# Alain Resnais's best films

Memory, time and play: Alain Resnais's films ranked from Abus de Ciné, AlloCiné and the New Wave Film guide, from Hiroshima mon amour onwards.

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- Jul 5, 2026 · episode94
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## Top 14

1. **Hiroshima mon amour (1959)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada, written by Marguerite Duras.
2. **Last Year at Marienbad (1961)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Written by Alain Robbe-Grillet; Golden Lion in Venice.
3. **My American Uncle (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Henri Laborit's theories through three lives; Grand Prix at Cannes.
4. **Same Old Song (1997)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Characters lip-sync popular songs; seven Césars including best film.
5. **Smoking / No Smoking (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Eight Alan Ayckbourn plays and two actors; César for best film.
6. **Night and Fog (1956)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A short documentary on the concentration camps.
7. **Providence (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Gielgud as a dying writer; César for best film.
8. **Muriel (1963)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Delphine Seyrig in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
9. **Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A man stuck in his memories after a time experiment.
10. **La Guerre est finie (1966)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yves Montand as an anti-Franco militant, written by Jorge Semprún.
11. **Private Fears in Public Places (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Six Parisians under the snow; Silver Lion for best director.
12. **Stavisky (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jean-Paul Belmondo in the Stavisky affair.
13. **Mélo (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sabine Azéma and André Dussollier, from Henry Bernstein.
14. **Wild Grass (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A lost wallet and an encounter; a special lifetime award at Cannes.

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