The 10 best French series to see absolutely

Les séries françaises n’ont pas toujours eu bonne presse. Trop ringardes, trop beaufs, trop fades… Les critiques ne manquaient pas.

But in recent years, it has been to recognize that hexagonal production has significantly improved.Besides the consumer TV movies (cuckoo Joséphine and Camping Paradis), Canal+ and Netflix contributed to the renewal of TV series "Made in France".So what are the French creations on the small screen not to be missed?Here is our top 10!

The legendary office

Launched in 2015 on Canal+, the legendary office is undoubtedly one of the best French series.And even more than that.In 2019, the New York Times even made it "the most intelligent and credible spy series in the world"!

Created by Eric Rochant and carried by an excellent casting (Mathieu Kassovitz, Sara Giraudeau, Florence Loiret-Caille, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Mathieu Amalric…), the series immerses us behind the scenes of French counters.The legendary office is a specific department, which directs secret agents sent in immersion abroad.

In the first season, Guillaume Debailly, known as "Paul Lefebvre" or "Malotru" returns from Syria and does not seem willing to abandon his secret identity ... Rare fact: the following 4 seasons (for the moment) have been able to stay at the same levelthat the first or almost.Will a sixth see the day?Nothing is less certain, even if the fans hope!

Ten percent

It's not just more beautiful life on public service!Broadcast for the first time in April 2015 on France 2, ten percent makes us discover the hectic life of artistic agents.And more specifically ASK, the Samuel-Kerr agency, whose founder has just died.The agents and partners will therefore have to be beaten to save the business, between private and professional life, between drama and comedy.

One of the peculiarities of the series is to involve each episode of celebrities in their own role ... but with a large part of fiction.Over the episodes of the first 4 seasons, we have already seen Cécile de France, Gilles Lellouche, JoeyStarr, Julien Doré, Monica Bellucci, Tony Parker and many others ...

In 2021, ten percent acquired international notoriety by being broadcast on Netflix.She thus won the prize for the best comedy of the year at the International Emmy Awards!While a season 5 is expected, it could be preceded by a feature film ...

Family Business

How far the time when the French series on Netflix were summed up in ... Marseille!In the summer of 2019, viewers were able to meet the Hazan family, in the Marais district.This is where the Patriarch, Gérard (Gérard Darmon) tries to save the family kosher butcher's house after the death of his wife.But faced with the difficulties encountered, the son Joseph (Jonathan Cohen) thinks he has found the solution: having learned that cannabis would soon be legalized, he proposed to transform the butcher's shop into coffee shops…

Funny, crazy, but also very malignant, this series shines with its cast and its transgressive humor ... even if it means not to please everyone!

Heart plan

Elsa has just broken but could not forget her ex.For the iader to turn the page, his best friend discreetly hires an escort boy ... But what should only be a story without future ultimately turns into something a little more sentimental!

If it is far from perfect (sometimes a little cute), a heart plan also has something happy.The three friends El, Cha and Milou (Zita Hanrot, Sabrina Ouazani and Joséphine Draï) display a beautiful complicity on the screen, well supported by the two male roles by Marc Ruchmann (Julio Le Gigolo) and Syrus Shahidi (Antoine).The third and last (normally) season arrived on Netflix on January 1, 2022.

In therapy

This is one of the revelations of the year 2021 and it is even the most seen series in Arte's story.Yes, Arte.The Franco-German chain is used to presenting striking series (Real Humans, slap) and in therapy is a very good example.

The excellent Frédéric Pierrot camps there Philippe Dayan, a psychoanalyst listening to 5 patients in shock in the aftermath of the Bataclan attacks in 2015.Deep, moving and very just, the series created by the duo Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (Intouchables) will be entitled to a season 2 from 2022.

Lupine

Inspired by the adventures of the gentleman burglar Arsène Lupinee, the series of the (almost) same name stages Omar Sy in the skin of Assane Diop, decides to avenge his father, accused of a crime that he never committed.

After first 5 promising episodes haloed by international success on Netflix, the second part unveiled in June 2021 had proved to be a little more laborious.But Lupinee will come back well at the end of 2022 for a new season which could well find the heights!

Brasso

Rewarded with an Emmy Award in 2012 (for his season 2), Brasso is a police series created by one of the experts in the field, Olivier Marchal.Himself a former police officer, however, he ruled out production at the end of the first season.

Broadcast on Canal+ between 2009 and 2016, the 32 episodes (spread over 4 seasons) of Brasso take us in the footsteps of the police of the Hauts-de-Seine SDPJ.Police who crosses the yellow line and will experience complicated periods, between incarceration, demotion and radiation ...

Valid

Imagined by Franck Gastambide and broadcast on Canal+, Valid offers a fascinating dive in the world of French rap.Never before a French series had been interested in this environment, however popular.And in the space of two seasons and 19 episodes, this creation has become a real social phenomenon.

The first season revealed a new artist to the general public, Hatik, in the shoes of Clément, Aka Apash.If he no longer appears in the casting of the second part, the casting remains brilliant (Laetitia Kerfa, Kenza Fortas, Saïd Taghmaoui) and the guests, real figures of Hexagonal Rap, are legion: Lacrim, Ninho, Rim'k, Mister V, Kool Shen, Rohff, Ramzy Bédia, Naps…

The flame

We stay on Canal+ with a TV series that made the buzz in just a few weeks.Worn by Jonathan Cohen (yes, again!), The flame presents itself as a parody of meeting reality TV shows (Bachelor type).

She enjoys a gold casting, since, apart from Jonathan Cohen in Marc's title role, we find Géraldine Nakache, Florence Foresti, Doria Tillier, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Leila Bekhti, Vincent Dedienne or Pierre Niney.Without forgetting guests such as Laetitia Casta, Orelsan or Gilles Lellouche.

Jérôme Commandeur, Kad Merad and Gérard Darmon should join the adventure for season 2, which will parody adventure shows like Koh-Lanta.Diffusion hoped for in 2022 for the one who already stands out as one of the best French series of the moment!

The little murders of Agatha Christie

We end this selection of the best French series with a tasty anthology.As its name suggests, the little murders of Agatha Christie is a series based on the writings of the famous novelist.No Hercule Poirot on the menu, however, but duos of more or less well matched police officers and investigations to disentangle.

Antoine Duléry and Marius Colucci share the poster of season 1, which takes place in the 1930s.The second season (27 episodes long!) Makes a leap in time, since Samuel Labarthe and Blandine Bellavoir carried out their investigations in the 1950s.Finally, season 3, broadcast since January 2021, transports us in the 1970s and is slightly deviated from the work of Agatha Christie, according to the adventures of Emilie Gavois-Kahn, Arthur Dupont and Chloé CHAUDOYE.

The list is obviously not exhaustive and we could have added series such as ghosts, black baron, mafiosa, gears, captain marleau or even h or kaamelot for short and humorous formats.And for you, what is the French series that must be seen absolutely?