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1. Sinners of Paris (1958)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Le Fondu, a famous gangster, escapes from the hospital where he was detained, killing an inspector in the process. The colleague of the deceased inspector, Paul Vardier, vows to avenge him.... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Charles Vanel, Bella Darvi, Danik Patisson, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 151
2. Cette nuit là... (1958)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Jean, who is the artistic director of a fashion magazine, is married to a very pretty cover girl, Sylvie. They both work for André Reverdy, a very cynical man, who openly covets Sylvie. ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Cazeneuve | Stars: Mylène Demongeot, Maurice Ronet, Jean Servais, Françoise Prévost
Votes: 113
3. Rififi (1955)
Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey
Votes: 36,844 | Gross: $0.06M
4. Meurtre en 45 tours (1960)
98 min | Mystery, Thriller
(1961) Danielle Darrieux, Michael Auclair. A singer believes she's being haunted by the ghost of her dead husband.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Jean Servais, Raymond Gérôme
Votes: 141
5. Second Wind (1966)
Not Rated | 150 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga
Votes: 6,637
6. Razzia (1955)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Lino Ventura, Albert Rémy
Votes: 1,313
7. 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: 653
8. Le fric (1959)
93 min | Drama
Director: Maurice Cloche | Stars: Jean-Claude Pascal, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Raymond Rouleau, Pascale Roberts
Votes: 18
9. A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (1958)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Directors: Michel Deville, Charles Gérard | Stars: Pierre Vaneck, Mijanou Bardot, Paul Frankeur, Roger Hanin
Votes: 96
10. Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau (Jean-Pierre Melville) and hard drinking photographer Delmas (Pierre Grasset) on an assignment to find him. Their only lead is a picture of three women.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Pierre Melville, Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes, Ginger Hall
Votes: 2,276
11. Bob the Gambler (1956)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble
Votes: 13,359 | Gross: $0.02M
12. 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: 3,644
13. Panique (1946)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
After an elderly maid is murdered, opinions are manipulated, evidence is planted, violence erupts, and panic ensues.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Viviane Romance, Michel Simon, Max Dalban, Émile Drain
Votes: 2,570 | Gross: $0.04M
14. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama
An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli
Votes: 8,545 | Gross: $0.13M
15. Back to the Wall (1958)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A wealthy industrialist discovers his wife is having an affair and decides to exact revenge by blackmailing her under an assumed identity.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Oury, Philippe Nicaud, Claire Maurier
Votes: 563
16. Symphonie pour un massacre (1963)
115 min | Crime, Drama
Five men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni, Michèle Mercier
Votes: 606
17. Voyage sans espoir (1943)
89 min | Drama
An escaped convict needing funds for a getaway by sea takes advantage of a prosperous looking young traveler he meets.A nightclub singer involved with them both complicates things.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Simone Renant, Jean Marais, Paul Bernard, Jean Brochard
Votes: 156
18. One Step to Eternity (1954)
95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Francois Roques, a power-and-money-mad editor of a Paris newspaper (who justifies his actions by calling attention to his poverty-stricken childhood), invites four women to a housewarming ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Corinne Calvet, Gérard Buhr
Votes: 149
19. Witness in the City (1959)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Seeking vengeance on his wife's former lover and assassin, a man sets in motion a string of killings.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Franco Fabrizi, Jacques Berthier
Votes: 863
20. Hi-Jack Highway (1955)
92 min | Crime, Drama
After a spending the night with his girlfriend, trucker Jean encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset, Simone Berthier
Votes: 575
21. Reproduction interdite (1957)
90 min | Crime, Drama
The art dealer Kleber is on the verge of ruin due to his wife's excessive spending. One day, when a stranger offers him an authentic Gauguin, Kleber tries to buy it at the lowest price.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Michel Auclair, Paul Frankeur, Giani Esposito, Annie Girardot
Votes: 124
22. La loi des hommes (1962)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Police officer Dandieu investigates the carefully prepared robbery of an armored van. He meets Sophie Olivier, an attractive journalist specializing in criminology.
Director: Charles Gérard | Stars: Micheline Presle, Philippe Leroy, Pierre Mondy, Arletty
Votes: 42
23. La mort de Belle (1961)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stéphane Blanchon, who teaches at the International College, lives a quiet comfortable life in Geneva. He is married to Christine, a cold, dry-hearted woman, and his sentimental life is ... See full summary »
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Jean Desailly, Alexandra Stewart, Monique Mélinand, Yvette Etiévant
Votes: 267
24. A Woman Kills (2010)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Paris, in the 1960s. A series of crimes troubles the public tranquility. On March, 22, 1968, Hélène Picard, a prostitute sentenced to death two years before for several murders, is killed ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Denis Bonan | Stars: Claude Merlin, Solange Pradel, Myriam Mézières, Jackie Raynal
Votes: 170
25. Demoniac (1957)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gervais and his friend Bernard, two prisoners of war, manage to escape from the camp where they are held. Bernard is determined to take refuge with Hélène, his war grandmother, a woman with... See full summary »
Director: Luis Saslavsky | Stars: François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jeanne Moreau, Madeleine Robinson
Votes: 101
26. Diabolique (1955)
Not Rated | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Votes: 69,404 | Gross: $1.09M
27. Meurtre en 45 tours (1960)
98 min | Mystery, Thriller
(1961) Danielle Darrieux, Michael Auclair. A singer believes she's being haunted by the ghost of her dead husband.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Jean Servais, Raymond Gérôme
Votes: 141
28. Cette nuit là... (1958)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Jean, who is the artistic director of a fashion magazine, is married to a very pretty cover girl, Sylvie. They both work for André Reverdy, a very cynical man, who openly covets Sylvie. ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Cazeneuve | Stars: Mylène Demongeot, Maurice Ronet, Jean Servais, Françoise Prévost
Votes: 113
29. Toi... le venin (1958)
92 min | Mystery
One dark night, in the deserted streets of Nice, an American car slowly drives past Victor Menda, then slowly pulls up. A come on from the mysterious blonde at the wheel leads to Victor ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hossein | Stars: Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Odile Versois, Héléna Manson
Votes: 316
30. Les scélérats (1960)
90 min | Drama
A dysfunctional American couple in Paris grieving over the loss of their son hire a maid who falls for the husband.
Director: Robert Hossein | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Robert Hossein, Olivier Hussenot, Jacqueline Morane
Votes: 130
31. The Night Affair (1958)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A vice inspector for the Paris police takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky whom he considers to be more victim than criminal.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Nadja Tiller, Paul Frankeur
Votes: 747
32. Poison Ivy (1953)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
FBI Agent Lemmy is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss mistress Carlotta plays both sides of the law.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Dominique Wilms, Howard Vernon, Darío Moreno
Votes: 333
33. 125 rue Montmartre (1959)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Pascal (Lino Ventura) sells newspapers. He is a simple man who one day resting on the banks of the Seine sees a drowning stranger. Pascal saves his life and begins his adventure next to a ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Lino Ventura, Andréa Parisy, Robert Hirsch, Dora Doll
Votes: 634
34. Section des disparus (1956)
85 min | Crime
The love affair of an ex-convict with a showgirl, unleashes the jealousy of his wife, a wealthy and unbalanced forty.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Nicole Maurey, Maurice Ronet, Inda Ledesma, Ubaldo Martínez
Votes: 58
35. Au nom de la loi (1932)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A policeman is killed when he tries to investigate a case involving cocaine traffic. The only evidence of the crime is a white female's bloodstained glove found in an abandoned taxi and a ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Marcelle Chantal, Régine Dancourt, Gabriel Gabrio, Jean Marchat
Votes: 123
36. Lovers on a Tightrope (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama
Cora, the wife of a wealthy Parisian businessman, Daniel, is involved in an affair with Henri, an unscrupulous garage mechanic who has set his sights on Cora's fortune. Daniel becomes ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Charles Dudrumet | Stars: Annie Girardot, François Périer, Geneviève Brunet, Gérard Buhr
Votes: 63
37. Countdown to Vengeance (1971)
PG | 102 min | Crime, Drama
10 years ago, François Nolan and his brother were betrayed by one of their accomplices after a break-in. During the fight with the police, Francois' brother was killed and François ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Pigaut | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Serge Reggiani, Hubert Deschamps, Joëlle Bernard
Votes: 235
38. Le crâneur (1955)
92 min | Crime, Drama
A singer tries to rescue a man drawn into the drug trade.
Director: Dimitri Kirsanoff | Stars: Marina Vlady, Raymond Pellegrin, Dora Doll, Hélène Vallier
Votes: 77
39. Je suis un sentimental (1955)
95 min | Crime, Thriller
Michel was just released from prison when he is suspected of having killed his wife as she was the one who brought him into prison. She also betrayed him with Rupert, a journalist not ... See full summary »
Director: John Berry | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Bella Darvi, Olivier Hussenot, Walter Chiari
Votes: 89
40. The Road to Shame (1959)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Pierre knows that his fiancée goes to a rendezvous, but... See full summary »
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Robert Hossein, Magali Noël, Estella Blain, Philippe Clay
Votes: 191
41. The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938)
103 min | Crime, Drama
An innocent man spends time in prison for murder, then escapes and falls in love with the wife of the real perpetrator.
Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Raimu, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Renaud, Marcelle Géniat
Votes: 347
42. Paris Pick-Up (1962)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
On a Christmas night, an ex-convict, Robert Herbin, meets a beautiful Italian married woman Marthe Drévet, who has got a lot of things to hide.
Director: Marcel Bluwal | Stars: Robert Hossein, Lea Massari, Robert Dalban, Maurice Biraud
Votes: 248
43. Justin de Marseille (1935)
95 min | Crime, Drama
The leader of a gang of drug traffickers, loved and esteemed by everyone for protecting the weak, ends up killing his greatest enemy.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Antonin Berval, Pierre Larquey, Alexandre Rignault, Ghislaine Bru
Votes: 185
44. A Kiss for a Killer (1957)
105 min | Drama
Betty Farnwell, a rich widow living in Nice, decides to marry Philippe, a good-looking but self-interested man. No sooner has he got married than he meets bewitching young Eve, Betty's ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Isa Miranda, Jean-Loup Philippe
Votes: 213
45. Monsieur Joseph (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Monsieur Joseph is a respected citizen of a small town in the North of France. For over four decades he has run a specialized bookshop in the shopping square of the town. Every morning ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Langlois | Stars: Daniel Prévost, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Serge Riaboukine, Catherine Davenier
Votes: 86
46. Cloportes (1965)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
Three petty criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Irina Demick, Maurice Biraud
Votes: 597
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