Best French movies on Amazon Prime Video in the UK

Top 20: Best French movies on Amazon Prime Video in the UK

Updated 9 October 2026 · Ranked by average TMDB user rating, counting only films with at least 200 votes · Subscription titles only

1. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) · ★ 8.0/10 · Drama, History
   A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God,…
2. A Trip to the Moon (1902) · ★ 7.9/10 · Adventure, Science Fiction, Comedy
   Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar…
3. Dogman (2023) · ★ 7.8/10 · Action, Drama, Crime
   A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.
4. Le Samouraï (1967) · ★ 7.8/10 · Crime, Thriller, Drama
   After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a…
5. The Red Balloon (1956) · ★ 7.7/10 · Comedy, Drama, Family
   A young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities…
6. Fantastic Planet (1973) · ★ 7.6/10 · Animation, Science Fiction
   On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's…
7. Les Misérables (2019) · ★ 7.6/10 · Crime, Drama, Thriller
   Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserables”. Alongside his…
8. Arco (2025) · ★ 7.5/10 · Adventure, Animation, Family
   Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to…
9. The Old Gun (1975) · ★ 7.5/10 · Drama, History, War
   In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu is a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife…
10. The Wolf's Call (2019) · ★ 7.5/10 · Thriller, Action, Adventure
    Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depends on his ability,…
11. Hidden Kisses (2016) · ★ 7.5/10 · Drama, Romance, TV Movie
    Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find…
12. Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994) · ★ 7.5/10 · Comedy
    A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and…
13. The Big Blue (1988) · ★ 7.4/10 · Romance, Adventure, Drama
    Childhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Jacques, following in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a…
14. Ghostland (2018) · ★ 7.4/10 · Horror
    A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen…
15. La Vie en Rose (2007) · ★ 7.4/10 · Music, Drama
    From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to…
16. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) · ★ 7.3/10 · Family, Animation, Comedy
    Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they…
17. Spycies (2020) · ★ 7.3/10 · Animation, Comedy, Action
    Vladimir and Hector, two secret agents opposed in every way, are trying to recover a top secret material stolen by unknown intruders.
18. Possession (1981) · ★ 7.3/10 · Horror
    A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is…
19. Astro Kid (2019) · ★ 7.2/10 · Animation, Comedy, Adventure
    Terra Willy: Unexplored Planet — Upon the destruction of their ship, Willy is separated from his parents. He lands on a wild and unexplored planet and with the help of…
20. Promise at Dawn (2017) · ★ 7.2/10 · Drama, Romance, History
    From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells…

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