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Jacques Audiard has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by A Prophet.
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Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif

Josselin Beaumont, a French secret agent, is tasked with assassinating Njala, the president for life of Malawi in Africa. A shift in French policy means that assassinating Njala is no longer an option. But instead of recalling their agent, high-ranking officials deliberately sacrifice Beaumont by handing him over to the Malawian authorities. Arrested, tried, and imprisoned, he nevertheless manages to escape. Back in Paris after a two-year absence, he informs his superiors through Colonel Martin that he will fulfill his contract during Njala’s upcoming official visit to Paris between the 12th and 15th of this month, and that he has a few scores to settle with the D.G.S.E. The question is, should Beaumont be stopped or not?
Dir. Georges Lautner · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Robert Hossein, Elisabeth Margoni

Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure

She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal

Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to derail his musical aspirations.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Jonathan Zaccaï

Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy – They're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Noémie Merlant

Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
Dir. Michel Blanc · With Michel Blanc, Carole Bouquet, Philippe Noiret
Aging beautician Angèle, already wounded by a long-ago romance, gets awkwardly dumped at a train station. Witnessing how she turns around a humiliating situation, younger sculptor Antoine becomes so smitten that he breaks up with his fiancée and sets out to win Angèle's heart. Meanwhile, Angèle attempts to quash the budding romance of her young co-worker, Marie, and a much older widowed client, despite their obvious rapport.
Dir. Tonie Marshall · With Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Audrey Tautou
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Dir. Claude Miller · With Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand

Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez