Portrait of Alain Cavalier

Directing

Alain Cavalier

Career

Active from 1958 to 2026, busiest in 2011 with 7 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Thérèse
Thérèse
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alain Cavalier Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.7, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6
  • Mystery
    2.5, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Relationship Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 68
Thanks for Coming
Thanks for Coming (2026)

Director, Screenplay

L'Amitié
L'Amitié (2023)
GoodWatch score 68

Editor, Screenplay

Variations
Variations (2023)

Director

2010s

19 titles · average score 50
Living and Knowing You Are Alive
Living and Knowing You Are Alive (2019)

Director, Screenplay

Six portraits XL : 1 Léon et Guillaume
Six portraits XL : 1 Léon et Guillaume (2018)

Director

Six portraits XL : 2 Jacquotte et Daniel
Six portraits XL : 2 Jacquotte et Daniel (2018)

Director

Six portraits XL : 3 Philippe et Bernard
Six portraits XL : 3 Philippe et Bernard (2018)

Director

Le Caravage
Le Caravage (2015)

Director

Paradise
Paradise (2014)

Director

10 films inédits d'Alain Cavalier
10 films inédits d'Alain Cavalier (2012)

Director

Journal filmé à la Cinémathèque française
Journal filmé à la Cinémathèque française (2012)

Director

Pater
Pater (2011)
GoodWatch score 50

as Alain Cavalier

Complices
Complices (2011)

Director

Ma femme vit dans la peur / C'est plein / Le roi des biberons
Ma femme vit dans la peur / C'est plein / Le roi des biberons (2011)

Director

France 1961
France 1961 (2010)

Director

2000s

13 titles · average score 57
Irene
Irene (2009)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Sept gouttes de sommeil
Sept gouttes de sommeil (2009)

Director

Les Braves
Les Braves (2008)

Director

Holy Places
Holy Places (2007)

Director

I'd Like to Share Spring with Someone
I'd Like to Share Spring with Someone (2007)

as Alain

J’attends Joël
J’attends Joël (2007)

Director

Agonie d'un melon
Agonie d'un melon (2007)

Director

8 récits express d'Alain Cavalier
8 récits express d'Alain Cavalier (2006)

Director, Screenplay

Le Filmeur
Le Filmeur (2005)

Director

Bonnard
Bonnard (2005)

Director

René
René (2002)

Writer, Director

Vies
Vies (2000)

Director

1990s

6 titles · average score 68
Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour (1998)

Director

The Encounter
The Encounter (1996)

Director

Libera me
Libera me (1993)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Writer

Liberté, liberté chérie
Liberté, liberté chérie (1993)

Director

Portraits: Deuxième Série
Portraits: Deuxième Série (1991)

Director

The Illusionist
The Illusionist (1990)

Director, Screenplay

1980s

8 titles · average score 77
Portraits: Première Série
Portraits: Première Série (1988)

Director, Writer

La Matelassière
La Matelassière (1987)

Director

La Dame-Lavabo
La Dame-Lavabo (1987)

Director

L'Orangère
L'Orangère (1987)

Director

La repasseuse
La repasseuse (1987)

Director

Thérèse
Thérèse (1986)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Writer

Lettre d'Alain Cavalier
Lettre d'Alain Cavalier (1982)

Director

Un étrange voyage
Un étrange voyage (1981)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer, Director

1970s

3 titles · average score 67
This Answering Service Takes No Messages
This Answering Service Takes No Messages (1979)

Director

Martin and Lea
Martin and Lea (1979)

Director, Screenplay

Fill 'er Up with Super
Fill 'er Up with Super (1976)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay, Director

1960s

5 titles · average score 67
Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1968)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

Pillaged
Pillaged (1967)

Dialogue, Screenplay

A Matter of Resistance
A Matter of Resistance (1966)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

The Unvanquished
The Unvanquished (1964)
GoodWatch score 68

as Un passant à Lyon (uncredited)

Le Combat dans l'île
Le Combat dans l'île (1962)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer, Director

1950s

6 titles · average score 73
Elevator to the Gallows
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
GoodWatch score 87

Assistant Director

Un américain
Un américain (1958)

Director

The Lovers
The Lovers (1958)
GoodWatch score 59

Assistant Director

Provincial Chronicle
Provincial Chronicle (1958)

Screenplay

Les alchimistes
Les alchimistes (1957)

Assistant Director

Appelez le 17
Appelez le 17 (1957)

Second Assistant Director