List of the best Niels Arestrup movies: Our Children(2012), La danse de mort(1982), You Will Be My Son(2011), A Prophet(2009), The Beat That My Heart Skipped(2005), Diplomacy(2014), Sincerely Charlotte(1985), Meeting Venus(1991), The French Minister(2013), Sarah's Key(2010), The Big Picture(2010), Small World(2010) ... ...
Drama
Belgium|Luxembourg|France|Switzerland
2012
111 Minutes
André Pinget
Niels Arestrup Tahar Rahim Émilie Dequenne Stéphane Bissot Baya Belal Mounia Raoui Redouane Behache
Like millions of other couples, Mounir and Murielle fall in love. Like millions of other couples, Mounir and Murielle have children. But unlike them, they accept to give up their autonomy ... See full summary »
Drama
1982
92 Minutes
Niels Arestrup Michel Bouquet Juliette Carre
A 25-year volatile marriage between a former captain (Michel Bouquet) and his wife (Niels Arestrup) comes to a head when her cousin comes to visit.
Drama
2011
101 Minutes
Paul
Niels Arestrup Lorànt Deutsch Patrick Chesnais Anne Marivin Nicolas Bridet Valérie Mairesse Jean-Marc Roulot Shirley Bousquet
A French winemaker's (Niels Arestrup) contentious relationship with his son (Lorànt Deutsch) comes to a head when he asks the young man's childhood friend to become a partner in the winery.
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
2009
154 Minutes
Tahar Rahim Niels Arestrup Adel Bencherif Hichem Yacoubi Reda Kateb Antoine Basler Gilles Cohen Pascal Henault Foued Nassah Jean-Emmanuel Pagni
convict mobster prisoner engaging gripping tense france prison crime ambition murder organized crime prison racism growing up discovery rivalry rise 2000s
A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.
Drama
France
2005
107 Minutes
Romain Duris Niels Arestrup Linh Dan Pham Aure Atika Emmanuelle Devos Jonathan Zaccaï Gilles Cohen Anton Yakovlev Mélanie Laurent
thug father gangster gangster's wife music teacher promoter gritty brutal unrestrained france apartment restaurant studio organized crime family father/son relationship piano salvation violence escape
Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?
Drama, History
France|Germany
2014
88 Minutes
André Dussollier Niels Arestrup Burghart Klaußner Robert Stadlober Charlie Nelson Jean-Marc Roulot Stefan Wilkening Thomas Arnold
diplomat commandant consul dark paris city diplomacy men fate transformation
A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.
Drama
France
1985
85 Minutes
Mathieu
Isabelle Huppert Luc Beraud Niels Arestrup Christine Pascal
The flighty Charlotte is angry with her lover Bernard. She goes to his flat and soon leaves, distraught, turning up at the studio of Mathieu, her one-time lover. He's now with Christine, ... See full summary »
Romance
1991
120 Minutes
Glenn Close Niels Arestrup Erland Josephson Mosko Alkalai Macha Méril Johanna Ter Steege Maïté Nahyr Victor Poletti Marián Labuda Jay O. Sanders Dieter Laser
opera singer conductor emotional amusing europe opera love satire diplomacy nationalism quest rise
An opera star (Glenn Close) falls for a married Hungarian conductor (Niels Arestrup) trying to do Wagner's "Tannhauser."
Drama
France
2013
113 Minutes
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 »
Drama
2010
111 Minutes
Jules Dufaure
Kristin Scott Thomas Mélusine Mayance Niels Arestrup Frédéric Pierrot Michel Duchaussoy Dominique Frot Gisèle Casadesus Aidan Quinn Natasha Mashkevich Arben Bajraktaraj Sarah Ber
reporter journalist girl emotional event closet french history deportation the police pursuit 19th century
An account of research by a journalist (Kristin Scott Thomas) into a shameful incident in French history intertwines with a story of a 10-year-old Jewish girl (Mélusine Mayance) from that time period.
Drama
2010
114 Minutes
Bartholomé
Romain Duris Marina Foïs Niels Arestrup Branka Kati? Catherine Deneuve Eric Ruf Esteban Carvajal-Alegria Florence Muller Carole Weiss Enzo Caçote Luka Antic
A successful lawyer with a perfect life murders his wife's lover and assumes his identity. He flees to an isolated part of Yugoslavia where he gets another shot at being himself and seeing the big picture.
Drama
2010
93 Minutes
Thomas Senn
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, War
2017
117 Minutes
Marcel Péricourt
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart Albert Dupontel Laurent Lafitte Niels Arestrup Émilie Dequenne Mélanie Thierry Héloïse Balster Philippe Uchan Michel Vuillermoz Kyan Khojandi
War, Drama, History
USA|India
2011
146 Minutes
Grandfather
Emily Watson David Thewlis Jeremy Irvine Peter Mullan Niels Arestrup Tom Hiddleston Benedict Cumberbatch Toby Kebbell Patrick Kennedy David Kross Celine Buckens
farm boy horse father british officer german soldier incredible heartwarming thrilling england farm countryside france battlefield trenches human-animal friendship world war i horses reunion quest growing up
Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.
Romance, Drama
France|Malta|USA
2015
122 Minutes
Michel
Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie Mélanie Laurent Melvil Poupaud Niels Arestrup Richard Bohringer Marika Green Sarah Naudi
married man married woman couple young man young woman gripping engaging hotel france seaside south of france marriage marital problems love argument infidelity relationships love transformation 2010s
A couple tries to repair their marriage while staying at a hotel in France.
Biography, Drama
France|USA
2007
114 Minutes
Roussin
Mathieu Amalric Emmanuelle Seigner Marie-Josée Croze Anne Consigny Patrick Chesnais Niels Arestrup Olatz Lopez Garmendia Jean-Pierre Cassel Marina Hands Max von Sydow
editor nurse doctor patient lover emotional engaging sad hospital france car airplane illness survival stroke paralysis infidelity loneliness fall transformation
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
Biography, Drama, History
Ireland|Switzerland|UK|France|USA
2018
110 Minutes
Madman
Willem Dafoe Rupert Friend Oscar Isaac Mads Mikkelsen Mathieu Amalric Emmanuelle Seigner Niels Arestrup Amira Casar Vladimir Consigny Vincent Perez Alexis Michalik
vincent van gogh painter paul gauguin priest melancholy profound france countryside vincent van gogh painting last days art discovery 1880s
A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2009
113 Minutes
Vallier
Emir Kusturica Guillaume Canet Alexandra Maria Lara Ingeborga Dapkunayte Willem Dafoe Oleksii Gorbunov Dina Korzun Philippe Magnan Niels Arestrup Fred Ward David Soul
A Russian intelligence operative (Emir Kusturica) passes classified documents to a French engineer (Guillaume Canet).