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1. Phantom India (1969– )
378 min | Documentary
"Phantom India" is regarded as the crowning achievement of Louis Malle's career.
Stars: Louis Malle, Thomas Frederick Howard, Rajani Desai, Namboodiripad
Votes: 500
2. Goodbye, Children (1987)
PG | 104 min | Drama, War
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg
Votes: 36,161 | Gross: $4.54M
3. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin
Votes: 28,686 | Gross: $0.11M
4. The Fire Within (1963)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living. Will this help him?
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps
Votes: 10,489
5.
Phantom India (1969– )
Episode:
A Look at Castes
(1969)
52 min | Documentary
Malle starts the episode by interviewing Thomas Howard, a US Peace Corps agricultural specialist who's one of 700 volunteers there, then he shows footage from Haryana, a village in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Louis Malle, Thomas Frederick Howard
Votes: 20
6.
Phantom India (1969– )
Episode:
The Impossible Camera
(1969)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Ambu, Jyoti Basu, Simon Coder, Rajani Desai
Votes: 24
7.
Phantom India (1969– )
Episode:
The Indians and the Sacred
(1969)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Louis Malle
Votes: 17
8. My Dinner with Andre (1981)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler
Votes: 25,838 | Gross: $5.25M
9.
Phantom India (1969– )
Episode:
Things Seen in Madras
(1969)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Louis Malle | Star: Hema Malini
Votes: 20
10.
Phantom India (1969– )
Episode:
Dream and Reality
(1969)
51 min | Documentary
Director Louis Malle, who also narrates, continues his epic documentary by discussing how he and his crew are gradually losing track of time and living as Indians do. Things noted are done ... See full synopsis »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jyoti Basu, Gopal, Mohammad Koya, Namboodiripad
Votes: 17
11. Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
R | 138 min | Drama, War
In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler, Therese Giehse
Votes: 7,725
12.
Phantom India (1969– )
Episode:
Bombay
(1969)
52 min | Documentary
Director/narrator Malle concludes his epic documentary by examining the capital city, Bombay, built by the English for colonial needs. He notes the sidewalk vendors are mainly Muslim ... See full synopsis »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Rajani Desai, Pashabhai Patel, Vinayak Purohit, Bal Thackery
Votes: 15
13. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 10,864 | Gross: $0.35M
14. God's Country (1985 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Original footage of the prosperous farming community of Glencoe Minnesota, 60 miles west of Minneapolis, was filmed in 1979 for a PBS documentary. But for the next six years Malle was too ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Louis Malle, Lowell Barnum, Arnold Beneke, Millie Beneke
Votes: 941
15.
Phantom India (1969– )
Episode:
On the Fringes of Indian Society
(1969)
52 min | Documentary
In this episode, director/narrator Malle concentrates on small pockets of people he has discovered with unique ways of life but that are endangered due to external pressures. First, he ... See full synopsis »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Ambu, Simon Coder
Votes: 16
16. Vive le tour (1962)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Chronicles the cyclists of the Tour de France and their daily trails along the race.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jean Bobet, Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor
Votes: 981
17. Atlantic City (1980)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 18,317
18. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes, Jerry Mayer
Votes: 5,164 | Gross: $1.75M
19. The Lovers (1958)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny, Jean-Marc Bory, Judith Magre
Votes: 5,931
20. May Fools (1990)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy, Marcel Bories
Votes: 3,416 | Gross: $1.58M
21. Calcutta (1969)
105 min | Documentary
With minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta, a city of 8,000,000 in the late 1960's: rich and poor, exotic and ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Malle | Star: Louis Malle
Votes: 782
22. ...and the Pursuit of Happiness (1986 TV Movie)
80 min | Documentary
After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980's. In an attempt to be comprehensive, the film ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Franklin Chang-Diaz, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Lenwood Johnson, Boris Lyoskin
Votes: 524
23. Place de la République (1974)
94 min | Documentary
Vibrant scenes of individuals' daily life are filmed in Place de la République.
Director: Louis Malle | Star: Louis Malle
Votes: 440
24. Zazie in the Metro (1960)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
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. But can a little girl cause so much chaos in the city centre?
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Carla Marlier
Votes: 6,762
25. The Thief of Paris (1967)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama
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 »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Marie Dubois, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 2,239
26. The Silent World (1956)
86 min | Documentary, Adventure
A documentary about the undersea explorers and how they penetrate into the underwater world.
Directors: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle | Stars: Frédéric Dumas, Albert Falco, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, François Saout
Votes: 1,816
27. Dominique Sanda ou Le rêve éveillé (1977 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary
Director: Louis Malle | Star: Dominique Sanda
Votes: 13
28. Damage (1992)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A Member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son's girlfriend despite the obvious dangers.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves
Votes: 20,578 | Gross: $7.53M
29. Close Up (1976)
26 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary portrait of Dominique Sanda, the fashion model-cum-actress who became an international star and sex symbol with the release of Robert Bresson's "Une Femme Douce" (1969).
Director: Louis Malle | Star: Dominique Sanda
Votes: 29
30. Pretty Baby (1978)
R | 110 min | Drama
A preteen girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye
Votes: 12,867 | Gross: $5.79M
31. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
Directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | Stars: Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp
Votes: 6,953
32. Humain, trop humain (1974)
75 min | Documentary
A documentary with almost no words following the production of Citroen cars at a plant in Northern France and their later sales.
Directors: Louis Malle, René Vautier | Star: Georges Pompidou
Votes: 482
33. Viva Maria! (1965)
Not Rated | 119 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
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 »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, George Hamilton, Paulette Dubost
Votes: 3,974
34. Bons baisers de Bangkok (1964 TV Short)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Louis Malle
Votes: 13
35. Black Moon (1975)
R | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse, Alexandra Stewart, Joe Dallesandro
Votes: 6,229
36. Alamo Bay (1985)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Amy Madigan, Ed Harris, Ho Nguyen, Donald Moffat
Votes: 1,358 | Gross: $0.38M
37. A Very Private Affair (1962)
103 min | Drama
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.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Marcello Mastroianni, Nicolas Bataille, Dirk Sanders
Votes: 1,190
38. Station 307 (1954)
18 min | Documentary, Short
"Station 307" is a British Petroleum Company [BP] sponsored film, featuring Jacques Cousteau in the Persian Gulf helping with the search for oil.
Director: Louis Malle
Votes: 26
39. Crackers (1984)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Reduced to minding the counter at a crusty pawn shop, Weslake tumbles onto a scheme by some disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 1,549 | Gross: $0.13M
40. Crazeologie (1954)
5 min | Short, Comedy
Three men argue as to the whereabouts of their sister.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Henri Bataille, Pierre Frag, Bernard Malle, Louis Malle
Votes: 280
41. La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (1955)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Follows the scientific research carried out in the natural cavity of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse by Cousteau and OFRS (French Underwater Research Office) divers, who reach for the first time a depth of 243 ft.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Frédéric Dumas