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Jean-Hugues Anglade has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Nikita.
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A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Dir. Luc Besson · With Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tchéky Karyo

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Dir. Stefano Sollima · With Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Amendola, Alessandro Borghi
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix · With Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.
Dir. Patrice Chéreau · With Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade

Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals.
Dir. Luc Besson · With Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer

Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.
Dir. Claude Sautet · With Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Claire Nadeau

Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
Dir. D.J. Caruso · With Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to keep his head above water. Despite the medication he gulps down all day, every day, and his wife's encouragement, he is unable to find any meaning in his life. Curiously, he will end up finding this sense of purpose at the swimming pool, by joining an all-male synchronised swimming team.
Dir. Gilles Lellouche · With Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde

A struggling actor seems doomed to live life as a loser. When he finally snatches a lead role as a superhero named “Badman,” he feels like everything is possible, but fate strikes again.
Dir. Philippe Lacheau · With Philippe Lacheau, Julien Arruti, Tarek Boudali
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.
Dir. Roger Avary · With Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade

Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.
Dir. Ringo Lam Ling-Tung · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Jean-Hugues Anglade
1956, in the north of France. A group of underground miners is forced to take a professor to take samples a thousand meters underground. After a landslide that prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time, and unknowingly awaken a legendary bloodthirsty creature.
Dir. Mathieu Turi · With Samuel Le Bihan, Amir el Kacem, Thomas Solivérès
Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis.
Dir. Dominique Farrugia · With Franck Dubosc, Richard Berry, Jean-Hugues Anglade
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