The 70+ Best Isabelle Huppert Movies
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Frankie
Isabelle Huppert, Marisa Tomei, Greg KinnearA family confronts a life-altering crisis while vacationing in Portugal. 
2Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Virginie Ledoyen8 Women is a 2002 French dark comedy musical film, written and directed by François Ozon. Based on the 1958 play by Robert Thomas, it features an ensemble cast of high-profile French actresses that includes Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier, and Firmine Richard. Revolving around an eccentric family of women and their employees in the 1950s, the film follows eight women as they gather to celebrate Christmas in an isolated, snowbound cottage only to find Marcel, the family patriarch, dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret. Ozon initially envisioned a remake of George Cukor's 1939 film The Women, but eventually settled on Thomas's Huit femmes after legal obstacles prevented him from doing so. Drawing inspiration from Cukor's screwball comedies of the late 1930s and the 1950s work of pioneering directors such as Douglas Sirk, Vincente Minnelli, and Alfred Hitchcock, 8 Women blends farce, melodrama, musical, and murder-mystery film while addressing murder, greed, adultery, and homosexuality.
3Isabelle Huppert, Maurice Bénichou, Lucas BiscombeFollowing a global cataclysm, Anne (Isabelle Huppert) and her family set out for a safe haven at their holiday home. But, when they arrive, the home is already occupied by other survivors. Their hopes for safety are immediately dashed by a violent tragedy, which serves as a lesson to take nothing for granted and expect the worst in this new, harsh landscape. Accompanied by a fierce young boy (Hakim Taleb), the family eventually reaches a train station with the prospect of escaping.- 4Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika MonroeFrances finds a handbag on the New York subway and promptly returns it to Greta, an eccentric French piano teacher who loves tea and classical music. Having recently lost her mother, young Frances strikes up a seemingly harmless friendship with the lonely and kindly widow who enjoys her company. But when Greta's behavior becomes increasingly erratic and obsessive, Frances does whatever it takes to end the toxic relationship before things spirals out of control.
5Isabelle Huppert, Florence GiorgettiThe Lacemaker is a 1977 French drama film directed by Claude Goretta and starring Isabelle Huppert and Yves Beneyton. It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt winning novel La Dentellière by Pascal Lainé.
6La vie promise
Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Fabienne BabeLa vie promise is a 2002 French film directed by Olivier Dahan, written by Olivier Dahan and Agnès Fustier-Dahan, and starring by Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory and Maud Forget.
7Jacqueline Bissett, Virginie Ledoyen, Isabelle HuppertLa Cérémonie is a 1995 film by Claude Chabrol, adapted from the novel A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell. The film echoes the case of Christine and Lea Papin, two French maids who brutally murdered their employer's wife and daughter in 1933, as well as the 1947 play they inspired, The Maids by Jean Genet.
8Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Fabrice LuchiniViolette Nozière is a 1978 French crime film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran. The film, based on a true French murder case in 1933, is about an eighteen-year-old girl named Violette and her encounters with a number of older men. The film had a total of 1,074,507 admissions in France.
9Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle RivaAmour is a 2012 French-language drama film directed by Michael Haneke. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad when Anne suffers a stroke which paralyses her on the right side of her body.More Amour
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10Isabelle Huppert, Patrick Bauchau, Miou-MiouEntre Nous is a 1983 French biographical drama film directed by Diane Kurys, who shares the writing credits with Olivier Cohen. Set in the France of the mid twentieth century, the film stars Isabelle Huppert, Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri and Christine Pascal. Coup de Foudre means "love at first sight".
11Isabelle Huppert, Isaach De Bankolé, Christopher LambertAs the owner of a coffee plantation in Africa, Maria (Isabelle Huppert) wants only to see her business through the harvest, no matter what's happening around it. Instead of fleeing what seems to be a dangerous conflict, she puts her faith in a rebel leader called The Boxer (Isaach De Bankolé). But as civil wars rip through the continent, and the area becomes increasingly dangerous, Maria may be putting both herself and her family in danger by attempting to weather the storm.
12Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, Marie-France PisierThe Brontë Sisters is a 1979 French drama film directed by André Téchiné. It tells the story of the famous Brontë siblings. The film was written by Téchiné with the collaboration of Pascal Bonitzer and Jean Gruault. The cinematography was by Bruno Nuytten. It was a project that Téchiné wanted to make since 1972, but only after the favorable reception of Souvenirs d'en France and Barocco, he was able to find the necessary financing. Produced by Gaumont, the film's originally running time was cut from three to less than two hours upon its release at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Isabelle Adjani as Emily, Marie-France Pisier as Charlotte and Isabelle Huppert as Anne. Pascal Greggory plays their brother Branwell Brontë. The plot centers on the sisters' sombre relationship with Branwell. Set in a careful recreation of the period, the film follows the bleak lives of the four siblings in less than a ten year span. It begins in 1834, when at the age of seventeen Branwell painted the famous portrait of his three sisters, in which he originally included his own image, and ends around 1852 when Charlotte, now a famous author, is the only surviving sibling.
13Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Claudia ColiWealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey (Pascal Greggory) comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle (Isabelle Huppert), has left him for another man. Realizing her mistake, Gabrielle returns, and the pair begin a merciless analysis of their marriage as the relationship comes undone.
14In Another Country
Isabelle Huppert, Jane Birkin, Moon Sung-KeunIn Another Country is a 2012 South Korean comedy-drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo. Set in a seaside town, the film consists of three parts that tell the story of three different women, all named Anne and all played by French actress Isabelle Huppert. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as part of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival.
15Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Stévenin, Olivier Gourmet"Director Ursula Meier has called this a road movie in reverse. Her characters don't set out on a highway to see what adventures the road can bring. Instead, Marthe and Michel live in a house with their kids, far away from civilized society on the edge of a freeway that was never completed. And then the road comes to them. Without warning, construction workers unexpectedly put the final touches on the long-empty expressway and then open it up to traffic. Their once peaceful home becomes noisy and polluted, and the relationships that were so strong during peaceful times start to fray. With cinematography by Agnès Godard that is alert to widescreen visual gags, Meier's quirky comedy keeps finding new ways to surprise. Marthe can’t sleep. Daughter Marion becomes obsessed with pollution and creates her own haz-mat suits. The eldest daughter Judith runs away. Michel buys insulation and concrete bricks and imprisons them in their own home during the summer, amplifying the heat, boredom and the smallest sound. Ultimately, the family needs to redefine what “home” means. For audiences, however, Home means an absurd and satisfying comedy." Quoting the description from the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival site.
16Parker Posey, Isabelle Huppert, Tim Blake NelsonAmateur is a 1994 film written and directed by Hal Hartley starring Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan and Elina Löwensohn.
17Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie TrintignantIn Nazi-occupied France, Marie (Isabelle Huppert), a mother of two, is struggling to support her family. Her debilitated husband, Paul (François Cluzet), can no longer work when he comes back from the war. Out of desperation, Marie decides to perform illicit abortions and charge large sums for her services. Before long she's making a considerable amount of money from her secret occupation -- which soon leads her to disregard the ailing Paul and turn her attentions to a lavish new lifestyle.
18Isabelle Huppert, Anna Mouglalis, Jacques DutroncMerci pour le chocolat is a 2000 French thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert. The film is based on the novel The Chocolate Cobweb by Charlotte Armstrong.
19Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle HuppertHarvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion (Christopher Walken), a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert). As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.More Heaven's Gate- #265 of 288 onThe 250+ Best Western Movies Of All Time
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20Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre MarielleHapless Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is the beleaguered police chief of a small town in French colonial Senegal. The local criminals openly mock Lucien's inability to put a stop to their illegal enterprises, and his unfaithful and shrewish wife Huguette (Stéphane Audran) is having a blatant affair with Nono (Eddy Mitchell), whom Lucien believes is her brother. When the humiliations finally become too much for him to bear, Lucien takes matters into his own hands.
21Isabelle Huppert, Jérémie Renier, Jean-Pierre KalfonThe King's Daughters is a 2000 French period drama film directed by Patricia Mazuy. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. It was adapted from the novel La maison d’Esther by Yves Dangerfield.
22Isabelle Huppert, Jérémie Renier, Yannick RenierPascale (Isabelle Huppert) leads a lonely life with her adult sons François (Yannick Renier) and Thierry (Jérémie Renier) at a rural estate subsidized by her ex-husband's alimony payments. When Pascale falls for neighbor Jan (Kris Cuppens), she makes plans to move in with him. But Pascale's twin sons -- loafers who treat her like a servant and refuse to accept the responsibilities of adulthood -- won't let her go. The family remains locked in a stalemate until someone makes a startling move.
23La Garce
Isabelle HuppertLa Garce is a 1984 French thriller film directed by Christine Pascal and starring Isabelle Huppert.
24Isabelle Huppert, Robinson StéveninTwo is a 2002 French drama film directed by Werner Schroeter and starring Isabelle Huppert.
25Comedy of Power
Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick BruelIn this comedy-drama from Claude Chabrol, Magistrate Jeanne Charmant-Killman (Isabelle Huppert) doggedly investigates CEO Michel Humeau (François Berléand), who is accused of participating in massive corporate malfeasance. As her investigation leads her into the upper echelons of government, Jeanne becomes intoxicated by the power she is amassing. Though she faces threats by those whom she would see brought low and by the dissolution of her personal life and marriage, she will not relent.
26Isabelle Huppert, Daniel AuteuilLa Séparation is a 1994 French romantic drama film directed by Christian Vincent and based on the novel La Séparation by Dan Franck.
27Emmanuelle Béart, Isabelle Huppert, Julie DepardieuSentimental Destinies is a 2000 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
28Isabelle Huppert, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna SchygullaThe Story of Piera is a 1983 Italian drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. Hanna Schygulla won the award for Best Actress at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
29Hanna Schygulla, Isabelle Huppert, Jerzy RadziwiłowiczAn exacting filmmaker (Jerzy Radziwiłowicz) deals with producers and other obstacles while making a documentary about light and image.
30Milan noir
Isabelle HuppertMilan noir is a 1987 French thriller film directed by Ronald Chammah and starring Isabelle Huppert.
