Alexandre Aja

Alexandre Jouan-Arcady (born August 7, 1978, in Paris, France), known professionally as Alexandre Aja, is a writer-director who has worked primarily in the horror genre, beginning with his acclaimed French-language breakthrough film "High Tension" (2003) before making the transition to American films with his remake of Wes Craven's "The Hills Have Eyes" (2006). He has gone on to direct other notable genre films such as "Piranha 3D" (2010), "Horns" (2013) and "Crawl" (2019). He is the son of French-Algerian filmmaker Alexandre Arcady.

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High Tension (2003)

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Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Cécile de France  •  Maïwenn  •  Philippe Nahon  •  Franck Khalfoun

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Cécile de France  •  Maïwenn  •  Philippe Nahon  •  Franck Khalfoun

Mirrors (2008)

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An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Paula Patton  •  Amy Smart  •  Cameron Boyce

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Paula Patton  •  Amy Smart  •  Cameron Boyce

The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

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Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Aaron Stanford  •  Kathleen Quinlan  •  Vinessa Shaw  •  Emilie de Ravin

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Aaron Stanford  •  Kathleen Quinlan  •  Vinessa Shaw  •  Emilie de Ravin

The Big Pardon 2 (1992)

The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he falls into a trap and a war begins in which Raymond will fight a last battle to try to save his son and what ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Roger Hanin  •  Richard Berry  •  Gérard Darmon  •  Christopher Walken

The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he falls into a trap and a war begins in which Raymond will fight a last battle to try to save his son and what ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Roger Hanin  •  Richard Berry  •  Gérard Darmon  •  Christopher Walken

Horns (2013)

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In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Daniel Radcliffe  •  Juno Temple  •  Kelli Garner  •  James Remar

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Daniel Radcliffe  •  Juno Temple  •  Kelli Garner  •  James Remar

The Big Pardon (1982)

The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime. Their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Roger Hanin  •  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Richard Berry  •  Gérard Darmon

The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime. Their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Roger Hanin  •  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Richard Berry  •  Gérard Darmon

Le Grand Carnaval (1983)

The story follows Americans in Algeria at the time of the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Roger Hanin  •  Richard Berry  •  Peter Riegert

The story follows Americans in Algeria at the time of the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Roger Hanin  •  Richard Berry  •  Peter Riegert

Over the Rainbow (1997)

An apartment building caretaker with cannibalistic tendencies indulges in his passionate love for Lisa, one of the tenants.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Jean Benguigui  •  Jean-Claude de Goros  •  Carine Yvart  •  Anne Zamberlan

An apartment building caretaker with cannibalistic tendencies indulges in his passionate love for Lisa, one of the tenants.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Jean Benguigui  •  Jean-Claude de Goros  •  Carine Yvart  •  Anne Zamberlan

Furia (1999)

In a desert town, sometime in the future, a repressive government regime restricts all forms of artistic expression. At night, Theo breaks the law, risking torture and death, to paint his work on public spaces. But when his lover Elia is arrested for committing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Marion Cotillard  •  Stanislas Merhar  •  Wadeck Stanczak  •  Pierre Vaneck

In a desert town, sometime in the future, a repressive government regime restricts all forms of artistic expression. At night, Theo breaks the law, risking torture and death, to paint his work on public spaces. But when his lover Elia is arrested for committing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Marion Cotillard  •  Stanislas Merhar  •  Wadeck Stanczak  •  Pierre Vaneck

Piranha 3D (2010)

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Elisabeth Shue  •  Adam Scott  •  Jerry O'Connell  •  Ving Rhames

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Elisabeth Shue  •  Adam Scott  •  Jerry O'Connell  •  Ving Rhames

The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)

A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Jamie Dornan  •  Sarah Gadon  •  Aaron Paul  •  Molly Parker

A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Jamie Dornan  •  Sarah Gadon  •  Aaron Paul  •  Molly Parker

Fury of the Demon (2016)

