Direction: Alain Resnais

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

Muriel, or the Time of Return

1963 · Movie · 115 min. · France

Drama Psychological Drama French New Wave

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Delphine Seyrig · Jean-Pierre Kérien · Nita Klein · Jean-Baptiste Thierrée

Plot In the seacoast town of Boulogne, Hélène sells antique furniture, living with her step-son, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit...

6.4

621 votes

6.4

621 votes

Gauguin (S)

1950 · Documentary · 12 min. · France

Painting Short Film

Direction Alain Resnais

6.2

118 votes

6.2

118 votes

Private Fears in Public Places

2006 · Movie · 120 min. · France

Drama Romance Ensemble Film

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Lambert Wilson · Sabine Azéma · André Dussollier · Laura Morante

Plot Dan, a solider recently discharged from the army, takes refuge in drink to escape from life and other people. Despite everything, his fiancée Nicole still believes in their couple. Gaëlle...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Stavisky

1973 · Movie · 117 min. · France

Drama 1930s Biography

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Anny Duperey · Michael Lonsdale · Charles Boyer

Plot Loosely based on the true story of financier, con-man and swindler Stavisky, who was arrested in 1934 for selling phony stock. As the rumors that he was being protected by...

6.0

271 votes

6.0

271 votes

Not on the Lips

2003 · Movie · 115 min. · France

Musical Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Sabine Azéma · Isabelle Nanty · Audrey Tautou · Pierre Arditi

Plot A musical drawing room farce set in Paris in October, 1925. Gilberte, in middle-age, flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were more demonstrative. He's negotiating a...

5.9

121 votes

5.9

121 votes

Life Is a Bed of Roses

1983 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Drama

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Vittorio Gassman · Ruggero Raimondi · Geraldine Chaplin · Fanny Ardant

Plot Three intertwined tales. On the eve of the First World War, Count Forbek starts to build a fantastic castle in the Ardennes forest. After the war he uses it to...

5.9

192 votes

5.9

192 votes

Visite à Oscar Dominguez (S)

1947 · Documentary · 6 min. · France

Short Film Painting

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Óscar Domínguez

5.8

22 votes

5.8

22 votes

Life of Riley

2014 · Movie · 108 min. · France

Comedy Drama Stage Play Friendship

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Sabine Azéma · André Dussollier · Michel Vuillermoz · Hippolyte Girardot

Plot In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a...

5.6

495 votes

5.6

495 votes

Wild Grass

2009 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Drama Romance Comedy Experimental Cinema Romantic Comedy Romantic Drama

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast André Dussollier · Sabine Azéma · Emmanuelle Devos · Mathieu Amalric

Plot Marguerite is a successful dentist with a busy practice and an offbeat hobby, flying small airplanes. One day, Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges, a seemingly happy...

5.5

2K votes