# Bertrand Tavernier's best films

The Lyon-born director, from The Clockmaker to The French Minister: his films ranked from SensCritique, Écran Large and Tribune de Lyon.

- 8 votes · 14 items
- Feb 4, 2023 · septiemeart_nocturne
- https://even.best/en/l/3502/bertrand-tavernier-s-best-films

## Top 14

1. **Round Midnight (1986)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Dexter Gordon as a jazzman in Paris; Oscar for Herbie Hancock's score.
2. **L.627 (1992)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An under-resourced drug squad.
3. **Capitaine Conan (1996)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The war goes on in the Balkans after 1918; César for best director.
4. **It All Starts Today (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A nursery-school headmaster in northern France.
5. **Safe Conduct (2002)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — French cinema under the Occupation.
6. **The French Minister (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thierry Lhermitte as France's foreign minister.
7. **Life and Nothing But (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Philippe Noiret counts the missing of the Great War; César for best actor.
8. **The Judge and the Assassin (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Philippe Noiret and Michel Galabru, César for best actor.
9. **The Clockmaker (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His first film, from Simenon; Prix Louis-Delluc.
10. **Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Regency, with Philippe Noiret; César for best director.
11. **A Sunday in the Country (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An old painter's family visits; best director at Cannes.
12. **The Princess of Montpensier (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mélanie Thierry, from Madame de La Fayette.
13. **My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His documentary on the films he loves.
14. **Coup de Torchon (1981)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Philippe Noiret in colonial Africa, from Jim Thompson.

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