Screenplay: Samuel Benchetrit

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Samuel Benchetrit. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

2007 · Movie · 113 min. · France

Direction Samuel Benchetrit

Cast Anna Mouglalis · Édouard Baer · Jean Rochefort · Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Plot Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes...

6.8

196 votes

6.8

196 votes

Macadam Stories

2015 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Samuel Benchetrit

Cast Isabelle Huppert · Gustave Kervern · Michael Pitt · Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Plot Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.

6.7

941 votes

6.7

941 votes

Dog

2017 · Movie · 87 min. · France

Direction Samuel Benchetrit

Cast Vanessa Paradis · Vincent Macaigne · Bouli Lanners

Plot Jacques Blanchot loses everything – his wife, his son, his home and his job. He gradually becomes detached from the world around him. A pet-shop owner takes him in, but...

6.3

173 votes

6.3

173 votes

Janis and John

2003 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Samuel Benchetrit

Cast Sergi López · Marie Trintignant · François Cluzet · Christopher Lambert

Plot Insurance salesman tries to get money from his hippie cousin by fulfilling his dream: Arraigning for John Lennon and Janis Joplin's "second coming".

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

Chez Gino

2011 · Movie · 100 min. · France

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Love Songs for Tough Guys

2021 · Movie · 107 min. · France

Direction Samuel Benchetrit

Cast François Damiens · Ramzy Bedia · Vanessa Paradis · Gustave Kervern

Plot In a port city, the lives of a few isolated people, used to violence, are strongly influenced by the love they feel for each other. Choices, envy, love and tenderness...

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Not rated