French Movies on Netflix
Last updated March 09, 2025
Angèle et Tony
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsRecently out of prison, Angèle is desperate for a relationship so she can get her young son back from her parents-in-law. When she answers a personal ad and meets Tony, a fisherman, she thinks she's found her mark, but in this awkward love story, he isn't exactly scrambling for her affection or her body.
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Monsieur Hire
1989 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsReclusive middle-aged bachelor Monsieur Hire spies on a woman through her undraped windows. She seems to welcome the attention until a 22-year-old woman's nude corpse turns up in the vicinity and suspicion quickly falls on the voyeuristic Hire.
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The Horde
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen four corrupt policemen invade a gangster's hideout near Paris to avenge the death of their colleague, they quickly find themselves outmanned, outgunned and trapped. That is, until a legion of vicious zombies swarms through the building.
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Love Crime
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsFrench director Alain Corneau delivers a chilling tale of two ambitious women -- a senior executive and her eager young assistant -- whose professional appetites grow dangerously personal as they jockey for power.
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Rapt
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen corporate figurehead Stanislas Graff is kidnapped and held for an absurd ransom of 50 million Euros, the police and powerful business he represents are forced to debate whether one man's life is worth that much money.
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Eleanor's Secret
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen he inherits a library from his recently deceased aunt, 7-year-old Nat is none too impressed. But when the characters from the books come to life and ask for his help, Nat's transported to a fairy tale filled with witches, ogres and giant crabs.
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After Fall, Winter
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsHe's a writer in exile with a taste for S & M. She's a caregiver for the terminally ill who moonlights as a dominatrix. A match made in heaven? Perhaps not, but when the two meet in Paris, their weeklong relationship has long-term repercussions.
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Camille Rewinds
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThis time-bending drama revolves around Camille, a 40-year-old devastated by the breakup of her long romance with Eric, her childhood sweetheart. But after being transported 25 years back into her past, she has a second chance at a happy life.
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The Man Who Laughs
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsScarred by his kidnappers as a child, Gwynplaine now makes a living from his disfigurement in a traveling show, where his only friend is blind Déa. His loyalty to her is tested when he learns that he's heir to a wealthy, influential family.
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The Stone Council
2006 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsSeven years after adopting an Asian baby, French translator Laura Siprien is alarmed when her son suddenly appears to have a crop circle on his chest -- and the terror grows when a kidnapping plunges Laura into the truth behind the boy's origins.
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsSeven years after she was inspired by the bold debut of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," famed fashion designer Coco Chanel (Anna Mouglalis) -- reeling from the death of her beau, Boy Capel (Anatole Taubmann) -- meets and falls for the Russian composer (Mads Mikkelsen) in 1920s Paris. A forbidden romance ensues in Jan Kounen's sumptuous period drama, the closing film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
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In the Beginning
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsCareer con man Paul (François Cluzet) is enjoying the profits of his latest scam -- in which he's passed himself off as the foreman of a highway extension construction site -- when a lady mayor (Emmanuelle Devos) makes him rethink his criminal ways. Suddenly alive to a world of feelings thanks to his growing interest in the lovely village boss, Paul wants to make things right with his victims -- who, unfortunately, populate an entire region.
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Le Crime est Notre Affaire
2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsHusband-and-wife sleuthing team Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford trade barbs and unmask criminals. After their eccentric aunt witnesses a murder, they are led to a mansion, where the members of a quirky family become prime suspects.
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3/4 Life Crisis
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsOn the surface, Jean-Paul appears happy and content, with a devoted wife and two successful, grown children. Beneath the surface, however, infidelity and Jean-Paul's mistaken belief that he has cancer conspire to tear the family apart.
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Goodbye First Love
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn this lyrical drama, 15-year-old Camille must deal with her devastation when an older boy with whom she's fallen in love leaves to travel through South America. Over the next few years, she grows into a young woman and tries to love again.
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Thérèse
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn southwest France in the 1920s, two wealthy families are joined by an arranged marriage between the dull Bernard and the restless Thérèse. Desperately bored and longing for meaning in her life, Thérèse concocts a drastic solution to her problems.
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The Beautiful Person
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter transferring to a new high school, beautiful Junie (Léa Seydoux) starts dating fellow student Otto (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), but she soon finds herself falling for Nemours (Louis Garrel), an Italian teacher already entangled in secret affairs with a pupil and colleague. Loosely based on Madame de Lafayette's novel La Princesse de Clèves, this French drama explores the great pain that often accompanies love.
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Le Dernier pour la Route
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter nearly destroying his career, his health and his relationship with his family, journalist Hervé finally acknowledges that he is an alcoholic and begins the hard work of rebuilding his life in this insightful drama.
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Pièce Montée
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhat can go wrong when two people come together in matrimony? Bride Bérengère and groom Vincent soon find out when they have to fend off annoying in-laws, gorgeous exes and cantankerous priests at their haute bourgeoisie wedding.
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35 Shots of Rum
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis heartfelt slice-of-life drama by filmmaker Claire Denis tells the story of widower Lionel (Alex Descas), a train driver, and his grown daughter, Sophie (Mati Diop). The two spend most of their time together, but change is in the cards. A neighbor (Grégoire Colin) becomes attracted to Sophie, a family friend retires and Lionel tries to maintain a friendship with his ex-girlfriend (Nicole Dogue).
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Mia and the Migoo
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a construction accident traps her father near a remote lake, Mia journeys through the jungle to rescue him in this animated feature. There, she encounters the Migou, fantastic beings who protect a sacred tree that safeguards all life on Earth.
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Afterwards
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsHotshot New York attorney Nathan Del Amico (Romain Duris) is skeptical when the strange Doctor Kay (John Malkovich) claims that he can sense when someone is about to die -- until inexplicable events cause Nathan to change his mind. Now believing that he sees signs of his own death, Del Amico takes the doctor's advice and begins making amends with his ex-wife (Evangeline Lilly) before it's too late. Gilles Bourdos directs this stylish thriller.
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Villa Amalia
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn this moody character study from French director Benoît Jacquot, Anne (Isabelle Huppert) discovers her husband's infidelity and begins to carefully disassemble her neatly ordered life, cutting ties to the present in order to reconnect with her past. Is Anne on a mission of self-reinvention or self-negation? With an old acquaintance (Jean-Hugues Anglade) as her only confidant, Anne plays her emotions and intentions close to the vest til the end.
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Certified Copy
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's captivating meditation on art and love, British writer James Miller meets a beautiful gallery owner in Tuscany and begins -- or possibly continues -- a romance with her.
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Délice Paloma
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsMadame Aldjéria is a charismatic "fixer" in Algeria who helps her clients with requests, from finding romantic companions to framing innocent people. But one day, the crafty con artist launches a scam that may prove to be her undoing.
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