French crime movies

List of the best French crime movies selected by visitors to our site: A Prophet, Yamakasi, Serial Killer 1, Armed Hands, Midnattssol, Above the Law, The Night of the 12th, Dheepan, See You Up There, Mon pote.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, crime
CountryFrance, Italy
Duration02:29

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Spain
Duration01:30

Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, crime
CountryFrance

The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryFrance
Duration01:45

Lucas and his team are after a gang of Serbian criminals using NATO-issued weapons. As the investigation leads him to Paris, Lucas attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, a young narc officer.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySweden, France
Duration04:41

Kahina Zadi, 32, a French police officer travels to Kiruna in Sweden to investigate the bestial murder of a French citizen. Together with Anders, a Swedish prosecutor of Sami origin, she begins an investigation. Soon new killings start to happen and the first victim turns out to be the tip of a very dark iceberg. The victims seemingly have nothing in common more than that they are all being killed in a well-planned and vicious manner. In their hunt for the truth, both Kahina and Anders are forced to deal with their own past that they have repressed. A personal journey through a painful past becomes the key to succeed in preventing the violent killings that affects the small mining community of Kiruna.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, crime
CountryBelgium, France
Duration01:42

Frank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that’s what he believes… Ideal suspects, Valken and his gang find themselves involved in a criminal case of thirty years. It seems that the crazy killers are back.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryFrance, Belgium

It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, crime
CountryFrance
Duration01:48

Three people who have lost everything, a soldier tired of fighting, a young woman and a little girl, pose as a family to escape the civil war in Sri Lanka. They emigrate to France and settle in a chaotic neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris, where apparently the law no longer exists; but they, who barely know each other, struggle to survive there, even when the ghosts of war begin to haunt them again.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military
CountryFrance, Canada
Duration01:46

In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryFrance
Duration01:45

The story of a friendship between Victor, owner of a magazine, and Bruno, a car thief.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration02:15

Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, crime
CountryFrance, Qatar
Duration01:52

In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in the footsteps of Rebecca, a respected dealer. But her encounter with Djigui, a young, disturbingly sensual dancer, throws her off course.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Belgium, Luxembourg, China, Germany
Duration02:25

Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.

Markimdb: 6
Genredrama, crime
CountryFrance

When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume his activity in a law firm, the couple is looking for a nanny. After a severe casting, they engage Louise, who quickly conquers the affection of children and gradually occupies a central place in the home. Gradually the trap of mutual dependence will close, until the tragedy.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
CountryFrance

Paris, the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the french political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryFrance, USA
Duration01:35

A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:55

    An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryRussia, France, Armenia
    Duration01:49

    When a factory is bound to close, a group of workers decides to take action against the owner.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration02:29

    Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration02:16

    A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday on Antigua. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance

    Caught in the crosshairs of police corruption and Marseille’s warring gangs, a loyal cop must protect his squad by taking matters into his own hands.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryFrance

    Follows Sara, head of the Toulouse police narcotics squad, who is forced to collaborate with Richard, the head of the local criminal police, to stop a go-fast between Spain and France and find the murderer linked to the case.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance

    5 days into the heart of the French anti-terrorism services during the hunt for suspects after the 13/11/2015 attacks in Paris.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryDenmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Jordan, Italy

    A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance

    Albert Desiderio, a humble retired man, decides to hire a novelist to write his memoirs. But the amazing love story Albert shared with Solange during the 70’s turns out to be the confession of a serial killer couple.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance

    Madeleine Verdier, a penniless actress is accused of the murder of a famous producer. With the help of her best friend she proves that, she is acquitted for self-defense. Then begins a life of glory and success, until truth comes to light.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Germany, Spain, USA

    A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryFrance

    A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss's young son.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryFrance

    After the death of Charras, Lino and Julia took over and form the new narcotic unit. Determined to find the murderers of his brother and his mentor, Lino continues his hunt and won’t let anyone get in his way.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryFrance

    Diakité and Monge are police officers who are complete opposites, and get paired together to uncover an unexpectedly big criminal case.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryItaly, USA
    Duration03:49

    A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:36

    Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:00

    When a teenager suddenly disappears without a trace, the case is assigned to an alcoholic police officer who maintains a complicated relationship with his own troubled teenage son, suspected of drug trafficking.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Portugal

    Two young men seek the solitude of the country; their peace is disturbed when a set of random occurrences suggest to their susceptible minds a pattern with sinister meanings.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryFrance

    A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends at an apartment, ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills - only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:57

    A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryThailand, France

    A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genreaction, comedy, adventure, crime
    CountryFrance, Netherlands, Belgium
    Duration02:07

    Ruben, Durex and Nora are three students in their last year of college. Ruben has already failed his exams once due to his lack of self-confidence. He's been as useless with Nora, to whom he dares not confess his feelings. And his childhood friend Durex, the most embarrassing guy in the world, is no help at all. When Ruben discovers that Nora is a dealer and that she's going to Amsterdam to bring back a new kind of drug, Ruben bucks up the courage to accompany her. This trip to Amsterdam is an ideal situation in which to at last seduce Nora. But his bad luck: Durex comes along for the ride. While the trio discover Europe's craziest capital, their lives really get complicated when they realize that the drug they've just picked up belongs to one of Amsterdam's most dangerous gangsters. Very quickly, Ruben, Durex and Nora will understand that to get their old lives back, they must stop being nerds in order to become true heroes.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:39

    In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they change apartments. Sophie arrives in Paris on Saturday morning. The next morning, policemen break in the apartment and arrest Sophie while she is having a bath. Detective Damien Forgeat interrogates Sophie believing that she is Bénédicte and she learns that a beheaded body was found in her room and all evidence of her life has been deleted.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:40

    Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris’s demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs, making sure once again that the owners don’t bend the rules too far. Weiss knows he’s between a rock and hard place: it’s obvious that criminal gangs run rampant in his special domain, and even more obvious that they’re protected by higher-ups in the department.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, Mexico, Lebanon
    Duration01:46

    In the sterile setting of a powerful multinational, two young women compete ... Isabelle is working under the orders of Christine, a woman of power she admires unreservedly.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:42

    After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the "business". He tends to his wife Janou, who suffered so in the past, and to his children and grandchildren, all of whom have great respect for this man of simple and universal values, so clear-headed and full of kindness. But then Serge Suttel, who has disowned nothing of his past, comes back into the picture.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, crime, detective
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:42

    The ambiguous suicide of a local beauty, weathergirl, cheese model, and Marilyn Monroe look-a-like finds an eager sleuth in David Rousseau, best-selling crime novelist. When Rousseau visits a remote Alps village for the reading of his friend's will he unwittingly, but irresistibly, gets caught in the tangled web of murder and small town politics in this off-beat mystery.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:51

    The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration02:08

    Cast out of his insular community, a damaged and down on his luck man teeters between a life of crime and the path to redemption.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium
    Duration01:51

    When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:51

    Between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise are in fear of a maniac who kills several hitchhikers and escape the police. He was then dubbed "the killer of the Oise" is actually a shy young policeman who will investigate his own murder, only to lose control of the situation.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryFrance

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    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Canada

    After a bank job goes badly wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage - it's the beginning of a frantic and violent road trip that not all of them will survive.




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