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The Name of the Rose (1986)
, 2h11Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Witches in film, Serial killer films
Actors Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Michael Lonsdale, Valentina Vargas, Helmut Qualtinger
As an old man nearing the end of his life, Adso, youngest son of the Baron of Melk recounts how, as a young novice in 1327, he accompanied his mentor, the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville to a Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy. The abbey had been chosen as the site for a theological debate between the Franciscan order and the Pope on the poverty of Christ. The abbey is already home to a famed scriptorium where scribes copy, translate or illuminate books. The mysterious recent death of the monk Adelmo of Otranto - a young but famous illuminator - has stirred fears among the abbey's devout inhabitants. The Abbot seeks help from William, known for his deductive powers. The illuminator's death cannot be dismissed as a suicide because the body was found at the foot of a tower having only a window which cannot be opened. William is reluctant to involve himself, though he is persuaded not only because of the intellectual challenge, but also because of his desire to disprove fears of a demonic culprit in Adelmo's death. William is also motivated to act by his fears that the Abbot will summon officials of the inquisition if the mystery remains unsolved.
Descent Into Hell (1986)
, 1h28Directed by Francis Girod
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Seafaring films, Transport films, Le thème des vacances
Actors Claude Brasseur, Sophie Marceau, Betsy Blair, Hippolyte Girardot, Sidiki Bakaba, Gérard Rinaldi
Descente aux enfers is a psychological thriller set under the sun and heat of the Caribbean, relating the story of a married couple at the breaking point. An alcoholic husband Alan Kolber (Claude Brasseur) and his 20 years younger wife Lola (Sophie Marceau) unexpectedly manage to get reunited through tragedies and secrets, despite the guilt and sorrow involved.
One Hundred Days in Palermo (1984)
, 1h47Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, Giuseppe Ferrara
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Lino Ventura, Giuliana De Sio, Stefano Satta Flores, Arnoldo Foà, Lino Troisi, Adalberto Maria Merli
L'histoire vraie des cent derniers jours du général des carabiniers et plus haute autorité pour lutter contre la mafia Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, préfet de Palerme, qui fut assassiné à la mitraillette avec sa femme et son garde du corps par un escadron de mafieux le 3 septembre 1982.
Blow Out (1981)
, 1h47Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about films, Serial killer films, Political films
Actors John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, John McMartin, Bernie Rachelle
While in post-production on a low-budget exploitation film, Philadelphia sound technician Jack Terry (Travolta) is told by his producer that he needs a more realistic sounding scream and better wind effects. After leaving the studio to record potential sound effects at a local park, he sees a car careen off the road and plunge into a nearby creek. Jack dives into the water to help, discovering a dead man and a young woman, still alive, trapped inside the submerged car. He pulls her to safety and accompanies her to a local hospital. Jack learns that the driver of the car was the governor (and a presidential hopeful); the girl was an escort named Sally (Allen). Associates of the governor attempt to whitewash the incident by concealing that Sally was in the car, and they convince Jack to smuggle Sally out of the hospital with him.
The Inquisitor (1981)
, 1h24Directed by Claude Miller
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, L'action se déroule en une journée
Actors Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand, Pierre Maguelon, Elsa Lunghini
Jerome Martinaud, a wealthy, influential attorney in a small French town who falls under suspicion for the rape and murder of two little girls. He is the only suspect, but the evidence against him is circumstantial. As the city celebrates New Year's Eve, the police led by Inspector Antoine Gallien, who is investigating the double rape/murder case, brings the lawyer in for questioning; at first politely, and then less so, as the interrogation team consisting of Inspectors Gallien and Marcel Belmont chips away at the suspect's alibi. They interrogate him for hour after hour while Martinaud continues to maintain his innocence. We learn all about the evidence; we meet Martinaud's wife Chantal who tells Gallien about the rift between them and the origin of it, which may be an eight-year-old girl (Camille) Martinaud was in love with. On the face of overwhelming evidence and feeling let down by his wife, Martinaud confesses to the two rapes and murder. However a fresh corpse inside the boot of a stolen car, and the car's owner turns out to be guilty of the crime--exculpating Martinaud. Martinaud leaves the police station and finds his wife who has committed suicide.
Coup de Torchon (1981)
, 2h4Directed by Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Achache
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Assassinat, La colonisation française, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Histoire de France
Actors Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stéphane Audran, Eddy Mitchell, Guy Marchand
Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is an ineffectual local constable with a cheating wife and laughable job. He accepts condescension from his superiors and his wife with good humor, as his antisocial personality allows him to tolerate such abuse. However, he soon realizes that he can use his position to gain vengeance with impunity, and he starts to kill everyone who has regarded him as a fool.
I... For Icarus (1979)
, 2h2Directed by Henri Verneuil, Philippe Lopes-Curval
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Mafia films, Monde imaginaire, Politique, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Yves Montand, Michel Albertini, Roland Amstutz, Maurice Bénichou, Jean-Pierre Bagot, Georges Beller
The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state attorney and member of the commission charged with investigating the assassination (based on the Warren Commission) refuses to agree to the commission's final findings. The film portrays the initial controversy about this, as well as Volney and his staff's reopening of the investigation.
