List of the best Jean-Paul Belmondo movies: Leon Morin, Priest(1961), That Man From Rio(1964), Borsalino(1970), Peur Sur la Ville(1975), The Thief of Paris(1967), Mississippi Mermaid(1969), La Viaccia(1962), Is Paris Burning?(1966), Ace of Aces(1982), Flic ou voyou(1979), Incorrigible(1975), Hold-Up(1985) ... ...
Drama
France|Italy
1961
130 Minutes
Leon Morin
Jean-Paul Belmondo Emmanuelle Riva Irene Tunc Nicole Mirel Marco Behar Patricia Gozzi Gisele Grimm Monique Bertho Marc Heyraud Nina Gregoire Monique Hennessy
communist widow mother priest daughter tense uneasy provincial town france church rectory religion world war ii unlikely friendship spirituality holocaust temptation forbidden love 1940s
Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1964
114 Minutes
Pvt. Adrien Dufourquet
Jean-Paul Belmondo Françoise Dorléac Jean Servais Adolfo Celi Simone Renant Milton Ribeiro Ubiracy De Oliveira Daniel Ceccaldi Roger Dumas
pilot military officer fiancée scientist tribesman thrilling amusing paris rio de janeiro rainforest brazil airplane military base chase deception kidnapping theft treasure adventure pursuit
A young man comes to the rescue of his girlfriend abducted by thieves and brought to Rio. An extravagant adventure ensues.
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
1970
123 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Alain Delon Michel Bouquet Catherine Rouvel Françoise Christophe Corinne Marchand
gangster lawyer old flame henchman ex-convict criminal dark intense engaging tense marseilles, france car horse track crime ring gangsters unlikely allies rivalry murder crime rise
During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.
Drama
France|Italy
1975
125 Minutes
Le commissaire Jean Letellier
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Denner Adalberto Maria Merli Léa Massari Catherine Morin Rosy Varte
police commissioner police detective frenchman french officer serial killer bank robber amusing thrilling intense suspenseful playful frightening paris france bank investigation stunts murder investigation gangsters chase
Commissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women.
Crime, Drama, Comedy
France|Italy
1967
119 Minutes
Georges Randal
Jean-Paul Belmondo Geneviève Bujold Marie Dubois Françoise Fabian Julien Guiomar Paul Le Person Martine Sarcey Marlène Jobert Bernadette Lafont Madeleine Damien Christian Lude
thief heir cousin uncle priest fiancé witty lighthearted offbeat thrilling paris inheritance class distinctions family feud arranged marriage crime spree betrayal love adventure transformation
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
France|Italy
1969
110 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Catherine Deneuve Nelly Borgeaud Martine Ferrière Marcel Berbert Yves Drouhet Michel Bouquet Roland Thenot
mail-order bride wealthy man planter con artist private investigator wife winsome tense emotional island south of france household reunion aix-en-provence, france scam robbery on the run assumed identity husband/wife relationship betrayal
A wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.
Drama
Italy|France
1962
106 Minutes
Amerigo
Jean-Paul Belmondo Claudia Cardinale Pietro Germi Paul Frankeur Gabriella Pallotta Romolo Valli
young man prostitute beautiful woman uncle brooding sultry italy countryside city brothel city vs. country obsessive love romance wealth theft discovery fall temptation 1960s
The original Italian is La Viaccia (the name of the family farm which motivates the plot). The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando ... See full summary »
War
France|USA
1966
173 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Boyer Leslie Caron Jean-Pierre Cassel George Chakiris Bruno Cremer Claude Dauphin Alain Delon Kirk Douglas Glenn Ford Gert Froebe
adolf hitler general dietrich von choltitz soldier resistance leader german soldier nazi brooding intense uneasy occupied france office apartment paris world war ii occupied france freedom history resistance military discovery
The departure of the German Army from Paris in 1944.
Comedy, Drama
France|West Germany
1982
100 Minutes
Jo Cavalier
Jean-Paul Belmondo Rachid Ferrache Stephane Ferrara Frank Hoffman Günter Meisner Jean-Roger Milo Florent Pagny Yves Pignot Marie-France Pisier Benno Sterzenbach Hans Strecke
boxer jewish child wild amusing switzerland world war i rescue 1930s
In 1936, a French boxer on his way to the Berlin Olympic Games befriends a local Jewish boy and decides to save him from the Nazis.
