French Comedies on Netflix

When impish Amélie finds a long-hidden trove of toys behind a baseboard in her apartment, she's inspired to return the items to their original owner.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 02:01:55
Netflix ID: 60022048 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A lukewarm horror flick becomes a big hit at the Cannes Film Festival when a copycat of the movie's killer starts to murder the projectionists.

Year: 1994
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 01:39:42
Netflix ID: 81043706 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel stumbles into a series of misadventures as he picks up random jobs and romances his sweetheart.

Year: 1968
IMDb: 7.7
Runtime: 01:31:17
Netflix ID: 1001511 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A handyman named Germaine befriends 95-year-old Margueritte and finds himself bewildered by the literature that gives Margueritte such pleasure.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 01:22:18
Netflix ID: 70165459 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this comic romp, three strangers discover they're half brothers due to inherit millions, only to see their fortunes take another drastic turn.

Year: 1995
IMDb: 7.2
Runtime: 01:44:33
Netflix ID: 80183079 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A family Christmas gathering is disrupted by the patriarch's murder, with his socialite wife, mother-in-law and an impudent maid among the suspects.

Year: 2002
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:46:12
Netflix ID: 60024959 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When an opportunity comes along that could change would-be writer Xavier's luck, the down-and-out scribe knows he'd better not blow it.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 02:08:58
Netflix ID: 70053312 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Happily escaping a dictatorship, a Congolese doctor transplants his family to a small French village, where culture shock sets in for everyone.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Runtime: 01:33:34
Netflix ID: 80123740 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This delightful romantic comedy follows the slow-burn romance of talented chocolatier Angélique and chocolate-factory owner Jean-René.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 6.9
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 01:17:50
Netflix ID: 70184143 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Hired to write the autobiography of a famous soccer player, ghostwriter Raphaël discovers that his long-lost true love is now married to his subject.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 6.8
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:26:14
Netflix ID: 80010621 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

On his 30th birthday, artist wannabe Franck gets stuck babysitting his boss's bratty son, but when his rowdy pals show up to party, mayhem ensues.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 6.8
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:20:45
Netflix ID: 80073160 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Spirited young Jessica arrives in Paris and lands a job as a waitress at a café where the eccentric customers need her for counsel more than coffee.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 6.8
Runtime: 01:44:56
Netflix ID: 70061492 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Alex earns money by breaking up relationships, but when he falls for a client's daughter, he must decide whether to ruin her wedding to Mr. Right.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 6.7
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 01:44:50
Netflix ID: 70136041 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A former World War I pilot who is competing as a boxer in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin helps smuggle a Jewish boy and his family out of Nazi Germany.

Year: 1982
IMDb: 6.7
Runtime: 01:42:53
Netflix ID: 81304138 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

An undercover police commissioner investigates corruption and attempts to destroy two organized crime families in Nice by sparking a war between them.

Year: 1979
IMDb: 6.7
Runtime: 01:47:09
Netflix ID: 81304142 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A passionate pianist and a soulful puzzle maker who treasures silence aren't the best neighbors, but things get interesting when they start to date.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 6.6
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Runtime: 01:31:24
Netflix ID: 80123744 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The son of a barrel-maker enlists in the army to escape the unwanted attentions of a local gang -- only to join them as their leader years later.

Year: 1962
IMDb: 6.6
Runtime: 01:56:01
Netflix ID: 60028489 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A witty crook dressed as a clown takes hostages during an ingenious Montreal bank robbery. But the next part of his plan – escaping – quickly unravels.

Year: 1985
IMDb: 6.6
Runtime: 01:53:05
Netflix ID: 81304153 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Pizza delivery boy turned lead-foot taxi driver Daniel Morales is back in this installment of the fast-paced Taxi series penned by producer Luc Besson. This time around, Daniel is helping a French detective track down a yakuza gang.

Year: 2000
IMDb: 6.5
Runtime: 01:28:26
Netflix ID: 60004007 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two sisters with little in common reunite for three days, but their strained relationship turns the reunion into a nightmare of sibling rivalry.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 6.4
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:32:26
Netflix ID: 80010629 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a man is caught by his wife with a young woman, he claims she's his daughter from a prior marriage – a lie that quickly spins into a tangled web.

