# The best Claude Chabrol films

From Le Beau Serge to Merci pour le chocolat: the Claude Chabrol films ranked highest by audiences and critics (SensCritique, New Wave Film, IMDb).

- 18 votes · 14 items
- Jun 1, 2026 · liegecinephile
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## Top 13

1. **La Cérémonie (1995)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert, a maid and a postmistress.
2. **The Unfaithful Wife (1969)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A husband discovers his wife's lover.
3. **Le Beau Serge (1958)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — His first film, often cited as the start of the New Wave.
4. **Le Boucher (1970)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A schoolteacher and the village butcher in the Périgord.
5. **Les Cousins (1959)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two student cousins in Paris; Golden Bear.
6. **Just Before Nightfall (1971)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A man kills his mistress and nobody wants to believe him guilty.
7. **Wedding in Blood (1973)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two lovers in a small provincial town.
8. **Merci pour le Chocolat (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Isabelle Huppert and a worrying cup of hot chocolate.
9. **Cop au Vin (1985)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jean Poiret as Inspector Lavardin.
10. **Madame Bovary (1991)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Isabelle Huppert in Flaubert.
11. **This Man Must Die (1969)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — A father hunts the driver who killed his son.
12. **L'Enfer (1994)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — François Cluzet consumed by jealousy.
13. **Violette Nozière (1978)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Isabelle Huppert in a 1930s criminal case; Best Actress at Cannes.
14. **Story of Women (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A back-street abortionist under the Occupation.

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