20+ Best French shows on Netflix (December 2024)

2016-12-15 | FlixCatalog Staff

There is no limit to the number of movies and TV shows you can find online on OTT platforms. Deciding on what to watch can be a painful experience sometimes. Looking for the best show to watch on Netflix? We are here to help. Here is a list of the Top 72 show to watch on netflix this December.

Fun Fact: The average IMDB rating of all the movies in this list is 6.83 .

Looking for some of the best French show you can watch online in US? Fret not, we are here to help you. Here is a list of all the French show you can watch on some of your favourite OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar. Amazon Prime Video has the most content in this language amongst all streaming platforms.

Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on their own mission to go where no one has gone before.

8.7/1044 min

Available in 11 platform(s).

Documentary chronicling the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015.

8.3/1055 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Two cats travel the globe and teach children about unlikely friendships and global citizenships.

8.3/1011 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Animation,Comedy,Family
Molang (2015)

Molang and Piu Piu are invited to a party. They dress themselves up, but Piu Piu's kiss curl might prevent them from going out. Fortunately, Molang has an idea.

8.3/10\N min

Available in 12 platform(s).

French serial about the lives and jobs of people working at a talent agency.

8.3/1052 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Drama
Longmire (2012)

Walt Longmire is the dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but buries his pain behind his brave face, unassuming grin and dry wit.

8.3/1060 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Chef's Table, French edition, goes inside the lives and kitchens of some of the world's most renowned French chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their ...

8.2/1046 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
Wakfu (2008)

Saving the world from an evil madman? Not a problem for this kid. Finding his birth parents? That's the real adventure!

8.1/1024 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Animation,Comedy,Drama
Clannad (2007)

A high school student who cares little about school or others meets a lonely girl who had to repeat a year while all her friends finished high school. He decides to hang out with her and soon meets more friendly students.

7.9/1030 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Drama
Gotham (2014)

The story behind Detective James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.

7.8/1042 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Documentary series going behind the scenes at the Zig Zag Dance Factory in Wolverhampton, England run by coaches Warren Bullock and Jane Bullock.

7.7/1060 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

1960: the French intelligence service hires the 23-year-old André Merlaux. Handsome, well raised, intelligent but impressionable, Merlaux has much to learn to serve and defend the interests...

7.7/1026 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Drama
Spotless (2015)

The law-abiding owner of a crime scene cleaning service is forced into business with a powerful mob boss thanks to his irresponsible older brother.

7.7/1060 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

After a devastating fire in 1897 Paris, three women find their lives upended by betrayal, deception, and romantic turmoil. Inspired by real events.

7.6/1048 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

-'M'entends-tu?' is a dramatic comedy that plunges us into the unusual daily life of Ada, Fabiola and Carolanne, three long-time friends from the midst of poverty.

7.6/1030 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Thriller
The Break (2016)

Crime series kick-started by the finding on a young man's body.

7.6/1052 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Marinette and Adrien, two normal teens, transform into superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir when an evil threatens their city.

7.6/1020 min

Available in 5 platform(s).

A celebration of extraordinary residential architecture from around the world with insight from an accomplished architect and his enthusiastic co-host.

7.5/1059 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Inspired by classic American values and freedom, this striking French-language comedy-drama sees ex-con Joris Fragnière returning home to Horizonville after a 25 years absence. Station ...

7.5/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Documentary,Mystery
Who Killed Little Gregory? (2019)

When their 4-year-old son is murdered, a young couple fights a twisting and arduous battle trying to identify a frustratingly elusive killer.

7.4/1060 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Drama,Horror,Mystery
Marianne (2019)

Emma, a famous and successful French horror writer, is forced to return to her hometown after the woman who haunted her dreams fifteen years ago begins to re-appear. The work she writes is ...

7.4/1050 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Learning that cannabis will be legalized, Joseph, a failed entrepreneur, decides to transform, with the help of his family and friends, the kosher butcher shop of his father and open the first marijuana coffeeshop in France.

7.4/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Thriller
La Mante (2017)

A serial killer, nicknamed 'La Mante' decides to collaborate with the police when a string of murders that copycat her style suddenly appear.

7.4/1052 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Horror
Black Spot (2017)

A police chief and an eccentric new prosecutor investigate a string of grisly crimes and eerie phenomena in an isolated town at the edge of a forest.

7.4/1052 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Adventure,Animation,Comedy
Oggy and the Cockroaches (1997)

Oggy would be the happiest of cats if three cockroaches hadn't decided to settle inside his comfortable home.

