Top French crime and police procedural series include Spiral, Blood Coast, La Mante, among others. These series are available to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar and other streaming giants.
Top french crime series on OTT
Spiral
Spiral is widely considered France's answer to The Wire. is a hyper-realist Canal+ drama that follows a tight-knit squad of police officers, judges and prosecutors through the dark, unvarnished underbelly of the Paris legal and criminal system.
Blood Coast
Blood Coast is an action-packed crime series following a rogue police captain and his special unit as they try to stop a brutal drug war from tearing Marseille apart.
Balthazar
Balthazar revolves around a suave, eccentric Paris forensic pathologist who can "talk" to the dead partners with a chief inspector while haunted by his wife's cold-case murder.
La Mante
La Mante is a chilling psychological miniseries where a notorious imprisoned serial killer agrees to help hunt a copycat on the condition that she works exclusively with her estranged detective son.
Astrid et Raphaëlle
Astrid et Raphaëlle (also streamed as Bright Minds) is about an impulsive police commander who teams up with Astrid Nielsen, a brilliant police archivist on the autism spectrum with an encyclopedic memory, to solve complex Paris cold cases.
So, grab your popcorn and watch these French crime thrillers from the comfort of your home.
FAQs
Who are top French actors?
Omar Sy and Jean Dujardin are known as top French actors.
Where can I start if I am new to French movies?
For Classics / New Wave: Try The 400 Blows (Truffaut) or Breathless (Godard).
For Whimsical Comedy / Romance: Try Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain).
For Modern Heartwarming Comedy: Try The Intouchables (Intouchables)