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1. Meurtres à... (2013– )
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A collection of police murder investigations each time taking place in a different French city and region.
Stars: Vanessa Liautey, Daniel Njo Lobé, Arnaud Binard, Anne Loiret
Votes: 375
2. Les rivières pourpres (2018– )
60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A bizarre series of murders, a stubborn investigator duo and a lot of bodies.
Stars: Olivier Marchal, Erika Sainte, Ken Duken, Patrick Catalifo
Votes: 2,151
3. Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie (2009–2024)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Agatha Christie's masterful storytelling gets a soupçon of French flair in these attractive, witty mysteries. These French adaptations are a fresh, stylish twist on classic Christie tales.
Stars: Blandine Bellavoir, Samuel Labarthe, Elodie Frenck, Dominique Thomas
Votes: 1,504
4. In Tandem (2016–2024)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Commander Léa Soler, the new head of the Montpellier investigations division, has to work with Paul Marchal, a brilliant uncontrollable wild card cop who also happens to be her ex-husband...and the father of her two teenage kids.
Stars: Astrid Veillon, Stéphane Blancafort, Piérick Tournier, François-Dominique Blin
Votes: 359
5. Un village français (2009–2017)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama
Traces the experiences of various residents of a fictional small village just inside the occupation zone during WWII. Deals with issues including collaboration, the Resistance, the fate of French Jews, and war profiteering.
Stars: Robin Renucci, Audrey Fleurot, Thierry Godard, Marie Kremer
Votes: 1,728
6. The Connection (2014)
R | 135 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.
Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette, Mélanie Doutey
Votes: 12,302
7. Sambre (2023– )
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Late 80's in Northern France, women are being sexually assaulted along the same road by the Samber river. Follow the progression of the investigation and its repercussions from the 80's through to 2018 and the beginning of the #metoo era.
Stars: Alix Poisson, Jonathan Turnbull, Julien Frison, Louise Orry-Diquéro
Votes: 353
8. A Cat in Paris (2010)
PG | 70 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In Paris, a cat who lives a secret life as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches.
Directors: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol | Stars: Dominique Blanc, Bernadette Lafont, Bruno Salomone, Jean Benguigui
Votes: 11,947 | Gross: $0.31M
9. Clenched Fist (2023)
86 min | Drama
When Lucien's grandmother dies, a prison release is granted to his father to attend the funerals. Seeing his father handcuffed hurts him, and he decides to see his father again, although his family disadvised him to do so...
Director: Vivian Goffette | Stars: Laurent Capelluto, Mila De Mol, Lucie Debay, Patrick Descamps
Votes: 30
10. The Memory of a Killer (2003)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vincke and Verstuyft are the best detectives of the Antwerp police department. They are confronted with the murder on a leading executive and put all their effort to catch the murderer.
Director: Erik Van Looy | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir, Laurien Van den Broeck
Votes: 10,643 | Gross: $0.33M
11. Captain Sharif (2013–2019)
52 min | Crime
The adventures and misadventures of the always-smiling Kader Cherif, Captain of Lyons' Criminal Brigade with an eccentric way to solve the cases, and his by-the-book new partner, Adeline Briard.
Stars: Abdelhafid Metalsi, Greg Germain, François Bureloup, Vincent Primault
Votes: 500
12. Black Heaven (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
An innocent young man becomes enamored with a mysterious girl. He is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.
Director: Gilles Marchand | Stars: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne
Votes: 2,157
13. The Traveller (2019– )
89 min | Crime, Drama
Every year, 310 killings in France go unsolved, leaving the victims' crushed families in a state of endless grief. The French judicial system is implacable: there's no money to continue investigating cases that lead nowhere.
Stars: Bruno Debrandt, Maëlle Mietton, Eric Cantona, Maxime Bailleul
Votes: 241
14. Knock (I) (2017)
113 min | Comedy
Knock, a retired crook-turned-doctor, arrives in the small town of Saint Maurice. He intends to implement a scheme to make him rich by persuading the villagers that healthy people are simply people who don't realise they're unwell.
Director: Lorraine Lévy | Stars: Omar Sy, Alex Lutz, Ana Girardot, Sabine Azéma
Votes: 4,053
15. The Man in the Basement (2021)
114 min | Drama, Thriller
After a Jewish couple sells their basement to a former history teacher, they discover his secret life as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the buyer befriends their naive teenage daughter.
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier, Bérénice Bejo, Jonathan Zaccaï
Votes: 771
16. The Restless (2021)
117 min | Drama
Leila and Damien struggle with his bipolar disorder.
