Zinedine Soualem films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 18 films on Boxlist

Known for La Haine, September 5 and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

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Starring Zinedine Soualem

La Haine
1995 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when...
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Divertimento
2023 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
’95–’96, year of high school. Only 17 years old, Zahia Ziouni becomes aware that her dream of becoming a conductor and her ambition to make symphonic music accessible to all and in all territories, will go through the creation of an...
Colours of Time
2025 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle, then aged 21, leaves her hometown to search for her mother...
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects...
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Rise
2022 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Elise thought she had the perfect life: an ideal boyfriend and a promising career as a ballet dancer. It all falls apart the day she catches him cheating on her with her stage backup; and after she suffers an injury on stage, it seems like...
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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra bets against the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, that her people are still great, even if the times of the Pharaohs has long passed. She vows (against all logic) to build a new palace for Caesar within three...
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The Spanish Apartment
2002 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.
September 5
2024 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
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The Nativity Story
2006 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visually lush adaptation of the biblical tale follows the pair on their arduous path to their...
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Welcome to the Sticks
2008 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a...
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JCVD
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the...
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Chinese Puzzle
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.
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Paris
2008 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris...
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Someone, Somewhere
2019 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Rémy and Mélanie live next door to each other in Paris but have never met. The two thirty-year-old Parisians search for connections online, but never have much success. Falling deeper into loneliness and depression, both decide to start...
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Over The Cracks
2023 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Odile is getting ready to celebrate her birthday. As her kids and grandkids are on their way to visit her, Jean, her husband, unexpectedly passes away. Unable to cope with reality, she hides him under the bed.
Citoyen d'honneur
2022 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Samir Amin is a fulfilled writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, who lives in Paris, far from his native country, Algeria.He systematically refuses all the invitations made to him. Until the day when he decides to accept to be made "Honorary...
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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Umami
2023 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.
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