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1. The Old Fox (1977– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
A police department led by an older, experienced detective solves crimes together.
Stars: Michael Ande, Markus Böttcher, Ulf Söhmisch, Rolf Schimpf
Votes: 776
2. The Hole (1960)
Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: André Bervil, Jean Keraudy, Michel Constantin, Philippe Leroy
Votes: 20,467 | Gross: $0.03M
3. The Sicilian Clan (1969)
GP | 122 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious young mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick
Votes: 9,188 | Gross: $3.00M
4. 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: 6,647
5. Two Men in Town (1973)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux
Votes: 5,050
6. 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: 613
7. Classe Tous Risques (1960)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A ruthless criminal flees from the pursuit, involving more and more casualties.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 4,299 | Gross: $0.09M
8. The Last Adventure (1967)
M | 112 min | Adventure, Drama
Best friends become aware of a crashed plane lying on the bottom of the ocean, allegedly stuffed with wealth. Adventurers set off in search of prey. And along with them, Letizia is linked, with whom both friends are secretly in love.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Joanna Shimkus, Serge Reggiani
Votes: 3,876
9. Black Sequence (1984–1991)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
A multi-national anthology of television thriller and crime features.
Stars: Gil Demurger, Teco Celio, Jacques Pater, Daniel Duval
Votes: 78
10. Two Men in Town (2014)
R | 117 min | Drama
A Muslim ex-con forms a friendship with his parole officer.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Brenda Blethyn, Luis Guzmán, Dolores Heredia
Votes: 2,284
11. Ho! (1968)
103 min | Crime
The quest for respect of a small time mob driver turns him into a notorious gangster.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Joanna Shimkus, Raymond Bussières, Paul Crauchet
Votes: 655
12. Man Called Rocca (1961)
102 min | Crime, Drama
(1961) Jean Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufman. In this fine thriller, JP's friend ends up in prison. JP then tracks down the man responsible.
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufmann, Béatrice Altariba, Mario David
Votes: 559
13. Boomerang (1976)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques, pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman's widow. But the press reveals that Jacques is an ex-gangster who has spent time in prison.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Carla Gravina, Dora Doll, Louis Julien
Votes: 675
14. Last Known Address (1970)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas... See full summary »
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert, Michel Constantin, Paul Crauchet
Votes: 1,907
15. 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: 1,253
16. Le ruffian (1983)
108 min | Adventure, Crime
Aldo, in his fifties, works in a gold mine in Northern Canada, in the middle of a bunch of adventurers.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Lino Ventura, Bernard Giraudeau, Claudia Cardinale, Béatrix Van Til
Votes: 887
17. Le gitan (1975)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Hugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Annie Girardot, Marcel Bozzuffi
Votes: 1,222
18. Le rapace (1968)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1934, in a South-American country, a mercenary is hired to kill the head of state. Accompanied by the former president's grandson, he moves into a house opposite the presidential palace. During their wait, friendship grows between them.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Lino Ventura, Rosa Furman, Aurora Clavel, Enrique Lucero
Votes: 697
19. La repentie (2002)
125 min | Crime, Drama
When an indistinct woman named Charlotte leaves a train station in hopes of changing her life forever, she's followed by a mysterious stranger with ill intentions.
Director: Laetitia Masson | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Sami Frey, Samy Naceri, Aurore Clément
Votes: 460
20. To Skin a Spy (1966)
93 min | Mystery, Thriller
A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna to plug a security leak in this routine spy saga. He is caught in the crossfire of international enemy agents trying to eliminate the French.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Lino Ventura, Jean Bouise, Marilù Tolo, Adrian Hoven
Votes: 407
21. The Second Wind (2007)
155 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor...
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Monica Bellucci, Michel Blanc, Jacques Dutronc
Votes: 1,278
22. Vivement dimanche (1998– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Emmanuel Chaunu, Franck Ferrand, Hélène Gateau
Votes: 108
23. Nulle part ailleurs (1987–2001)
120 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
One of the best all time before-prime-time show in France especially the mythical conduction of the couple Antoine de Caune and Philippe Gildas...every night with high level french and ... See full summary »
Stars: Philippe Gildas, Guillaume Durand, Nagui, Valérie Payet
Votes: 104
24. The Wise Guys (1965)
G | 128 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An ex-con with ulterior motives convinces the struggling inheritor of a sawmill to use convicts as affordable lumberjacks.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Marie Dubois, Jess Hahn
Votes: 1,144
25. L'homme de Marrakech (1966)
90 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
An unscrupulous man travels to southern Morocco along with his lover to steal a cargo of gold bullion with the collaboration of a mining engineer and the person who will be in charge of transportation.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: George Hamilton, Claudine Auger, Alberto de Mendoza, Tiberio Murgia
Votes: 52
26. Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975–1980)
Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Michel Drucker, Dalida, Michel Sardou, Eddy Mitchell
Votes: 34
27. Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
103 min | Drama
A lawyer, in order to prove the innocence of one of her clients, does not hesitate to put her career in danger.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Annie Girardot, Claude Brasseur, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Perrin
Votes: 196
28. Cinéma cinémas (1982–1991)
Documentary
A ten episode Tv series on cinephilia, in which contributors to both American and French films are interviewed.
Stars: Michel Boujut, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 65
29. Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Documentary
In-depth documentaries about the greatest filmmakers from around the world, all in the form of candid face-to-face interviews, conducted, created and produced by former critics for Les Cahiers du Cinéma, Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe.
