French TV series about family life

List of the best French TV series about family life, selected by visitors to our site: La Révolution, F is for Family, War and Peace, War of the Worlds, Beyond Appearances, Twice Upon a Time, Intrusion, No Second Chance, Code Lyoko Évolution, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.

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Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryFrance

1787, France. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, Joseph Guillotin - the future inventor of the world famous ‘Guillotine’ - uncovers an unknown virus: the Blue Blood. The disease quickly spreads amongst the French aristocracy, driving them to murder ordinary people and soon leads to a rebellion.

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, drama, cartoon
CountryUSA, France, Canada
Duration02:08

The story of the Murphy's, a lower middle class family living in the 1970s — a time when you could smack your kid, smoke inside, and bring a gun to the airport. “F Is For Family”, is a six-episode animated series based on the comedy of Bill Burr.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryItaly, France, Germany, Russia, Poland
Duration06:35

War and Peace is a 2007 Russian-French-Italian-German miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm. It was broadcast in Belgium and in France in four parts during October and November 2007. It was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, which also is divided into four parts. The actors are of different nationalities.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

Set in contemporary Europe, the reimagining follows the pockets of humanity left on earth following an apocalyptic extra-terrestrial strike.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredrama
CountryFrance

All is not what it seems as a seemingly perfect family searches for their sister in haunting French mystery.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance

Months after a crushing breakup, a man receives a mysterious package that opens a portal to the past -- and gives him a chance to win back his ex.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryFrance

Renowned pianist Philippe Kessler is preparing for an important recital. But recently, sounds and images seem deformed around him, as if one reality was superimposed on another. Worrying that he is going mad, he gradually withdraws into himself. The evening of the recital, he collapses at his piano...

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryFrance

A doctor searching frantically for her missing baby daughter finds herself tangled in a web of ruthless criminals, suspicious cops and dark secrets.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, action, adventure, cartoon
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration05:45

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Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryFrance, South Korea, Japan, Spain, Mexico, USA

Normal high school kids by day, protectors of Paris by night! Miraculous follows the heroic adventures of Marinette and Adrien as they transform into Ladybug and Cat Noir and set out to capture akumas, creatures responsible for turning the people of Paris into villains. But neither hero knows the other’s true identity – or that they’re classmates!

Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryFrance

Ten years ago, he lost two loved ones. When his fiancée disappears, he must uncover buried secrets — or lose everything. Based on Harlan Coben's novel.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
Duration01:42

The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name.

Genrecomedy, adventure
CountryFrance, Germany, Italy, South Africa, United Kingdom

Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to report on this extraordinary story.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama, history
CountryFrance, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic
Duration00:53

Borgia is a French-German-Czech historical drama television series created by Tom Fontana. The show recounts the Borgia family's rise to power and subsequent domination of the Papal States during the Renaissance. Borgia debuted in Italy via Sky Italia on 10 July 2011, and in North America via Netflix on 2 October 2011. It was since renewed for a second season, which premiered on Canal+ on March 18, 2013. Season 3 is currently in Pre-Production, and will be the end of the series.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryFrance
Duration02:12

In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama, crime
CountryFrance

Former judge, new investigator! Bordeaux, France. Antoine Mongeville, a former investigating judge, meets a Criminal Police's detective who he will have to work with. Despite their tense relationship and their opposed characters, they will realise that they are not so different...

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance

1980. The Videotex messaging service arrives in France. From the depths of their Parisian suburbs, Simon, Toni and Stéphanie, three students, will seize this technological innovation and challenge their enmity to draw a revolutionary idea: the first erotic chat service.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryFrance

Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander Pardo, his friend who becomes, therefore, his new superior. A clever investigator, but a stranger to everything related to culture, Antoine will have to work with Florence Chassagne, renowned art historian, who lives, speaks and breathes culture, to the point that - fruit of her great imagination - it happens to her in the midst of daydreams, to see and talk to the great artists who have disappeared as if they were familiar to her.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Duration01:31

The six-part series opens with a daring diamond heist before quickly delving into the dark heart of Europe where a shadowy alliance of gangsters and 'banksters' now rules. Naomi is the British loss adjustor charged with recovering the stolen diamonds whatever the cost. Also in pursuit is French-Algerian policeman Khalil.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, France, Canada
Duration02:50

Young Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband Guy move in with a rich couple, who soon take an unusual interest in the Woodhouses' attempts to have a second baby after Rosemary miscarried the first one. Guy soon has unusual success and Rosemary becomes pregnant, but it becomes clear that the two are connected and that the pregnancy may not be all that Rosemary hoped for...

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama, crime, detective, history
CountryFrance

Paris, France, 1899. The corpse of an unknown woman is found in the river Seine. The investigation will push a young ambitious inspector to discover a heavy state secret.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryFrance
Duration01:29

Friends gathered at a remote chalet in the French Alps for a summer getaway are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, crime
CountryFrance

As he grapples with a life-threatening illness, a police investigator tracks the explosion of a new synthetic drug on the streets of Paris.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryFrance, Canada

After a plot to kill the president of the USA an agent with lost memories tries to recover his life and memories. Others use him to cover up some dirty business involving high ranking officials from the CIA and the White House.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, action
CountryFrance, Belgium

Metal Hurlant Chronicles is inspired by the popular comics anthology Métal Hurlant, which in turn inspired the well known fantasy magazine Heavy Metal. Each episode takes place on a different planet - fantastical in its own way - with the common thread between stories being a traveling asteroid that impacts the lives of all it encounters.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography, history
CountryFrance, Canada
Duration00:49

The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
CountryUSA, France, Singapore, Indonesia, China, India

The speedy blue hedgehog gets a new look in this comedy/adventure series that sees him battling a familiar foe with sidekick Tails and pals Knuckles, Amy and Sticks. The gang tries to ward off the evil plans of Dr. Eggman, who is hellbent on taking over the world. Sonic faces regular battles with Eggman's henchmen, including loyal robots Orbot and Cubot, evil interns, and giant, robotic monsters.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryFinland, France

The series tells the story of DI Kari Sorjonen of the Serious Crime Unit in Lappeenranta, his family, and his investigations into a variety of harrowing homicides around the border area.

Markimdb: 8.9
Genredocumentary, military, history
CountryFrance, Canada, USA, Belgium
Duration04:20

Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unknown Italian-Austrian, German-Polish-Russian, Japanese-German, Ottoman Empire- Allied and African German Colonies, and other unknown or forgotten fronts and battles. Original French production retold in English for National Geographic channel as: World War 1: The Apocalypse

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryFrance

Candice Renoir had put her career on standby for 10 years. When she returns from Singapore to resume service in a port town in the south of France, she feels a bit “rusty”. Despite the obvious defiance of her unit and a cynical superior who doesn’t make her job any easier, she is determined to turn her so-called weaknesses into strengths, solving the most complex cases with her common sense, her acute observation and her practical nature seasoned by a busy daily routine.Only Candice can catch a killer because she knows the chemical composition of a window-cleaning product or determine the hour of a murder from the cooking-time of kebabs… Candice is only naive on the outside, and nobody can resist her!

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrethriller, drama
CountryFrance

Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their mission is to identify individuals who may be recruited as sources of information. Operating "under caption", that is to say in a fabricated identity from scratch, they live for many years in a permanent duplicity. Our hero just returned from a clandestine mission six years in Damascus. But contrary to what is required by safety rules, he does not abandon his legend and the identity under which he lived in Syria, thus putting in danger the whole system.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, drama, crime, detective
CountryFrance, USA

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountrySpain, France

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Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain

Amongst the vibrant international community of the eponymous Spanish island, a British and a German detective with very different approaches to policing have a clash of personalities. Despite - or perhaps because of - their very different approaches, the sleuths form a perfect complementary partnership as they seek to solve a new crime on the island each week.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, history
CountryFrance

After a devastating fire in 1897 Paris, three women find their lives upended by betrayals, deceptions and romantic turmoil. Inspired by real events.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, detective
CountryItaly, France
Duration00:46

In Rome, a Virgin Mary statue is found crying blood. Pondering on the implications of the existence of miracles, and eventually, the existence of God, the people involved in the enigma start losing their minds.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredocumentary, military, history
CountryFrance
Duration01:48

