Watch movies directed by Olivier Assayas

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Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.

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6.1

2019 Drama 128 min Play

5.4

Non-Fiction

Alain, a successful Parisian publisher struggling to adapt to the digital revolution, has major doubts about the new manuscript of Léonard, one of his long-time authors - another work of auto-fiction recycling his love affair with a minor celebrity. Selena, Alain’s wife, a famous stage actress, is of the opposite opinion.

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5.4

2018 Comedy 107 min Play

5.9

Personal Shopper

A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

NR

5.9

2016 Drama 106 min Play

6.7

Clouds of Sils Maria

A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.

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6.7

2014 Drama 124 min Play

6.3

Something in the Air

During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.

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6.3

2012 Drama 122 min Play

6.9

Carlos

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

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6.9

2010 Crime 339 min Play

6.5

Summer Hours

Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.

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6.5

2008 Comedy 100 min Play

5.2

Boarding Gate

A sordid and complex series of events unfolds when an ex-prostitute becomes involved with a couple in Hong Kong.

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5.2

2007 Drama 106 min Play

6.8

To Each His Own Cinema

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.

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6.8

2007 Comedy 100 min Play

6.8

Paris, Je T’Aime

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

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6.8

2006 Drama 120 min Play

6.3

Clean

After losing her husband to a heroin overdose, Emily Wang fights to overcome her own addictions and to be reconciled with her estranged son.

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6.3

2004 Drama 111 min Play

5.6

Demonlover

A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D manga pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.

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5.6

2002 Drama 121 min Play

6

Sentimental Destinies

In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife. He and his lover keep their love strong as the world changes around them.

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6

2000 Drama 180 min Play

6.5

Late August, Early September

A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives--getting a job more in harmony with ones ideals, committing to a lover, giving up a lover that no longer loves you: a film about grown-ups growing up.

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6.5

1998 Drama 112 min Play

6.8

Irma Vep

A Chinese actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.

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6.8

1996 Comedy 99 min Play

6.9

Cold Water

An outer suburb of Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine, both sixteen, are classmates and lovers who have become frustrated with the aloofness of their families and the general monotony of their lives. When the pair are caught shoplifting, Christine's father ships her off to a home for emotionally disturbed children, temporarily putting space between her and Gilles. Luckily for them, though, she escapes and the couple contemplate running away together.

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6.9

1994 Drama 95 min Play

6.1

Paris Awakens

Adrien is 19 years old. He has not met his father, Clément for 4 years. Adrien returns home and the two try to better understand each other. Clément lives together with Louis, a twenty-something girl who wants to be an actress. The boy starts a flirt with Louise which pushes the father-son relationship back to a crisis...

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6.1

1991 Drama 95 min Play