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Alain Guiraudie

French film director

3.64body-of-work score · ranked #305 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
July 15, 1964 · Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Nationality
France
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Alain Guiraudie
Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Stranger by the LakeL'Inconnu du lac

    2013 · France · drama, thriller

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2013 #1 · Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #6

    1.362 citations
  2. 2
    MisericordiaMiséricorde

    2024 · France / Spain / Portugal · comedy, drama, crime

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2024 #1 · Film Comment year-end poll 2025 #7

    1.332 citations
  3. 3
    Staying VerticalRester vertical

    2016 · France · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2016 #7

    0.331 citation
  4. 4
    The King of EscapeLe Roi de l'évasion

    2008 · France · comedy, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2009 #8

    0.321 citation
  5. 5
    Nobody's HeroViens je t'emmène

    2022 · France · comedy

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2022 #9

    0.301 citation

Complete filmography

All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.