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French Crime Shows

25 French crime shows. Includes The Bureau, Astrid & Raphaëlle, and Samber.

Common vibes here: Detective · Procedural

List last changed October 19, 2026 · How scores work

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The Bureau
86
Paramount+

The Bureau

2015 · 5 Seasons

EspionageDrama

Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most…

Astrid & Raphaëlle
81

Astrid & Raphaëlle

2020 · 7 Seasons

Astrid Nielsen works in the library of the judicial police.

Samber
80

Samber

2023 · 1 Season

Based on a True Story

Late 80’s in Northern France, women are being sexually assaulted along the same road by the Samber river – with attacks taking place early…

Maigret
79

Maigret

1991 · 1 Season

MysteryDrama

The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.

Lupin
76
Netflix

Lupin

2021 · 3 Seasons

HeistProceduralDetective

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

Balthazar
76

Balthazar

2018 · 5 Seasons

Facing a series of complex murder cases, new police commander Hélène Bach must learn to work with the brilliant yet exasperating Raphaël, who can…

District 31
75

District 31

2016 · 6 Seasons

Drama

After years of keeping his detectives at the headquarters, the Montreal PD has decided to reassign them to neighbourhood precincts in an effort to…

The Break
74

The Break

2016 · 2 Seasons

Drama

The story is set in a small village in the Ardennes, where a young African footballer is found dead.

Vortex
74
Netflix

Vortex

2023 · 1 Season

Time-Travel Sci-FiTime TravelScience Fiction

Two mysterious deaths.

Black Butterflies
73
Netflix

Black Butterflies

2022 · 1 Season

True CrimeSerial KillerDetective

Low on inspiration for his second book, a gloomy novelist agrees to write a memoir for a dying man — and swiftly becomes part of his bloodstained…

Profiling Paris
73

Profiling Paris

2009 · 10 Seasons

Drama

Chloé Saint-Laurent is a profiler and works with a police team to solve murders in Paris.

Public Enemy
73
Netflix

Public Enemy

2016 · 3 Seasons

Small TownPsychologicalDrama

Freed after 20 years in prison, the child killer Guy Beranger found refuge with the monks in Vielsart, a small village in Belgian's Ardennes.

Ganglands
72
Netflix

Ganglands

2021 · 2 Seasons

ActionAdventure

Mehdi, a qualified robber, and Liana, an apprentice thief, get involved in a turf war between drug dealers, and have to collaborate in order to…

Black Spot
72

Black Spot

2017 · 2 Seasons

ProceduralDetectiveSupernatural

In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area.

The Forest
71

The Forest

2017 · 1 Season

ProceduralDetectiveDrama

In a small quiet village in the Ardennes, a sixteen-year-old girl disappears into the forest after calling her teacher in the middle of the night.

The Art of Crime
71

The Art of Crime

2017 · 9 Seasons

Drama

Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC…

The Chalet
69

The Chalet

2018 · 1 Season

Revenge ThrillerSmall TownFriendship

Friends gathered at a remote chalet in the French Alps for a summer getaway are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.

The Crimson Rivers
68

The Crimson Rivers

2018 · 4 Seasons

Serial KillerMystery

Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.

Deadly Tropics
68
Tubi

Deadly Tropics

2019 · 7 Seasons

Drama

On the Caribbean island of Martinique, in the middle of the tropics, several mysterious murders occur.

Laetitia
67

Laetitia

2020 · 1 Season

Drama

Eighteen-year-old Laetitia has disappeared.

Unit 42
66

Unit 42

2017 · 2 Seasons

CyberpunkMysteryDrama

The investigations of two police officers from The Brussels Digital Unit, a unit specializing in cybercrime.

Capitaine Marleau
66

Capitaine Marleau

2015 · 4 Seasons

Drama

Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective.

Under a Dark Sun
61
Netflix

Under a Dark Sun

2025 · 1 Season

True CrimeMysteryDrama

On the run from her troubled past, a young mother is accused of killing her new boss at a flower farm just before discovering he's actually her…

Gone for Good
61
Netflix

Gone for Good

2021 · 1 Season

DramaMystery

Ten years after losing two loved ones, a man is plunged into another dizzying mystery when his girlfriend vanishes.

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