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Guillaume Canet

Guillaume Canet

Actor, writer and director, also producer · Born April 10, 1973 (53) · Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Guillaume Canet (born 10 April 1973) is a French actor and film director. Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like Joyeux Noël, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach. In 2006, he turned to writing and directing with Tell No One and won a César Award for Best Director. Canet has also received attention because of his personal life. He was formerly married to actress Diane Kruger. After they divorced he began a relationship with Marion Cotillard that was closely followed by the media.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 10, 1973 (53)
From
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Works as
Actor, writer and director, also producer
Titles
53 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 28% in 30 days

What are Guillaume Canet's films like?

Across their 49 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
34%
Self
25%
Morality
15%
Survival
8%
Power
6%
Ideas
6%
Society
5%
Romantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship7 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 49 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 17 · Dark 17

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 27 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 22 · Intense 18

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 15 · Shifting 25 · Whiplash 9

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 26 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 21 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 29 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 12 · Affecting 21 · Heavy 16

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 24 · Open-ended 17 · Ambiguous 8

Roles they play

41 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 18 of 41 analyzed roles.

Hero
18 of 41
Mentor
7 of 41
Shadow
6 of 41
Ally
5 of 41
Shapeshifter
4 of 41
Herald
1 of 41
Show the 41 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
27
Melancholic
24
Warm
12
Contemplative
13
Absurd
10
Other
43

How their films linger

Bittersweet22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous15
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Guillaume Canet's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 53 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Guillaume Canet's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

89 credits, 53 with a MovieCove page; 29 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Fantomas: The New World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Fantômas

  • Forty Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Karma(2026)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Belle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Pierre

  • Ad Vitam(2025)

    Producer · Screenplay · as Franck Lazareff

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Flood(2024)

    as Louis XVI

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Out of Season(2023)

    Producer · as Mathieu

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Breaking Point(2023)

    as Vincent

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • All-Time High(2023)

    as Yaël's father

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Nina et le secret du hérisson(2023)

    as Vincent (voice)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Acid(2023)

    as Michal

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • La Grande Ourse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Co-Producer

  • LEGEND (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom(2023)

    Director · Writer · as Astérix

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Lui(2021)

    Director · Writer · as Him

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Nous paysans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Narrateur

  • La belle époque(2019)

    as Antoine

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • In the Name of the Land(2019)

    Producer · as Pierre Jarjeau

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Girls with Balls(2018)

    as Chef Scout

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Little White Lies 2(2019)

    Director · Co-Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Sink or Swim(2018)

    as Laurent

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Non-Fiction(2018)

    as Alain

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Paris Pigalle(2018)

    as Franck / Martin

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • My Son(2017)

    Producer · as Julien Perrin

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Cannes Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Yannick Noah

  • Rock'n Roll(2017)

    Director · Co-Producer · Screenplay · as Guillaume Canet

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Cezanne et Moi(2016)

    as Emile Zola

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Siege of Jadotville(2016)

    as Rene Faulques

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Arctic Heart(2016)

    as Quignard

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Program(2015)

    as Dr. Ferrari

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart(2014)

    as Franck

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • In the Name of My Daughter(2014)

    Producer · as Maurice Agnelet

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Le Débarquement 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Various Characters

  • Ivresse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Turning Tide(2013)

    as Frank Drevil

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Blood Ties(2013)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Jappeloup(2013)

    Screenplay · as Pierre Durand

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Le Débarquement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Various Characters

  • Le Débarquement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Various Characters

  • The Players(2012)

    as Thibault

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • A Better Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Yann

  • War of the Buttons(2011)

    as L'instituteur

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Platane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Guillaume Canet

  • Last Night(2010)

    as Alex Mann

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Little White Lies(2010)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Last Flight(2009)

    as Antoine Chauvet

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Farewell(2009)

    as Pierre Froment

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Spy(Ies)(2009)

    as Vincent

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Business Trip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Jean-Paul Clément

  • The Meerkats(2008)

    as Le narrateur (voix française)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • La clef du problème (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Pierre

  • Les liens du sang(2008)

    as François

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Key (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Éric Vincent

  • Darling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Joël Epine dit 'Roméo'

  • Hunting and Gathering(2007)

    as Franck

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Tell No One(2006)

    Director · Screenplay · as Philippe Neuville

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • A Ticket to Space(2006)

    as Yonis / Bernard Guérin

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Hell(2005)

    as Sébastien

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Joyeux Noel(2005)

    as Audebert

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Narco(2004)

    as Gustave Klopp

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Les clefs de bagnole(2003)

    as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Love Me If You Dare(2003)

    as Julien Janvier

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Mon idole(2002)

    Director · Dialogue · Producer · Writer · as Bastien

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Mille millièmes(2002)

    as Josselin

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Warrior's Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Arnaud

  • Vidocq(2001)

    as Etienne Boisset

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Love Bites(2001)

    as Antoine

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Day the Ponies Come Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Daniel Moulin

  • Fidelity(2000)

    as Némo

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Beach(2000)

    as Étienne

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • I Can't Sleep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director · Writer · as One of the bunch of friends

  • Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Sauveur

  • In All Innocence(1998)

    as Vincent Mazet

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train(1998)

    as L'auto-stoppeur

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Je taim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director · Writer

  • Sentimental Education (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Guy

  • La Vocation d'Adrienne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Ferdinand

  • Barracuda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Luc

  • Pardaillan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Jean de Pardaillan

  • Je m'appelle Régine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Antoine

  • The Voyage of Penelope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Maxime

  • Fils unique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Ils n'ont pas vingt ans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Michel

  • Jeanne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Mathieu

  • Le Chambon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Frédéric

  • Florence Larrieu : Le juge est une femme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Julien

  • Premiers Baisers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Guillaume

  • Ad Vitam Eternam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · Writer · as Franck Lazareff

  • Badinter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Robert Badinter

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 90 titles, 86 of them dated from 1991 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

The Beach (2000)

$144M worldwide

Highest rated

Joyeux Noel (2005)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

The Beach (2000)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19912026

Peak 2018 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 24 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1998Screen debut· Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
  • 2001First top-billed film· Love Bites
  • 2003Breakout· Love Me If You Dare
  • 2003Career best· Love Me If You Dare

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting83 of 90: 72 only acting, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thDirecting12 of 90: 1 only directing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thWriting14 of 90: 0 only writing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thProducing8 of 90: 1 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score47th

90 titles, 16 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

1990s16 · 15 acting · 1 crew2000s26 · 26 acting · 3 crew2010s30 · 26 acting · 8 crew2020s14 · 12 acting · 5 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 44% of 52 roles
980308131823

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Guillaume Canet's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 53; across their 49 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 49

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 49

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 49

Midcredits score across 53 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th12

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 53 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed17
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Les clefs de bagnole (2003)

59th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Joyeux Noel (2005)

Midcredits 96th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 44 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Guillaume Canet's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles8–78 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles17–57 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles38–71 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 58 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles11–64 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Guillaume Canet work with?

People who share at least 2 of Guillaume Canet's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alain Attal shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles