French movies about the supernatural

List of the best french supernatural movies selected by visitors to our site: Les Visiteurs du soir, 32 Malasana Street, Mirrors 2, The Advent Calendar, The Room, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Silent House, Bird People, The Mansion, Song of the Sea.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration02:00

At the end of the 15th century, two minstrels Gilles and Dominique come from nowhere into the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Anne, Hughes' daughter, while Dominique charms both Hugues and Ann's fiance. Gilles and Dominique are not really in love : they are sent by the Devil to desperate people. But Ann is so pure that Gilles is caught to his own trap... How will they fight against the Devil ?

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror
CountrySpain, France

Inspired by real events, the story centers around a family in the 70s who settles in the Madrid neighborhood of Malasaña where their new house will become the worst of their nightmares.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Romania, Germany, France
Duration01:30

When Max, who is recovering from a traumatic accident, takes a job as a nighttime security guard, he begins to see visions of a young mysterious woman in the store's mirror.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryFrance, Belgium

Eva, an ex-dancer, is now living in a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life: some of them good, but most of them bad... Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again… even if it causes death around her.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryFrance, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration02:03

Kate and Matt discover that a part of their house can grant wishes. In the wake of several miscarriages, what they want most is a child.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryFrance
Duration02:22

    In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:26

    Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family's longtime summerhouse after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration02:07

    An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    A band of students comes to celebrate the New Year in an old manor house isolated from everything. But soon after their arrival, strange events disrupt the atmosphere, before the party turns squarely to the nightmare ...

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, France
    Duration01:33

    The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryFrance, Germany, Japan
    Duration01:44

    Two American newlyweds in Paris experience a love so strong, it almost devours them.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
    CountryMorocco, France

    Four childhood friends are reunited when one of them surfaces after twenty years, forcing them to confront a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, detective
    CountryFrance

    1976: Two young journalists leave for the French-Swiss border to investigate a strange case of cattle mutilations and record testimonies for a TV channel. Yet, once they get there, the scientific team they were supposed to meet has gone missing. Escorted by a first-aider, a British biologist and an American forensic investigator, Melissa and David will go looking for the missing team deep into the mountains.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountrySpain, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, France
    Duration01:42

    Samuel Salomon, a literature professor, has been off work for almost a year after the tragic death of his girlfriend. Samuel has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered in a strange ritual. Suddenly, the same woman who appears every night in his dreams is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. Samuel sneaks into the crime scene and there he meets Rachel who has also dreamed about the murder. Together, they will do whatever they can to discover the identity of the mystery woman, entering a terrifying world controlled by the figures who have inspired artists throughout time: the Muses.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance

    Willy and Tony have a brilliant idea for getting out of it financially: stealing a dog from the brigade des stups. But everything does not go as planned and the two accomplices will have to rely on the most corrupt of the cops.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:33

    Emma and Marc, two young lovers, move into a house which has been uninhabited for thirty years. What they don't know is that in 1979, in a cave under the house, there was a gay disco, which burned down when a foam machine short-circuited, and five bodies were never found. Today, the house is haunted by five gay ghosts. However, only Marc is able to see them, and his visions drive Emma away.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, fantasy
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, Sweden, France
    Duration01:35

    The elder one of each generation in the Furlong family is equipped with an extraordinary capacity. James discovers the nature of his at the time of an accident which causes the death of his father and his grandmother. Haunted by this mysterious evil he hides in a forest not to harm anybody. A few years later, Mae also takes refuge it in the forest and meets James.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Belgium, China, USA
    Duration02:21

    A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryCanada, France, Japan, USA
    Duration01:35

    Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand, Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, fantasy
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:33

    It's young Lucy's first day as a trainee in-house caregiver. She visits Mrs Jessel, an old woman who lies in cerebral coma, by herself, in her large desolate house. Learning by accident that Mrs Jessel, a former dance teacher of repute, supposedly possesses a treasure somewhere in the house, Lucy and friends William and Ben decide to search the house in the hope of finding it. At night, they get into the house, which reveals itself to be increasingly peculiar. Their hunt for Mrs Jessel's treasure leads them into a horrifying supernatural series of events that will change Lucy forever..

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialize in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realize the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:15

    Dead Shadows tells the terrifying story about a young man, Chris, whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago, on the same day that the comet of Haley could be seen from earth. Tonight, a new comet is going to appear and everyone in Chris’s building are getting ready for a big apocalypse party to celebrate the event. As the night falls, Chris starts to discover that people are acting strange and it seems to somehow be connected to the comet. People are becoming disoriented and violent and it doesn’t take long before they start mutating into something from beyond this world.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryCanada, France
    Duration01:23

    A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters' lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryNew Zealand, France

    A fantasy romance set in 19th century France. The film revolves around Sobran, a young peasant winemaker, and the three important figures in his life - his beautiful wife Celeste, baroness Aurora de Valday and an angel named Xas.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:33

    In the beginning of the 20th century, five children on the island of La Réunion commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryJapan, France

