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		Jules Dassin's superlative example of French film noir at its best, "Rififi" (1955)
		"Purple Noon" (a.k.a. "Plein Soleil") - Alain Delon plays the original "Talented Mr Ripley" in this stylish and suspenseful adaptation of a cult Patricia Highsmith thriller (1960)
		"Eyes Without a Face" - possibly the most notorious horror film in French cinema - Criterion Collection (1962)
		Yves Montand stars in Clouzot's "The Wages of Fear", one of the most suspenseful films ever made - Criterion Collection (1953)
		Clouzot's masterful suspense thriller "Les Diaboliques" - Criterion Collection (1955)
		"Le Corbeau" (The Raven), Clouzot's darkest portrayal of human nature - Criterion Collection (1943)
		"Quai des Orfevres", another suspenseful thriller from Henri-Georges Clouzot - Criterion Collection (1948)
		"Z" (1969) - a stunning, Oscar winning political thriller from Costa-Gavras
		Joseph Losey's dark Kafkaesque thriller "Mr Klein", with a stunning performance from Alain Delon (1976)
		Jean-Pierre Melville's most perfectly realised policier, "Le Cercle Rouge" (The Red Circle),with Alain Delon and Yves Montand - Criterion Collection (1970)
		"Bob le Flambeur", a stylish film noir thriller from Jean-Pierre Melville, the master of the genre - Criterion Collection (1955)
		Visconti's first great film is this gripping neo-realist thriller, "Ossessione" (1942)
		"The Triplets of Belleville" - a magical piece of adult animation: pacy, sinister and very, very funny
		"Diva" (1982) - easily the most stylish and exciting French thriller of the 1980s
		The Claude Chabrol Collection (Ten Days' Wonder / The Unfaithful Wife / Les Biches / Innocents With Dirty Hands / The Butcher / This Man Must Die / La Rupture / Nada)

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