Juliette Binoche

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel

In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.

Dir. Lasse Hallström · With Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina

Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.

Dir. Leos Carax · With Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber

Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

Dir. Trần Anh Hùng · With Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche, Patrick d'Assumçao

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

Dir. Anthony Minghella · With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe

George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.

Dir. Michael Haneke · With Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Annie Girardot

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.

Dir. Leos Carax · With Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Michel Piccoli

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

Dir. Abbas Kiarostami · With Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière

Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.

Dir. Peter Hedges · With Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook

Marianne Winckler relocates to the port city of Caen in order to pass herself off as a member of a large community of itinerant workers desperate to make ends meet. She gains employment as a cleaner on a ferry travelling between Ouistreham and Portsmouth, recording the drudgery of the work she and her colleagues are required to do.

Dir. Emmanuel Carrère · With Juliette Binoche, Hélène Lambert, Louise Pociecka

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.

Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau · With Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.

Dir. Philip Kaufman · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

Dir. Gareth Edwards · With Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche

On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, Rebecca – one of the world’s top war photojournalists - gets badly hurt. Back home, another bomb drops as her husband and daughters give her an ultimatum: her work or her family.

Dir. Erik Poppe · With Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny

An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

Dir. Fred Schepisi · With Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison

A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.

Dir. Michael Haneke · With Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler

Polina is a young dancer from a modest family. After years of ballet academy, she is accepted by the Bolshoi; still, she decides to try and audition of a modern dance company in France. She makes it, but her journey will not end there...

Dir. Valérie Müller, Angelin Preljocaj · With Anastasia Shevtsova, Juliette Binoche, Niels Schneider

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

Dir. Peter Kosminsky · With Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer

A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.

Dir. Olivier Assayas · With Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

Dir. Louis Malle · With Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

Dir. Rupert Sanders · With Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Pilou Asbæk

Claire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman to catfish Alex, the roommate of her former lover, Ludo.

Dir. Safy Nebbou · With Juliette Binoche, Nicole Garcia, François Civil

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.

Dir. Uberto Pasolini · With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer

A truck driver has been forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a deadly prison gang. With FBI operatives hot on her trail, Sally's conscience is challenged when the final package turns out to be a teenage girl.

Dir. Anna Gutto · With Juliette Binoche, Frank Grillo, Morgan Freeman

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

Dir. Olivier Assayas · With Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Renier

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.

Dir. Cédric Klapisch · With Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini

Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.

Dir. Patricia Riggen · With Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Kate del Castillo

An attention-craving mother nearing 50, unemployed and living with her pregnant daughter and son-in-law, suddenly finds herself with child, too...

Dir. Noémie Saglio · With Juliette Binoche, Camille Cottin, Lambert Wilson

Paulette Van Der Beck and her husband have been running the housekeeping school of Bitche in Alsace for many years. Their mission is to train teenage girls to become the perfect housewives at a time when women were expected to be subservient to their husband. After the sudden death of her husband, Paulette discovers that the school is on the verge of bankruptcy and has to take her responsibilities. But while preparations are underway for the best housekeeping competition TV show, she and her lively students start questioning their beliefs as the nation-wide protests of May 1968 transform society around them. Reunited with her first love, André, and with the help of her eccentric stepsister Gilberte and strict nun Marie-Therese, Paulette joins forces with the schoolgirls to overcome their suppressed status and become liberated women.

Dir. Martin Provost · With Juliette Binoche, Yolande Moreau, Noémie Lvovsky

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