History of Movies
My Library

Jacques Audiard

French film director and screenwriter (born 1952)

7.36body-of-work score · ranked #137 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

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

Born
April 30, 1952 · 14th arrondissement of Paris
Nationality
France
Work
screenwriter, film director, actor, film actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Jacques Audiard
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
    A ProphetUn prophèteMust-See #298

    2009 · France / Italy · drama, crime, thriller

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2009 · César Best Film winner 2010 · Film Comment year-end poll 2010 #5

    2.255 citations
  2. 2
    Dheepan

    2015 · France · drama, crime

    Palme d'Or winner 2015 · Criterion Collection spine #871

    1.662 citations
  3. 3
    Emilia Pérez

    2024 · France · musical, comedy, crime

    César Best Film winner 2025 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2024 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2025 #6

    1.563 citations
  4. 4
    The Beat That My Heart SkippedDe battre mon cœur s'est arrêté

    2005 · France · drama, crime, romance

    César Best Film winner 2006 · Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #31 · Criterion Collection spine #1280

    1.113 citations
  5. 5
    Read My LipsSur mes lèvres

    2001 · France · thriller, drama, crime

    Sarris's annual top 10 2002 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #1279

    0.382 citations
  6. 6
    Rust and BoneDe rouille et d'os

    2012 · France / Belgium / Singapore · drama, romance

    Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #27

    0.211 citation
  7. 7
    A Self Made HeroUn héros très discret

    1996 · France · drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1997 #5

    0.191 citation

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.