10 Best French Films On Netflix

Without further adiue, here’s a list of the best French movies available on Netflix. Sit back, relax, and enjoy!

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1. J’ai perdu mon corps (I Lost My Body) – 2019

Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Drama

Cast: (voice actors) Hakim Faris, Victoire du Bois, Patrick d’Assumçao

“I Lost My Body” is an extraordinary animated film because hand-drawn features made by small studios are rarer than ever these days. It’s proudly mature with oblique storytelling and steeped in grief.

The story follows an anthropomorphic hand as it climbs and skitters its way around the city in search of the person to whom it was previously a part, with the story of its severing gradually emerging. I Lost My Body is a quiet, moving film that deserves to be seen.

2. Je ne suis pas un homme facile (I Am Not An Easy Man) – 2018

Genre: Comedy, Satire

Cast: Vincent Elbaz, Marie-Sophie Ferdane, Pierre Bénézit

In this fantasy rom-com, a chauvinist man is thrust into a matriarchal society where women reign and men are chastised.

While the topic of a person being hit in the head and waking up in a strange world is well-trodden in the rom-com space, critics and spectators agree that Je ne suis pas un homme facile delivers it with a unique perspective and a glitter that many comparable films have lacked.

3. Le Chant du loup (The Wolf’s Call) – 2019

Genre: Mystery and Thriller, Drama, War

Cast: François Civil, Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz, Reda Kateb

The Wolf’s Call is, based on the life of a submarine sonar technician named Chanteraide, tasked with listening and interpreting all of the sounds that are picked up by the submarine’s sonar technology.

These technicians are famed for their impeccable hearing and ability to identify enemy ships, and Chanteraide holds the fate of the entire crew in his hands.

As the tension escalates, Chanteraide finds himself amid a potential nuclear conflict, and only he has the skills to defuse the situation.

This thrilling underwater adventure is an exhilarating watch, despite the implausibility of the storyline, and you’re sure to be gripped to your screen until the final moments.

4. La femme la plus assassinée du monde (The Most Assassinated Woman in the World) – 2018

Genre: Mystery and Thriller, Period Drama

Cast: Anna Mouglalis, Niels Schneider, Eric Godon, Sissi Duparc

This film, set in the 1930s in Paris’s Grand Guignol Stage, was loosely based on the life and work of theatre performer Paula Maxa. Paula was known for being assassinated in the most heinous ways possible on stage.

Things become complicated when a serial killer is loose in the city. People’s desire for gore, blood, and horrific crimes fuels both the theatre’s and Paula’s fame. But it’s not easy for Paula, who receives death threats from a hidden admirer regularly.

Jean, a journalist and Paula’s love interest, is determined to learn more about Paula’s admirer and has been handed the case of the city’s brutal murderer.

5. Le Monde est à toi (The World Is Yours) – 2018

Genre: Thriller, Comedy

Cast: Karim Leklou, Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel, Oulaya Amara

The World Is Yours is a quick-paced, humorous, and exciting comedy-drama.

When Farès learns that his Moroccan mother has gambled away his life savings, he takes on his one last drug dealing job to make some big cash. He goes on a doomed drug run in the south of Spain, where things swiftly spiral out of control.

This amazing film contains some fantastic comedic moments and does not take itself too seriously. The World Is Yours is an exhilarating and very entertaining show that pokes fun at numerous French stereotypes.

6. Voyage au GroenLand (Journey to Greenland) – 2016

Genre: Comedy, drama

Cast: Thomas Blanchard, Thomas Scimeca

Thomas, a young Parisian actor, journeys to a secluded community in Greenland’s far north to meet his father.

He explores the native Inuit culture with the help of his best buddy (also named Thomas), all while dealing with his father’s deteriorating health.

This film is likely to capture your heart, thanks to strong performances from the two characters, soft humor, and spectacular vistas of Greenland’s breathtaking scenery.

7. Le Dream Team (A Mighty Team) – 2016

Genre: Comedy, sports drama

Cast: Medi Sadoun, Gérard Depardieu, Chantal Lauby, Barbara Cabrita, Patrick Timsit

This French comedy will appeal to both children and adults. After learning that he will be replaced in the starting lineup for the European Championships, Maxime Belloc (Medi Sadoun) breaks his leg in a fit of rage.

He plans to make amends by coaching the local youth team alongside his father while recuperating at his family’s house. Although the sports-based redemption theme is nothing new, this French adaptation of a classic tale is well worth seeing.

8. LADY J – 2019

Genre: romance, period drama

Cast: Cécile de France, Édouard Baer, Alice Isaaz

Lady J is the perfect period drama for fans of fun, romance, and intrigue. Madame de la Pommeraye, a wealthy widow residing in a large mansion in 18th century France, falls for the womanizer Marquis de Arcis, who soon abandons their passionate romance.

Madame de la Pommeraye then sets out on a mission of vengeance, enlisting the help of the young and beautiful Mademoiselle de Joncquières (‘Lady J’) in a complex scheme to bring him down.

Lady J is a complex, engrossing historical drama with fantastic costume and set design that will make you yearn for your French mansion. The story also has a twist that will keep your attention until the very end.

9. Cézanne et Moi (Cézanne and Me) – 2017

Genre: drama, biopic

Cast: Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Déborah François, and Sabine Azéma

Cézanne et Moi depicts the tumultuous connection between renowned painter Paul Cézanne and iconic novelist Emile Zola in dramatic detail.

This romantic biography follows their friendship from their first meeting as young men, and it does an outstanding job of chronicling their progress through difficulties of love, popularity, success, and rejection.

Set against a stunning backdrop of 19th century Paris and the sunny countryside of Provence, this film is a touching picture of a close friendship between two extremely complex characters. Cézanne et Moi may be a French film on Netflix that will inspire you to travel.

10. Le Jeu (Nothing to Hide) – 2018

Genre: comedy, drama

Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Suzanne Clément, Stéphane De Groodt

Three couples — Marie and Vincent (both doctors), Charlotte and Marco, Thomas and Lea, and a lonely guy named Ben – are introduced in the film.

During dinner, the seven decide to make their cell phone calls, texts, and photos public – a game that doesn’t go as planned.

This game becomes something that shouldn’t have started in the first place, as married men and women receive sexts, dirty photographs, voicemails from mistresses, and so on. Everyone, it seems, has a secret.

Christine Rogador

Hi, I’m Christine – a full-time traveler and career woman. Although I’m from the Philippines, my location independent career took me to over 40 countries and lived in 4 continents in the last 10 years, including France. A self-proclaimed Francophile, I love everything France.