PickFlick
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

All women take to men who have the appearance of wickedness

1947•1h 52m•6.2/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.2/10(25)

A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.

Open in PickFlick

Production

United Artists, David L. Loew Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

George Sanders

George Sanders

Georges Duroy

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Clotilde de Marelle

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Madeleine Forestier

John Carradine

John Carradine

Charles Forestier

Susan Douglas

Susan Douglas

Suzanne Walter

Hugo Haas

Hugo Haas

Monsieur Walter

Warren William

Warren William

Laroche-Mathieu

Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Marie de Varenne

Albert Bassermann

Albert Bassermann

Jacques Rival

Marie Wilson

Marie Wilson

Rachel Michot

Katherine Emery

Katherine Emery

Madame Walter

Richard Fraser

Richard Fraser

Philippe de Cantel

John Good

Paul de Cazolles

David Bond

David Bond

Leonard Mudie

Leonard Mudie

Karolyn Grimes

Karolyn Grimes

Jean Del Val

Jean Del Val

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten

Lumsden Hare

Lumsden Hare

Betty Fairfax

Recommended

Interview

Interview

6.4
2007
Movie

After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.

Interview

2007
6.4
Quiz Show

Quiz Show

7.3
1994
Movie

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.

Quiz Show

1994
7.3
Lions for Lambs

Lions for Lambs

6.0
2007
Movie

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

Lions for Lambs

2007
6.0
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

7.0
1940
Movie

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

Foreign Correspondent

1940
7.0
Relay

Relay

7.0
2025
Movie

A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.

Relay

2025
7.0
Where the Truth Lies

Where the Truth Lies

6.1
2005
Movie

An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.

Where the Truth Lies

2005
6.1
Foolish Wives

Foolish Wives

6.5
1922
Movie

A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.

Foolish Wives

1922
6.5
Act of Violence

Act of Violence

6.9
1949
Movie

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.

Act of Violence

1949
6.9
The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King

7.5
1975
Movie

Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.

The Man Who Would Be King

1975
7.5
The Devil's Double

The Devil's Double

6.7
2011
Movie

A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.

The Devil's Double

2011
6.7
Fatherland

Fatherland

6.2
1994
Movie

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.

Fatherland

1994
6.2
Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

7.3
1952
Movie

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?

Sudden Fear

1952
7.3

Similar Movies

Primal Fear

Primal Fear

7.7
1996
Movie

Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.

Primal Fear

1996
7.7
The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

7.5
1997
Movie

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

The Devil's Advocate

1997
7.5
Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

7.6
2006
Movie

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

Blood Diamond

2006
7.6
The Leopard

The Leopard

7.7
1963
Movie

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.

The Leopard

1963
7.7
Out of Time

Out of Time

6.4
2003
Movie

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

Out of Time

2003
6.4
Valkyrie

Valkyrie

7.0
2008
Movie

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

Valkyrie

2008
7.0
The Journalist

The Journalist

7.4
2019
Movie

It is the job of the press to cover corporate crime, government plots and society. It is in this context that young female reporter on the beat Erika rolls up her sleeves and goes to work regarding what seems to be a government cover up. She is dealing with a government bureaucrat called Sugihara. It seems as if a clash is inevitable.

The Journalist

2019
7.4
The Game

The Game

7.6
1997
Movie

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

The Game

1997
7.6
Hard Candy

Hard Candy

6.8
2005
Movie

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

Hard Candy

2005
6.8
Executive Decision

Executive Decision

6.3
1996
Movie

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

Executive Decision

1996
6.3
Leningrad

Leningrad

5.5
2009
Movie

When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad.

Leningrad

2009
5.5
Breakdown

Breakdown

6.9
1997
Movie

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.

Breakdown

1997
6.9
PickFlick Assistant
Hi! I'm your PickFlick Assistant. Ask me about movies, TV shows, OTT sources, or anything about PickFlick.

Powered by CopilotKit