Isabelle Adjani – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 14, 2026

France Drama

Isabelle Adjani won France’s César Award a record five times, often for roles that asked her to play women coming apart at the seams with total commitment.

Diabolique (1996) 01

Diabolique (1996)

IMDb ★ 5.3

A wife and mistress conspire to murder the man abusing them both.

Bon Voyage (2003) 02

Bon Voyage (2003)

IMDb ★ 6.4

A movie star's accidental crime spirals into occupied-France farce and espionage.

Deadly Circuit (1983) 03

Deadly Circuit (1983)

IMDb ★ 6.9

An insurance investigator becomes obsessed with a woman connected to a string of murders.

One Deadly Summer (1983) 04

One Deadly Summer (1983)

IMDb ★ 7.4

A vengeful young woman targets the men she believes assaulted her mother years earlier.

Subway (1985) 05

Subway (1985)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A thief hides out in the Paris Métro, assembling a strange band among its regulars.

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) 06

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

IMDb ★ 7.5

Herzog's hypnotic remake of the silent vampire classic, with Adjani as its doomed heroine.

Queen Margot (1994) 07

Queen Margot (1994)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A royal wedding meant to end religious war instead triggers a massacre inside the French court.

The Story of Adele H. (1975) 08

The Story of Adele H. (1975)

IMDb ★ 7.3

Victor Hugo's daughter follows a soldier across the Atlantic in an escalating, one-sided obsession.

Camille Claudel (1988) 09

Camille Claudel (1988)

IMDb ★ 7.5

Sculptor Camille Claudel's genius and passion are slowly consumed by Rodin's shadow and her own mind.

Possession (1981) 10

Possession (1981)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A collapsing marriage in divided Berlin spirals into full body-horror territory.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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