Crime, Drama
France
1979
110 Minutes
Antonio Cerutti, Stanislas Borovitz
Jean-Paul Belmondo Marie Laforêt Michel Galabru Jean-François Balmer Georges Geret Charles Gérard Claude Brosset Julie Jezequel Michel Beaune Juliette Mills Michel Peyrelon
dead person criminal investigator prostitute corrupt police officer brother investigator engaging thrilling suspenseful brutal intense nice, france hotel murder investigation murder case corruption corrupt police police corruption danger adventure
Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz is going undercover as gangster Antonio Cerutti in order to expose corrupted policemen.
Comedy, Drama
France
1975
100 Minutes
Victor Vauthier
Jean-Paul Belmondo Geneviève Bujold Julien Guiomar Charles Gérard Daniel Ceccaldi Andréa Ferréol Michel Beaune Simono
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
France|Canada
1985
112 Minutes
Grimm
Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly ... See full summary »
Biography
France|Italy
1974
117 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Boyer Anny Duperey François Périer Michael Lonsdale Robert Ben Claude Rich Gérard Depardieu
businessman wife baron lawyer physician inspector offbeat gripping paris casino hotel beach financial crisis anti-semitism corruption crime serge alexandre stavisky on the run fall wretched excess
A swindler's activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II.
Comedy
France
1984
96 Minutes
Stephane Margelle
Jean-Paul Belmondo Marie Laforêt Sophie Marceau Rosy Varte Michel Beaune Marie-Christine Descouard Dominique Teboul Francis Darmon
businessman wife mistress husband mother cheeky playful madcap france bedroom dinner party deception infidelity mistaken identity love triangle forbidden love temptation rivalry 1980s
Industrial tycoon Stéphane Margelle is an incorrigible lady's man. Caught by his wife Sophie in company of a charming young lady, Julie, he rushes to introduce the young woman as his ... See full summary »
Comedy
France|Italy
1965
110 Minutes
Arthur Lempereur
Jean-Paul Belmondo Ursula Andress Jean Rochefort Maria Pacome Valerie Lagrange Jess Hahn Darry Cowl Valery Inkijinoff
millionaire dancer assassin engaging dark amusing hong kong asia adventure courage hide adventure 1960s
The farcical adventures of unhappy suicidal billionaire Arthur Lempereur.
Comedy, Action
France|Italy
1980
90 Minutes
Alexandre Boroni , Dupré
Jean-Paul Belmondo Michel Galabru Charles Gérard Mirella D'Angelo Carla Romanelli Paolo Bonacelli Georges Geret Michel Beaune
Alexandre Dupré is a con artist, accidentally involved in a hunt for microfilm, containing a valuable invention of a recently murdered French scientist.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
France|Italy|Spain|West Germany
1964
97 Minutes
David Ladislas
Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean Seberg Jean-Pierre Marielle Gert Froebe Enrico Maria Salerno Renate Ewert
thief smuggler young woman thrill seeker lover mysterious woman frenetic thrilling cheeky lighthearted barcelona, spain beirut bremen, germany athens, greece naples, italy mediterranean sea smuggling unusual friendship road trip diamonds
A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout in this thrilling adventure.
Crime, Drama
USA
1976
120 Minutes
Producer
Jean-Paul Belmondo Marie-France Pisier Bernard Blier Claude Brosset Daniel Ivernel
prisoner innocent man murderer criminal murder suspect emotional thrilling suspenseful engaging brutal melodramatic prison life after prison prison life innocence fight for justice framed for murder revenge mystery pursuit
A reporter for a gossip magazine stays at a beach house near that of a movie star to investigate reports that he had had a sex change operation.
Comedy
1961
135 Minutes
Gilles
Jean-Paul Belmondo Annie Girardot Annie Sinigalia Jacques Duby Paul Meurisse Pierre Mondy Michel Serrault Dany Robin
girl husband adolescent wife adulterer woman amusing lighthearted playful france restaurant house school dance women sexual awakening marriage adultery divorce kissing transformation
Through seven vignettes, seven different filmmakers explore love and womanhood in France. In one segment, Bichette discovers she loves kissing boys so much that she goes to a dance and kisses every boy there.
Drama
1961
108 Minutes
Silien
Jean-Paul Belmondo Serge Reggiani Fabienne Dali Monique Hennessy Michel Piccoli René Lefèvre Jean Desailly Philippe March
friend jewel thief informant ex-convict gangster superintendent suspenseful melodramatic tense france prison police station house car undercover operations theft murder gangs deception mystery
A former convict (Serge Reggiani) suspects his best friend (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a burglar with police contacts, of being a stool pigeon.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
1976
100 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Bruno Cremer Patrick Fierry Jean Negroni Jean-Pierre Jorris Victor Garrivier Claude Brosset Marcel Imhoff Maurice Auzel Muriel Belmondo Roger Benamou
mercenary killer bank robber gritty tense france city investigation murder robbery crime pursuit 1970s
A man (Jean-Paul Belmondo) helps the police nab criminals, including a robber who enlists juveniles and then kills them.
