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Movies by Lists - French Thriller-Crime (76 [79])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
11.6In November 2009, French security van driver Toni Musulin makes off with nearly 12 million euros, then turns himself over to the authorities a week later.2013Philippe GodeauBiography, Drama, Thriller5.7 (2.6K votes)10220230806
Anything for Her [Pour elle]With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.2008Fred CavayéCrime, Drama, Thriller7.1 (9.1K votes)9620211228
Après la vieIn the final chapter of director Belvaux's trilogy, Pascal, now a disgraced cop, seeks redemption by capturing Bruno, a fugitive with a strange connection to Agnes, Pascal's heroin-addicted wife.2002Lucas BelvauxCrime, Drama7.0 (894 votes)12420220731
Armed Hands [Mains armées]Lucas and his team are after a gang of Serbian criminals using NATO-issued weapons. As the investigation leads him to Paris, Lucas attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, a young narc officer.2012Pierre JolivetCrime, Drama, Thriller5.4 (639 votes)10520240319
Arsene LupinAs the daring thief Arsène Lupin (Romain Duris) ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the Police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.2004Jean-Paul SaloméAction, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller5.5 (7.1K votes)12520211228
Assault, The [L'assaut]Based on a true story, a SWAT team is tasked with storming a hijacked Air France plane to save its passengers.2010Julien LeclercqAction, History, Thriller6.1 (4K votes)9120230806
Back in Crime [L'autre vie de Richard Kemp]When Paris detective Richard Kemp is injured in the course of a criminal investigation, he is transported twenty years into the past, and has a second chance at solving the most frustrating mystery of his career.2013Germinal AlvarezCrime, Fantasy, Thriller6.5 (991 votes)10220211228
Big Picture, The [L'Homme qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie]A successful Paris lawyer is forced to re-invent his life after he makes a fatal mistake.2010Éric LartigauDrama, Thriller6.7 (3.5K votes)11420211228
Blind Man [A l'aveugle]A police inspector must solve two grisly murders. The problem is that his only suspect is a blind man.2012Xavier PaludAction, Thriller5.7 (1.1K votes)9420211228
CacheA married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.2005Michael Haneke (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.3 (78K votes)11720211228
Cash Truck [Le convoyeur]A mysterious vengeful man takes a job as a security guard for a money transport company amidst a series of violent robberies.2004Nicolas BoukhriefAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.6 (3.8K votes)9520211228
CavaleAfter nearly fifteen years behind bars, lefty revolutionary Bruno escapes and heads back to Grenoble, France. His plan? Settle some old scores, hook up with his foxy ex-lover, and avoid the cop on his tail. An unexpected event, howev2002Lucas BelvauxThriller, Crime, Drama7.0 (1.2K votes)11720211228
Cell 211The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.2009Daniel MonzónAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (66.5K votes)11320211228
Cercle Rouge, LeAfter leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.1970Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (24.6K votes)14020211228
Clearstream Affair, The [L'enquête]In this French thriller, journalist Denis Robert sets the world of finance ablaze when he exposes a major European bank's opaque operations. In his search for the truth, he uncovers a dark political financial machine of bribes and...2014Vincent GarenqThriller6.6 (931 votes)10620220806
Code, The [La mentale]Either you make decisions or life makes them for you. For an ex-con struggling to go straight, the temptation of money, women and power prove too much, especially when his best friend promises him an easy heist.2002Manuel BoursinhacAction, Crime, Thriller, Drama5.4 (1.1K votes)11620230806
Confession, The [L'aveu]A high-ranking official is forced to confess to high treason.1970Costa-Gavras (*)Drama, History, Thriller7.9 (4.2K votes)13920211228
Connection, The [La French]A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.2014Cédric JimenezAction, Crime, Thriller7.1 (10.5K votes)13520211228
Cop, A [Un Flic]After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.1972Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Thriller7.1 (9.4K votes)9820211228
CortexA retired police inspector is stricken with Alzheimer's and decides to move into a residential clinic where he is puzzled by the sudden deaths of several patients.2008Nicolas BoukhriefCrime, Mystery, Thriller6.2 (834 votes)10520221116
Counter Investigation [Contre-enquête]A cop investigates whether the man convicted of murdering his daughter is really guilty.2007Franck MancusoCrime, Thriller6.7 (3.3K votes)8520211228
