Antonieta 1982  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla, Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Carlos Bracho, Gonzalo Vega, Diana Bracho, Hector Alterio, Bruno Rey, Jose Lavat, Diego Luna
French psychologist Anna (Hanna Schygulla) journeys to Mexico to investigate the life of an author, Antonieta Rivas Mercado (Isabelle Adjani), who committed suicide inside Notre Dame Cathedral in 1931.
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Barocco 1976  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Claude Brialy, Julien Guiomar, Helene Surgere, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Claude Brasseur, Peter Bonke, Leny Suck
Laure (Isabelle Adjani) and Samson (Gerard Depardieu) are in love and plan on marriage after his final fight–one that is fixed and should bring him wealth. But Samson is killed by a gunman (also played by Depardieu) who looks just like Samson. Laure and Samson's killer eventually fall in love.
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Bon Voyage 2003  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal, Gregori Derangere, Peter Coyote, Jean-Marc Stehle, Aurore Clement, Xavier De Guillebon, Edith Scob, Michel Vuillermoz, Nicolas Pignon
As the Nazis approach Paris in 1940, an unlikely cast of characters joins forces in an effort to evade the invading forces.
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Deadly Circuit 1983 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Claude Miller
Cast: Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand, Stephane Audran, Macha Meril, Genevieve Page, Sami Frey, Dominique Frot, Patrick Bouchitey, Jean-Claude Brialy, Isabelle Ho, Francois Bernheim
Private detective Beauvoir, The "Eye," (Michel Serrault) is on the trail of a seductress (Isabelle Adjani), a serial killer leaving victims in her wake as she travels through Europe.
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Ishtar 1987  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elaine May
Cast: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Jack Weston, Tess Harper, Carol Kane, Matt Frewer
Singer-songwriters (Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman) are booked into a cafe in Morocco. On the trip there, they visit Ishtar and get swept into a political overthrow. This much awaited, very costly film just didn't measure up.
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La Reine Margot 1994  R, 143 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Queen Margot
Director: Patrice Chereau
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc, Pascal Greggory, Claudio Amendola, Miguel Bose, Asia Argento, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey
Based on a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, this lavish adaptation tells of the events leading up to the "Massacre of St. Bartholomew" in 1572. Religious strife was prevalent during the reign of the Catholic King, Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade). In an effort to appease the Protestants, the real power behind the throne, Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi), initiates a marriage between her daughter Margot (Isabelle Adjani), the heiress to the throne, and Protestant Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil). But this only leads to further violence.
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Le Locataire 1976 R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Tenant
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Shelley Winters, Bernard Fresson, Lila Kedrova, Claude Dauphin, Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc
Trelkovsky (Roman Polanski) is a mild-mannered young Pole who rents an apartment in Paris and begins to suffer delusions of being persecuted by the other tenants. Not for all tastes.
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Monsieur Ibrahim 2003 R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Dupeyron
Cast: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld, Lola Naymark, Anne Suarez, Mata Gabin, Celine Samie, Isabelle Adjani, Guillaume Gallienne, Guillaume Rannou, Manuel Le Lievre
Set in Paris during the 1960s, this film involves the relationship of an Arab grocery store owner (Omar Sharif) who befriends a young Jewish boy (Pierre Boulanger) and becomes a father figure to him. By story's end, each has learned valuable lessons from the other.
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Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Horror
aka: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Dan van Husen, Jan Groth, Carsten Bodinus, Martje Grohmann, Rijk de Gooyer, Clemens Scheitz, Lo van Hensbergen
In this remake of F.W. Murnau's 1922 classic silent-film representing the Expressionist movement in art, the vampyre Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski) takes over a small town and then attempts to spread his evil influence to areas far and wide. He yearns for Lucy (Isabelle Adjani) who is married to Jonathan (Bruno Ganz). Will Lucy's self-sacrifice bring an end to Dracula's curse?
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 Possession 1981 R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Andrzei Zulawski
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennent, Margit Carstensen, Johanna Hofer, Carl Duering, Shaun Lawton, Michael Hogben, Maximilian Ruthlein, Thomas Frey, Leslie Malton, Gerd Neubert
Mark (Sam Neill) returns from an extended business trip to find his wife, Anna (Isabelle Adjani), presumably insane. She also confesses to having a lover (Heinz Bennent). But the full truth is that she has given birth to a tentacled monster that she keeps in an apartment and with which she has a love affair. Mark, not knowing of this, has her followed, but both of the investigators are killed by Anna and fed to the monster. There are even doppelgangers around–seductive Helen (also Isabelle Adjani) tutors Mark's son. Whew! Earlier versions made for the U.S. market were cut to 80 minutes.
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Quartet 1981 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani, Anthony Higgins, Pierre Clementi, Suzanne Flon, Daniel Mesguich, Sheila Gish, Wiley Wood, Virginie Thevenet, Daniel Chatto, Bernice Stegers
Set in Paris during the 1920s, this film reveals the trials of homeless Marya (Isabelle Adjani) who struggles for survival while her husband, Stephan (Anthony Higgins), is in prison. Her chance comes when a wealthy, but odd, couple–H.J. (Alan Bates) and Lois (Maggie Smith)–offer her refuge. When Marya becomes the mistress of H.J., Lois barely tolerates their actions. The story is loosely based on the early life of Jean Rhys before she became a writer.
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The Story of Adele H. 1975 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Reubin Dorey, Joseph Blatchley, Francois Truffaut, Ivry Gitlis, Louise Bourdet, Cecil De Sausmarez, Clive Gillingham
This film is based on the true story of writer Victor Hugo's youngest daughter. Taken from her journals, the story is about a woman obsessed with love for a British soldier. Adjani received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. There are both English-language and French versions available.
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Subway 1985 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean Bouise, Jean-Claude Lecas, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Jean Reno, Eric Serra, Arthur Simms, Alain Guillard, Constantin Alexandrov
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a safecracker who steals major documents from the safe belonging to Helena's (Isabelle Adjani) husband (Constantin Alexandrov). Now–with the Metro police, the husband's thugs, and Helena in pursuit–Fred takes refuge in the Paris metro where he lives with a strange assortment of characters in a punk sub-culture.
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| 1. Antonieta (1982)
2. Barocco (1976)
3. Bon Voyage (2003)
4. Deadly Circuit (1983)
5. Diabolique (1996)
6. The Driver (1978)
7. Ishtar (1987)
8. La Reine Margot (1994)
aka: Queen Margot
9. Le Locataire (1976)
aka: The Tenant
10. Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
11. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
aka: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
12. Possession (1981)
13. Quartet (1981)
14. The Story of Adele H. (1975)
15. Subway (1985)
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