Movies like Hell Train
If Hell Train's mix of skinhead, immigration and racism stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Hell Train's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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A Prophet
2009 · Directed by Jacques Audiard · 155 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: french algerian · Also a French crime film
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there.
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Bomb City
2017 · Directed by Jameson Brooks · 98 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: racism · Also drama and crime
An ongoing feud between punk rockers and a more affluent clique in a small Texas town leads to a hate crime.
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Les Misérables
2019 · Directed by Ladj Ly · 104 min7.6
Why you'll like itAlso a French crime film
Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserables”.
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The Insult
2017 · Directed by Ziad Doueiri · 112 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
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Mesrine: Killer Instinct
2008 · Directed by Jean-François Richet · 113 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents.
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Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
2008 · Directed by Jean-François Richet · 133 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a French crime film
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid…
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Pickpocket
1959 · Directed by Robert Bresson · 75 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a French crime film
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up…
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The Butcher
1970 · Directed by Claude Chabrol · 93 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a French crime film
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
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Case 137
2025 · Directed by Dominik Moll · 115 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a French crime film
When Internal Affairs officer Stéphanie investigates a young man severely injured during a chaotic Paris demonstration and finds no police misconduct, the routine case hits close to home upon her discovering the victim…
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The Stranger
2025 · Directed by François Ozon · 122 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming employee in his early thirties, attends his mother's funeral without shedding a tear. The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague.
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A Gang Story
2011 · Directed by Olivier Marchal · 102 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French crime film
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins.
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Only the Animals
2019 · Directed by Dominik Moll · 116 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to…