Crime Scenes [Scènes de crimes]In the Paris region, Marie Bourgoin suddenly disappears. The police find only a tourist leaflet of Mauritius stained with blood. Police discover the probable existence of a serial killer in action for several years.2000Frédéric SchoendoerfferCrime, Thriller6.2 (738 votes)10020240511
Crossing, The [La traversée]Eight year old French Girl, Lola Arendt, disappears while on holiday in Scotland. Unable to cope, her parents Martin and Sarah separate. Two years later Lola is miraculously found alive in the exact same place.2012Jérôme CornuauThriller5.2 (192 votes)9720230806
Cry of the Owl [Le cri du hibou], TheAfter separation from his wife Robert moves to Vichy where he observes beautiful Juliette. Her fiance Patrick becomes jealous and attacks Robert. When Patrick disappears Robert is suspected to have killed him.1987Claude Chabrol (*)Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller6.4 (976 votes)10220211228
Deep Water [Eaux profondes]Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.1981Michel DevilleCrime, Drama6.7 (797 votes)9420211228
Deuxieme Souffle, LeA gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.1966Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama7.9 (5.9K votes)15020211228
DivaTwo tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.1981Jean-Jacques BeineixComedy, Crime, Music, Romance, Thriller7.2 (12.8K votes)11720211228
Doulos, LeA burglar betraying other criminals, prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend that might be as untrustworthy as he.1962Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Thriller7.8 (10.4K votes)10820211228
Espion, lève-toiSébastien Grenier,a secret agent eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.1982Yves BoissetDrama, Thriller6.6 (922 votes)9820211228
Farewell, My LoveBrigit as a young girl saw her family killed by the Karpovs, a Russian crime family, she would have been dead too, if her neighbor had not come to her house and saved her. Years later, she plans to take out all of the Karpovs, and sh2000Randall FontanaAction, Crime, Thriller4.5 (173 votes)9020220414
Fear of Water [La peur de l'eau]Sergeant André Surprenant leads an ordinary life in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine with her teenage daughter. His world changes when Rosalie Richard, a young woman of 18 years and mayor's daughter is found murdered and raped on a cliff ...2012Gabriel PelletierThriller6.4 (394 votes)12220230806
Few Days in September, A [Quelques jours en septembre]On September 1st, 2001 a spy receives information that something terrible will happen soon.2006Santiago AmigorenaDrama, Thriller5.2 (1.9K votes)11620240614
GangstersFranck Chaievski and Nina Delgado are two undercover detectives of a French special force trying to identify two corrupts members of the Paris Police Force. Franck is pretending to be a gangster and Nina a prostitute living with him,2002Olivier MarchalAction, Crime, Drama, Romance6.4 (876 votes)9020211228
Gibraltar [The Informant]A story centered on a man who works as an informant for the French border patrol.2013Julien LeclercqCrime, Thriller6.3 (1.5K votes)11620230806
Go FastMarek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish f...2008Olivier Van HoofstadtAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller5.8 (2K votes)11020230806
Hanging Offense [Cette femme-là]A fifty-year-old police officer, Michèle Varin, finds herself in a highly depressive state due to the death of her young son a few years ago. In one way or another she feels guilty for his death and feels particularly bad every fo...2003Guillaume NiclouxDrama, Mystery, Thriller6.1 (616 votes)10020231101
Have Mercy on Us All [Pars vite et reviens tard]A modern-day Parisian town crier gradually learns that someone is using him to give cryptic warnings of a plague outbreak in the city.2007Régis WargnierCrime, Drama, Thriller5.5 (1.5K votes)11620230806
In Turmoil [Dans la tourmente]Shocked by the discovery that his boss plans to take a fortune Transporting now outside the borders , a worker of the factory decides to take action2011Christophe RuggiaDrama, Thriller4.8 (186 votes)10720240614
IrreversibleEvents over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass.2002Gaspar Noé (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (129.3K votes)9720211228
Key, The [La Clef]One morning, Eric Vincent, a thirty-something without a past and reluctant about fatherhood, receives a phone call from a stranger proposing him to retrieve the ashes of his late father, whom he never met.2007Guillaume NiclouxThriller5.6 (640 votes)11520220912
