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Jean-Pierre Melville

Director · 28 credits · 19 in highly-rated films

Best known for Le Samouraï (1967)

Frequent collaborators: Alain Delon, Lino Ventura

Best Jean-Pierre Melville movies by genre

Directed movies (15 total, ranked by score)

  1. Le Samouraï

    1967 · ★ 7.8 (1,284 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, Drama

    1

  2. Army of Shadows

    1969 · ★ 7.9 (760 votes)

    War, Drama, Thriller

    2

  3. Le Cercle Rouge

    1970 · ★ 7.6 (743 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    3

  4. Le Deuxième Souffle

    1966 · ★ 7.7 (207 votes)

    Action, Drama, Crime

    4

  5. Le Doulos

    1962 · ★ 7.4 (312 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    5

  6. The Silence of the Sea

    1949 · ★ 7.5 (142 votes)

    Drama, War

    6

  7. Bob le Flambeur

    1956 · ★ 7.3 (302 votes)

    Drama, Action, Crime

    7

  8. Léon Morin, Priest

    1961 · ★ 7.1 (169 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    8

  9. Un Flic

    1972 · ★ 6.6 (297 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    9

  10. Magnet of Doom

    1963 · ★ 6.3 (67 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Adventure

    10

  11. The Strange Ones

    1950 · ★ 6.6 (120 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Two Men in Manhattan

    1959 · ★ 6.4 (73 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    12

  13. When You Read This Letter

    1953 · ★ 5.7 (21 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    1946 · ★ 6.2 (27 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    14

  15. Their First Films

    2004

    15

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.