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1. Monsieur Spade (2024)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The famous detective Sam Spade is now 60 and living as an expat in the south of France in 1963.
Stars: Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin
Votes: 5,047
2. La haine (1995)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili
Votes: 196,639 | Gross: $0.31M
3. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
PG-13 | 149 min | Mystery, Thriller
A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen
Votes: 459,012 | Gross: $217.54M
4. Astrid et Raphaëlle (2019– )
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Autistic archivist Astrid Nielsen and impulsive inspector Raphaëlle Coste work together to solve crimes in and around Paris.
Stars: Sara Mortensen, Lola Dewaere, Benoît Michel, Jean-Louis Garçon
Votes: 3,169
5. The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery
Antiques expert moves to France suspicious of how her husband died and uses her skills to become a PI aiding the local police and simultaneously bonding with the town's popular taxi driver.
Stars: Steve Edge, Alex Gaumond, Sally Lindsay, Sue Vincent
Votes: 3,257
6. Assassin Club (2023)
R | 111 min | Action, Thriller
An assassin is given a contract to kill seven people around the world only to discover the targets are also assassins who have been hired to kill him.
Director: Camille Delamarre | Stars: Henry Golding, Noomi Rapace, Daniela Melchior, Jimmy Jean-Louis
Votes: 2,855
7. Bastille Day (2016)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A young pickpocket and an unruly CIA agent team up on an anti-terrorist mission in France.
Director: James Watkins | Stars: Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly
Votes: 50,953 | Gross: $0.04M
8. Athena (2022)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.
Director: Romain Gavras | Stars: Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek
Votes: 22,358
9. November (2022)
106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
5 days into the heart of the French anti-terrorism services during the hunt for suspects after the 13/11/2015 attacks in Paris.
Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Anaïs Demoustier, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jérémie Renier
Votes: 5,725
10. Taxi 5 (2018)
102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A police officer who's transferred in the police of Marseilles gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerful Ferraris with the older nephew of Daniel, a terrible driver who gets the legendary white taxi.
Director: Franck Gastambide | Stars: Franck Gastambide, Malik Bentalha, Bernard Farcy, Salvatore Esposito
Votes: 10,790
11. Vortex (2022)
324 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
After reconnecting with his dead wife through a glitch in virtual reality, a police officer tries to negate the mysterious accident that cost her life.
Stars: Tomer Sisley, Camille Claris, Zineb Triki, Éric Pucheu
Votes: 4,016
12. French Connection II (1975)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard
Votes: 20,918 | Gross: $12.48M
13. The Stronghold (2020)
TV-MA | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.
Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Karim Leklou, François Civil, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Votes: 13,244
14. Lost Bullet (2020)
TV-MA | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A small time delinquent, turned police mechanic for a go fast task force, is forced to defend his innocence when his mentor is killed by dirty cops.
Director: Guillaume Pierret | Stars: Alban Lenoir, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Ramzy Bedia, Stéfi Celma
Votes: 14,186
15. The Takedown (2022)
TV-MA | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Diakité and Monge are police officers who are complete opposites, and get paired together to uncover an unexpectedly big criminal case.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte, Izïa Higelin, Dimitri Storoge
Votes: 8,806
16. A Cop (1972)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Riccardo Cucciolla
Votes: 10,756 | Gross: $0.05M
17. The Round Up (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, History, War
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
Director: Rose Bosch | Stars: Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh, Raphaëlle Agogué
Votes: 9,375
18. La Syndicaliste (2022)
121 min | Drama, Thriller
A thriller investigation set in the world of nuclear power and politics.
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Grégory Gadebois, François-Xavier Demaison, Pierre Deladonchamps
Votes: 1,481
19. Restless (2022)
TV-MA | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.
Director: Régis Blondeau | Stars: Franck Gastambide, Simon Abkarian, Michaël Abiteboul, Tracy Gotoas
Votes: 5,446
20. The Horde (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror
An end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.
Directors: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher | Stars: Claude Perron, Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 16,398
21. Paris Police 1900 (2021)
55 min | Crime, Drama, History
Paris, France, 1899. The corpse of an unknown woman is found in the river Seine. The investigation will push a young ambitious inspector to discover a heavy state secret.
Stars: Jérémie Laheurte, Evelyne Brochu, Thibaut Evrard, Marc Barbé
Votes: 1,438
22. Faceless (1988)
98 min | Horror, Thriller
When model Barbara Hallen disappears in France, her father's private detective traces her steps to a private plastic surgery clinic run by Dr.Flamand.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas, Christopher Mitchum
Votes: 1,836
23. Fantomas Unleashed (1965)
Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When Professor Marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, Juve, immediately suspects Fantomas.
Directors: André Hunebelle, Haroun Tazieff | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam
Votes: 8,238
24. The Last Panthers (2015–2016)
48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Independent Claims Specialist Naomi (Samantha Morton) is given the job by her boss, Tom (Sir John Hurt), of recovering stolen diamonds, no matter what it takes. Also on the trail of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahim, Goran Bogdan, John Hurt
Votes: 2,464
25. The Grilling (1981)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand
Votes: 5,348
26. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Famous but unlucky pursuers of Fantomas from France go to weird Scotland for a final attempt to bring the impudent criminal to justice.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Françoise Christophe
Votes: 7,854
27. The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
Unrated | 97 min | Mystery, Thriller
French police inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a rich Paris widow and ends up chasing the killer up the Eiffel Tower's girders.
