old school french crime movies

After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.

After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.

An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.

A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.

After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.

A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.

The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.

Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications and many bloody shootouts ensue.

Hugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.

The body of a young woman is found near a farm. Judge Larcher suspects farmers Rose and Pierre are linked to the murder.

After inheriting money, a repairman named Carrier becomes mentally unstable. Growing increasingly threatening, he starts menacing the police and government through signed communiques.

During the Cold War, the CIA orders free-lance operative Scorpio to assassinate his former CIA mentor Cross and a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.

A French judge tries to acquit a man who is accused of murdering his lover.

Jacques Darnay exits prison after 10 years for a jewel robbery with missing diamonds. The jeweler's death is unresolved. Police, former accomplices investigate while Darnay conceals his motives.

An ambitious young mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.

A man is pursued by killers after helping someone at a car crash.

Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.

Jean-Paul and Marianne spend lazy holidays at their villa in idyllic Southern France. However when Harry and his attractive young daughter Penelope show up, the dreamy summer days are suddenly filled with unspoken tension and jealousy.

In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?

Deputy Dubaye kills racketeer Serrano, revealing corrupt dealings. Xavier covers up, but faces difficulties as influential personalities seek documents to blackmail Dubaye.

During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.

A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.