Alain Delon

Acting

Alain Delon

Born November 8, 1935 · Sceaux, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Died August 18, 2024 · aged 88

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the late 1950s to the 1980s, and became an international sex symbol. He is regarded as one of the most well-known figures of th…

Known For

Asterix at the Olympic GamesAsterix at the Olympic Games · 2008
Asterix at the Olympic Games
5.22008
MovieFantasyAdventure
Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.
The Swimming PoolThe Swimming Pool · 1969
The Swimming Pool
7.01969
MovieDramaThriller
Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.
Rocco and His BrothersRocco and His Brothers · 1960
Rocco and His Brothers
8.01960
MovieDramaRomance
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
The LeopardThe Leopard · 1963
The Leopard
7.71963
MovieDrama
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.
Le SamouraïLe Samouraï · 1967
Le Samouraï
7.81967
MovieCrimeThriller
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
L'EclisseL'Eclisse · 1962
L'Eclisse
7.71962
MovieDramaRomance
Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.
Purple NoonPurple Noon · 1960
Purple Noon
7.61960
MovieCrimeDrama
Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
The Sicilian ClanThe Sicilian Clan · 1969
The Sicilian Clan
7.61969
MovieCrimeDrama
An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.

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The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsThe Devil and the Ten Commandments · 1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
5.61962
MovieComedy
The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls on her only to find her married to a janitor who doesn't know what kind of dancing his wife performs; Denis, a Jesuit novice, leaves the order to avenge his sister's suicide, which was provoked by Garigny, who seduced her into prostitution and drug addiction; Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her; a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant; Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss; the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.

Pierre Messager