Best mind-bending French movies on MUBI in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
31 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.0. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Night and Fog (1956)
Movie · French · 32m · Documentary, History · IMDb 8.6 (23.8K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDark & grittyMature
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
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3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Movie · French · 2h 1m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.0 (1.3L votes)
Slow-burnMatureVisually stunningTwisty
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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4. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Movie · French · 1h 32m · Drama, History · IMDb 7.8 (40.0K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesSerious
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances an
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5. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
Movie · French · 1h 38m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.6 (57.8K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunning
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on
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6. Fantastic Planet (1973)
Movie · French · 1h 12m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.6 (43.7K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningTwistyCold & detached
On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile
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7. 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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8. Vagabond (1985)
Movie · French · 1h 46m · Drama · IMDb 7.6 (16.2K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyCold & detachedDark & gritty
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona
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9. It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 43m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.4 (40.3K votes)
TwistyMatureEdge-of-seatCold & detached
An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.
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10. 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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11. Masculin Féminin (1966)
Movie · French · 1h 45m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.3 (19.3K votes)
TwistyMatureLow-stakesCold & detached
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is
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12. 13 Tzameti (2006)
Movie · French · 1h 33m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 7.3 (18.8K votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his destination, Sebastian falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental cha
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13. 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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14. Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
Movie · French · 1h 57m · Drama · IMDb 7.0 (4.3K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyCold & detachedDark & gritty
In the seacoast town of Boulogne, antique furniture saleswoman Hélène lives with her stepson, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit, Alphonse, with his niece Françoise; he too is back from Algiers, where he ran a café. Bernard speaks of his fiancée, Muriel, whom Hélè
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15. Benedetta (2021)
Movie · French · 2h 11m · History, Drama · IMDb 6.7 (30.8K votes)
MatureDark & grittyTwistyVisually stunning
A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
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16. The Five Devils (2022)
Movie · French · 1h 36m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 6.7 (6.3K votes)
TwistySlow-burnHeartwarming
8-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt Julia suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a past replete with family secrets.
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17. Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
Movie · French · 2h 21m · Mystery, Drama · IMDb 6.7 (3.0K votes)
TwistySlow-burnCold & detachedDark & gritty
A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.
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18. Boro in the Box (2014)
Movie · French · 40m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.2 (780 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyMatureVisually stunning
A fantasized portrayal of Polish auteur Walerian Borowczyk, Boro discovers a cruel and obscene world. He experiences banal yet colorful adventures, caressing erotic birds and organic cameras in a phantasmagorical alphabet.
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19. It's Not Me (2024)
Movie · French · 42m · Drama, Documentary · IMDb 6.8 (1.2K votes)
TwistySlow-burnLow-stakesCold & detached
This free-form film is a self-portrait, which revisits more than 40 years of the author’s filmography and questions the major stations of his life, while capturing the political tremors of the time.
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20. God Is Shy (2026)
Movie · French · 16m · Animation, Mystery · IMDb 7.6 (387 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDark & grittyCold & detached
During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious passenger, intrudes on their exchange. Yet, her relationship with fear seems far less innocent than their playful drawings.
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21. Azor (2021)
Movie · French · 1h 40m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.5 (3.4K votes)
Cold & detachedSlow-burnDark & grittyTwisty
Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumors, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools, and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel takes place between two bankers who, despite d
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22. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
Movie · French · 1h 27m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (9.5K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyMatureCold & detached
As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.
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23. Titane (2021)
Movie · French · 1h 48m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.4 (68.1K votes)
MatureTwistyDark & grittyCold & detached
A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.
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24. 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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25. Dammi (2023)
Movie · French · 16m · Drama · IMDb 6.1 (447 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesSerious
Returning to Paris, a man moves through memories of his past and surreal fragments of the present, searching for connection with his estranged father. On his journey, he meets a French-Algerian woman. As their intimacy grows, he is confronted with his shame and fears while exploring his lost Arab identity… Behind Paris
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26. 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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27. Pacifiction (2022)
Movie · French · 2h 46m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.3 (4.3K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunningCold & detached
Island of Tahiti. French government official De Roller is a calculating man with impeccable manners, capable of dealing with both high society and the locals he frequents in shady joints.
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28. The Capsule (2012)
Movie · French · 36m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 5.8 (854 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyCold & detachedDark & gritty
Seven girls, a mansion perched on a Cycladic rock, a cycle of lessons on discipline, desire and demise-infinitely.
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29. Annette (2021)
Movie · French · 2h 20m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 6.3 (24.6K votes)
TwistyMatureVisually stunningSlow-burn
In present-day Los Angeles, controversial stand-up comedian Henry McHenry and internationally renowned opera singer Ann Defrasnoux form the façade of a happy couple in the spotlight. Ann gives birth to a baby girl named Annette, who possesses an exceptional gift that will change all of their lives forever.
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30. Sibyl (2019)
Movie · French · 1h 41m · Drama · IMDb 6.0 (6.7K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyMature
Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. But her newest patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that is far too tempting. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl becomes more and more involved in Margot’s tumultuous life, reviving v
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