01 A relentless Parisian detective hunts a serial killer targeting women across the city.
Directed by Henri Verneuil · 2h 05m · Rated R
Where to watch
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
7 Best Jean-Paul Belmondo Movies
By Vlad Zakh · January 15, 2026
Jean-Paul Belmondo became the defining face of the French New Wave, bringing a casual, cigarette-dangling cool that reshaped what a leading man looked like. Breathless is the starting point. Pierrot le Fou runs off with an ex on a chaotic crime spree, Is Paris Burning? races the Resistance to liberate the city, Borsalino pairs two Marseille gangsters, and Fear Over the City hunts a serial killer. That Man from Rio and Leon Morin, Priest round out the list.
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02 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
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
03 The French Resistance races to liberate Paris before a retreating Nazi commander can destroy it.
Directed by René Clément · 2h 53m · Rated PG
04 A bored married man runs off with his ex-lover on a chaotic crime spree across France.
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · 1h 50m
Where to watch
Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Stream: Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, BFI Player · Buy: Apple TV Store
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video · Buy: Amazon Video
Rent: Amazon Video
05 Jean-Paul Belmondo plays a French soldier who chases his kidnapped girlfriend across Brazil.
Directed by Philippe de Broca · 1h 57m
Where to watch
Stream: Cohen Media Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
06 A widow's theological debates with a young priest during wartime occupation grow into something more.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 1h 58m
Where to watch
Stream: Criterion Channel
Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Stream: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
07 A small-time car thief and his American girlfriend drift towards an inevitable, doomed arrest.
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · 1h 30m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Darkroom, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent: JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, BFI Player · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel · Rent: JustWatch TV
Rent: Amazon Video
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