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poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
8.0
/64358/
78
/1604/
77
/1196/
4.2
/186557/
92
/51/
93
/1100/
90
/21/

Le Samouraï (1967)
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.7
/93034/
74
/1777/
75
/1938/
3.9
/260667/
95
/81/
90
/2242/
96
/24/

Breathless (1960)
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
poster
The Roku Channel
85
8.1
/72522/
78
/1286/
79
/1049/
4.2
/80528/
95
/88/
93
/869/

Diabolique (1955)
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.7
/9495/
75
/188/
72
/269/
3.9
/11239/
100
/26/
86
/105/
85
/8/

Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.9
/31028/
78
/630/
75
/665/
4.1
/65847/
93
/60/
91
/448/
94
/16/

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
poster
82
7.3
/9995/
70
/193/
71
/256/
3.8
/11036/
100
/7/
84
/110/

The Butcher (1970)
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
poster
82
7.6
/5246/
71
/82/
74
/155/
3.9
/4868/
100
/8/
79
/40/

This Man Must Die (1969)
When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.7
/12997/
75
/232/
74
/293/
3.9
/18095/
96
/27/
90
/150/

Le Doulos (1962)
Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/23346/
75
/461/
75
/572/
4.0
/64914/
92
/39/
92
/161/

Purple Noon (1960)
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.
poster
79
7.5
/4907/
72
/102/
69
/138/
3.8
/4351/
100
/28/
84
/43/
84
/9/

The Big Risk (1960)
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to start fresh with his family.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.0
/29586/
69
/657/
69
/587/
3.7
/63170/
92
/52/
81
/709/
92
/7/

Alphaville (1965)
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
poster
Criterion Channel
78
77
7.4
/21662/
72
/358/
72
/424/
3.8
/36958/
90
/30/
88
/381/

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
7.6
/8586/
72
/129/
72
/185/
3.8
/8732/
100
/32/
87
/95/
98
/12/

Pépé le Moko (1937)
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
76
7.9
/7317/
76
/125/
76
/196/
4.0
/7688/
100
/9/
93
/71/

Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
poster
MGM Plus
76
7.2
/11175/
68
/163/
71
/275/
3.7
/13839/
85
/20/
80
/158/

The Bride Wore Black (1968)
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves home, with the intent track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?
poster
Kanopy
82
75
7.7
/6776/
74
/110/
75
/186/
3.8
/6712/
100
/34/
89
/74/
89
/10/

Jenny Lamour (1947)
Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
73
7.7
/8777/
75
/148/
75
/245/
3.9
/10063/
92
/24/
88
/61/

Daybreak (1939)
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/7144/
65
/162/
70
/209/
3.7
/6618/
88
/8/
82
/63/

Coup de Torchon (1981)
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
71
7.6
/6570/
73
/98/
73
/197/
3.8
/6294/
100
/15/
84
/49/

Casque d'Or (1952)
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
poster
Kanopy
71
67
7.0
/11958/
67
/228/
66
/269/
3.6
/17464/
82
/22/
69
/95/
72
/5/

A Cop (1972)
A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s having an affair with is a bank robber planning a heist.
poster
77
65
7.3
/3833/
69
/69/
75
/151/
3.8
/6192/
92
/469/

Serie Noire (1979)
In the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious young woman trapped in a grim world. As his obsession deepens, his grip on reality begins to slip—and the line between escape and destruction starts to blur.
poster
MGM Plus
70
63
6.9
/7939/
64
/100/
66
/209/
3.5
/8683/
83
/18/
73
/72/

Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
56
7.3
/3876/
72
/82/
72
/154/
3.7
/5396/
80
/5/
82
/10/

The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942)
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.
poster
51
5.9
/1642/
56
/22/
56
/54/
3.2
/1004/
20
/5/
52
/5/

The Moon in the Gutter (1983)
A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for two women.
poster
62
48
6.6
/2421/
60
/46/
63
/68/
3.4
/3664/
57
/266/

Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.
poster
68
46
6.9
/2088/
68
/52/
73
/108/
3.5
/1146/
60
/53/

Last Known Address (1970)
Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
poster
59
42
6.6
/3355/
63
/80/
69
/125/
3.5
/2069/
33
/6/
54
/9/

The Burglars (1971)
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.
poster
72
40
7.4
/2072/
71
/35/
66
/59/
3.5
/1554/
82
/11/

Thérèse Raquin (1953)
Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.
poster
Hoopla
66
38
6.5
/993/
59
/20/
67
/38/
3.4
/1192/
92
/12/
46
/6/