Drama
1966
101 Minutes
Julien Maillat
Comedy
1983
105 Minutes
Sgt. Pierre Augagneur
Jean-Paul Belmondo Jacques Villeret Michel Constantin Michel Creton François Perrot Marie Laforêt Robert Lombard Caroline Sihol Junior John David Gérard Buhr Matthias Habich
French soldiers (Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Villeret, Michel Constantin) disagree on the fate of gold bullion after a German ambush in 1943 Tunisia.
Crime, Drama
1959
90 Minutes
Michel Poiccard alias Laszlo Kovacs
Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean Seberg Daniel Boulanger Jean-Pierre Melville Henri-Jacques Huet Van Doude Claude Mansard Jean-Luc Godard Richard Balducci Roger Hanin Jean-Louis Richard
criminal journalist police officer writer cool creative offbeat country road paris street apartment restaurant crime love meaning of life pursuit love 1960s
A French hood (Jean-Paul Belmondo) kills a policeman and heads for Italy with his American girlfriend (Jean Seberg).
Drama
Italy|France
1960
99 Minutes
Sophia Loren Jean-Paul Belmondo Eleanora Brown Carlo Ninchi Andrea Checchi Pupella Maggio Emma Baron Bruna Cealti
widow daughter soldier intense powerful rome small town italy church war rape survival mother/daughter relationship love rise 1940s
In the Italy of WWII, a widow and her lonely daughter seek for distance between them and the horrors of war.
Comedy, Drama
France
1962
105 Minutes
Jean Gabin Jean-Paul Belmondo Suzanne Flon Noël Roquevert Paul Frankeur Gabrielle Dorziat Hella Petri Anne-Marie Coffinet
alcoholic young man child advertiser innkeeper wife amusing madcap normandy, france inn coast world war ii alcoholism resistance unusual friendship family survival adventure transformation 1950s
Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife survived the war. They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow. But times have changed and soon after the war,... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1960
90 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Jean-Paul Belmondo Pascale de Boysson Colette Régis Didier Haudepin
A wealthy and bored woman is witness of a murder in affection and meets another witness. She asks him about the history of the victim and falls in love with him.
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
1971
120 Minutes
Omar Sharif Jean-Paul Belmondo Diane Cannon Robert Hossein Nicole Calfan Raoul Delfosse José Luis de Vilallonga Myriam Feune de Colombi
safecracker accomplice thief gang member commissar jewel thief engaging thrilling suspenseful brutal emotional intense villa athens, greece greece danger jewelry theft relationships investigation on the run
In 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plan an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector but the corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.
Comedy
France|Italy|West Germany
1965
97 Minutes
Michel Thibault
Cathy wants to avenge her father by stealing Bontemps and Lachards, two corrupt associates who have destroyed the fortune of her father.For this she will work with three specialists,"... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1960
110 Minutes
Lino Ventura Jean-Paul Belmondo Marcel Dalio Sandra Milo Michel Ardan Simone France Michèle Méritz Stan Krol
The owner of a German traveling circus is power-mad and exploits everyone in his path, including his family.
Comedy
1969
100 Minutes
Arthur Lespinasse
David Niven Eli Wallach Jean-Paul Belmondo Bourvil Silvia Monti Fernand Valois Raymond Gerome Jacques Balutin Jacques Ciron Fernand Guiot
thief robber prisoner police detective police captain hustler amusing engaging playful lighthearted confident hilarious paris train heist history robbery attempt robbery money chase
The mastermind (David Niven) of Britain's great train robbery plans to rob a French train of NATO money bound for Brussels.
Drama
India
1961
120 Minutes
Lou
Pascale Petit Jacques Charrier Andréa Parisy Laurent Terzieff Jean-Paul Belmondo Dany Saval Pierre Brice Jacques Marin Dominique Page
A selfless young woman (Supriya Choudhury) sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.
Comedy
France
1957
110 Minutes
Pierrot
Mylène Demongeot Henri Vidal Béatrice Altariba Darry Cowl Roger Hanin René Lefèvre Jean-Paul Belmondo Anne Collette Robert Dalban François Darbon Alain Delon
A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up wth a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting... See full summary »
Comedy
UK|USA
1967
131 Minutes
Robert Parrish Peter Sellers Ken Hughes Ursula Andress David Niven Orson Welles Joanna Pettet Woody Allen Deborah Kerr
james bond secret agent spy femme fatale villain madcap playful england scotland casino espionage assassination deception showdown adventure quest pursuit 1960s
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.