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Patrice Leconte

Director · 67 credits · 34 in highly-rated films

Best known for French Fried Vacation 2 (1979)

Frequent collaborators: Jean-Luc Godard, David Lynch, Claude Lelouch, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte

Best Patrice Leconte movies by genre

Directed movies (42 total, ranked by score)

  1. French Fried Vacation 2

    1979 · ★ 7.3 (1,271 votes)

    Comedy

    1

  2. The Girl on the Bridge

    1999 · ★ 7.0 (232 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    2

  3. Monsieur Hire

    1989 · ★ 7.2 (176 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    3

  4. French Fried Vacation

    1978 · ★ 6.6 (955 votes)

    Comedy

    4

  5. Man on the Train

    2002 · ★ 6.7 (118 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    5

  6. The Hairdresser's Husband

    1990 · ★ 6.8 (227 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    6

  7. Ridicule

    1996 · ★ 6.9 (223 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    7

  8. The Widow of Saint-Pierre

    2000 · ★ 6.6 (63 votes)

    Romance, Drama, History

    8

  9. The Suicide Shop

    2012 · ★ 6.3 (637 votes)

    Comedy, Animation, Music

    9

  10. Intimate Strangers

    2004 · ★ 6.3 (84 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    10

  11. Tandem

    1987 · ★ 7.2 (93 votes)

    Comedy

    11

  12. Lumière & Company

    1995 · ★ 6.3 (71 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    12

  13. Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

    1981 · ★ 6.3 (151 votes)

    Comedy

    13

  14. My Best Friend

    2006 · ★ 6.1 (248 votes)

    Comedy

    14

  15. The Specialists

    1985 · ★ 6.6 (104 votes)

    Adventure, Crime

    15

  16. Tango

    1993 · ★ 5.9 (29 votes)

    Comedy

    16

  17. Love Street

    2002 · ★ 4.9 (18 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    17

  18. Half a Chance

    1998 · ★ 5.7 (119 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Comedy

    18

  19. Felix and Lola

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (11 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. The Happy Family

    1973

    Comedy

    20

  21. A Promise

    2013 · ★ 5.7 (139 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    21

  22. Lest We Forget

    1991 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    22

  23. Dogora: Ouvrons les yeux

    2004 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    23

  24. Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

    2006 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    24

  25. Maigret

    2022 · ★ 5.8 (279 votes)

    Mystery, Drama

    25

  26. And my name is Marcel Gotlib ou Tout à la plume, rien au pinceau

    1974 · ★ 5.5 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. The Grand Dukes

    1996 · ★ 6.0 (55 votes)

    Comedy

    27

  28. Singles

    1982 · ★ 5.1 (79 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    28

  29. The Perfume of Yvonne

    1994 · ★ 5.5 (28 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    29

  30. Beauties at War

    2009 · ★ 4.9 (36 votes)

    Comedy

    30

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