Gerard Depardieu
Director, Actor
Vincent, François, Paul et les autres (1974)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani…
- French drama following three friends facing mid–life crises, based on the novel La grande Marrade by Claude Néron.
1900 (Novecento) (1976)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Robert De Niro
- Spectacular saga spans the first half of 20th Century Italy, and follows two men, one a peasant (Gerard Depardieu), the other a nobleman (Robert de…
Maitresse (1976)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier
- An eye–watering, willfully transgressive tale of a petty crook (Depardieu) who enters into a seemingly conventional romance with a…
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez Vos Mouchoirs) (1978)
- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere
- Naive, frustrated husband Gerard Depardieu embarks on an unconventional quest to find his listless wife some happiness, firstly by 'lending' her to a…
Bye Bye Monkey (Ciao maschio) (1978)
- Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, Geraldine Fitzgerald
- Gerard Depardieu adopts a baby monkey, engages in lewd sexual acts, and is raped by a militant feminist theatrical troupe in this crackpot futurist…
Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts) (1979)
- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet…
- When his lost switchblade turns up as a murder weapon, petty crim Gerard Depardieu goes on the lam in a nightmarish Paris, several disreputable…
Last Metro, The (1980)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu
- Elegant war story in occupied France, Catherine Deneuve struggles to keep her Jewish husband's theatre operating while concealing his whereabouts.
Loulou (1980)
- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand
- Charismatic street rogue Gerard Depardieu lures an impetuous Isabelle Huppert out her stale, bourgeois partnership with Guy Marchand. Star chemistry…
Mon Oncle D'Amerique (My American Uncle) (1980)
- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Marie Dubois, Jean Daste
- The dir. of LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD experiments with notions of human behaviour in this unusual drama, centred around the theories of a French…
Choix Des Armes, Le (Choice of Arms) (1981)
- Dir. Alain Corneau
Feat. Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu
- Two disparate ex–convicts face difficulties settling into normal society. Boasts France's greatest acting talents.
Woman Next Door, The (1981)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant
- Emotional chaos ensues for a happily married man when his old flame, now also married, becomes his immediate neighbour. Taut, intimate melodrama…
La Chevre (1981)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu
- Irrepressible comic duo Richard and Depardieu are paired for the first time; here, the chronically unlucky daughter of a businessman goes missing in…
Danton (1982)
- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Gerard Depardieu
- A gripping depiction of the political struggle faced by charismatic revolutionary Danton (Gerard Depardieu), whose campaign for peace and tolerance…
Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
- Dir. Daniel Vigne
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye
- A legendary French tale with Gerard Depardieu as the 16th century peasant who returns to his family after an eight year absense but is suspected of…
Moon in the Gutter (1983)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril…
- Dockworker Gerard Depardieu befriends Nastassja Kinski as he hunts for the killer of his sister. Pompous or excellent? Watch and decide for yourself.…
Comperes, Les (1984)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu
- Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu star in this screwball film as two strangers enlisted to help a mutual ex–lover, both thinking they are the…
One Woman or Two (1985)
- Dir. Daniel Vigne
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver
- Screwball comedy has Gerard Depardieu as an archeologist who must choose between the two women in his life – Sigourney Weaver and a…
Police (1985)
- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina
- Brilliantly idiosyncratic crime thriller co–written by French auteurs Maurice Pialat (who also directs) and Catherine Breillat (A MA SOEUR!),…
Les Fugitifs (1986)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu
- The inept Pierre Richard teams up with the innocent Gerard Depardieu in a madcap criminal escape after a botched bank–job. The situation…
Jean De Florette (1986)
- Dir. Claude Berri
Feat. Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
- A modern classic of love, greed and revenge set against the beauty of 1920s French Provence, superbly performed by three of France's biggest…
Under the Sun of Satan (Soues Le Soleil De Satan) (1987)
- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat…
- Both booed and awarded the top prize at Cannes Film Festival, Pialat's visionary film exemplifies the director's style and his thematic preoccupation…
Camille Claudel (1988)
- Dir. Bruno Nuytten
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Alain Cuny
- Intense, robust biopic of the French artist and lover of fellow sculptor, Auguste Rodin. Their tumultuous affair is passionately incarnated by…
Trop Belle Pour Toi (Too Beautiful For You) (1989)
- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet
- Car salesman Gerard Depardieu has a beautiful wife, but becomes infatuated with his plain yet passionate receptionist. Insightful, melancholy comedy.
