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51. 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: 433

52. Twist of Fate (1954)

Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Johnny Victor, an actress living with Louis Galt on the Riviera, becomes involved with Pierre Clemont and learns he is a dangerous criminal.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Lily Kann, Stanley Baker, Olive Lucius

Votes: 545

53. 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: 316

54. 2 Alone in Paris (2008)

94 min | Comedy

Everybody in Paris has vanished exept a clueless cop and the robber he's been pursuing for years.

Directors: Ramzy Bedia, Eric Judor | Stars: Ramzy Bedia, Eric Judor, Hafid F. Benamar, Élodie Bouchez

Votes: 2,763

55. 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: 931

56. En attendant un miracle (2021 TV Movie)

94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the body of Dr Delubac is found in a bathing tank in the sanctuary of Lourdes, police captain Fiona Langlois teams up with investigator Maxime Gardette to get to the bottom of the shocking crime.

Director: Thierry Binisti | Stars: Anne Charrier, Frédéric Diefenthal, Cyril Lecomte, Jérôme Robart

Votes: 69

57. Gunman in the Streets (1950)

86 min | Crime, Drama

American army deserter turned criminal-on-the-run Eddy Roback must evade the French authorities in a nation-wide manhunt as he attempts to cross the border into Belgium.

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Dane Clark, Simone Signoret, Fernand Gravey, Robert Duke

Votes: 498

58. The Man from Cairo (1953)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama

An American tourist, who served in Algeria during WW2, is mistaken for an American agent hired by the French government to recover its gold reserves that went missing in the Algerian desert during the war.

Directors: Ray Enright, Edoardo Anton | Stars: George Raft, Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato, Guido Celano

Votes: 201

59. Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks (2016 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime

Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks examines the 2015 terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" where a group of armed Islamic terrorist with ... See full summary »

Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Dan Reed, Martin Boudot, Mathilde Queru

Votes: 248

60. Retour de manivelle (1957)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama

An unemployed Frenchman who saves the life of a rich man is hired as a chauffeur by the grateful man but gets caught in a murder-for-life-insurance-money scheme.

Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Michèle Mercier, François Chaumette

Votes: 263

61. 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: 705

62. Great, My Parents Are Divorcing! (1991)

95 min | Comedy, Family

Julien, a boy in the sixth grade, was badly depressed by the divorce of his parents. But he soon found that half of the class had come from broken families.

Director: Patrick Braoudé | Stars: Adrien Dirand, Volodia Serre, Gianni Giardinelli, Jennifer Lauret

Votes: 490

63. Les passagers (1977)

96 min | Drama, Thriller

A man and his stepson driving across Europe are terrorized by a man following them in a pickup truck.

Director: Serge Leroy | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mireille Darc, Bernard Fresson, Richard Constantini

Votes: 195

64. Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)

Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

During the 1950s in Madrid, an American veteran pilot with a gambling problem is forced to accept a high-paying, dangerous smuggling job.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Dorothy Malone, Gia Scala, Martin Gabel

Votes: 364 | Gross: $0.40M

65. Murder in Castellane (2020 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Thriller

Caroline Jeune, a gendarme captain, takes on her first murder. An 18-year-old Kurdish woman, Sabrya, was murdered on her way home from the choir she sang in.

Director: Emmanuelle Dubergey | Stars: Nicolas Marié, Maud Baecker, Fabrice Deville, Jean-Michel Noirey

Votes: 49

66. Because, Because of a Woman (1963)

116 min | Comedy, Crime

A womanizing young man is unjustly accused of murder by one of his feminine conquests while two of his other lovers aid him in proving his innocence.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Jacques Charrier, Mylène Demongeot, Jill Haworth, Marie Laforêt

Votes: 175

67. Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed (1913)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a body disappears from inside the prison, a series of crimes take place, all seemingly by the dead man. With Juve presumed dead, Fandor must investigate alone. Will Fantomas finally be brought to justice?

Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior, André Luguet

Votes: 1,340

68. Murder in Aquitaine (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama

While setting up an exhibition of "The Mummies of St. Michael" an archaeologist discovers a real skeleton in a red robe.

Director: David Morley | Stars: Lucie Lucas, Pierre-Yves Bon, Marianne Basler, Cyrielle Debreuil

Votes: 67

69. The Big Scare (1964)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

Two police inspectors Triquet and Vergus launch their investigations to arrest a dangerous escaped forger named Mickey Le Bénedictin.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Jean-Louis Barrault, Francis Blanche, Victor Francen

Votes: 550

70. Saadia (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Drama

In 1950s French Morocco, a local ruler and his friend, a French doctor, fall in love with the same Arab girl and must also deal with an outbreak of plague and with the marauding Tuaregs who steal the vaccine shipment.

Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer, Rita Gam, Michel Simon

Votes: 163

71. Murderous Memories: The Mists of Memory (2017 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama

The mayor of a deserted district is murdered. Captain Clara Merisi investigates, accompanied by forensic anthropologist and historian François Gilbert. A few days earlier, another body from a thirty year-old cold case was unearthed nearby.

Director: Sylvie Ayme | Stars: Gaëlle Bona, David Kammenos, Mhamed Arezki, Didier Flamand

Votes: 79

72. Girl on the Third Floor (1955)

100 min | Crime, Drama

A Parisian reporter tries to exonerate a fugitive neighbor of charges he murdered his wife.

Director: Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Stars: Marina Vlady, Peter van Eyck, Jean Gaven, Dora Doll

Votes: 45

73. Everybody Wants to Kill Me (1957)

102 min | Crime, Drama

Five French criminals pull a jewelry heist, hide the loot and create an alibi by getting themselves sent to prison for a minor infraction but there they are targeted by someone who seeks information about their hidden loot.

Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: François Périer, Peter van Eyck, Anouk Aimée, Darío Moreno

Votes: 154

74. Les murs du souvenir (2019 TV Movie)

94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A mummy dressed in Nazi uniform is found walled-up in a building in Colmar. Clara Merisi immediately contacts the forensic anthropologist and historian François Gilbert, who confirms that ... See full summary »

Director: Sylvie Ayme | Stars: Gaëlle Bona, David Kammenos, Mhamed Arezki, Maëlia Gentil

Votes: 77

75. L'outremangeur (2003)

90 min | Crime, Drama

An obese Police Inspector traumatized by a childhood incident falls in love with a murder suspect.

Director: Thierry Binisti | Stars: Eric Cantona, Rachida Brakni, Caroline Silhol, Richard Bohringer

Votes: 474

76. Freedom and Other Maladies (2016)

53 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

Gholam-Hossein Saedi was an acclaimed Iranian author, playwright and screenwriter with an oeuvre that contains more than thirty publications. Freedom And Other Maladies depicts Saedi's ... See full summary »

Director: Shirin Saghaie | Stars: Reza Aghnami, Bahman Amini, Ali Badri, Jimmy Carter

Votes: 17

77. La liste (2009 TV Movie)

104 min | Crime

Two brothers who are policemen are suspected of being behind a series of killings of business executives.

Director: Christian Faure | Stars: Eric Cantona, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Claire Borotra, Daniel Russo

Votes: 205

78. The Girl from Scotland Yard (1937)

61 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A female agent tracks down the cause of mysterious explosions.

Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Karen Morley, Robert Baldwin, Eduardo Ciannelli, Katharine Alexander

Votes: 53

79. Les ondes du souvenir (2018 TV Movie)

93 min | Crime, Drama

Near the town of Longwy two adolescent boys were exploring an old steel factory when they discovered a corpse in a ventilation duct.The victim, was worker of this steel factory, union ... See full summary »

Director: Sylvie Ayme | Stars: Gaëlle Bona, David Kammenos, Mhamed Arezki, Charlie Paillette

Votes: 51

80. Douze heures d'horloge (1959)

105 min | Crime, Drama

Three criminals escape from a French prison and hide in a coastal village where they have to wait for 12 hours until the boat that is supposed to take them to freedom arrives.

Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Lino Ventura, Eva Bartok, Hannes Messemer, Laurent Terzieff

Votes: 73

81. The Venetian (2010 TV Movie)

Drama

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Director: Saara Saarela | Stars: Thierry Frémont, Hélène Seuzaret, Catherine Samie, Brigitte Catillon

Votes: 71

82. Derrière la façade (1939)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The owner of an apartment building is found murdered. Two rival policemen, Boucheron and Lambert, investigate the matter and get into the private lives of the tenants: an unfaithful judge, ... See full summary »

Directors: Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande | Stars: Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry, André Lefaur, Gaby Morlay

Votes: 151

83. Cherche le phantom (1968)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short

Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux are assigned by the Surete Commissioner to investigate reports of a phantom presence at the Paris Opera House and after a series of misadventures ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Stars: Pat Harrington Jr., Marvin Miller

Votes: 84

84. Une affaire de famille (2016)

7 min | Short, Comedy

Two police officers arrive on a crime scene. They find a body and a letter. What happened ?

Director: Marius Azokpota | Stars: Romain Ogerau, Samuel Giuranna, Marius Azokpota, Olivier Boutinaud

Votes: 20

85. Holy Crime (1994)

Documentary, Short

Documentary on state terrorism of Islamic regime of Iran in Europe.

Director: Reza Allamehzadeh | Stars: Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, Shohreh Badie, Guy Bakhtiar, Shapour Bakhtiar

Votes: 9

86. Les sacrifiés (1983)

In 1955, Mahmoud was expelled from Algeria by the colonial authorities. At the age of 27, he landed in the Algerian shantytown of Nanterre in France.

