Murmur of the Heart (1971)
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
Damage (1992)
A member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his sons fiancee despite the dangers of discovery
Pretty Baby (1978)
A teenage girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917
The Lovers (1958)
Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger
Zazie dans le Metro (1960)
With her mother away for the weekend, a brash and precocious ten year old country girl sets out to explore Paris during a Metro strike under her uncles not so watchful eye But can a little girl cause so much chaos in the city centr
Black Moon (1975)
To escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive familys unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives He becomes the roommate of the top student in his class Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe a cruel princess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil
Atlantic City (1980)
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
Viva Maria! (1965)
Somewhere in Central America in 1907 Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist After her fathers death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus She decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, she unintenti
Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
In 1944, an 18 year old boy from small town France, collaborates with the Nazi regime and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Two old friends meet for dinner as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews
Black Moon (1975)
To escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive familys unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle
Milou en mai (1990)
During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives are collide in their family estate
The Fire Within (1963)
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
Crackers (1984)
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 heists mastermind
Alamo Bay (1985)
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
The Road to Bresson (1984)
A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson
Phantom India (1969-)
Phantom India it is regarded as the crowning achievement of Louis Malle career
Humain trop humain (1974)
A documentary with almost no words following the production of Citroen cars at a plant in Northern France and their later sales.
Gods Country (1985)
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 busy with other projects to finish this wo
Vive le tour (1962)
Chronicles the cyclists of the Tour de France and their daily trails along the race.
Calcutta (1969)
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 1960s rich and poor, exotic and mundane, secular and religious, children an
Place de la Republique (1974)
Vibrant scenes of individuals daily life are filmed in Place de la Republique
and the Pursuit of Happiness (1986)
After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980s In an attempt to be comprehensive, the film includes interviews with migrant workers and ill