I Want To Go Home (1989)
- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Linda Lavin, Laura Benson
- Satirical French comedy focused on a washed–up American comic artist who reluctantly visits France for an exhibition, only to run into his…
Green Card (1990)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell
- English language debut for Gerard Depardieu as a French musician who enters into a marriage–of–convenience with a stranger (Andie…
Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
- Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez…
- Rostand's classic play filmed in its native tongue, with the man born to play the poet with the outsized hooter, Gerard Depardieu. Little expense has…
Mon Pere Ce Heros (1991)
- Dir. Gerard Lauzier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu
- Gerard Depardieu is the adoring roly–poly father of a pubescent daughter whose emerging hormones prompt her to proclaim dad as her lover on a…
Tous Les Matins Du Monde (All the Mornings of the World) (1991)
- Dir. Alain Corneau
Feat. Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gerard Depardieu, Anne Brochet…
- Gerard Depardieu duets with real–life son Guillaume in this romantic tale of love, betrayal and classical music in the 17th Century. Exquisite…
My Father, the Hero (1993)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Lauren Hutton
- Innocuous English language retread of MON PERE CE HEROS, with Gerard Depardieu in the title role he played in the original.
Germinal (1993)
- Dir. Claude Berri
Feat. Renaud , Gerard Depardieu, Miou-Miou…
- The director of the JEAN DE FLORETTE films reunites with Gerard Depardieu for this epic recreation of the French coal–miners strike during the…
Oh, Woe is Me (Helas Pour Moi) (1993)
- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Gerard Depardieu
- Gerard Depardieu is the most accessible thing on offer in Godard's latest enigma, a film that's controlling idea is perhaps 'the desire of a God to…
Machine, La (1994)
- Dir. Francois Dupeyron
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye
- Gerard Depardieu goes into mad–doctor mode for this high–tech mind–transplant thriller, as a shrink/inventor whose fleeting…
Colonel Chabert, Le (1995)
- Dir. Yves Angelo
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini…
- After being presumed dead in Napoleonic battle, Gerard Depardieu returns to his home town to find his wife, his money and his honour being betrayed…
Pure Formality, A (Una pura formalità) (1996)
- Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Roman Polanski
- A chilling interrogation of an elusive murder suspect transpires under weather most foul. Roman Polanski and Gerard Depardieu face–off…
Secret Agent, The (1996)
- Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Gerard Depardieu, Patricia Arquette…
- Faithful period adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel concerning political intrigues in Edwardian London. Russian spy Bob Hoskins is ordered out…
Unhook the Stars (1996)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu
- Ageing widow Gena Rowlands forms an unlikely bond with a seven–year old neighbour and his abrasive mother in this absorbing drama, directed…
Hamlet (1997)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Jack Lemmon…
- A flash and vigorous reading of Shakespeare's tragedy of the melancholy Dane, hatched by Kenneth Branagh and a bevy of incongruous thesps.
An…
Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998)
- Dir. Randall Wallace
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, Gerard Depardieu
- Modern swashbuckler conducts the sequel to THE THREE MUSKETEERS (also from Alexander Dumas) in measured tones that defeat one's expectations.…
Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar (1999)
- Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Roberto Benigni
- An ambitious, 'live–action' adaptation of Goscinny and Uderzo's classic Roman Age comicbook.
