Best French TV shows
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Best French TV shows
TOP TV Shows: Call My Agent! (2015), The Bureau (2015), Balthazar (2018), Candice Renoir (2013), Arcane (2021), Emily in Paris (2020), The Missing (2014), Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2012), Lupin (2021), Taxi Brooklyn (2014), Highlander (1992), The Hook Up Plan (2018), Death in Paradise (2011), Muppets Tonight (1996), Art of Crime (2017), Cut (2013), Taken (2017), Spiral (2005), The Returned (2012), The Crimson Rivers (2018).
List of Best TV Shows
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
TV mini-series about a French talent agency
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, lesbian, satire, showbiz, actor's life, workplace, celebrity culture, office, lgbt, life turned upside down, workplace situations, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, undercover agent, terrorism, danger, investigation, national security, secret service, twists and turns, secret identity, mission, characters in danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria, paris france, middle east, france, israel ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Facing a series of complex murder cases, new police commander Hélène Bach must learn to work with the brilliant yet exasperating Raphaël, who can make the dead speak like no-one else.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
police, investigation, policewoman, police detective, murder investigation, crime scene, pathologist, police investigation, forensics, workplace situations, murder, nypd ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Candice Renoir had put her career on standby for 10 years. When she returns from Singapore to resume service in a port town in the south of France, she feels a bit “rusty”. Despite the obvious defiance of her unit and a cynical superior who ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, witty, feel good, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
policewoman, female detective, police, workplace situations, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, female protagonist, family relations, woman, new job, workplace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, french riviera
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434K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.
Style:
3d animation, futuristic, adult animation, anime, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
battles, power, steampunk, fight, legend, lgbt, gang, warrior, magic, sapphic, magical, lesbian interest ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When ambitious Chicago marketing exec Emily unexpectedly lands her dream job in Paris, she embraces a new life as she juggles work, friends and romance.
Style:
humorous, romantic, sweet, touching, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
marketing, love, love and romance, female protagonist, women, love interest, couple relations, roommate, friendship, love affair, roommate roommate relationship, chef ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
missing child, child abuse, police, missing person, twists and turns, investigation, police detective, pedophile, abduction, cold case, child abduction, journalist ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, year 2014, 2010s, year 2009 ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Intergalactic warrior Star Butterfly arrives on Earth to live with the Diaz family. She continues to battle villains throughout the universe and high school, mainly to protect her extremely powerful wand, an object that still confuses her.
Style:
captivating, exciting, sincere, semi serious, anime ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, teen fantasy, preschool
Plot:
princess, good versus evil, friendship, teenage life, magic wand, butterfly, magical girl, youth, family relations, imaginary, high school life, portal ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
Style:
exciting, psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, father son relationship, revenge, heist, police, black, prisoner, father, father figure, missing person, escapades, unsolved crime ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Caitlin "Cat" Sullivan is an NYPD detective working in Brooklyn. After her driving privileges are suspended, she relies on Leo Romba, a highly skilled Brooklyn cab driver from France. Leo becomes Cat's driver and a consultant on her ...
Style:
not serious, exciting, realistic, humorous, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
female detective, law enforcement, partner, partners against crime, chase, taxi, odd couple, fighting crime, murder investigation, car chase, investigation, strong female lead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Highlander: The Series is a fantasy science fiction action-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: ...
Style:
exciting, rough, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
immortality, immortal, warrior, good versus evil, medieval, katana, duel, heroes, escapades, danger, rivalry, samurai sword ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
In a misguided attempt to build up perpetually single Elsa's confidence, her friends hire a male escort. A comedy series set in Paris.
Style:
feel good, romantic comedy, semi serious, light, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
dating, friendship, love, male female relationship, fall in love, self discovery, urban, fake relationship, sexuality, love triangle, companionship, seduction ...
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Inspector Richard Poole is transferred to Sainte Marie, an island in the Caribbean. Totally unsuited to the Caribbean way of life, Richard hates the sun, sea and sand and isn't used to the Sainte Marie style of policing. Working with ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, semi serious, stylized, crime drama ...
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, lifestyle change, investigation, island, whodunit, suspicion, murder, multiple suspects, coworker, investigator ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, fictional island
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, ...
Style:
not serious, exciting, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
muppets, sesame street, weirdo, sketch, puppetry, media satire, chaos and mayhem, celebrity culture, showbiz, guest, fame, musician ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, detective
Plot:
art critic, art theft, investigation, art, crime investigation, private investigation, fighting crime, crime solving, teamwork, secret, theft, uncover truth ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
Cut (70 episodes) is a new and ambitious interactive TV serie, produced by ALP and Terence Films. For the first time ever on a main channel, characters are written to exist on social networks. Thus, the main story can be hit by what happen on the ...
