Best movies on Netflix (France) : our Top 20

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

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

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

2017 · Ruben Östlund

The chief curator of a distinguished Stockholm museum struggles with mounting professional setbacks and personal turmoil while racing to assemble a provocative new exhibition that polarizes colleagues, the press, and the public. As institutional politics, media pressure, and fractured relationships close in, the project forces him to confront long-buried compromises and decide what he’s willing to sacrifice for his art.

With Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Læssø, Marina Schiptjenko and Lise Stephenson Engström

1964 · Jacques Demy

Set in 1957, twenty-year-old auto mechanic Guy Foucher falls deeply for seventeen-year-old Geneviève Emery, who works in her widowed mother's fashionable but cash-strapped umbrella shop. On the eve of Guy's two-year military deployment to Algeria the young couple sleep together; when Geneviève discovers she is pregnant, she must decide whether to wait for Guy's return or to accept a marriage proposal from a wealthy diamond merchant.

With Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner and Jean Champion

2011 · Zep

Invited to a drifting, engineered metropolis called I-Island, All Might and Deku travel overseas to take part in the I-Expo, an international showcase focused on quirk research and the latest hero support technology. When the island’s supposedly impenetrable security is abruptly breached and a dangerous villain runs loose, the students of Class 1-A find themselves the only ones capable of stopping the threat.

With Donald Reignoux, Mélanie Bernier, Nathalie Homs, Sam Karmann, Zabou Breitman, Maria Pacôme and Jean Rochefort

2017 · Éric Toledano

For Max, a weary veteran of wedding coordination, this last assignment is supposed to be his send-off — but the elaborate celebration quickly becomes a pressure cooker. Antiquated uniforms for the catering staff clash with a fragile, egotistical crooner who fancies himself France’s answer to James Brown, while the groom, sour and controlling, seems intent on making the evening unbearable. Worse, Joisette — Max’s colleague and the woman everyone assumes is his partner — has emotionally checked out, maintaining a professional front while blatantly flirting with a much younger server. The tension mounts into a long, fraught night, culminating when the groom stages a dramatic, airborne serenade that pushes everyone to their limits.

With Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Vincent Macaigne, Alban Ivanov, Eye Haïdara and Suzanne Clément

2018 · Gilles Lellouche

Forty-year-old Bertrand has spent the last two years mired in depression, barely keeping up with everyday life. Daily medication and his wife's steady support fail to fill the emptiness until he discovers an unexpected refuge at the local pool: an all-male synchronized swimming team. Through rehearsals, camaraderie and the discipline of the sport, he gradually rediscovers meaning, joy and a reason to keep moving forward.

With Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Virginie Efira, Leïla Bekhti and Marina Foïs

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

2023 · Maïwenn

Born in 1743 to an impoverished seamstress and raised as an illegitimate child, Jeanne Bécu climbs the treacherous hierarchy of Louis XV’s court, transforming from obscurity into the monarch’s final officially recognized mistress.

With Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Benjamin Lavernhe, Melvil Poupaud, Robin Renucci, Pierre Richard and Marianne Basler

2005 · Denis Thybaud

Stevie and her younger brother Elliot plunge into the riotous, surreal terrain of their shared dreams to implore the Sandman to grant them the perfect family they’ve always longed for.

With Disiz, Vincent Elbaz, Sara Martins, Édouard Montoute, Béatrice Dalle, Léa Drucker and Simon Abkarian

2021 · Xavier Giannoli

Lucien de Rubempré, a young poet from a humble family of printers, travels to Paris in search of literary success. Drawn into the city’s glamorous yet ruthless art world, he soon uncovers its intrigues and compromises, forced to decide whether to sacrifice his principles for fame or hold fast to his creative convictions.

With Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar and André Marcon

2012 · Thomas Vinterberg

A dozen strangers come to in a lonely clearing, with no clue how they got there or where they are. Behind a veil of dark internet lore, a group of wealthy predators has gathered at a remote estate to stalk humans for amusement. But when one captive fights back and flips the script, the hunters find themselves becoming the prey.

With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing and Lars Ranthe

1968 · René Goscinny

Renowned Gaulish warrior Asterix and his steadfast friend Obelix journey to pharaonic Egypt to help Queen Cleopatra erect an extravagant seasonal residence. Cleopatra has accepted a challenge from Julius Caesar, who wagers the grand project cannot be finished in just a few weeks. With the aid of a powerful elixir, Asterix rushes to safeguard the queen’s ambitions while Caesar and an enraged architect conspire to sabotage the build.

With Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Micheline Dax, Jacques Balutin, Jacques Bodoin, Maurice Chevit and Pierre Tornade

2015 · David Oelhoffen

U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is escorting a plane full of prisoners from Chicago to New York when the aircraft crashes in a violent, chaotic wreck. Amid the debris, one inmate—Mark Sheridan—seizes the chance to vanish. Gerard is joined by Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce to track him down, but as they pursue Sheridan his true nature and hidden agenda emerge, revealing he is far more dangerous and complex than a typical murderer.

With Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb, Djemel Barek, Vincent Martin, Nicolas Giraud, Jean-Jérôme Esposito and Yann Goven

1997 · Gregg Araki

A motley band of bohemians in Los Angeles find their lives colliding over the course of a single, surreal day as they head for the city’s most notorious party. Brooding Dark Smith, his bisexual partner, her female lover and their timid gay friend are drawn together by desire and curiosity, but their evening dissolves into a hallucinatory gauntlet of drugs, illicit encounters, suicides, acts of mutilation and even an otherworldly abduction, forcing each of them to confront fear, longing and the precariousness of identity before the night ends.

With James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi Mazar, Kathleen Robertson and Joshua Gibran Mayweather

1995 · Herbert Ross

Reeling from a breakup with her girlfriend, nightclub singer Jane answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent living with AIDS who’s seeking a companion for a cross-country trip. Leaving New York for Los Angeles, they swing through Pittsburgh to pick up Holly, Jane’s friend desperate to escape an abusive relationship. As the miles pass, the three women—each with a different temperament and set of wounds—must confront their clashes and learn to rely on one another to find safety, healing, and a new sense of direction.

With Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey, James Remar, Billy Wirth and Anita Gillette

2012 · Inés Sedan

A recently laid-off executive, forced to sell his apartment, discovers he still possesses a spare key. Haunted by the family that now lives there, he becomes increasingly obsessed with reclaiming the life he lost and will go to any lengths to get it back.

2024 · Walter Salles

On a secluded sheep ranch in Chile, Memo conceals a luminous singing voice behind a life of isolation and small, glittering flourishes. Haunted by old wounds, he retreats into solitude — until an unexpected listener arrives and the carefully guarded past threatens to surface.

With Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro, Valentina Herszage, Maeve Jinkings, Dan Stulbach and Humberto Carrão

2020 · Guillaume Pierret

Once a petty thief, now the mechanic for a high-speed interdiction unit, he is thrust into a fight to clear his name after corrupt officers murder the mentor who helped pull him out of crime. As evidence and loyalties unravel, he must confront a network of betrayal to prove he didn’t become part of the very corruption he once sought to escape.

With Alban Lenoir, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Rod Paradot, Ramzy Bedia, Stéfi Celma, Arthur Aspaturian and Sébastien Lalanne