In this French psychological drama, a bank robber is finally released after serving 10 years. His being paroled is due to the influence of his old friend, a social worker. The ex-convict returns to his wife and begins living an honest life. Unfortunately, his old crook friends begin trying to lure him back to crime. Following a prison riot, the social worker ends up living in the same town as the ex-con. They become close friends until the ex-con’s wife is killed during an accident. He finds a new wife, but their happiness is marred by the cop who keeps harassing him.

With: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Mimsy Farmer.

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Corey (Alain Delon) is the young gun in the French underworld who has just been released from prison. Escaped convict Vogel (Gian-Maria Volonté) hides in the trunk of Corey’s car. The two enlist the help of an alcoholic former cop (Yves Montand) for an elaborate jewelry-store robbery. Police inspector Mattei (Bourvil) whom Vogel escaped in the beginning of the film is on the case trying to recapture the criminals. He is not opposed to using blackmail techniques to get answers out of the unwilling witnesses and criminals brought in for questioning.

With: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè.

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Jean-Pierre Melville’s last film stars Alain Delon as Police Commissioner Coleman who finds himself playing a game of cat and mouse with a gang of thieves after a bank robbery in a small Riviera town goes wrong. The gang is led by Coleman’s friend, Simon (Richard Crenna), a night-club owner and whose girlfriend (Catherine Deneuve) is also having an affair with Coleman. The two men find the rivalry between them increasing as the net begins to surround Simon. A stylish European take on the Hollywood storylines of the Seventies.

With: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve.

Based on the memoir of French police detective Roger Borniche, this hard-boiled crime story was directed by noir master Jacques Deray. Emile Buisson (Jean-Louis Trintignant) became a notorious criminal when he escaped from prison in 1947 after his wife and child died. Traumatized and psychopathic, Buisson eluded the authorities by killing anyone he suspected of informing. Overburdened cop Borniche (Alain Delon, Plein soleil) is assigned the case, and he tracks Buisson for over three years before he closes in on the serial killer. Ultimately finding his path to the criminal blocked by bureaucratic restrictions, Borniche takes the ultimate risk in order to put his quarry behind bars. This movie depicts the authentic story of the hunt for the dangerous criminal Emile Buisson, who escaped from prison in 1947. During three years Buisson manages to hide from detective Borniche by repeatedly killing his informants. When he’s finally caught with help from the little criminal Paul, Buisson will have committed more than 100 robberies and killed 30 people.

With: Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori.

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Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa near St.-Tropez. The main feature of the villa is a swimming pool, stage for most of the action. After a visit Marianne invites former lover Harry and his teenage daughter Penelope to stay. Tension between the grown-ups rises especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope. The consequences are deadly.

With: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet.

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In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays a contract killer with samurai instincts. A razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology—maverick director Jean-Pierre Melville’s masterpiece Le Samouraï defines cool.

With: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon.

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