7.4/108 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Documentary,History
The Cuba Libre Story (2015)

7.3/1052 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
Code Lyoko (2003)

When a group of four boarding school students discover a supercomputer housed inside an abandoned factory, they find a virtual world called Lyoko and awaken a sentient multi-agent system virus that tries to take over the real world.

7.3/1026 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Alain Delambre is a senior executive worn out and humiliated by six years of unemployment. So when a prestigious company selects him as a candidate, he is prepared to betray his wife, steal...

7.2/1052 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Mystery
Criminal: France (2019)

Secrets emerge and entire cases unravel inside a police interview room in Paris, where suspects and investigators face off in an intricate dance.

7.2/1039 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Sixteen-year-old Jennifer disappears one night from her village in the Ardennes. Captain Gaspard Deker leads the investigation with local cop Virginie Musso, who knew the girl well. They are helped by Eve, a lonely and mysterious woman.

7.2/10313 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Sci-Fi,Thriller
Transferts (2017)

After a boating accident, woodworker and family man, Florian, wakes up in the body of an officer who leads a task force against illegal body transfers.

7.2/1056 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Adventure,Animation,Comedy
Legend Quest (2017)

In 19th Century America, 12 year old Leo and his ghost companions defend their world against supernatural threats.

7.2/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Drama,Sci-Fi,Thriller
Into the Night (2020)

When radiation from the sun causes a global disaster on Earth, survivors on an overnight flight from Brussels race from city to city trying to stay ahead of the sun's rays by remaining in the cover of night.

7.1/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Elsa, a Parisian, can not forget her ex. Her best friend secretly hires an escort boy to help her move on but the plan works a little too well .

7.1/1027 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Animation,Comedy,Family
Grizzy and the Lemmings (2007)

The forest ranger's house is the only area of human civilization in the middle of untamed wilderness in a vast natural reserve in Canada. When the ranger is away, a bear named Grizzy feels ...

7.1/107 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Drama,Mystery,Thriller
The Chalet (2017)

A reunion of childhood friends at a remote chalet in the French Alps soon turns into a desperate struggle for survival as they get cut off from rest of the world and a shocking dark secret from the past surfaces.

7/1052 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Adventure,Animation,Comedy
Simon (2016)

This animated series follows Simon who is an adorable little rabbit who exudes all the vitality of childhood.

7/105 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Animation,Comedy
Pop Team Epic (2018)

Two high school girls, the short and exceptionally quick to anger Popuko, and the tall and much more calm Pipimi, do insane things and swear like sailors in this absurdist comedy filled with references and meta humor.

6.9/1012 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Thriller
Unit 42 (2017)

While having to raise his three children on his own, Inspector Sam Leroy joins Brussels' Cyber Crime Unit. Confronted with new codes, he must collaborate with Billie Vebber, a former hacker who covertly pursues objectives of her own.

6.9/1052 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Thriller
Cannabis (2016)

When a huge marijuana shipment falls prey to thieves, the aftermath touches players from all ranks on the drug trade between Morocco and Europe.

6.9/10312 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

A tale of power, corruption and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the French port city of Marseille.

6.8/1041 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Drama
Deep (2015)

A police investigator is dealing with a life threatening illness, while trying to map out the spreading of a new synthetic drug that's all the rage in Paris.

6.8/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Animation,Comedy,Family
Zig & Sharko (2010)

A desert island, a starving hyena and one obsession: eat the mermaid. This season, his dream might even come true - she set up house on the beach. Problem: so has her bodyguard, the shark. Ouch.

6.8/107 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Five best friends face adventures side by side in their hometown. Zany antics, love and missteps are better with friends.

6.7/1023 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
Dinotrux (2015)

Animals like the Craneosauraus, Garbageadon and Tyrannosaurus Trux (part dinosaurs and part truck) exist in a fictional prehistoric era.

6.7/10\N min

Available in 8 platform(s).

6.5/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
Skylanders Academy (2016)

"Skylanders Academy" follows the heroic adventures of Spyro, Eruptor, Stealth Elf, Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz as they travel the vast Skylands universe, protecting it from evil-doers.

6.5/1025 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Adventure,Animation,Family
Justin Time (2011)

Justin Time is a Canadian animated television series for pre-school aged children, created by Brandon James Scott. The show airs on Disney Junior (both English and French) in Canada, the ...

