Jean-Jacques Annaud

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Brad Pitt, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, David Thewlis

Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Douce the Bear, Bart the Bear, Tchéky Karyo

In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi

François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the team star for the previous mockeries.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Patrick Dewaere, France Dougnac, Dorothée Jemma

A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and she wields it deftly over her besotted lover throughout a series of clandestine meetings and torrid encounters.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Frédérique Meininger

In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With William Feng, Shawn Dou, Ankhnyam Ragchaa

On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto

A film relating from the inside the Notre-Dame de Paris fire of April 2019.

Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud · With Samuel Labarthe, Jean-Paul Bordes, Mickaël Chirinian