Portrait of Benoît Jacquot

Directing

Benoît Jacquot

Career

Active from 1973 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Farewell, My Queen
Farewell, My Queen
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Benoît Jacquot Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.8, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Character Study 6
  • French Cinema 6
  • Psychological Drama 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Melancholic Atmosphere 3
  • Classical Music 3
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Forbidden Love 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 48
Belle
Belle (2025)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay, Director

By Heart
By Heart (2022)
GoodWatch score 58

as Voice

Suzanna Andler
Suzanna Andler (2021)
GoodWatch score 31

Director, Screenplay

2010s

17 titles · average score 51
Casanova, Last Love
Casanova, Last Love (2019)
GoodWatch score 36

Director, Screenplay

Eva
Eva (2018)
GoodWatch score 25

Screenplay, Director

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
GoodWatch score 54

as Captain Welcoming Arysum

Gentleman Rissient
Gentleman Rissient (2016)

Director

Never Ever
Never Ever (2016)
GoodWatch score 29

Director

Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid (2015)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Writer

3 Hearts
3 Hearts (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Screenplay

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

Farewell, My Queen
Farewell, My Queen (2012)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Writer

Deep in the Woods
Deep in the Woods (2010)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay, Director

Massenet: Werther
Massenet: Werther (2010)

Director

The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters (2010)

Director, Writer

2000s

8 titles · average score 55
Villa Amalia
Villa Amalia (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

The Untouchable
The Untouchable (2006)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Writer

Gaspard le bandit
Gaspard le bandit (2006)

Director

À tout de suite
À tout de suite (2004)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Writer

Adolphe
Adolphe (2002)
GoodWatch score 46

Director, Story

Tosca
Tosca (2001)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Sade
Sade (2000)
GoodWatch score 50

Director

The False Servant
The False Servant (2000)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

1990s

13 titles · average score 59
Keep It Quiet
Keep It Quiet (1999)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

The School of Flesh
The School of Flesh (1998)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

Par cœur
Par cœur (1998)

Director

Seventh Heaven
Seventh Heaven (1997)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

La Vie de Marianne
La Vie de Marianne (1997)

Director, Writer

A Single Girl
A Single Girl (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Writer

Écrire
Écrire (1994)

Director

Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée (1994)

Director

Emma Zunz
Emma Zunz (1993)

Director, Writer

The Death of the Young English Aviator
The Death of the Young English Aviator (1993)

Director

dans la solitude des champs de coton
dans la solitude des champs de coton (1991)

Director

The Disenchanted
The Disenchanted (1990)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Writer

1980s

11 titles · average score 56
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell (1989)

Director

The Beggars
The Beggars (1988)

Director, Screenplay

Elvire Jouvet 40
Elvire Jouvet 40 (1987)

Director

Burning Bush
Burning Bush (1987)

Scenario Writer

With All Hands
With All Hands (1986)

Director

Japon: Le Biwa
Japon: Le Biwa (1984)

Director

Une villa aux environs de New York
Une villa aux environs de New York (1982)

Director

Short Memory
Short Memory (1982)

as Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann

La Toilette des pensées
La Toilette des pensées (1982)

Director

The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove (1981)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Screenplay

La bête dans la jungle
La bête dans la jungle (1981)

Director

1970s

8 titles · average score 66
Return to the Beloved
Return to the Beloved (1979)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Le Navire Night
Le Navire Night (1979)
GoodWatch score 65

as (voice)

Closet Children
Closet Children (1977)

Writer, Director

The Theatre of the Matters
The Theatre of the Matters (1977)

as L'ecrivain

The Musician Killer
The Musician Killer (1976)

Screenplay, Director

India Song
India Song (1975)
GoodWatch score 74

as Voix de la Réception (voice)

Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2 (1974)

Writer, Director

La Sœur du cadre
La Sœur du cadre (1973)

as The brother