Selected for Video Store by Letterboxd member Kit Lazer, @MoviesRTherapy.

HIS ONLY FRIEND WAS HIS GUN!

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.

At the time of its launch on Video Store, "Le Samouraï" ranked in the site's Top 500 Films of all time and is featured in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" book series. Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 landmark, now available in a new 4K restoration, served as the template for the hitman thriller across every generation that followed. "Thank God I didn't see this in my twenties," admits curator Kit Lazer. "I was already so close to buying a goddamn fedora."

Languages: French. English subtitles available.