Banana Peel 1963  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Marcel Ophuls
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Marrielle, Gert Frobe, Paulette Dubost, Cathy Baieff, Bob Morel, Henri Poirier, Charles Regnier, Alain Cuny, Dominique Zardi
Con-artists Cathy (Jeanne Moreau) and Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) track down a millionaire and try to take off with his fortune while he is vacationing on the French Riviera. But, they soon discover that this millionaire is pretty crafty, and they may have met their match.
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 Breathless 1960  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Jean-Pierre Melville, Liliane Robin, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Louis Richard, Philippe de Broca, Van Doude
In director Jean-Luc Godard's first feature film, the story involves Michel Poiccard's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) run from the police after he kills a policeman and steals a car. His girlfriend is an American student Patricia (Jean Seberg) who joins him on the race against time as Michel tries to collect on a debt that will enable them to escape to Italy. This exciting film introduced the French New Wave to theaters.
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Cartouche 1962 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
aka: Swords of Blood
Director: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jess Hahn, Marcel Dalio, Jean Rochefort, Odile Versois, Philippe Lemaire, Noel Roquevert, Jacques Charon, Lucien Raimbourg
This Robin Hood-like swashbuckler follows a French bandit, Cartouche (Jean-Paul Belmondo), who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He meets and falls in love with gypsy Venus (Claudia Cardinale) who eventually sacrifices her life to save him. He then has a grand old time avenging her death.
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Casino Royale 1967  N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Daliah Lavi, John Huston, George Raft, Joanna Pettet, Charles Boyer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Peter O'Toole
Special Agent 007 James Bond (David Niven) is enjoying retirement when he is coaxed back into the Secret Service after M is slain. Bond's mission is to smash the spy organization SMERSH, which is headed by the evil Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), and to accomplish that goal, agents converge on Casino Royale. Burt Bacharach provided the good musical score. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("The Look of Love").
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A Double Tour 1959 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
aka: Web of Passion
Leda
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Madeleine Robinson, Antonella Lualdi, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Dacqmine, Jeanne Valerie, Bernadette Lafont, Andre Jocelyn, Mario David, Laszlo Szabo, Raymond Pelissier
Murder in the midst of a dysfunctional family is the subject of this film by "New Wave" director Claude Chabrol.
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Dr. Popaul 1972 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: High Heels
Scoundrel in White
Play Now, Pay Later
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Laura Antonelli, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mia Farrow, Daniel Ivernel, Daniel Lacourtois, Marlene Appelt, Michel Peyrelon, Carlo Bartolotta, Henri Attal, Patrick Prejean
An ambitious medic will do anything to make it in his chosen field–even marry the hospital president's ugly daughter.
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Famous Love Affairs 1961 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michel Boisrond
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Simone Signoret, Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot, Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Pierre Dux, Suzanne Flon
Four different stories based loosely on fact are told–from Brigitte Bardot's story that is set in the Middle Ages to a mistress of Louis XIV that is sought by a dashing soldier.
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A Hundred and One Nights 1995 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
Director: Agnes Varda
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet, Mathieu Demy, Emmanuel Salenger, Anouk Aimee, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Romane Bohringer, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Claude Brialy, Patrick Bruel, Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve
A 100-year-old movie buff, Simon Cinema (Michel Piccoli), enjoys the stories of Camille Miralis (Julie Gayet) who spends 101 nights reminiscing with him about the history of filmmaking.
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Is Paris Burning? 1966 N/R, 173 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Simone Signoret, Orson Welles
This is the story of the liberation of Paris in 1944. When the Allies approached the city, the Nazis were ordered to burn it to the ground.
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 Le Professionnel 1981 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Professional
Director: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein, Michel Beaune, Cyrielle Claire, Jean-Louis Richard, Sidiki Bakaba, Marie-Christine Descouard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Pierre Vernier
Secret Agent Joss Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is on a mission to kill an African president. But, due to a change in leadership at home, he is jailed. Escaping jail, Joss now heads home to finish the job when the African president, now an ally, visits Paris. Will the new regime be able to stop him? An entertaining action/thriller.
