Best French movies streaming in India

Top 20: Best French movies streaming in India

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

1. Léon: The Professional (1994) · ★ 8.3/10 · Crime, Drama, Action
   Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the…
2. Night and Fog (1956) · ★ 8.3/10 · Documentary, History
   Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) · ★ 8.2/10 · Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
   Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his…
4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) · ★ 8.1/10 · Drama, Romance
   On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
5. The 400 Blows (1959) · ★ 8.0/10 · Drama
   For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine…
6. The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) · ★ 7.9/10 · Adventure, Action, Drama
   Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château…
7. Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) · ★ 7.9/10 · Animation, Drama, Family
   The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment…
8. Diabolique (1955) · ★ 7.9/10 · Thriller, Mystery
   The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women…
9. 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…
10. La Jetée (1962) · ★ 7.9/10 · Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
    A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.
11. Dogman (2023) · ★ 7.8/10 · Action, Drama, Crime
    A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.
12. Home (2009) · ★ 7.8/10 · Documentary, Drama, Family
    In 200,000 years of existence, man has upset the balance on which the Earth had lived for 4 billion years. Global warming, resource depletion, species extinction: man…
13. Close (2022) · ★ 7.8/10 · Drama
    Two 13-year-old boys spend an idyllic summer together, but their connection is put to the test when they become the subject of speculation at school.
14. 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…
15. The Summit of the Gods (2021) · ★ 7.7/10 · Animation, Adventure, Mystery
    A photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.
16. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) · ★ 7.7/10 · Drama, History, Romance
    The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the…
17. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) · ★ 7.7/10 · Drama
    Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle…
18. The Gleaners and I (2000) · ★ 7.7/10 · Documentary
    Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French…
19. Orpheus (1950) · ★ 7.7/10 · Romance, Fantasy, Drama
    A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes…
20. Divines (2016) · ★ 7.6/10 · Drama
    In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in…

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