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French cinema: Crime/Thriller
Identité judiciaire (1951)
Hervé Bromberger
When 17-year-old Denise runs away from home, the police make haste to find her. They arrive too late. She drowns herself in a canal, the third casualty of a dangerous psychopath who drugs his victims and either abandons them or murders them...
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Hervé Bromberger
L'Inconnu du lac (2013)
Alain Guiraudie
A secluded beach beside a placid lake provides a haven for a handful of men who feel the need to strip off and surrender themselves to the sun's rays and the admiring gaze of others...
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Alain Guiraudie
L'Insoumis (1964)
Alain Cavalier
When his wife leaves him, Thomas enlists in the French foreign legion and is posted to Algeria. During the 1961 uprising, Thomas deserts and goes into hiding...
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Alain Cavalier
Interdit de séjour (1955)
Maurice de Canonge
Pierre Ménard is a young man who makes an honest living working in a Paris jewellery. Unfortunately, he gets into bad company when he falls for Suzie, an attractive young woman who, unbeknown to him, works as a hostess in a sleazy Pigalle nightclub...
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Maurice de Canonge
Judex (1916)
Louis Feuillade
Robert Moralés, an ex-convict, has entered into a partnership with the beautiful but treacherous adventuress Diana Monti...
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Louis Feuillade
Judex (1963)
Georges Franju
The banker Favraux has made his fortune by preying on others far less scrupulous than he. One day, he receives a letter from someone named Judex threatening him with death unless he returns his ill-gotten gains to those from whom he stole them... [More...]
Georges Franju
The banker Favraux has made his fortune by preying on others far less scrupulous than he. One day, he receives a letter from someone named Judex threatening him with death unless he returns his ill-gotten gains to those from whom he stole them... [More...]
Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977)
Yves Boisset
Jean-Marie Fayard is an incorruptible young judge who appears determined to live up to his nickname 'Le Shériff'. His present investigation into a series of deaths linked to a prominent businessman brings him into conflict with his superiors, who are keen to see him redirect his efforts towards less problematic cases... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Jean-Marie Fayard is an incorruptible young judge who appears determined to live up to his nickname 'Le Shériff'. His present investigation into a series of deaths linked to a prominent businessman brings him into conflict with his superiors, who are keen to see him redirect his efforts towards less problematic cases... [More...]
Jusqu'au dernier (1957)
Pierre Billon
After a successful hold-up, Fernand Bastia betrays his gangster friends and flees with the booty, taking refuge in a travelling circus where his sister Marcella works... [More...]
Pierre Billon
After a successful hold-up, Fernand Bastia betrays his gangster friends and flees with the booty, taking refuge in a travelling circus where his sister Marcella works... [More...]
Justin de Marseille (1935)
Maurice Tourneur
In 1930s Marseille, Justin makes a dishonest living as the town's most respected gangster. Loyal to those who serve him well, Justin has few enemies and he rules the town unopposed - until he gets into a deadly feud with an unscrupulous Italian rival, Esposito... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
In 1930s Marseille, Justin makes a dishonest living as the town's most respected gangster. Loyal to those who serve him well, Justin has few enemies and he rules the town unopposed - until he gets into a deadly feud with an unscrupulous Italian rival, Esposito... [More...]
Juve contre Fantômas (1913)
Louis Feuillade
Police Inspector Juve has good reason to think that his formidable archenemy Fantômas is up to his old tricks when the body of a woman, badly disfigured, is found at the private residence of Dr Chaleck... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
Police Inspector Juve has good reason to think that his formidable archenemy Fantômas is up to his old tricks when the body of a woman, badly disfigured, is found at the private residence of Dr Chaleck... [More...]
Lady Jane (2008)
Robert Guédiguian
In 1960s Marseilles, three tearaway adolescents - Muriel, François and René - make a dishonest living by selling stolen fur coats... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
In 1960s Marseilles, three tearaway adolescents - Muriel, François and René - make a dishonest living by selling stolen fur coats... [More...]
Léon (1994)
Luc Besson
Léon is a professional hitman whose life is changed forever when he meets Mathilda, a twelve year old girl who lives a few doors next to him... [More...]
Luc Besson
Léon is a professional hitman whose life is changed forever when he meets Mathilda, a twelve year old girl who lives a few doors next to him... [More...]
Les Liens du sang (2008)
Jacques Maillot
Lyons, in the late 1970s. François is a dedicated police inspector. His brother Gabriel is a crook who has just finished serving a prison sentence for murder... [More...]
Jacques Maillot
Lyons, in the late 1970s. François is a dedicated police inspector. His brother Gabriel is a crook who has just finished serving a prison sentence for murder... [More...]
Liste noire (1984)
Alain Bonnot
David, Jacky and Nathalie are three teenage rebels who decide to hold up a bank. The weaponry is provided by a man who, unbeknown to them, belongs to a gang that intends to use their hold up as a diversion for their own daylight heist... [More...]
Alain Bonnot
David, Jacky and Nathalie are three teenage rebels who decide to hold up a bank. The weaponry is provided by a man who, unbeknown to them, belongs to a gang that intends to use their hold up as a diversion for their own daylight heist... [More...]
Lucky Jo (1964)
Michel Deville
Lucky Jo is a crook for whom nothing ever seems to go right. He is an amiable sort of guy, always means to do good, but somehow the gods are never on his side - as his gang discovers when he wrecks their criminal exploits... [More...]
Michel Deville
Lucky Jo is a crook for whom nothing ever seems to go right. He is an amiable sort of guy, always means to do good, but somehow the gods are never on his side - as his gang discovers when he wrecks their criminal exploits... [More...]
