Benoît Poelvoorde films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 23 films on Boxlist

Known for Savages, Smoking Causes Coughing and The Brand New Testament.

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Starring Benoît Poelvoorde

Savages
2024 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
In Borneo, near the tropical forest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutang in the palm oil plantation where her father works. Kéria's cousin Selaï comes to live with them seeking refuge from the conflict between his indigenous tribe and the...
Smoking Causes Coughing
2022 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, a team of five avengers – known as the "Tobacco Force" - is sent on a mandatory retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their sojourn goes wonderfully well until...
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The Brand New Testament
2015 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day...
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Sur la branche
2023 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Mimi is 29 years old and still dreaming about a job she could get. She meets Paul, a sidelined lawyer, as she decides to seek employment. Together, they will defend Christophe, a conman who proclaims his innocence.
Romantics Anonymous
2010 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
What happens when a man and a woman share a common passion? They fall in love. And this is what happens to Jean-René, the boss of a small chocolate factory, and Angélique, a gifted chocolate maker he has just hired. What occurs when a...
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How to Make a Killing
2025 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Michel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2 million loot in the...
Adoration
2019 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Paul is a 12 years old boy. He lives with his mother in the private clinic of doctor Loisel, deeply hidden in the woods. Paul likes to roam the forest and observe nature. One day Gloria, a schizophrenic teenager of around fifteen years...
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The Colors of Fire
2022 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
February 1927. The funeral of Marcel Péricourt, the most powerful banker in Paris. His daughter Madeleine must take the helm of the financial empire of which she is the heiress. But she has a son, Paul, who with an unexpected and tragic...
How I Became a Superhero
2020 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Paris 2020. While superheroes have assimilated into the Parisian society, they discover a new drug that gives themselves personal superpowers to mere mortals. Lieutenants Moreau and Schaltzmann are investigating the case with the support...
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Coco Before Chanel
2009 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the...
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Beating Hearts
2024 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Raised in a troublesome neighbourhood, local rebellious teenager Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, charmed by her fearless spirit and sharp wit. As powerful first love blossoms between the two, rampant gang violence entices him...
I Love Peru
2025 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
An eccentric actor abandons his friends while chasing success. After a troubling vision during self-reflection, he embarks on a spiritual quest to Peru.
The Green Shutters
2022 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
The twilight of a sacred monster, Jules Maugin, an actor at the height of his glory. Beneath the famous personality, the big mouth, and the social shell, lies the intimate portrait of a man laid bare.
Delete History
2020 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her husband’s family allowance, is afraid of losing her son’s respect because of a sex tape. Bertrand can’t...
Nothing to Declare
2010 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts.
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Lucky Star
2025 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
In 1940, in France, Jean Chevalin lives with his family in great poverty after deserting the army. Convinced that some people manage better than others, he decides to pretend to be Jewish in order to receive help from smugglers and reach...
Astérix at the Olympic Games
2008 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.
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Inexorable
2022 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Desperately seeking inspiration for the follow-up novel to his bestseller "Inexorable", Marcel Bellmer moves in his wife's old family mansion with his family.
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France. When a criminal car sabotage related to threatening letters wreak havoc in the villa...
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The Art of Being Happy
2024 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
Jean-Yves Machond, a globally unknown and generally unhappy painter, decides one day to change his life. He seeks inspiration in a small Norman town, in order to design a masterpiece that will finally earn him glory and eternal...
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My Father's Stories
2021 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Lyon, 1960s. Emile is twelve years old. His father is a hero. He says he is a judo champ, a parachutist, a soccer player and even a personal advisor to General de Gaulle. Now he wants to save French Algeria! Fascinated and proud, Emile...
Adieu Paris
2022 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
An old Parisian bistro with eternal charm. Eight gentlemen at the table, eight great figures. They were the “kings of Paris”… National treasures, masterpieces in peril. A well-honed ritual ... A sense of humor and self-deprecation intact...
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Normal
2023 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
14-year-old Lucie is a resourceful teenager who takes care of her loving yet unreliable father, William, who has multiple sclerosis. Whilst William hangs out in his wardrobe and devises pranks and jokes to make his daughter smile, Lucie...

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