10 Best French TV Series

By Vlad Zakh · July 22, 2026

Call My Agent! and Lupin are the two that actually broke through internationally, a sharp industry comedy and a stylish heist series. Braquo and Spiral (Engrenages) prove the crime-drama output is just as bleak as anything from the UK or US.

A Very Secret Service (2015) 01

A Very Secret Service (2015)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A satirical, deadpan look at French intelligence bureaucracy in the early 1960s.

Family Business (2019) 02

Family Business (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A family turning their kosher butcher shop into a marijuana dispensary once cannabis is legalized.

Baron Noir (2016) 03

Baron Noir (2016)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A cunning, ousted regional politician scheming his way back into France's national political scene.

The Returned (2012) 04

The Returned (2012)

IMDb ★ 7.4

The dead quietly return to a small mountain town, exactly as they were the day they died.

Marseille (2016) 05

Marseille (2016)

IMDb ★ 6.3

A political drama about a longtime mayor fighting to hold onto power in the city he built.

Spiral (Engrenages) (2005) 06

Spiral (Engrenages) (2005)

IMDb ★ 7.9

A grim, procedural look at a Parisian police squad and the justice system around them.

Braquo (2009) 07

Braquo (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A rogue squad of Paris police officers going far outside the law to protect one of their own.

The Bureau (2015) 08

The Bureau (2015)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A tense, grounded look at French intelligence officers operating undercover in the Middle East.

Lupin (2021) 09

Lupin (2021)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A gentleman thief inspired by Arsène Lupin novels, seeking revenge against the family that wronged his father.

Call My Agent! (2015) 10

Call My Agent! (2015)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A Parisian talent agency scrambling to keep its celebrity clients happy, with real actors playing exaggerated versions of themselves.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.