Claire Denis’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Claire Denis has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Recurring themes

Beau Travail
2000 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 32%Max · Included

Stars at Noon
2022 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 88%Prime Video · Included

Bastards
2013 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 89%AMC+ · Included

Trouble Every Day
2001 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 91%AMC+ · Included

Let the Sunshine In
2017 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 91%AMC+ · Included

Both Sides of the Blade
2022 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 91%AMC+ · Included

Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
Dir. Claire Denis · With Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.
Dir. Claire Denis · With Isaach de Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet

In the midst of a volatile regime change in a Francophone African state, Maria Vial is fighting to sustain her family’s coffee plantation. With rebels and the army struggling for control, French peacekeeping forces move out, warning the remaining white residents that they’re on their own. But Maria refuses to be driven off the land, even as tragedy looms.
Dir. Claire Denis · With Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle

Monte and his daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to deep space. The crew—death-row inmates led by a doctor with sinister motives—has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.
Dir. Claire Denis · With Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth

In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.
Dir. Claire Denis · With Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Benny Safdie

Marco returns to Paris after his brother-in-law's suicide, where he targets the man his sister believes caused the tragedy – though he is ill-prepared for her secrets as they quickly muddy the waters.
Dir. Claire Denis · With Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Julie Bataille

Newlyweds Shane and June arrive in Paris for their honeymoon. In the process of trying to find a cure for his strange, bloodthirsty disease, Shane stumbles upon the story of a doctor and his flesh eating wife.
Dir. Claire Denis · With Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice Dalle

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.
Dir. Claire Denis · With Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine

Jean and Sara have been living together for 10 years. When they first met, Sara was living with François, Jean’s best friend and an admirer from back when he played rugby. Jean and Sara love each other. One day, Sara sees François in the street. He does not notice her, but she is overtaken by the sensation that her life could suddenly change. François gets back in touch with Jean. For the first time in years. He suggests they start working together again. From here on, things spiral out of control.
Dir. Claire Denis · With Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin