Popularity ranking · France

The 61 most popular Thrillers in France

This curated ranking covers the 61 largest thrillers in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. The French Connection (film), Drones (film) and Scarface (1983 film) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.3M people. Across all 61 entries the average audience size is 219k, and the largest, The French Connection (film), reaches around 1.5M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each thriller, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 61, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in France. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in France, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in France. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 The French Connection (film) 1.5M 38.0 73.3% Thriller
2 Drones (film) 1.4M 32.1 46.6% Thriller
3 Scarface (1983 film) 1.3M 43.9 43.3% Thriller
4 Inception 885k 43.3 37.4% Thriller
5 Fight Club 782k 39.5 29.0% Thriller
6 Inglourious Basterds 663k 45.2 37.8% Thriller
7 The Village (2004 film) 625k 41.4 53.8% Thriller
8 The Silence of the Lambs (film) 500k 37.2 48.3% Thriller
9 Seven (1995 film) 456k 42.7 49.9% Thriller
10 no country for old men 375k 32.9 33.3% Thriller
11 American Gangster (film) 347k 43.3 35.4% Thriller
12 Armageddon (1998 film) 331k 44.2 44.3% Thriller
13 Platoon (film) 305k 44.5 29.8% Thriller
14 Lucy (2014 film) 290k 36.3 41.2% Thriller
15 Death Proof 287k 51.7 56.0% Thriller
16 Saving Private Ryan 254k 35.7 47.5% Thriller
17 The Town (2010 film) 246k 46.8 46.6% Thriller
18 Flightplan 228k 55.4 60.3% Thriller
19 Tattoo (2002 film) 202k 33.7 50.8% Thriller
20 Ocean's 12 192k 41.8 70.0% Thriller
21 Law Abiding Citizen 156k 41.5 48.9% Thriller
22 WarGames 142k 36.9 22.1% Thriller
23 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) 124k 44.9 45.9% Thriller
24 Sleeping with the Enemy 123k 46.8 83.7% Thriller
25 American Sniper 110k 24.6 32.9% Thriller

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular thrillers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each thriller by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest thriller in France?

The French Connection (film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in France.

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