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

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

Rendezvous (S)

1976 · Movie · 9 min. · France

Direction Claude Lelouch

Cast Claude Lelouch

Plot A high-speed drive through the streets of Paris.

6.6

906 votes

6.6

906 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

6.2

109 votes

6.2

109 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