20 best movies like Pierrot le Fou (1965)

List of the best movies like Pierrot le Fou (1965): Inherent Vice, Max and the Junkmen, Le Cercle Rouge, Salvo, Touchez Pas au Grisbi, Divines, Police, Heli, Sun Don't Shine, Le Samouraï.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:29

    In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Italy

    Max is a Paris detective, aloof, independently wealthy, and frustrated by gangs of robbers whom he cannot catch. To re-establish his stature and save face, he decides to inveigle a group of petty thieves (led by an old acquaintance) to rob a bank. A reluctant captain provides Max intelligence and Max starts spending evenings with Lilly, a prostitute who's the girlfriend of the group's leader. He poses as a rich banker with money to burn and encourages Lilly to think about her future. He hints at a payroll that comes through his bank. The plot works, the petty thieves think they're ready for a big score, and the cops are in place. What could go wrong with Max's cold plan? Who's entrapped?

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Italy
    Duration02:14

    When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryItaly, France

    Salvo, a ruthless Sicilian Mafia hit man, changes his priorities after being involved in a bloody ambush.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryItaly, France

    Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.

    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: 6.6
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:53

    Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon, and his girl-friend Noria. Simon's brothers go to their lawyer. He springs Noria, who promptly steals 2 million francs that belong to the Tunisians. They suspect her of the theft; her life as well as the lawyer's is in danger. Meanwhile, Noria is playing with both the lawyer and Mangin's affections. Mangin is mercurial anyway: intimidating and bloodying suspects, falling for a police commission trainee before flipping for Noria, wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Can he save the lawyer and Noria, and can he convince her to love?

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryMexico, Netherlands, Germany, France
    Duration01:45

    Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Crystal and her boyfriend Leo embark on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, Italy
    Duration01:45

    Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
    Duration01:28

    A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom
    Duration02:11

    A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:25

    Ex-convict Georges Manda returns to the free world determined to go straight and takes a steady job as a carpenter. Unable to completely shake his connections with the underground, he meets with a former prison mate, older gangster Félix Leca, who introduces him to his mistress, the sweet but guarded Marie "Casque d'Or". Marie and Georges fall into a passionate relationship, driving Félix to do everything in his power to ruin the couple.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryItaly
    Duration01:40

    Titta di Girolamo has been living in a small hotel in Lugano for ten years, he leads a dull and rigid live and has apparently lost his capability to feel human emotion. This all changes when he decides to talk to Sofia, the Barmaid.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
    Duration01:48

    The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryTurkey
    Duration02:37

    In the rural area around the Anatolian town of Keskin, the local prosecutor, police commissar, and doctor lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's exact location. As the group continues looking, its members can't help but chat among themselves about both trivia and their deepest concerns in an investigation that is proving more trying than any of them expected.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration02:01

    Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, military
    CountryFrance, Italy

    Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Italy
    Duration02:00

    Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:10

    A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:55

    She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryItaly, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:45

    Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, meanwhile, is equally determined to track down their long lost father, a revolutionary who has been in hiding for 20 years. For different reasons, both leave New York and head for Long Island, out of money, and short on ideas.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

    Marnie is a beautiful kleptomaniac who is in love with businessman Mark Rutland. Marnie who is a compulsive thief is being watched by her new boss Mark who suspects her of stealing from him and thus decides to blackmail her in the most unusual way. A psychological thriller from Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel of the same name by Winston Graham.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
    Duration02:14

    Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:38

    Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance...

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryArgentina, Chile, France, South Korea
    Duration01:47

    In Argentina over 8,000 people die in traffic accidents every year. Behind each of these tragedies is a flourishing industry founded on insurance payouts and legal loopholes. Sosa is a lawyer who tours the A&E Departments of the public hospitals and the police stations in search of potential clients. Luján is a young doctor recently arrived from the provinces. Their love story kicks off one night when Luján and Sosa meet in the street. She's trying to save a man's life; he wants him on his client portfolio

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:29

    In Paris, the international police force and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer, an intelligent man responsible for laundry of dirty money in France. Zimmer had extensive plastic surgery, and his new face and voice are completely unknown. The only means to reach Zimmer is through his beloved mistress Chiara, who is under surveillance of the police and the mobsters. While traveling by train to the country nearby Nice, the common man François Taillandier, who has the same body shape of Zimmer, is select by Chiara as if he were Zimmer and used as a bait to lure those that are pursuing her. When Taillandier is chased by the professional Russian killers, he runs the French police when the real situation begins to be disclosed to him. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryFrance, Italy
    Duration01:49

    Immediately after Lisa (Loren) declares that she is leaving her immature, abusive, but easy-going husband Robert (Perkins), he is reported dead in a plane crash. Secretly still alive, he convinces her to collect his life insurance, although she knows that it's a bad idea. Lisa must contend with the complications of the scheme, which involve an aggressive suitor (Young), Robert's jealousy, and her own guilt.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:21

    A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he's spotted by the woman shortly after being questioned by the police about a local murder, the man's simple life becomes more complicated.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, film noir
    CountryUSA

    Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:36

    Vassili is an aged prostitute with killer instincts. He finds an unconscious young man in the Forest of Boulogne and takes him home. Now lovers and accomplices, the two men become a couple in prostitution and steal from their clients. And yet, menaces of retaliation leave the couple with no choice but to escape from Paris. The runaway begins...

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, western, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:43

    10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his car through the lawless wasteland of the Australian outback, aided by the brother of one of the thieves.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryHong Kong
    Duration01:36

    In this bifurcated crime narrative, a disillusioned hitman attempts to escape from his violent lifestyle against the wishes of his partner, who is infatuated with him, and an eccentric mute repeatedly encounters, then subsequently falls for a depressed woman looking for the prostitute who supposedly stole her ex-boyfriend's affections.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Italy

    A chamber drama about a widow and her son who live in an antique shop in Boulogne. The widow invites a man whom she loved twenty-two years earlier to visit. Her son is haunted by Muriel, a young woman whose death he may have caused while serving as a soldier in Algeria. As in Resnais' earlier films, memory is deflected, fragmented, enshrined, and imagined.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration02:02

    A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:53

    Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryArgentina, France, Spain

    A desperate love story between two young girls of extremely different social backgrounds who, unable to find a place for their love in the world they live in, are pushed to commit a crime.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryHungary
    Duration01:45

    A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, his fellow inspectors, who are all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:56

    Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: whether it's cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She's on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Italy

    The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryJapan, USA

    A woman at a crossroads traveling to Cannes along with her successful film producer husband, finds herself on a two-day road trip with his business associate. What follows is a carefree journey replete with diversions involving picturesque sites, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance - reawakening Anne's senses and a new lust for life.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Canada

    Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap another child, Jose, to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend Francois and some of his criminal cohorts.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:48

    A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryLuxembourg, France
    Duration02:05

    A sexually transmitted disease called STBO is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment. While a serum that can treat the disease has been formulated, it's been locked away in an inaccessible government building. A woman hires two men to steal the serum.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Italy
    Duration01:29

    When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:38

    Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Italy
    Duration01:45

    Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.

    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: 7.5
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom
    Duration02:11

    A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.




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