Best thriller French movies on Prime Video in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
32 movies on Prime Video in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.3. Newest addition: The Residence, added to Prime Video on 22 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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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. The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Movie · French · 2h 58m · Adventure, Action · IMDb 7.6 (51.2K votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men
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4. The Beasts (2022)
Movie · French · 2h 18m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (26.8K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat
Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be idyllic except for their opposition to a wind turbine project that creates a serious conflict with th
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5. 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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6. Mars Express (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 29m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.5 (15.8K votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyTwistyCold & detached
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet's capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, political corruption, and a missing girl who hold
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7. Nikita (1990)
Movie · French · 1h 57m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 7.2 (82.6K votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatVisually stunningDark & gritty
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.
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8. 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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9. Rebel (2022)
Movie · French · 2h 15m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 7.3 (3.1K votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatDark & grittyVisually stunning
Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, and so leaves Belgium to help victims of the war in Syria. But when he arrives, he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters, who promise to reunite him with his brot
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10. Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
Movie · French · 2h 1m · Thriller · IMDb 6.9 (9.9K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & gritty
A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and the young student becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's re
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11. Two Prosecutors (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 58m · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 7.0 (3.3K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatSerious
In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.
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12. The Mad Women's Ball (2021)
Movie · French · 2h 2m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 6.7 (5.3K votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.
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13. 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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14. 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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15. Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972)
Movie · French · 1h 21m · Adventure, Mystery · IMDb 6.3 (3.4K votes)
Edge-of-seatFamily-friendlyFast-paced
Tintin and Captain Haddock are sent to guard Professor Calculus, who has invented a machine that can duplicate anything, and is staying in a village near the border of Syldavia and Borduria. However, an infamous and ruthless international criminal tries to lure Calculus and Tintin away by kidnapping two children, who l
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16. Pets on a Train (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 26m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 6.1 (1.6K votes)
FunnyFast-pacedVisually stunning
When a train unexpectedly starts up, taking only pets with it, the animals discover that Hans, a badger with a grudge is behind it all. While the crash seems inevitable, the animals can count on Falcon, a roguish Raccoon who will do anything to save them.
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17. The Calculus Affair (1964)
Movie · French · 58m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 5.4 (353 votes)
FunnyFamily-friendly
Strange things are happening in the evening at the mansion: glass things break without any apparent reason. Professor Calculus, somewhat apathetic to the whole series of events, leaves the following day to attend a conference on nuclear physics in Geneva. Foreign powers get wind of his work and send their agents to inv
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18. The Chase (2024)
Movie · French · 1h 35m · Thriller, Action · IMDb 5.7 (793 votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detachedSerious
11 years ago, inspector Malik couldn’t solve a kidnapping case and a little girl died. Now with only a few days before the crime gets classified, he decides to reopen the case. Malik owes it to the mother and to himself. As he digs into the past, a child is kidnapped again. The pattern is the same one as a decade ago,
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19. Hunting with Tigers (2024)
Movie · French · 1h 49m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 5.6 (663 votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedMatureDark & gritty
Malik, a young Parisian hustler, discovers that his stepfather Serge, a famous bank robber, has been arrested along with his accomplices. During the trial, Iris, one of the accused's lawyers, Chérif, requests Malik to accept a dangerous heist in exchange for Serge and her client's liberty. Malik must convince and reuni
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20. The Residence (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 50m · Thriller, Science Fiction · IMDb 5.8 (1.1K votes)
Cold & detachedTwisty
In the near future, during a health crisis, novelist Clarissa Katsef visits the Ludovico Foundation housing complex in search of inspiration. With the help of her AI assistant Dalloway, she finds fresh inspiration as she immerses herself in her writing.
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21. Freedom (2024)
Movie · French · 1h 50m · Action, Romance · IMDb 5.9 (1.7K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Inspired by the true events of one of France's most notorious non-violent robbers, Bruno Sulak, in the 1980s. He led multiple heists, then captured public attention for his many daring escapes from police custody...always to reunite with his beloved lover and accomplice Annie, becoming both France's Public Enemy #1 and
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22. The Orphans (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 35m · Action · IMDb 5.5 (1.2K votes)
Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty
Gab and Driss, childhood friends on bad terms since they left the orphanage, now have opposite lives - one is a cop with the IGPN, the other a fixer for thugs. When their first love dies in a suspicious accident, her 17-year-old daughter, Leïla, takes Gab's gun and sets off on the trail of a powerful organization willi
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23. Overdose (2022)
Movie · French · 1h 59m · Action · IMDb 5.8 (2.6K votes)
Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatCold & detachedVisually stunning
Captain Sara Bellaiche, from Toulouse Judiciary Police branch, is investigating a go-fast linked to the murder of two teenagers, an investigation led by Richard Cross, from the Paris Criminal Brigade. Forced to collaborate in order to find the murderer and stop the bloody go-fast, Sara and Richard are both thrown in a
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24. Dracula (2025)
Movie · French · 2h 10m · Horror, Fantasy · IMDb 6.2 (46.3K votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat
In late 15th-century Eastern Europe, Prince Vlad II’s bride is brutally murdered. As a result, he renounces God and damns Heaven itself. Cursed with eternal life, Vlad is reborn as Dracula, an immortal warlord who defies fate in a blood-soaked crusade to wrench his lost love back from death.
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25. Dog 51 (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 40m · Thriller, Science Fiction · IMDb 5.8 (3.5K votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
In the near future, Paris is divided into three zones that separate social classes, and no one can escape ALMA, a predictive AI that has revolutionized law enforcement. When ALMA’s creator is assassinated, Salia, a top agent, and Zem, a jaded cop, are forced to work together to solve a murder that may expose the dark s
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26. McWalter (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 46m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 4.9 (1.1K votes)
Fast-pacedFunnyCold & detachedVisually stunning
McWalter, a legendary American elite agent, is falsely accused of a series of attacks all around the globe. Determined to clear his name, he goes on the run to solve the mystery, thwart a earthwise conspiracy, and save the world…
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27. The Deep Dark (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 43m · Adventure, Horror · IMDb 5.7 (4.0K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
1956, in the north of France. A group of underground miners is forced to take a professor to take samples a thousand meters underground. After a landslide that prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time, and unknowingly awaken a legendary bloodthirsty creature.
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28. Carjackers (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 37m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 5.0 (1.7K votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatFast-pacedVisually stunning
By day, they're invisible—valets, hostesses, and bartenders at a luxury hotel. By night, they're the Carjackers, a crew of skilled drivers who track and rob wealthy clients on the road. As they plan their ultimate heist, the hotel director hires a ruthless hitman, to stop them at all costs. With danger closing in, can
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29. Other (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 35m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.0 (1.8K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seat
Alice returns home after her mother's death to find the house unchanged-and haunted by a dark presence. As fear builds, buried trauma resurfaces, and a terrifying truth is revealed.
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30. Based on a True Story (2017)
Movie · French · 1h 37m · Thriller, Mystery · IMDb 5.7 (7.9K votes)
Twisty
Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.
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