Best movies on Disney+ (France) : our Top 20

1981 · Jean-Jacques Annaud

When the perpetual flame that sustains a Cro-Magnon clan suddenly dies, three warriors are sent beyond their valley to find a new source of fire. Unskilled in the arts of ignition, they must push through a brutal, unfamiliar world—rock-strewn passes, ash-choked plains and territories ruled by rival bands and primeval predators. As their quest turns into a desperate fight for their people's survival, they encounter Ika, a lone woman who possesses the long-lost knowledge they need—and a secret that will test their loyalties and change their fate.

With Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong, Gary Schwartz, Naseer El-Kadi and Franck-Olivier Bonnet

2011 · Yann Samuell

1960. In the sun-drenched hills of southern France, two neighbouring villages turn a group of local children into daring combatants, staging inventive, high-stakes skirmishes across dusty lanes and olive groves. As playful rivalries escalate into fierce contests, loyalties shift and childhood innocence frays, forcing the youngsters to reckon with the cost of belonging and the line between games and war.

With Eric Elmosnino, Mathilde Seigner, Fred Testot, Alain Chabat, Vincent Bres, Salomé Lemire and Théo Bertrand

2023 · Yann Samuell

when their orphanage is hastily evacuated, four boys—Lucien, Lucas, Luigi and Ludwig, between ten and fifteen years old—are accidentally left behind. With Abbé Turpin and their teacher Leutellier gone, the children find themselves stranded alone behind enemy lines. They are soon joined by Luce, a young girl separated from her parents, and together they resolve to make their way to neutral Switzerland by any means necessary. Untrained and exposed to the hardships of war, their desperate escape turns into a perilous coming-of-age odyssey through a landscape turned hostile.

With François Damiens, Isabelle Carré, Ahmed Sylla, Didier Bourdon, Luc Schiltz, Mathys Gros and Alex Lutz

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

2009 · Quentin Tarantino

In occupied France during World War II, a squad of Jewish-American soldiers known as the Basterds is assembled to spread terror inside the Third Reich by relentlessly hunting and killing Nazi personnel. Led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine, their brutal campaign soon intersects with the life of a young Jewish-French woman who runs a movie theater in Paris—a modest venue that becomes central to the dangerous plans unfolding around them.

With Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger and Daniel Brühl

2001 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet

In a tiny Paris café, the gentle, fiercely shy Amélie discovers she has an uncanny talent for brightening other people's lives. Quietly and playfully, she becomes an invisible architect of happiness — nudging strangers toward love, protecting the lonely, and orchestrating small, secret acts of kindness. When a charming newcomer appears, she faces a choice: remain the hidden helper or find the courage to step forward and pursue the love story she has always arranged for others.

With Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze and Clotilde Mollet

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

2018 · Coralie Fargeat

Jen expects a quiet, romantic weekend with her affluent, married lover, but their seclusion is broken when his companions show up unannounced for an impromptu hunting trip; tensions simmer in the house and ultimately explode into a startling, unforeseen outcome.

With Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède, Jean-Louis Tribes and Barbara Gateau

2002 · Costa-Gavras

Kurt Gerstein, a scientist working at the Waffen-SS Institute for Hygiene, is horrified to learn that a toxic gas he helped develop is being used to annihilate Jewish people. Tormented by conscience, he allies with Riccardo Fontana, a young Jesuit priest, and together they embark on a desperate campaign to alert the outside world. Despite their warnings and pleas, their efforts are ignored—even by officials within the Vatican.

With Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe, Michel Duchaussoy, Marcel Iureș, Ion Caramitru and Friedrich von Thun

1965 · Agnès Varda

In the years before World War II, a spirited young novice from an Austrian convent becomes governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer, bringing music, warmth and a renewed joy for life into their austere household.

With Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Sandrine Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure-Bertin and Manon Lanclos

2010 · Shari Springer Berman

A paid companion to affluent widows on Manhattan’s Upper East Side befriends a hopeful young playwright and becomes his mentor, guiding him into the city’s elite social circles and the world of theater.

With Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes, John C. Reilly, Dan Hedaya, Alicia Goranson and Patti D'Arbanville

2012 · Matthieu Delaporte

A squad of elite commandos on a covert operation deep in a remote Central American rainforest finds itself hunted by a relentless alien predator.

With Patrick Bruel, Valérie Benguigui, Charles Berling, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Judith El Zein, Françoise Fabian and Yaniss Lespert

2018 · Margaux Bonhomme

Elisa, a fiery and passionate 17-year-old, plans to spend the summer roaming the steep slopes of the Vercors where she grew up. When her mother walks out, Elisa and her father are left to shoulder the care of her disabled sister. The mounting responsibility strains the family bonds, and the love that once held them together slowly curdles into bitter resentment.

With Diane Rouxel, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Cohendy, Pablo Pauly, Agathe Dronne, Clémentine Allain and Grégoire Monsaingeon

2017 · David Alaux

Though he waddles like a penguin, Maurice has the heart of a tiger—raised by a fierce tigress, he fancies himself a kung-fu hero, albeit a hopelessly clumsy one. Alongside his loyal crew, the Jungle Bunch, he patrols the wild to protect the peace and carry on the courageous legacy his mother left behind. But when Igor, a scheming koala, plots to destroy their home with an army of bumbling baboons, Maurice must prove that bravery and friendship matter more than size or looks.

With Philippe Bozo, Emmanuel Curtil, Laurent Morteau, Pascal Casanova, Céline Monsarrat, Paul Borne and Maik Darah

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

1980 · François Truffaut

By decree of King Charles VI, Sir Jean de Carrouges is forced to resolve his bitter feud with his estranged squire, Jacques Le Gris, by facing him in a formally sanctioned duel.

With Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard and Maurice Risch

2003 · Richard Curtis

In the hectic weeks leading up to Christmas in London, eight very different couples—ranging from young lovers to long-married partners—face the messy, comic and tender realities of modern relationships. Their stories overlap and echo one another as chance encounters, misunderstandings and new beginnings test what it means to love during the city’s crowded, festive rush.

With Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney and Liam Neeson

2024 · Gilles de Maistre

Raised beneath the Amazon's green cathedral, Autumn forged an extraordinary bond with an orphaned jaguar cub she named Hope. A devastating event forced her to uproot to New York City, but she never stopped yearning for the jungle and the companion she left behind. When news reaches her that wildlife traffickers are preying on her childhood village and the animals that live there, Autumn returns to the rainforest to confront the smugglers and fight to reclaim Hope and the home she thought she had lost.

With Lumi Pollack, Emily Bett Rickards, Wayne Charles Baker, Paul Greene, Kelly Hope Taylor, Lucrezia Pini and Letitia Brookes

1988 · Luc Besson

Jacques and Enzo, childhood friends, share a dangerous obsession with free diving. Jacques, now a professional, followed the path of his father, who vanished at sea when Jacques was a boy. To the astonishment of researchers, Jacques can slow his heart and modulate his breathing underwater to such an extent that his physiology resembles a dolphin’s rather than a human’s. When Enzo persuades a hesitant Jacques to enter a no-scuba contest that pits them against one another for depth and time beneath the surface, Jacques meets Johana, a striking American insurance investigator, and finds himself torn between a new love ashore and the ocean that has always called him.

With Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Jean Bouise and Marc Duret

2005 ·

After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman in her sixties converts a van into a makeshift home and sets out across the American West, reinventing herself as a modern-day nomad while navigating vast landscapes, fragile connections, and the unexpected freedoms and hardships of life on the road.

With Kuno Becker, Jay Hernandez, Jason Scott Lee, Doskhan Zholzhaksynov, Ayanat Ksenbai, Mark Dacascos and Aziz Beyshenaliev