# The best French crime films

From Clouzot to Olivier Marchal: the great French crime thrillers, according to Écran Large, Coachme and SensCritique lists.

- 1 vote · 15 items
- Jun 1, 2020 · septiemeart_nocturne
- https://even.best/en/l/4182/the-best-french-crime-films

## Top 10

1. **Le Cercle Rouge (1970)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A Place Vendôme jewel heist.
2. **Le Samouraï (1967)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lone hitman Jef Costello, by Melville.
3. **Les Diaboliques (1955)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A wife and a mistress plot against a headmaster, by Clouzot.
4. **Le Trou (1960)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Four prisoners dig their way out, by Jacques Becker.
5. **Quai des Orfèvres (1947)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A murder and Inspector Antoine, by Clouzot.
6. **Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An escaped gangster attempts one last job, by Melville.
7. **Garde à vue (1981)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A police interrogation on New Year's Eve, with Serrault and Ventura.
8. **Le Boucher (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A schoolteacher and a butcher in a Périgord village, by Chabrol.
9. **Lift to the Scaffold (1958)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A perfect crime stuck in a lift, by Louis Malle.
10. **Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Max the Liar and the gold loot, with Gabin.
11. **So Long, Stooge (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A night petrol-station attendant and a revenge, with Coluche.
12. **Fear Over the City (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Belmondo hunts a killer across the rooftops of Paris.
13. **Police Python 357 (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An inspector trapped in his own investigation, by Alain Corneau.
14. **36th Precinct (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two rival cops, by Olivier Marchal.
15. **The Connection (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Judge Michel against the French Connection in Marseille.

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