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Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
7.7/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuele Riva
In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter... Read more
Le Samourai (1967)
8.1/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Francois Perier
A riveting thriller and a nightmare of urban alienation, this is director Melville's reinterpretation of the dark world of Hollywood's gangster 'noirs... Read more
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
8.1/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Alain Delon, Yves Montand, Francois Perier, Gian Maria Volonte, Andre Bourvil
This heist classic from Jean-Pierre Melville ("Le Samourai") features Alain Delon as a crook just out of the slammer who joins forces with suspect-on-... Read more
Le Doulos (1962)
7.9/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Serge Reggiani, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Aka "The Finger Man". Confusion and wrong assumptions are the cause of tragedy in this stylish gangster noir by director Jean-Pierre Melville ("Le Sam... Read more
Les Enfants Terribles (1949)
7.2/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Nicole Stephane, Edouard Dhermitte, Renee Cosima
Writer Jean Cocteau and director Jean-Pierre Melville joined forces for this elegant adaptation of Cocteau's immensely popular, wicked novel about the... Read more
Bob the Gambler ( Bob le Flambeur ) (1955)
7.8/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Isabelle Corey, Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy
Suffused with wry humour, Jean-Pierre Melville's 'Bob le Flambeur' melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay th... Read more
Dirty Money ( Un Flic ) (1972)
8.2/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve
Jean-Pierre Melville, the acclaimed director of 'Le Samourai', directs what would prove to be his final film, and also his darkest, coldest and most a... Read more
Army in the Shadows ( aka Army of Shadows ) (1969)
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret
A.k.a. 'Army of Shadows'. Based on Joseph Kessel's novel, this war drama follows several months in the life of French Resistance fighter Philippe Gerb... Read more
Le Silence De La Mer (1949)
7.7/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Howard Vernon, Nicole Stephane, Jean-Marie Robain
Aka 'The Silence of the Sea'. Jean-Pierre Melville's cinematic adaptation of French Resistance writer Vercors' acclaimed 1942 novel is one of the most... Read more