- Films
- 31
- Avg rating
- 6.40
- Peak run
- 1990’98
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Alex by the numbers
Average
6.40
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.44
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.72
rating spread
Career
40y
1986 to 2025
Total votes
293K
across every film
Best
7.2
Only Lovers Left Alive
Worst
5.9
Trouble Every Day
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Adam's Sake | Naïm | · | 646 |
| 2018 | Maya | Frédéric | · | 758 |
| 2018 | Raising Colors | Albertini | · | 488 |
| 2017 |  Let the Sunshine In | Marc | 6.0 | 8,476 |
| 2016 |  Chocolat | Victor | 7.0 | 8,730 |
| 2013 |  Only Lovers Left Alive | · | 7.2 | 117K |
| 2013 | Bastards | Dr. Béthanie | 6.1 | 4,035 |
| 2009 | Persécution | Thomas | 5.4 | 1,129 |
| 2009 | Rapt | Maître Walser | 6.7 | 2,282 |
| 2009 |  The Limits of Control | Creole | 6.2 | 22,064 |
| 2008 |  35 Shots of Rum | Lionel | 7.1 | 5,737 |
| 2007 | Boarding Gate | Andrew | 5.1 | 4,443 |
| 2005 | A Perfect Couple | · | · | 368 |
| 2004 | The Intruder | Le prêtre | 6.6 | 2,340 |
| 2003 | Tiresia | Marignac | 6.2 | 1,296 |
| 2003 |  Coffee and Cigarettes | · | 7.0 | 71,416 |
| 2003 | Hanging Offense | · | · | 697 |
| 2003 | The Dope | Shaft | 4.4 | 1,619 |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | · | 6.6 | 1,952 |
| 2001 |  Trouble Every Day | Léo | 5.9 | 11,167 |
Better together?
Alex Descas's regulars
- Claire DenisDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.50 avg▲+0.05
- Olivier AssayasDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.15
- Šarūnas BartasDirector and actor · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Claire Denis and Alex Descas movies · Olivier Assayas and Alex Descas movies · Šarūnas Bartas and Alex Descas movies
Takes
On Alex Descas
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