Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgian director, film producer and screenwriter (born 1951)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- April 21, 1951 · Engis
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Work
- screenwriter, film producer, film director, theatre director
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
2005 · Belgium / France · drama
Palme d'Or winner 2005 · Film Comment year-end poll 2006 #4 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2005 #4
2.896 citations - 2
1999 · Belgium / France · drama
Palme d'Or winner 1999 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1999 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #621
2.145 citations - 3The Kid with a BikeLe gamin au vélo
2011 · France / Belgium / Italy · drama
Cannes Grand Prix winner 2011 · Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #7 · Criterion Collection spine #646
1.243 citations - 4The SonLe Fils
2002 · France / Belgium · drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2003 #9 · Sarris's annual top 10 2003 #4 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2003 #7
0.844 citations - 5
1996 · France / Belgium · drama
Sarris's annual top 10 1997 #1 · Criterion Collection spine #620
0.662 citations - 6Two Days, One NightDeux jours, une nuit
2014 · France / Belgium / Italy · drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #11 · Criterion Collection spine #771
0.442 citations - 7Lorna's SilenceLe Silence de Lorna
2008 · Belgium / Italy / Germany · drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #10
0.291 citation
Complete filmography
All 14 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1987Falsch
- 1992I'm Thinking of You
- 1996La Promesse
- 1999Rosetta
- 2002The Son
- 2005The Child
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema
- 2008Lorna's Silence
- 2011The Kid with a Bike
- 2014Two Days, One Night
- 2016The Unknown Girl
- 2019Young Ahmed
- 2022Tori and Lokita
- 2025Young Mothers