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Stories Set in Marseille — top stories

France's oldest city and its roughest port, where ferries leave for Algiers and deals get done on the docks. Crime stuck to Marseille because the real thing never left. The French Connection chased it; The Transporter delivers for it. Open Marseille on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Marseille

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Browse 13 books, 59 movies, 2 TV shows and 2 games set in Marseille.

Breathless

Breathless

Les Films Impéria-Les Productions Georges de Beauregard-SNC
movie

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

Setting: Paris, France; Marseille, FranceTime Period: 1960
The Transporter

The Transporter

Canal+-TF1 Films Production-Current Entertainment-EuropaCorp
movie

Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive it sets in motion…

Setting: Marseille, FranceTime Period: 2000s
The French Connection

The French Connection

D'Antoni Productions-Schine-Moore Productions-20th Century Fox
movie

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

Setting: New York USA; Marseille, FranceTime Period: 1970s
The Stronghold

The Stronghold

France 2 Cinéma-StudioCanal-Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
movie

A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.

Setting: Marseille, FranceTime Period: Contemporary
Le Cercle Rouge

Le Cercle Rouge

Euro International Film-Les Films Corona-Selenia Cinematografica
movie

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld however after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman…

Setting: Marseille, France; Paris, FranceTime Period: 1970s
Taxi

Taxi

Canal+-ARP Sélection-TF1 Films Production-StudioCanal-Cofimage 9-EuropaCorp-TF1 International-Studio Image 4
movie

In Marseilles (France) skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction he will help Emilien a loser…

Setting: Marseille, FranceTime Period: 1990s
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss (Translator)
book

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only…

Setting: ['Marseille (Marseilles) (France)', 'Montecristo (Italy)', 'Marseille (Marseilles) (France)', 'Montecristo (Italy)', 'Rome (Italy)', 'Paris (France)', 'France']Time Period: 1800s
22 Bullets

22 Bullets

TF1 Films Production-EuropaCorp
movie

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then one winter morning he's left for dead in the parking…

Setting: Marseille, FranceTime Period: 2010
Stillwater

Stillwater

DreamWorks Pictures-Participant-Anonymous Content-Amblin Partners-Slow Pony Pictures
movie

Bill Baker an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter Allison who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers cultural…

Setting: Marseille, France; Oklahoma, USATime Period: 2021
The Connection

The Connection

Gaumont-SCOPE Pictures-Légende Films
movie

Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control…

Setting: Marseille, FranceTime Period: 1970s

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