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Xavier Beauvois

French actor, film director and screenwriter

2.72body-of-work score · ranked #401 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
March 20, 1967 · Auchel
Nationality
France
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter, film actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Xavier Beauvois
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
    Of Gods and MenDes hommes et des dieuxMust-See #497

    2010 · France · drama, war

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2010 · César Best Film winner 2011 · Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #34

    1.703 citations
  2. 2
    The Young LieutenantLe Petit Lieutenant

    2005 · France · crime

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2005 #4 · Sarris's annual top 10 2006 #8 · Kehr's annual top 10 2006 #null

    0.733 citations
  3. 3
    Don't Forget You're Going to DieN'oublie pas que tu vas mourir

    1995 · France · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1996 #10

    0.291 citation

Complete filmography

All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.