The best Jean-Louis Richard’s movies

Jean-Louis Richard

Jean-Louis Richard

17/05/1927- 03/06/2012
Today we present the best Jean-Louis Richard’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jean-Louis Richard’s movies.
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The Professional

The Professional
7.4/10
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.

Jules and Jim

Jules and Jim
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 23/01/1962
  • Character: Customer in Cafe
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim. Both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine, but it's Jules who wins her hand. After the war, Jim visits Jules, Catherine and their daughter in their Austrian home and discovers not only that his feelings for Catherine are unchanged, but also that they're reciprocated.

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/10/1982
  • Character: das Gehirn
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.

The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 20/04/1964
  • Character: Man in Street (uncredited)
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He meets an air hostess, Nicole. They start a love affair, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stand staying away from her.

The Last Metro

The Last Metro
7.3/10
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime
7.1/10
Recovering from an attempted suicide, a man is selected to participate in a time travel experiment that has only been tested on mice. A malfunction in the experiment causes the man to experience moments from his past in a random order.

Fort Saganne

Fort Saganne
6.3/10
In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.

Dead Tired

Dead Tired
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 18/05/1994
  • Character: The Psychiatrist
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.

Confidentially Yours

Confidentially Yours
7.2/10
Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place as Julien Vercel, an estate agent who knew him and whose fingerprints are found on Massoulier's car. As the police discover that Marie-Christine Vercel, Julien's wife, was Massoulier's mistress, Julien is the prime suspect. But his secretary, Barbara Becker, while not quite convinced he is innocent, defends him and leads her private investigations.

Lucie Aubrac

Lucie Aubrac
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/02/1997
  • Character: M. Henry
A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...

Life Is a Bed of Roses

Life Is a Bed of Roses
6.2/10
In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès.

The Shock

The Shock
5.7/10
Martin Terrier wants to quit his job as a hired hitman, but his organized crime employers are unwilling to see him turned out to pasture, Terrier knows too much, and he is still useful to the organization. He escapes to the countryside where he meets Claire, and the two soon fall in love. Back in Paris to confront his employers, Terrier learns that they've stolen all his money from the bank. They give him an ultimatum—do one last job for them and he gets his money and his freedom...

J'ai faim !!!

J'ai faim !!!
4.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/11/2001
  • Character: le docteur de Montalembert

Don't Forget You're Going to Die

Don't Forget You're Going to Die
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/01/1996
  • Character: Benoit's Father
Benoit has planned out his life. Unfortunately he has forgotten the military duty. After he is called to duty he tries everything to get around. He goes to a psychiatrist who gives him medicine against depression. As this doesn't work out he tries suicide. The story gets even worse as he is told by a military doctor that he is HIV positive. Benoit tumbles down into the drug scene. Then he goes to Italy and meets Claudia. Things seem to improve, but only for a short time...

The Sentinel

The Sentinel
6.5/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 20/05/1992
  • Character: Bleicher
After spending some time with his diplomat father in Germany, a young French medical student returns by train to Paris to resume his studies. He is puzzled by the harsh treatment he receives from customs at the border but doesn't begin to understand why until he gets home and discovers a mummified head in his luggage. He suspects that someone at customs put it there, but is not sure. Instead of reporting the meandering body part, he decides to investigate it using the tools he has as a medical student. It appears to be the head of a Russian who died somewhere in Asia.

Joan the Maid II: The Prisons

Joan the Maid II: The Prisons
7.4/10
  • Genre: History
  • Release: 09/02/1994
  • Character: La Trémoille
The second film covers Joan's trial and the end of her life.

The School of Flesh

The School of Flesh
6.5/10
In Paris, Dominique, a middle-aged fashion professional, solicits the services of the handsome Quentin , a bisexual bartender and prostitute who is 15 years her junior. After they first sleep together, their business transaction becomes transformed into a passionate love affair. However, the couple's romance becomes an ugly power struggle when social class and age distinctions begin to bubble toward the surface.

Joan the Maid I: The Battles

Joan the Maid I: The Battles
7.2/10
  • Genre: History
  • Release: 09/02/1994
  • Character: La Trémoille
A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first battle, at Orleans. Meanwhile, Jeanne is depicted more as a warrior than a saint (all cliches are avoided), with only her faith for strength.

Fiesta

Fiesta
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/11/1995
  • Character: Commandant Romerales
1936. Rafael, son of a Spanish nobleman, leaves the French Catholic institution where he was resident, recalled in his country by his father. Senior officer in Franco's army, it is that his son is involved in the civil war that tore Spain. Before joining the front, Rafael is assigned to a unit whose main mission is to take care of prisoners and execute subversive elements. The garrison was commanded by Colonel Masagual, a friend's father Rafael. Very old regime , the colonel who lives openly with his homosexuality Casado, his aide, is an ambiguous character, melancholy and cynical lucidity.

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
7.5/10
An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of the most idolized French movie stars.

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