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
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Kalligraf · 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
    AmélieLe Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie PoulainMust-See #223

    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. 2

    1991 · France · fantasy, comedy

    Empire 500 (2008) #237 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.302 citations
  3. 3
    A 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)