List of the best Louis Malle movies: Elevator to the Gallows(1958), Au Revoir, les enfants(1987), My Dinner With Andre(1981), Murmur of the Heart(1971), Lacombe, Lucien(1974), Vanya on 42nd Street(1994), Atlantic City(1980), Zazie in the Subway(1960), The Thief of Paris(1967), The Silent World(1956), Pretty Baby(1978), Viva Maria(1965) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
France
1958
90 Minutes
Director
Jeanne Moreau Maurice Ronet Jean Wall Georges Poujouly Yori Bertin Lino Ventura Elga Andersen Micheline Bona Félix Marten Robert Balpo Nicolas Bataille
industrialist wife lover thug police officer suspenseful sultry dark melodramatic paris office elevator motel apartment murder plot infidelity marriage schemes botched crime forbidden love
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Drama
France|West Germany|Italy
1987
104 Minutes
Director
Gaspard Manesse Raphael Fejto Francine Racette Stanislas Carré de Malberg Philippe Morier-Genoud François Berléand Irène Jacob François Négret
student priest nazi headmaster dark emotional profound france boarding school world war ii holocaust friendship secret nazism trauma discovery growing up 1940s
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of the top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
Comedy
USA
1981
110 Minutes
Director
Wallace Shawn Andre Gregory Jean Lenauer
director playwright waiter witty offbeat intense new york city restaurant street cab friendship theater philosophy transformation rivalry 1980s
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1971
118 Minutes
Director
Léa Massari Benoît Ferreux Daniel Gélin Michael Lonsdale Ave Ninchi Gila von Weitershausen Fabien Ferreux Marc Winocourt Micheline Bona Henri Poirier Liliane Sorval
young boy young girl priest mother father charming dark playful france church bar family home coming of age sex scandal illness alcohol incest growing up temptation
As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother.
Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1974
135 Minutes
Director
Pierre Blaise Aurore Clément Holger Löwenadler Therese Giehse Loumi Iacobesco Stéphane Bouy Rene Bouloc Pierre Decazes
peasant police officer pretty woman daughter father brooding france small town nazism betrayal ambition french resistance romance underdog transformation 1940s
In 1944, an 18-year old boy from small-town France, collaborates with the Nazi-regime and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
Drama
USA
1994
119 Minutes
Director
Wallace Shawn Julianne Moore Brooke Smith Larry Pine George Gaynes Lynn Cohen Phoebe Brand Jerry Mayer Madhur Jaffrey
actor actress director creative quirky powerful new york city times square theater backstage street acting theater show business creative process transformation 1990s
New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.
Drama
France|Canada
1980
104 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Susan Sarandon Kate Reid Michel Piccoli Hollis McLaren Robert Joy Al Waxman Robert Goulet Moses Znaimer Angus MacInnes Sean Sullivan
pretty woman mobster husband drug dealer criminal engaging spirited new jersey waterfront atlantic city, n.j. aspirations gambling drug trafficking crime romance aging quest underdog 1970s
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
Comedy
France
1960
90 Minutes
Director
Catherine Demongeot Philippe Noiret Hubert Deschamps Annie Fratellini Carla Marlier Vittorio Caprioli Jacques Dufilho Yvonne Clech
With her mother away for the weekend, a brash and precocious ten-year-old country-girl sets out to explore Paris during a Métro strike, under her uncle's not-so-watchful eye. Can a little girl cause so much chaos in the heart of the city?
Crime, Drama, Comedy
France|Italy
1967
119 Minutes
Director
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 »
Documentary
USA
1956
86 Minutes
Director
Jacques-Yves Cousteau Frederic Duman Alberto Falco Jacques-Yves Cousteau
explorer sailor diver jacques cousteau engaging passionate boat indian ocean under the sea underwater expedition swimming fish man vs. nature marine life adventure discovery quest 1950s
Students faced with an ethical dilemma about the dehumanization associated with the tradition of hazing, at a military college in the Southern United States, take matters in their own hands.
Drama
USA
1978
109 Minutes
Director
Brooke Shields Keith Carradine Susan Sarandon Frances Faye Antonio Fargas Gerrit Graham Mae Mercer Diana Scarwid Barbara Steele Matthew Anton Seret Scott
prostitute photographer daughter madam husband melodramatic moving shocking new orleans brothel st. louis red-light district prostitution mother/daughter relationship loss of innocence virginity may-december romance sex forbidden love growing up
A teenage girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.
Comedy
France|Italy
1965
119 Minutes
Director
Brigitte Bardot Jeanne Moreau George Hamilton Gregor von Rezzori Paulette Dubost Poldo Bendandi Claudio Brook Carlos López Moctezuma
ira agent irishwoman vaudevillian revolutionary priest land owner hilarious madcap sultry suspenseful england mexico circus train desert front lines friendship stripping mexican revolution vaudeville
Somewhere in Central America in 1907: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus. She decides to stay with the circus,... See full summary »
Fantasy
France|West Germany
1975
100 Minutes
Director
Cathryn Harrison Therese Giehse Alexandra Stewart Joe Dallesandro
To escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive family's unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle.
Romance
France|Italy
1962
95 Minutes
Director
Brigitte Bardot Marcello Mastroianni Eleonore Hirt
actress model beautiful woman lover mother friend sultry brooding geneva paris fame affair may-december romance privacy media love transformation rise 1960s
When Jill becomes a movie star, she soon discovers that her private life is destroyed by persistent fans that won't leave her alone. Her mother's ex-lover, Fabio, tries to protect her.
Drama
1963
108 Minutes
Director
Maurice Ronet Lena Skeria Yvonne Clech Mona Dol Bernard Noël Ursula Kubler Alain Mottet Jeanne Moreau Alexandra Stewart Henri Serre
Horror
1968
117 Minutes
Director
Jane Fonda Federico Fellini Brigitte Bardot Terence Stamp Alain Delon Peter Fonda James Robertson Justice
countess religious person actor young girl horse owner priest creepy eerie dark germany italy car stable church revenge infatuation murder alcoholism forbidden love wretched excess
Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini collaborated on this trio of tales based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Comedy, Drama
1990
105 Minutes
Director
Michel Piccoli Miou-Miou Michel Duchaussoy Dominique Blanc Bruno Carette Harriet Walter François Berléand Martine Gautier Paulette Dubost
matriarch son brother daughter truck driver student calm quirky tender countryside family home france funeral family dysfunction reunion rivalry love 1960s
During the 1968 riots. French relatives (Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Michel Duchaussoy) carry on at a country house, where a will is read.