Best French Thriller TV Shows – page 2

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Carlos the Jackal (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 334 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
Style: suspenseful, political, atmospheric, captivating, epic ...
Plot: terrorism, revolutionary, murderer, terrorist, gunfight, biopic, politics, revolution, mossad, character study, danger, mission ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2010, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: south america, lebanon, palestine, israel, berlin germany ...
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Constellation (2024)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
TV show
Story: When a fatal accident occurs on board the International Space Station, a lone astronaut makes the heroic journey back to Earth, only to discover key pieces of her life—including her young daughter—have changed.
Style: psychological thriller
Plot: space, conspiracy
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 7.5
 796
Spin (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The President of the French Republic, visiting Saint-Etienne in the Loire, in a striking plant dies, victim of a bomb attack. The political world is agitated: early presidential elections to be held within the next thirty-five days. There is no ...
Style: tense, captivating, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot: politics, political intrigue, rivalry, campaign, head of state, rise to the top, media, workplace situations, ambition, president, white house, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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 7.7
 7K
Calls (2021)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: A series of interconnected phone conversations chronicling the mysterious story of a group of strangers whose lives are thrown into disarray in the lead-up to an apocalyptic event.
Style: unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot: mysticism, telephone call, riddles and clues, cell phone, phone terror, paranoia, fear, murder, reporter, scared, violent, cursed object ...
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 6.4
 9
Red Creek (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Canada
TV show
Story: In a small economically depressed northern Canadian town, a teenage girl disappears without a trace, a lady investigator who is sent in from Montreal must deal with disturbing facts, the strangeness of the place, and a religious cult.
Style: tense, thrilling, enigmatic, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: forensics, mysterious disappearance, secret, police detective, female detective, vanished man, female protagonist, puzzle, disappearance
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 5.2
 9K
Obsession (2023)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 155 min.
TV show
Story: A respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: older man younger woman sex, passion, male nudity, love affair, sister in law sister in law relationship, extramarital affair, cheating girlfriend, husband wife relationship, father in law daughter in law relationship, family relations, relationship problems, dysfunctional family ...
Place: london
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Killer by the Lake (2017)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Three years after Vanished by the Lake, Lise and Clovis are now by another lake, in Annecy, and face the challenge of a new family life with their nine-month-old son Tom as the couple takes on a demanding new investigation.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: crime solving, crime investigation, confronting the past, homicide detective, murder, female detective, murder investigation, police detective, serial killer, forensics, investigation, teamwork ...
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Thicker Than Water (2023)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A journalist’s life devolves into chaos when she shields her brother from the law, inadvertently entangling her family in a drug lord's merciless scheme.
Style: tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: drug lord, investigative reporter, drug dealing, female journalist, investigative journalism, drug, drug traffic, secret, journalism, criminal, journalist, investigation ...
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 8.1
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Samber (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Late 80’s in Northern France, women are being sexually assaulted along the same road by the Samber river – with attacks taking place early mornings and in a similar style. The police fail to get to grips with the extent of these assaults or make ...
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 7.6
 4K
Vortex (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 324 min.
TV show
Story: Two mysterious deaths. A rift in time. Sci-fi thriller about policeman Ludovic who risks everything when he tries to change the past.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, futuristic ...
Plot: police investigation, murder, technology, homicide detective, sleuth, investigation, crime solving, who done it, murder mystery, murder investigation, uncover truth, forensics ...
Time: year 1998
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 7.2
 916
Art of Crime (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, detective
Plot: fighting crime, art critic, crime solving, art theft, uncover truth, art thief, partners against crime, partner, teamwork, secret revealed, unsolved crime, theft ...
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 8.8
 33K
The Boat (1985)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, UK, Italy
Duration: 293 min.
TV show
Story: Life aboard a German U-Boat during World War II.
Style: bleak, gloomy, cult classic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: submarine, world war two, underwater, navy, sinking ship, battles, torpedo, military, military life, nazism, life is a bitch, survival ...
Time: year 1941, 20th century, 1940s
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XIII: The Series (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After a plot to kill the president of the USA an agent with lost memories tries to recover his life and memories. Others use him to cover up some dirty business involving high ranking officials from the CIA and the White House.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorist, memory loss, secret agent, uncover truth, danger, who to trust, life is a bitch, dishonesty, secret service, state affairs, chases and races, spy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.0
 48
Split (2023)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: When stuntwoman Anna meets the magnetic famous actress Eve, she unlocks a part of her she’d always kept hidden. What starts as an innocent exchange of glances soon ignites into a turbulent, sensual love affair. Directed by a French feminist author ...
Plot: lesbianism, lesbian sex, squirt, lesbian love
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Astrid: Murder in Paris (2019)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Astrid Nielsen works in the library of the judicial police. She has Asperger's syndrome. With an incredible memory, she excels at analyzing files of ongoing investigations. The district commander decides to use it to the fullest, entrusting ...
Style: detective, captivating, tense
Plot: autism, french police, investigation, detective inspector, female detective, female police detective, crime investigation, fighting crime, murder investigation, partners against crime, police investigation, forensics ...
Place: paris france, france
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 7.7
 21K
Criminal: UK (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Within the walls of an interrogation room and with time running out, London investigators go after three suspects, each accused of a grievous crime.
Style: contemplative, atmospheric, anthology, serious, tense ...