Stars: André S. Labarthe, Georges Franju, Jean Renoir, Jacques Rivette
Votes: 94
30. One Way Ticket (1971)
120 min | Crime, Drama
A small-time criminal wants to give up his life of crime. He performs a robbery with a friend, with similar feelings, and things go sour.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Jean-Claude Bouillon, Nicoletta, Maurice Garrel, Paola Pitagora
Votes: 216
31. Tout le monde en parle (1998–2006)
210 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Thierry Ardisson, Laurent Baffie, Philippe Corti, Laurent Ruquier
Votes: 181
32. Ça se discute (1994– )
120 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Jean-Luc Delarue, Clémentine Célarié, Roland Coutanceau, Michèle Bernier
Votes: 23
33. Mon ami le traître (1988)
120 min | Drama, War
Two criminals who enrolled in the German police to get out of prison seize an opportunity after the War to redeem themselves. The elder of the two, Mad Bosco, dies at the beginning of their... See full summary »
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Valérie Kaprisky, André Dussollier, Thierry Frémont, Steve Kalfa
Votes: 181
34. La loi du survivant (1967)
100 min | Drama
In 1960, Stan, the protagonist, after having made a fortune in Asia, returns to Corsica, to visit a friend's tomb. In Ajaccio, he meets Helene, who she rescues from her kidnappers, who take... See full summary »
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alexandra Stewart, Michel Constantin, Edwine Moatti, Albert Dagnant
Votes: 145
35. Rififi in Tokyo (1963)
98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Van Ekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up, to get a very valuable diamond, so big it's named Titan. Riquet was to be his second-in-command, but a rival gang ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Charles Vanel, Barbara Lass, Keiko Kishi
Votes: 170
36. Champs-Elysées (1982–2013)
Music
Champs-Élysées is a French television variety program presented by Michel Drucker and broadcast live from January 16, 1982 to June 1985 and from January 1986 until June 29, 1990 every ... See full summary »
Stars: Michel Drucker, Michel Sardou, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Johnny Hallyday
Votes: 85
37. Les loups entre eux (1985)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An American general with highly confidential defence information has been kidnapped by terrorists and is being held in a cliff-top fortress in the Mediterranean.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gérard Darmon, Niels Arestrup
Votes: 167
38. Les égouts du paradis (1979)
115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Albert Spaggiari (Francis Huster) plays Spaggiari, who organises a group of gangsters to break into the vault of the Societé Générale Bank in Nice by tunnelling up through the sewers below.... See full summary »
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Francis Huster, Jean-François Balmer, Lila Kedrova, Bérangère Bonvoisin
Votes: 330
39. Riff Raff Girls (1959)
Unrated | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vicky de Berlin, a female gangster, haunted by wartime memories , runs a floating night-club in Brussel. Marcel, her partner and lover, is in charge of the banknotes forgery manufacture ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Joffé | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monfort, Roger Hanin
Votes: 70
40. Once Upon a Time in Europe (2001– )
Documentary
The end of the fifties through to the mid-seventies witnessed an explosion in genre cinema throughout Europe. This coincided with the appearance of several new trends in European ... See full summary »
Stars: Carlos Aguilar, Alessandro Alessandroni, Dario Argento, John Barry
Votes: 133
41. Ciné regards (1978–1982)
30 min | Documentary
Ciné Regards, broadcast on FR3 between 1978 and 1982, is a film news magazine produced by Anne Andreu, made up of successive sections: selection of films showing, survey, interview with ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Andreu, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Ciment, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 23
42. La case de l'oncle Doc (1997–2017)
Documentary
Stars: Mohammed Harbi, Pascal Ory, Jean Douchet, François Morel
Votes: 14
43. Thé ou café (1996– )
65 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Catherine Ceylac, Emmanuel Donzella, Erik Orsenna, Clémentine Célarié
Votes: 33
44. Spécial cinéma (1974–1997)
Talk-Show
Shown on the main French language TV-channel in Switzerland (RTS), "Spécial Cinéma" is one of TSR's most iconic shows where the biggest names in film, directors and actors, from Visconti to Verneuil, from Godard to Delon where interviewed.
Stars: Christian Defaye, Alain Delon, Claude Goretta, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 12
45. 30 millions d'amis (1976– )
30 min | Documentary, Family, Reality-TV
Televised pet magazine. Each week special pets are showcased and their owners. All kinds of animals are shown. Sometimes even celebrities and their pets would be featured.
Stars: Pierre Perret, Thierry Le Luron, Philippe Clay, Maria Pacôme
Votes: 22
46. Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie (2001)
115 min | Crime, Drama
Joe, international poker player, is considered an irresponsible family-chief. His two sons drifted into gangsterism. The older dies from it. The younger, Manu, was sentenced to death. Joe takes on to a terrific battle in order to save his son. Will he succeed in it? For life has more than one trick in its well-worn sleeve.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Vincent Lecoeur, Rufus, Michelle Goddet
Votes: 208
47. Umi e (1988)
174 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Ken Takakura, Junko Sakurada, Philippe Leroy, Nenji Kobayashi
Votes: 16
48. Où est passé Tom? (1971)
110 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tom is a secretary for an association which aims to free political prisoners. Skipping from inaction he plans and kills dictator Anton Caras. Arrested he ends up in a jail full of political... See full summary »
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Rufus, Paul Crauchet, Alexandra Stewart, Jean Gaven
Votes: 135
49. Vie privée, vie publique (2000– )
Stars: Mireille Dumas, Stéphane Bern, Pierre Palmade, Agnès Soral
Votes: 18
50. Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible (2003)
85 min | Documentary
Thanks to a series of unpublished interviews, recorded shortly before his death, director Claude Sautet gives us a fascinating lesson in cinema. Through his thirteen films, he tells about his career and his work as a director.
Director: N.T. Binh | Stars: Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Sarde, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Graziella Sautet
Votes: 56