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Rififi
1955 · 118m
HeistThrillerDrama
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old…
French Crime Movies
60 French crime movies. Includes Rififi, Le Cercle Rouge, and Elevator to the Gallows.
Common vibes here: Mob / Mafia · Mafia & Mob · Heist
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Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · 140m
HeistPrisonDrama
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return.
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Max
Elevator to the Gallows
1958 · 92m
DramaThriller
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
84
A Prophet
2009 · 155m
Mob / MafiaPrisonMafia & Mob
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write.
84
Prime
Le Samouraï
1967 · 105m
ThrillerDrama
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent…
83
Band of Outsiders
1964 · 97m
Romantic ComedyHeistMarriage & Divorce
Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile.
82
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954 · 95m
Mob / MafiaNeo-Noir & Film NoirHostage & Kidnapping
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the…
81
Purple Noon
1960 · 118m
Gambling & CasinosCon Artists & GriftersDrama
Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
81
The Big Risk
1960 · 110m
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway.
80
Daybreak
1939 · 93m
Neo-Noir & Film NoirDrama
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
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The Kingdom
2024 · 111m
Parenthood & Family BondsDramaThriller
Lesia, a teenager, is taken by a man to a villa where her fugitive father and his men are hiding.
78
Tubi
Léon: The Professional
1994 · 111m
Mob / MafiaNeo-Noir & Film NoirRevenge Thriller
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner".
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36th Precinct
2004 · 111m
DramaThriller
In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves.
77
Prime
Les Misérables
2019 · 104m
DramaThriller
Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les…
77
Tubi
The Night of the 12th
2022 · 114m
MysteryDrama
Young and ambitious Captain Vivés has just been appointed group leader at the Grenoble Criminal Squad when Clara's murder case lands on his desk.
77
The Unfaithful Wife
1969 · 94m
Marriage & DivorceDramaThriller
A man begins to believe his wife is cheating on him.
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Case 137
2025 · 115m
Drama
When Internal Affairs officer Stéphanie investigates a young man severely injured during a chaotic Paris demonstration and finds no police…
76
Tubi
Dheepan
2015 · 115m
Drama
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface…
76
Paradise Now
2005 · 90m
ThrillerDramaWar
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv
75
The Sicilian Clan
1969 · 121m
Revenge ThrillerCon Artists & GriftersRevenge
An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police…
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Tubi
Judex
1963 · 104m
ThrillerMystery
Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade.
74
Prime
The Crime is Mine
2023 · 103m
Whodunit & MysteryMurder MysteryComedy
In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer.
73
Tubi
Polytechnique
2009 · 77m
Hostage & KidnappingCollege & CampusDrama
A dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, on December 9, 1989, where 14 female engineering students were murdered (and 13…
72
November
2022 · 105m
DramaThriller
In November 2015, a series of unprecedented and deadly attacks hits Paris.
72
Prime
Two Men in Town
1973 · 99m
Spy / EspionageEspionageGrief & Loss
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison.
72
Tubi
Mafia Inc.
2020 · 143m
Mob / MafiaMafia & MobDrama
The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation.
72
Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941 · 105m
HolidayMystery
A village in the French Alps is rocked by a series of crimes, including the theft of a sacred ring and the murder of a man dressed as Père Noël…
71
We Are All Murderers
1952 · 117m
Drama
Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's…
70
Prime
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
2006 · 99m
Spy / EspionageEspionageAction
Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and…
70
The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961 · 98m
Con Artists & GriftersComedy
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses.
69
First Name: Carmen
1983 · 85m
HeistDramaComedy
A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.
69
Prime
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Prime
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
2009 · 100m
Spy / EspionageEspionageAction
In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into…
68
Borsalino
1970 · 125m
Buddy ComedyMob / MafiaMafia & Mob
In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman.
68
The French Detective
1975 · 87m
DramaThriller
When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as…
68
Tubi
Flic Story
1975 · 112m
HeistProceduralNeo-Noir & Film Noir
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to…
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A Man's Head
1933 · 90m
Whodunit & MysteryMurder MysteryMystery
Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke.
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Tubi
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977 · 120m
Thriller
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a…
67
The Dominici Affair
1973 · 105m
Drama
In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered.
66
The Nest
2002 · 107m
Mob / MafiaMafia & MobAction
Laborie is a high-flying officer in the French special forces.
66
Prime
Farewell, Friend
1968 · 115m
HeistFriendshipAction
After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways.
66
Father and Guns 2
2017 · 117m
Mob / MafiaEspionageMafia & Mob
A few years after they infiltrated a therapy program for fathers and sons, Marc Laroche is having some issues with his girlfriend Alice and…
65
The Crimson Rivers
2000 · 106m
ProceduralTrue CrimeDetective
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave…
65
Prime
The Soul Eater
2024 · 111m
Supernatural HorrorDark FantasySupernatural
When the disappearance of children and bloody murders multiply in a small mountain village, an old legend shrouded in sulphur reappears...
65
Tubi
Two Men in Manhattan
1959 · 84m
DramaThriller
Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.
65
The Witness
1978 · 90m
Drama
An Italian painter, Antonio Berti, pays a visit to Reims to his friend Robert Maurisson, a banker with political views on the town hall, who…
64
Tubi
A Gang Story
2011 · 102m
Mob / MafiaMafia & MobDrama
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins.
64
Prime
Mama Weed
2020 · 104m
DramaComedy
A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.
64
Let the Corpses Tan
2017 · 92m
HeistPsychologicalWestern
With a heavy haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion, the grizzled criminal mastermind, Rhino, and his ruthless gang of cutthroats, head to a…
64
Prime
Paris by Night
2012 · 100m
Drama
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…
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Inspector Lavardin
1986 · 100m
DramaMystery
Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
63
Prime
Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart
2014 · 111m
Based on a True StorySerial KillerThriller
Between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise are in fear of a maniac who kills several hitchhikers and escape the police.
63
Prime
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Traceless
2010 · 90m
Étienne Meunier (Benoît Magimel) is a young executive who has everything going for him.
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