, 1h52Directed by Yves Boisset, Sébastien Grall
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat
Actors Patrick Dewaere, Aurore Clément, Jacques Ramade, Philippe Léotard, Michel Auclair, Jean Bouise
Dans une ville de province, le jeune juge d'instruction Jean-Marie Fayard (Patrick Dewaere), surnommé « le Shériff » en raison de son intégrité et de son tempérament impétueux, met en détention préventive un industriel local, suite à une suite d'accidents de travail mortels dans son usine. Ses supérieurs hiérarchiques lui font comprendre vertement leur désapprobation, et finissent par lui retirer l'affaire.
, 2h5Directed by René Allio, Nicolas Philibert, Gérard Mordillat
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Assassinat
Actors Michel Amphoux, Jacques Debary, Paul Savatier, Olivier Perrier, René Féret, Marc Eyraud
René Allio s'est inspiré d'un ouvrage du philosophe Michel Foucault, publié en 1973, qui rassemblait les témoignages du jeune parricide. Dans le film, c'est Pierre Rivière qui raconte sa vie.
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
, 1h57Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Assassinat, Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman, Addison Powell
Joe Turner (Robert Redford) is a CIA analyst, code name "Condor", who works in a clandestine office in New York City. He reads books, newspapers, and magazines from around the world, looking for hidden meanings and new ideas. As part of his duties, Turner files a report to CIA headquarters on a low-quality thriller novel his office has been reading, pointing out strange plot elements therein, and the unusual assortment of languages into which the book has been translated.
The Parallax View (1974)
, 1h42Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, Jim Davis, Earl Hindman
TV newswoman Lee Carter (Paula Prentiss) is one of many witnesses to the public assassination of presidential candidate Senator Charles Carroll (Bill Joyce) atop the Seattle Space Needle. A waiter armed with a revolver is chased but falls to his death. Meanwhile, a second waiter, also armed, leaves the crime scene unnoticed. A Congressional special committee determines that the assassination was the work of a lone gunman.
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
, 2h8Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Transport films, Rail transport films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jacqueline Bisset, Ingrid Bergman
Detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is returning to England aboard the Orient Express. During the journey, Poirot encounters his friend Monsieur Bianchi—Monsieur Bouc in the novel -- (Martin Balsam), a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, which owns the line. The train is unusually crowded for the time of year: every first-class berth has been booked. The morning after the train's departure from Istanbul, a wealthy American businessman, Ratchett (Richard Widmark), tries to secure Poirot's services for $15,000 since he has received many death threats, but Poirot finds the case of little interest and turns it down. That night the train is caught in heavy snows in the Balkans. The next morning Ratchett is found stabbed to death in his cabin.
The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)
, 1h45Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat
Actors Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis, Julien Bertheau, Yves Afonso, Christine Pascal
Michel Descombes (Philippe Noiret) est horloger dans le quartier de Saint-Paul à Lyon. Un matin, deux policiers se présentent à son atelier et le questionnent sur son fils, sans vouloir lui dire ce qui est arrivé. Il est immédiatement accompagné hors de Lyon sur le lieu où sa camionnette a été retrouvée, vide. Là, le commissaire Guilboud (Jean Rochefort) lui apprend que son fils a tué un homme. Tout au long de l'enquête l'incompréhension entre père et fils se manifeste. Le fils en cavale est arrêté avec sa compagne, et ne s'explique que confusément sur son acte. Peu à peu, Michel se solidarise avec son fils (ce qu'il proclamera d'ailleurs lors du procès). Des échanges de propos anodins dans l'anonymat du parloir montrent, à la fin du film, qu'une véritable connivence s'est installée.
High Plains Drifter (1973)
, 1h45Directed by Clint Eastwood, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Western
Themes Assassinat
Actors Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Geoffrey Lewis, Mitch Ryan, Jack Ging
A stranger on horseback rides into the isolated mining town of Lago. Three gun-toting men follow him into the saloon, taunting him to fight. When they follow him to the barbershop and begin threatening him, the Stranger quickly dispatches the three with little effort. Impressed with this performance, a dwarf named Mordecai, who works in the barbershop, befriends the Stranger. A woman named Callie Travers arranges to bump into the Stranger in the street, claiming loudly it was his fault. When she slaps the cigar from his mouth while insulting him, he drags her into the livery stable and has sexual relations with her in a very rough and aggressive manner (the scene is initially depicted as a rape, but by its end, the woman has clearly given her consent, as she is portrayed as an active, and seemingly enthusiastic participant in the act). Next, the Stranger rents a room at the hotel but declines to give a name to the hotelier. That night, he dreams about a man being brutally whipped. In the morning he returns to the barbershop for a bath. Callie Travers shoots at him after he is in the tub; inexplicably, he remains uninjured.
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
, 2h23Directed by Fred Zinnemann, Andrew Marton, Alain Bonnot
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Assassinat, Spy films, La provence, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Michel Auclair, Terence Alexander, Derek Jacobi, Alan Badel
In the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart on 22 August 1962, an assassination attempt is made on the President of France General Charles de Gaulle by the militant French underground organisation OAS in anger over the French government granting independence to Algeria. As the president's motorcade passes, de Gaulle's unarmoured Citroën DS car is raked with machine gun fire, but the entire entourage escapes without injury. Within six months, OAS leader Jean Bastien-Thiry and several other members of the plot are captured and Bastien-Thiry is executed.