Movies by Lists - French Thriller-Crime (76 [79]) 
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| 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. | 2013 | Philippe Godeau | Biography, Drama, Thriller | 5.7 (2.6K votes) | 102 | 20230806 |
| 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. | 2008 | Fred Cavayé | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (9.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2002 | Lucas Belvaux | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (894 votes) | 124 | 20220731 |
| 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. | 2012 | Pierre Jolivet | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.4 (639 votes) | 105 | 20240319 |
| 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. | 2004 | Jean-Paul Salomé | Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 5.5 (7.1K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2010 | Julien Leclercq | Action, History, Thriller | 6.1 (4K votes) | 91 | 20230806 |
| 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. | 2013 | Germinal Alvarez | Crime, Fantasy, Thriller | 6.5 (991 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2010 | Éric Lartigau | Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (3.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Blind Man [A l'aveugle]A police inspector must solve two grisly murders. The problem is that his only suspect is a blind man. | 2012 | Xavier Palud | Action, Thriller | 5.7 (1.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| CacheA married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch. | 2005 | Michael Haneke (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (78K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2004 | Nicolas Boukhrief | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (3.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| 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, howev | 2002 | Lucas Belvaux | Thriller, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (1.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2009 | Daniel Monzón | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (66.5K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1970 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (24.6K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| 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... | 2014 | Vincent Garenq | Thriller | 6.6 (931 votes) | 106 | 20220806 |
| 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. | 2002 | Manuel Boursinhac | Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama | 5.4 (1.1K votes) | 116 | 20230806 |
| Confession, The [L'aveu]A high-ranking official is forced to confess to high treason. | 1970 | Costa-Gavras (*) | Drama, History, Thriller | 7.9 (4.2K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Connection, The [La French]A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings. | 2014 | Cédric Jimenez | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.1 (10.5K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Cop, A [Un Flic]After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist. | 1972 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Thriller | 7.1 (9.4K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Nicolas Boukhrief | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (834 votes) | 105 | 20221116 |
| Counter Investigation [Contre-enquête]A cop investigates whether the man convicted of murdering his daughter is really guilty. | 2007 | Franck Mancuso | Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (3.3K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2000 | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | Crime, Thriller | 6.2 (738 votes) | 100 | 20240511 |
| 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. | 2012 | Jérôme Cornuau | Thriller | 5.2 (192 votes) | 97 | 20230806 |
| 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. | 1987 | Claude Chabrol (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.4 (976 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1981 | Michel Deville | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (797 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Deuxieme Souffle, LeA gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in. | 1966 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.9 (5.9K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1981 | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance, Thriller | 7.2 (12.8K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Doulos, LeA burglar betraying other criminals, prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend that might be as untrustworthy as he. | 1962 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Thriller | 7.8 (10.4K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Espion, lève-toiSébastien Grenier,a secret agent eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates. | 1982 | Yves Boisset | Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (922 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| 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 sh | 2000 | Randall Fontana | Action, Crime, Thriller | 4.5 (173 votes) | 90 | 20220414 |
| 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 ... | 2012 | Gabriel Pelletier | Thriller | 6.4 (394 votes) | 122 | 20230806 |
| Few Days in September, A [Quelques jours en septembre]On September 1st, 2001 a spy receives information that something terrible will happen soon. | 2006 | Santiago Amigorena | Drama, Thriller | 5.2 (1.9K votes) | 116 | 20240614 |
| 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, | 2002 | Olivier Marchal | Action, Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.4 (876 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Gibraltar [The Informant]A story centered on a man who works as an informant for the French border patrol. | 2013 | Julien Leclercq | Crime, Thriller | 6.3 (1.5K votes) | 116 | 20230806 |
| 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... | 2008 | Olivier Van Hoofstadt | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.8 (2K votes) | 110 | 20230806 |
| 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... | 2003 | Guillaume Nicloux | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (616 votes) | 100 | 20231101 |
| 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. | 2007 | Régis Wargnier | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.5 (1.5K votes) | 116 | 20230806 |
| 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 action | 2011 | Christophe Ruggia | Drama, Thriller | 4.8 (186 votes) | 107 | 20240614 |
