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

2018 · Laurent Tirard

In 1809 France, a young officer is sent off to war, leaving his fiancée shattered. To ease her sorrow, the woman’s sister begins writing letters in the captain’s voice, inventing news and comforts that rekindle hope — but as the deception grows, loyalties, love, and the truth are put to the test.

With Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Christophe Montenez, Fabienne Galula, Noémie Merlant, Féodor Atkine and Evelyne Buyle

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 · Pablo Orlowsky

When a series of coordinated attacks shakes cities around the globe, a diverse team of intelligence officers, a battle-worn field operative, and a reluctant whistleblower are thrown together to track down the shadowy network behind them. Chasing leads from crowded metropolises to remote safe houses, they confront political interference, fractured alliances, and the moral cost of combating an enemy that thrives on chaos — forcing each to question how much they will sacrifice to prevent the next strike.

2020 · Ludovic Colbeau-Justin

A patient in a psychiatric facility adopts an elaborate guise of insanity, and the staff member charged with his care slowly becomes uncertain whether it's an act or genuine illness. As doubt takes hold, professional boundaries and personal convictions are tested, forcing the caregiver to confront the fragile line between performance and pathology.

With Dany Boon, Philippe Katerine, Anne Serra, Sophie Verbeeck, Carole Brana, Ophélia Kolb and Stana Roumillac

2022 · Laurent Zeitoun

In 1920s New York, amid smoky skylines and crowded tenements, a resourceful sixteen-year-old finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of firefighter crews. As a string of devastating blazes sweeps the city and the official response falters, she must defy expectations, master the brutal craft of firefighting, and rally unlikely allies. Her fight to stop the infernos becomes a battle for the soul of the city—and a coming-of-age journey that forces her to become the hero her neighbors desperately need.

With Olivia Cooke, Kenneth Branagh, William Shatner, Laurie Holden, Kevin Dennis, Ryan W. Garcia and Mara Junot

1995 · Martin Scorsese

In Las Vegas, two lifelong friends—a high-powered casino manager and a mob enforcer—become rivals as they battle for control of the city's gambling empire and the heart of a glamorous, thrill-seeking socialite.

With Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, James Woods, Alan King and Kevin Pollak

2025 · Lotfy Nathan

In a secluded village in Roman-era Egypt, a humble carpenter, his wife and young child become the focus of malevolent otherworldly forces, plunging the community into a brutal struggle of unseen spiritual powers.

With Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, FKA twigs, Isla Johnston, Souheila Yacoub, Kaiti Manolidaki and Penelope Markopoulou

1959 · Henri Verneuil

he leads a cow tethered on a rope as a decoy to slip past guards and checkpoints. With only the animal and his wits, he embarks on a perilous journey across wartime Germany, relying on improvisation, courage and unlikely encounters to try to make it back home to France.

With Fernandel, René Havard, Bernard Musson, Ellen Schwiers, Pierre-Louis, Franziska Kinz and Maurice Nasil

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

2002 · Luc Dardenne

A carpentry instructor at a residential rehab center turns down a troubled teenager who wants to apprentice with him, yet soon finds himself shadowing the boy through the facility’s corridors and out into the city. What begins as a cautious curiosity becomes an unsettling compulsion that blurs the line between mentorship and intrusion, forcing both men to face buried regrets and the fragile limits of trust.

With Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni, Pierre Nisse and Anne Gerard

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

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

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

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

2017 · Pierre Jolivet

Amid the 1972 presidential campaign, two investigative journalists peel back a web of political deceit in the Watergate affair, their reporting uncovering truths that ultimately force President Nixon to step down.

With Roschdy Zem, Émilie Dequenne, Michaël Abiteboul, Guillaume Labbé, Grégoire Isvarine, Guillaume Douat and Brian Messina

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

2003 · Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Adapted from Che Guevara’s travel journals, the film follows the young Guevara and his close friend Alberto Granado as they journey across 1950s South America by motorcycle, recounting the people they meet and the experiences that shape their lives.

With Grégori Derangère, Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal, Peter Coyote and Jean-Marc Stehlé

2006 · Paul Greengrass

On September 11, passengers and crew aboard United Flight 93 confront a hijacking and, learning of the wider attacks, mount a desperate, improvised resistance. Their brave, split-second actions culminate in the plane crashing near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, denying the hijackers their intended target.

With Trieste Kelly Dunn, Starla Benford, Kate Jennings Grant, J.J. Johnson, Polly Adams, Trish Gates and Olivia Thirlby

2014 · Luc Besson

On the sun-drenched Italian Riviera, Luca and his closest friend Alberto spend a summer full of adventure and discovery, but their carefree escapades are threatened by a startling secret: beneath the waves they are not ordinary boys but inhabitants of a hidden, otherworldly sea.

With Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pilou Asbæk and Lio Tipton

1995 · Mike Figgis

Ben Sanderson, a former Hollywood screenwriter ruined by alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas determined to drink himself to death. There he meets Sera, a sex worker, and the two forge a fragile companionship and a tentative pact to stay out of each other’s lives.

With Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber, Kim Adams and Emily Procter