Niels Arestrup
Actor · 57 credits · 24 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Frequent collaborators: Anne Consigny, Maurice Bénichou, Emmanuelle Seigner, Gilles Cohen, Tahar Rahim
Best Niels Arestrup movies by genre
Movies (56 total, ranked by score)
1The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 · ★ 7.6 (1,297 votes)
Drama, History
2A Prophet
2009 · ★ 7.6 (1,751 votes)
Crime, Drama
3War Horse
2011 · ★ 7.3 (3,704 votes)
War, History, Drama
4Sarah's Key
2010 · ★ 7.3 (722 votes)
Drama, War
5See You Up There
2017 · ★ 7.8 (1,367 votes)
Drama, Crime, War
6At Eternity's Gate
2018 · ★ 7.0 (1,591 votes)
Drama, History
7Diplomacy
2014 · ★ 7.0 (237 votes)
Drama, History, War
8The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005 · ★ 6.9 (503 votes)
Drama, Crime
9Je Tu Il Elle
1974 · ★ 6.6 (122 votes)
Drama, Romance
10Our Children
2012 · ★ 6.8 (79 votes)
Drama, Romance
11Farewell
2009 · ★ 6.5 (138 votes)
Thriller, Drama
12So Long Africa
2015 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)
Drama
13Charlie Dingo
1987 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
14Memoirs of a French Whore
1979 · ★ 6.1 (32 votes)
Drama
15Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
2000 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)
Comedy, Drama
16By the Sea
2015 · ★ 5.5 (633 votes)
Drama, Romance
17Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
2021
Documentary, TV Movie
18Small World
2010 · ★ 6.3 (35 votes)
Drama
19Rewind
1998 · ★ 2.5 (2 votes)
Science Fiction, Thriller
20Speak to Me of Love
2002 · ★ 6.1 (6 votes)
Drama
21Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
1982
TV Movie, Thriller
22Tomorrow's Children
1976 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)
Drama, Science Fiction
23The Big Night
1976 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)
Drama
24Fragments of Antonin
2006 · ★ 6.4 (16 votes)
Drama, War
25Brook by Brook
2002 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
Documentary, TV Movie
26Ville étrangère
1988
Drama
27A Private Affair
2002 · ★ 5.5 (51 votes)
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
28Lorfou
1987
29Albert Savarus
1993 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)
Drama, Romance
30Lumière
1976 · ★ 6.8 (10 votes)
Drama, Romance
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.