An investigation on the rarest and most controversial French movie in the history of early cinema: a fascinating, lost and dangerous short film which causes violent reactions to those who watch it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabien Delage
CAST:  Alexandre Aja  •  Dave Alexander  •  Christophe Gans  •  Jean-Jacques Bernard

An investigation on the rarest and most controversial French movie in the history of early cinema: a fascinating, lost and dangerous short film which causes violent reactions to those who watch it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabien Delage
CAST:  Alexandre Aja  •  Dave Alexander  •  Christophe Gans  •  Jean-Jacques Bernard

Why Horror? (2014)

Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Kleiman  •  Rob Lindsay
CAST:  Eli Roth  •  Alexandre Aja  •  John Carpenter  •  Simon Barrett

Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Kleiman  •  Rob Lindsay
CAST:  Eli Roth  •  Alexandre Aja  •  John Carpenter  •  Simon Barrett

Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies (2010)

In recent years, horror cinema has become an unavoidable phenomenon whether in America, Asia or Europe. Zombies, viruses and apocalypses have become familiar elements of popular culture. What do the horror films of the 2000's reveal about our world, about our ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Lagier
CAST:  Alexandre Aja  •  Eli Roth  •  Jaume Balagueró  •  Paco Plaza

In recent years, horror cinema has become an unavoidable phenomenon whether in America, Asia or Europe. Zombies, viruses and apocalypses have become familiar elements of popular culture. What do the horror films of the 2000's reveal about our world, about our ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Lagier
CAST:  Alexandre Aja  •  Eli Roth  •  Jaume Balagueró  •  Paco Plaza

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw (2015)

Generations of movie fans have thrilled to Saw's blood-curdling story of a serial killer who traps his victims in a sadistic game of survival. Game Changer takes you behind the scenes, as cast and crew reveal the stories behind the film that launched the most ...  (more)

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CAST:  James Wan  •  Leigh Whannell  •  Darren Lynn Bousman  •  Kevin Greutert

Generations of movie fans have thrilled to Saw's blood-curdling story of a serial killer who traps his victims in a sadistic game of survival. Game Changer takes you behind the scenes, as cast and crew reveal the stories behind the film that launched the most ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  James Wan  •  Leigh Whannell  •  Darren Lynn Bousman  •  Kevin Greutert

Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam (2017)

Long before written language, cinema or television, there were campfire stories. Youth scaring the living bejeezus out of each other on dark nights at summer camp is a tradition as rich and eternal as the earliest campfire tales.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Robert Englund  •  Saras Gil  •  Lara Karbritz  •  Joe Manjón

Long before written language, cinema or television, there were campfire stories. Youth scaring the living bejeezus out of each other on dark nights at summer camp is a tradition as rich and eternal as the earliest campfire tales.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Robert Englund  •  Saras Gil  •  Lara Karbritz  •  Joe Manjón

Crawl (2019)

When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Kaya Scodelario  •  Barry Pepper  •  Ross Anderson  •  George Somner

When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Kaya Scodelario  •  Barry Pepper  •  Ross Anderson  •  George Somner

Oxygen (2021)

A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Mélanie Laurent  •  Mathieu Amalric  •  Marc Saez  •  Malik Zidi

A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Mélanie Laurent  •  Mathieu Amalric  •  Marc Saez  •  Malik Zidi

Brothers in Arms (1989)

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover agent from the military intelligence, whose mission he was not aware of. The two men pursue the narc investigation, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Richard Berry  •  Patrick Bruel  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Claude Brasseur

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover agent from the military intelligence, whose mission he was not aware of. The two men pursue the narc investigation, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Richard Berry  •  Patrick Bruel  •  Bruno Cremer  •  Claude Brasseur

French Meat (2010)

Documentary on the rise of New French Extremism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Sayanoff  •  Tristan Schulmann
CAST:  Pascal Laugier  •  Alexandre Bustillo  •  Yannick Dahan  •  Hélène de Fougerolles

Documentary on the rise of New French Extremism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Sayanoff  •  Tristan Schulmann
CAST:  Pascal Laugier  •  Alexandre Bustillo  •  Yannick Dahan  •  Hélène de Fougerolles
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