Learning a new language is one of the most rewarding things one can do. However, to ensure that you pick up the language faster, mixing different learning methods is important. Some of the methods you can use include listening to music in the language you are learning and watching movies.
In this article, we will round up 10 of the best French movies on Netflix. Netflix is a service that allows you to watch movies and TV series online using your web browser, mobile app and app on smart TVs. Netflix, being the best in the category of online movie service providers especially in as far as number and diversity of movies is concerned is the best place for you to get movies shot in French. One other advantage of using Netflix is the availability of English subtitles. These will help you learn what the characters on screen are saying translated in English.
Here is your list of 10 best French movies on Netflix to watch:
- Virunga [https://www.netflix.com/watch/80009431]
In the forested depths of eastern Congo lies Virunga National Park, one of the most bio-diverse places in the world and home to the last of the mountain gorillas. In this wild, but enchanted environment, a small and embattled team of park rangers – including an ex-child soldier turned ranger, a carer of orphan gorillas and a Belgian conservationist – protect this UNESCO world heritage site from armed militia, poachers and the dark forces struggling to control Congo’s rich natural resources. When the newly formed M23 rebel group declares war in May 2012, a new conflict threatens the lives and stability of everyone and everything they’ve worked so hard to protect.
- Sheherazade [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81012340]
Fresh out of juvenile detention and rejected by his mother, 17-year-old Zach begins living on the streets of France and falls for a young prostitute.
- I am not an easy man [https://www.netflix.com/watch/80175421]
Damien is a shameless chauvinist who has all the benefits of living in a patriarchal society. After a bump to the head, Damien passes out. When he wakes up, he finds himself in what seems to be an alternate universe where gender roles are reversed and women have the power. Damien, confused, now that he experiences sexism himself, struggles to find his place in this foreign new world, and seduce Alexandra, a (female) chauvinist herself and influential novelist in this female-dominated world.[3]
- Nothing to hide [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81004099]
A group of old friends and their partners meet up one evening for a dinner party hosted by Marie and Vincent. A rare lunar eclipse is also expected to occur on the same evening. At the dinner table, after hearing of Ben’s questionably humorous story of a woman who found out about her husband’s extramarital affairs only upon his death at the hospital after looking through the messages on his unlocked mobile phone, the group then starts discussing their phone lock settings and sharing information on their phones with their partners. To spice up the dinner, Marie then suggests a game where everyone surrenders their phones to the centre of the table and any messages, emails, or calls received on anyone’s phone would have to be shared with everyone else. As the game progresses, more secrets begin to unravel, putting doubts on their friendships and marriages
A wealthy widow concocts a scheme to get revenge when her romance with a lustful marquis takes an unwelcome turn.
- Wedding unplanned [https://www.netflix.com/watch/80171705]
When a woman discovers a wedding planner’s business card, she instantly says yes to her partner, unaware that the card belongs to his mistress. The groom becomes trapped between his bride and his lover, who is in charge of his unwanted marriage.
- In the shadow of Iris [https://www.netflix.com/watch/80156857]
The wife of a rich banker disappears in Paris, and a young mechanic in debt may be linked to the abduction. However, as the case unfolds before their eyes, the investigators realise they are still far from understanding the truth
- Divines [https://www.netflix.com/watch/80115031]
In a housing estate on the outskirts of Paris, a teenager who is hungry for her share of power and success becomes a runner for a drug dealer. When she meets a male dancer, a window of opportunity offers a different kind of life.
- Nocturama [https://www.netflix.com/watch/80144455]
After planting bombs in the streets of Paris, a group of disillusioned young people spends a tense night holed up in a high-end department store.
- The crew [https://www.netflix.com/watch/80196044]
A successful team of armored truck robbers (Sami Bouajila, Guillaume Gouix, Youssef Hajdi, David Saracino) get pressured into helping with a large-scale robbery by drug dealers who refuse to take “no” for an answer.