Movies by Lists - Georges Simenon on Cinema (23 [27]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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All Saints' Day Traveller, The [Le voyageur de la Toussaint]Gilles Mauvoisin, the only descendant of his late uncle Octave, inherits his entire fortune. Uncle Octave was poisoned with arsenic and suspicion focused immediately on his widow, Colette Mauvoisin. But Gilles has doubts about her... | 1943 | Louis Daquin | Crime, Drama | 7.4 (195 votes) | 102 | 20240614 |
Chat, LeIn 1971 Courbevoie (France), former typographist Julien Bouin and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, which is soon to be demolished. To Clemence's anger, Julien's cat G | 1971 | Pierre Granier-Deferre | Drama | 7.6 (2.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Clockmaker of St. Paul [L'horloger de Saint-Paul]A Watchmaker finds out one day that his son has become a murderer. He tries to understand for whom and why. | 1974 | Bertrand Tavernier | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (2.5K votes) | 105 | 20220723 |
End of Belle, The [La mort de Belle]Stéphane Blanchon, who teaches at the International College, lives a quiet comfortable life in Geneva. He is married to Christine, a cold, dry-hearted woman, and his sentimental life is reduced to zero. One day, Belle Shermann, an Am | 1961 | Édouard Molinaro | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.9 (134 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
In Case of Bad Luck [En cas de malheur]A middle-aged lawyer becomes infatuated with a young thief. | 2010 | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.0 (57 votes) | 88 | 20240614 |
Inspector Maigret [Maigret tend un piege]A serial killer is targeting women in the seedy district of Montmartre. | 1958 | Jean Delannoy | Crime, Drama | 7.2 (1.8K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
La tête d'un hommeWilly is broke and his mistress always wants more money. A stranger in a pub agrees to murder his aunt, but everything will not go as planned. Maigret will try to separate fact and fiction. | 1933 | Julien Duvivier (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (588 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Magnet of Doom [L'aîné des Ferchaux]Broke French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet becomes bodyguard for the fugitive corrupt banker Ferchaux. | 1963 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Adventure, Crime, Drama | 6.5 (1.5K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Maigret - Night at the CrossroadsMaigret: Night at the Crossroads tells a complex tale of murder, deceit and greed set in an isolated country community. | 2017 | Sarah Harding | Mystery | 7.5 (4.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Maigret a PigalleMaigret is called in to solve a crime in a night-club, and he has a field day dealing with tough characters, and beautiful bar-flies. The plot is based on Georges Simenon's novel, "Maigret au Picratt's". | 1966 | Mario Landi | Crime, Drama | 5.8 (138 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Maigret In MontmartreMaigret investigates the random murders of a Countess and a showgirl and discovers a dark secret that links their past lives at the Grand Hotel in Nice. | 2017 | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Mystery | 7.1 (3.4K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Maigret Sets A TrapChief Inspector Jules Maigret hunts for a serial killer. | 2016 | Ashley Pearce | Mystery | 7.1 (9.2K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Maigret's Dead ManMaigret plunges into the murky Parisian underworld. | 2016 | Jon East | Mystery | 7.2 (6.8K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Night at the Crossroads [Nuit du Carrefour]Inspector Maigret investigates the mysterious murder of a Dutch diamond dealer, found dead in a stolen car. The car belongs to an insurance agent, Michonnet, and has been abandoned in the garage belonging to Carl Andersen. | 1932 | Jean Renoir (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.6 (811 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
Panic [Panique]After an elderly maid is murdered, opinions are manipulated, evidence is planted, violence erupts, and panic ensues. | 1946 | Julien Duvivier (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.0 (1.9K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Paris Express, The [The Man Who Watched Trains Go By]A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of ro | 1952 | Harold French | Crime, Drama | 6.3 (567 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
PicpusPicpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed, Maigret tries to find the killer. | 1943 | Richard Pottier | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.0 (103 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Snow Was Black, The [La neige était sale]Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gelin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the... | 1954 | Luis Saslavsky | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (76 votes) | 110 | 20240524 |
Tête d'un Homme, LaWilly is broke and his mistress always wants more money. A stranger in a pub agrees to murder his aunt, but everything will not go as planned. Maigret will try to separate fact and fiction. | 1933 | Julien Duvivier (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (587 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Three Rooms in Manhattan [Trois chambres à Manhattan]When his wife leaves him, a young French actor, François Combe, moves to New York to work for a television company. One evening, he meets an attractive young woman, Kay Larsi, in a bar. | 1965 | Marcel Carné (*) | Drama | 6.5 (472 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Truth About Bebe Donge, The [La vérité sur Bébé Donge]François Donge, a wealthy mature man, is about to die. Flashback: many years ago, the seducer François meets Bébé, an idealistic young woman, and marries her. Her idealism crashes against François' personality. | 1952 | Henri Decoin | Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (676 votes) | 110 | 20240504 |
Truth of Our Marriage, The [La Vérité sur Bébé Donge]François Donge, a wealthy mature man, is about to die. Flashback: many years ago, the seducer François meets Bébé, an idealistic young woman, and marries her. Her idealism crashes against François' personality. | 1952 | Henri Decoin | Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (609 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Widow Couderc, The [La veuve Couderc]John, an escaped convict, takes refuge on the farm of Widow Couderc. He becomes the older woman's lover and admits that he's on the run. The widow's in-laws, who despise her, | 1971 | Pierre Granier-Deferre | Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (1.7K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Maigret | 1992 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Maigret | 1991 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Maigret | 1959 | nan | Crime, Drama | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
L'ours en peluche | 1994 | Jacques Deray | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 5.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |