Movies like The Emperor of Paris
The Emperor of Paris (2018) is a crime movie directed by Jean-François Richet. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
★ 7.4 · 15,400 votes · Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…
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2. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
★ 7.3 · 1,030 votes · Drama, Action, Thriller
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
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3. Lost Bullet (2020)
★ 6.6 · 954 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
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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4. Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
★ 6.9 · 1,428 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
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5. 36th Precinct (2004)
★ 6.9 · 668 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.
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6. Les Misérables (2019)
★ 7.6 · 1,633 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserables”. Alongside his new colleagues Chris and Gwada – both experienced members of the team – he quickly discovers tensions running high between local gangs. When the trio finds themselves overrun during the course of an arrest, a drone captures the encounter, threatening to expose the reality of everyday life.
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7. An Officer and a Spy (2019)
★ 7.1 · 1,630 votes · History, Drama, Thriller
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
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8. The Tenant (1976)
★ 7.6 · 1,272 votes · Thriller, Mystery, Drama
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
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9. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
★ 7.0 · 3,637 votes · Drama, Crime
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
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10. Only the Animals (2019)
★ 6.7 · 338 votes · Drama, Crime
Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to devastating effect as the local police investigate the case.
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