Best movies on Apple TV+ (France) : our Top 20

2024 · Gints Zilbalodis

A lone cat, uprooted by a catastrophic flood, finds refuge aboard a drifting boat crowded with an unlikely mix of animals. As they navigate flooded landscapes and scarce resources, the cat and its new companions must overcome suspicion, forge fragile alliances, and learn to survive—and find hope—together in a world reshaped by disaster.

2021 · Siân Heder

Ruby is the only hearing member of a deaf family, balancing life as their interpreter and the backbone of their struggling fishing business while secretly pursuing a love for singing. When the family's livelihood is jeopardized, she faces an impossible choice between following a chance at a musical future and staying to support the parents who rely on her.

With Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant and Amy Forsyth

2005 · Joe Wright

Set in Georgian Hertfordshire, a placid country gentleman lives with his domineering wife and their five unmarried daughters; because the family estate is entailed to a distant cousin they have never met, the household’s security and future happiness rest on the daughters securing suitable marriages.

With Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, Jena Malone and Talulah Riley

2007 · Edgar Wright

Transferred from hectic London to the sleepy village of Sandford, seasoned constable Nicholas Angel struggles to adjust to the slow rhythm of rural policing and to working with a well-meaning but bumbling partner. He misses the adrenaline of city crime and soon grows restless—until a string of brutal "accidents" suggests the town’s calm exterior may be a cover for something far more sinister. Determined to get to the bottom of it, Angel sets out to uncover the dark forces lurking beneath Sandford’s picturesque surface.

With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Rafe Spall, Kevin Eldon and Olivia Colman

2007 · Julian Schnabel

At 43, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of France’s Elle, is struck by a catastrophic stroke that leaves him almost completely paralyzed. With severe brainstem damage, he is trapped in a motionless body and can communicate only by blinking a single eye. Relying on that fragile link to the world, he painstakingly spells out his life story, turning solitude and physical confinement into a determined creative act.

With Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup and Olatz López Garmendia

2000 · Lars von Trier

Selma, a Czech émigré facing the loss of her sight, scrambles to support herself and her young son, who has inherited the same degenerative condition and will need an expensive operation to avoid the same fate. Crushed by mounting bills and the strain of making ends meet, she finds refuge in daydreams—turning everyday noises into rhythms and staging small, imagined musical numbers that lift her through the darkest moments.

With Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Cara Seymour and Vladica Kostic

2013 · Paolo Sorrentino

For decades Jep Gambardella has used his charm to navigate Rome’s glittering nightlife; after his sixty-fifth birthday and a jolting memory from long ago, he turns his gaze away from clubs and soirées to discover an eternal panorama of strange, hauntingly beautiful moments.

With Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi and Galatea Ranzi

2008 · Pierre Morel

A retired covert operative desperate to rebuild a fragile bond with his teenage daughter reluctantly agrees to let her travel to Paris with a friend. Shortly after she arrives and phones him, the girls are snatched by a ruthless human-trafficking network. With the clock ticking, he draws on years of clandestine training, tactical know-how and sheer determination to hunt the kidnappers down, tearing through the criminal underworld in a relentless, solo campaign to bring his daughter back.

With Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Famke Janssen, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky and Holly Valance

2008 · Pierre Morel

A retired covert operative, determined to repair his strained relationship with his teenage daughter, reluctantly permits her to travel to Paris with a friend. Minutes after she arrives, both girls are snatched by an organized trafficking ring; using every tool from his former life, he races against the clock into the city’s shadows, methodically tracking the kidnappers and mounting a relentless one-man campaign to bring her home.

With Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Famke Janssen, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky and Holly Valance

2025 · Joachim Trier

Sisters Nora and Agnes reconnect with their long-estranged father, the magnetic Gustav — a once-celebrated director who offers Nora, a devoted stage actress, a part in the comeback film he’s determined to make. When she turns him down, Nora soon learns he has given the role to an ambitious young Hollywood star.

With Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Andreas Stoltenberg Granerud, Øyvind Hesjedal Loven and Anders Danielsen Lie

2023 · Justine Triet

Accused of killing her husband, a woman confronts a courtroom and a community’s suspicion while her blind son—the sole eyewitness—struggles with whether to speak the truth and condemn his mother or stay silent to protect her.

With Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Saadia Bentaïeb, Jehnny Beth and Samuel Theis

2023 · Justine Triet

When her husband turns up dead and she becomes the prime suspect, a mother faces the collapse of her life — while their blind son, the only person who truly knows what happened that night, must decide whether to protect her or to speak the truth that could destroy her.

With Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Messi, Saadia Bentaïeb and Jehnny Beth

2004 · Alejandro Amenábar

A former ship mechanic and part-time poet, Ramón Sampedro is left paralyzed from the neck down after a diving accident. For thirty years he campaigns for the legal right to choose his own death, while forging intimate bonds with his devoted lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who refuses to give up on convincing him that life still matters. Confined to his body but radiant in spirit, Ramón ultimately galvanizes those around him to embrace life more fully.

With Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Joan Dalmau, Josep Maria Pou, Mabel Rivera and Celso Bugallo

2005 · Andrew Niccol

Yuri Orlov crisscrosses the globe peddling weapons, moving through some of the most brutal war zones while trying to stay ahead of a dogged Interpol investigator, ruthless competitors, and clients who count notorious dictators among their ranks. As his business draws him deeper into violence and betrayal, he ultimately must confront the moral fallout of the life he's built.

With Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm and Sammi Rotibi

2008 · Ron Howard

Three years removed from the presidency and largely withdrawn from public view, Richard Nixon broke his silence in the summer of 1977 by agreeing to a single, exhaustive television interview meant to confront the controversies of his administration and the Watergate scandal. Calculating and resolute, he handpicked David Frost—a personable British talk-show host he assumed would be easy to disarm—in hopes of outmaneuvering him and rehabilitating his image with the American public. Frost’s producers, skeptical of their boss’s ability to stand up to a seasoned political operator, prepared for a safe, controlled exchange. Once the cameras started rolling, however, the encounter transformed into a fierce, strategic duel of questions and counterpunches that neither side had fully anticipated.

With Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt and Rebecca Hall

1999 · Jean Becker

In the summer of his freshman year, Hodaka flees his remote island for Tokyo and quickly finds himself tested to his financial and emotional limits. The city is mired in an unending, gloomy rain that seems to echo his own loneliness. After days of drifting, he finally lands a job as a freelance writer for a mysterious magazine focused on the supernatural. Then, amid the crowded streets, he meets Hina — a bright, determined girl with an extraordinary gift: she can stop the rain and bring out the sun.

With Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier, Michel Serrault, Isabelle Carré, Eric Cantona and Suzanne Flon

1987 · Bernardo Bertolucci

Pu Yi's life is traced from exalted beginnings—born into imperial privilege and installed as China's final sovereign within the seclusion of the Forbidden City, adored by a vast nation—to the abrupt end of his rule and a descent into moral decay and self-indulgence. The film follows his exploitation by Japanese occupiers and, after years of upheaval, his eventual reduction to an anonymous existence as an ordinary laborer under the People's Republic.

With John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Vivian Wu, Dennis Dun, Ruocheng Ying and Victor Wong

1993 · Jane Campion

Sent to New Zealand’s untamed 19th-century frontier by an arranged marriage, Ada and her headstrong daughter confront life far from home; Ada fights a controlling husband while a fierce, forbidden attraction to a rugged frontiersman sparks a tense clash of wills.

With Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker and Ian Mune

2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche

Adèle's life is upended when she meets Emma, a vibrant young woman with blue hair; through their intense bond Adèle awakens to desire and begins to claim herself as both woman and adult. Seen and judged by those around her, she embarks on a turbulent journey—searching, stumbling, and finally finding who she truly is.

With Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing, Catherine Salée, Benjamin Siksou and Mona Walravens

1999 · Jim Jarmusch

A Black contract killer who has adopted the discipline, rituals and code of the ancient samurai becomes the mob's marked man, thrust into a lethal game where his sense of honor clashes with outlaw vengeance.

With Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Isaach De Bankolé, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Tricia Vessey and Victor Argo