming-of-age father/daughter relationship
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.
Comedy, War, Drama, History
Romania|Germany|Belgium
2013
90 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Laura Morante Harvey Keitel Bogdan Iancu Alexandru Bindea Nicodim Ungureanu Gheorghe Visu Hubert Damen Adina Cartianu Iulia Boros
Once upon a time, during World War II, somewhere in Nazi occupied Romania, a night of comic misadventures ensues when a boy discovers a dead soldier.
Comedy
France
2013
94 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Édouard Baer Bruno Lochet Atmen Kélif Daniel Prévost Virginie Efira
Momo has one dream buried for years: become a petanque champion. When an international tournament is announced, he drops his ordinary life to win the first prize and fulfill his dreams.
Drama
France|Italy
1976
97 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Sylvia Kristel Michel Piccoli Stefano Patrizi Riccardo Garrone Jacques Jouanneau Jean Rigaux Orchidea de Santis Venantino Venantini Valérie Mairesse
Rene and Marchand are best friends. What makes their friendship special is that Rene is a professional thief, and Marchand is a policeman, albeit somewhat corrupt.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Belgium
2010
82 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Billy Boyd Patrick Bauchau Dominick Gould Smadi Wolfman Geoffrey Carey Vincent Eaton
pianist robot suspenseful rousing passionate frenetic house city concert hall friendship career vs. love science fiction rivalry love 2010s
Synopsis Henry and Jack are two famous and talented pianists: they are rivals and try to outdo each other in the various music events where they regularly compete. They have known each ... See full summary »
Drama
1991
100 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Philippe Noiret Jean-Pierre Marielle Michel Blanc Michel Galabru Gérard Desarthe Fabrice Luchini Daniel Prévost Florence Darel Daniele Lebrun Josiane Lévêque
Tensions run high in a 1945 French village as residents ponder who among them were Nazi collaborators.
Drama
2010
93 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Alexandra Maria Lara Françoise Fabian Niels Arestrup Nathalie Baye Yannick Renier Féodor Atkine Olivier Claverie Pascale Arbillot Anne Benoît Sarah Stern
family matriarch elvira best friend emotional wedding family secrets love celebration transformation
As Conrad's health deteriorates, he tells Simone Conrad, fiance of the Senn family heir, stories that do not match the family's history. The stories cause Simone to confront the family matriarch Elvira, who is far more dangerous then she seems.
Drama
2010
82 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Gisèle Casadesus Maurane Patrick Bouchitey Jean-François Stévenin François-Xavier Demaison Claire Maurier Sophie Guillemin
bookworm illiterate girlfriend writer teacher friend winsome heartwarming hilarious playful france park village pub odd couple unconventional friendship literacy death small-town life old age
A barely literate laborer (Gérard Depardieu) undergoes a personal transformation through his friendship with an old woman (Gisèle Casadesus) who introduces him to the world of books.
Mystery & Thriller
2013
106 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Joey Starr Rudiger Vogler Héléna Noguerra Marthe Keller Thierry Lhermitte Ivan Franek Kevin Meffre
death colleague trafficker suspenseful paris church angels murder case suicide mystery
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
2009
105 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Asia Argento Olivier Marchal Anne Coesens Aissa Maiga Catherine Marchal Erick Deshors Frédéric Frenay Marc Zinga Corentin Lobet Jean-François Wolff
A cop goes up against his lifelong friend who has become one of the city's most well-known drug traffickers.
Comedy
2007
124 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Nathalie Baye Mathieu Amalric Samy Seghir Medy Kerouani Fellag Catherine Hiegel Philippe Nahon
Drama
2016
Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Benoît Magimel Géraldine Pailhas Nadia Farès Stéphanie Caillard Jean-René Privat Guillaume Arnault Hedi Bouchenafa Carolina Jurczak Nassim Si Ahmed Natacha Régnier Vladimir Consigny
Robert Taro, Marseille mayor for 25 years, is opposed by his young, ambitious former protégé.
Drama
1985
109 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Sophie Marceau Richard Anconina Pascale Rocard Sandrine Bonnaire Thomas Jouannet Jean-Pierre Lorit Thierry Godard
cop femme fatale detective criminal lawyer prostitute brutal fiery dark gripping paris police station bedroom law office apartment masculinity police brutality interrogation passion manipulation
A French police detective (Gérard Depardieu) falls for a drug dealer's lying girlfriend (Sophie Marceau).