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was a mediocre who rose to power because of the blindness and ignorance of the Germans, who believed he was nothing more than an eccentric dreamer. But when the crisis of 1929 devastated the economy, the population, fearful of chaos and communism, voted for him. And no one defended democracy. As the dictatorship extended its relentless shadow, the leader claimed peace, but was preparing the Apocalypse.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama
CountryFrance

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Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance

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Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
CountryFrance, Germany
Duration05:34

Carlos is a French-German television and cinema biographical film from 2010, about the life of the 1970s international terrorist Carlos the Jackal, from his first series of attacks in 1973 until his arrest in 1994. It premiered as a three-part TV mini-series on French pay channel Canal+, with the three parts airing on 19 May, May 26 and June 2, 2010. On the same day it premiered on Canal+, the full 5½ hour version was also shown out of competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Produced by Daniel Leconte of French production company Film En Stock and Jens Meuer of German production company Egoli Tossell Film, in association with Canal+ and French Arte, it was directed by Olivier Assayas from a screenplay by Leconte, Assayas and Dan Franck, and stars Édgar Ramírez as Carlos. The film exists both as a three-part mini-series and a feature film of various lengths between 338 and 319 minutes, but also in several abridged versions, from 187 minutes down to 166 minutes. Classified as a theatrical film as well as a TV film/TV mini-series, Carlos has been awarded both theatrical awards and TV awards; among them the 2010 Golden Globe award for the 'Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television', the 2010 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director, the National Society of Film Critics 2010 award for Best Director, the New York Film Critics Circle 2010 award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 2010 European Film Award for Best Editor, the 2010 Critics Award for Best Film at the São Paulo International Film Festival, and Édgar Ramírez won the 2010 César Award for Most Promising Actor.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama
CountryItaly, France, Spain, Lithuania
Duration03:20

Anna and Kitty. Two lives. One of desperate passion that ends in tragedy, the other, an existence made real through love. Two destinies that interweave, giving rise to two, so very different stories, yet lived in pursuit of the same desire- to find a love that lets them fully be themselves, to live without having to conform to society’s pretenses.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, biography, history
CountryItaly, United Kingdom, France
Duration01:46

The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution. Along the way, they also accrue a long list of powerful enemies.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
CountryFrance

Follows a woman who stumbles upon the body of Ismael, a teenager who disappeared thirty years earlier, with the event taking her back to 1991 and seeing her wake up every morning in the body of a different person.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
CountryFrance
Duration00:43

Caitlin "Cat" Sullivan is an NYPD detective working in Brooklyn. After her driving privileges are suspended, she relies on Leo Romba, a highly skilled Brooklyn cab driver from France. Leo becomes Cat's driver and a consultant on her cases. While solving crimes with Leo, Cat is also running her own unauthorized investigation into the death of her father, an NYPD detective thought to have been executed by the Capella crime family. In doing so, she clashes with her boss, Captain Baker, and her ex-husband Gregg, who has picked up the case for the FBI.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon, crime
CountryFrance, Belgium, Luxembourg

The adventures of a big offbeat bear and a mischievous mouse.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, fantastic
CountryFrance

Sofiane, Victor and Luisa, three seemingly incompatible teenagers find themselves bound together by a supernatural force.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:53

In Paris of the near future, a dating app matches singles with their soul mates by mining their brain data. But decoding true love comes at a price.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, musical, cartoon, music
CountrySouth Korea, France

Follow the journey of young Iris, a spirited teenage girl with a beautiful voice and an unending desire to help others. When Iris sings, strange events happen.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySweden, France, Finland

Frank Nordling is a young and exceptionally promising defense lawyer. When Frank learns the truth behind his parents' death, his whole world unravels. As children, Frank and his sister Sara witnessed their parents die in an explosion caused by a car bomb. As Frank finds out, they were murdered by one of the leaders in Copenhagen's criminal underworld, Thomas Waldman. In order to avenge his parents Frank must infiltrate Waldman's organization and become his personal lawyer and trusted confidant. To avoid putting those close to him in danger, Frank has to keep up appearances and play the game. But can he handle it? Is it worth the price? And who's really tricking whom?

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:19

The first manned mission to Mars is now approaching the red planet. The crew includes top-flight scientists and a young female psychiatrist, responsible for their mental health. But just as they are about to land, something goes wrong.




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