Le Combat dans l’île (1962)
The charismatic, surly son of a wealthy industrialist, Clément, leads a double life as a member of a right-wing extremist organization. When he’s ratted out after a failed assassination attempt on a prominent politician, Clément and his long-suffering wife Anne flee Paris to the idyllic country home of his childhood friend, pacifist print-maker Paul. As affection blossoms between Paul and Anne, the emotional, as well as political tensions, soar and eventually explode.
poster
Hoopla
67
35
7.0
/1090/
63
/27/
62
/45/
3.7
/1281/

Witness in the City (1959)
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.
poster
Kanopy
62
34
6.5
/1585/
58
/17/
61
/56/
3.4
/1406/
40
/5/
80
/8/

The Outside Man (1972)
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
poster
66
30
6.7
/968/
64
/12/
63
/22/
3.5
/509/
70

And Hope to Die (1972)
A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.
poster
Kanopy
69
29
7.2
/781/
65
/14/
66
/35/
3.7
/911/

Symphony for a Massacre (1963)
A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.
poster
Hoopla
63
20
6.3
/691/
63
/14/
64
/34/
3.3
/345/

Hi-Jack Highway (1955)
A trucker encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police, who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death, and his new truck is impounded. To make matters worse, the man's widow accuses him of having robbed her husband, and a gang of sinister crooks are also harassing him.
poster
57
17
5.4
/600/
60
/11/
50
/35/
3.2
/352/

Street of the Damned (1984)
In a desolate Paris suburb, no one dares challenge crime boss Hagen, who rules his turf with an iron fist. That includes his former friend Chet, who vows to keep to himself in order to protect his loved ones. But Hagen keeps pushing his buttons… and Chet can only stand for so much before he explodes.
poster
53
16
5.8
/919/
52
/17/
53
/23/
3.2
/718/
40
/1/

The Champagne Murders (1967)
A champagne tycoon's partner suspects his partner's gigolo husband of murders he's been framed for.
poster
70
15
7.2
/519/
68
/18/
68
/19/
3.6
/225/

Highway Pick-Up (1963)
An escaped convict makes a remote gas station his safe haven. But soon the cunning, devious wife of the owner seeks a chance to use him to get what she wants.
poster
?
40
/1/

Détester (2022)
Human? Machine?
poster
?
100
/1/

Telebear (2019)
When a new murderer in town travels through the phone, Detective Rick finds that all signs point to the culprit being a bear. But bears can't use phones. Can they?
poster
?
7.3
/85/
75
/4/
65
/8/

The Clouzot Scandal (2017)
Great filmmakers claim the artistic influence of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-1977), a master of suspense, with a unique vision of the world, who knew how to offer both great shows and subtle studies of characters. Beyond the myth of the tyrannical director, a contrasting portrait of a visionary, an agitator, an artist against the system.
poster
62
?
6.5
/177/
60
/3/
57
/8/

Portrait of a Murderer (1949)
A circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a potentially deadly stunt after he attempted to kill her.
poster
64
?
6.8
/364/
60
/7/
66
/11/

Blonde in a White Car (1959)
Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he's looking for.
poster
68
?
6.9
/438/
70
/4/
66
/11/

Personal Column (1939)
To try solving the strange disappearances of 11 young Parisian women, the police obtain the services of Adrienne Charpentier, friend of the latest missing person.
poster
59
?
6.6
/252/
52
/7/
62
/9/

The Wicked Go to Hell (1955)
Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the path of Marina Vlady, with whom they all fall in love. Alas for our "heroes," Vlady intends to avenge the death of her sweetheart at the hands of Hossein and his confreres. Not only do these heels go to Hell, but they do so with a spectacular flourish. Les Salauds Vont en Enfer was adapted by Rene Wheeler from a play by Frederic Dard.
poster
49
?
5.6
/140/
35
/2/
57
/7/

Ladies' Man (1962)
A famous FBI agent's vacation is interrupted by murder. His investigation leads him on the trail of three women of the local upper middle class.
poster
63
?
7.3
/317/
55
/7/
60
/8/
3.5
/242/

Paris Pick-Up (1962)
On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.
poster
?

French Story
Years after the crime, three clueless investigators discuss the disappearance of a young tourist in a small French town.
poster
?

Archimime! (2021)
A damned stupid mime befriends three psychotic lunatics living on the streets who stalk and harass his former lover.


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