Best French movies

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Best French movies

Discover the best French movies, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie 13 Days, 13 Nights, starring Roschdy Zem and Lyna Khoudri, came in first as the best French movie of all time, followed by Ad Vitam and Alter Ego from 2026. Scroll down for the top 10 French movies, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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13 Days, 13 Nights 1
13 Days, 13 Nights
2025 - Roschdy Zem, Lyna Khoudri, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Christophe Montenez, Sina Parvaneh, Yan...
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On August 15, 2021, the Taliban enter Kabul, and Commander Mohamed Bida is in charge of the French embassy, the last Western embassy left open. Along with 500 people trapped there, his •••
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Ad Vitam
2025 - Guillaume Canet, Alexis Manenti, Stéphane Caillard, Nassim Lyes, Zita Hanrot, Johan...
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A former elite agent and his pregnant wife are attacked in their own home. The man embarks on a dangerous hunt that takes him back to a painful past. Guillaume Canet stars in the French •••
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Alter Ego
2026 - Laurent Lafitte, Olga Kurylenko, Blanche Gardin, Marc Fraize, Zabou Breitman, Bertrand...
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A quiet middle-aged man discovers that his new neighbor looks exactly like him, except that he has a full head of hair. The man becomes increasingly obsessed and suspicious. Laurent •••
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Anatomy of a Fall
2023 - Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny...
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A man is found dead in the snow, under the window of the house in the mountains of France. His wife, Sandra, a writer, is accused of murder, and their visually impaired son becomes a key •••
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Arco
2025 - Margot Ringard Oldra, Oscar Tresanini, Nathanaël Perrot, Alma Jodorowsky, Swann Arlaud...
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Arco is 10 years old and lives in the distant future. On his first flight in a rainbow suit, he accidentally falls into the past in the year 2075. Iris, a girl his age, tries to help him •••
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Arthur and the Invisibles
2006 - Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Mia FarrowAdventure, Fantasy, Animation, Family
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Arthur, a ten-year-old boy, wants to save his grandmother's house, which is about to be demolished. He goes looking for a treasure hidden by his grandfather and ends up in the world of the •••
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Bazaar (Murder in the Building) 7
Bazaar (Murder in the Building)
2026 - Gilles Lellouche, Laetitia Casta, Guillaume Gallienne, Isabel Aimé González Sola, Jenna...
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François writes successful detective novels, but his life is boring. His girlfriend, Colette, a professor at the Sorbonne and a specialist in Alfred Hitchcock, wants adventure. A murder in •••
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Case 137
2025 - Léa Drucker, Jonathan Turnbull, Mathilde Riu, Guslagie Malanda, Stanislas Merhar, Sandra...
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Stéphanie, an investigator at the Paris Police Inspectorate, investigates the case of a young man seriously injured during a demonstration. When she discovers that the young man is from •••
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Colours of Time
2025 - Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Vincent Macaigne, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem, Paul...
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Four cousins inherit an abandoned house and find there the traces of a forgotten relative, Adèle. In 1895, at the age of 20, she left Normandy for Paris. Cédric Klapisch's French film •••
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Courted
2015 - Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Éva Lallier, Michaël Abiteboul, Claire Assali...
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In Saint-Omer, in northern France, Judge Racine, feared for his harsh punishments, presides over the trial of a father accused of killing his child. Among the jurors drawn by lot, he finds •••
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What is in this list?

This list includes, for example, Bazaar (Murder in the Building), De Gaulle: Résistance, De Gaulle: Liberté.

What are the most recent movies in this list?

Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: Alter Ego (2026), Bazaar (Murder in the Building) (2026), De Gaulle: Liberté (2026).

Which movies from 2010–2019 are included?

Titles released in this period include The Sisters Brothers (2018), Courted (2015), The Artist (2011).

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