6.5/1022 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

Adventure,Animation,Comedy
Thomas & Friends (1984)

This popular series follows the adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine and all of his engine friends on the Island of Sodor.

6.5/1011 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Fantasy
Mortel (2019)

A group of French teenagers are bound together by a supernatural force.

6.4/1040 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
Zak Storm (2016)

Zak Storm is about Zak, a young teen who, when in the middle of a surfing competition, gets sucked into the Seven Seas of the Bermuda Triangle, and becomes the captain of a ship of misfits....

6.4/1022 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Mystery
Ad Vitam (2018)

In a future where regeneration technology lets humans live indefinitely, a cop and a troubled young woman investigate a strange wave of youth suicides.

6.3/1060 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Mystery
Glacé (2016)

A grisly find atop a mountain in the French Pyrenees leads investigator Martin Servaz into a twisted dance with a serial killer in this icy thriller.

6.3/1052 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Animation,Family
Trotro (2004)

Trotro is a little donkey with a head full of ideas. He knows exactly what he likes and doesn't like. He's a positive and engaging hero, with whom young children will easily identify.

6.3/103 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

French comedy phenom Fary puts a playful spin on questions of identity, culture and more in the first half of an epic two-part stand-up special.

6.2/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Drama,Romance,Sci-Fi
Twice Upon a Time (2019)

Vincent and Louise were once very much in love, but they split up some months ago. By chance, Vincent comes into possession of a box which allows him to revisit his time with Louise. Will he get a second chance?

6.2/10192 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
Smile PreCure! (2012)

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom of fairy tales called "Märchenland", where many fairy tale characters live together in joy. Suddenly, the evil emperor Pierrot made an invasion on ...

6.2/1024 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
Sonic X (2003)

A slight malfunction causes Chaos Control, and sends Sonic the Hedgehog to Earth. While there, Sonic meets Chris Thorndyke, who aids at collecting the Chaos Emeralds, so Sonic and friends can go home.

6.2/1030 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

What do a cop, a TV presenter, a politician and a dangerous criminal all have in common?

6/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Drama
Queen Sono (2020)

A drama about a secret agent who fights crime while dealing with crises in her personal life.

5.9/1043 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
Kong: King of the Apes (2016)

Kong is saved as a young ape by a young boy, Lucas. Lucas and his family raise kong but Lucas' twin brother is jealous and tries to get rid of Kong.

5.8/10\N min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Romance,Sci-Fi
Osmosis (2019)

In near future Paris, a dating app matches singles with their soulmates by mining their brain data, but decoding true love comes at a price.

5.7/1055 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

This series examines the nature of cuteness and how adorability helps some animal species to survive and thrive in a variety of environments.

5.7/1027 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Drama,Fantasy,Horror
Vampires (2020)

A Parisian teenager who is half human, half vampire grapples with her emerging powers, and family turmoil as she is pursued by a secret vampire community.

5.6/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Sammy & Co is the TV series sequel of the two full length animated features "A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures" and "A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise". The heroes of this ...

5.6/1010 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
PJ Masks (2015)

Three children become superheroes at night. During the school day a problem arises, and during the night the culprit is found by the PJ Masks and the problem gets solved by sharing ideas, ...

5.4/1024 min

Available in 13 platform(s).

Animation,Comedy,Family
Rabbids Invasion (2013)

The Rabbids from Ubisoft's "Raving Rabbids" video game series star in their own television series. They explore Earth and discover new things.

5.4/10\N min

Available in 6 platform(s).

Drama,Thriller,War
Black Crows (2017)

A look at the lives of various members of an ISIS terrorist cell.

5.3/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Adventure,Animation,Comedy
The Garfield Show (2008)

A lasagne-loving pussycat adventures and explores the differences between good and bad, and right and wrong.

5.3/1025 min

Available in 5 platform(s).

Adventure,Animation,Comedy
Bottersnikes & Gumbles (2015)

In a far away forgotten valley, heaped with long abandoned junk, a timeless battle rages between good and evil - and also between squashy and scaly, happy and grumpy, clever and wily, ...

5.2/1011 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Adventure,Animation,Family
The Jungle Book (2010)

An adaptation of the Disney movie "The Jungle Book", Mowgli, the boy who gets lost in the jungle now lives different adventures.

4.2/1030 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Comedy,Reality-TV
Until Dawn (2020)

Three comedians are sent to a haunted location and asked to investigate. The one who is deemed the biggest 'chicken' gets a punishment. Subtitled.

2.5/1022 min

Available in 1 platform(s).