Best Lambert Wilson movies
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TOP 25: The Lazarus Project
Lambert Wilson as: Avery
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release: 2008
After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.
TOP 24: Corporate
Lambert Wilson as: Stéphane Froncart
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release: 2017
Emilie is a bright young workaholic manager in Human Ressources, working for a huge French agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated to her job, she is a good soldier, ready to put ruthless methods of management into practice to meet the higher-ups' requirements. But, one day, one of the employees commits suicide at the company in front of her. Afflicted by the terrific death of her colleague, she will eventually realize that the company has to take its responsibility too. While an investigation in underway, stuck between her traumatized colleagues and under pressure of a powerful hierarchy, she will have to get by on her own.
TOP 23: The Public Woman
Original Title: La Femme publique
Lambert Wilson as: Milan Mliska
Genre: Drama
Release: 1984
An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into commiting a political assassination.
TOP 22: The Royal Exchange
Original Title: L'Echange des princesses
Lambert Wilson as: Philip V
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2017
After many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. In 1721, the regent of France draws up an ambitious plan to inaugurate an era of peace and prosperity that will heal the economies of both nations: his intention is to build a solid network of marriage alliances that will involve four children of very different ages who know nothing of betrayals and power games…
TOP 21: De Gaulle
Lambert Wilson as: Le Général de Gaulle
Genre: History, Drama
Release: 2020
Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.
TOP 20: The Party 2
Original Title: La Boum 2
Lambert Wilson as: Félix Maréchal
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1982
A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.
TOP 19: The Princess of Montpensier
Original Title: La Princesse de Montpensier
Lambert Wilson as: François de Chabannes
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Release: 2010
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
TOP 18: March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Original Title: L'Empereur
Lambert Wilson as: Le Narrateur
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2017
A young penguin, driven by his instinct, embarks on his first major trip to an unknown destination.
TOP 17: Private Fears in Public Places
Original Title: Cœurs
Lambert Wilson as: Dan
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2006
In Paris, six people all look for love, despite typically having their romantic aspirations dashed at every turn.
TOP 16: The Matrix Revolutions
Lambert Wilson as: The Merovingian
Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Release: 2003
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
TOP 15: Cycling with Molière
Original Title: Alceste à bicyclette
Lambert Wilson as: Gauthier Valence
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2013
Serge Tanneur (Fabrice Luchini) is at the pinnacle of his acting career when he decides to turn his back on show business and become a hermit living off of France’s Atlantic coast. Three years later, Gauthier Valence (Lambert Wilson), a beloved TV actor, shows up on the island to offer Serge a role in his directorial debut – a rendition of Molière’s classic play, “The Misanthrope”. Serge refuses at first, but then suggests that they rehearse the first scene and after five days he’ll decide if he wants to dothe play or not. What ensues is a battle of brawn and wits and peculiar encounters with a hotel maid who longs to be a pornstar and an Italian divorcée.
TOP 14: Flawless
Lambert Wilson as: Finch
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2007
A female executive and a night janitor conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation.
TOP 13: In Your Hands
Original Title: Au bout des doigts
Lambert Wilson as: Pierre Geithner
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2018
A young man from a modest family gets the chance of a lifetime to reveal his hidden talent for piano but can he find the strength and courage to live up to the challenge?
TOP 12: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Original Title: Vous n'avez encore rien vu
Lambert Wilson as: Orphée #2
Genre: Drama
Release: 2012
From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play "Eurydice." These actors watch a recording of the work performed by a young acting company, La Compagnie de la Colombe. Do love, life, death and love after death still have any place on a theater stage? It's up to them to decide. And the surprises have only just begun...
TOP 11: The Translators
Original Title: Les Traducteurs
Lambert Wilson as: Éric Angstrom
Genre: Thriller
Release: 2019
Nine translators have been picked by a ruthless publisher and locked in a luxury bunker to translate the highly anticipated book of a famous author in record time. Although the translators are confined to prevent any kind of leak because of the high financial stakes, a crisis erupts when someone posts the first 10 pages of the novel online and blackmails the publisher to pay 5 million euros. A hunt for the culprit inside the bunker unfolds.
TOP 10: Of Gods and Men
Original Title: Des hommes et des dieux
Lambert Wilson as: Christian
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2010
French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between Algeria's army and Muslim Jihadi insurgents disrupts the peace, they are forced to consider fleeing the monastery and deserting the villagers they have ministered to. In the face of deadly violence the monks wrestle with their faith and their convictions, eventually deciding to stay and help their neighbours keep the army and the insurgents at bay.
TOP 9: The Matrix Reloaded
Lambert Wilson as: The Merovingian
Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Release: 2003
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix and a certain degree of pre-cognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has fixed Neo as his next target.
TOP 8: One Man and his Cow
Original Title: La Vache
Lambert Wilson as: Philippe
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2016
An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.
TOP 7: The Odyssey
Original Title: L'Odyssée
Lambert Wilson as: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Release: 2016
Biopic of the great French ocean-going adventurer and filmmaker
TOP 6: Labyrinth
Original Title: Dédales
Lambert Wilson as: Brennac
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2003
Psychologist Dr. Brennac is asked by a colleague to help with the case of Claude, a patient on trial for multiple murders. Is Claude really guilty of the crimes, or is he a victim of his own mind?
TOP 5: The Belly of an Architect
Lambert Wilson as: Caspasian Speckler
Genre: Drama
Release: 1987
The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.
TOP 4: 5 to 7
Lambert Wilson as: Valery Pierpont
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release: 2014
A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
TOP 3: Same Old Song
Original Title: On connaît la chanson
Lambert Wilson as: Marc Duveyrier
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1997
Odile is a business executive looking for a new, bigger apartment. Her younger sister Camille has just completed her doctoral thesis in history and is a Paris tour guide. Simon is a regular on Camille's tours because he's attracted to her. Camille has fallen for Marc, and they begin an affair. Nicolas is also looking for an apartment, since he hopes to eventually have his family join him in Paris.
TOP 2: Suite Française
Lambert Wilson as: Viscount Montmort
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Release: 2014
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
TOP 1: Ernest & Celestine
Original Title: Ernest et Célestine
Lambert Wilson as: Ernest (voice)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
Release: 2012
Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career; Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.