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  • La Reine Margot
  • La Reine Margot review by Cato from Shropshire
    Rated - 2.0 stars Fair Bartholomew 5 December 2005
    ... the St.Bartholomew Day's Massacre back in days of yore. A very long film, but Isabelle Adjani manages to look impeccable throughout, even whilst being severely rogered by Da...   Read customer review
  • Diabolique
  • Diabolique review by ROMULAN from Reading, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars MOVE OVER SHARON, ISABELLE IS HERE! 24 June 2006
    ...age is a good performance from Sharon Stone and an outstanding performance from Isabelle Adjani. If you haven't heard of this beautiful French actress, this is worth watching ...   Read customer review
  • Subway
  • Subway review by from Taplow, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Not what you expect from Luc Besson. 9 February 2004
    ...ry disappointing. Apart from some good performances from Chrstopher Lambert and Isabelle Adjani, there is not too much to offer. The story meanders along, punctuated by the od...   Read customer review

Isabelle Adjani - filmography


  • Mammuth on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Gerard Depardieu,  Yolande Moreau,  Isabelle Adjani
    Director: Gustave de Kervern
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Serge Pilardosse has just turned 60 and is about to retire from his job in a slaughterhouse. He has always worked from the age of sixteen, never been on sick leave. So, how will this man fill his days? He does not like reading; doing odd jobs about the house is not his cup of tea; shopping is not ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 734 members
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  • Skirt Day (2010)
    Starring: Isabelle Adjani,  Denis Podalydes,  Denis Podalydès
    Director: Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Sonia Bergerac is a teacher at a school for ‘difficult’ children. The considerable problems she encounters in adapting to her new workplace are compounded by her husband’s decision to leave her and before long she is teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown. One day, Sonia comes across a gun in ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 9 members
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  • Bon Voyage on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Isabelle Adjani,  Gerard Depardieu,  Virginie Ledoyen
    Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Viviane Denvers is a well-known film actress who has many male admirers. At the premiere of her latest picture she is pursued by Beaufort, a rather large government official. To get away from him she attaches herself to an unsuitable older man who takes her home. After an argument she slaps him ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,829 member
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  • Diabolique on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Isabelle Adjani,  Chazz Palminteri
    Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this remake of the French classic, the wife of an abusive school headmaster joins forces with his mistress to do away with him. However, something goes wrong, and the two begin to get the feeling that their victim may not really be dead. When a private investigator becomes involved, the thread ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 869 members
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  • La Reine Margot on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Isabelle Adjani,  Daniel Auteuil,  Jean-Hugues Anglade
    Director: Patrice Chereau
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This acclaimed film presents the epic 16th-century saga of Margot de Valois (Isabelle Adjani) and her tragic arranged marriage to Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil). In order to create an alliance between the Protestants and the Catholics, Margot is betrothed to Henri, one of the leaders of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,646 members
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  • Camille Claudel on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Gerard Depardieu,  Isabelle Adjani,  Philippe Clevenot
    Director: Bruno Nuytten
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The troubled life of French sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin are portrayed in this passionate biographical drama, featuring an acclaimed performance by Isabelle Adjani. Beginning in the 1880s with a young Claudel's first meeting with Rodin, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,049 member
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  • Ishtar on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Isabelle Adjani,  Warren Beatty
    Director: Elaine May
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two totally untalented song-writers are advised by their agent to get away as far away as possible. Upon their arrival in Morocco, they are separately recruited as spies for opposing sides of a planned revolution, while simultaneously vying for the attentions of an attractive left-wing ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 190 members
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  • Subway - Blu-ray (1985)
    Starring: Christopher Lambert,  Isabelle Adjani,  Richard Bohringer
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This strange combination of comedy, violence, fantasy, and suspense tells the story of Fred (Christopher Lamber), a safe cracker who is hiding in the dark tunnels of the Paris subway system after stealing documents from a shady businessman. There he meets a subterranean society of strange ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 317 members
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  • Subway on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Christopher Lambert,  Isabelle Adjani,  Richard Bohringer