Visually lavish, this was a box–office…
102 Dalmatians (2000)
- Dir. Kevin Lima
Feat. Glenn Close, Gerard Depardieu
- 'Rehabilitated' dalmation–hater Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close) isn't long out of the clink before she's back to her old ways in this worthy…
Les Miserables (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich…
- Well mounted and faithful adaptation of Victor Hugo's tale of persecution and revenge set in early 19th century France, with Gerard Depardieu playing…
Count of Monte Cristo, The (2001)
- Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort
- The classic tale of injustice and revenge (by Alexander Dumas), gets respectful treatment in this French TV mini–series starring Gerard…
Closet, The (Le Placard) (2001)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte…
- More comic gold from the king of French farce, Francis Veber, who understands the value of a good premise, great actors, and simple, unpretentious…
Dark Portals - Vidocq (2001)
- Dir. Pitof
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Andre Dussollier…
- Before the diabolical CATWOMAN, French visual effects maestro Pitof directed this wildly eccentric 19th century mythology, pitting the historical…
1492: Conquest of Paradise (2002)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver
- Ridley Scott's solid historical epic telling the fictionalized story of the travels to the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and…
Vatel (2002)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth…
- Talent–studded drama set in the cuisine–conscious French nobility of Louis XIV’s reign, where master chef Gerard Depardieu must prepare…
Between Strangers (2002)
- Dir. Edoardo Ponti
Feat. Sophia Loren, Pete Postlethwaite, Mira Sorvino…
- The lives of three quite different women move into thematic proximity in this lightweight, but worthy drama.
As played by Loren, Sorvino and…
Pact of Silence, The (Le Pacte du Silence) (2002)
- Dir. Graham Guit
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Elodie Bouchez
- Glossy Euro–thriller in which a priest of doubtful faith (Depardieu) investigates twin sisters – one in prison, the other in a convent…
City of Ghosts (2002)
- Dir. Matt Dillon
Feat. Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone…
- A moody debut for dir. Dillon, unfolding a familiar thriller of dueling lowlifes in the exotic–chaotic scenery of presentday…
Asterix and Obelix - Mission Cleopatra (2002)
- Dir. Alain Chabat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Alain Chabat, Monica Bellucci…
- The core cast of 1999's disastrous ASTERIX AND OBELIX TAKE ON CAESAR return for a far more successful adaptation of one of those classic…
A Loving Father (Aime ton père) (2002)
- Dir. Jacob Berger
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud
- Gerard Depardieu and real–life offspring Guillaume star as estranged father and son in this MISERY–inspired scenario of gaping family…
Nathalie... (2003)
- Dir. Anne Fontaine
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Fanny Ardant, Gerard Depardieu
- Steamy French confection involves frustrated wife Ardant in hiring prostitute Beart to seduce her philandering husband (Depardieu), and bring her…
Bon Voyage (2003)
- Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen…
- A plushly–mounted, grander–than–life romantic farce from director of "Cyrano De Bergerac".
It's June 1940, when a group of…
Tais Toi! (Ruby and Quentin) (2003)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Jean Reno, Andre Dussollier…
- Another reliable entertainment from the writer–director of THE CLOSET and THE DINNER GAME, this screwball crime comedy boasts a central comic…
Napoleon (TV Mini-series) (2003)
- Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich…
- A handsomely staged French (though English language) production of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Clavier) from his youthful antics, military…
Crime Spree (2003)
- Dir. Brad Mirman
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Hallyday…
- Slick comedy crime caper focused on a group of French thieves on a heist in Chicago where they mistakenly rob the head honcho of the Mafia and end up…
36 Quai Des Orfevres (2004)
- Dir. Olivier Marchal
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
- Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil partner again for this straight–faced policier as two veteran cops who compete for the top job while trying…
How Much Do You Love Me? (Combien tu m'aimes?) (2005)
- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Monica Bellucci, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Darroussin…
- Akin to THE VALET’s improbable live–in relationship, but offering entirely different results, this peculiar comedy–romance stars Monica…
Last Holiday (2006)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton…
- An infectiously optimistic Queen Latifah here plays a retail clerk diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour, who decides to reprioritise her life and…
Singer, The (Quand j'étais chanteur) (2006)
