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Catherine Breillat

French actress, film director, writer and screenwriter (born 1948)

2.32body-of-work score · ranked #461 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
July 13, 1948 · Bressuire
Nationality
France
Work
film director, actor, novelist, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Catherine Breillat
Frankie Fouganthin · CC BY-SA 4.0

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
    Fat GirlÀ ma sœur !

    2001 · France / Italy · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2001 #6 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2001 #5 · Kehr's annual top 10 2001 #6

    0.894 citations
  2. 2
    Last SummerL'Été dernier

    2023 · France · drama, thriller

    Film Comment year-end poll 2024 #8 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2023 #9

    0.622 citations
  3. 3
    Perfect Love!Parfait Amour !

    1996 · France · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1996 #9

    0.301 citation
  4. 4
    The Last MistressUne vieille maîtresse

    2007 · France / Italy · romance, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2008 #24

    0.221 citation
  5. 5
    Police

    1985 · France · drama, crime

    Sarris's annual top 10 1986 #9

    0.151 citation
  6. 6
    Anatomy of HellAnatomie de l'enfer

    2004 · France · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 2004 #10

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.