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Valérie Lemercier has 21 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy.
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Josep
2020 · Movie · Voice
Top 34%Prime Video · Included

Avenue Montaigne
2006 · Movie · Actor
Top 61%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Aline
2021 · Movie · Actor · Director · Writer
Top 65%Prime Video · Included

Coup de chance
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 70%Prime Video · Included

Nicholas on Holiday
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 95%Tubi · Free w/ ads

A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
Dir. Alain Berbérian · With Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia

After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.
Dir. Jean-Marie Poiré · With Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Valérie Lemercier

Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
Dir. Thomas Bezucha · With Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy, Leighton Meester

February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship, the French government's solution consists in confining the Spanish refugees in concentration camps where they have no other choice than to build their own shelters, feed off the horses which have carried them out of their country, and die by the hundred for lack of hygiene and water... In one of these camps, two men, separated by barbwire, will become friends. One is a guard the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 - New York 1995), a cartoonist who fights against the Franco regime.
Dir. Aurel · With Sergi López, Alba Pujol, Sílvia Pérez Cruz

as Marie-Laurence Granianski, interprète à l'ambassade d'Autriche
The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.
Dir. Jean-Marie Poiré · With Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Valérie Lemercier

A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.
Dir. Danièle Thompson · With Cécile de France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel

A fictionalized biopic of Aline Dieu, a multitalented singer from a musically inclined family.
Dir. Valérie Lemercier · With Valérie Lemercier, Sylvain Marcel, Arnaud Préchac

Vincent, a civil servant, has always enjoyed the benefits of his family's status. When the government votes on a massive savings plan, Vincent is pushed out. When he is transferred to the North Pole, he meets Eva and finds love. It's time for him to choose.
Dir. Jérôme Commandeur · With Jérôme Commandeur, Laetitia Dosch, Pascale Arbillot

Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, his mother is pregnant! He panics and envisions the worst.
Dir. Laurent Tirard · With Maxime Godart, Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad

Fanny and Jean have everything of an ideal couple: fulfilled professionally, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris, and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, former classmate Alain, she's immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and grow closer.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Lou de Laâge, Valérie Lemercier, Melvil Poupaud

as Brigitte, la mère de Charles et Caroline
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
Dir. Gabriel Julien-Laferrière · With Samy Seghir, Jérémy Denisty, Rachida Brakni
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal Error ! Terrified at the idea of not being up to par, his wife Colette begs Alexandre, their neighbor to help. Communication guru, Alexander accepts the challenge and gives a makeover to the couple in twenty-four hours. Apartment, decoration, lifestyle, dinner menu, uniforms, culture... Everything !
Dir. Laurent Bouhnik · With Daniel Auteuil, Valérie Lemercier, Thierry Lhermitte
Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite unexpectedly, the country is left without a king. According to the law, the new king needs to be married so that leaves out the eldest son. Her youngest son, Prince Arnaud is married to the lovely Armelle and they have two young children. They become the future rulers of the kingdom.
Dir. Valérie Lemercier · With Valérie Lemercier, Lambert Wilson, Catherine Deneuve

as Marie-Francine Doublet · Director · Writer
A woman at the age of 50 moves back in with her parents after her husband leave her for a younger woman.
Dir. Valérie Lemercier · With Valérie Lemercier, Denis Podalydès, Patrick Timsit

A heartbroken literary critic turns his despair into creativity following a bitter divorce, only to encounter an enchanting beauty who poses a major challenge to his newfound cynicism. Marc Marronnier thought his marriage was going well until his wife deemed him immature, and left him for a high-profile writer. Devastated, he began filtering all of his heartache into a misanthropic manuscript decrying the virtues of true love. But later, when Marc falls hard for his cousin's radiant and gorgeous wife, his entire life is turned upside down. Louise Bourgoin and Gaspard Proust star in a film by actor and author-turned-director Frederic Beigbeder.
Dir. Frédéric Beigbeder · With Louise Bourgoin, Gaspard Proust, JoeyStarr
Isabelle, HR of a large cruise company, made the mistake of choosing her boss as a lover. Before embarking on the maiden voyage of the new flagship of the fleet, though, he decided to disembark from their relationship! Some women take their revenge by poison, firearm, or slander. Isabelle chooses Remy a flamboyant, unemployed ne'er-do-well who flunked out in life on land, but after all is said and done, might have better luck at sea... She recruits him as leader of her plot and on this Palace of the Seas, Remy will first prove to be the worst nightmare of the CEO and Richard, the Cruise Director...then, little by little, he will change his life and that of all those who cross his path...
Dir. Eric Lavaine · With Franck Dubosc, Valérie Lemercier, Gérard Darmon

as Aleksandra · Director · Writer
The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Alekseï from Russia suddenly pops up in their 100% cashmere, childless home. Aleksandra soon realises that this little boy they have adopted is not quite what she had been hoping for...
Dir. Valérie Lemercier · With Valérie Lemercier, Gilles Lellouche, Marina Foïs
Nour is a pleasant and funny person who works as an accountant at a fitness center in Paris. Everybody likes her, but she has no luck in her romantic endeavours because she is overweight with atypical looks. Her close friends try to give her advice, but they are not particularly successful in the love department either. Her mother and brother are also close, but they are of no help, rather the contrary. One day she witnesses a pole dancing class at her workplace, something that she would never dream of doing herself, but she sees how much the women in the class and their teacher are enjoying themselves, so she is tempted. Finally the teacher starts giving her private lessons since she is too ashamed of her body to do anything in public. Slowly but surely she gains confidence in herself and many things change in her life.
Dir. Katia Lewkowicz · With Melha Bedia, Valérie Lemercier, Alison Wheeler

It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage.
Dir. Laurent Tirard · With Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Mathéo Boisselier
Agathe Clery, a marketing manager for a cosmetics company, is snobbish, stubborn and racist. When she is diagnosed with Addison Syndrome, an disorder that darkens the pigmentation of one's skin, she suddenly finds herself resembling a black woman.
Dir. Étienne Chatiliez · With Valérie Lemercier, Anthony Kavanagh, Dominique Lavanant

as Miss Macintosh
Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.
Dir. Laurent Tirard · With Édouard Baer, Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Gallienne
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