- Dir. Xavier Giannoli
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Cecile De France, Mathieu Amalric
- Gerard Depardieu works his rotund charm as a journeyman lounge singer, crooning his way through half–empty nightclubs while forging an unlikely…
Paris, Je T'aime (Paris, I Love You) (2006)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi…
- A prestige line–up of actors and filmmakers converge in this grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance. With each vignette…
La Vie en Rose (2007)
- Dir. Olivier Dahan
Feat. Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Emmanuelle Seigner…
- Marion Cotillard excels (and deservingly won a Best Actress Oscar) in this stunning new biopic of the life and times of French singer Edith…
Mesrine (Killer Instinct, Public Enemy Number 1) (2008)
- Dir. Jean-François Richet
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Cecile De France, Gerard Depardieu…
- Effective, if at times highly sensationalised biopic of career criminal Jacques Mesrine – France’s ‘Public Enemy #1’ throughout the 1960s and…
Babylon A.D. (2008)
- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Depardieu…
- Mind–numbing, muddled Vin Diesel thriller that sees the furrowed–brow strongman playing a callous mercenary recruited to smuggle a woman…
Asterix at the Olympic Games (Astérix Aux Jeux Olympiques) (2008)
- Dir. Frederic Forestier, Thomas Langmann
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Benoit Poelvoorde…
- Fairly loose adaptation of the original comic follows the oddball duo as they try to win the Olympic Games in order to set their friend up with a…
Diamond 13 (2009)
- Dir. Gilles Behat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Asia Argento, Olivier Marchal
- Downbeat and convoluted thriller with a dying cop roping in his loyal partner in a scheme to steal a shipment of cocaine from a drug…
Coco (2009)
- Dir. Gad Elmaleh
Feat. Gad Elmaleh, Gerard Depardieu
- The hapless soul of many a French Farce, comedian Gad Elmaleh stars and directs in this feature–length adaptation of one of his popular…
Mammuth (2010)
- Dir. Gustave Kervern, Benoit Delepine
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani…
- Slyly subversive comic tale with Gerard Depardieu in fine fettle as a retiree battling to secure his state pension.
Potiche (2010)
- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini…
- Bubbly satire has 60–something Catherine Deneuve transform from trophy wife to a strong–headed businesswoman after her chauvinist husband…
My Afternoons With Margueritte (2010)
- Dir. Jean Becker
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus
- Gerard Depardieu plays an illiterate man who forges an unlikely friendship with a elderly writer in this gentle new film from the dir. of…
Life of Pi (2012)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu …
- An Indian storyteller recalls the events of his extraordinary life, beginning as a boy shipwrecked along with animals from his family's zoo, in this…
Le Grand Soir (The Big Night) (2012)
- Dir. Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Albert Dupontel, Yolande Moreau…
- A wrinkling middle–aged punk and his soon–to–be–unemployed middle–class brother attempt to spark a cultural revolution…
Asterix and Obelix in Britain (God Save Britannia) (2012)
- Dir. Laurent Tirard
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Edouard Baer, Valérie Lemercier…
- Another big–budget, live action outing for the Franco comic duo, here aligning with the British to repel the Julius Caesar's invading Roman…
Man Who Laughs, The (2012)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Améris
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Marc-André Grondin, Emmanuelle Seigner…
- Victor Hugo's classic tale of two orphans – one disfigured, one blind – who become popular entertainers compels in this handsomely…
A Hero's Choice (A Farewell to Fools) (2013)
- Dir. Bogdan Dreyer
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Laura Morante
- A heaving production of Titus Popovici's famous novella 'The Death of Ipu' out of Romania, this WWII morality tale stars Gerard Depardieu as a madman…
Welcome to New York (2014)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Jacqueline Bisset
- Gerard Depardieu stars in Abel Ferrara's divisive drama based on the sexual misconduct allegations made against French diplomat Dominique…
Saint Amour (2016)
- Dir. Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Gerard Depardieu
- Warm–hearted road movie following a disheartened cattle breeder who embarks on a wine trail through France with his father (Depardieu) and a…
Lost Illusions (2021)
- Dir. Xavier Giannoli
Feat. Benjamin Voisin, Xavier Dolan, Cecile De France…
- An all–star cast dazzles in the spectacular adaptation of Balzac’s classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be…
Maigret (2022)
- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Jade Labeste, Aurore Clement…
- Gérard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th–century crime fiction in this crime drama from…