The Best Alex Descas Movies, Ranked
37 credits from 1984 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Let the Sunshine In (2018) comes out on top with a score of 74. The biggest box office hit is Chocolat (2016) with $15.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Alex Descas Box Office Hits
Alex Descas's films have made $33.9M worldwide in total. Chocolat (2016) is the biggest hit at $15.3M, ahead of The Dope (2003) ($11.3M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Chocolat 2016 · Comedy $15.3M - 2
The Dope 2003 · Comedy $11.3M - 3
Let the Sunshine In 2018 · Drama $4.19M $892K dom. - 4
In Your Dreams 2005 · Comedy $1.25M - 5
Persecution 2009 · Drama $826K - 6
Lumumba 2001 · Biography $352K $352K dom. - 7
Irma Vep 1997 · Drama $315K $282K dom. - 8
Maya 2018 · Drama $131K - 9
Tiresia 2003 · Drama $105K - 10
Late August, Early September 1999 · Drama $75.6K $69.4K dom.
The Best Alex Descas Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Alex Descas has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 21 films, and Let the Sunshine In (2018) is the pick of them.
The Best Alex Descas Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Alex Descas's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Alex Descas Movies
The most recent films Alex Descas is credited on, newest first — starting with Adam’s Sake (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Adam’s Sake 2025 · Naïm -
Maya 2023 · Frédéric -
Irma Vep 2022 · Gregory Desormeaux -
Sing Me Back Home 2019 · Juan - Maya 2018 · Frédéric
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Volontaire 2018 · Albertini - Let the Sunshine In 2018 · Marc
- Chocolat 2016 · Victor
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Rouge 2015 · Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts» -
Madeleine d’entre les Morts 2014 · The man -
Portrait of the Artist 2014 · Scottie -
Voilà l’enchaînement 2014 · Lui
The Best Alex Descas Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Alex Descas films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Alex Descas movie?
Let the Sunshine In (2018) is the best-rated Alex Descas film, with a Movie Echo Score of 74, ahead of Maya (2023) (60). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Let the Sunshine In: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Alex Descas movie?
Chocolat (2016) made the most at the box office, with $15.3M worldwide, followed by The Dope (2003) with $11.3M. Together, Alex Descas's films with box office figures have made $33.9M.
What is the best Alex Descas drama movie?
Let the Sunshine In (2018) is the best-rated of Alex Descas's drama films, with a score of 74. In other genres: Chocolat (comedy), Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (romance) and Lumumba (biography).
What is the newest Alex Descas movie?
The newest film on Alex Descas's filmography is Adam’s Sake (2025), with Alex Descas as Naïm.
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