# Louis Malle's best films

From Elevator to the Gallows to Au revoir les enfants, between France and America: Louis Malle's films ranked from SensCritique, Collider and New Wave Film.

- 8 votes · 13 items
- Apr 6, 2024 · C. Favre
- https://even.best/en/l/3403/louis-malle-s-best-films

## Top 13

1. **Au revoir les enfants (1987)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A childhood memory under the Occupation; Golden Lion and seven Césars.
2. **The Fire Within (1963)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Maurice Ronet, from Drieu La Rochelle; Special Jury Prize in Venice.
3. **Elevator to the Gallows (1958)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jeanne Moreau and Miles Davis's trumpet; Prix Louis-Delluc.
4. **Lacombe, Lucien (1974)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A young farmhand joins the French Gestapo.
5. **Atlantic City (1980)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon; Golden Lion in Venice.
6. **The Silent World (1956)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Co-directed with Jacques-Yves Cousteau; Palme d'Or.
7. **The Thief of Paris (1967)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jean-Paul Belmondo as a Belle Époque burglar.
8. **My Dinner with Andre (1981)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — One dinner, two men, one conversation.
9. **Zazie in the Metro (1960)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — From Raymond Queneau, with Philippe Noiret.
10. **May Fools (1990)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Michel Piccoli and a family during May '68.
11. **Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A rehearsal of Uncle Vanya in New York; his last film.
12. **Murmur of the Heart (1971)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A teenager and his mother in the 1950s.
13. **The Lovers (1958)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Jeanne Moreau; Special Jury Prize in Venice.

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