Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

April 9, 1933 · 93 years old

Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (9 April 1933 – 6 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officers and criminals in action thriller films. His best know…

Known For

33 titles
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Breathless

Breathless

1960 · 1h 30m · Movie

A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.

7.6
2
Pierrot le fou

Pierrot le fou

1965 · 1h 50m · Movie

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

7.4
3
Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967 · 2h 11m · Movie

In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.

5.0
4
A Woman Is a Woman

A Woman Is a Woman

1961 · 1h 24m · Movie

A stripper who's desperate to become a mother accepts her reluctant boyfriend's suggestion that she be impregnated by his best friend.

7.3
5
The Professional

The Professional

1981 · 1h 48m · Movie

Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.

7.4
6
Two Women

Two Women

1960 · 1h 41m · Movie

In WWII Italy, a widow and her lonely daughter seek distance between themselves and the horrors of war.

7.7
7
Le Doulos

Le Doulos

1962 · 1h 48m · Movie

A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.

7.7
8
Mississippi Mermaid

Mississippi Mermaid

1969 · 2h 3m · Movie

A wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.

6.9
9
Le Magnifique

Le Magnifique

1973 · 1h 35m · Movie

Writing his 43rd spy novel, François includes people from his life. He's the competent, sophisticated secret agent Bob in stark contrast to François. His cute neighbor is Tatiana who helps Bob in Acapulco.

7.1
10
That Man from Rio

That Man from Rio

1964 · 1h 52m · Movie

A young private on military leave comes to the rescue of his girlfriend who's been abducted by thieves and brought to Rio de Janeiro. An extravagant adventure ensues.

7.0
11
Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest

1961 · 1h 57m · Movie

Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.

7.5
12
Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

1966 · 2h 53m · Movie

August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and resistance groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.

6.8
13
Borsalino

Borsalino

1970 · 2h 5m · Movie

During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.

6.8
14
Chocolat

Chocolat

1988 · 1h 45m · Movie

A French woman returns to her childhood home in Cameroon - formerly a colonial outpost - where she's flooded by memories, particularly of Protée, her servant.

7.3
15
The Night Caller

The Night Caller

1975 · 1h 31m · Movie

Commissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women.

6.9
16
The Brain

The Brain

1969 · 1h 55m · Movie

When NATO transfers some of its funds from Paris to Brussels by train, a criminal mastermind posing as a British colonel plans to steal it but two petty French thieves also have the same intent.

6.8
17
Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces

1982 · 1h 40m · Movie

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.

6.6
18
Animal

Animal

1977 · 1h 31m · Movie

The funny misadventures of a dating duo of movie stunt professionals in France.

6.5
19
Hold-Up

Hold-Up

1985 · 1h 54m · Movie

A bank in Montréal is held up by Grimm (dressed as clown) and Co. Escaping a bank surrounded by cops is the easy part.

6.5
20
A Monkey in Winter

A Monkey in Winter

1962 · 1h 45m · Movie

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, Albert comes in contact with Gabriel, a ...

7.4
21
Happy Easter

Happy Easter

1984 · 1h 38m · Movie

Stephane Margelle, a successful businessman and an incorrigible ladies' man, after seeing his wife to the airport, immediately meets a young charmer. He brings her to his home, but suddenly his wife returns.

6.2
22
Cartouche

Cartouche

1962 · 1h 54m · Movie

The story of a kid from the back streets who wants to become king of Paris. Brought up among petty thieves, he becomes their leader through an audacious and elegant coup which wins him the love of the beautiful Venus.

6.5
23
Half a Chance

Half a Chance

1998 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two legends of the past have equal chances of becoming the father of a young beautiful girl. But before they find out which one exactly, they are forced to join efforts for saving her from the Mob.

5.8
24
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

1988 · 2h 5m · Movie

A successful entrepreneur in his fifties decides to abandon his loved ones and the empire he has built to find the liberty he yearns for, unaware that the itinerary of one's life often changes in the funniest of ways.

6.9
25
Greed in the Sun

Greed in the Sun

1964 · 2h 2m · Movie

A rough trucker assigns his new truck and its mysterious cargo to his newest employee, only to see it hijacked by one of his experienced drivers. Now, his friends are after him to retrieve the goods. Are 100,000 dollars worth dyin...

7.0
26
The Hunter Will Get You

The Hunter Will Get You

1976 · 1h 50m · Movie

L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before killing them.

6.5
27
Stavisky

Stavisky

1974 · 2h 0m · Movie

A swindler's activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II.

6.5
28
Up to His Ears

Up to His Ears

1965 · 1h 44m · Movie

The farcical adventures of an unhappy, sometimes suicidal, billionaire Arthur Lempereur in Hong Kong and the Himalayas.

6.2
29
Incorrigible

Incorrigible

1975 · 1h 40m · Movie

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 sentence that isn't embellished or an outri...

6.4
30
Magnet of Doom

Magnet of Doom

1963 · 1h 42m · Movie

Broke French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet becomes bodyguard for the fugitive corrupt banker Ferchaux.

6.5
31
La viaccia

La viaccia

1961 · 1h 42m · Movie

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 buys out his other relatives in order to ga...

6.9
32
Male Hunt

Male Hunt

1964 · 1h 31m · Movie

Antoine is about to get married to Gisèle. His friend Julien, a confirmed bachelor, tries desperately to talk him out of it, citing his own painful experiences.

6.3
33
Man Called Rocca

Man Called Rocca

1961 · 1h 42m · Movie

(1961) Jean Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufman. In this fine thriller, JP's friend ends up in prison. JP then tracks down the man responsible.

6.4