Portrait of Xavier Dolan

Directing

Xavier Dolan

Career

Active from 1997 to 2025, busiest in 2014 and 2019 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mommy
Mommy
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Xavier Dolan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Crime
    2.4, average 3.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Quebecois Cinema 4
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • French Cinema 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Intense Drama 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Non-Linear Narrative 2
  • Existential Dread 2
  • Intimate Character Study 2
  • Intense Family Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Le Horla
Le Horla

Producer, Director

2020s

9 titles · average score 75
The Great Arch
The Great Arch (2025)
GoodWatch score 78

as Jean-Louis Subilon

Lean On Me
Lean On Me (2025)

Director, Writer

The Beast
The Beast (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

as Système intelligence artificielle (voice)

Toopy and Binoo The Movie
Toopy and Binoo The Movie (2023)

as Jacques-Henri (voice)

The Night Logan Woke Up
The Night Logan Woke Up (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Elliot Larouche

Charlotte
Charlotte (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

Executive Producer

Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions (2021)
GoodWatch score 81

as Nathan d'Anastazio

Happily Married
Happily Married (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Sexiste #3

Smoothie
Smoothie (2020)

Editor

2010s

21 titles · average score 66
Matthias & Maxime
Matthias & Maxime (2019)
GoodWatch score 66

as Maxime

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
GoodWatch score 42

Idea, Director

It Chapter Two
It Chapter Two (2019)
GoodWatch score 62

as Adrian Mellon

The Physics of Sorrow
The Physics of Sorrow (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

as (voice)

It's Only the End of the World
It's Only the End of the World (2016)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Producer

Elephant Song
Elephant Song (2015)
GoodWatch score 61

as Michael Aleen

Mommy
Mommy (2014)
GoodWatch score 82

Producer, Director

Tom at the Farm
Tom at the Farm (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

as Tom

Laurence Anyways
Laurence Anyways (2012)
GoodWatch score 77

as Man at the Party (uncredited)

Good Neighbours
Good Neighbours (2011)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jean-Marc

Heartbeats
Heartbeats (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

as Francis

Lipsett Diaries
Lipsett Diaries (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

as Narrator (voice)

2000s

6 titles · average score 64
I Killed My Mother
I Killed My Mother (2009)
GoodWatch score 79

as Hubert Minel

Suzie
Suzie (2009)

as Punk

Martyrs
Martyrs (2008)
GoodWatch score 61

as Antoine

Mirrors
Mirrors (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as Julien

Tout le monde en parle
Tout le monde en parle (2004)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Self

The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress (2001)
GoodWatch score 61

as Michael

1990s

2 titles · average score 72
Heads or Tails
Heads or Tails (1997)
GoodWatch score 61

as Edouard

Omertà, la loi du silence
Omertà, la loi du silence (1996)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Nicholas Favara

1960s

1 title
Bye Bye
Bye Bye (1968)

TV show