Direction: Claire Denis
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Claire Denis. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
US Go Home (TV)
1994 · Movie · 60 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Alice Houri · Jessica Tharaud · Grégoire Colin · Martine Gautier
Plot It is Denis' contribution to "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur age", a remarkable French television commission that invited nine different directors to reflect upon their adolescence and...
7.8
340 votes
7.8
340 votes
Cinéma, de notre temps: Jacques Rivette. Le veilleur (TV)
1990 · Documentary · 125 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis · Serge Daney
Cast Jacques Rivette · Serge Daney · Claire Denis
7.6
28 votes
7.6
28 votes
Good Work
1999 · Movie · 90 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Grégoire Colin · Denis Lavant · Michel Subor · Richard Courcet
Plot In the east African enclave of Djibouti, the men of a small French Foreign Legion outpost spend their days practicing military drills, exercising and baking in the desert sun. Barely...
6.9
899 votes
6.9
899 votes
Friday Night
2002 · Movie · 90 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Valerie Lemercier · Vincent Lindon · Hélène de Saint-Père · Hélène Fillières
Plot Friday night: it’s done, Laure has packed up all her belongings in boxes. Tomorrow she’s shifting house, going to live with François. But tonight, right now, she leaves the empty...
6.8
386 votes
6.8
386 votes
No Fear, No Die
1990 · Movie · 90 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Isaach de Bankole · Alex Descas · Solveig Dommartin · Christopher Buchholz
Plot Natives of Benin and the West Indies, Dah and Jocelyn form a fine team. Dah is convinced that this time, luck smiles on them. They begin working for a restauranteur...
6.7
150 votes
6.7
150 votes
I Can't Sleep
1994 · Movie · 110 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Yekaterina Golubeva · Richard Courcet · Vincent Dupont · Laurent Grévill
Plot Beautiful Daiga (Katerina Golubeva) has emigrated from Lithuania to Paris and is looking for a place to stay and work. Theo (Alex Descas) is a struggling musician, and his brother...
6.7
160 votes
6.7
160 votes
35 Shots of Rum
2008 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Grégoire Colin · Alex Descas · Mati Diop · Nicole Dogue
Plot The relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man.
6.6
530 votes
6.6
530 votes
Nénette and Boni
1996 · Movie · 103 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Grégoire Colin · Alice Houri · Jacques Nolot · Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Plot Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who doted on her son Boni, has died. He works for an interesting...
6.6
281 votes
6.6
281 votes
The Intruder
2004 · Movie · 130 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Michel Subor · Grégoire Colin · Béatrice Dalle · Yekaterina Golubeva
Plot Louis Trebor’s journey forms a loop, follows the shape of the earth’s roundness as I imagine it: From the French side of the Jura along the Swiss border, Geneva to...
6.5
342 votes
6.5
342 votes
Chocolat
1988 · Movie · 105 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Isaach de Bankole · Giulia Boschi · François Cluzet · Jean-Claude Adelin
Plot A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's...
6.5
265 votes
6.5
265 votes
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Movie · 146 min. · Germany
Direction Bernardo Bertolucci · Claire Denis · Mike Figgis · Jean-Luc Godard
Cast Valeria Bruni Tedeschi · Dominic West · Daniel Craig · Chiara Mastalli
Plot A companion film to the highly acclaimed TEN MINUTES OLDER: THE TRUMPET. Eight influential directors interpret the theme of time. Official selection of the Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian Film...
6.3
313 votes
6.3
313 votes
Trouble Every Day
2001 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Vincent Gallo · Béatrice Dalle · Tricia Vessey · Alex Descas
Plot American couple Dr. Shane Brown and his wife June go to Paris supposedly for their honeymoon. In reality Shane has travelled to Paris in order to hunt down neuroscientist Dr....
6.1
1K votes
6.1
1K votes
Towards Mathilde
2005 · Documentary · 84 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Mathilde Monnier
6.1
42 votes
6.1
42 votes
Bastards
2013 · Movie · 100 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Vincent Lindon · Chiara Mastroianni · Julie Bataille · Michel Subor
Plot Marco Silvestri, a captain on a container-ship, is called back urgently to Paris. His sister Sandra is desperate - her husband has committed suicide, the family business has gone under,...
6.0
1K votes
6.0
1K votes
White Material
2009 · Movie · 105 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Isabelle Huppert · Christopher Lambert · Nicolas Duvauchelle · Isaach de Bankole
Plot Faced with an escalating civil war in a volatile African state, coffee planter Maria (Isabelle Huppert) must chose between safety and protecting her way of life, a course that proves...
5.7
2K votes
5.7
2K votes
Both Sides of the Blade
2022 · Movie · 116 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Juliette Binoche · Vincent Lindon · Grégoire Colin · Bulle Ogier
Plot Sara and Jean have been in a loving, stable relationship for ten years. They are happy. He is her rock, someone she can hold on to. When they first met,...
5.6
690 votes
5.6
690 votes
High Life
2018 · Movie · 110 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Robert Pattinson · Juliette Binoche · Mia Goth · André Benjamin
Plot Takes place beyond the solar system in a future that seems like the present. About a group of criminals who accept a mission in space to become the subjects of...
5.5
4K votes
5.5
4K votes
Stars at Noon
2022 · Movie · 135 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Margaret Qualley · Joe Alwyn · Danny Ramirez · Ben Safdie
Plot A young American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua (Margaret Qualley) falls for an enigmatic Englishman (Joe Alwyn) who seems like her best chance of escape. She soon realizes, though, that...
5.5
194 votes
5.5
194 votes
Let the Sunshine In
2017 · Movie · 94 min. · France
Direction Claire Denis
Cast Juliette Binoche · Gérard Depardieu · Nicolas Duvauchelle · Josiane Balasko
Plot Isabelle, single mom, divorced artist with one child, is looking for love. True love at last.
5.4
2K votes
5.4
2K votes
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Documentary · 120 min. · Italy
Direction Hala Abdallah · Karim Aïnouz · John Akomfrah · Catherine Breillat
Cast Bernardo Bertolucci · Tygh Runyan · Shannyn Sossamon · Michele Placido
Plot 70 short movies about cinema and its future.
5.4
74 votes
5.4
74 votes