The best Jean-Pierre Zola’s thriller movies

Jean-Pierre Zola

Jean-Pierre Zola

05/02/1916- 18/01/1979
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The Train

The Train
7.8/10
  • Genre: ThrillerWar
  • Release: 24/09/1964
  • Character: Octave
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.

The Big Risk

The Big Risk
7.5/10
On crowded Milan streets, two men execute a split-second payroll heist-in broad daylight-then begin a lightning-paced getaway, via every conveyance available. But after all, when a tough guy's returning to France (where he's been sentenced to death in absentia) after holing up in Italy for nearly a decade, he's got to have some startup money--particularly if he's going back with the wife and kids.

The Odessa File

The Odessa File
7/10
After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually finds himself involved with the powerful organisation of former SS members—called ODESSA—as well as with the Israeli secret service. Miller probes deeper and eventually discovers a link between the SS-Captain, ODESSA and his own family.

French Connection II

French Connection II
6.7/10
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.

The Champagne Murders

The Champagne Murders
5.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 31/03/1967
  • Character: Evelyn's Party Guest (Uncredited)
A champagne tycoon's partner suspects his partner's gigolo husband of murders he's been framed for.

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