The 25+ Best Charlotte Gainsbourg Movies
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1Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander SkarsgårdIn Melancholia, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) grapples with crippling depression during her disastrous wedding reception, held at the lavish estate of her sister, Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg). This familial drama unfolds against a backdrop of impending cosmic catastrophe, as a rogue planet, ominously named Melancholia, threatens to collide with Earth. Danish director Lars von Trier masterfully intertwines these narratives of personal and planetary despair in this visually stunning film. Melancholia is a poignant exploration of mental health and existential dread, underscored by its dramatic sci-fi twist. It was recognized for its outstanding performances and cinematography, notably securing Kirsten Dunst the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011.More Melancholia
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2William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan PlowrightAn orphaned young girl, Jane Eyre (Anna Paquin), suffers humiliation and abuse at the hands of her aunt (Fiona Shaw) and is subsequently banished to a strict boarding school for several years. Upon her release, the adult Jane (Charlotte Gainsbourg) becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, caring for the child of Mr. Rochester (William Hurt) and his ailing wife (Maria Schneider). Jane and the enigmatic Rochester begin an intense relationship overshadowed by doubt and madness.More Jane Eyre- #20 of 80 onThe Best Period Romance Movies
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3Nastassja Kinski, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Julian SandsThe Sun Also Shines at Night is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani in 1990. It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
4Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence StampA sports journalist (Yvan Attal) is jealous of his wife's (Charlotte Gainsbourg) fame and the attention she gets from strangers.
5Gael GarcÃa Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain ChabatSoon after the death of his father, a distraught young man (Gael GarcÃa Bernal) begins a job as a graphic designer, but has little chance to create. His intense dreams begin to overtake his waking life and he becomes increasingly caught up in flights of fancy. His hyperactive imagination then begins to interfere with his courtship of a pretty neighbor (Charlotte Gainsbourg).More The Science of Sleep- #146 of 195 onThe 150+ Best Hipster Movies
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6Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, Charlotte GainsbourgThe City of Your Final Destination is a novel by American writer Peter Cameron. Most of the story takes place in a small town in Uruguay. The novel's beginning and ending chapters taking place in Lawrence, Kansas, where the protagonist is a graduate student at the University of Kansas. In 2007 Merchant Ivory Productions produced a film based on the book, directed by James Ivory with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
7Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi WattsIn a film that plays with the idea of straightforward storytelling, a group of troubled people find that they are linked in unpredictable ways. Paul Rivers (Sean Penn) is an academic dealing with a terminal heart condition, but his life is changed by a car crash that seems unrelated to his ailment. The traffic accident, involving ex-con Jack Jordan (Benicio del Toro) and the husband of Cristina Peck (Naomi Watts), is one that ruins lives but ultimately also resurrects them.More 21 Grams- #23 of 32 on30+ Great Movies About Depression in Women
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8Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette LafontAn Impudent Girl is a 1985 French film directed by Claude Miller. It stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, who won the César Award for Most Promising Actress, and Bernadette Lafont, who won the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. It is a free adaptation of the novel Frankie Addams. The film won the Louis Delluc Prize, and received César nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Most Promising Actor, Best Writing, Best Costume Design and Best Sound.
9Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg, André DussollierLemming is a psychological thriller film, directed by Dominik Moll and starring André Dussollier, Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Laurent Lucas. It was entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
10Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice CoulthardSoon after the death of their father (Hanns Zischler), teen siblings Julie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Jack (Andrew Robertson) lose their ailing mother (Sinead Cusack), who's dying wish is to see the family remain together. Needing a source of income to keep the household running, Julie and Jack hide their mother's corpse, live off of her savings and care for their younger siblings themselves. However, the relationship between Julie and Jake soon begins to take a dark, sexual turn.
11Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Aden YoungThe Tree is a French-Australian 2010 film co-produced between Australia and France. It was filmed in the small town of Boonah in Queensland, Australia and follows the lives of Dawn and her four children after the unexpected death of her husband Peter. The film is an adaptation of the debut novel Our Father Who Art in The Tree by Australian writer and performer Judy Pascoe. The film closed the Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2010 following the Awards Ceremony and received a seven-minute standing ovation. As well as this, The Tree premiered at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival. The film is distributed in the U.S. by Zeitgeist Films, opening on 15 July 2011 in New York, on 22 July in Los Angeles, Boston and Washington, D.C., and throughout the country over the summer.
12Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl FranklinSeveral actors portray legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan at different stages in his personal life and career. In 1959 a guitar-strumming youth (Marcus Carl Franklin) rides the rails, calling himself "Guthrie." Then a man named Jack (Christian Bale) emerges in New York's Greenwich Village, followed by "Robbie (Heath Ledger)," Jude (Cate Blanchett) and other personalities.
13Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christopher LambertParoles et musique is a 1984 drama romance film written and directed by Élie Chouraqui.
14Charlotte Gainsbourg, Romain Duris, Hiam Abbass"Romain Duris is magnetic as an angst-ridden outsider in Patrice Chéreau's taut psychological drama, also starring Charlotte Gainsbourg. Daniel (Romain Duris) is a very angry man – almost a French cousin to Johnny, the protagonist of Mike Leigh's Naked. Falling out of the circle of conventional French society, he has become a loner working on a series of hand-to-mouth construction jobs and living at his work sites. Still he finds the time for occasional meetings with his girlfriend (Charlotte Gainsbourg), whose well-paid job often keeps her away, and for get-togethers with his social circle, usually spending evenings inveighing against his friends and spilling their confidences. But Daniel's life is complicated by the arrival of a mysterious, seemingly down-and-out man (Jean-Hugues Anglade) who keeps invading Daniel's space, sometimes committing damage, sometimes confessing undying love. Romain Duris, who first gave full rein to his dark side in The Beat That My Heart Skipped, stays in sombre mode in Patrice Chéreau's film – in mood and theme, something of a companion piece to the director's London-set Intimacy. Hitting a nerve of metropolitan unease, this is an intense and troubling film. Eric Neveux's edgy, guitar-laden score and claustrophobic photography by Yves Cape (see White Material and Hadewijch) make this one of Chéreau's most compelling yet." Quoting Jonathan Romney
15Gérard Depardieu, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean CarmetMerci la vie is a 1991 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Writing and Best Editing.
16Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bezace, Simon de la BrosseIn the aftermath of World War II, 16-year-old Janine Castang (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the country. Unhappy with her new living arrangements, Janine begins acting out by compulsively stealing. After more than one encounter with the police, the troubled girl runs away to the city. There, she finds work as a maid and begins an affair with an older, married man (Didier Bezace), but still can't escape her kleptomania.
17Charlotte Gainsbourg, Serge Gainsbourg, Roland BertinStan's only link to life is through his daughter.
18Love, etc.
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Charles BerlingLove, etc. is a 1996 comedy film directed by Marion Vernoux.
19Charlotte Gainsbourg, Aïssa Maïga, Bernadette LafontI Do or Rent a Wife, is a 2006 French romantic comedy directed by Eric Lartigau, based on an original idea by Alain Chabat. The film stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat and Bernadette Lafont. It is Chabat and Gainsbourg's third collaboration, after Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants and The Science of Sleep.
20Emmanuelle Béart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marie de VillepinSeason's Beatings is a French comedy-drama film directed by Danièle Thompson, released in 1999.
21Johnny Depp, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Emmanuelle SeignerHappily Ever After is a 2004 French comedy drama film. The film is written and directed by Yvan Attal, produced by Claude Berri, and starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal. It was released in English in North America. For English-speaking audiences, the film is highly recognizable for the lengthy cameo appearance of Johnny Depp, who speaks fluent French. The soundtrack also features Radiohead.
22The Intruder
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charles Edwin Powell, Nastassja KinskiCatherine (Charlotte Gainsbourg) moves to a new city, and Nick Girard (Charles Powell), a composer of film scores, catches her eye. They marry, but almost instantly something seems amiss. Nick had a previous wife named Stella, but she was killed two years earlier and her presence seems to still reside in the apartment. The neighbors in the building aren't exactly welcoming, either. Catherine begins to think that an unseen force is trying to warn her about Nick, who starts to doubt her sanity.- 23Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua LariosA wealthy man is vacationing with loved ones at a resort in Acapulco, Mexico until he receives a phone call. There's been a death in the family, and everyone must return home. However, the man pretends to lose his passport, which delays his return.
24Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Aurora QuattrocchiSalvatore (Vincenzo Amato), a Sicilian villager, decides to leave his homeland and emigrate to America with his two sons, Angelo (Francesco Casisa) and Pietro (Filippo Pucillo). They and their fellow travelers (Charlotte Gainsbourg, Federica de Cola) face a challenging journey to what they believe is a land of milk and honey.
25Grosse Fatigue
Roman Polanski, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Carole BouquetGrosse Fatigue is a 1994 French comedy film directed by Michel Blanc. It was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
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27Confession of a Child of the Century
Lily Cole, Pete Doherty, Charlotte GainsbourgConfession of a Child of the Century is a 2012 French drama film directed by Sylvie Verheyde. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film is an adaptation of Alfred de Musset's 1836 autobiographical novel of the same name.
