Louis Garrel made his screen debut as ‘Lo’ in the 1989 Philippe Garrel-directed drama film ‘Les baisers de secours.’ He next starred in films like ‘Ceci est mon corps’ (2001), ‘La Guerre à Paris’ (2002), ‘The Dreamers’ (2003), and ‘Ma mère’ (2004). In 2005, he played the role of ‘François Dervieux’ in the French independent coming-of-age romantic drama film ‘Regular Lovers’ directed by Philippe Garrel. The film was warmly received by critics and has an 81% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Garrel also won the ‘César Award’ and the ‘Etoiles d'Or’ for his performance in the film. The following year, he starred as ‘Jonathan’ in the Christophe Honoré-directed French romantic comedy-drama film ‘Dans Paris.’ The film received a 60% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. He continued to appear in films: ‘Love Songs’ (2007), ‘Actrices’ (2007), ‘Frontier of the Dawn’ (2008), ‘The Beautiful Person’ (2008), ‘Making Plans for Lena’ (2009), ‘Heartbeats’ (2010), ‘Beloved’ (2011), ‘A Burning Hot Summer’ (2011), ‘Les coquillettes’ (2012), ‘A Castle in Italy’ (2013), ‘Jealousy’ (2013), ‘Saint Laurent’ (2014), ‘In the Shadow of Women’ (2015), and ‘Mon roi’ (2015).
In 2015, he made his feature-length directorial debut in the French romantic dramedy film ‘Two Friends’ where he also played the role of ‘Abel.’ The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, with many praising the direction of Garrel. He next portrayed ‘Fernand Prouvé’ in the 2016 Rebecca Zlotowski-directed French-Belgian drama film ‘Planetarium.’ The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and holds a 16% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. He was next seen in films like ‘From the Land of the Moon’ (2016), ‘Redoubtable’ (2017), ‘Ismael's Ghosts’ (2017), ‘At Eternity's Gate’ (2018), ‘A Faithful Man’ (2018), ‘Funan’ (2019), ‘An Officer and a Spy’ (2019), ‘Little Women’ (2019), ‘DNA’ (2020), ‘Rifkin's Festival’ (2020), ‘The Crusade’ (2021), ‘The Story of My Wife’ (2021), ‘Our Men’ (2021), and ‘Coma’ (2022). He was last seen in the 2022 drama film ‘Scarlet’ directed by Pietro Marcello. The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
