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Jean-Pierre Melville Filmography

Poster of Breathless

Breathless (1960)

In the vibrant heart of Marseilles, we meet Michel Poiccard, a charismatic rogue with a...

Poster of Le Samouraï

Le Samouraï (1967)

Parisian shadows dance with intrigue as Jef Costello, a solitary contract killer navigates his precarious...

Poster of Le Cercle Rouge

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

On the brink of freedom after a five-year sentence, Corey, a suave, aristocratic thief, finds...

Poster of Bob le Flambeur

Bob le Flambeur (1956)

In the vibrant, bohemian heart of late-1950s Montmartre, Paris, we find Robert "Bob" Montagné, a...

Poster of Le Doulos

Le Doulos (1962)

Emerging from the shadowy confines of prison with vengeance in his heart, the recently liberated...

Poster of Le Deuxième Souffle

Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)

In the shadowy and perilous underworld of 1960's France, notorious gangster Gustave 'Gu' Minda makes...

Poster of The Silence of the Sea

The Silence of the Sea (1949)

Amid the turmoil of 1941, a quaint town in Nazi-occupied France becomes an unwilling host...

Poster of Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest (1961)

In the heart of World War II, widow Barny witnesses the arrival of Italian soldiers...

Poster of Les enfants terribles

Les enfants terribles (1950)

In the frosty throes of a schoolyard snowball fight, the captivating Dargelos hurls a snowball...

Poster of Sign of the Lion

Sign of the Lion (1962)

In the heart of Paris, Pierre Wesselrin, a 40-year-old French-American composer, teeters on the brink...

Poster of Magnet of Doom

Magnet of Doom (1963)

In the gritty underbelly of French society, Michel Maudet, an ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer, finds...

Poster of Two Men in Manhattan

Two Men in Manhattan (1959)

A French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau (Jean-Pierre Melville) and...

Poster of Bluebeard

Bluebeard (1963)

France, WWI. Landru, the father of four children, contacts Parisian women through newspaper ads, seduces...

Poster of When You Read This Letter

When You Read This Letter (1953)

Therese is a nun-in-training who returns to "civilian" life to care for her young sister...

Poster of 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

24 Hours in the Life of a Clown (1946)

A day in the life of Beby the clown. Filmed between shows at Circus Medrano,...

Poster of A Girl in a Pocket

A Girl in a Pocket (1957)

A professor experimenting in suspended animation accidentally shrinks his dog and later, his female lab...