The best Robert Bresson films
The top 3 according to 63 votes from people: A Man Escaped (1956) · The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962) · Pickpocket (1959). (Updated May 25, 2025.)
From A Man Escaped to L'Argent: Robert Bresson's films ranked highest by critics and audiences (AlloCiné, SensCritique, High On Films).
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Top 12
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1
A Man Escaped (1956)
A Resistance fighter plans his escape from Montluc prison.
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2
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
The trial recreated from the original records.
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3
Pickpocket (1959)
A young man and the art of picking pockets.
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4
Mouchette (1967)
A teenage girl in a poor countryside.
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5
L'Argent (1983)
A forged banknote and its consequences; his last film.
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6
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
A romantic revenge, with dialogue by Cocteau.
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7
Lancelot du Lac (1974)
The Knights of the Round Table in armour.
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8
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
The life of a donkey and the girl who loves him.
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9
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
A young priest faces his parish's hostility, from Bernanos.
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10
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
Dostoevsky's White Nights in Paris.
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11
The Devil, Probably (1977)
Disillusioned Parisian youth; Silver Bear.
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12
Angels of Sin (1943)
His first feature, set in a convent.
Candidates
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13
A Gentle Woman (1969)
Dominique Sanda, from Dostoevsky.
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