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Eddie Constantine (1917-1993) was an American-born French actor. Constantine spent most of his career working in Europe. He became well known for a series of French B movies in which he played secret agent Lemmy Caution. He is best remembered for his role in Jean-Luc Godard’s philosophical science fiction film Alphaville. His IMDb page shows 134 acting credits from 1953 to 2010. This page will rank Eddie Constantine movies by reviews by professional movie critics and by the movie ticket-buying public. Due to the lack of domestic box office, I had to go “old school” with this page. Tables are not “dynamic” and the emphasis is on reviews versus box office.
Eddie Constantine Movies Ranked By Movie Reviews
| Rank | Movie | Year | Review % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alphaville | 1965 | 77.50% | |
| Me faire ça à moi | 1961 | 76.70% | |
| The Long Good Friday | 1980 | 76.00% | |
| Destination Fury | 1961 | 75.60% | |
| Europa | 1991 | 75.00% | |
| The Third Generation | 1979 | 74.50% | |
| Beware of a Holy Whore | 1971 | 72.00% | |
| Cleo from 5 to 7 | 1962 | 71.50% | |
| Lucky Jo | 1964 | 71.25% | |
| La bête noire | 1983 | 71.00% | |
| Ticket of No Return | 1979 | 69.00% | |
| Incognito | 1958 | 68.90% | |
| Freckled Max and the Spooks | 1987 | 68.79% | |
| Jack of Spades | 1960 | 68.50% | |
| Germany Year 90 Nine Zero | 1991 | 68.40% | |
| The Empire of Night | 1962 | 68.25% | |
| SOS Pacific | 1959 | 68.20% | |
| Hail, Mafia | 19657 | 68.00% | |
| A Swelled Head | 1962 | 67.75% | |
| Riff Raff Girls | 1959 | 67.50% | |
| Je suis un sentimental | 1955 | 65.40% | |
| Second Spring | 1975 | 64.30% | |
| Jailbirds | 1954 | 64.25% | |
| Exit... But No Panic | 1980 | 64.00% | |
| Tango Through Germany | 1980 | 63.50% | |
| Carnapping | 1980 | 63.50% | |
| Good Luck, Charlie | 1962 | 63.40% | |
| Dames Get Along | 1954 | 63.00% | |
| Room 43 | 1958 | 62.50% | |
| Paul Chevrolet and the Ultimate Hallucination | 1985 | 62.00% | |
| Helsinki-Naples All Night Long | 1987 | 61.50% | |
| Souvenir of Gibraltar | 1975 | 61.50% | |
| Ça va être ta fête | 1960 | 60.50% | |
| The Model Couple | 1977 | 59.50% | |
| This Man Is Dangerous | 1953 | 59.40% | |
| Neige | 1981 | 59.00% | |
| Ça va barder | 1955 | 58.75% | |
| Keep Talking, Baby | 1961 | 58.25% | |
| Lock Up Your Spoons | 1957 | 57.50% | |
| Poison Ivy | 1953 | 57.00% | |
| Your Turn, Darling | 1963 | 56.50% | |
| Lions Love (... and Lies) | 1969 | 56.25% | |
| Les femmes d'abord | 1963 | 56.25% | |
| Residencia para espías | 1966 | 56.00% | |
| Freak Orlando | 1981 | 55.50% | |
| Cartes sur table | 1966 | 55.40% | |
| Der Schnüffler | 1983 | 55.00% | |
| Laissez tirer les tireurs | 1964 | 54.75% | |
| Flight to Berlin | 1984 | 54.65% | |
| The Mikado Project | 1983 | 54.50% | |
| Rote Liebe - Wassilissa | 1982 | 54.50% | |
| Women Are Like That | 1960 | 54.25% | |
| Hot Money Girl | 1959 | 53.50% | |
| Man and Child | 1956 | 53.50% | |
| Votre dévoué Blake | 1954 | 53.25% | |
| Fire at Will | 1965 | 53.00% | |
| License to Kill | 1964 | 52.50% | |
| Diamond Machine | 1955 | 52.50% | |
| How Not to Rob a Department Store | 1965 | 52.25% | |
| Panic Time | 1980 | 52.00% | |
| Ladies' Man | 1962 | 52.00% | |
| Good Evening Paris | 1956 | 51.50% | |
| Neapolitan Boy in New York | 1984 | 51.00% | |
| No Panic | 1973 | 50.50% | |
| Hoopla, Now Comes Eddie | 1958 | 50.50% | |
| Dishonorable Discharge | 1957 | 50.40% | |
