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Louis Garrel

Louis Garrel

Actor, director and writer · Born June 14, 1983 (43) · Paris, France

Cannes award nominee

Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983 in Paris) is a French actor. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. He regularly appears in films by French director Christophe Honoré, including Ma mère, Dans Paris, Les Chansons d'amour, La Belle Personne and Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 14, 1983 (43)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor, director and writer
Titles
49 on MovieCove · 71 credits in all

What are Louis Garrel's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 45 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 15 · Dark 16

A split, not a type: Grounded 22 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 9

Gentle 10 · Charged 24 · Intense 11

Steady 19 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 2

Slow burn 31 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 3

Casual 12 · Engaged 28 · Full focus 5

Easy watch 8 · Affecting 21 · Heavy 16

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 19 · Ambiguous 9

Roles they play

32 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 32 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 32
Trickster
6 of 32
Herald
4 of 32
Shadow
3 of 32
Shapeshifter
3 of 32
Mentor
3 of 32
Ally
3 of 32
Threshold guardian
2 of 32
Show the 32 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
24
Tense
22
Contemplative
18
Warm
10
Bittersweet
10
Other
32

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet25
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous10

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Louis Garrel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Subscription and free streaming for Louis Garrel's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

71 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • It Will Happen Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Matteo

  • Just an Illusion(2026)

    as Yves Dayan

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Couture(2025)

    as Anton

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Arco(2025)

    as Stewie (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Dog 51(2025)

    as Jon Mafram

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Saint-Exupéry(2024)

    as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as François Truffaut (voice)

  • The Second Act(2024)

    as David

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • The Three Musketeers: Milady(2023)

    as Louis XIII

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Viva Varda!(2023)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The Plough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Louis

  • Scarlet(2022)

    as Jean

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Coma(2022)

    as Dr. Ballard (voice)

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Forever Young(2022)

    as Patrice Chéreau

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Caravaggio's Shadow(2022)

    as The Shadow

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • The Innocent(2022)

    Director · Screenplay · as Abel Lefranc

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • The Crusade(2021)

    Director · Writer · as Abel

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Cocorica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as (voice)

  • Our Men(2021)

    as Maxime

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • The Story of My Wife(2021)

    as Dedin

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • DNA(2020)

    as François

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Rifkin's Festival(2020)

    as Philippe

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Little Women(2019)

    as Friedrich Bhaer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • An Officer and a Spy(2019)

    as Alfred Dreyfus

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Funan(2018)

    as Khuon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • A Faithful Man(2018)

    Director · Writer · as Abel

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • At Eternity's Gate(2018)

    as Aurier's Article (voice)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • One Nation, One King(2018)

    as Robespierre

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Godard Mon Amour(2017)

    as Jean-Luc Godard

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Ismael's Ghosts(2017)

    as Ivan Dedalus

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Walkers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as (archive footage)

  • False Confessions(2017)

    as Dorante

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Planetarium(2016)

    as Fernand Prouvé

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • From the Land of the Moon(2016)

    as André Sauvage

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • My King(2015)

    as Solal

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Two Friends(2015)

    Director · Screenplay · as Abel

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • In the Shadow of Women(2015)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • The Bureau(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · as Andrea Tassone dit « Mille Sabords »

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Astragal(2015)

    as Photographer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Saint Laurent(2014)

    as Jacques de Bascher

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Jealousy(2013)

    as Louis

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • A Castle in Italy(2013)

    as Nathan

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Les coquillettes(2012)

    as Louis Garrel

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Rule of Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer · as Louis

  • A Burning Hot Summer(2011)

    as Frédéric

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Beloved(2011)

    as Clément

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Diarchy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Luc

  • Heartbeats(2010)

    as Guest at the Final Evening

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Little Tailor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Writer

  • The Three-Way Wedding(2010)

    as Théo

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Uppsala Doctor's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Gabriel Lindholm

  • Making Plans for Lena(2009)

    as Simon

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Frontier of the Dawn(2008)

    as François

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • The Beautiful Person(2008)

    as Nemours

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • My Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Writer

  • Choosing Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Pascal

  • Actresses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Éric

  • Love Songs(2007)

    as Ismaël Bénoliel

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • In Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Jonathan

  • A Curtain Raiser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Bruno

  • Regular Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as François Dervieux

  • Ma mère(2004)

    as Pierre

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • The Dreamers(2003)

    as Theo

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The War in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • This Is My Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Antoine

  • Emergency Kisses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Lo

  • After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Nuisibles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Custom of the Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Trivial Of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Matthias Krüger

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 71 titles, 66 of them dated from 1989 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Film career

19892026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 18 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2003Screen debut· The Dreamers
  • 2005First top-billed film· Regular Lovers
  • 2015Career best· The Bureau
  • 2022Career best· The Innocent

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting68 of 71: 63 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thDirecting7 of 71: 0 only directing, 7 with another roleWriting7 of 71: 0 only writing, 7 with another roleProducing1 of 71: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

71 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting2000s15 · 14 acting · 1 crew2010s28 · 27 acting · 4 crew2020s22 · 22 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 25% of 48 roles
0308131823

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 2008–2015.

  1. 2015
    • Cannes award, nominated ×2
  2. 2008
    • Cannes award, nominated · Directors' Fortnight

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Louis Garrel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 48; across their 45 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 49 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed19

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 40 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Louis Garrel's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles19–56 · median 34 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles12–74 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles10–64 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles18–68 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Louis Garrel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Louis Garrel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Olivier Père shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers