# The best Costa-Gavras films

From The Sleeping Car Murders to Adults in the Room: Costa-Gavras's political thrillers rated highest by audiences (SensCritique, Wikipedia).

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- Jun 9, 2021 · C. Favre
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## Top 12

1. **The Confession (1970)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Yves Montand in a Stalinist show trial in Prague.
2. **Missing (1982)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A father searches for his missing son in Chile; Palme d'Or.
3. **The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A murder on a night train; his first film.
4. **Special Section (1975)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Vichy judges condemn hostages.
5. **Music Box (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A lawyer defends her father against war-crimes charges; Golden Bear.
6. **Capital (2012)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An ambitious banker at the head of a big bank.
7. **Adults in the Room (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The 2015 Greek debt negotiations.
8. **Amen. (2002)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — An SS officer tries to warn the Vatican.
9. **Z (1969)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The assassination of a Greek deputy; Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
10. **State of Siege (1972)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — An American agent kidnapped by guerrillas in Uruguay.
11. **Shock Troops (1967)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Resistance fighters free prisoners and find a stranger among them.
12. **The Axe (2005)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — José Garcia eliminates his rivals to get a job.
13. **Mad City (1997)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta in a media-circus hostage crisis.

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