Top 20 movies like Vidocq

Vidocq

Paris, 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappears as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a few months. His young biographer, Etienne Boisset, decides to avenge Vidocq's death and takes the investigation on...

Vidocq is of 1 hour(s) and 38 minute(s). It is Produced By:  RF2K Productions, StudioCanal, TF1 Films Production, Lionsgate. It was released on 2001-09-18. It has the tagline: To look into his mask was to lose your soul. It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

Genres: FantasyActionThrillerCrimeScience FictionMystery

1. We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli)

We Want the Colonels

Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a net of relationship in order to organize a Coup d'Etat . Something goes wrong and the Interior Minister Mr. Li Masi got the all information about the attempted Golpe. So the Minister organizes a counter-Golpe. Tritoni desperately, to save his project, kidnaps the Italian Republic President that immediately dies for heartache. Now Minister Mr. Li Masi is free to lay down the law to the rest of the country, realizing basically the actual Golpe! Tritoni surrenders and will spend rest of his time trying to sell his ideas about managing Golpe in Africa!

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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2. Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan (Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan)

Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan

Kurdish expert Hiner Saleem wrote and directed this French comedy-drama, set inside the 100,000-population Kurdish community in Paris. The original French title translates as "Long Live the Bride...and the Liberation of Kurdistan." Cheto seeks a wife via videotapes while still seeing his French girlfriend, immigration office worker Christine . Cheto places an order for a beautiful girl, but he's disappointed when her sister, country girl Mina , arrives at the airport as a substitute. Family pressure forces him to marry her. Unhappy with the way she's treated by Cheto, Mina acquires some progressive notions from Leila and other local feminists, leading to confrontations with Cheto.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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3. Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

When her teenage sweetheart Ivan returns home from WWII, Maria eagerly accepts his marriage proposal, looking forward to a lifetime of happiness. But her joy is short-lived when Ivan’s dark past shrouds their wedding night in misery, driving a wedge between them that neither knows how to remove. Confused and depressed, Maria attempts to mend her true love’s heart despite the advances of other suitors. But when a traveling musician hits the right note, Maria struggles to justify her unfulfilling life. Is her passion too powerful to be contained within the sanctity of marriage?

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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4. The Fourth Angel

The Fourth Angel

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments suppressing key facts and unwilling to go after the terrorists, Jack uses his contacts and snooping skill to seek the truth himself.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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5. The Five Man Army (Un esercito di cinque uomini)

The Five Man Army

At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.

It has an average vote of 6.606 on TMDB.

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6. Ao: The Last Hunter (Ao, le dernier néandertal)

Ao: The Last Hunter

When his clan, including his wife and baby girl Néa, are massacred, Ao, a desperate Neandertal man, decides to leave the North country where he has been living for the South where he was born. His aim is to join his twin brother, from whom he was separated when he was nine. On his long and adventurous way home, he meets Aki, a Homo Sapiens woman...

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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7. Soldier of Fortune (Il soldato di ventura)

Soldier of Fortune

Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is traveling through Europe with his partners looking for a fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore bides his time to determine which side is the winning one. This is at first the French, but the treatment he receives from them is unpleasant enough to make him change his mind and turn to the Spanish side. Somehow, Ettore must rally the weakened Spanish troops to battle their enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.

It has an average vote of 6.373 on TMDB.

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8. Cold Souls

Cold Souls

Paul is agonising over his interpretation of 'Uncle Vanya' and, paralysed by anxiety, stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. He enlists their services—only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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9. Hamlet Goes Business (Hamlet liikemaailmassa)

Hamlet Goes Business

When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of rubber ducks? Does any of it really matter?

It has an average vote of 6.61 on TMDB.

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10. Eden Log (Eden Log)

Eden Log

A man wakes up deep inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and fantastic world. Enclosed, Tolbiac has no other option to reach the surface than to use REZO ZERO, secret observing cells in this cemetery-like abandoned mine.

It has an average vote of 4.94 on TMDB.

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11. A Ticket to Space (Un ticket pour l'espace)

A Ticket to Space

Face à l'incompréhension de la population française quant au montant des crédits alloués à la recherche spatiale, le gouvernement lance une vaste opération de communication. En partenariat avec le Centre spatial français, un grand jeu est organisé. "Le ticket pour l'espace", un jeu à gratter, va permettre à deux civils de séjourner dans la station orbitale européenne.

It has an average vote of 5.169 on TMDB.

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12. Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (Astérix & Obélix contre César)

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar

Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.

It has an average vote of 6.006 on TMDB.

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13. Split Second

Split Second

In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since — but he soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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14. Fear Over the City (Peur sur la ville)

Fear Over the City

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. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.

It has an average vote of 7.222 on TMDB.

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15. Vieni avanti cretino (Vieni avanti cretino)

Vieni avanti cretino

Pasquale Baudaffi, on amnesty, comes out of prison and starts looking for a job with the help of his cousin Gaetano. But first he goes to what was once a brothel, but, unbeknownst to our hapless hero, has been taken over and rented as a dental office. Pasquale finds himself at the center of endless misunderstandings. He tries to be a gamekeeper but that's not okay, he tries to be a waiter in a bar: he immediately gets his orders wrong and he is fired. His performance as a garage keeper was negative. The very latest experience is in an electronics company but its insertion into the futuristic mechanism triggers the craziest complications. The encounter with a lost dog allows him to get to know his mistress and thus discover the woman of his life.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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16. Santa Claus Is a Stinker (Le père Noël est une ordure)

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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17. Green Card

Green Card

Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.

It has an average vote of 6.107 on TMDB.

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18. Black Mask (黑俠)

Black Mask

Tsui escapes from a super soldier project and plans to lead a peaceful life. However, when his former comrades go on a violent crime spree, he takes it upon himself to end their reign of terror.

It has an average vote of 6.201 on TMDB.

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19. The Closet (Le Placard)

The Closet

A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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20. Night Watch (Ночной дозор)

Night Watch

Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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