Costa-Gavras

Capital
6.5

Capital

Nov. 14, 2012

Capital

The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
The Ax
7.4

The Ax

Mar. 02, 2005

The Ax

A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
Amen.
7.2

Amen.

Feb. 13, 2002

Amen.

The film “Amen.” examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the ...
Mad City
6.3

Mad City

Nov. 07, 1997

Mad City

A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Lumière and Company
6.9

Lumière and Company

Jan. 01, 1995

Lumière and Company

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under ...
Music Box
7.4

Music Box

Dec. 22, 1989

Music Box

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Betrayed
6.3

Betrayed

Aug. 26, 1988

Betrayed

An FBI agent (Debra Winger) falls in love with a white supremacist (Tom Berenger) whose group she infiltrates.
Missing
7.7

Missing

Feb. 12, 1982

Missing

Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to a South American country to investigate the ...
Womanlight
6.5

Womanlight

Aug. 29, 1979

Womanlight

Having both suffered extreme losses, a man (Yves Montand) and a woman (Romy Scheider) try to form a relationship.
Special Section
7.8

Special Section

Apr. 23, 1975

Special Section

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty ...
State of Siege
7.8

State of Siege

Dec. 30, 1972

State of Siege

Like most of Costa-Gavras’ political thrillers, the French State of Siege is based on a true story. The incident dramatized herein is the ...
The Confession
7.9

The Confession

Apr. 29, 1970

The Confession

The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he’s being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary ...