Armand Thirard Films Noir
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1. The House on the Dune (1934)
100 min
In a village on the French-Belgian border, a smuggler named Sylvain falls in love with the pretty Pascaline, which infuriates Germaine, his mistress. The jealous woman reports Sylvain to ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Billon | Stars: Pierre Richard-Willm, Madeleine Ozeray, Thomy Bourdelle, Colette Darfeuil
2. A Man's Head (1933)
90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Willy is broke and his mistress always wants more money. A stranger in a pub agrees to murder his aunt, but everything will not go as planned. Maigret will try to separate fact and fiction.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Gina Manès, Alexandre Rignault
Votes: 685
3. Hotel du Nord (1938)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
On the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the Parisian Hôtel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple. But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say. Can life be a fairy tale?
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty
Votes: 3,240
4. La tradition de minuit (1939)
102 min | Mystery
Five people are gathered in a cafe because of a phone call they have all received. The plot thickens when they discover a dead body in a bedroom upstairs.
Director: Roger Richebé | Stars: Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Marcel Dalio, Marcel Pérès
Votes: 37
5. Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
The story concerns an old globe-maker who is mysteriously killed while going through the town portraying Pere Noel ("Father Christmas" aka Santa Claus).
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Harry Baur, Renée Faure, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Raymond Rouleau
Votes: 691
6. Remorques (1941)
91 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The captain of the tugboat Cyclone, André Laurent, rushes off to save the Mirva. He abandons his sick wife Yvonne and the couple celebrating their marriage. In the early morning, the Cyclone tugs the Mirva ashore with Catherine aboard.
Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan, Charles Blavette
Votes: 1,580
7. The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier, Pierre Larquey
Votes: 3,648
8. Carnival of Sinners (1943)
Approved | 80 min | Fantasy, Horror
Roland Brissot bought for a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth. The talisman is a cut left hand, and it works perfectly. Of course, there is nothing free in this world,... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Josseline Gaël, Noël Roquevert, Guillaume de Sax
Votes: 1,796
9. La ferme aux loups (1943)
89 min | Crime, Drama
Bastien and Furet are a journalist and a photographer working together as a team on the newspaper 'L'Echo du Jour'. Just as they are about to go off on a weekend break with Micky, their ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: François Périer, Paul Meurisse, André Gabriello, Guillaume de Sax
Votes: 65
10. Devil's Daughter (1946)
98 min | Drama
A gangster who's got a lot of dough takes refuge in his hometown.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Ledoux, Thérèse Dorny, Pierre Juvenet
Votes: 158
11. Jenny Lamour (1947)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama
A flirtatious wife runs off to meet an older man and the husband closes in with intend to murder him, but finds the deed already done.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair
Votes: 6,415 | Gross: $0.03M
12. Manù il contrabbandiere (1948)
91 min | Crime, Drama
Manu unwittingly accompanies a fugitive conman across the French border into Italy. Agreeing to meet later, the conman doesn't arrive at the arranged meeting point and is then discovered dead, with Manu the prime suspect.
Director: Lucio De Caro | Stars: Serge Reggiani, Adriana Benetti, Elsa De Giorgi, Enrico Glori
Votes: 14
13. Manon (1949)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A classic tale about bitter relationships between a frivolous girl and a soldier is adapted for the post-World War II time.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry, Andrex
Votes: 1,176
14. The Wages of Fear (1953)
Not Rated | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
Votes: 66,630
15. The Most Wanted Man (1953)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
Joe Calvert (Fernandel) is a nearsighted, friendly man who works as a clerk in a large department store, who gets into embarrassing situations when he isn't wearing his glasses. Since Joe ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Louis Seigner, David Opatoshu
Votes: 305
16. Diabolique (1955)
Not Rated | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Votes: 69,429 | Gross: $1.09M
17. Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André... See full summary »
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme, Robert Arnoux, Liliane Bert
Votes: 1,694
18. Le grand bluff (1957)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
(1957) Eddie Constantine, Dominique Wilms, Mireille Granelli, Bernard Dheran. Eddie is a con man who promotes a phony oil well. He is shocked, though, when the well turns out to be real! ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Dally | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Dominique Wilms, Mireille Granelli, Bernard Dhéran
Votes: 44
19. No Sun in Venice (1957)
96 min | Crime, Drama
In Venice, a French agent tries to recover printing plates, used to print fake currency, from an ex-Nazi who stole them during WW2.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Françoise Arnoul, Christian Marquand, Robert Hossein, O.E. Hasse
Votes: 155
20. Trois jours à vivre (1957)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Simon Belin is an actor touring the provinces with his company. Although talented he has never been given the opportunity to shine on stage. It is always Bérimont, a matinée idol past his ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura, Georges Flamant
Votes: 234
21. The Night Heaven Fell (1958)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ursula leaves the convent where she was educated, to start living with her uncle, the count Ribera, and her aunt Florentine. When she arrives, she is confronted with a local drama: a ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Alida Valli, Stephen Boyd, José Nieto
Votes: 779
22. Port of Desire (1958)
86 min | Drama, Romance
A French sailor, returning to Hamburg where he had been imprisoned during WWII, looks for a German woman he had loved in those days, and finds her in a night club.
Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Hildegard Knef, Jean Lefebvre, Daniel Sorano
Votes: 54
23. Time Bomb (1959)
90 min | Drama
Jurgens is a sea captain in financial trouble. He plots to destroy his ship and collect insurance money by loading it with a time bomb and then sailing it into an active mine field. Watch ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Ciampi | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Mylène Demongeot, Alain Saury, Paul Mercey
Votes: 46
24. Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960)
91 min | Drama
A wealthy and bored woman is witness of a murder in affection and meets another witness. She asks him about the history of the victim and falls in love with him.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pascale de Boysson, Jean Deschamps
Votes: 1,179
25. The Truth (1960)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion?
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey
Votes: 4,464
26. Les Menteurs (1961)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Dawn Addams, Jean Servais, Claude Brasseur, Francis Blanche
Votes: 36
27. Lemmy pour les dames... (1962)
97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A famous FBI agent's vacation is interrupted by murder. His investigation leads him on the trail of three women of the local upper middle class.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion, Claudine Coster, Eliane D'Almeida
Votes: 131
28. Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)
120 min | Crime, Drama
Gina is the dedicated nurse of Paul Dupré, a wealthy industrialist who has been treated for heart problems. Dupré dies brutally during an injection made by Gina, and immediately his wife Catherine accuses Gina.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Marina Vlady, Bourvil, Virna Lisi, Pierre Brasseur
Votes: 346
29. Du grabuge chez les veuves (1964)
95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A widow is looking for the drug that her deceased husband was hiding. While a policeman leads the investigation, other people try to find the famous product.
Director: Jacques Poitrenaud | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Dany Carrel, Jean Rochefort, Pascale de Boysson
Votes: 73
30. Piège pour Cendrillon (1965)
118 min | Crime, Mystery
The young Michèle Isola, who is about to inherit a fortune from her godmother, scarcely survives a terrible fire. When she regains consciousness it becomes evident she suffers with amnesia.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Dany Carrel, Madeleine Robinson, Hubert Noël, Jean Gaven
Votes: 179
31. Soleil noir (1966)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young girl goes to Africa to find her lost brother living among sordid people but finds true love with a disqualified pilot.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Daniel Gélin, David O'Brien, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 105
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