Kidnappeurs, LesFour thieves named Davíd, Dilan, Christine, and Chase are forced to kidnap a high-profile dog from a dog show after a diamond robbery goes horribly wrong. Dice are rolled, cans are smashed, and darts are punched.1998Graham GuitAction, Comedy, Crime5.2 (254 votes)10220220414
La Femme NikitaConvicted felon, Nikita, isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.1990Luc Besson (*)Action, Thriller7.3 (70.9K votes)11720211228
Lights Out [Simon Werner a disparu...]March 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris. During an alcohol fueled party, teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless. Two weeks earlier. Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, has not sh2010Fabrice GobertDrama, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (1.1K votes)8720211228
Lookout, The [Le guetteur]A detective hunts for the marksman who foiled the plan to catch a notorious team of bank robbers.2012Michele PlacidoAction, Crime, Thriller5.7 (2.9K votes)8920230806
Made in FranceAfter the horrible terrorist attacks that rocked Paris, this daring investigation thriller plunges you inside the extremist muslim groups that grow inside western countries and can strike at any moment.2015Nicolas BoukhriefCrime, Drama, Thriller6.2 (2.2K votes)8920211228
Mark of the Angels, The - Miserere [La marque des anges - Miserere]When a truck trafficking children is intercepted in the desert by the army, one of the traffickers is captured. Interpol agent Frank Salek comes to the police station with his partner to interrogate the prisoner. However, the man ...2013Sylvain WhiteThriller5.6 (1.3K votes)10620230806
Mea CulpaFranck and Simon are both good cops and partners. Simon has been troubled since he killed three in a drunk driving accident, but when Simons son witnesses a murder, and is hunted by ruthless killers, he's efficiently back.2014Fred CavayéAction, Crime, Thriller6.1 (2.8K votes)9020211228
MobiusAn FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman, who works as a trader in a Russian bank.2013Eric RochantDrama, Thriller6.1 (5.5K votes)10320211228
My Daughter, My Angel [Ma fille, mon ange]As he navigates through porn sites without the knowledge of his wife, Germain comes across a video of his only daughter announcing her impending live performance. The political advisor of Quebec, who previously believed their love...2007Alexis Durand-BraultCrime, Drama, Thriller6.1 (1K votes)8520230806
Nest, The [Nid de guêpes]Alliances change when an armored car with an Albanian mafia boss prisoner escapes a mafia army by driving inside a warehouse, which is being robbed by a French gang stealing laptops etc.2002Florent-Emilio SiriAction, Crime, Thriller6.7 (5.5K votes)10720220806
Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart [La prochaine fois je viserai le coeur]For several months in 1978 and 1979, inhabitants of Oise live in fright and terror as a serial killer disturbs the peace and quiet.2014Cédric AngerCrime, Drama, Thriller6.4 (2.8K votes)11120211228
Nine Queens [Nueve reinas]Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").2000Fabián BielinskyCrime, Drama, Thriller7.9 (52K votes)11420211228
Nobody from Nowhere [Un illustre inconnu]Sébastien Nicolas, realtor, leads a dull existence and gets used to disguising himself to take on the appearance of the characters he meets.2014Matthieu DelaporteDrama, Thriller6.7 (1.8K votes)11820220315
Paris by Night [Une nuit]Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris's demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs, making sure once again that the owners don't bend the rules too far. Weiss know...2012Philippe LefebvreCrime, Drama6.5 (1.3K votes)10020221116
Paris Lockdown [Truands]A Parisian criminal gang fall apart after challenges to the gang's leader lessen his influence.2007Frédéric SchoendoerfferCrime, Thriller5.6 (1.5K votes)10720211228
Paris Under Watch [Aux yeux de tous]An anonymous hacker spends his time watching images from public security cameras and private webcams. He will use his skills to track the culprits of a terrorist attack in a train station of Paris and will become more and more inv...2012Cédric Jimenez, Arnaud DupreyThriller6.0 (681 votes)8020230806
Planque, LaThree crooks with $50 million from a bank heist decide to hide out at a police station, where the cops mistake them for fellow officers.2011Akim IskerComedy, Crime5.1 (266 votes)8920240614
Police Python 357An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.1976Alain CorneauCrime, Drama, Thriller6.9 (1.8K votes)16520211228
Post partumLuce and Ulysse love each other. They live a full and happy life managing their own little veterinary clinic on the Atlantic coast. Luce is awaiting a happy event. The future looks good. At least at first sight. But when baby Rose...2013Delphine NoelsDrama, Thriller5.7 (49 votes)9520240511
