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Plot Summary:
Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals. Despite being pursued by the henchmen, Fred finds the time to flirt with Héléna, blow a safe, rob a train, evade the hapless Metro police, and start a rock band.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, surreal, cult classic, stylized, neo noir, action thriller, mesmerizing, surprise ending, humorous, futuristic
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Kill the Referee (1984)
Plot Summary:
Michel,a referee has to suffer the consequences of having whistled a penalty against a team which is supported by football hooligans.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Similar in 89%
The Pass (1998)
Plot Summary:
A businessman with a compulsive gambling problem which has led to his wife leaving him, travels to Reno, Nevada for some gambling therapy which takes a turn when he picks up a psychotic serial killer posing as a hitchhiker.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 81%
Gotham (1988)
Plot Summary:
A New York private eye searches for a socialite who supposedly drowned 10 years before.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, cult classic, atmospheric, noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, eighties
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Killing Blue (1988)
Plot Summary:
Police Commissioner Alex Glass has been twisted into a sarcastic cynic by the hard luck story that is his life and by his daily contact with the criminals of Berlin's underground. His new assistant, Shirly Mai, is an attractive and conscientious woman who embodies a quality of virtue that her boss gave up a long time ago. They have both been assigned to solve a series of gruesome murders that have been taking place in Berlin's drug and prostitution ganglands. The prime suspect is George Miskowski, a pusher who supplies Berlin's brothels and hookers with cocaine and heroin.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Simon Killer (2012)
Plot Summary:
A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. His life should be open-ended and full of promise, but he can’t shake his feelings of loss. Being a stranger in a strange land only aggravates his situation. When he falls in love with a young mysterious prostitute, a fateful journey begins, though we soon learn that Simon is the one with deeper secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, neo noir, realistic, contemplative, stylized, psychosexual thriller, suspense, mumblecore
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Paris Countdown (2013)
Plot Summary:
Unable to repay their debts, Milan and Victor, best friends and co-owners of a Paris nightclub, are lured into a drug deal that goes bad. Tortured by police, they negotiate their freedom against an overwhelming testimony that condemns their psychotic liaison to prison. Six years later, the men's nightmare begins again when the pyschopath is granted his freedom. Now, not having talked for years, the old friends are united again in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, serious, realistic
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The Key (2007)
Plot Summary:
Depuis peu Eric Vincent, trentenaire sans histoire, a un fort sentiment de malaise. Est-ce la peur d'avoir un enfant ou celle de voir brutalement resurgir le fantôme d'un père qu'il n'a jamais connu ? Un matin, un inconnu l'appelle pour lui proposer de récupérer les cendres de son père. D'abord réticent, il finit par accepter et se retrouve plongé au coeur d'une machination infernale.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, tense, realistic, extraordinary
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White Lie (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young writer has his book stolen by his mentor.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Three Men to Destroy (1980)
Plot Summary:
A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him as a potential witness. Soon they are killing everyone he even comes in contact with in order to get him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Brotherhood of Tears (2013)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel Chevalier, 45 years old, is an ex-policeman. Unemployed, lonely and depressed,he lives like a ghost and hardly takes care of his only teenage child Juliette. One day, by pure chance, he finds a suspicious but extremely well paid job: his daily mission consists of delivering a briefcase exactly where he is told. The only rule being to never open it. These deliveries will bring him to meet weird people in strange places. Gradually, his cop instinct resurfaces.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, entertaining
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Paris Under Watch (2012)
Plot Summary:
An anonymous hacker has hacked all of Paris' cameras and observes the city unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Petty crimes and moments of stolen intimacy, he sees everything. Until the day that an explosion lays wasted to the Gare d'Austerlitz. The police starts tracking down an Al Queda satellite group. The hacker succeeds in finding images of the explosion and discovers that it was a young couple who planted the bomb. Using the city's cameras, he decides to hunt down the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Death in a French Garden (1985)
Plot Summary:
The wealthy Tombsthays hire a guitar tutor, David Aurphet, for their daughter Vivian. The wife, Julia, begins a passionate affair with David. Edwige, Julia's new neighbour, also takes an interest in David. David is attacked one night on returning home but saved by a mysterious stranger Daniel who reveals himself to be a hired killer. David begins to suspect that his affair is no longer secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: neo noir, erotic, sexy, slasher, anthology, surprise ending, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
Diva (1981)
Plot Summary:
Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Music, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: surreal, lyrical, visual, visually stunning, atmospheric, stylized, tense, offbeat, epic, neo noir
Similar in 83%
Tempo (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jenny, a young American woman, moves to Paris and gets involved with Jack, who is seemingly the man of her dreams. However, he has a lot to hide and Jenny quickly gets entangled his dangerous lifestyle.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, Luxembourg, UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, erotic, independent film
