Claude Lelouch was a Jewish child in occupied France. In this documentary, he talks about the trauma he still feels from that experience, but also how it inspired him to become a filmmaker. The 1940s appear to be a formative period, key to understanding the work and career of this famous director, whose films and life have always been inseparable.

The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
7.4/10

12 Angry Men
1957
8.6/10

Pulp Fiction
1994
8.5/10

American Beauty
1999
8.0/10

Oppenheimer
2023
8.0/10

Shutter Island
2010
8.2/10

Gladiator
2000
8.2/10

Titanic
1997
7.9/10

Inception
2010
8.4/10

The Breakfast Club
1985
7.7/10

Parasite
2019
8.5/10

Scarface
1983
8.2/10

Fight Club
1999
8.4/10

2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
8.1/10

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
7.4/10

Joker
2019
8.1/10

Green Book
2018
8.2/10

Psycho
1960
8.4/10

The Shawshank Redemption
1994
8.7/10

Ex Machina
2015
7.6/10
Diana: In Her Own Words
2017
7.7/10