Direction: Claude Lelouch
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Claude Lelouch. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Far from Vietnam
1967 · Documentary · 120 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch · Agnès Varda · Jean-Luc Godard · Chris Marker
Cast Anne Bellec · Karen Blanguernon · Bernard Fresson · Maurice Garrel
Plot Seven directors combine efforts for this documentary, a searing anti-American indictment of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, William Klein, Joris Ivens, Agnes Varda, Claude Lelouch, and Jean-Luc...
7.4
312 votes
7.4
312 votes
A Man and a Woman
1966 · Movie · 102 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Anouk Aimée · Jean-Louis Trintignant · Pierre Barouh · Valerie Lagrange
Plot A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly they reveal themselves to each other, finding that each is a widow/widower....
6.9
4K votes
6.9
4K votes
Within Memory
1981 · Movie · 165 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Geraldine Chaplin · Fanny Ardant · Sharon Stone · Valérie Quennessen
6.9
504 votes
6.9
504 votes
Les misérables
1995 · Movie · 170 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Michel Boujenah · Alessandra Martines · Annie Girardot
Plot A variation on Victor Hugo's classic novel by means of the story of a man whose life is affected by and somewhat duplicated by the Hugo story of the beleaguered...
6.8
310 votes
6.8
310 votes
Crossed Tracks
2007 · Movie · 103 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Dominique Pinon · Fanny Ardant · Audrey Dana · Zinedine Soualem
Plot Judith Ralitzer, femme fatale and popular writer, is seeking characters for her next best-seller. A serial killer has just escaped from a high-security prison! Huguette, a hairdresser in a top...
6.7
188 votes
6.7
188 votes
11'09''01 - September 11
2002 · Documentary · 130 min. · France
Direction Samira Makhmalbaf · Claude Lelouch · Youssef Chahine · Danis Tanovic
Cast Ernest Borgnine · Ken Ogata · Tetsurô Tanba · Tomorô Taguchi
Plot A reaction piece to the United States' terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, this controversial film calls upon eleven directors from various countries to contribute 11-minute 9-second films about the...
6.6
3K votes
6.6
3K votes
Happy New Year
1973 · Movie · 90 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Lino Ventura · Françoise Fabian · Charles Gérard · André Falcon
Plot Released from prison apparently under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a...
6.5
114 votes
6.5
114 votes
Ces amours-là
2010 · Movie · 120 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Audrey Dana · Laurent Couson · Raphael Haroche · Samuel Labarthe
Plot The film recounts the life of Ilva, from the 1930s to the present day...She is a woman who has, throughout her life, put love before everything...
6.4
25 votes
6.4
25 votes
Long Live Life
1984 · Movie · 106 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Michel Piccoli · Evelyne Bouix · Jean-Louis Trintignant · Charlotte Rampling
Plot The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room. Even the movie's trailer...
6.3
54 votes
6.3
54 votes
Visions of Eight
1973 · Documentary · 110 min. · United States
Direction Jim Clark · Milos Forman · Kon Ichikawa · Claude Lelouch
Plot This documentary of the 1972 Summer Olympics, held in Munich, is remarkable for bringing eight of the world's most notable film directors to work on it. They are: Milos Forman,...
6.3
22 votes
6.3
22 votes
The Crook
1970 · Movie · 120 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant · Danièle Delorme · Charles Gérard · Christine Lelouch
Plot Simon (Jean-Claude Trintignant) gets out of prison and summons his old friend Charles (Charles Gerard) and Martine (Christine Lelouch), his one time lover now married to a wealthy man. The...
6.3
137 votes
6.3
137 votes
And Now My Love
1974 · Movie · 150 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Marthe Keller · André Dussollier · Charles Denner · Carla Gravina
Plot The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.
6.3
35 votes
6.3
35 votes
To Each His Cinema
2007 · Movie · 111 min. · France
Direction Theodoros Angelopoulos · Olivier Assayas · Bille August · Jane Campion
Cast Cindy Beckett · Audrey Dana · Jacques Frantz · George Babluani
Plot To Each His Cinema is a 2007 film, produced and conceived by Gilles Jacob, celebrating the Cannes Film Festival's 60th anniversary. The film is comprised of a collection of 35...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
1988 · Movie · 125 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Richard Anconina · Béatrice Agenin · Michel Beaune
6.2
109 votes
6.2
109 votes
Money Money Money
1972 · Movie · 120 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Lino Ventura · Jacques Brel · Charles Denner · Johnny Hallyday
6.2
217 votes
6.2
217 votes
Lumière and Company
1995 · Documentary · 88 min. · France
Direction Abbas Kiarostami · Hugh Hudson · David Lynch · John Boorman
Cast Romane Bohringer · Pascal Duquenne · Bruno Ganz · Neil Jordan
Plot In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Lumière brothers' first films, filmmakers Sarah Moon and Philippe Poulet challenged 39 renowned international directors to each complete a 52-second film using...
6.2
813 votes
6.2
813 votes
Live for Life
1967 · Movie · 130 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Yves Montand · Annie Girardot · Candice Bergen
Plot Robert Colomb, a famous TV newscaster, is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful. He is about to replace his current mistress, Mireille, with Jacqueline when he meets, and becomes...
6.1
158 votes
6.1
158 votes
The Best Years of a Life
2019 · Movie · 90 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant · Anouk Aimée · Souad Amidou · Antoine Sire
Plot A follow-up film to “A Man and A Woman,” the 1966 romantic classic.
5.9
431 votes
5.9
431 votes
Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996 · Movie · 122 min. · France
Direction Claude Lelouch
Cast Fabrice Luchini · Bernard Tapie · Alessandra Martines · Pierre Arditi
Plot Benoit Blanc loves living, he loves women, he loves daring. He is a famous businessman who suffers from stomach-ache. Fabiolini, a would-be actor, is a policeman and he too suffers...
5.8
21 votes
5.8
21 votes