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French cinema: Crime/Thriller (Page 7 of 14)

Fred (1997)

Pierre Jolivet

Fred is an unemployed crane operator who lives in the industrial suburbs with his girlfriend Lisa. The latter has a young son, the product of another relationship, and works in research laboratory. The burden of unemployment weighs heavily on Fred and so when his friend Michel asks him to do him a favour, he jumps at the chance... [More...]

Fréquence meurtre (1988)

Élisabeth Rappeneau

In an attempt to forget her troubled past, Jeanne Quester throws herself body and soul into her work. By day, she works as a psychiatrist for the emergency services, by night she hosts a popular radio phone-in programme. Now that her divorce has been settled, Jeanne has finally found peace and order in her life... [More...]

From Paris with Love (2010)

Pierre Morel

James Reese is a personal aide to the American ambassador in Paris, but his real ambition is to be a secret agent. As preparations get underway for an international summit, he is given an opportunity to live his dream. Recruited by the security forces to prevent a terrorist attack, Reese is partnered with a professional agent, Charlie Wax... [More...]

Le Gang (1977)

Jacques Deray

In the aftermath of World War II, a band of crooks profit from their country’s disarray by robbing banks and factories across France. The crooks’ leader, Robert, plans ever-daring hold-ups, in the hope of retiring on a fortune. Unfortunately, the police have other ideas... ... [More...]

Gangsters (2002)

Olivier Marchal

After a hold-up that goes badly wrong, crook Franck Chaievski and his girl Nina are taken into police custody. Their interrogators are determined to locate the missing booty, a briefcase filled with diamonds. Unfortunately for Franck, the police are not as clean as they pretend to be… ... [More...]

Gardiens de l’ordre (2010)

Nicolas Boukhrief

Simon and Julie are two lowly street cops whose professional and personal lives take a dramatic turn late one evening. In the course of a drugs raid, they open fire on a man who has shot dead one of their colleagues. When their superiors charge them with gross misconduct, Simon and Julie have only one recourse: to prove their innocence by exposing those involved in the drugs racket... [More...]

Gas-Oil (1955)

Gilles Grangier

Early one morning, after a night with his girlfriend Alice, lorry driver Jean Chape accidentally runs over a body stretched out in the middle of the road. He reports the incident to the police who, suspecting foul play, impound his lorry. The dead man’s widow visits Jean and accuses him of stealing a huge some of money he was carrying before he was killed... [More...]

Go Fast (2008)

Olivier Van Hoofstadt

When an operation to smash a drugs ring ends in the death of one of his colleagues, police officer Marek is transferred to another department. Here, he is immediately given an undercover job. His task is to infiltrate a gang that is known to smuggle large quantities of cannabis across the Franco-Spanish border in fast cars... [More...]

Le Gorille vous salue bien (1958)

Bernard Borderie

Géo Paquet, nicknamed The Gorilla, is the French secrets services’ number one agent. At the request of his superior, Colonel Berthomieu, he is to find Veslot, an agent working for a foreign power who is passing on classified military information. By taking part in a simulated prison escape, Paquet manages to gain the confidence of Casa, a former agent who now trades in military secrets... [More...]

Goupi mains rouges (1943)

Jacques Becker

The Goupis are a proud, self-sufficient family living in the Charentes region of France. Most of them live at an inn that is run with an iron hand by the shrewish Goupi Tisane and her tight-fisted brother Goupi Mes Sous. The oldest Goupi is the 106-year-old grandfather, l’Empereur, who is revered because he alone knows the location of the family treasure... [More...]

Grabuge! (2005)

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Commissioner Lancret enlists Maurice, a devotee of Spanish culture, in the hunt for a killer who has committed a series of atrocious murders. The culprit is believed to be someone trading illegally in residence permits. As they progress their investigation, Lancret and Maurice develop a close friendship, but their best efforts may be thwarted when they realise who they are up against..... [More...]

Le Grand alibi (2008)

Pascal Bonitzer

During a weekend break at the country estate of Senator Henri Pages, Pierre Collier is murdered. The obvious culprit is his wife, Claire, who is found at the scene of the crime holding a gun. She certainly has good reason to kill her husband, an inveterate womaniser. But, as the police soon discover, things are hardly that simple... [More...]

La Grande frousse (1964)

Jean-Pierre Mocky

When a homicidal forger, Mickey-le-Bénédictin, goes on the run after evading his execution, Inspectors Triquet and Virgus hasten after him to prevent him from committing any further crimes. Convinced that the forger will return to the scene of his former exploits, Triquet heads for the provincial town of Barges, whose inhabitants are strangely reluctant to cooperate with him... [More...]

The Hands of Orlac (1960)

Edmond T. Gréville

After a successful concert, the pianist Stephen Orlac is involved in a plane crash whilst returning to his fiancée Louise. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance must take a detour because no one can pass near the prison where the strangler Vasseur is due to be guillotined that same night. Six months after an operation on his hands, Orlac is in despair because he can no longer play the piano... [More...]

L’Héritier (1973)

Philippe Labro

When his father, a wealthy industrialist, is killed in aeroplane crash, Bart Cordell returns to France to take up the reins of the empire he has inherited. When a prostitute attempts to frame him for drug smuggling, he begins to suspect is father may have been murdered. Bart’s investigation uncovers a complex web of political intrigue, in which his own family and his stepfather are heavily implicated… ... [More...]

Les Héros sont fatigués (1955)

Yves Ciampi

A former war-time pilot Michel Rivière arrives in the African town of Free City, hoping to find a buyer for some diamonds he found hidden in his aircraft after it crash-landed. He stays at the town’s only hotel, which is run by an alcoholic Frenchman named Séverin, a one-time Nazi collaborator... [More...]

L’Heure zéro (2007)

Pascal Thomas

Just what was Guillaume Neuville thinking when he invited his ex-wife Aude and his latest wife Caroline to his Aunt Camilla’s home in Brittany? Did he really think the two women, one stroppy and vulgar, the other introverted and refined, would get on? Whatever Guillaume’s motives, and in spite of the soothing Breton seaside air, the sparks soon begin to fly... [More...]

L’Homme à l’imperméable (1957)

Julien Duvivier

When his wife is called away on a family matter, a timid musician, Albert Constantin, finds himself unable to cope with the simplest domestic chore. Accepting the advice of a fellow musician he pays a visit on a friendly chorus girl, Eva, just a few moments before she is killed by an unseen assailant... [More...]

L’Homme à la Buick (1968)

Gilles Grangier

Armand Favrot decides to put his erstwhile gangster career firmly behind him when he moves to the small town of Honfleur. To the locals, he appears to be an upstanding citizen, generously buying tombola tickets and ferrying children to Switzerland for their holidays. In truth, he continues his trade as a jeweller smuggler to pay for his retirement... [More...]

La Horse (1970)

Pierre Granier-Deferre

Auguste Maroilleur sits at the head of a family of traditional French farmers on a piece of land in Normandy. He lives with his two daughters and their husbands, to whom he intends to pass on his farm when he dies. He is outraged when he discovers that his grandson Henri is mixed up with a band of drug smugglers who are using his farm as a hiding place for illegal drugs... [More...]

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