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Chantal Akerman

Director · 114 credits · 39 in highly-rated films

Best known for Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976)

Frequent collaborators: Aurore Clément, Natalia Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, Marilyn Watelet, Sonia Wieder-Atherton

Best Chantal Akerman movies by genre

Directed movies (61 total, ranked by score)

  1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    1976 · ★ 7.4 (406 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. News from Home

    1977 · ★ 7.0 (93 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. The Meetings of Anna

    1978 · ★ 7.0 (72 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Je Tu Il Elle

    1974 · ★ 6.6 (122 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    4

  5. From the East

    1993 · ★ 7.0 (33 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels

    1994 · ★ 6.7 (29 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama, Romance

    6

  7. Golden Eighties

    1986 · ★ 6.5 (26 votes)

    Music, Comedy, Romance

    7

  8. From the Other Side

    2003 · ★ 7.1 (19 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Toute une nuit

    1982 · ★ 6.5 (35 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    9

  10. Almayer's Folly

    2012 · ★ 6.8 (27 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    2009 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Music, TV Movie

    11

  12. South

    1999 · ★ 6.4 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Hotel Monterey

    1976 · ★ 6.1 (30 votes)

    13

  14. A Couch in New York

    1996 · ★ 5.9 (45 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    14

  15. Saute ma ville

    1968 · ★ 6.2 (60 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    15

  16. The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman

    1971 · ★ 6.6 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Mallet-Stevens Street

    1986 · ★ 6.5 (1 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Letters Home

    1986 · ★ 7.2 (8 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama

    18

  19. With Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    2003 · ★ 5.9 (5 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie, Music

    19

  20. The Captive

    2000 · ★ 5.7 (68 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    20

  21. No Home Movie

    2016 · ★ 6.5 (35 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Family Business

    1984 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    22

  23. Lest We Forget

    1991 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    23

  24. The Man with the Suitcase

    1983 · ★ 6.2 (8 votes)

    TV Movie, Comedy

    24

  25. Moving In

    1993 · ★ 7.0 (4 votes)

    Drama

    25

  26. Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher

    1989 · ★ 7.1 (8 votes)

    Music

    26

  27. Down There

    2006 · ★ 5.4 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Examen d'entrée INSAS

    1967 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Letter from a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman

    1984 · ★ 7.5 (3 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    29

  30. I'm Hungry, I'm Cold

    1984 · ★ 6.3 (8 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.