Best movies on Prime Video (France) : our Top 20

2002 · Fernando Meirelles

In the impoverished favelas of 1970s Rio de Janeiro, two young men head down opposing roads: Rocket, an aspiring photographer, documents the neighborhood’s escalating drug violence through his lens, while José “Zé” Pequeno, driven by ambition and a hunger for power, plunges into the ruthless world of drug trafficking.

With Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele and Seu Jorge

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

1994 · Alain Berbérian

In 1970s Rio de Janeiro, in the city's impoverished favelas, two young men from the same streets take opposing routes: Rocket, an aspiring photographer, uses his camera to capture the rising tide of drug-fueled violence, while José “Zé” Pequeno, driven by ambition, plunges into the drug trade and a life of escalating crime.

With Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia, Gérard Darmon, Sam Karmann, Jean-Christophe Bouvet and Eric Prat

1994 · Luc Besson

A solitary, highly skilled New York hitman named Léon makes a living by cleaning up the violent aftermath of other people's crimes. When a reckless DEA agent destroys the household next door, Léon reluctantly takes in Mathilda, a traumatized twelve-year-old survivor. As she grows closer to him, her grief hardens into a drive for vengeance, and she begins to imagine taking up his dangerous profession.

With Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello, Peter Appel, Michael Badalucco and Ellen Greene

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

2024 · Walter Salles

Set against Brazil's 1971 military dictatorship, the wife of a once-prominent politician is plunged into crisis by a sudden act of brutal arbitrariness; stripped of certainties, she must reinvent herself and steer her family toward an uncertain but self-made future.

With Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro, Valentina Herszage, Luiza Kozovski, Bárbara Luz and Guilherme Silveira

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

2001 · David Lynch

Fresh to Hollywood and hungry for fame, Betty Elms encounters a shadowy brunette who awakens with no recollection of her past. The two women team up to unravel the stranger’s identity, while director Adam Kesher faces escalating, ominous interference as he tries to cast his latest film.

With Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Mark Pellegrino, Robert Forster and Brent Briscoe

1993 · Tony Scott

Clarence impulsively marries Alabama, a streetwise sex worker, then makes off with a cache of cocaine from her pimp. He heads to Hollywood to try to sell the drugs, only to find the original owners hot on his trail, determined to recover their shipment.

With Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Michael Rapaport, Bronson Pinchot, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken

1995 · Mathieu Kassovitz

In the wake of a violent night of unrest in a neglected Paris suburb, three young friends—Vinz, Hubert and Saïd—drift through empty streets and abandoned blocks, anxiously awaiting news about a companion who was seriously injured during a confrontation with the police.

With Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, Souleymane Dicko, Joseph Momo and Héloïse Rauth

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

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

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

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

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

2007 · Vincent Paronnaud

Growing up in 1970s Iran, young Marjane “Marji” Satrapi experiences the country’s turmoil through a child’s perspective as her family’s long-held dream—the overthrow of the despised Shah—seems to come true with the 1979 Revolution. But as Marji enters adolescence, she discovers that the new rulers, Islamic hardliners, have replaced one form of oppression with another, turning the hoped-for liberation into a different kind of tyranny.

With Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, François Jerosme and Tilly Mandelbrot

2000 · Stephen Daldry

the miners' strike intensifies and police reinforcements from Bethnal Green deepen the social unrest, leaving working families to bear the strain. Eleven-year-old Billy Elliot, skipping a day at his boxing club, wanders into a ballet class and discovers a surprising natural gift for dance. Under the encouragement of his teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson, he begins training for a pivotal audition in Newcastle that could win him a place at the Royal Ballet School in London, even as his community faces mounting hardship.

With Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven, Stuart Wells and Mike Elliot

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