Year: 1984
IMDb: 6.4
Runtime: 01:38:12
Netflix ID: 81304146 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A cop duped into freeing a criminal madman sets out to fix his mistake in a wild romp through the streets of Marseilles with his taxi-driving friend.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 6.3
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:30:51
Netflix ID: 80072444 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When he goes broke just after signing the lease on a pricey Paris apartment with his childhood friends, a man starts dealing drugs to make ends meet.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 6.3
Runtime: 01:42:13
Netflix ID: 81290742 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A womanizing musician travels to India, where he composes a Bollywood film score and unexpectedly falls for the wife of the French ambassador.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 6.2
Runtime: 01:54:29
Netflix ID: 80081374 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a scheme to grift inheritance money from his cousin, a down-on-his-luck salesman convinces his wife and an actor to impersonate famous musicians.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 6.2
Runtime: 01:39:30
Netflix ID: 81043737 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A convoy of the French Foreign Legion sent to retrieve a stash of gold in Tunisia gets caught in an ambush that sets off a tug of war for the treasure.

Year: 1984
IMDb: 6.2
Runtime: 01:46:22
Netflix ID: 81304305 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After their aunt witnesses a murder, sleuthing team Prudence and Bélisaire follow clues to a mansion where the family members become prime suspects.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 6.1
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:48:47
Netflix ID: 70144533 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Fabrice, who just might be the world's biggest fan of French rocker Johnny Hallyday, wakes up in an alternate universe where his idol doesn't exist.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 6.1
Runtime: 01:32:34
Netflix ID: 80010619 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A smooth-talking swindler tries to evade secret agents after he accidentally seizes a mysterious suitcase containing the plans for a valuable invention.

Year: 1980
IMDb: 6.1
Runtime: 01:47:13
Netflix ID: 81269624 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two pals, one a hopeless romantic and the other a free spirit, each find their surprising love match in two charming young women.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 5.8
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 01:39:47
Netflix ID: 70208004 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Steve hires France to clean his apartment. Unbeknownst to them both, Steve is the reason France lost her job and had to seek work in the first place.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 5.8
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 01:48:53
Netflix ID: 70184155 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Investigating a gang of thieves disguised as Santa Claus, Marseille cop Emilien once again gets speedy assistance from breakneck cab driver Daniel.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 5.8
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Runtime: 01:27:22
Netflix ID: 80136821 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

French rapper Fatal Bazooka has it all: adoring fans, mountains of money, even a possible theme park. But an up-and-coming rival may end his reign.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 5.8
Runtime: 01:42:11
Netflix ID: 80235928 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When her teenage daughter moves out, a single middle-aged woman with newfound freedom sees potential in a younger man at the amusement park.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 5.8
Runtime: 01:43:44
Netflix ID: 81043739 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

At a skyscraper in Paris, two bickering window washers unwittingly foil a scheme to steal from a powerful tycoon in a staged hostage crisis.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 5.8
Runtime: 01:32:56
Netflix ID: 81043744 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When the founding ruler of the nation of Gondwana decides he wishes to remain in power, an idealistic Frenchman is dispatched to monitor the election.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 5.8
Runtime: 01:42:36
Netflix ID: 81003582 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A driving instructor is pronounced pregnant, triggering a global media frenzy and a shift in gender roles with his live-in girlfriend.

Year: 1973
IMDb: 5.8
Runtime: 01:35:52
Netflix ID: 70033913 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Closeted businessman Adrien must concoct a scheme to persuade his boss that he's straight and married to hide his double life as a gay bar drag queen.

Year: 1996
IMDb: 5.7
Runtime: 01:41:48
Netflix ID: 81043741 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After being arrested for drug possession, Alice begins a relationship with a cop who brings her severely dysfuntional family's neuroses into the open.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 5.7
Runtime: 01:41:02
Netflix ID: 70207978 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When her CEO ends their romance, an executive sabotages the maiden voyage of their company's new flagship by hiring a ne'er-do-well as entertainer.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 5.5
Runtime: 01:30:58
Netflix ID: 80174356 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Life gets a little too close for comfort when aging matron Marie-France moves into the tiny apartment of her son and his bourgeoning family.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 5.5
Runtime: 01:36:27
Netflix ID: 70249060 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Charming, lovable and a compulsive liar, a con man is released from prison and orchestrates several frauds, including scamming his parole officer.

