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Favorite French Thrillers
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The Wages of Fear - Criterion CollectionThe Wages of Fear - Criterion Collection
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Impressively remade by William Friedkin as Sorcerer.
Mauvais SangMauvais Sang
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Juliette Binoche in a stylish, unusual film set a few years in the (then) future.
Eyes Without a Face - Criterion CollectionEyes Without a Face - Criterion Collection
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This is a horror film tilting toward crime film. It's written by a couple of crime novelist, one of them Pierre Boulle.
La Femme NikitaLa Femme Nikita
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Basis for a good TV series. Point of No Return is the inferior feature remake.
Lemming (Original French Version - With English Subtitles)Lemming (Original French Version - With English Subtitles)
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Bizarre and unpredictable thriller with a supernatural element.
Read My LipsRead My Lips
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A romantic thriller.
The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme infidèle)The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme infidèle)
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A Claude Chabrol film. Low key. The US remake, Unfaithful, turned out pretty good.
Les BichesLes Biches
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Claude Chabrol again. More unusual than The Unfaithful Wife.
Le Samourai - Criterion CollectionLe Samourai - Criterion Collection
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Jean-Pierre Melville. An inspiration for John Woo's The Killer.
A Man EscapedA Man Escaped
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Robert Bresson. Based on a true story of a captured resistance fighter.
Pierrot Le Fou - [Import, All Regions]Pierrot Le Fou - [Import, All Regions]
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Quirky Godard film from an American pulp thriller.
Diabolique (Criterion Collection Spine #35)Diabolique (Criterion Collection Spine #35)
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From the director of Wages of Fear, from a novel by the screenwriters of Eyes Without a Face. I liked the first remake, a TV movie with Tuesday Weld directed by John Badham called Reflections of Murder. I haven't seen the others.
Purple NoonPurple Noon
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I prefer this to the perhaps even more critically acclaimed remake, The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Bob le Flambeur - Criterion CollectionBob le Flambeur - Criterion Collection
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Jean-Pierre Melville again. The Good Thief is a good remake by Neil Jordon.