# The best Isabelle Huppert films

Chabrol, Haneke, Verhoeven, Pialat: fifty years of Isabelle Huppert's landmark roles, based on the SensCritique members' tops and lists.

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- Aug 11, 2026 · episode94
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## Top 10

1. **La Cérémonie (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A postmistress and a maid against a bourgeois family, by Chabrol.
2. **The Piano Teacher (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A piano teacher on the edge; best actress at Cannes.
3. **Elle (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A company boss confronting her attacker, by Paul Verhoeven.
4. **The Judge and the Assassin (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young working woman in Bertrand Tavernier's film.
5. **Story of Women (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An abortionist under the Occupation, by Chabrol.
6. **Coup de Torchon (1981)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Colonial Africa according to Bertrand Tavernier, with Philippe Noiret.
7. **Amour (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The daughter of an elderly couple, by Michael Haneke; Palme d'Or.
8. **The Lacemaker (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young hairdresser's assistant and her first love.
9. **Violette Nozière (1978)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The 1930s parricide; best actress at Cannes.
10. **Loulou (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A bourgeois woman who leaves everything for Depardieu, by Pialat.
11. **Heaven's Gate (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Johnson County War, by Michael Cimino.
12. **8 Women (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Eight suspects in a snowbound chalet, by François Ozon.
13. **Things to Come (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A philosophy teacher whose life is turned upside down, by Mia Hansen-Løve.
14. **Nightcap (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A sinister chocolate heiress, by Chabrol.

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