Director: Joachim Lafosse | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Damien Bonnard, Gabriel Merz Chammah, Patrick Descamps
Votes: 1,249
17. L'échange des princesses (2017)
100 min | Drama, History
In 1721, the Regent of France, wanting to seal the peace with Spain, offers to the Spanish King, a marriage between their respective heirs: Louis XV, age 11, and Maria Anna Victoria, the 4-... See full summary »
Director: Marc Dugain | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Anamaria Vartolomei, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Mouchet
Votes: 1,312
18. Beyond the Horizon (2019)
90 min | Drama
Gus spends his vacation reading comic books, helping his father who has invested his entire savings in a modern battery henhouse, and running free with Mado.
Director: Delphine Lehericey | Stars: Luc Bruchez, Laetitia Casta, Thibaut Evrard, Clémence Poésy
Votes: 487
19. Angélique (I) (2013)
113 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply.
Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Nora Arnezeder, Gérard Lanvin, Tomer Sisley, David Kross
Votes: 1,846
20. The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016)
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Knight Godefroy de Montmirail and squire Jacquouille are stranded in 1793. Using trickery to break free from their shackles, both perilously partake in the Montmirail family's run away in the quest for an exiting time-shift.
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Franck Dubosc, Karin Viard
Votes: 4,740
21. Erna at War (2020)
100 min | Drama, War
A woman disguises herself as a man to join the army in order to protect her educationally subnormal son who has been called up to fight in WW1.
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sylvester Byder
Votes: 855
22. Live and Become (2005)
Unrated | 140 min | Drama
A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe
Votes: 6,319
23. Section Zéro (2016)
52 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Set in the near future, multi-national corporations are Europe's new leaders. One of the most powerful, Promethee, wishes to further secure their growing dominance by replacing the police ... See full summary »
Stars: Ola Rapace, Pascal Greggory, Tchéky Karyo, Catherine Marchal
Votes: 487
24. Phantom Boy (2015)
PG | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A super-powered boy helps a wheelchair-bound policeman in his attempt to bring down a mob kingpin.
Directors: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol | Stars: Edouard Baer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Audrey Tautou, Jackie Berroyer
Votes: 1,710 | Gross: $0.03M
25. Nue propriété (2006)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama
A divorced mother of two boys reaching adulthood decides to sell their house, find love and get on with her life away from her husband and sons; a decision that will lead to an escalating fraternal dispute.
Director: Joachim Lafosse | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jérémie Renier, Yannick Renier, Kris Cuppens
Votes: 1,807 | Gross: $0.06M
26. Irreplaceable (2016)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
After a doctor is diagnosed with cancer, a new doctor joins him to help him treat his rural patients.
Director: Thomas Lilti | Stars: François Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt, Christophe Odent, Patrick Descamps
Votes: 3,269
27. Gloria (2021)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
In a small town in Brittany, Gloria, a mother of three children, sees her life turned upside down when her husband goes to work one morning and never comes back.
Stars: Cécile Bois, Barbara Schulz, JoeyStarr, Bernard Le Coq
Votes: 137
28. Transferts (2017– )
56 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
After a boating accident, woodworker and family man, Florian, wakes up in the body of an officer who leads a task force against illegal body transfers.
Stars: Arieh Worthalter, Brune Renault, Steve Tientcheu, Toinette Laquière
Votes: 993
29. The Boss's Daughter (2015)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Vital is a 40-years old workshop foreman in a textile factory. He falls in love with the daughter of his boss when she chooses him for an ergonomic study, but their relationship attracts the rage and disapproval of everyone.
Director: Olivier Loustau | Stars: Olivier Loustau, Christa Théret, Florence Thomassin, Patrick Descamps
Votes: 828
30. Terrible Jungle (2020)
91 min | Adventure, Comedy
Eliott, a naive young adventurer, goes to Guyana in search of the mysterious hidden Otopis. But he'll soon find out that Otopis are not "noble savages", they are jungle gangsters, led by the fierce Albertine.
Directors: Hugo Benamozig, David Caviglioli | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Dedienne, Alice Belaïdi, Jonathan Cohen
Votes: 836
31. Rivière perdue (2024– )
52 min | Mystery
After an accident, a kidnapped teenager reappears miraculously. The other girl that vanished with her, five years ago, is still missing.
Stars: Valentine Dufloo, Barbara Cabrita, Jean-Michel Tinivelli, Nicolas Gob
Votes: 26
32. In the Beginning (2009)
130 min | Crime, Drama
France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Gérard Depardieu, Soko
Votes: 2,618
33. L'invité (2000– )
8 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Patrick Simonin, Xavier Lambrechts, Dominique Wolton, Pierre Perret
Votes: 34
34. Stella (2019 TV Movie)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stella is 6 but she is going to school for the first time. Happy, exuberant (maybe too much) she is a lovely child, but is often absent. Her parents say she is fragile. She tells her ... See full summary »
Director: Éléonore Faucher | Stars: Elsa Hyvaert, Isabelle Carré, Émilie Dequenne, India Hair
Votes: 171
35. Odd Job (2016)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Crime
An unemployed factory worker takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet.