    Mizuki’s husband Yusuke went missing for 3 years. He suddenly comes back home one day and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel. While travelling together, Misuki sees, touches and feels what Yusuke did for those 3 years.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror
    CountryFrance

    Two girls on the run get lost in the French countryside, and wind up in a haunted chateau occupied by an ailing vampire and his servants.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:33

    They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryFrance, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium
    Duration01:55

    A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France

    Stranded in the suburbs, student filmmaker Chloe begins to make a documentary about her family's troubled past. Whilst filming, she and best friend Ed, witness an hysterical girl appearing to escape from a neighbour's house, only to be quickly dragged back inside again. Is she a recovering drug addict like the neighbours say? Or is she really in danger from those who claim to be caring for her? Chloe and Ed begin to run surveillance, but as they dig deeper, they find themselves caught up in a world of strange beliefs, old religions, and dark witchcraft. Their search for the truth will climax in a live webcast that will terrify and make those watching question the very authenticity of what they are seeing. Webcast is inspired by a wealth of films from both the horror and thriller genres, including Rear Window, The Wicker Man, The Blair Witch Project, Rosemary's Baby, Paranormal Activity, and Race with the Devil.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryDenmark, France
    Duration01:24

    The young woman, Marie, is an outsider in the small coastal community where she has grown up. The townspeople live in fear of her and not least her mother, who is wheelchair bound, suffering from a mysterious illness. When Marie discovers her body changing – long hair growing on her chest and back – she begins searching for answers concerning her family’s hidden past. Something that will have great consequences for herself and her family – and the choices she has to make.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:29

    Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy with Sean, her mentor and boyfriend, to try and understand the origin of her nightmares. Following the death of her maternal grandmother she hardly knew, Jessica reluctantly returns to the family home. Jessica then begins to wander in a nightmarish world inhabited by twisted versions of her family members. She gradually improves her skills as a lucid dreamer and investigates to solve the mystery that gnaws her and haunts the family home...

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genremelodrama
    CountryFrance, Portugal

    On the night of New Year's Eve, a small group penetrates into the room of an old hotel in ruins. Carmine, the oldest of the group, poses a challenge to one of the men, Furio: he has 4 months to restore the hotel and inaugurate it with great pomp. Aware of the difficulties but anxious to prove the point, Furio accepts encouraged by his wife Margo who believes that this assignment will allow the couple to rediscover the lost momentum.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:22

    A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:35

    Two unlikely friends — a supply teacher and a lonely young boy suspended between two estranged parents — embark on a weekend motorcycle voyage full of surprises and unforeseen consequences in this surprisingly tough, unsentimental drama.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, adventure, family
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:44

    Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance

    A comedy that affectionately pokes fun at men and their eternal quest for satisfaction. At last, a film about self-acceptance and renunciation.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryFrance

    Nicky Larson is tasked to recover the perfume of Cupid, a perfume that would make anyone who uses it irresistible.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:38

    Leila is released from prison after five years of confinement. She will meet Yannick, a young athlete who became blind after an accident. This last practice race despite his disability, but to run it must be connected by a wire to guide a person called. It offers Leila to be his guide. Through this project, they will learn to rebuild.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, detective
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:31

    Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his childhood town to start anew after the loss of his wife and their mother.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance

    Sam, a freelance journalist, decides to investigate the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth joining extremist groups. He infiltrates a group of four young people who have been tasked with the creation of a jihadist cell and whose mission is to destabilise the city centre of Paris.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Luxembourg, Belgium

    A banker strikes up a sadomasochistic relationship with a mistress.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium

    The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance

    Ely and Lila are like sisters. They know each other since childhood,they share everything and dream of a better life.they live in the same suburb, 10mn from Paris. Today,Ely and Lila dont want to be 10mn away from their life anymore.from small troubles to big lies, they will do everything to penetrate a world which is not theirs, a world where everything is possible or so they think.....

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:24

    Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    Zef’s stormy relationship with his brother Roni is further aggravated when Roni marries his daughter just as he is attending to his wife’s funeral. The two brothers have never got on with each other. One is faithful to his religion, the other lives only for the present. Between London, Paris, Saint-Tropez and New York, a series of confrontations and betrayals threatens to drive the family further apart, but out of this confusion will come a great love story, perhaps even two...

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryFrance

    Michel, a fifty year old man, graphic designer, decides to change the urban lifestyle and go on an adventure. Fascinated by airmail, he dreams at Jean Mermoz when he's on scooter. One day, Michel sees a picture of a kayak.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration02:15

    Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryBelgium, France

    They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it all. Paul was rich, Emile poor. They went skinny-dipping, drank absinthe, starved, only to overeat. Sketched models by day, caressed them by night... Now, Paul is a painter and Emile a writer. Glory has passed Paul by. But Emile has it all: fame, money, the perfect wife, whom Paul once loved. They judge each other, admire each other, confront each other. They lose touch, meet up again, like a couple who cannot stop loving each other.




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