Directors: Burgess Meredith, Irving Allen, Charles Laughton | Stars: Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Robert Hutton
Votes: 1,025
28. Rapture (1965)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who arrives at their farm in Brittany, France. When Joseph develops an attraction to Agnes, her father threatens to break up the union.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi, Dean Stockwell, Gunnel Lindblom
Votes: 1,129
29. The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier, Pierre Larquey
Votes: 3,647
30. Police (1985)
113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina, Pascale Rocard
Votes: 3,007
31. Max and the Junkmen (1971)
Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Danielle Durou, Alain Belart, Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider
Votes: 3,138 | Gross: $0.03M
32. The Last Train (1973)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Romance, War
Two people, a Frenchman Julien Maroyeur and a Jewish German woman (Anna Kupfer) met on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud, Paul Amiot
Votes: 1,739
33. The Squad (2015)
92 min | Action, Drama
A French police unit tries to stop a group of criminals.
Director: Benjamin Rocher | Stars: Jean Reno, Alban Lenoir, Caterina Murino, Oumar Diaw
Votes: 4,277
34. Outside the Law (2010)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, War
A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa
Votes: 4,121
35. Police des moeurs: Les filles de Saint Tropez (1987)
R | 83 min | Crime, Drama
A police captain's niece is trapped by white slavers.
Director: Jean Rougeron | Stars: Yves Jouffroy, Henri Poirier, Wanda Mendres, Laure Sabardin
Votes: 205
36. Nox (2018)
52 min | Crime, Thriller
A retired policewoman will move heaven and earth to find her daughter Julie after she disappeared in the depths of Paris during a mission. Together with Raphaël, Julie's partner, she plunges into the depths beneath the city.
Stars: Nathalie Baye, Malik Zidi, Maïwenn, Frédéric Pierrot
Votes: 500
37. Oh Mercy! (2019)
119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police chief in northern France tries to solve a case where an old woman was brutally murdered.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Roschdy Zem, Léa Seydoux, Sara Forestier, Antoine Reinartz
Votes: 2,511
38. La Forêt des disparus (2022–2023)
43 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Near the Franco-German border, in the heart of the Black Forest and the binational military base; 12 bodies are found in a mass grave. All the victims are men, both French and German.
Stars: Hélène de Fougerolles, Grégory Fitoussi, Tchéky Karyo, Thierry Godard
Votes: 252
39. The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 2,241
40. Maroni (2018– )
180 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Chloé, a young policewoman, is transferred to Cayenne, the capitol of French Guiana. The day after her arrival she is confronted with her first case, which she and her Guinean colleague Dialo are assigned to solve.
Stars: Stéphane Caillard, Adama Niane, Axel Granberger, Samuel Jouy
Votes: 304
41. Scoumoune (1972)
101 min | Crime, Drama
For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Michel Constantin, Enrique Lucero
Votes: 1,248
42. The Day and the Hour (1963)
110 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In Nazi-occupied France during WWII, a French woman helps two downed Allied airmen to evade capture by the Germans and make their way into neutral Spain.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Geneviève Page, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 428
43. Speaking of Murder (1957)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A garage owner maintains his business as a front for his gang of criminals.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Albert Dinan
Votes: 656
44. Paris Pigalle (2018)
118 min | Comedy
Two cops infiltrate the porn scene in the early 80's .
Director: Cédric Anger | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Gilles Lellouche, Michel Fau, Camille Razat
Votes: 741
45. Switch (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Sophie uses the online service switch.com to switch a Paris apartment with her Toronto sea house for a holiday, to try to find work. After a dream day the police raids her apartment discovering a corpse, and suspect her of the crime.
Director: Frédéric Schoendoerffer | Stars: Karine Vanasse, Eric Cantona, Mehdi Nebbou, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 3,498
46. Inspector Maigret (1958)
119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial killer is targeting women in the seedy district of Le Marais.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot, Jeanne Boitel
Votes: 2,085 | Gross: $0.01M
47. The Cop (1970)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While investigating a drug case, an inspector is shot dead by a gangster. His colleague, Inspector Favenin, is assigned to solve this crime. He is ready to do anything to save his colleague's honor, even if it means going beyond the law.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Françoise Fabian, Gianni Garko, Michel Constantin
Votes: 704
48. You Will Not Have My Hate (2022)
102 min | Drama
Antoine lost his wife in the Bataclan bombing in Paris. In a Facebook post, he explains how he resists hate: he opposes that of terrorists to his love for his 3-year-old son. Bereaved, he seems to be losing ground.
Director: Kilian Riedhof | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Zoé Iorio, Camélia Jordana, Thomas Mustin
Votes: 315
49. The French Detective (1975)
91 min | Crime, Drama
Two policemen risk of interfering with a corrupt politician.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere, Victor Lanoux, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 1,858
50. The Secret (1974)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marlène Jobert, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Adam
Votes: 927