Best crime French movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
30 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.3. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Léon: The Professional (1994)
Movie · French · 1h 51m · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.5 (13.7L votes)
Visually stunningMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
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2. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Movie · French · 2h 31m · UA · Thriller, Mystery · IMDb 7.6 (2.4L votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
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3. It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 43m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.4 (40.3K votes)
TwistyMatureEdge-of-seatCold & detached
An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.
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4. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
Movie · French · 2h 47m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (21.4K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
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5. Dheepan (2015)
Movie · French · 1h 55m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (18.1K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatSerious
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
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6. Red Rooms (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 58m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 7.1 (24.9K votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyCold & detached
The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the case’s puzzle.
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7. Beating Hearts (2024)
Movie · French · 2h 40m · Romance, Crime · IMDb 7.0 (9.3K votes)
Mature
Local rebellious teenager Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, but gang violence leads him to a darker destructive path. After years apart, the star-crossed lovers discover that every path they've taken leads them back together.
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8. Case 137 (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 55m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (4.5K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedSerious
When Internal Affairs officer Stéphanie investigates a young man severely injured during a chaotic Paris demonstration and finds no police misconduct, the routine case hits close to home upon her discovering the victim is from her native town.
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9. The Girl with a Bracelet (2020)
Movie · French · 1h 35m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.6 (2.8K votes)
TwistyDialogue-drivenDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Lise (16 years old) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.
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10. Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 26m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.6 (1.5K votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seat
In his own words, the burglar behind the 2010 robbery of the Paris Museum of Modern Art tells how he pulled off the biggest art heist in French history.
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11. How to Make a Killing (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 53m · Comedy, Thriller · IMDb 6.5 (4.8K votes)
FunnyMature
Michel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2 million loot in the process, their life takes an unpredictable turn, especially when they decide to cover
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12. The Women and the Murderer (2021)
Movie · French · 1h 32m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (1.8K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatDialogue-driven
This documentary traces the capture of serial killer Guy Georges through the tireless work of two women: a police chief and a victim's mother.
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13. Street Flow (2019)
Movie · French · 1h 35m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (2.4K votes)
MatureDark & grittyStraightforwardSerious
Noumouké, from the suburb of Paris, is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow - the lawyer student Soulaymaan or the gangster Demba.
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14. Lords of Scam (2021)
Movie · French · 1h 45m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.3 (948 votes)
Cold & detachedDialogue-drivenFamily-friendly
This documentary traces the rise and crash of scammers who conned the EU carbon quota system and pocketed millions before turning on one another.
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15. The Masked Scammer (2022)
Movie · French · 1h 30m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.1 (690 votes)
Dialogue-drivenCold & detachedSerious
Featuring interviews with his accomplices and victims alike, this deep dive explores how a master con man scammed French elites out of millions of euros.
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16. Lost Bullet (2020)
Movie · French · 1h 32m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 6.4 (17.1K votes)
Fast-pacedMatureEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
A small time delinquent, turned police mechanic for a go fast task force, is forced to defend his innocence when his mentor is killed by dirty cops.
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17. Last Bullet (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 51m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.3 (4.3K votes)
Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty
Car genius Lino returns to conclude his vendetta against Areski and the corrupt commander who ruined their lives in this turbo-charged trilogy finale.
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18. As Long as Shotguns Remain (2014)
Movie · French · 30m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 5.8 (322 votes)
Cold & detachedMatureDark & gritty
Two young men in a nearly abandoned suburban landscape deal with the suicide of one of their friends by shotgunning beers and joining a gang.
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19. A Family of Bastards (2026)
Movie · French · 1h 45m · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 5.7 (668 votes)
MatureFunnyDark & gritty
After the death of his father, Mohamed discovers the living of a step-brother and a step-sister. Together, they must manage the suspicious bar they inherited of linked to criminality, drug traffic and prostitution.
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20. Lost Bullet 2 (2022)
Movie · French · 1h 38m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.3 (7.4K votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-paced
Having cleared his name, genius mechanic Lino has only one goal in mind: getting revenge on the corrupt cops who killed his brother and his mentor.
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21. Gold Brick (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 35m · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (4.1K votes)
Cold & detachedFunny
Determined to even the scales and profit from his thankless job, a factory worker schemes to traffic luxury perfumes from under his employer's nose.
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22. Rogue City (2020)
Movie · French · 1h 56m · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 6.1 (11.0K votes)
MatureFast-pacedEdge-of-seatTwisty
Caught in the crosshairs of police corruption and Marseille’s warring gangs, a loyal cop must protect his squad by taking matters into his own hands.
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23. In His Shadow (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 29m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 4.9 (1.0K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedSerious
After the death of their father, two half-brothers find themselves on opposite sides of an escalating conflict with tragic consequences.
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26. Sentinelle (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 38m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 5.1 (1.9K votes)
FunnyFast-paced
François Sentinelle has two lives. By day, he is the most famous cop of Réunion Island, known for his tough methods and flowery shirts, pursuing criminals in his famous yellow defender. But the rest of the time, Sentinelle is also a charming singer.
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29. Madame Claude (2021)
Movie · French · 1h 52m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 5.5 (4.5K votes)
MatureDark & grittyVisually stunningCold & detached
Paris, the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the French political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.
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30. Nice Girls (2024)
Movie · French · 1h 32m · U/A 16+ · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 4.3 (1.4K votes)
Fast-pacedVisually stunningFunnyEdge-of-seat
A maverick cop and a meticulous detective join forces with a charming ex-hacker to solve an officer's disappearance and save Nice from disaster.
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