Nicolas Boukhrief (born June 4, 1963) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. Boukhrief started his career as a journalist. In 1990 he created the Newspaper of the cinema on Canal+, and was the writer in chief until 1993, when he became the adviser on programming cinema. Since January 1997, he has been a programmer and presenter of My film club on Canal+. Along with Richard Grandpierre he was Co-person in charge for Canal Plus Ecriture, and since 1997, of the department of Eskwad production within that chain. He was Andrzej Żuławski's assistant from 1985 to 1987. Thereafter he was a Co-scenario writer of Jean-Jacques Zilbermann's film Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents , and of Assassin(s), directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicolas Boukhrief, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 2, 1963 (63)
- Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Writer, director and actor, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Nicolas Boukhrief's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 8
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 7
Steady 2 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 4
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 5
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nicolas Boukhrief's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Nicolas Boukhrief's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Like a Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
100 Grands films pour les petits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Delicious(2021)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Wrath of Man(2021)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Three Days and a Life(2019)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Un ciel radieux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Confession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Made in France(2015)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Almost Italian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
In Gold We Trust(2010)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Italian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Gardiens de l'ordre(2010)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Cortex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Silent Hill(2006)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Cash Truck(2004)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Assassin(s)(1997)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Va mourire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
14 juillet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Avis de tempête (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 19 of them dated from 1993 to 2024.
Film career
- 1997Screen debut· Assassin(s)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Nicolas Boukhrief's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 37/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Nicolas Boukhrief's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Nicolas Boukhrief work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nicolas Boukhrief's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Éric Besnard shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Éric BesnardShared titles: Delicious (2021), Wrath of Man (2021), Made in France (2015), In Gold We Trust (2010), Cash Truck (2004)See all 5 shared titles with Éric Besnard
Actors
- Dimitri StorogeShared titles: Three Days and a Life (2019), Made in France (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Dimitri Storoge
- Albert DupontelShared titles: Cinéma par Albert Dupontel (2017), Cash Truck (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Albert Dupontel
- Gilles Gaston-DreyfusShared titles: Gardiens de l'ordre (2010), Cash Truck (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
- Julien BoisselierShared titles: Gardiens de l'ordre (2010), Cash Truck (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Julien Boisselier
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Lydia BoukhriefShared titles: Delicious (2021), Three Days and a Life (2019), Gardiens de l'ordre (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Lydia Boukhrief
- Christophe JulienShared titles: Delicious (2021), In Gold We Trust (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Christophe Julien
- Jean-Marie DreujouShared titles: Delicious (2021), In Gold We Trust (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Jean-Marie Dreujou
- Robin CoudertShared titles: Three Days and a Life (2019), Made in France (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Robin Coudert
Producers
- Christophe RossignonShared titles: Delicious (2021), Assassin(s) (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Christophe Rossignon
- Matthieu WarterShared titles: Made in France (2015), Cash Truck (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Matthieu Warter