Style:
thrilling, social, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mother son relationship, social media, internet, social issues, social problems, social relations, family relations, computers and web, social differences, lifestyle, social network, family problems ...
Place:
france
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
The origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge, Mills is pulled into a career as a deadly CIA operative, a job ...
Style:
saga, suspense, harsh, exciting, cliffhanger ...
Plot:
cia agent, ex cia agent, lone hero, father daughter relationship, die hard, kidnapping, daring rescue, heroes, father, police, divorced parents, organized crime ...
Place:
south america
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Spiral is a French television police drama series created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. The first eight episodes series started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005. It returned for a second series, partly funded by the BBC, of ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, rough ...
Plot:
police, lawyer, police detective, judge, uncover truth, murder, suspicion, ethics, double life, legal, snitch, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
In the shadow of an enormous hydraulic dam, the lives of the residents of a small French town are changed to their core when hundreds of previously dead relatives all return home on the same day.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, mind bending, sexy, surreal ...
Plot:
afterlife, resurrection, teenage life, accident, small town, supernatural, death, small town life, dealing with death, haunted by the past, living dead, nobody believes ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating, detective
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, police detective, murder, blood, religious sect, secret society, relationships, police investigation, investigation, police, policewoman ...
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Taiwan, Hungary, Philippines, Japan, China, France, South Korea, Ireland
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 14, 1987 in syndication as a five-part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, ...
Style:
retro, anime, exciting, humorous, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
ninja turtle, mutant, martial arts, turtle, invasion, werewolf, pizza, mutant animal, superhero, good versus evil, master warrior, friends ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Low on inspiration for his second book, a gloomy novelist agrees to write a memoir for a dying man — and swiftly becomes part of his bloodstained past.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
love story, female nudity, serial killer, crime investigation, confession, killing, family relations, murder mystery, criminal, husband wife relationship, serial murder, family secret ...
Place:
switzerland
Is relevant?
21K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, France, South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Doug is an American animated sitcom created by Jim Jinkins and co-produced by his studio, Jumbo Pictures. The show's plotline centers around the surreal and imaginative exploits of its title character, Douglas "Doug" Funnie, who ...
Style:
retro, anime, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, preschool ...
Plot:
bully, dog, middle school, superhero, fictional band, friendship between men, crush, school, family relations, new school, suburbs, best friend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Police Captain Kader Cherif knows the city like the back of his hand, and, as someone could say, never leaves his duty, because his apartment located on the first floor of the building opposite to the police station. He is assigned to investigate ...
Style:
detective, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
police, police investigation, police detective, crime investigation, murder investigation, workplace situations, killing, law enforcer, law enforcement, serial killer, crime scene, serial murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Four curious young dinosaur friends explore the mystery of Gigantosaurus, the largest, fiercest dinosaur of all, facing their individual fears and working together to solve problems during their many adventures.
Style:
tense, entertaining, captivating, anime
Audience:
kids
Plot:
giant lizard, dinosaur, friends, animal life, talking animal, animal, giant monster, giant animal, friendship, problem solving, teamwork, group of friends ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
426
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Commander Léa Soler has just taken over as head of the Montpellier investigations division, which means she'll be working with wild card Paul Marchal, who's brilliant but totally uncontrollable. It would be just another day at the office ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, detective
Plot:
single mother, homicide detective, divorced parents, investigation, single parent, partner, unsolved crime, crime solving, co worker co worker relationship, lifestyle, cold case, murder investigation ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story:
Minuscule—the private life of insects is a French-made series of short video animations giving "a bird's eye view of insects' day to day existence, distorted through a burlesque, yet poetic lens". The characters are ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
insect, nature, everyday life, escapades, danger, real world, prank, daily life, heroes, spider, beetle, landscape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Finland, Germany
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story:
Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated children's television series produced by Aardman Animations, and commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, a constituent member of the consortium of German ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, anime, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
countryside, animal life, friendship, stop motion, pets, security guard, escapades, friends, partner, rescue, power relations, frame up ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
As a vicious drug dealer tries to overtake Marseille, a rogue police captain and his daredevil team welcome a new recruit with an agenda of her own.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
drug trade, investigation, group, criminal, police, con artists, drug crime, drug traffic, drug, drug dealing, drug lord, illegal drugs ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
marseille
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, UK, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Jo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian/USA screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier & Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs. It ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
police detective, investigation, police investigation, riddles and clues, fighting crime, murder, danger, law enforcement, police procedural, serial killer, crime scene, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
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