Best French Thrillers on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best French Thrillers on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 8 titles in category code 58798. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 1960, 1h 21m. A once-famous pianist now playing in a Parisian saloon learns his brothers are in trouble with gangsters and inadvertently gets swept up in the chaos.
2. Irreversible (2002)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2002, 1h 33m. When a woman is brutally violated, her angered boyfriend and ex-boyfriend team up to track down the rapist and take justice into their own hands.
3. Confidentially Yours (1983)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 1983, 1h 50m. A pair of mysterious murders puts a real estate agent into a precarious situation until his secretary volunteers to conduct her own investigation.
4. Nocturama (2016)
Rated 6.5/10 on IMDb, from 2016, 2h 10m. After planting bombs in the streets of Paris, a group of disillusioned young people spends a tense night holed up in a high-end department store.
5. The Inheritor (1973)
Rated 6.4/10 on IMDb, from 1973, 1h 51m. A playboy inherits a corporate empire after his father's untimely death – but as he starts to suspect foul play, he's soon framed for a major crime.
6. In the Shadow of Iris (2016)
Rated 6.1/10 on IMDb, from 2016, 1h 38m. The sudden disappearance of a wealthy banker's wife cracks open a dizzying world of secret fetishes, desperate acts and elaborate deceptions.
7. Amis publics (2016)
From 2016, 1h 34m. Worried his younger brother may not have long to live, Leo orchestrates a fake bank robbery to lift his spirits.
8. Tout nous sépare (2017)
From 2017, 1h 39m. A wealthy businesswoman's daughter becomes drawn into the orbit of her blackmailer, who's indebted to a local drug kingpin.