Director: Pascal Chaumeil | Stars: Romain Duris, Michel Blanc, Alice Belaïdi, Gustave Kervern
Votes: 1,929
36. The School Teacher (1993–2005)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Gérard Klein, Daniel Briquet, Lionnel Astier, Sylvie Jacob
Votes: 132
37. This is Our Land (2017)
PG | 117 min | Drama
An engaged but apolitical nurse gets involved in a far-right political party. Based on numerous recent events in France, it becomes about how Front National operates and how it is perceived by the French.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, André Dussollier, Guillaume Gouix, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 1,156 | Gross: $0.01M
38. Le retour d'Arsène Lupin (1989–1996)
52 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
The first series depicts the adventures of the famous gentleman burglar in the 1930s and the second, in the 1940s.
Stars: François Dunoyer, Paul Le Person, Éric Franquelin, Franck Capillery
Votes: 59
39. R.I.S. Police scientifique (2006–2014)
52 min | Crime
French police crime lab specialists try to solve complex crimes.
Stars: Stéphane Metzger, Laurent Olmedo, Coraly Zahonero, Barbara Cabrita
Votes: 210
40. Berthe Morisot (2012 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography
A light look at the life of Berthe Morisot, renowned member of the early impressionist French painters.
Director: Caroline Champetier | Stars: Marine Delterme, Malik Zidi, Alice Butaud, Bérangère Bonvoisin
Votes: 171
41. History (2000–2023)
Documentary, Drama, History
Follow the tale of important people in German history. Watch as they go in depth about why they think the way they do, and how they came to make the choices they did in their life time. ... See full summary »
Stars: Nick Benjamin, Guido Knopp, Isaak Dentler, Sönke Neitzel
Votes: 75
42. Boulevard du Palais (1999– )
90 min | Drama
Nadia Lintz, a young and idealistic investigating judge who has just arrived in Paris, and Philippe Rovère, a struggling and disbelieving judicial police inspector, are forced to understand... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Philippe Ambrosini, Olivier Saladin
Votes: 82
43. Versailles (2008)
102 min | Drama
A young mother Nina and her son Enzo find themselves sleeping on the streets on the street of Paris. Their tentative lifestyle eventually leads them to Versailles. Out in the woods near the... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoeller | Stars: Guillaume Depardieu, Max Baissette de Malglaive, Judith Chemla, Aure Atika
Votes: 565
44. Menteur (1996)
20 min | Short, Drama
Due to drug abuse, a 13-year-old boy is placed into a detention center for young offenders. After a week, the judge will decide if he must stay there or go back home. Confronted with the ... See full summary »
Director: Damien de Pierpont | Stars: Michaël Toch, Fabienne Loriaux, Dimitri Mpotos, Erico Salamone
Votes: 41
45. The Last Gang (2007)
125 min | Crime
From smalltime hoodlums in the tough Belleville neighborhood to headline-grabbing robbers of the swankiest banks in Paris, for Simon and his gang, the only way was up. Capable of emptying a... See full summary »
Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Vincent Elbaz, Gilles Lellouche, Sami Bouajila, Clémence Poésy
Votes: 673
46. Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen (2018 TV Movie)
105 min | Biography, Drama, History
1793.Chronicle of the last months of Marie-Antoinette.Accused of having conspired against the new republic,with her children taken away and guillotined husband,in a rigged trial as the result of political negotiations and power struggles.
Director: Alain Brunard | Stars: Maud Wyler, Denis Podalydès, Bruno Ricci, Sophie Breyer
Votes: 73
47. Defendant (2015–2016)
52 min | Crime, Drama
A French language remake of the acclaimed British drama series Accused
Stars: Hélène de Fougerolles, Clémentine Célarié, Bruno Wolkowitch, Lorànt Deutsch
Votes: 75
48. Après la vie (2002)
R | 124 min | Crime, Drama
In the final chapter of director Belvaux's trilogy, Pascal, now a disgraced cop, seeks redemption by capturing Bruno, a fugitive with a strange connection to Agnes, Pascal's heroin-addicted wife.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Gilbert Melki, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti
Votes: 930 | Gross: $0.03M
49. Rapt (2009)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Thriller
A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped. While he physically and mentally degenerates in imprisonment, the kidnappers, police and the board of the company of which he is director negotiate about the ransom of 50 million euro.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Yvan Attal, Anne Consigny, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian
Votes: 2,229 | Gross: $0.05M
50. Broers (2017)
105 min | Adventure, Drama
A timid young man joins his charismatic older brother on an impromptu hitchhike from Amsterdam to France, only to discover the time may have come to finally go his own way in life.
Director: Bram Schouw | Stars: Jonas Smulders, Niels Gomperts, Christa Théret, Dragan Bakema
Votes: 521