Year: 1975
IMDb: 5.5
Runtime: 01:39:16
Netflix ID: 81304160 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In counseling sessions with his therapist, preoccupied Yvan shares stories of anti-Semitism and what it's like to live as a Jew in modern France.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 5.4
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Runtime: 01:50:02
Netflix ID: 80123741 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A band of youths from the Parisian banlieue is assigned community service in the countryside, where rural life takes a turn as social tensions arise.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 5.4
Runtime: 01:32:16
Netflix ID: 81043703 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Desperate to pursue an old college crush, an Internet tycoon poses as a worker at the factory where she's employed.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 5.3
Runtime: 01:39:13
Netflix ID: 80028299 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After donating sperm in his youth, a delivery man must decide if he’ll reveal himself as the sperm donor to the many children he unknowingly fathered.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 5.2
Runtime: 01:42:22
Netflix ID: 81043745 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A former disco king and his old pals must win a dancing contest for money to see his son -- even if it means making all the wrong moves.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 5.1
Runtime: 01:43:06
Netflix ID: 81043707 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When their travel agency goes under, a group of French tourists takes a tour of the American West led by a clever (but unprepared) substitute guide.

Year: 1998
IMDb: 5.1
Runtime: 01:37:54
Netflix ID: 81043742 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A man falls in love with a Arab woman and tries to seduce her by changing his name and pretending to share a similar cultural background.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 5
Runtime: 01:32:58
Netflix ID: 80194738 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After witnessing the savage murder of his parents, a crack-shot gunslinger dedicates his life to bringing the very wildest in the West to justice.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 4.7
Runtime: 01:43:30
Netflix ID: 70272439 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After learning of his impending fatherhood, a recently married man sabotages his new happiness by obsessing over a young Japanese woman.

Year: 1970
IMDb: 4.7
Runtime: 01:37:26
Netflix ID: 60027664 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A group of students celebrates New Year's at a remote Belgian estate, where their substance-fueled revelry soon descends into a bloodstained nightmare.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 4.6
Runtime: 01:40:26
Netflix ID: 80992365 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the guise of a Chilean refugee, Chouchou leaves North Africa and finds shelter in a church in Paris -- and a chance to refashion his identity.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 4.6
Runtime: 01:44:41
Netflix ID: 80221692 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a bad performance in bed, a brilliant journalist sets out to sharpen her sexual skills by interviewing a sexologist, an escort and a porn star.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 4.6
Runtime: 01:30:33
Netflix ID: 81097920 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

To move past a breakup, a woman embraces the lessons of a self-help book but runs into a series of pitfalls with two friends by her side.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 4.6
Runtime: 01:30:40
Netflix ID: 81290755 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When two Algerian detectives search Paris for a serial killer, the suspect list includes the Chinese mob, Catholic extremists and space aliens.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 3.9
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:35:10
Netflix ID: 80053567 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a pair of meddlesome kids are forced to join the school paper, they turn the publication into an exposé on their teachers’ private lives.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 3.7
Runtime: 01:41:23
Netflix ID: 81097919 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A self-made billionaire who's widely admired goes from lovable eccentric to obnoxious narcissist after learning he has a heart condition.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 3.3
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Runtime: 01:35:39
Netflix ID: 80108490 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Worried his younger brother may not have long to live, Leo orchestrates a fake bank robbery to lift his spirits. What could possibly go wrong?

Year: 2016
Runtime: 01:34:31
Netflix ID: 81280465 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Fiction is spliced with reality for hack spy novelist Francois Merlin when his neighbor, beautiful college student Christine, selects Merlin as the subject of her term paper in this campy 1970s action-comedy.

Year: 1973
Runtime: 01:34:18
Netflix ID: 70029782 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a fit of anger leads to a serious injury, a sidelined soccer star returns to his hometown and reluctantly agrees to train the local youth.

Year: 2016
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Runtime: 01:36:58
Netflix ID: 80123743 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A bumbling Paris policeman is doggedly determined to capture the master thief that repeatedly eludes him, even when they're the last two men on Earth.

Year: 2008
Runtime: 01:36:53
Netflix ID: 80188765 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Brothers-in-law Bernard and Didier take their rivalry to new extremes as they race to give up smoking, upending their lives in the process.

Year: 1997
Runtime: 01:37:52
Netflix ID: 80183169 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A one-time Olympic medalist addicted to the limelight sets out to make a comeback, but he soon finds his life and career spiraling out of control.

Year: 2014
Runtime: 01:31:05
Netflix ID: 81005309 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After meeting at a wedding, a charming divorcee decides to help a shy tech geek in his pursuit of love.

Year: 2005
Runtime: 01:36:30
Netflix ID: 81043734 · Watch on Netflix

A chauffeur advises his wealthy employer on how to rekindle the flame in his cold marriage, but their scheme doesn't turn out quite as planned.

Year: 2007
Runtime: 01:35:35
Netflix ID: 81043729 · Watch on Netflix