Best family French movies on MUBI in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
23 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.2. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Movie · French · 1h 30m · Drama · IMDb 7.8 (32.5K votes)
Slow-burn
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by
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2. Sans Soleil (1983)
Movie · French · 1h 40m · Documentary · IMDb 7.7 (13.3K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesVisually stunning
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
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3. The Gleaners and I (2000)
Movie · French · 1h 22m · Documentary · IMDb 7.7 (10.4K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakes
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of nece
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4. The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Movie · French · 1h 50m · Documentary · IMDb 8.0 (5.4K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesHeartwarming
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professio
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5. Petite Maman (2021)
Movie · French · 1h 12m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.3 (21.4K votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarmingFamily-friendlyLow-stakes
After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps her come to terms with this newfound loss.
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6. Black Girl (1966)
Movie · French · 1h 5m · Drama · IMDb 7.4 (7.7K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyCold & detachedDark & gritty
Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
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7. Antoine and Colette (1962)
Movie · French · 30m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.4 (7.4K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesLight-heartedHeartwarming
Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Lo
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8. Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Movie · French · 1h 31m · Documentary · IMDb 7.4 (4.1K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesFamily-friendlyDialogue-driven
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.
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9. Daguerréotypes (1978)
Movie · French · 1h 20m · Documentary · IMDb 7.6 (2.4K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesLight-hearted
An intimate portrait of the small shops and shopkeepers of the Rue Daguerre in Paris, a picturesque street that has been the filmmaker’s home for more than 50 years.
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10. Hello Cubans (1963)
Movie · French · 30m · Documentary · IMDb 7.5 (2.1K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesStraightforward
A photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnès Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963, four years after Fidel Castro came to power. This black & white documentary explores their socialist culture and society while making use of 1500 pictures (out of 4000!) the filmmaker took while on the island.
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11. Along the Coast (1958)
Movie · French · 26m · Documentary · IMDb 7.4 (2.1K votes)
Slow-burnFunnyFamily-friendlyLight-hearted
Tongue-in-cheek look at the French Riviera, especially in summer when it overflows with tourists. Reviews its history and famous visitors; displays its faux-exotic buildings, its crowded beaches, its trees and monuments; and, pokes fun at the colors women wear and the vagaries of fashion. The film celebrates the use of
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12. Valparaiso (1964)
Movie · French · 27m · Documentary · IMDb 7.5 (1.7K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesVisually stunning
In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …A Valparaíso, one of his most poetic films. Contrasting the prestigious history of the seaport with the present the film sketches a portrait of the city, built on 42 hills, with its wealth and poverty, its daily life o
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13. Letter from Siberia (1957)
Movie · French · 1h 2m · Documentary · IMDb 7.4 (1.2K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyCold & detachedLow-stakes
A faceless traveller takes a journey through the barren reaches of a Siberia caught between tradition and modernity, imparting his philosophical musings on its people and places, wildlife and culture.
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14. Dahomey (2024)
Movie · French · 1h 8m · Documentary · IMDb 6.7 (3.5K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesSerious
Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art
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15. Winter in Sokcho (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 44m · Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.9K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesSeriousFamily-friendly
In the snowy seaside town of Sokcho, 25-year-old Soo-Ha works at a guesthouse. She drifts between her mother’s fish stall and her boyfriend until a French artist’s arrival stirs questions about her identity. As winter deepens, Soo-Ha and the artist form an unspoken connection through food and art.
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16. Charles, Dead or Alive (1970)
Movie · French · 1h 33m · Drama · IMDb 7.2 (806 votes)
Slow-burnDialogue-drivenFamily-friendly
On the 100th anniversary of the founding of a watchmaking company in Geneva, Charles Dé the founder's 50-year-old grandson has had it: he speaks eccentrically to a reporter, recognizing his grandfather as a craftsman and his son as a businessman, but is evasive about himself. He gives his family the slip and moves in w
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17. An Urban Allegory (2024)
Movie · French · 21m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.0 (1.0K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyVisually stunningLow-stakes
A ballet dancer is late for an audition for a show inspired by Plato's Allegory of the Cave. She arrives with her seven-year-old son, Jay, and begs the director to give her a chance.
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18. Bamako (2007)
Movie · French · 1h 55m · Drama · IMDb 6.7 (1.7K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyDialogue-drivenCold & detached
Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants.
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19. Broadway by Light (1958)
Movie · French · 11m · Documentary · IMDb 6.9 (649 votes)
Slow-burnCold & detachedFamily-friendlyLow-stakes
An experimental meditation on Times Square's marquees and iconic advertising that captures the concurrently seedy and dazzling aspects of New York's Great White Way.
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20. Rewind & Play (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 5m · Documentary, Music · IMDb 6.6 (388 votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesDialogue-driven
The lack of respect with which the Black musician Thelonious Monk was treated in Autumn, 1969. At the end of his European tour, legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk appears on an interview show in Paris for French state television.
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22. Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars (2023)
Movie · French · 20m · IMDb 6.2 (428 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyCold & detachedLow-stakes
Rejecting the billions of alphabetic diktats to liberate the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a necessary and true language by re-turning to the locations of past film shoots, while keeping track of modern times.
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23. Fragments for Venus (2025)
Movie · French · 21m · Drama · IMDb 6.5 (213 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesFamily-friendly
Across time, a Black woman seeks to piece together the fragments of Black female figures and, guided by Black Venus, attempts to regain control of their narrative.
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