Direction: Alain Guiraudie

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Alain Guiraudie. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


6.6

82 votes

Stranger by the Lake

2013 · Movie · 97 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Pierre Deladonchamps · Christophe Paou · Patrick D'Assumçao · Jérôme Chappatte

Plot Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel. An attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this,...

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

No Rest for the Brave

2003 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Thomas Suire · Thomas Blanchard · Laurent Soffiati · Vincent Martin

Plot A teenager Basile (Thomas Suire) imagines that if he falls asleep again he'll die, and is then pursued across a rural French landscape by the mysterious investigator Johnny Got (Laurent...

5.8

43 votes

5.8

43 votes

Staying Vertical

2016 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Laure Calamy · Damien Bonnard · India Hair · Christian Bouillette

Plot A film maker has to raise a child by himself whilst looking for an inspiration for his new film.

5.6

351 votes

5.6

351 votes

Nobody's Hero

2022 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Jean-Charles Clichet · Noémie Lvovsky · Ilies Kadri · Michel Masiero

Plot Christmas Eve is ruined by an act of terrorism in the city of Clermont-Ferrand. As the city descend into panic, thirty something Mederic falls in love with older prostitute Isadora.

5.5

455 votes

5.5

455 votes

The King of Escape

2009 · Movie · 93 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Ludovic Berthillot · Hafsia Herzi · Pascal Aubert · Luc Palun

Plot Armand, a man who sells farm machines in the country, is a popular middle-aged homosexual. Just as he was getting sick of life, he falls in love with a young...

5.2

228 votes

5.2

228 votes

Les héros sont immortels (S)

1990 · Movie · 13 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Jean-Claude Fenet · Alain Guiraudie

Plot Guiraudie's first film concerns two young men engaged in a favorite pastime: hanging out and talking. Specifically, they wait in the square of a small town for a third: the...

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Au Pic de Nore (S)

1996 · Movie · 1 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Plot A short "vue Lumière" by Alain Guiraudie.

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Miséricorde

2024 · Movie · 102 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Félix Kysyl · Catherine Frot · Jean-Baptiste Durand · Jacques Develay

Plot Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot's shady intentions.

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The time has come

2005 · Movie · 92 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Eric Bougnon · Guillaume Viry · Pierre Louis-Calixte · Marie Collins

Plot The time has come when the warriors of Obitania are once again on the alert. They set out in pursuit of Manjas-Kebir, a bandit who has kidnapped Rixo Lomadis Bron’s...

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Sunshine for the Poor

2001 · Movie · 55 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Isabelle Girardet · Alain Guiraudie · Jean-Paul Jourdàa · Michel Turquin

Plot On a hot Sunday morning, Nathalie Sanchez, an unemployed hair stylist, walks across the Causses plateau in search of a shepherd. When she finds one, he tells her that he...

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La force des choses (S)

1998 · Movie · 16 min. · France

Direction Alain Guiraudie

Cast Morgan Nicolas · Martial Petit · Polo · Olivier Romey

Plot In a forest of Obitanie, three young warriors from another age look for a young woman kidnapped by a bandit.

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