Julien Leclercq (born 7 August 1979) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Julien Leclercq began his career in 2004 with the production of the short film Transit, in which he explored a retro-future world populated by half-flesh, half-metal beings. The short film got the attention of the producer Franck Chorot and Gaumont, who promptly offered Leclercq a budget of 8.7 million euros to produce his first feature film Chrysalis, the story of a police lieutenant (played by Albert Dupontel) who tries to find his wife's killer in a Paris of 2025. Leclercq returned to reality to undertake the ambitious project of L'Assaut, a film about the hijack of the Paris-Algiers flight in December 1994. His work includes directing the 2013 film The Informant, producing the 2014 film L'Affaire SK1, and writing and directing the 2015 film Braqueurs. Source: Article "Julien Leclercq (director)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 7, 1979 (47)
- Somain, Nord, France
- Director, producer and writer
- 11 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Julien Leclercq's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
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 9
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 8
Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 8
Steady 2 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 6
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous3
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 Julien Leclercq's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Julien Leclercq'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
15 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Elite Force(2026)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
The Wages of Fear(2024)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Ganglands(2021)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Sentinelle(2021)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Earth and Blood(2020)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Bouncer(2018)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Budapest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
A Bluebird in My Heart(2018)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Crew(2015)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
SK1(2014)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Informant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Assault(2010)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Chrysalis(2007)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Transit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Prost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 2004 to 2026.
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 Julien Leclercq's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
None of their 11 titles divides audiences: 5 are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Julien Leclercq's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Julien Leclercq work with?
People who share at least 2 of Julien Leclercq's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Julien Madon shares the most, 10.
Writers
- Matthieu ServeauShared titles: Ganglands (2021), Sentinelle (2021), Earth and Blood (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Matthieu Serveau
- Jérémie GuezShared titles: Earth and Blood (2020), A Bluebird in My Heart (2018), The Bouncer (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Jérémie Guez
- Hamid HliouaShared titles: The Wages of Fear (2024), Ganglands (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Hamid Hlioua
- Simon MoutaïrouShared titles: The Crew (2015), The Assault (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Simon Moutaïrou
Actors
- Sami BouajilaShared titles: Ganglands (2021), Earth and Blood (2020), The Bouncer (2018), The Crew (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Sami Bouajila
- Guillaume GouixShared titles: Elite Force (2026), The Crew (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Guillaume Gouix
- Blaise AfonsoShared titles: Sentinelle (2021), Earth and Blood (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Blaise Afonso
- Sofia LesaffreShared titles: Ganglands (2021), Earth and Blood (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Sofia Lesaffre
Composers and editors
- François RoyShared titles: Sentinelle (2021), Earth and Blood (2020), The Bouncer (2018), The Crew (2015), The Assault (2010), Chrysalis (2007)See all 6 shared titles with François Roy
- Jean-Jacques HertzShared titles: Sentinelle (2021), Earth and Blood (2020), The Bouncer (2018), The Crew (2015), The Assault (2010), Chrysalis (2007)See all 6 shared titles with Jean-Jacques Hertz
- Soline GuyonneauShared titles: The Wages of Fear (2024), Ganglands (2021), Sentinelle (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Soline Guyonneau
- Mickael DumontierShared titles: The Crew (2015), SK1 (2014), The Assault (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Mickael Dumontier
Producers
- Julien MadonShared titles: Elite Force (2026), The Wages of Fear (2024), Ganglands (2021), Sentinelle (2021), Earth and Blood (2020), A Bluebird in My Heart (2018), The Bouncer (2018), The Crew (2015), SK1 (2014), The Assault (2010)See all 10 shared titles with Julien Madon
- Bastien SirodotShared titles: The Wages of Fear (2024), Ganglands (2021), Sentinelle (2021), Earth and Blood (2020), A Bluebird in My Heart (2018), The Bouncer (2018), The Crew (2015)See all 7 shared titles with Bastien Sirodot
- Philippe GuezShared titles: Elite Force (2026), The Wages of Fear (2024), Ganglands (2021), Sentinelle (2021), Earth and Blood (2020), A Bluebird in My Heart (2018)See all 6 shared titles with Philippe Guez
- Adrian PolitowskiShared titles: A Bluebird in My Heart (2018), The Bouncer (2018), The Crew (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Adrian Politowski
