Best movies on Prime Video (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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

2002 ·

A gifted pianist fights to survive in Warsaw as German forces confine the city's Jewish population to a ghetto. He secures work playing in a café, but when his family is deported in 1942 he narrowly avoids the same fate, spending time as a laborer before going into hiding among the devastated, bombed-out streets of the city to escape capture.

With Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard and Julia Rayner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011 · Phyllida Lloyd

Following Margaret Thatcher from her early ambitions to the highest office in Britain, this film examines the personal and political toll of her singular drive: fractured relationships, hard moral choices, and the isolation that accompanies absolute authority as she faces the consequences of power.

With Meryl Streep, Anthony Stewart Head, Harry Lloyd, Jim Broadbent, Susan Brown, Alice da Cunha and Phoebe Waller-Bridge