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Fr. 2025. Crime drama by Pascal Bonitzer with Denis Podalydès, Anne Alvaro, Manuel Guillot. Called urgently to the Quai d'Orsay, Commissioner Maigret investigates the death of a renowned former ambassador.
Runtime: 80 min.

Case 137

V.O.: Dossier 137
Runtime: 115 min.

The Night of the 12th

V.O.: La Nuit du 12
Fr. 2022. Crime drama by Dominik Moll with Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Anouk Grinberg. In Savoy, two policemen, obsessed by the unsolved murder of a young woman, are increasingly disturbed by their discovery of the misogyny that surrounds them.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 2019. Crime drama by Arnaud Desplechin with Roschdy Zem, Antoine Reinartz, Sara Forestier. In Roubaix, a police commissioner and a novice lieutenant investigate different criminal cases that are potentially linked.
Runtime: 119 min.
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The Connection

V.O.: La French
Fr. 2014. Crime drama by Cédric Jimenez with Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette. In Marseilles, in 1975, a new judge of the major crimes unit attacks the French Connection, the hub of world heroin trafficking.
Runtime: 135 min.
Fr. 2011. Social drama by Maïwenn with Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, JoeyStarr . The daily life of the police officers of a Parisian youth protection brigade, from the point of view of a photographer doing a report for the Ministry of the Interior.
Runtime: 127 min.

Crime of Passion

V.O.: Crime d'amour
Fr. 2010. Crime drama by Alain Corneau with Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille. Publicly humiliated by her obnoxious boss, a young single woman plots a terrible revenge.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 2005. Crime drama by Xavier Beauvois with Nathalie Baye, Jalil Lespert, Roschdy Zem. Afterthree years of small-time cases, an alcoholic detective is assigned to lead the Parisian homicide squad.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1992. Crime drama by Bertrand Tavernier with Didier Bezace, Philippe Torreton, Charlotte Kady. The daily difficulties encountered by members of an anti-drug brigade installed in shabby barracks in Paris.
Runtime: 145 min.
Runtime: 130 min.

The Night Caller

V.O.: Peur sur la ville
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Adalberto Maria Merli, Charles Denner. While chasing a bank robber, a police commissioner goes in search of a homicidal maniac.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by Alain Corneau with Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, François Périer. A police officer investigating the murder of a friend realizes that the evidence may incriminate him.
Runtime: 127 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Claude Sautet with Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Bernard Fresson. A police inspector, disappointed by his successive failures, pushes small thugs to commit a robbery in order to catch them in the act.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Bourvil, Alain Delon, Yves Montand. A police officer sets a trap for three criminals who have just succeeded in a jewel heist.
Runtime: 140 min.

The Godson

V.O.: Le Samouraï
Fr. 1967. Thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville with Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon. A lone shooter is wanted by both police and criminals.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1966. Crime drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin. A prison escapee tries to prove that he is not a ""donor.""
Runtime: 150 min.
Fr. 1956. Thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville with Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy. A former gangster, ruined by gambling, sets up a robbery in a casino.
Runtime: 102 min.

Diabolique

V.O.: Les Diaboliques
Fr. 1955. Thriller by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse. The wife and the mistress of an odious man are determined to eliminate him.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1947. Crime drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Louis Jouvet, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair. A jealous husband is accused of the murder of a rival.
Runtime: 106 min.

The Murderer Lives at 21

V.O.: L'Assassin habite au 21
Fr. 1942. Police comedy by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Pierre Larquey. A police officer posing as a religious man searches for a murderer in a boarding house.
Runtime: 79 min.
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