Best movies on Netflix (France) : our Top 20

1959 · Marc Allégret

César Dandieu, a scrupulously honest cashier at a petroleum firm, is preparing to hand over the day’s receipts to his manager when Fernand Mouchette, a perpetually absent-minded inventor, bursts in to pitch a novel carburetor design.

With Pierre Fresnay, Darry Cowl, Anne Collette, Louis Seigner, Jacques Charon, Hubert Deschamps and André Brunot

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.

1991 · James Cameron

A decade after the initial conflict, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect a young John Connor from a shape‑shifting T-1000; alongside John's mother, Sarah, they race to stop Skynet from unleashing a nuclear apocalypse.

With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, Earl Boen and S. Epatha Merkerson

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

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

2004 · Edgar Wright

Shaun leads an almost painfully ordinary life, focused on his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, the neighborhood pub. That comfortable routine is shattered when the dead rise and begin hungrily preying on everyday Londoners.

With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Penelope Wilton and Bill Nighy

2000 · Joel Coen

Set against the Depression-era Deep South, three escaped prisoners scour backroads and hidden waterways for a buried fortune, pursued without mercy by a single-minded lawman closing in on their trail.

With George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Michael Badalucco and Holly Hunter

2005 · Steven Spielberg

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, a Palestinian militant group abducts and murders eleven members of the Israeli delegation; in the aftermath, the Israeli government quietly assembles a covert Mossad team to track down and take out those behind the attack.

With Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Mathieu Amalric and Geoffrey Rush

2004 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Mathilde, a young woman from France, refuses to accept that her fiancé disappeared amid the chaos of World War I. Compelled by hope and a relentless need for answers, she embarks on a search for his fate that uncovers startling revelations and forces her to confront new truths about love, loss and herself.

With Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, André Dussollier, Ticky Holgado and Marion Cotillard

2012 · Jacques Audiard

When Ali takes responsibility for his young son, he moves from Belgium to Antibes to live with his sister and her husband. There he becomes close to Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, and after she is badly injured in a traumatic accident their relationship deepens as they rely on each other through the long recovery.

With Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Céline Sallette, Corinne Masiero, Bouli Lanners and Jean-Michel Correia

1967 · Jean-Pierre Melville

Having pulled off a perfectly executed contract killing, professional assassin Jef Costello—guided by a samurai-like code—finds himself squeezed into a lethal standoff between an unrelenting detective and a cold-blooded employer, and even his signature fedora and trench coat can’t shield him.

With Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Michel Boisrond, Catherine Jourdan and Jean-Pierre Posier

2022 · Ruben Östlund

Overlooked and desperate to be heard, a teenage girl makes a Christmas wish for someone to finally listen — then wakes up to discover she can only speak the blunt, unfiltered truth, unleashing awkward confessions and upheaval within her family.

With Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Burić, Vicki Berlin, Dolly de Leon and Henrik Dorsin

2024 · Paolo Sorrentino

Born from the waves off Naples in 1950, Parthenope possesses a striking, mysterious presence and a sharp intellect. Admirers pursue her without restraint, but the privileges her beauty brings come with a steep price.

With Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta and Isabella Ferrari

2010 · Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

A Swedish family vacationing in the French Alps finds itself confronted with selfish, panic-driven behavior from others when an avalanche suddenly descends.

With Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, Steven Berkoff, Rufus Sewell and Christian De Sica

2019 · Antonin Baudry

A young sonar specialist aboard a submarine possesses extraordinarily acute hearing and an almost supernatural ability to pick apart sounds — a talent that often determines the survival of his ship. Under extreme pressure he makes a single catastrophic misidentification that puts the crew's lives on the line and shatters their trust in him. Desperate to redeem himself, he launches an unauthorized investigation into a suspicious series of events that soon reveals a conspiracy with the potential to trigger nuclear annihilation. Thrust into an uneasy alliance with the fleet admiral, he must navigate secrecy, deception, and ruthless political forces as they race to stop an imminent, irrevocable nuclear launch. With time running out, they are forced to consider measures that test their morals and risk everything to avert global catastrophe.

With François Civil, Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz, Reda Kateb, Paula Beer, Alexis Michalik and Jean-Yves Berteloot

2023 · Pauline Gay

Three solitary employees at a neighborhood department store form an unexpected bond, finding comfort in each other's company as they tentatively navigate intimacy, longing, and what it means to love.

With Corinne Masiero, Salomé Dewaels, Carole Trevoux, Johann Cuny and Frédérique Moser

2022 · Annie Ernaux

A filmmaker revisits a trove of Super 8 reels shot between 1972 and 1981 and realizes they are more than family records: they quietly document the pastimes, habits and aspirations of a particular social class in the decade following 1968. She weaves these silent fragments into a film that fuses personal memory with social observation and historical context, aiming to recreate the colour, taste and atmosphere of that era.

With Annie Ernaux

2007 · Nadine Labaki

A rising chef's life is upended by a sudden medical diagnosis, forcing them to rethink their ambitions and sense of self—until a scrappy rescue dog crashes into their kitchen, delivering messy companionship, unexpected laughs, and a new recipe for hope.

With Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Massri, Adel Karam, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Sihame Haddad and Aziza Semaan

2009 · Michel Hazanavicius

Sent to Brazil in 1967, Agent OSS 117's mission to recover a microfilm listing French Nazi sympathizers quickly spirals out of control, drawing him unwittingly into a far-reaching international conspiracy.

With Jean Dujardin, Louise Monot, Alex Lutz, Reem Kherici, Rüdiger Vogler, Pierre Bellemare and Ken Samuels

1947 · Henri-Georges Clouzot

Two rival detectives in Paris vie for the vacant post of police chief while racing to stop a brutal gang behind a string of violent robberies that has plunged the city into fear. Directed by Olivier Marchal, who spent twelve years in the French police and turned his firsthand experiences into the story, the film is partly inspired by real criminal events from the 1980s.

With Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair, Pierre Larquey, Jeanne Fusier-Gir and Claudine Dupuis