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Coming in on the heels of his internationally acclaimed first film, Le Dernier Combat, 26-year-old director Luc Besson created this tongue-in-cheek look at filmmaking and at the denizens in the tunnels of the Paris Metro -- a new kind of underground movie. Fred (Christopher Lambert) has just stolen ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 3,274 members
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  • One Deadly Summer on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Isabelle Adjani,  Alain Souchon,  Francois Cluzet
    Director: Jean Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this tragic tale of misunderstanding, obsession, and increasing madness, she, a beautiful young woman (Isabelle Adjani) settles into a small town in the south of France with her introverted mother (Maria Machado) and physically handicapped father and soon becomes the subject of wild speculation ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,627 member
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  • Possession on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Isabelle Adjani,  Sam Neill,  Margit Carstensen
    Director: Andrzej Zulawski
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Beyond the realm of human desire there is a darkness... A horror film like no other, "Possession" is an intense, shocking experience that was banned in the UK as a 'video nasty'. With its dark subject matter and high gore quotient, it's not for the faint hearted. With their marriage in pieces ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,444 member
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  • Quartet (1981)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Maggie Smith,  Isabelle Adjani
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director James Ivory brings the bohemian Paris neighbourhood of Montparnasse in the 1920s to life in this film based on the novel by Jean Rhys. Isabelle Adjani stars as Marya Zelli, a beautiful young wife who finds herself destitute after her art dealer husband is sent to prison for theft. A rich ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 447 members
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  • The Driver (1978)
    Starring: Ryan O'Neal,  Bruce Dern,  Isabelle Adjani
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Ryan O'Neal stars as THE DRIVER, a conniving and talented getaway driver, and Bruce Dern as the corrupt police detective obsessed with capturing him. With breathtaking car chases and a terrific climax, this is a simple and thrilling cat and mouse game. The two single-minded characters, with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,266 member
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  • Barocco on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Isabelle Adjani,  Gerard Depardieu,  Jean-Claude Brialy
    Director: Andre Techine
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Early performances from Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani in Andre Techine's labyrinth thriller set in the seedy red light district of Amsterdam and combining moody film noir with aspects of German expressionism. Samson is a petty thug who has potentially incriminating evidence against an ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 111 members
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  • The Tenant on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Roman Polanski,  Isabelle Adjani,  Melvyn Douglas
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director Roman Polanski casts himself in the lead of the psychological thriller The Tenant. Trelkovsky (Polanski) rents an apartment in a spooky old residential building, where his neighbors -- mostly old recluses -- eye him with suspicious contempt. Upon discovering that the apartment's previous ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,132 members
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  • The Story Of Adele H on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Isabelle Adjani,  Bruce Robinson,  Sylvia Marriott
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    French actress Isabelle Adjani was nominated for best actress for her portrayal of an obsessed and obstinate young woman in love. The daughter of author Victor Hugo, Adele abandons her home and her life to pursue a soldier who does not return her love. A moody, contemplative and visually beautiful ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 731 members
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  • Werner Herzog Box Set 1 (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Klaus Kinski,  Isabelle Adjani,  Eva Mattes
    Director: Werner Herzog
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A boxset containing all the collaborations between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski.AGUIRRE, THE MAN OF GOD: Widely considered to be Herzog's finest film, is the tale of Spanish colonialists searching for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, in 16th-century Peru. NOSFERATU: PHANTOM DER NACHT: Stark,..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 3,300 members
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Isabelle Adjani facts

5 most recent films

Mammuth - 2.5 stars
Skirt Day - 4.0 stars
Bon Voyage - 3.0 stars
Diabolique - 2.5 stars
La Reine Margot - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Werner Herzog Box Set 1 - 3.5 stars
Camille Claudel - 3.5 stars
La Reine Margot - 3.5 stars
The Driver - 3.5 stars
The Tenant - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Skirt Day - 4.0 stars
Ishtar - 2.0 stars
Diabolique - 2.5 stars
Quartet - 2.5 stars
Barocco - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Gerard Depardieu - 5 times - show films
Jean-Hugues Anglade - 4 times - show films
Michel Galabru - 3 times - show films
Richard Bohringer - 3 times - show films
Jean Bouise - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Werner Herzog - 7 times - show films
Luc Besson - 3 times - show films
Jean-Paul Rappeneau - 3 times - show films
Walter Hill - 2 times - show films
Andre Techine - 2 times - show films