Jean-Pierre Jeunet
French film director
3.05body-of-work score · ranked #360 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- September 3, 1953 · Le Coteau
- Nationality
- France
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, 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
2001 · France / Germany · comedy, romance, drama
César Best Film winner 2002 · TIFF People's Choice winner 2001 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2001 #6
2.587 citations - 2
1991 · France · fantasy, comedy
Empire 500 (2008) #237 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.302 citations - 3A Very Long EngagementUn long dimanche de fiançailles
2004 · France · drama, war, romance
Sarris's annual top 10 2004 #7
0.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 14 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1980The Carousel
- 1981The Bunker of The Last Gunshot
- 1984No Rest for Billy Brakko
- 1990Foutaises
- 1991Delicatessen
- 1995The City of Lost Children
- 1997Alien Resurrection
- 2001Amélie
- 2004A Very Long Engagement
- 2009Micmacs
- 2013The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet
- 2016Deux escargots s'en vont
- 2022BigBug
- 2026Violette (2026 film)