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Picture Claire (2001)
Plot Summary:
After her Montreal apartment burns down and her possessions are reduced to ash, Claire Beaucage heads to her boyfriend's place in Toronto, only to find that he's missing. Then the police mistake her for Lily Warden, a sinister woman who killed a local gangster and happens to live in the same building as Claire's boyfriend. The police pursue a bewildered Claire while a gang of criminals chases after Lily.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, noir, independent film
Similar in 77%
Six-Pack (2000)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is on the loose in Paris and he seems to be an american citizen working in the US embassy and being in the middle of a french-american economical affair.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, perverse, scary, mind bending, bleak, neo noir, realistic
Similar in 78%
The Mark of the Angels - Miserere (2013)
Plot Summary:
Paris, December. A conductor of a choir is found mysteriously murdered, with burst eardrums. Lionel Kasdan, a police inspertor the verge of retirement, and Frank Salek, an official of Interpol, embark together on a hunt for the killer, and also to a secret organization specializing in kidnapping children.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, action thriller
Similar in 79%
Three Blind Mice (2003)
Plot Summary:
Thomas is a talented computer programmer living in a vibrant, urban metropolis. Lonely and unsure about life, he finds solitude in the world of internet chat rooms, webcam sites and virtual communication. One evening, Thomas witnesses the brutal murder of a webcam friend and in a vain attempt to protect her he becomes the prime suspect in the homicide. Determined to prove his innocence, Thomas teams up with Claire, a specialist in internet crimes to uncover the truth. To expose the murderer, Claire and Thomas decide to set up their own webcam site using Claire as the cyber bait. Somewhere down the line the truth becomes blurred and Thomas no longer knows where to turn or who to trust. As his life starts to spiral out of control, he has to face the terrifying reality that he could be the next victim.........the virtual nightmare has only just begun.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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The Outsider (1983)
Plot Summary:
In another typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle, the French action hero plays a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord (Henry Silva) who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal. Stunts (performed by Belmondo) and chase scenes on land and water enliven the story, but the scenes with Belmondo's love interest are rather marginal themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hood, exciting
Similar in 81%
The Counsel (2010)
Plot Summary:
A new lawyer, looking to establish himself, wins a difficult case and deals with the unforeseen consequences that may destroy him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, rough, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
Max & Jeremie (1992)
Plot Summary:
Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up people and places for mobsters in Paris. He may not look it, scruffy lad that he is, but he is a sensitive fellow, and he feels his lowly status keenly. If only he could graduate to the ranks of hitmen, who are honored in his world, perhaps then he would feel more like somebody. He finally gets his chance when he receives instructions to kill the eminent hitman Max, who knows too much to be left alive. Instead of planning a cool and distant hit, Jeremie gets to know his quarry personally and thereby gets entangled in a mass of conflicting allegiances. Max has one more assignment and has asked Jeremie to help him with it. The hero-worshipping boy can't bring himself to knock of this classy guy. However, just having such an inept apprentice as Jeremie around is enormously dangerous for the soon-to-be-retired killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 797
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Secrets of State (2008)
Plot Summary:
In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, psychological thriller
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Fear X (2003)
Plot Summary:
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Denmark, Canada, UK, Brazil
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, neo noir, atmospheric, bleak, realistic, psychological thriller, sexy, suspense, surreal, art house
Similar in 76%
The Caged Heart (1984)
Plot Summary:
Conflict between a hardened prison inmate and a ruthless prison guard.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, atmospheric, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 81%
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Truth About Charlie is a 2002 remake of the 1963 film Charade (which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn). It is also an homage to François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player and that film's star Charles Aznavour appeared as himself and sang his song "Quand tu m'aimes" (English version).
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, clever, tricky, neo noir, twist ending, light
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Dark Hearts (2014)
Plot Summary:
When struggling artist Colson finds his muse in sultry singer Fran, their daring romance spirals out of control into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, stylized, captivating, sexual, sexy
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The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Plot Summary:
Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst MI5 agent John Preston attempts to prevent it's detonation.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious, political, philosophical, political thriller, cult classic, realistic
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The Tenant (1976)
Plot Summary:
A quiet and inconspicuous man (Trelkovsky) rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, black comedy, surreal, atmospheric, offbeat, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, scary, mind bending
Similar in 87%
The Driver (1978)
Plot Summary:
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, road movie, grindhouse, retro
Similar in 78%
Nikita (1990)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, stylized, atmospheric, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, erotic, sincere, retro