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  • Atlantic City
  • Atlantic City review by from Shropshire
    Rated - 5 stars An American Tale 21 June 2005
    ... Burt Lancaster as the washed-up crook in the sea-side city. The direction (by Louis Malle) and the filming are flawlessly masterful in this tale of love and misdeeds. S...  
  • Damage
  • Damage review by from London
    Rated - 4 stars Compelling erotic drama 24 May 2004
    ...e further complicated by the fact that Anna is about to marry Fleming's son. Louis Malle's drama is a blistering examination of a man giving in to lust. Malle doesn't e...  
  • Louis Malle - Au Revoir Les Enfants
  • Louis Malle - Au Revoir Les Enfants review by from Colchester, Engalnd
    Rated - 5 stars Childhood's end? 25 March 2005
    ...Louis Malle's treatment of what is still a controversial subject is a moving experience on several levels. His tale of the friendship between a Jewish boy and a non-Jewish...  

Louis Malle - filmography


  • Damage on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Jeremy Irons,  Juliette Binoche,  Miranda Richardson
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this gripping romantic thriller, a married and respected middle-aged MP becomes romantically and obsessively involved with his son's fiancee, ultimately ruining his career. Willing to pay any price for his passion, he goes a step too far, and ultimately arranges his own tragic demise.Academy ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,885 member
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  • Atlantic City (1981)
    Starring: Burt Lancaster,  Susan Sarandon,  Kate Reid
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The legalization of gambling in Atlantic City brings about big changes in the life of an aging small time numbers runner when he becomes involved with big money and the mob. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Burt Lancaster, Best Actress--Susan Sarandon,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 542 members
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  • Pretty Baby on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Keith Carradine,  Brooke Shields,  Susan Sarandon
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director Louis Malle tackled a social taboo and made 12-year-old Brooke Shields a star with this controversial examination of child prostitution in turn-of-the-century New Orleans. Violet (Shields) is the daughter of a prostitute (Susan Sarandon) who works at one of the brothels in New Orleans' ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,071 member
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  • Louis Malle - Lacombe Lucien on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Pierre Blaise,  Ave Ninchi
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Lucien is a rough-and-ready peasant from the south-west of France, with little awareness of the war and its issues, who essentially becomes a collaborator by accident, after being rejected by the local Maquis man.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 683 members
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  • The Thief of Paris (1967)
    Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo,  Geneviève Bujold,  Marie Dubois
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who squanders his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys the experience ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 2 members
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  • Feu Follet, Le on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Maurice Ronet,  Lena Skerla,  Yvonne Clech
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A recovering alcoholic (Maurice Ronet) decides to commit suicide. He spends 24 hours wandering through Paris and visiting old friends, hoping to find some meaning to life and a reason to go on living. Winner of a Special Jury prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1963.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 426 members
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  • Zazie Dans Le Metro on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Catherine Demongeot,  Philippe Noiret
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story of Zazie (Catherine Demongeot), a ten year old girl who desperately wants to ride on the Paris Metro during her holidays. But when she arrives and finds out that there is a 24 hour strike on, she runs riot through the city instead.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 448 members
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  • Les Amants on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Jeanne Moreau,  Jean-Marc Bory
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Malle's second film Les Amants stars Jeanne Moreau as a middle-class wife and mother who is bored with her life. But when she meets Bernard, a younger man she find herself alive again as she embarks on an affair.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 381 members
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  • Lift to the Scaffold on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Jeanne Moreau
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex - paratrooper want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. But after Julien has killed him and he puts his things in his car, he finds he has forgotten the rope outside the window and he returns to the building to remove it...
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 706 members
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  • Louis Malle Collection - Vol. 1 (4 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Jeanne Moreau
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A collection of four French films spanning the late 1950s and early 1960s by the highly-regarded director Louis Malle, who later made the Hollywood films MY DINNER WITH ANDRE and PRETTY BABY. After his role as a camera operator on the Jacque Cousteau documentary THE SILENT WORLD in 1956, Malle ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 12 members
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  • Louis Malle - Milou En Mai on DVD
    Starring: Michael Lonsdale,  Aurore Clement,  Benoit Fereux
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Against the background of the 1968 student unrest, Milou's children, grandchildren, in-laws, and assorted others gather at his vineyard for his mother's funeral. To start with everyone is squabbling over the inheritance but gradually the countryside, the May weather, and life with unexpected ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 317 members
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Louis Malle facts

5 most recent films

Vanya On 42nd Street - 3.5 stars
Damage - 3.0 stars
Louis Malle - Au Revoir Les Enfants - 4.0 stars
Before The Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema Of Edwin S Porter - 3.0 stars
Atlantic City - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Louis Malle - Au Revoir Les Enfants - 4.0 stars
Lift to the Scaffold - 4.0 stars
Feu Follet, Le - 3.5 stars
Louis Malle - Lacombe Lucien - 3.5 stars
Louis Malle - Milou En Mai - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Very Private Affair - 3 stars
The Thief of Paris - 2.5 stars
Before The Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema Of Edwin S Porter - 3.0 stars
Vanya On 42nd Street - 3.5 stars
Louis Malle Collection - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jeanne Moreau - 4 times - show films
Gaspard Manesse - 4 times - show films
Benoit Fereux - 3 times - show films
Michael Lonsdale - 3 times - show films
Brigitte Bardot - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Federico Fellini - 1 times - show films
Roger Vadim - 1 times - show films
Charles Musser - 1 times - show films