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Portrait of Guy de Maupassant

Writing

Guy de Maupassant

Career

Active from 1909 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Guy de Maupassant Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.6, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    2.3, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Period Drama 5
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Social Climbing 3
  • Moral Decay 3
  • Class Warfare 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Cinematic Heritage 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

143
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

4 titles
La main
La main

Writer

Mother: Chapter Two
Mother: Chapter Two

Story

Le Horla
Le Horla

Original Story

Who Knows?
Who Knows?

Short Story

2020s

12 titles · average score 55
HORLA
HORLA (2026)

Original Story

Morning Vigil
Morning Vigil (2025)

Writer

Une vie
Une vie (2025)

Script

Mother: Chapter One
Mother: Chapter One (2025)

Story

El lago silente
El lago silente (2025)

Original Story

Bedtime Stories: Tales of Love and Hate
Bedtime Stories: Tales of Love and Hate (2024)

Short Story

The Horla
The Horla (2023)
GoodWatch score 55

Short Story

Here Nor There
Here Nor There (2023)

Short Story

Medusa Alexa
Medusa Alexa (2023)

Author

L’autre/L’auteur
L’autre/L’auteur (2022)

Idea

Pierre & Jeanne
Pierre & Jeanne (2021)

Novel

Was it a Dream
Was it a Dream (2020)

Writer

2010s

5 titles · average score 54
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life (2016)
GoodWatch score 67

Novel

The Idyll
The Idyll (2016)

Original Story

Bel Ami
Bel Ami (2012)
GoodWatch score 41

Novel

The Inn
The Inn (2012)

Novel, Original Story

Mrs. Rubin
Mrs. Rubin (2011)

Story

2000s

10 titles · average score 68
Le Petit Fût
Le Petit Fût (2008)

Writer

The Necklace
The Necklace (2007)
GoodWatch score 65

Novel

Boitelle
Boitelle (2006)

Novel

Bel ami
Bel ami (2005)

Novel

Devil
Devil (2005)

Novel

Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean (2004)

Novel

Bel-Ami
Bel-Ami (2003)

Novel

The Tombs
The Tombs (2002)

Short Story

Nuit sombre
Nuit sombre (2001)

Writer

Astitva
Astitva (2000)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Story

1990s

6 titles · average score 52
Hantises
Hantises (1997)

Short Story

Woman of the Port
Woman of the Port (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Story

Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou (1994)

Book

Zbabělec
Zbabělec (1992)

Short Story

Games of Desire
Games of Desire (1991)
GoodWatch score 39

Novel

Golden Braid
Golden Braid (1990)

Story

1980s

14 titles · average score 53
The Maid of Rouen Named Boule de Suif
The Maid of Rouen Named Boule de Suif (1989)

Novel

Dvě z Paříže
Dvě z Paříže (1989)

Short Story

Diabeł
Diabeł (1988)

Novel

Petr a Jan
Petr a Jan (1988)

Novel

Mama's Lover
Mama's Lover (1987)

Novel

The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales
The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales (1986)

Short Story

In the Heart of My Blonde
In the Heart of My Blonde (1984)

Short Story

The Spice of Wickedness
The Spice of Wickedness (1983)

Writer

La Maison Tellier
La Maison Tellier (1982)

Novel

Dedičstvo
Dedičstvo (1982)

Short Story

Mont-Oriol
Mont-Oriol (1982)

Author

Secrets of a French Maid
Secrets of a French Maid (1980)
GoodWatch score 53

Novel

1970s

19 titles · average score 56
Private Collections
Private Collections (1979)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer

L'armoire
L'armoire (1979)

Story

Histoire vraie
Histoire vraie (1978)

Short Story

El vividor
El vividor (1977)

Story

Violent Blood Bath
Violent Blood Bath (1974)
GoodWatch score 59

Story

Madame Baptiste
Madame Baptiste (1974)

Novel

Histoire d'une fille de ferme
Histoire d'une fille de ferme (1973)

Original Story

Miláček
Miláček (1972)

Novel

Bel Ami
Bel Ami (1971)

Novel

Bečička
Bečička (1971)

Short Story

Pomsta
Pomsta (1971)

