# The best Robert Bresson films

From A Man Escaped to L'Argent: Robert Bresson's films ranked highest by critics and audiences (AlloCiné, SensCritique, High On Films).

- 63 votes · 13 items
- May 25, 2025 · Mélanie Vuilleumier
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## Top 12

1. **A Man Escaped (1956)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — A Resistance fighter plans his escape from Montluc prison.
2. **The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The trial recreated from the original records.
3. **Pickpocket (1959)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A young man and the art of picking pockets.
4. **Mouchette (1967)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A teenage girl in a poor countryside.
5. **L'Argent (1983)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A forged banknote and its consequences; his last film.
6. **Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — A romantic revenge, with dialogue by Cocteau.
7. **Lancelot du Lac (1974)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The Knights of the Round Table in armour.
8. **Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The life of a donkey and the girl who loves him.
9. **Diary of a Country Priest (1951)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — A young priest faces his parish's hostility, from Bernanos.
10. **Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Dostoevsky's White Nights in Paris.
11. **The Devil, Probably (1977)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Disillusioned Parisian youth; Silver Bear.
12. **Angels of Sin (1943)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — His first feature, set in a convent.
13. **A Gentle Woman (1969)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Dominique Sanda, from Dostoevsky.

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