Where to watch Alain Jessua in the UK
Find every Alain Jessua film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Alain Jessua began his career as assistant to directors like Max Ophüls, Marcel Carne, Yves Allégret and Jacques Becker, before making his unique short film, Léon la lune, which earned him the prestigious Prix Jean-Vigo award in 1957. A few years later, in 1963, his first feature film (which became "cult" among moviegoers) won two prizes in Cannes and also Venice: La Vie à l'envers, with Charles Denner and Jean Yanne in his first movie role. He then went on to direct a series of successful and critically acclaimed feature films, which he produced himself (a rare risk in the French cinema lands…
Alain Jessua films streaming in the UK
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- Lola Montès (1955) Assistant Director Trainee
- The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) Assistant Director
- Armageddon (1977) Director
- Frankenstein 90 (1984) Producer
- The Dogs (1979) Director
- Shock Treatment (1973) Director
- Paradise for All (1982) Director
- Life Upside Down (1964) Director
- No Harm Intended (1988) Producer
- The Colors of the Devil (1997) Writer
- The Killing Game (1967) Director
- The Eighth Day (1960) Assistant Director
- The Story of French Fantasy Cinema (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Léon la lune (1956) Director
- Working with Max Ophuls: Alain Jessua on the Making of Madame de... (2006) as Self
- Alain Jessua, le franc-tireur du cinéma français (2021) as Self
- Max Ophüls, le peintre de l'amour fatal (2013) as Self
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Most-watched Alain Jessua films currently: Lola Montès (1955), The Earrings of Madame de... (1953), Armageddon (1977), Frankenstein 90 (1984), The Dogs (1979).
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