| Le grand bluff | 1957 | 50.25% | |
| Haytabo | 1971 | 50.00% | |
| Macaroni Blues | 1986 | 49.75% | |
| Ces dames s'en mêlent | 1965 | 49.50% | |
| It Lives Again | 1978 | 49.00% | |
| Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent | 1963 | 49.00% | |
| The Great Chase | 1968 | 48.50% | |
| Blood Relations | 1977 | 48.00% | |
| Folies-Bergère | 1956 | 46.75% | |
| Nick Carter and Red Club | 1965 | 46.25% | |
| A Whale That Had a Toothache | 1974 | 45.00% | |
| As If It Were Raining | 1963 | 44.65% | |
| How Do You Like My Sister? | 1964 | 44.25% | |
| Ces messieurs de la famille | 1968 | 43.70% | |
| Bombs on Monte Carlo | 1960 | 43.25% | |
| Boxoffice | 1982 | 42.00% | |
| Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau | 1964 | 40.00% | |
| Springtime in Vienna | 1984 | 38.50% | |
| Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven | 1993 | 37.50% | |
| Egypt by Three | 1953 | 33.00% | |
| Seifenblasen | 1984 | 29.50% |
Eddie Constantine Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Eddie Constantine movies by his co-stars
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- Sort Eddie Constantine movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Eddie Constantine movie received.
- Sort Eddie Constantine movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| Rank | Movie (Year) | Co-Stars | Adj. Dom. Box Office | Review % | AA_NomWin | UMR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphaville (1965) | Anna Karina & Akim Tamiroff | $6,034,710 | 77.50% | 00 / 00 | 62.98 | |
| The Long Good Friday (1980) | Bob Hoskins & Helen Mirren | $2,851,967 | 76.00% | 00 / 00 | 58.94 | |
| Europa (1991) | Max Von Sydow | $2,380,288 | 75.00% | 00 / 00 | 56.96 | |
| The Third Generation (1979) | Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder | $2,903,585 | 74.50% | 00 / 00 | 56.50 | |
| Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) | Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder | $4,182,738 | 72.00% | 00 / 00 | 52.77 | |
| SOS Pacific (1959) | Richard Attenborough | $6,550,527 | 68.50% | 00 / 00 | 47.61 | |
| Riff Raff Girls (1959) | Robert Hossein | $5,436,593 | 66.50% | 00 / 00 | 42.73 | |
| Hot Money Girl (1959) | Dawn Addams | $2,212,427 | 53.50% | 00 / 00 | 15.95 | |
| It Lives Again (1978) | Frederic Forrest | $1,297,7204 | 49.00% | 00 / 00 | 14.80 | |
| Boxoffice (1982) | Aldo Ray | $134,272 | 42.00% | 00 / 00 | 4.43 | |
| Egypt By Three (1953) | Joseph Cotten | $4,748,241 | 33.00% | 00 / 00 | 1.49 |
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i am O for eddie.
Hey bob cox…I am only slightly ahead of you…though I do admit…tracking down Alphaville is now on my list of things to do. Thanks for stopping by.
Many years ago Leonard Maltin had competition for his movie review book. Actually it had arrived earlier, Steven Scheuer’s “Movies on TV”. In those books Eddie Constanine’s movies always got the lowest rating which was 1 star. They also gave 1 star to all the Edgar Wallace movies (Edgar was the author). They also gave 1 star to most Clint Eastwood films, his Italian Trio and the Dirty Harry flics. That’s what I knew about Eddie. I’ve seen a couple of his movies, the ones with American actors like Five Against the House (didn’t notice him in it), It Lives Again, Egypt By Three along with The Long Good Friday.
Eddie has never been on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. These are the actors on the 2020 list he appeared with.
