Direction: Joann Sfar

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


The Rabbi's Cat

2011 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction Antoine Delesvaux · Joann Sfar

Plot Set in Algeria in the 1930s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.

6.8

544 votes

6.8

544 votes

The Prophet

2014 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roger Allers · Gaëtan Brizzi · Paul Brizzi · Joan C. Gratz

Plot Inspired by the beloved classic, Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a young, mischievous girl and an imprisoned poet. Interwoven with Gibran’s lyrical and...

6.7

255 votes

6.7

255 votes

Gainsbourg

2010 · Movie · 130 min. · France

Direction Joann Sfar

Cast Eric Elmosnino · Laetitia Casta · Lucy Gordon · Doug Jones

Plot A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991...

6.3

2K votes

6.3

2K votes

Little Vampire

2020 · Movie · 85 min. · France

Direction Joann Sfar

Plot Little Vampire lives in a haunted house with a merry group of monsters, but he is bored stiff! One night, he secretly sneaks out of the manor along with his...

6.3

234 votes

6.3

234 votes

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

2015 · Movie · 93 min. · France

Direction Joann Sfar

Cast Freya Mavor · Benjamin Biolay · Elio Germano · Stacy Martin

Plot A beautiful secretary steals her boss' sports car to go joyriding in this stylish psychological thriller. She goes to visit a seaside town she swears she's never been to, but...

5.2

131 votes

5.2

131 votes

Hyacinthe (S)

2005 · Movie · 4 min. · France

Not rated

Not rated