Movies Like The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris
If you liked The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris (1915), a drama and thriller movie directed by Louis Feuillade, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Day of the Jackal (1973)
★ 7.5/10Also thrillerAn international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
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Blood Diamond (2006)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and thrillerAn ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the…
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The Second Wind (2007)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerGu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's…
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Carlos (2010)
★ 7/10Also dramaThe 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.
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaEdmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his…
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaJean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve…
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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also thrillerWith the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and…
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Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and thrillerWhen French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former…
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Army of Shadows (1969)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and thrillerBetrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant…
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Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerA young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.
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Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaA gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
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Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thrillerNew York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
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L'Argent (1928)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaAdapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
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La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2003)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaIn 1871, a journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200…
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The Insider (1999)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and thrillerA research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
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Out 1 (1990)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaWhile two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus, two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash.
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The Patriots (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAriel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from…
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerA murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that…
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American Gangster (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaLoosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being…
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The Night of the Generals (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerA German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.