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The Bling Ring
2013 film directed by Sofia Coppola
Le Cercle rouge
1970 film by Jean-Pierre Melville
Femme Fatale
2002 film directed by Brian De Palma
Un flic
1972 film by Jean-Pierre Melville
Bande à part
1964 film by Jean-Luc Godard
Le clan des siciliens
1969 French-Italien film by Henri Verneuil
Rififi
Rififi () is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton's novel of the same name. Directed by American blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster Tony "le Stéphanois", Carl Möhner as Jo "le Suédois", Robert Manuel as Mario Farrati, and Jules Dassin as César "le Milanais". The foursome band together to commit an almost impossible theft, the burglary of an exclusive jewelry shop in the Rue de la Paix. The centerpiece of the film is an intricate half-hour heist scene depicting the crime in detail, shot in near silence, without dialogue or m
JCVD
2008 film by Mabrouk El Mechri
Thunderbirds
2004 film by Jonathan Frakes
Arsène Lupin
2004 film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
Any Number Can Win
1963 film by Henri Verneuil
A Cat in Paris
2010 film by Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
The Thief of Paris
1967 film by Louis Malle
The Brain
1969 film by Gérard Oury
Overdrive
2017 film directed by Antonio Negret
Adieu l'ami
1968 film by Jean Herman
Taxi
2004 film directed by Tim Story
Le deuxième souffle
1966 film by Jean-Pierre Melville
The Burglars
1971 film by Henri Verneuil
Killing Zoe
1994 film by Roger Avary
Faites sauter la banque!
1964 film by Jean Girault
Bob le flambeur
1956 film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
Action Man
1967 film by Jean Delannoy
Hold-Up
1985 film by Alexandre Arcady
Incorrigible
1975 film by Philippe de Broca
Danger: Diabolik
1968 film directed by Mario Bava
Cash
2008 film by Éric Besnard
La bonne année
1973 film by Claude Lelouch
Killer Fish
1979 film by Antonio Margheriti
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957 film by Jacques Becker
And Hope to Die
1972 film directed by René Clément
11.6
2013 film by Philippe Godeau
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti
1959 film by Nanni Loy
Le Voyou
1970 film by Claude Lelouch
Mes trésors
2017 film by Pascal Bourdiaux
The Good Thief
2002 film by Neil Jordan
Once a Thief
1965 film by Ralph Nelson
Symphony for a Massacre
1963 film by Jacques Deray
Wingwomen
Wingwomen () is a 2023 French action comedy film directed by Mélanie Laurent, who also starred in the movie alongside Adèle Exarchopoulos and Manon Bresch. The film was based on the graphic novel La Grande Odalisque by Jérôme Mulot, Florent Ruppert, and Bastien Vivès. It was released by Netflix on 1 November 2023.
Popsy Pop
1971 film by Jean Vautrin
Braqueurs
2015 film directed by Julien Leclercq
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
1968 film by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
The World Is Yours
2018 film by Romain Gavras
Saloum
2021 film directed by Jean Luc Herbulot
World in My Pocket
1961 film directed by Alvin Rakoff
Du rififi chez les femmes
1959 film by Alex Joffé
Tempo
2003 film directed by Eric Styles
Les Spécialistes
1985 film by Patrice Leconte
Un milliard dans un billard
1965 film by Nicolas Gessner
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen
1966 film by Michel Deville
Your Turn to Die
1967 film by Michele Lupo
Cent briques et des tuiles
1965 film by Pierre Grimblat
Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
2002 film by Cédric Klapisch
That Man George
1966 film by Jacques Deray
Les Égouts du paradis
1979 film by José Giovanni
Le mataf
1973 film by Serge Leroy