Jean-Pierre Melville Movies

An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing...

Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.

After a novice nun learns of the sudden death of her parents, she leaves the convent to manage the family business and look after her teenage sister....

The fall of 2017 marked the 30th anniversary of Lino Ventura's death. Whether in the role of tough cops or tough guys - in the 1960s, Lino Ventura...

Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop culture. Courant posits that his cinema...

At the end of the 1950s, four humor specialists simultaneously experienced recognition. Fernandel with “The Cow and the Prisoner”,...

A professor experimenting in suspended animation accidentally shrinks his dog and later, his female lab assistant, when she drinks the liquid by...

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth...

With more than 70 films and 160 million cumulative tickets in France, Jean-Paul Belmondo is one of the essential stars of French cinema.

Documentary exploring the friendship between French director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Alain Delon, and their collaboration on the 1967 film Le...

Like nobody else Jean-Pierre Melville influenced modern filmmaking. This documentary follows his creative process step by step, showing him becoming...

Shot while he was preparing Un Flic, Melville carefully leads Labarthe through the trajectory of his career, from his daring debut The Silence of the...

Director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Lino Ventura are interviewed about their 1966 film.

Jean-Pierre Melville's "The Red Circle" is summarised in a one-minute animation.