President [Président]Mathieu, a bright student, falls in love with Nahema, who happens to be the President of the Republic's daughter. The President, a loving but invading father, finally accepts him as his daughter's boyfriend, going as far as appoin...2006Lionel DelplanqueDrama, Thriller5.7 (597 votes)9720240511
Prey, The [La Proie]Bank-robber Franck Adrien is serving a prison sentence after robbing a national bank. Before he was caught he managed to hide the money but now it's not just the police who are looking for the money. His cell-mate is Jean-Louis Maure2011Eric ValetteAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.7 (5.4K votes)10520211228
Private Affair, A [Une affaire privée]It's been six months since Rachel Siprien disappeared. At the request of Rachel's mother, private detective François takes over the investigation. The young woman, with a complex and multi-faceted personality, is part of a strange ne2002Guillaume NiclouxCrime, Mystery, Thriller6.2 (906 votes)10720211228
Professional, The [Le Professionel]Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.1981Georges LautnerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (15.1K votes)10820211228
Right of the Weakest, The [La raison du plus faible]In Liège, a group of men gathers every day in a café situated near the steel factory which once reigned supreme. They play cards in a warm atmosphere but that hardly masks their quiet desperation. All unemployed, either because they 2006Lucas BelvauxCrime, Drama, Thriller6.8 (685 votes)11620211228
Rivals [Les liens du sang]The story of two rival brothers, one a pimp and the other a cop, and how the former manages to be the family favorite.2008Jacques MaillotAction, Crime, Drama6.2 (985 votes)10620240511
Samourai, LeAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.1967Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama8.1 (49.6K votes)10120211228
Secret Agents [Agents secrets]Moles threaten to foil a team of secret agents' plan.2004Frédéric SchoendoerfferCrime, Action, Thriller5.4 (4.7K votes)10920230806
Serie Noire [Série noire]Franck Poupart is a slightly neurotic door-to-door salesman in a sinister part of Paris' suburbs. He meets Mona, a teenager, who's been made a prostitute by her own aunt. Franck would like to change his life and also save Mona from h1979Alain CorneauCrime, Drama7.5 (2.9K votes)11120211228
Sight for Sore Eyes, A [Inquiétudes] Young woman who lives under the gaze of her overprotective stepmother falls for a young man she meets. He is infatuated by her beauty, but is also a sociopath. She wants to leave her stepmother's hold and he is ready to kill.2003Gilles BourdosDrama, Thriller5.5 (181 votes)13720240810
State Affairs [Une affaire d'état]As a hostage situation in Africa threatens the Presidency, the politicians and their fixers jockey for position. The cops become involved when the body of an escort girl is found in a Parisian car park, and things start to unravel.2009Eric ValetteMystery, Thriller6.3 (669 votes)9920240319
Suspicions [Jaloux]Thomas and Marianne, a feuding couple whose relationship has hit a wall, decide to spend a weekend at Thomas' uncle's lakeside cottage. This is their last chance to save their relationship, which has been jeopardized by Marianne's...2010Patrick DemersThriller6.0 (211 votes)9520230806
Thousand Billion Dollars, A [Mille milliards de dollars]A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American multinational company intent on taking over several 1982Henri VerneuilDrama, Crime, Thriller7.0 (767 votes)13220211228
Traceless [Sans laisser de traces]Etienne Meunier is a successful businessman who has money and a beautiful wife. But all is not well in Etienne's immaculate life. He is troubled by a secret that he has been hiding.2010Grégoire VigneronCrime, Drama, Thriller6.3 (1.6K votes)9520230806
Treatment, TheA police inspector haunted by the childhood abduction of his brother becomes obsessed with the disturbing case of a dangerous serial kidnapper2014Hans HerbotsMystery, Thriller7.1 (8.8K votes)13120211228
VersoDivorced SWAT officer Alex Decker devotes himself entirely of his work, straining his relationship with his teenage daughter. When his old childhood friend and former colleague Victor is released from prison, Alex must confront hi...2009Xavier RuizCrime, Drama, Thriller4.7 (247 votes)10520230806
White as Snow [Blanc comme neige]A high-end car dealership owner is forced to deal with the Finnish mafia over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.2010Christophe BlancThriller5.4 (597 votes)10020220414
Bulletface2010Howie Askins, Albert Pyun, Joe BaileThriller3.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Broken Thread2007Mahesh MathaiThriller7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
L'affaire Marcorelle2000Serge Le PéronDrama, Fantasy, Thriller6.1 (Unkn) Excluded