Movies Like The Knife to the Throat

If you liked The Knife to the Throat (1955), a crime and thriller movie directed by Jacques Séverac, 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.

1
The Stronghold (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and crime
Tired of the small-time grind, three Marseille cops get a chance to bust a major drug network. But lines blur when a key informant makes a big ask.
2
Taxi (1998)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector…
3
The Last Deadly Mission (2008)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller
A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
4
Dobermann (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by…
5
Borsalino and Co. (1974)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
6
Wardriver (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and crime
He’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.
7
The Night Caller (1975)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crime
A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones…
8
Lost Bullet (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crime
A small time delinquent, turned police mechanic for a go fast task force, is forced to defend his innocence when his mentor is killed by dirty cops.
9
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of…
10
Witness in the City (1959)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.
11
Unsubmissives (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crime
Early 1990’s, south of France. Katy, Hélène, Laurence and Carole have been best friends since childhood. Now in their twenties, they find themselves struggling with hardship and limited opportunities in their sunny…
12
Max and the Junkmen (1971)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
13
Un Flic (1972)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thriller
A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s having an affair with is a bank robber planning a heist.
14
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
15
The Virtuoso (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and crime
Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
16
The Marseille Contract (1974)
★ 6/10Also crime and thriller
An important drug lord settled in Marseille is suspected of having ordered the killing of an American agent, but it is impossible to impute him due to his political influences, so the dead agent's boss decides to hire…
17
The Pariah (1972)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.
18
Rogue City (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and thriller
Caught in the crosshairs of police corruption and Marseille’s warring gangs, a loyal cop must protect his squad by taking matters into his own hands.
19
Flic Story (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy…
20
The Connection (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and crime
Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control…