Le Samouraï (1967) more movies like this

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Alain Delon, Natalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, François Perier, Michel Boisrond

Long considered a classic of European film noir, this existential gangster drama from French director Jean-Pierre Melville was released in the United States only in a severely truncated, re-edited, and overdubbed version entitled The Godson. Thirty years after its initial public airing, Le Samourai (1967) finally saw a limited American release in ...

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Army of Shadows (1969) more movies like this

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani

In this war drama set during the French Resistance of WW II, a courageous fighter escapes Gestapo headquarters and returns to Marseille. There he and his gang capture a traitor and throttle him. They then try to rescue a Resistance fighter in Lyons. As they do so, the hero is again captured and his partner killed. Again the hero escapes just ...

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Le Cercle Rouge (1970) more movies like this

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand, François Perier

Corey (Alain Delon) is the young gun in the French underworld who has just been released from prison. Escaped convict Vogel (Gian-Maria Volonté) hides in the trunk of Corey's car. The two enlist the help of an alcoholic former cop (Yves Montand) for an elaborate jewelry-store robbery. Police inspector Mattei (Bourvil) whom Vogel escaped in the ...

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Les Enfants Terribles (1950) more movies like this

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Nicole Stephane, Edouard Dermit, Renée Cosima, Jacques Bernard, Roger Gaillard, Melvyn Martin

Adapted by Jean Cocteau from his own novel and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, Les Enfants Terribles is set in motion when a sensitive youth, Paul (Edouard Dermit), is injured by a snowball flung by school bully Dargelos (Renée Cosima, an actress in male drag). The bully later reappears in the form of a young girl, Agathe (played again by Cosima ...

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Bob le Flambeur (1955) more movies like this

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Howard Vernon, Guy Decomble

Both a tribute to classic American gangster films and the source of inspiration for French New Wave filmmakers, Bob le Flambeur is the first in a series of stylish noirs that Jean-Pierre Melville started in the mid-'50s. Co-scripted by the popular crime writer Auguste Le Breton (Rififi), this is a story of ex-bank robber and compulsive gambler Bob ...

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Le Doulos (1962) more movies like this

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Monique Hennessy, Michel Piccoli, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre

Confusion and wrong assumptions are the cause of tragedy in this stylish gangster noir by director Jean-Pierre Melville. Maurice (Serge Reggiani) and Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo) are friends going way back, and both have had a shady past. Silien wants to leave his illegal activities behind him -- but would he actually be in league with the police, ...

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Un Flic (1972) more movies like this

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, Richard Crenna, Simone Valere

Parisian police commissioner Coleman (Alain Delon) is not a happy man, but he does what he can to get through each day. He has recently started having an affair with Cathy (Catherine Deneuve), and that helps a little. Cathy is also Simon's girlfriend and Simon (Richard Crenna) is Coleman's friend. Unfortunately, Simon is also the head of a gang of ...

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Leon Morin, Prêtre (1961) more movies like this

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel

Jean-Paul Belmondo portrays Leon Morin, an altruistic priest who believes that any sin can be expunged by a good dose of faith. Emmanuelle Riva plays a wayward woman who long ago decided that the easiest way was the best. Belmondo makes it his mission to steer Riva onto the right path. Given the censorial climate of 1961, it isn't surprising that ...

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Le Deuxième Souffle (1966) more movies like this

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabrega, Pierre Zimmer

Veteran gangster Gustave (Lino Ventura) escapes from prison to find his sister is being blackmailed by some petty thugs in this crime thriller. He plans one last caper to steal enough money in hopes of retiring to a tropical paradise. He and his gang are sought by a detective (Paul Meurisse), the cop who plays by the book and avoids the sadistic ...

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