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 Les Miserables 1995 R, 174 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Annie Girardot, Clementine Celarie, Philippe Leotard, Jean Marais, Micheline Presle, Philippe Khorsand, Salome Lelouch
This is an extravagant, heart-felt rendition of Victor Hugo's epic novel about Valjean's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) attempts to lead a new life after being imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread. Although he spends the rest of his life performing noble acts of sacrifice for his fellow outcasts, his every move is closely watched by detective Javert (Philippe Khorsand).
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Pierrot le fou 1965  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Dirk Sanders, Graziella Galvani, Raymond Devos, Roger Dutoit, Samuel Fuller, Hans Meyer, Pascal Aubier, Laszlo Szabo, Henri Attal, Pierre Hanin, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Dominique Zardi
Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Marianne (Anna Karina), who insists on calling Ferdinand "Pierrot," try to escape past lives by heading for the Riviera in search of Marianne's rum-running brother Fred (Dirk Sanders). But, plans go awry because Marianne's gangster past of smuggling weapons ensures that an idyllic life is not to be when Marianne is pursued by mobsters.
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Stavisky 1974 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Francois Perier, Anny Duperey, Michael Lonsdale, Roberto Bisacco, Claude Rich, Pierre Vernier, Jacques Spiesser, Gerard Depardieu
Small-time swindler Stavisky (Jean-Paul Belmondo) rose to great wealth and power in the early 1930s through his drive, cleverness, and charm. After his shady dealings and rumors that he had bought out members of the French government, he was abandoned by his friends, resulting in his suicide. Based on a true story that nearly brought down the French government during the Depression.
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Thief of Paris 1967 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Le Voleur
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Genevieve Bujold, Marie Dubois, Francoise Fabian, Julien Guiomar, Paul Le Person, Martine Sarcey, Marlene Jobert, Bernadette Lafont, Roger Crouzet, Christian Lude, Jacques Debary, Fernand Guiot, Madeleine Damien, Marc Dudicourt
At the turn of the 19th century in Paris, Georges Randal (Jean-Paul Belmondo) has been denied his uncle's fortune. When his uncle plans to marry off his daughter Charlotte (Genevieve Bujold) to a wealthy family, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels in hopes of preventing the marriage. His heist is successful, and Georges has found a solution to his financial problems. He continues stealing jewels until he becomes wealthy and then moves on to England where, later, he is joined by Charlotte.
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Two Women 1960 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Sophia Loren, Eleonora Brown, Raf Vallone, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Renato Salvatori, Pupella Maggio, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi, Emma Baron, Bruna Cealti, Antonella Della Porta, Franco Balducci, Luciano Pigozzi
While traveling by train and on foot, widow Cisira (Sophia Loren) tries to protect her 12-year-old daughter Rosetta as they make a daring escape from Rome during World War II. But after they are raped in a church by Allied Moroccan soldiers, Rosetta is traumatized, Cisira suffers a breakdown, and their lives are changed forever. Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this film.
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A Woman Is a Woman 1961 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nicole Paquin, Marie Dubois, Marion Sarraut, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Demongeot, Ernest Menzer, Karyn Balm
Striptease artist Angela (Anna Karina) wants to have a baby, but boyfriend Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy) says, "No!" Not ready to give up, Angela turns her attentions on Emile's friend, Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo). Will her ploy work to make Emile jealous and grant her wish?
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| 1. Banana Peel (1963)
2. Breathless (1960)
3. Cartouche (1962)
aka: Swords of Blood
4. Casino Royale (1967)
5. A Double Tour (1959)
aka: Web of Passion
aka: Leda
6. Dr. Popaul (1972)
aka: High Heels
aka: Scoundrel in White
aka: Play Now, Pay Later
7. Famous Love Affairs (1961)
8. A Hundred and One Nights (1995)
aka: A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
9. Is Paris Burning? (1966)
10. Le Professionnel (1981)
aka: The Professional
11. Les Miserables (1995)
12. Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
13. Pierrot le fou (1965)
14. Stavisky (1974)
15. Thief of Paris (1967)
aka: Le Voleur
16. Two Women (1960)
17. A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
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