Comedy, Adventure
2002
90 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Christian Clavier Jamel Debbouze Monica Bellucci Claude Rich Gérard Darmon Alain Chabat Isabelle Nanty Édouard Baer Jean Benguigui Pierre Tchernia
cleopatra julius caesar sculptor warrior architect inventor amusing thrilling lighthearted playful egypt pyramid sphynx palace desert united states construction bet friendship magic
Drama
2012
95 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Marc-André Grondin Emmanuelle Seigner Christa Théret Arben Bajraktaraj Swann Arlaud Josef Bradna Serge Merlin
Drama
Switzerland|France|Italy
1986
122 Minutes
Yves Montand Gérard Depardieu Daniel Auteuil Elisabeth Depardieu Ernestine Mazurowna Marcel Champel Armand Meffre Margarita Lozano Andre Dupon Pierre Nougaro Jean Maurel
nephew uncle farmer neighbor aunt spirited emotional melodramatic intense france farm countryside mountain provence, france ambition aspirations farming competition deception daunting task
A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
Drama
France
1980
130 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Jean Poiret Heinz Bennent Andréa Ferréol Paulette Dubost Sabine Haudepin Jean-Louis Richard Maurice Risch
theater owner director actress actor designer critic uneasy emotional engaging paris theater montmartre world war ii german occupation love triangle theater production secret performance discovery temptation
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Biography
France
1989
173 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Gérard Depardieu Laurent Grévill Alain Cuny Madeleine Robinson Katrine Boorman Danièle Lebrun Aurelle Doazan Madeleine Marie Maxime Leroux Philippe Clévenot
sculptor assistant beautiful woman dark passionate france french history art affair schizophrenia jealousy fall love 20th century
Camille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.
Crime, Drama, Action
France
2004
105 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Gérard Depardieu André Dussollier Roschdy Zem Valeria Golino Daniel Duval Catherine Marchal Francis Renaud Guy Lecluyse Alain Figlarz Vincent Moscato
police officer partner boss criminal gangster suspenseful emotional intense paris police station france street car apartment promotion robbery investigation sabotage competition crime
2 cops are promised by the retiring chief of the Paris police that the one, getting the violent gang robbing armored trucks, will get his job. The 2 will do whatever it takes to get the promotion, even if it means breaking the law.
Drama, History
France|Belgium|Italy
1993
158 Minutes
Renaud Gérard Depardieu Miou-Miou Jean Carmet Judith Henry Jean-Roger Milo Laurent Terzieff Jean-Pierre Bisson Bernard Fresson Jacques Dacqmine Anny Duperey
In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.
Drama
France
1980
110 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Gérard Depardieu Guy Marchand Humbert Balsan Bernard Tronczak Christian Boucher Frederique Cerbonnet Jacqueline Dufranne Agnès Rosier
young woman petty criminal boss husband advertising executive lover intense brutal raw france nightclub apartment city love sex infidelity marriage class distinctions jealousy transformation
A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
France
2003
114 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Gérard Depardieu Virginie Ledoyen Yvan Attal Gregori Derangere Peter Coyote Jean-Marc Stehle Nicolas Vaude Aurore Clément Xavier De Guillebon Édith Scob
actress government official prisoner german writer student charming witty spirited bordeaux, france hotel theater prison paris german occupation relationships love interest death world war ii discovery
An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Nazis move into the city.
Comedy
France
1980
100 Minutes
Coluche Gérard Depardieu Dominique Lavanant Richard Bohringer Hubert Deschamps Julien Guiomar François Perrot Dany Saval Marthe Villalonga
The clumsy son of a deceased police hero joins the police and his task is to protect a reporter from the most famous gangster of Paris.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
1976
102 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Gérard Depardieu Marie-France Pisier Jean-Claude Brialy Julien Guiomar Hélène Surgère Claude Brasseur Peter Bonke Elise Hoomans Derek de Lint Marie France
The story of a girl in love with a boxer. They plan to go abroad after making a lot of money by participating in an interview intended to discredit a politician at elections time. But the ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
France
2004
96 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Gilbert Melki Malik Zidi Lubna Azabal Tanya Lopert Nabila Baraka Jabir Elomri Nadem Rachati
ex-boyfriend radio host husband son girlfriend emotional cheeky intricate paris tangiers, morocco market hospital construction site lost loves second chance family first love travel accident love
Traveling from France to Tangiers, a man looks to reunite with his former love, though their romance ended some 30 years earlier.
Comedy, Drama
France
2019
93 Minutes
Michel Houellebecq Gérard Depardieu Maxime Lefrancois Luc Schwartz Mathieu Nicourt
Provocative French writer Michel Houellebecq meets Gérard Depardieu at a sea water therapy center. Together, they try to survive the health regime to which they are subjected by the establishment. But events quickly derail their routine.
Comedy, Kids & Family
France|Italy|Germany
1999
109 Minutes
Christian Clavier Gérard Depardieu Roberto Benigni Michel Galabru Claude Piéplu Daniel Prévost Pierre Palmade Laetitia Casta Arielle Dombasle Sim Marianne Sagebrecht
villager best friend julius caesar village elder hilarious rome gaul tax evasion saving the town rivalry 1st century b.c.
Inhabitants of the last unconquered village in Gaul (ancient France) use a magical potion to hold their independence from Roman invaders.