This thesis explores how four films by Catherine Breillat, a controversial French filmmaker, express notions of Romanticism. It begins by outlining specific aspects of Romantic thinking that she engages with through film. Through the use of textual analysis, this thesis makes connections between Romantic thinking, her artistic vision (as it is expressed through interviews), and Une vraie jeune fille (1976), Romance (1999), Anatomie de l'enfer (2004), and Une vieille maîtresse (2007)