Best sci-fi French movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
18 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.3. Newest addition: The Residence, added to Prime Video on 22 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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2. 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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3. Mars Express (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 29m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.5 (15.8K votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyTwistyCold & detached
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet's capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, political corruption, and a missing girl who hold
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4. Time Masters (1982)
Movie · French · 1h 20m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.3 (7.8K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-paced
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves young Piel alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. Onboard Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad, who knows Perdide well. Thus begins an inc
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5. Arco (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 29m · Adventure, Animation · IMDb 7.2 (9.6K votes)
Visually stunningFamily-friendlyHeartwarmingLight-hearted
Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by any means to help send him back to his own era.
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6. The Snails (1966)
Movie · French · 11m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 6.8 (2.8K votes)
Slow-burnFunnyCold & detachedLow-stakes
In a distant planetoid, an industrious but hapless old farmer strives to make his vegetables flourish, however, to no avail.
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8. Living Still Life (2014)
Movie · French · 16m · Science Fiction · IMDb 7.0 (618 votes)
Slow-burnCold & detachedLow-stakes
In a world in decay, a woman collects her dead animals and restores them to life by filming them images by image.
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9. Flashback (2021)
Movie · French · 1h 35m · Comedy, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.2 (1.1K votes)
TwistyFunnyFast-pacedLow-stakes
A female lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought for women's rights.
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10. The Beast (2024)
Movie · French · 2h 26m · Science Fiction, Drama · IMDb 6.4 (12.9K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningSlow-burnDark & gritty
In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.
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11. The Residence (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 50m · Thriller, Science Fiction · IMDb 5.8 (1.1K votes)
Cold & detachedTwisty
In the near future, during a health crisis, novelist Clarissa Katsef visits the Ludovico Foundation housing complex in search of inspiration. With the help of her AI assistant Dalloway, she finds fresh inspiration as she immerses herself in her writing.
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12. Dog 51 (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 40m · Thriller, Science Fiction · IMDb 5.8 (3.5K votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
In the near future, Paris is divided into three zones that separate social classes, and no one can escape ALMA, a predictive AI that has revolutionized law enforcement. When ALMA’s creator is assassinated, Salia, a top agent, and Zem, a jaded cop, are forced to work together to solve a murder that may expose the dark s
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14. Other (2025)
Movie · French · 1h 35m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.0 (1.8K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seat
Alice returns home after her mother's death to find the house unchanged-and haunted by a dark presence. As fear builds, buried trauma resurfaces, and a terrifying truth is revealed.
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15. How I Became a Superhero (2020)
Movie · French · 1h 41m · Science Fiction, Adventure · IMDb 5.8 (6.8K votes)
Visually stunningFunny
Paris 2020. While superheroes have assimilated into the Parisian society, they discover a new drug that gives themselves personal superpowers to mere mortals. Lieutenants Moreau and Schaltzmann are investigating the case with the support of two ex-superheroes, Monte Carlo and Callista. They'll do whatever it takes to d
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16. Acid (2023)
Movie · French · 1h 40m · Drama, Science Fiction · IMDb 5.1 (3.4K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyStraightforward
During a heat wave, strange clouds start pouring down acid rain, wreaking devastation and panic throughout France. In a world teetering on the edge, a girl and her divorced parents must join forces to confront and try to escape this climate catastrophe.
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17. Bigbug (2022)
Movie · French · 1h 50m · Science Fiction, Comedy · IMDb 5.5 (11.7K votes)
FunnyVisually stunning
Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their protection by their household robots, while a rogue, self-aware AI android revolt uprising takes place outside.
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18. Survive (2024)
Movie · French · 1h 30m · Science Fiction, Thriller · IMDb 4.6 (5.8K votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedVisually stunningDark & gritty
A couple celebrates their son’s birthday in the middle of the ocean on their boat. A violent storm hits and it brings up hungry creatures from the depths and they fight for their survival.
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