Der Chef

Midnight boulevards slick with rain and the hum of a neon cross. A police chief’s leather gloves caress a stranger’s wife while her boyfriend counts stolen plates behind closed shutters. One gun, two hearts, three futures in collision. Jean-Pierre Melville lets the silences between gunshots do the talking.

Streaming availability changes weekly. Check the Where to watch panel above — we re-pull TMDB's JustWatch index every week. If nothing's listed, the film is between licence windows.

Our similarity graph picks 6 films based on shared director, keywords, mood-cluster overlap, and MovieLens user co-rating — niche-biased away from blockbusters. Full list: /like/a-cop-1972/.

Jean-Pierre Melville directed Der Chef in 1972. See Jean-Pierre Melville's full filmography, where to start with Jean-Pierre Melville, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jean-Pierre Melville.

Der Chef was released in 1972 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.