Plot: police, interrogation, murder, investigator, criminal, investigation, law enforcement, partners against crime, law enforcer, evidence, suspicion, violence ...
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 6.2
 124
Your Honor (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
TV show
Story: Richard Altman, a respected judge, is forced to sacrifice everything he has worked for when his son Lucas commits a hit-and-run, leaving a man for dead. At first, Richard wants his son to do the right thing, but he changes his mind when he realizes ...
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating
Plot: criminal, judge, family relations, father son relationship, crime boss, moral dilemma, father and son, life is a bitch, mafioso, accident
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Bright-eyed Revenge (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Ten years after surviving a car accident in which her mother and brother were murdered, Olivia, returns to the French Riviera with a new identity and a single purpose: Retribution.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: uncover truth, vengeance, new identity, organized crime, crime boss, revenge, criminal underworld, female protagonist, hidden identity, crime family, murder investigation, investigation ...
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Gone for Good (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 247 min.
TV show
Story: Ten years ago, he lost two loved ones. When his fiancée disappears, he must uncover buried secrets — or lose everything. Based on Harlan Coben's novel.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, surprise ending
Plot: tragedy, secret, male female relationship, investigation, family secret, confronting the past, tragic past, bereavement, loss of sibling, loss of wife, uncover truth, mysterious disappearance ...
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 6.2
 105
Crime Time (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Brazil
TV show
Story: What do a cop, a TV presenter, a politician and a dangerous criminal all have in common?
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: criminal, police, politician, private investigation, tv host, crime investigation, cop, police investigation, police officer, investigation
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 7.1
 408
Philharmonia (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Hélène Barizet is a gifted conductor with a sulphurous reputation. Named against the advice of management and musicians, she has a season to make her place and save the orchestra. The maestro chooses Selena Riviere, a young virtuoso violinist to ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense
Plot: orchestra conductor, orchestra, violinist, musician, workplace, music, female protagonist, musician's life, ambitious woman, problem
Place: france
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Galactik Football (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Galactik Football is a french animated television series, co-produced by Alphanim, France 2, Jetix Europe, and Welkin-Animation. Its third 26-episode season aired in Europe in June 2010. In the universe of Galactik Football, the inhabited worlds of ...
Style: anime, witty, not serious, stylized, funny ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: soccer, football, female athlete, teamwork, team, spirituality, fight, contests and competitions, football team, friendship, good versus evil, distant planet ...
Time: future
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 6.0
 130
P.J. (1997)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Style: captivating, suspense, detective
Plot: police detective, policewoman, police officer, police station, police, crime investigation, chase, police investigation, female detective, murder, chief of police, police inspector ...
Place: paris france, france
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 14, 1987 in syndication as a five-part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, ...
Style: anime, retro, exciting, humorous, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: ninja turtle, mutant, martial arts, turtle, superhero, invasion, werewolf, mutant animal, master warrior, good versus evil, friends, anthropomorphic animal ...
Time: year 1987, 80s, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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The Hitchhiker (1983)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: The Hitchhiker is a mystery anthology series that aired from 1983 to 1987 on HBO and First Choice in Canada. The series later moved to the USA Network from 1989 to 1991.
Style: anthology, scary, dark, creepy, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, hitchhiker, mental illness, drifter, obsession, breaking the fourth wall, hitchhiking, female nudity, nudity, chaos, supernatural ability, vengeance ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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 6.4
 620
Trepalium (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: It’s the end of the 21st century and society is in decline. The economic situation is a nightmare: only 20% of the population is actively employed while everybody else is jobless. On one side, the Jobless—hungry, thirsty, in a state of total ...
Style: suspense, touching, futuristic, thought provoking
Plot: survival, revolution, love, hopes, betrayal, class differences, fighting the system, exploitation, male female relationship, fantasy world, poverty, high society ...
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Fear by the Lake (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: A mysterious and mortally contagious virus threatens the population of Annecy, in southeastern France. A desperate race against the clock envelops to find out where the virus came from and keep it from becoming an epidemic.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Plot: pandemic, peril, society, virus, dystopian future, human nature, friends, fear, chaos, family relations, human existence, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, switzerland
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After the Crash (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
TV show
Story: Just after midnight on December 23, 1977, a night flight between Istanbul and Paris plummets toward the Swiss Alps, crashing into a snowy mountainside. Within seconds, flames engulf the plane, which is filled with holiday travelers. Out of all the ...
Style: dramatic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, exciting
Plot: baby, private investigation, mysterious character, crime investigation, puzzle, riddles and clues, investigation, diary, crash, murder investigation, plane crash
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 6.0
 565
Mirage (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Claire lost her husband Gabriel during the tsunami in 2004. His body was never found. 15 years later, Claire has a new life with Lukas and her son Zack. After a decade of mourning and professional purgatory, she has just landed a dream job in Abu ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot: secret service, espionage, terrorism, mission, ex husband ex wife relationship, ex couple relations, danger, uncover truth, investigation, deception, confronting the past, blackmail ...
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 7.3
 4K
W.I.T.C.H. (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: W.I.T.C.H. is a European animated magical girl television series based on the Italian comic book series of the same name created by Gary Tomlin and Elisabetta Gnone. The series was produced by SIP Animation in association with and participation from ...
Style: exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, anime
Audience: girls' night, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: magical girl, friendship, teenage life, team, friends, freedom fighter, youth, supernatural ability, parallel world, female protagonist, superhuman powers, imaginary ...
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