Le Doulos

Le Doulos

Raw! Shocking! Savage!

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville

Produced by Rome-Paris Films, C. C. Champion

1962108 min7.4 / 10

A dark, paranoid French noir built on betrayal and moral ambiguity, where trust dissolves and violence lurks beneath every transaction.

Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?

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  • Is Le Doulos scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.

  • Is Le Doulos easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Le Doulos end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Le Doulos violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Is Le Doulos sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

74/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity62

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Surprise77

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Love85

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