14 MAX VON SYDOW Europa (1991)
40 UDO KIER Europa (1991)
40 UDO KIER The Third Generation (1979)
40 UDO KIER Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993)
63 HELEN MIRREN The Long Good Friday (1980)
69 PIERCE BROSNAN The Long Good Friday (1980)
90 RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH SOS Pacific (1959)
145 BOB HOSKINS The Long Good Friday (1980)
180 FERNANDO REY Cartes sur table (1966)
215 MICHAEL LONSDALE A Whale That Had a Toothache (1974)
215 MICHAEL LONSDALE Hail, Mafia (1965)
284 WALTER GOTELL Hot Money Girl (1959)
373 FERDY MAYNE Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987)
413 JOSEPH COTTEN Egypt by Three (1953)
509 AKIM TAMIROFF Alphaville (1965)
514 ADOLFO CELI Carnapping (1980)
594 PAUL FREEMAN FLIGHT TO BERLIN (1984)
594 PAUL FREEMAN THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (1980)
782 KEVIN MCNALLY THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (1980)
820 TSAI CHIN HOT MONEY GIRL (1959)
851 ALDO RAY Boxoffice (1982)
882 ANTON DIFFRING Der Schnüffler (1983)
913 ROBERT BROWN Room 43 (1958)
952 BRIAN KEITH 5 Against the House (1955)
963 DEXTER FLETCHER THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (1980)
993 FREDERIC FORREST It Lives Again (1978)
994 JACQUES HERLIN Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987)
Eddie actually appeared with 1 Oscar winner.
HELEN MIRREN The Long Good Friday (1980)
Eddie appeared in 12 movies with Henri Cogan, whoever that is.
Hey Dan….intersting about Steven Scheuer’s “Movies on TV” and his low ratings on Constantine movies. Having not seen any of his starring roles…I can not answer if he was right or wrong. I have seen The Long Good Friday…but do not remember his role at all….coming soon will be a Bob Hoskins page. Your lists are small this time around…but as always they are interesting. Good stuff as always.
In the late 1950s the British film industry revamped itself to a degree. Popular major post-war Brit stars such as Donald Sinden and John Gregson didn’t get their contracts renewed and instead the film studios did their best to attract European and American stars who it was hoped would bring greater international box office to British films.
The 3 actors whom I most remember benefiting most from that policy are Orson Welles and Curt Jurgens [in the awful 1959 Ferry to Hong Kong which I don’t see on Bruce’s Welles page] and Eddie Constantine.
I saw Eddie in just one movie: 1959’s SOS Pacific which Bruce covers above. What I will always remember about Eddie was that for a supposed romantic tough guy he had very poor facial skin as Bruce’s miniature stills above clearly illustrate.
What I remember most about SOS Pacific – and indeed it is the only thing that I recall – is Richard Attenborough doing one of his unsavoury spiv characterisations and as the aircraft that he and Eddie were in plunged to the ground to crash Dickie in his panic grabbed a security- door axe and tried to hack his way out of the plunging plane and had to be restrained by Constantine and other passengers.
Nevertheless this new page brings back to me nostalgically the hype that surrounded Eddie when we got him over here so the page is “Voted Up!”; and WH has done a good job of rounding up a large number of Eddie’s foreign films for critical review illustration.
Hey Bob…..good thoughts on Eddie Constantine. Of all the movies listed on the page SOS Pacific and Alphaville are the ones I would like to see. Interesting thoughts on his looks…..just goes to show talent can elevate over looks….sometimes. Thanks for the vote up and the visit…both are greatly appreciated.
The film isn’t on the main table, but I have seen 1 Eddie Constantine film: Cleo From 5 to 7.
It is listed in 8th place in the table of films by ranking movie critics.
I might not have seen even that particular film if not for the fact that Agnes Varda, its director, died last year. I tend to watch a movie in tribute when an artist dies.
Hey Flora…thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts on Eddie Constantine. I have you slightly beat in the tally contest….but you have seen a Eddie Constantine starring role movie…the ones I have seen…I did not even notice him….so in some ways you have me topped. Good information as always.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.