Made in U.S.A. (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard
Paula Nelson, a young journalist, arranges to meet up with her ex-boyfriend, Richard Politzer, in Atlantic City. Shortly after her arrival in this most ordinary of French towns Paul learns that Richard is dead, the victim of an unknown assassin... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Paula Nelson, a young journalist, arranges to meet up with her ex-boyfriend, Richard Politzer, in Atlantic City. Shortly after her arrival in this most ordinary of French towns Paul learns that Richard is dead, the victim of an unknown assassin... [More...]
Maigret tend un piège (1958)
Jean Delannoy
A mysterious serial killer is at work in the Marais district of Paris. So far he has claimed the lives of four victims, all young women, all savagely stabbed to death... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
A mysterious serial killer is at work in the Marais district of Paris. So far he has claimed the lives of four victims, all young women, all savagely stabbed to death... [More...]
Mange tes morts (2014)
Jean-Charles Hue
18-year-old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of travellers. He is getting ready for his Christian baptism when his half-brother Fred shows up out of the blue, having spent several years in prison... [More...]
Jean-Charles Hue
18-year-old Jason Dorkel belongs to a community of travellers. He is getting ready for his Christian baptism when his half-brother Fred shows up out of the blue, having spent several years in prison... [More...]
La Mariée était en Noir (1967)
François Truffaut
At a party to celebrate his engagement, a young man named Bliss is drawn to a mysterious woman he has never seen before but who seems to know him... [More...]
François Truffaut
At a party to celebrate his engagement, a young man named Bliss is drawn to a mysterious woman he has never seen before but who seems to know him... [More...]
Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)
Henri Verneuil
Monsieur Charles has only been out of jail five minutes after completing his last stretch before he begins planning his next robbery... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Monsieur Charles has only been out of jail five minutes after completing his last stretch before he begins planning his next robbery... [More...]
La Menace (1977)
Alain Corneau
Dominique Montlaure owns a substantial trucking business near to Bordeaux, which she runs with the help of her boyfriend, Henri Savin... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Dominique Montlaure owns a substantial trucking business near to Bordeaux, which she runs with the help of her boyfriend, Henri Savin... [More...]
Merry-Go-Round (1981)
Jacques Rivette
Ben, a young American, and Léo, a young French woman, meet at an airport in Paris. They had been hoping to meet up with Léo's sister Elisabeth, who is also Ben's girlfriend, but she is mysteriously absent... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Ben, a young American, and Léo, a young French woman, meet at an airport in Paris. They had been hoping to meet up with Léo's sister Elisabeth, who is also Ben's girlfriend, but she is mysteriously absent... [More...]
Mesrine: L'Ennemi public n°1 (2008)
Jean-François Richet
Following his outrageous criminal escapades in France and Canada, Jacques Mesrine has become Public Enemy N° 1, the man most wanted by both the police and the media... [More...]
Jean-François Richet
Following his outrageous criminal escapades in France and Canada, Jacques Mesrine has become Public Enemy N° 1, the man most wanted by both the police and the media... [More...]
Mesrine: L'Instinct de mort (2008)
Jean-François Richet
Serving in Algeria in the late 1950s, a young French soldier, Jacques Mesrine, soon develops a taste for violence, adventure and killing... [More...]
Jean-François Richet
Serving in Algeria in the late 1950s, a young French soldier, Jacques Mesrine, soon develops a taste for violence, adventure and killing... [More...]
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Mille milliards de dollars (1982)
Henri Verneuil
Paul Kerjean is a journalist on a leading French news weekly, La Tribune. One day, he receives an anonymous phone call revealing that the respected industrialist Jacques Benoît-Lambert is facing financial ruin... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Paul Kerjean is a journalist on a leading French news weekly, La Tribune. One day, he receives an anonymous phone call revealing that the respected industrialist Jacques Benoît-Lambert is facing financial ruin... [More...]
Mort d'un pourri (1977)
Georges Lautner
Xavier Maréchal agrees to provide his friend Philippe Dubaye with an alibi when the latter confesses to him that he has just murdered a business associate, Serrano... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Xavier Maréchal agrees to provide his friend Philippe Dubaye with an alibi when the latter confesses to him that he has just murdered a business associate, Serrano... [More...]
Le Mort qui tue (1913)
Louis Feuillade
The journalist Fandor is left to lament the death of his courageous friend and ally Inspector Juve after the latter perished in an explosion in the course of their most recent dramatic tussle with the evil master of crime Fantômas... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
The journalist Fandor is left to lament the death of his courageous friend and ally Inspector Juve after the latter perished in an explosion in the course of their most recent dramatic tussle with the evil master of crime Fantômas... [More...]
Mortelle randonnée (1983)
Claude Miller
Haunted by a past that he does his best to bury, fifty-something Louis Beauvoir leads a solitary life in which there is no place for sentiment or intimate human contact... [More...]
Claude Miller
Haunted by a past that he does his best to bury, fifty-something Louis Beauvoir leads a solitary life in which there is no place for sentiment or intimate human contact... [More...]
Le Mystère de la tour Eiffel (1928)
Julien Duvivier
With their 'Siamese Twins' dance act, the Mironton Brothers - Achille Saturnin and his exact double - are one of the main attractions at a popular Parisian fairground... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
With their 'Siamese Twins' dance act, the Mironton Brothers - Achille Saturnin and his exact double - are one of the main attractions at a popular Parisian fairground... [More...]