Director: Okacha Touita | Stars: Miloud Khetib, Sid Ali Kouiret, Djamel Allam, Patrick Chesnais

Votes: 29

87. Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode: Murder on the Links (1996)

TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Poirot and Hastings are holidaying in France, a businessman tells Poirot that his life is in danger. The next day he is found stabbed to death on a nearby golf course.

Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Diane Fletcher, Damien Thomas

Votes: 2,101

88. Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964– )
Episode: Un'ombra su Maigret (1964)

Crime

Cecile is young and beautiful. She lives with her aunt who is a paralytic old woman. Every night she is woken by strange sounds and the next morning she finds the furniture shifted. Cecile ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Landi | Stars: Gino Cervi, Andreina Pagnani, Manuela Andrei, Gabriella Andreini

Votes: 23

89. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: The Underneath/Phantom Limb (1996)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Some kind of giant reptile is slaughtering people in Lyon, France. A farmer that lost his hand in an accident develops psychokinetic abilities but refuses to accept this fact.

Directors: Milan Cheylov, Allan Kroeker | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 31

90. Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode: Monsieur Vidocq (1952)

30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A series of thefts at France's national museum threatens to become an international issue. Scotland Yard sends Williams to Paris to request help from the city's renowned, retired police ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Luis Van Rooten, Jacques Aubuchon, Nigel Green, Francis Bethencourt

Votes: 35

91. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode: Factories of Death (2005)

TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, History, War

The year 1942 is to be the most significant of 'the Final Solution' as the Nazis now begin to comb western Europe, even taking Jews from as far afield as the British Channel Islands.

Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Annette Muller

Votes: 182

92. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à Belle-Île (2019)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A body lies on the moors, next to a legendary menhir.

Director: Marwen Abdallah | Stars: Charlotte de Turckheim, Nicolas Gob, Garance Thénault, Alexandra Vandernoot

Votes: 107

93. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à Cognac (2020)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The cellar master of a large Cognac house was found strangled and burned. Captain Clémentine Segonzac is in charge of the investigation. She must collaborate with Yassine Benjebbour, a ... See full summary »

Director: Adeline Darraux | Stars: Eléonore Bernheim, Olivier Sitruk, Jean-Yves Lafesse, Joe Sheridan

Votes: 90

94. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à Toulouse (2020)

94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

What do bodies found in the morning on different places in Toulouse have to do with the lyrics of a Claude Nougaro song?

Director: Sylvie Ayme | Stars: Lionnel Astier, Camille Aguilar, Astrid Whettnall, Yvan Le Bolloc'h

Votes: 85

95. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à Pont-Aven (2021)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The corpse of Mr. Antoine Noiret, a famous oncologist, has been found in the Pond of the Devil in the forest of Chanteloube. He received a hit in the head and somebody cut his throat. ... See full summary »

Director: Floriane Crépin | Stars: Aurélien Wiik, Fauve Hautot, David Mora, Boris Terral

Votes: 86

96. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à Cayenne (2020)

92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The discovery of the body of Bertrand Thiégo, a brilliant biologist, found with his throat slit in Cayenne, leads Captain Cassandra Molba and her lieutenant Antoine Lagarde to investigate a... See full summary »

Director: Marc Barrat | Stars: Philippe Caroit, Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Anne Caillon, Rani Bheemuck

Votes: 71

97. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: L'oubliée d'Amboise (2022)

96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A violinist is found dead not far from the tomb of DaVinci, in a suspicious position. Captain of the Orléans research section, Alban Dutertre teams up with Officer Bérénice Amarillo. Alban and Bérénice will have to solve the puzzle.

Director: Sylvie Ayme | Stars: Philippe Bas, Pauline Bression, Edouard Montoute, François-Eric Gendron

Votes: 83

98. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Meurtres à Granville (2020)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Camille Fauvel, a former medical examiner and now crime novel writer has returned to Granville and she preparing a new novel. In the morning she was jogging on the beach and discovered the ... See full summary »

Director: Christophe Douchand | Stars: Florence Pernel, Raphaël Lenglet, Myriam Bourguignon, Apolline Bercholz

Votes: 76

99. The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2021)

TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Mystery

Antiques dealer Jean White arrives in France to uncover the mystery of her husband's death.

Director: Dermot Boyd | Stars: Sally Lindsay, Steve Edge, Sue Holderness, Robin Askwith

Votes: 210

100. The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2021)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Mystery

An elderly woman believes that a precious treasure holds the key to finding her missing brother, who was kidnapped by the Nazis during the Second World War, and Jean seeks Dom's help to ... See full summary »

Director: Dermot Boyd | Stars: Sally Lindsay, Steve Edge, Sue Holderness, Robin Askwith

Votes: 192