Alain Delon – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 19, 2026

Alain Delon was French cinema’s definitive icy-cool leading man, equally convincing as a charming con artist or a near-silent hitman who never raises his voice. Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge are the cold, minimal classics, Borsalino has two rival gangsters taking over 1930s Marseille, and La Piscine tenses a holiday with uninvited guests. Zorro, Flic Story, Mr. Klein, Purple Noon, Rocco and His Brothers and The Leopard round out his list.

Zorro (1975)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Alain Delon plays a nobleman who takes on a masked identity to defend a colonial town from a corrupt governor.

Directed by Duccio Tessari · 1h 58m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, IndieFlix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Borsalino (1970)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Two rival gangsters team up to take over the criminal underworld of 1930s Marseille.

Directed by Jacques Deray · 2h 05m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Flic Story (1975)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A real detective's years-long pursuit of a cop killer, told from both men's perspectives.

Directed by Jacques Deray · 1h 52m

Where to watch

Stream: OVID, France Channel Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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La Piscine (1969)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A couple's holiday turns tense when an old friend and his daughter arrive uninvited.

Directed by Jacques Deray · 2h 03m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Mr. Klein (1976)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A Parisian art dealer is mistaken for a Jewish man of the same name during Nazi occupation.

Directed by Joseph Losey · 2h 03m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Purple Noon (1960)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Alain Delon plays a young con man who assumes a wealthy friend's identity after killing him abroad.

Directed by René Clément · 1h 58m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

IMDb ★ 7.9 RT 96% Metacritic 92

Three criminals with nothing in common are drawn together for one meticulously planned heist.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 2h 20m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Le Samouraï (1967)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 92% Metacritic 90

A hitman's rigid, near-silent code of conduct starts to crack after one witness sees his face.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 1h 45m · Rated PG

1 nomination

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

TMDB ★ 8.1

Alain Delon stars in a story of brothers who migrate to Milan and slowly fracture under the city's pressures.

Directed by Luchino Visconti · 2h 58m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel, OVID, Darkroom, Kino Film Collection · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Leopard (1963)

TMDB ★ 8.0

Alain Delon appears as a Sicilian prince watches his aristocratic world quietly dissolve during Italian unification.

Directed by Luchino Visconti · 3h 06m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

Alain Delon – 10 Best Movies

Zorro (1975)

Borsalino (1970)

Flic Story (1975)

La Piscine (1969)

Mr. Klein (1976)

Purple Noon (1960)

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

Le Samouraï (1967)

Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

The Leopard (1963)

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