Short Story

Sweet Games of Late Summer
Sweet Games of Late Summer (1970)

Short Story

1960s

21 titles · average score 67
Bel Ami
Bel Ami (1968)

Novel

Stimulantia
Stimulantia (1967)
GoodWatch score 58

Story

Masculin Féminin
Masculin Féminin (1966)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Story

The Horla
The Horla (1966)
GoodWatch score 67

Short Story

Rosalie
Rosalie (1966)
GoodWatch score 67

Short Story

Our Husbands
Our Husbands (1966)
GoodWatch score 61

Short Story

Black Humor
Black Humor (1965)

Writer

Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath (1963)
GoodWatch score 80

Novel

Diary of a Madman
Diary of a Madman (1963)
GoodWatch score 61

Short Story

Boccaccio '70
Boccaccio '70 (1962)
GoodWatch score 61

Short Story

La Chevelure
La Chevelure (1961)

Story

The Evening
The Evening (1961)

Writer

1950s

17 titles · average score 65
El vestido de novia
El vestido de novia (1959)

Book

End of Desire
End of Desire (1958)
GoodWatch score 61

Novel

The Terror with Women
The Terror with Women (1956)

Short Story

Bel Ami
Bel Ami (1955)

Novel

A Flirtatious Woman
A Flirtatious Woman (1955)
GoodWatch score 59

Author

Life of a Woman
Life of a Woman (1953)

Novel

A Woman Without Love
A Woman Without Love (1952)
GoodWatch score 61

Novel

Marito e Moglie
Marito e Moglie (1952)

Novel

Three Women
Three Women (1952)

Story

Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir (1952)
GoodWatch score 79

Short Story

Desire
Desire (1951)

Novel

The Prize
The Prize (1950)

Novel

1940s

13 titles · average score 69
La mujer del puerto
La mujer del puerto (1949)

Story

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
GoodWatch score 64

Novel

Naiskohtaloita
Naiskohtaloita (1947)

Novel

Two Friends
Two Friends (1946)

Writer

El Buen Mozo
El Buen Mozo (1946)

Novel

A Day in the Country
A Day in the Country (1946)
GoodWatch score 88

Short Story

Angel and Sinner
Angel and Sinner (1945)
GoodWatch score 62

Short Story

Mademoiselle Fifi
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
GoodWatch score 61

Story

La fuga
La fuga (1944)

Novel

Count Only the Happy Moments
Count Only the Happy Moments (1944)

Short Story

Romance in a Minor Key
Romance in a Minor Key (1943)
GoodWatch score 71

Story

Pierre and Jean
Pierre and Jean (1943)

Novel

1930s

6 titles · average score 65
Bel Ami
Bel Ami (1939)

Novel

Yvette
Yvette (1938)

Story

Oyuki the Virgin
Oyuki the Virgin (1935)
GoodWatch score 62

Short Story

The Woman of the Port
The Woman of the Port (1934)
GoodWatch score 65

Story

Boule de Suif
Boule de Suif (1934)
GoodWatch score 68

Short Story

That scoundrel Morin
That scoundrel Morin (1932)

Short Story

1920s

7 titles
The Woman Disputed
The Woman Disputed (1928)

Story

Yvette
Yvette (1927)

Story

The Pearl Necklace
The Pearl Necklace (1926)

Novel

Only a Dancing Girl
Only a Dancing Girl (1926)

Novel

Morin the Pig
Morin the Pig (1924)

Story

Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean (1924)

Novel

L'Ordonnance
L'Ordonnance (1921)

Novel

1910s

7 titles
The Bird of Prey
The Bird of Prey (1918)

Story

Little Ellie
Little Ellie (1918)

Story

Yvette
Yvette (1917)

Novel

She Couldn't Stand the Shame
She Couldn't Stand the Shame (1916)

Story

Daughter of Tormented Poland
Daughter of Tormented Poland (1915)

Story

Brothers
Brothers (1913)

Novel

At the Eleventh Hour
At the Eleventh Hour (1912)

Author

1900s

2 titles
The Son's Return
The Son's Return (1909)

Novel

The Necklace
The Necklace (1909)

Novel