French film director Jean-Pierre Jeunet recently found himself stuck, trying and failing to get funding for his projects. There weren’t many studios out there who thought that the movies he wanted to make would be popular or successful, so he just had to keep looking. Finally, he managed to secure a deal with Netflix to direct another movie after almost a decade without making a new full-length feature film. This film, Bigbug, is a futuristic movie that takes a dive into robot-human relationships and uses the classic trope of robots wanting to take over the world in order to make a comedy. After its release on Feb. 11th, reviews are starting to trickle in.

Even with this road bump, Jeunet is still a very successful director. Ever since his first feature film in 1991, he’s directed a handful of short films, many commercials, a few music videos, and, of course, several more feature films. Some movies are less-known, as his usual French films aren’t all released internationally. Others have received critical acclaim though, and remain rather popular, with Amelie becoming beloved by Western audiences. Take a look at every film Jean-Pierre Jeunet has directed over the years, and consider watching any you don’t recognize.

7 Alien Resurrection

Alien Resurrection is Jeunet’s only American film so far. It’s the fourth movie in the Alien franchise, and also the last of the original series. Scientists aboard the space vessel USM Auriga have successfully created a clone of the heroine Ripley 200 years after the events of the third movie. Because the clone had the Xenomorph Queen’s DNA intertwined with Ripley’s, she grows up with a Xenomorph embryo in her chest that is extracted. When another vessel visits the Auriga and discovers that they're trying to experiment on the Xenomorphs again, who manage to escape confinement, they enlist the help of Ripley’s clone to fight their way out and stop the vessel from reaching Earth.

The movie had mixed reviews upon its release. Some felt that Alien Resurrection lacked what the first two movies brought to the table, not having high enough thrills or stakes to really get the audience invested; even main actress Sigourney Weaver has said the first two are the best. It was also the worst-grossing Alien movie in North America, even though it did fairly well internationally, possibly because of its great French director. Even so, Jeunet still received a Saturn award nomination for best director after the movie.

6 Micmacs

The inventive comedy film Micmacs was dubbed a 'satire on the world arms trade.' The main character, Bazil, has been wronged several times by the arms dealers during his life — once when one of their mines killed his father, and once when a stray bullet from a street fight entered his brain while he was working. The doctors were able to save him, but he returned to find he had already been replaced. After becoming homeless and discovering another group of outcasts that takes him in, he finds the two companies who made the bullet and the mine are across the street from one another. With the help of his new family, he begins to try and undermine the companies and shame them for what they have done.

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The film received average reviews upon its release; no one hated it, but no one thought it was really spectacular, either. It seems Jeunet’s satire was either not taken seriously or was too on point for anyone to want to acknowledge. Still, his commentary on these real life issues and the directing he did for the film make the movie worth checking out, as it carries his trademark maximalist style.

5 The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet is based on the book The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet written by Reif Larsen. It follows the talented T. S. Spivet as he is often overlooked and sometimes even belittled by those around him. Still trying to cope with the loss of his brother, a tragedy which he blames on himself, Spivet receives a call from the Smithsonian that he is going to receive an award for the invention of the perpetual motion machine. He decides to run away to Washington D.C. to receive the award, discovering himself along the way and beginning to come to terms with his brother’s death.

Reviews were generally positive for the film, saying that it had just the right amount of depth in order to bring the book to life. Its release was botched, however, when the U.S. distribution didn’t happen due to Jean-Pierre Jeunet refusing to make cuts that were requested for the release. The film might have had more success if the release went as planned. Still, the movie won an award for Best Cinematography at the 39th César Awards, which helps show that Jeunet was a good choice for the film.

4 The City of Lost Children

The sci-fi fantasy movie The City of Lost Children begins with Krank, a being created by a scientist who has since disappeared, aging prematurely due to his inability to dream. With the help of the other creations he lives with, he creates a machine to extract dreams from children, and a local gang helps him kidnap children to feed the machine. One of these kids is the adopted brother of carnival strongman One, who now will stop at nothing to follow the kidnapers and try to rescue his brother.

Many critics gave the movie positive reviews. Even with the confusion the plot can cause, they decided that The City of Lost Children was still able to engross the audience, and as such, was able to earn the acclaim it did. This was one of two movies Jeunet co-directed with Mark Caro, working closely together to write and film the bizarre movie from their own imaginative ideas. Though the plot is hard to follow, the world-building and characterization are enough to keep this visually splendid movie afloat.

3 A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement is based on a book of the same name written by Sébastien Japrisot. During World War I, five French soldiers are sentenced to face no man’s land after being accused of self-mutilation to escape military service. They appear to have all died, but the fiancée of one of them, Mathilde, refuses to give up hope. She begins to uncover clues as to what really happened and discovers the corrupt system used to deal with those who tried to escape the front.

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A Very Long Engagement was well-received upon release, the drama doing well at telling the story without getting too bogged down in all the little details of the investigation. The flashbacks to the war that are scattered throughout also help show the war aspect without it being too much to deal with at once, and Jeunet works with Audrey Tautou extremely well, as he had with Amelie. There were many awards and nominations for the movie, including the best director nomination from the 30th César Awards for Jeunet (along with one for the film), a BAFTA nomination for best international film, and a Golden Globe nomination for the best foreign language film. It remains Jeunet's most subtle and understated, and perhaps emotional, movie.

2 Delicatessen

Set in post-apocalyptic France, Delicatessen features a society where food is scarce and grain is used as currency. One landlord, who is also a butcher, puts ads in the local newspaper looking for a butcher’s assistant, but he really kills those he hires to sell their meat to his tenants. Louison is unaware of this and applies for the job, and his skills as a great worker make the landlord hesitant to kill him. Slowly, he begins to charm the tenants of the building, but he has no idea what the landlord's true intentions are.

As Jeunet’s first movie, it may be surprising to see it this highly revered. It also may be surprising to read the aforementioned movie description and find out that it’s actually a comedy, but it is, and one of the most gleefully strange. As his and co-director Marc Caro’s debut, it was well-received by critics, and the combination of comedy, horror, and sci-fi is done perfectly, even if those seem like strange genres to combine. The film went on to be nominated and win several important European awards, including winning the Sitges best director award and the César Award for best debut.

1 Amélie

The romantic and whimsical comedy Amélie follows the titular character through her life. She was homeschooled and her mother died when she was young, so she always felt lonely and had anxiety. One day, she discovered a mysterious box hidden in the walls of her apartment filled with old memorabilia. She tracks the original owner down, and after seeing how happy it made him, decides that she’s going to go out of her way to start making other people happy. In the process, she begins to discover happiness for herself, too.

There’s no doubt that this is Jeunet’s greatest film, as he gained his fame from the popularity it received and still has the capacity to enchant decades later. It charmed audiences and critics alike around the world, gaining critical acclaim for its beautiful music, incredible visuals, and endearing performances. Amelie received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination for best foreign language film, BAFTA nominations for best film and director, and won both best director and best film at the César Awards.