01 A deadpan, satirical look at French intelligence bureaucracy in the early 1960s.
10 Best French TV Series
By Vlad Zakh · July 22, 2026
Call My Agent! and Lupin are the two French series that really crossed the border, one a sharp comedy about talent agents, the other a stylish heist drama. Dig a little deeper and the crime output is every bit as bleak as anything from Britain or America. A Very Secret Service sends up French intelligence in the early 1960s, The Returned has the dead quietly walking back into a mountain town, and Baron Noir follows a ruined politician scheming his way back. Family Business, Marseille, Spiral, Braquo and The Bureau round out the list.
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02 A family turns their kosher butcher shop into a marijuana dispensary once cannabis is legalised.
03 A cunning, ousted regional politician schemes his way back into France's national politics.
04 The dead quietly return to a small mountain town, exactly as they were the day they died.
05 A political drama about a longtime mayor fighting to hold onto power in the city he built.
06 A grim, procedural look at a Parisian police squad and the justice system around them.
07 A rogue squad of Paris police officers goes far outside the law to protect one of their own.
08 A tense, grounded look at French intelligence officers operating undercover in the Middle East.
09 A gentleman thief inspired by Arsene Lupin novels seeks revenge against the family that wronged his father.
10 A Parisian talent agency scrambles to keep its celebrity clients happy, with real actors playing exaggerated versions of themselves.
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