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Plot Summary:
A jaded and charming police inspector is assigned along with his cheerful partner to a case involving the mysterious death and/or suicide of a wealthy entrepreneur. The chief suspect is his enchanting wife who was aware that her husband had a mistress. It is also possible that the dead man may be the victim of a radical terrorist group.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
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Detective (1985)
Plot Summary:
Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, psychological, tense, clever, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, gloomy
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Murder Is a Murder (1972)
Plot Summary:
Murder mystery involving a man and his relationship with twin sisters.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, non-linear, crying, detective, french noir
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Partners in Crime (2012)
Plot Summary:
Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is forced onto the adventure. Their investigation will put them on the trail of a mysterious scientist who holds the secret to eternal youth.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, talky, captivating, suspenseful, semi serious
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Ships in the Night: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
Plot Summary:
When an art gallery robbery leads to the death of the contemptible gallery manager, former Boston detective Jeff Jackson teams up with local doctor - and old flame - Dr. Zee Madeiras, to catch the killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: stylized, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
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All That... for This?! (1993)
Plot Summary:
The plot is about a trial against three men who tried to earn loads of money by illegal methods to get to Canada and about the lawyers and the judge who get on with the trial and who are being unfaithful to their couples.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: non-linear
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The Bishop's Bedroom (1977)
Plot Summary:
Mario, a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco, a loner with a sailboat, and takes him home to meet his estranged wife Cleofe and sexually repressed sister in law Matilde. Mario confesses his love for Matilde and so ensues a love triangle.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 994
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, gothic, italian comedy
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Charlotte (1974)
Plot Summary:
Starting as an investigation, the film begins with the discovery of a murdered young woman. Gradually we go back in time to realize that this crime is altogether the logical continuation of a philosophy of life where neither sex nor death are taboo, and where a lust for pushing limits meets it ultimate conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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The Great Alibi (2008)
Plot Summary:
Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around, things go awry: Pierre Collier, a psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer, is brutally murdered. Claire, his wife, dazed and confused by his corpse, with a smoking gun still in her hand, seems to be the ideal culprit.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Maigret (2022)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify him and then understand what happened to the victim.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Sunrise (2014)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Joshi is a grieving father searching for his daughter Aruna, kidnapped years ago when she was six. In his despair, life converges with a recurring dream in which Joshi pursues a shadowy figure who leads him to 'Paradise', a night-club where teenage girls dance to a leering crowd. He is convinced he will find Aruna there and vows to bring her back to Leela, his broken wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: India, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Our Women (2015)
Plot Summary:
Max, Paul and Simon have been friends for 35 years. They take great pleasure in their one vacation a year together without their partners and meet-up regularly to spend evenings drinking or playing cards. Each has a successful career and they all appear to have perfect lives until the night Simon announces to his friends that he has just strangled his wife, Estelle after a blazing row. Max and Paul are horrified by Simon's confession, but worse is to come when Simon asks them to lie and provide him with an alibi for the time Estelle was killed. Both men are torn between lying or turning over their best friend to the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, captivating, realistic, talky
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The Burned Barns (1973)
Plot Summary:
The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link with the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
Plot Summary:
On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling with a lost dog they plan to return to its wealthy owner for a large reward. But, when the dog's mistress is murdered, the travelers become the prime suspects, and Inspector Bonnard is determined to track them all down.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: black comedy, slapstick, dark comedy, independent film, detective, humorous, realistic, not serious, hilarious, nostalgic
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Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
Plot Summary:
Sherlock Holmes and Watson do battle with their nemesis, Professor Moriarity, over an ancient necklace attributed to Cleopatra.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, detective, independent film
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The Nark (1982)
Plot Summary:
A Paris police detective (Richard Berry) plays rough with a prostitute (Nathalie Baye) and her pimp/lover (Philippe Léotard), whom he wants as an informant.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, anthology, detective, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, eighties
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Do You Do You Saint-Tropez (2021)
Plot Summary:
Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France. When a criminal car sabotage related to threatening letters wreak havoc in the villa, Tranchant goes in search of the best agent for the investigation. In the middle of this hot summer, only the arrogant and incompetent agent Boullin is available... To catch the suspect and solve the mystery, he will have no choice but to impersonate a newly hired butler and will turn everyone’s vacation into a hilarious game of ‘Cluedo’!.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Murder, Take One (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman is killed in a hotel room. The ensuing police investigation is conducted in front of TV cameras for the entire country to watch as it unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, twisted
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My New Partner (1984)
Plot Summary:
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for corruption and he narrowly escapes. He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, witty, neo noir, anthology, action comedy, cult classic, black comedy, clever, humorous
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Sparkling Cyanide (2003)
Plot Summary:
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie In this TV movie, a classic mystery is updated and relocated to a glamorous world of London socialites and secret agents, introducing two unique and compelling investigators and taking us through to the highest corridors of power.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
Plot Summary:
On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois, a French murder mystery based upon a novel of the same name, is an unusual, involving film with excellent performances by its entire cast. Police Inspector Staniland (Michel Serrault) is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his investigation and looking through the victim's apartment, he meets Barbara (Charlotte Rampling), the mistress of the murder victim. Barbara confesses to the crime, but Staniland, based on his observations and experience, does not believe her. He then sets out to find the truth, with surprising results. Both Serrault and Rampling are outstanding in this well-directed, well-paced film. On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois was also released as He Died With His Eyes Open and won the Jury Prize at the 1985 Montreal World Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, detective, gloomy, sexual, sexy
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Life Love Death (1969)
Plot Summary:
François Toledo, married businessman and father, falls head-over-heels in love with Janine, a work colleague. However, he is soon found out: after three dates, he strangles some prostitutes, when, the victim of blackmail, he becomes dishonored. He is taken to court, and sentenced to be killed by a guillotine.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: neo noir, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
Plot Summary:
A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, light, lyrical, tricky, serious, realistic, romantic, clever, stylized
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Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jenn Corbin seems to have it all; the perfect husband, children and life. But when this suburban wife and mother in an upscale Atlanta suburb, commits suicide, authorities discover a marriage of secrets and betrayal. While the investigation seems to be leading to the final conclusion that her death was a suicide, bits and pieces of the couple’s lives come to the surface. These discoveries soon convey that looks can be deceiving and people are not necessarily what they appear to be!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Happy New Year (1973)
Plot Summary:
Gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, the find the shop of a beautiful antiques dealer (Françoise Fabian) who befriends the group. The driver and the antiques dealer fall in love. He is friendly but unrefined, she is cultivated and independent, but discovers that talking with Simon shows up her vanity, and she desires a simple and clean love. The hold-up which had been planned for a long time by the driver is shown to be more sophisticated than his methods of seduction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, non-linear, detective, freeze frame, poliziottesco
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Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977)
Plot Summary:
The young judge Fayard is not afraid of anybody as he does his work honestly.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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Sweet Killing (1993)
Plot Summary:
A business man decides to kill his wife but the plan sets off a chain of weird events that cause his life to become a living hell.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Mr. Klein (1976)
Plot Summary:
Paris, 1942. Robert Klein cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German-occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews facing discrimination because of laws edicted by the French government are desperate to sell valuable works of art - and it is easy for him to get them at bargain prices. His cosy life is disrupted when he realizes that there is another Robert Klein in Paris - a Jew with a rather mysterious behaviour. Very soon, this homonymy attracts the close - and menacing - attention of the police on the established art trader.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: slasher, art house, insightful, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
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SK1 (2014)
Plot Summary:
The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
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The Fall of the American Empire (2018)
Plot Summary:
A man's life is turned upside down in the aftermath of a robbery.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, funny, crime drama, sex comedy
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Public Friends (2016)
Plot Summary:
In order to make his little sick brother's dream come true, Leo and his best mates organize a fake score...but on the d day, they make a mistake and the fake score becomes a real hold up.Here starts the extraordinary adventure of PUBLIC Amis.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 499
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
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