| 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. | 2002 | Gaspar Noé (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (129.3K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2007 | Guillaume Nicloux | Thriller | 5.6 (640 votes) | 115 | 20220912 |
| 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. | 1998 | Graham Guit | Action, Comedy, Crime | 5.2 (254 votes) | 102 | 20220414 |
| 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. | 1990 | Luc Besson (*) | Action, Thriller | 7.3 (70.9K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| 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 sh | 2010 | Fabrice Gobert | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (1.1K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Lookout, The [Le guetteur]A detective hunts for the marksman who foiled the plan to catch a notorious team of bank robbers. | 2012 | Michele Placido | Action, Crime, Thriller | 5.7 (2.9K votes) | 89 | 20230806 |
| 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. | 2015 | Nicolas Boukhrief | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (2.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| 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 ... | 2013 | Sylvain White | Thriller | 5.6 (1.3K votes) | 106 | 20230806 |
| 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. | 2014 | Fred Cavayé | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.1 (2.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| MobiusAn FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman, who works as a trader in a Russian bank. | 2013 | Eric Rochant | Drama, Thriller | 6.1 (5.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| 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... | 2007 | Alexis Durand-Brault | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.1 (1K votes) | 85 | 20230806 |
| 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. | 2002 | Florent-Emilio Siri | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (5.5K votes) | 107 | 20220806 |
| 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. | 2014 | Cédric Anger | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (2.8K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| 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"). | 2000 | Fabián Bielinsky | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (52K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2014 | Matthieu Delaporte | Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (1.8K votes) | 118 | 20220315 |
| 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... | 2012 | Philippe Lefebvre | Crime, Drama | 6.5 (1.3K votes) | 100 | 20221116 |
| Paris Lockdown [Truands]A Parisian criminal gang fall apart after challenges to the gang's leader lessen his influence. | 2007 | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | Crime, Thriller | 5.6 (1.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| 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... | 2012 | Cédric Jimenez, Arnaud Duprey | Thriller | 6.0 (681 votes) | 80 | 20230806 |
| 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. | 2011 | Akim Isker | Comedy, Crime | 5.1 (266 votes) | 89 | 20240614 |
| Police Python 357An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him. | 1976 | Alain Corneau | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (1.8K votes) | 165 | 20211228 |
| 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... | 2013 | Delphine Noels | Drama, Thriller | 5.7 (49 votes) | 95 | 20240511 |
| 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... | 2006 | Lionel Delplanque | Drama, Thriller | 5.7 (597 votes) | 97 | 20240511 |
| 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 Maure | 2011 | Eric Valette | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (5.4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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 ne | 2002 | Guillaume Nicloux | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (906 votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1981 | Georges Lautner | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (15.1K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| 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 | 2006 | Lucas Belvaux | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (685 votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2008 | Jacques Maillot | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.2 (985 votes) | 106 | 20240511 |
| Samourai, LeAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner. | 1967 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (49.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Secret Agents [Agents secrets]Moles threaten to foil a team of secret agents' plan. | 2004 | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | Crime, Action, Thriller | 5.4 (4.7K votes) | 109 | 20230806 |
| 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 h | 1979 | Alain Corneau | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (2.9K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2003 | Gilles Bourdos | Drama, Thriller | 5.5 (181 votes) | 137 | 20240810 |
| 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. | 2009 | Eric Valette | Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (669 votes) | 99 | 20240319 |
| 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... | 2010 | Patrick Demers | Thriller | 6.0 (211 votes) | 95 | 20230806 |
| 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 | 1982 | Henri Verneuil | Drama, Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (767 votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 2010 | Grégoire Vigneron | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (1.6K votes) | 95 | 20230806 |
| Treatment, TheA police inspector haunted by the childhood abduction of his brother becomes obsessed with the disturbing case of a dangerous serial kidnapper | 2014 | Hans Herbots | Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (8.8K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| 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... | 2009 | Xavier Ruiz | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 4.7 (247 votes) | 105 | 20230806 |
| 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. | 2010 | Christophe Blanc | Thriller | 5.4 (597 votes) | 100 | 20220414 |
| Bulletface | 2010 | Howie Askins, Albert Pyun, Joe Baile | Thriller | 3.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Broken Thread | 2007 | Mahesh Mathai | Thriller | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L'affaire Marcorelle | 2000 | Serge Le Péron | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |