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1. Malican père et fils (1967– )
26 min | Crime, Drama
Albert Malican is a former chief of police, now converted into a private detective, who conducts local investigations with the help of his son, Patrick.
Stars: Claude Dauphin, Michel Bedetti, Marcel Dalio, Anne Vernon
Votes: 31
2. Vertigo (1958)
PG | 128 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Votes: 427,166 | Gross: $3.20M
3. 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: 69,424 | Gross: $1.09M
4. Jo Gaillard (1975)
52 min | Adventure
Stars: Bernard Fresson, Dominique Briand, Günter Meisner, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 25
5. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror
A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Alexandre Rignault
Votes: 35,170 | Gross: $0.05M
6. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
7. L'âge bête (1980 TV Movie)
Drama
Two students kidnap their math teacher.
Director: Jacques Ertaud | Stars: Jean-Luc Azra, Eric Remy, Bernadette Le Saché, Annette Poivre
Votes: 6
8. Letters to an Unknown Lover (1985 TV Movie)
101 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
During World War II, two allied soldiers escape from a Nazi POW camp to Lyons, where they accept the hospitality of mademoiselle Helene.
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Yves Beneyton, Cherie Lunghi, Andréa Ferréol, Ralph Bates
Votes: 67
9. Le train bleu s'arrête 13 fois (1965– )
90 min | Adventure
This is a collection of thirteen stories by famous writers Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Stars: Paul Préboist, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Raymond Pellegrin, Jean Servais
Votes: 17
10. Ztrácím te, lásko (1978 TV Movie)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A rough behind-the-scenes look at the world of the record industry, famous pop stars and the fierce competition for the public's favor.
Director: Eva Sadková | Stars: Jana Hlavácová, Viktor Preiss, Petr Hanicinec, Frantisek Vicena
Votes: 21
11. 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: 864
12. Krug obrechyonnykh (1991)
Crime, Drama
Director: Yuri Belenky | Stars: Igor Bochkin, Anna Kamenkova, Vsevolod Larionov, N. Lyashchenko
Votes: 27
13. V klestích (1987 TV Movie)
76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Marta Vancurová, Viktor Preiss, Jirí Bartoska, Jirí Adamíra
Votes: 21
14.
La grande collection (1990– )
Episode:
Les démoniaques
(1991)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Adaptation of Boileau-Narcejac's novel "Les Diaboliques", already filmed in 1955 by Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Director: Pierre Koralnik | Stars: Aurore Clément, Ángela Molina, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Jan Rouiller
Votes: 8
15. Reflections of Murder (1974 TV Movie)
100 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. ... See full summary »
Director: John Badham | Stars: Tuesday Weld, Joan Hackett, Sam Waterston, Lucille Benson
Votes: 378
16. 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
17. Six crimes sans assassin (1990 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Bernard Stora | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Fabrice Luchini, Etienne Chicot, Thierry Gimenez
Votes: 27
18. Spotlight on a Murderer (1961)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When he learns his days are numbered old count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to die there, just to annoy his heirs. As a result of his body not being found the ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret, Marianne Koch, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 640
19. Faces in the Dark (1960)
84 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Businessman and inventor Richard Hammond is determined to develop and market the perfect light-bulb. In a freak lab accident he is blinded and suffers a partial breakdown. His wife, partner... See full summary »
Director: David Eady | Stars: John Gregson, Mai Zetterling, John Ireland, Michael Denison
Votes: 370
20. Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Talk-Show
Apostrophes is a French literary television program produced and hosted by Bernard Pivot, broadcast live on Antenne 2 between January 10, 1975, and June 22, 1990, every Friday evening at 9:... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Claude-Jean Philippe, Gilles Lapouge, Jean d'Ormesson
Votes: 48
21. Where the Truth Lies (1962)
83 min | Thriller
François is a vet surgeon on the Noirmoutier island. He is married to Catherine. One day, he is called by a mysterious attractive woman, Myriam, whose leopard is sick. They become lovers. ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Juliette Gréco, Liselotte Pulver, Jean-Marc Bory, Georges Chamarat
Votes: 120
22. Double Deception (1960)
101 min | Drama, Mystery
Director: Serge Friedman | Stars: Alice Kessler, Ellen Kessler, Jacques Riberolles, Ginette Leclerc
Votes: 35
23. Les amants naufragés (2010 TV Movie)
Thriller
Too much in love, overly possessive, there's no doubt in Stan Mirkine's mind: his wife is cheating on him. Mathilde is unfaithful. And Stan's suspicions cast him into a hellish spiral of ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Christophe Delpias | Stars: Robinson Stévenin, Simon Abkarian, Jennifer Decker, Horatiu Malaele
Votes: 52
24. Cerná karta (2005 TV Movie)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Eliska Balzerová, Otmar Brancuzský, Radoslav Brzobohatý
Votes: 16
25. Crime Does Not Pay (1962)
159 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A husband tries to kill his wife using the plan he saw in a film. But real life is not a film.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Edwige Feuillère, Annie Girardot, Rina Morelli
Votes: 180
26. La vie en miettes (2011 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
Jonathan and Anaïs Hopkins have only been married a few months, but life together is a nightmare. Anaïs is unstable, cold in bed and often away visiting her sister. Or is she? When Jonathan... See full summary »
Director: Denis Malleval | Stars: Bruno Debrandt, Audrey Fleurot, Marie Denarnaud, Christian Rauth
Votes: 129
27. 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: 72
28. Grand écran (1964– )
40 min | Documentary
Stars: Jean Collet, Marcel Dalio, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 10
29. La main passe (2012 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama
Arnaud Marescot has a penchant to steal small objects. When his compulsive fixation targets Emilie, and he thinks he's in control over her, it's already too late to realize he's fallen into a deadly trap.
Director: Thierry Petit | Stars: Bruno Todeschini, Fanny Valette, Anne Azoulay, Serge Riaboukine
Votes: 87
30. S.O.S. Noronha (1957)
100 min | Adventure
On the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, in the middle of the Atlantic, a small base is a stopover for Aeropostale seaplanes, also a Brazilian penitentiary, where a revolt has broken out and threatens the survival of a few French
Director: Georges Rouquier | Stars: Jean Marais, Yves Massard, José Lewgoy, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 43
31. 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
32. Body Parts (1991)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.
Director: Eric Red | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney, Zakes Mokae
Votes: 5,021 | Gross: $9.19M
33. Bad Seeds (2012)
95 min | Drama
Two students abduct their English teacher and hold her in a hut in the woods,gagged and bound.One of the teenagers ' father is none other than the high school headmaster.
Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Emile Berling, Charles Berling, Sarah Stern, Kévin Azaïs
Votes: 239
34. Das Geheimnis des gelben Geparden (1990 TV Movie)
92 min | Thriller
Director: Carlo Rola | Stars: Pierre Malet, Iris Berben, Susanne Lothar, Hans-Michael Rehberg
Votes: 15
35. Maldonne (1969)
96 min | Mystery, Thriller
A penniless pianist is being offered a strange but lucrative contract he can't refuse.
Director: Sergio Gobbi | Stars: Pierre Vaneck, Elsa Martinelli, Robert Hossein, Jacques Castelot
Votes: 60
36. Diabolique (1996)
R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates
Votes: 15,380 | Gross: $17.10M
37. House of Secrets (1993 TV Movie)
120 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than she planned on as ... See full summary »
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, Kate Vernon, Michael Boatman
Votes: 255
38. La grande collection (1990– )
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Laurent Malet, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Adrien Nicati, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 9
39. The Victims (1996)
94 min | Crime, Thriller
Paris, 1996. Parisian editor Pierre Duval has an affair with Claire, wife of wealthy architect Bernard Jaillac. The latter has to supervise a large-scale operation in Morocco, he asks ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Grandperret | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Jacques Dutronc, Florence Thomassin, Karin Viard
Votes: 85
40. Les eaux dormantes (1992)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Whatever happened to my father?
Director: Jacques Tréfouel | Stars: Philippe Caroit, Ludmila Mikaël, Danièle Delorme, Michel Galabru
Votes: 34
41. Volchitsy (1993)
115 min | Crime
Director: Leonid Kulagin | Stars: Irina Shevchuk, Olga Chernook, Anna Samokhina, Andrey Ilin
Votes: 10
42. Adieu Vinyle (2023 TV Movie)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Adieu Vinyle="Goodbye Vinyle". Eve (played by Isabelle Adjani) is at the top of her 1950s musical career and is torn between 2 men of her life, her lover and her pianist. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Josée Dayan | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Mathieu Amalric, Matthieu Dessertine, Barbara Pravi
Votes: 44
43. La présence des ombres (1995)
90 min | Thriller
Director: Marc F. Voizard | Stars: Patrice L'Ecuyer, Isabelle Renauld, Denis Mercier, Patricia Tulasne
Votes: 19
44. Meurtre en musique (1994)
91 min | Thriller
The wife (Eve Fugeres) of a song writer (Alex Fugeres) is more and more repelled by his alcoholism and intends to leave him for her young lover (Jean Leprat). In a quarrel between the three... See full summary »
Director: Gabriel Pelletier | Stars: Joe Bocan, Serge Dupire, Claude Léveillée, Marcel Sabourin
Votes: 13
45. V comme vengeance (1989–1992)
Stars: Liliane Ledun, Roger Souza, Françoise Arnoul, Philippe Caroit
Votes: 12
46. Entangled (1993)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A car and lorry collide, the woman in the back seat is probably dead, the driver is severely hurt. In flashbacks we see what led to the tragedy. He is David, a writer living in France, ... See full summary »
Director: Max Fischer | Stars: Judd Nelson, Pierce Brosnan, Laurence Treil, Roy Dupuis
Votes: 506
47. Histoires de voyous (1978–1981)
Stars: Pierre Peloux, Jacques Balutin, Alfred Adam, Robert Berri
48. Témoignages (1973– )
Crime, Thriller
Stars: Daniel Fillion, Henri Piégay, Monique Lepage, Danièle Ajoret
49. L'invité du dimanche (1968–1971)
"L'Invité Du Dimanche" (The Sunday Invitation) was an innovative program because it rehabilitated the live broadcast which had fallen into disuse since the advent of recorded programmes. A ... See full summary »
Stars: Claude Chabrol, Annie Girardot, Georges de Caunes, Pierre Bouteiller
50. Meurtre au ralenti (1959 TV Movie)
61 min | Crime, Mystery, Sport
Director: Jean-Paul Carrère | Stars: Liliane Bert, Jean Bertho, Jean Clarieux, Jacques Deschamps