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Best French Crime Movies

This collection ranks 1,947 french crime movies. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is City of God.

1,947 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  3. 3

    Casino

    1995· 2h 59m· en

    8.06.7K
  4. 4

    True Romance

    1993· 2h 1m· en

    7.53.1K
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    Dogville

    2003· 2h 58m· en

    7.72.7K
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    Le Trou

    1960· 2h 12m· fr

    8.2592
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    Wind River

    2017· 1h 47m· en

    7.45.9K
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    Hot Fuzz

    2007· 2h 1m· en

    7.68.5K
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    Papillon

    1973· 2h 31m· en

    7.82.2K
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    Le Samouraï

    1967· 1h 45m· fr

    7.81.3K
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    Irreversible

    2002· 1h 37m· fr

    7.23.4K
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    Falling Down

    1993· 1h 53m· en

    7.44.2K
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    The Raid

    2012· 1h 41m· id

    7.44.0K
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    Rififi

    1955· 1h 58m· fr

    7.8654
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    Breathless

    1960· 1h 30m· fr

    7.52.1K
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    Ong-Bak

    2003· 1h 45m· th

    7.21.9K
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    Z

    1969· 2h 2m· fr

    7.8645
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    United 93

    2006· 1h 51m· en

    7.11.7K
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    A Prophet

    2009· 2h 35m· fr

    7.61.8K
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    Lord of War

    2005· 2h 2m· en

    7.35.4K
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    Purple Noon

    1960· 1h 58m· fr

    7.6616
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    Dogman

    2023· 1h 55m· fr

    7.81.4K
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    Legend

    2015· 2h 12m· en

    7.04.4K
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    The Trial

    1962· 1h 59m· en

    7.4580
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    Snowden

    2016· 2h 15m· en

    7.14.7K
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    Dogman

    2018· 1h 43m· it

    7.52.3K
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    Pickpocket

    1959· 1h 15m· fr

    7.3581

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

1,947 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

Which movie is ranked #1?

City of God currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.