Alain Chabat
16 titles
Filmography
16 results

I Do
(2006)Wedding planner Lauren Crandell’s job is to work miracles on other people’s weddings. Unfortunately, when troubleshooting her own life, she’s hit a few snags. Now, as the highest profile wedding of the year approaches, Lauren finds her career and her own romantic aspirations on the line.

Papa
(2005)Louis has a funny dad: always smiling, joking, laughing. But Louis does not really want to laugh. On the road which brings them back home, the father and his son will find themselves. At the end of their voyage, there will be the light.

Christmas & Co.
(2017)Christmas Eve is right around the corner, when everything goes haywire. Santa's 92,000 elves all fall ill and collapse... Simultaneously! Santa panics and worries about who will make the toys for all the kids all around the world? He has no choice! Santa and his reindeer must go to Earth in search of a cure. But once he gets there, Mr. Claus will need some help to save the magic of Christmas...

The Brats
(2013)On getting engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, married for 30 years to Suzanne. Gilbert, disillusioned, feels that he missed out on life by getting married. He persuades Thomas not to marry his daughter Lola and to dump everything along with him. They then dive into a wild new life as big kids, convinced that freedom lies elsewhere. But what is the cost of recovering your teenage dreams?

Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be
(2022)Author René Goscinny and artist Jean-Jacques Sempé create a beloved children’s book series and bring its mischievous main character to life.

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
(2012)When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery… With his resourceful local guide Pablito (Jamel Debbouze), Dan has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!

The Cousin
(1997)A Paris police officer commits suicide after becoming the target of an internal investigation, and Det. Gérard Delvaux (Alain Chabat) takes stewardship of the man's informant, or "cousin," Nounours (Patrick Timsit). Gérard is determined to make a dent in the Paris drug trade, and, as he works with Nounours, he develops a grudging respect for the drug dealer. Soon the two men become friends, and Gérard finds the border breaking down between the rule of law and the world of crime.

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
(1994)A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.

Me Two
(2008)
Chouchou
(2003)Choukri (Gad Elmaleh), known as Chouchou, travels clandestinely from North Africa to France in the hope of finding his missing nephew. There, members of a Paris parish give him a place to stay and find him employment at a psychiatrist's office. By night he goes to a cabaret where he becomes a transvestite, works as a waitress and meets and falls in loves with Stanislas (Alain Chabat). In the midst of a whirlwind romance, Chouchou must evade a racist and suspicious inspector.

French Twist
(1995)Doting wife Loli finally learns the truth about her husband’s chronic philandering and exacts payback when a stranger shows up outside their house.

The Science of Sleep
(2006)The Science of Sleep, a playful romantic fantasy set inside thetopsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux, an eccentric young man whosedreams constantly invade his waking life.

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
(2002)When Cleopatra sets out to build a new temple to win a bet with Julius Caesar, Gauls Asterix and Obelix must step in to help thwart Roman sabotage.

Beating Hearts
(2024)Starring the inimitable Adèle Exarchopoulos and cowritten with Audrey Diwan, this thrilling film zooms from criminal underworld to teen romance, ricocheting through time and genre. Quickening pulses and breaking hearts, Gilles Lelouche’s second solo-directed feature pops with outrageous flair.

Play
(2019)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
(2009)The pharaoh Kahmunrah plans chaos at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, so Larry sets off for the capital to protect his friends.