Top 10 awesome movies like The French Detective that you will enjoy watching

You just finished watching The French Detective and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Pierre Granier-Deferre, Lino Ventura and Patrick Dewaere . Here goes the list -

Le Sheriff
Rider on the Rain
Mille milliards de dollars
Deep Water
Purple Noon
So Long, Stooge
Galia
The Adversary
The Memory of a Killer
Judex

1. Le Sheriff

   The young judge Fayard is not afraid of anybody as he does his work honestly.

   This movie, created by Yves Boisset, Patrick Dewaere and Aurore Clément, scores 7.1 on IMDb.

   Genres - Crime | Drama

2. Rider on the Rain

   A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.

   This movie, created by René Clément, Charles Bronson and Marlène Jobert, scores 6.9 on IMDb.

   Genres - Crime | Mystery | Drama

   You can watch this on Tubi Tv.

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3. Mille milliards de dollars

   A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American multinational company intent on taking over several French industries. The journalist's objective is to garner enough evidence to expose the American corporation for what it really is, before French companies start disappearing - and before any more corpses accumulate, including his own.

   This movie, created by Henri Verneuil, Patrick Dewaere and Mel Ferrer, scores 7.1 on IMDb.

   Genres - Thriller | Crime | Drama

4. Deep Water

   Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.

   This movie, created by Michel Deville, Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant, scores 6.7 on IMDb.

   Genres - Crime | Drama

5. Purple Noon

   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.

   This movie, created by René Clément, Alain Delon and Maurice Ronet, scores 7.8 on IMDb.

   Genres - Thriller | Crime | Drama

   You can watch this on Amazon Video and Apple Itunes.

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6. So Long, Stooge

   Lambert, a burned-out case, works the night shift at a gas station, rarely speaking, living alone, drinking. Bensoussan, raised in foster homes, now a small-time pusher for a bar owner ...

   This movie, created by Claude Berri, Coluche and Richard Anconina, scores 7.4 on IMDb.

   Genres - Crime | Drama

7. Galia

   Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning.

   This movie, created by Georges Lautner, Mireille Darc and Venantino Venantini, scores 6.4 on IMDb.

   Genres - Crime | Drama

8. The Adversary

   When a man murders his wife, children and parents, the ensuing investigation reveals that he's been living a lie for almost 20 years.

   This movie, created by Nicole Garcia, Daniel Auteuil and Géraldine Pailhas, scores 6.8 on IMDb.

   Genres - Crime | Mystery | Drama

9. The Memory of a Killer

   Vincke and Verstuyft are the best detectives of the Antwerp police department. They are confronted with the murder on a leading executive and put all their effort to catch the murderer.

   This movie, created by Erik Van Looy, Laurien Van den Broeck and Dirk Roofthooft, scores 7.3 on IMDb.

   Genres - Action | Crime | Drama

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10. Judex

    Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, and apparently dies after a midnight ...

    This movie, created by Georges Franju, Channing Pollock and Francine Bergé, scores 7.2 on IMDb.

    Genres - Action | Crime | Drama

    You can watch this on Apple Itunes and Amazon Video.