The BEST France 2 shows of all time
Every France 2 show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every France 2 show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - Minuscule
Minuscule follows the day-to-day existence of anthropomorphic insects. The characters are modelled on computer in 3D and are then set against real scenery. Each animation has a short, self contained and often humorous storyline. The audio is a combination of genuine insect and ambient recordings, and sound effects such as car or helicopter engines, synthesized buzzing etc. During the episodes no words are ever spoken and, although it is a real world setting with houses, fences, cars and garbage bins often involved in the storyline, humans themselves appear only peripherally (if at all).
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#2 - Apocalypse: World War II
This six-part series tells the epic story of World War II, providing an insight into the experiences of the millions of soldiers who fought across countries and continents, and the moving stories of the millions of civilians who saw their homes destroyed and lives disrupted by the cataclysm of war. To tell this story, the best footage of World War II has been painstakingly transformed into colour, using digital techniques. Along with original colour home movies, it gives a new perspective on one of the great events of the last century.
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#3 - Don't Do This, Don't Do That
Inspired by actual events, experienced every day by millions of parents and children, this series, shot in natural settings in the manner of a "docu-soap" (only in season 1), follows the daily of two families-the-Lepic and Bouley for an entire school year. The series begins as an experiment on the edge of the documentary and "reality show" wanting to make in their daily lives two family type, respectively, using different methods of education, and to show the effects on children. Parents come and expose the reasons why they accept this experience.
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#4 - Apocalypse: Stalin
Who was Stalin? The man who defeated Nazism? The “Little Father of the Peoples"? Or the greatest criminal of his time? In Apocalypse Stalin, three 52-minute episodes, Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle paint the portrait of one of the fiercest despots of the twentieth century, using archive film of the day. This footage has been perfectly restored and beautifully colorized by the Apocalypse production team. Starting with the fight to the death against Hitler, the series tells the story of the incredible rise to power of Joseph Jughashvili. This cobbler's son from Georgia started with nothing and made his way up the ranks through various intrigues and crimes, ultimately rising to absolute power and adopting the moniker Stalin - “man of steel" in Russian. From a human standpoint, the series describes the enormous tragedy that befell the Soviet people between 1878 and 1945, as they found themselves caught in a trap that became a living hell.
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#5 - Skyland
In the year 2251, the earth has been shattered into tens of millions of aimlessly drifting blocks around the earth's core. Oslo, a power-hungry dictator, controls this land, referred to as Skyland. Oslo possesses telekinetic, or "Seijin" powers that have allowed him to seize control of water, the most precious resource on Skyland. Mila, who also possesses "Seijin" powers, has been imprisoned by Oslo. Her children, Mahad, a rebelious teen with expert piloting skills and his sister, Lena, a young female with advanced Seijin Powers, with the help of the private resistence are going to attempt the free their mother from Oslo's evil grasp and destroy the dreaded Sphere. Will they be able to accomplish such a task?
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#6 - Call My Agent!
Mathias, Andrea, Gabriel and Arlette are the four pillars of a prestigious talent agency. They are a talented professional family, under the paternal authority of the founder of ASK, the Samuel Kerr Agency. The sudden death of Samuel falter this fragile balance. Will they succeed in saving the agency and to the challenge of pleasing their "stars"?
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#7 - Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler
Infamous for his crimes against humanity, Hitler's rise to power was unexpected and devastating. But how could a political party so intolerant gain so much power under one man? Using historical newly colourised and impactful footage, Apocalypse: The Rise Of Hitler is a two-part documentary which takes a remarkable look into the Nazis' ascent, exploring Hitler's path from mediocre student and failed artist to totalitarian dictator.
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#8 - Candice Renoir
After staying away from the professional world for ten years, Candice Renoir, blonde and mother of four, is commander-in-chief of a group of investigators.
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#9 - Chefs (2015)
Every year Le Chef (English: The Chef), owner of the restaurant Le Paris, and a figure in French cuisine incorporates a young offender on probation into his team. Romain, just released from prison, arrives in this new world where gastronomy and excellence mix. After a difficult integration, he shows a real talent for cooking and climbs the ranks.
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#10 - Apocalypse: World War I
Marking the centenary of World War One, a landmark new series examines the milestones of a global battle known as the war to end all wars. Exploring the experiences and huge sacrifices of soldiers and civilians worldwide, it asks fundamental questions about the conflict that wiped out almost an entire generation.
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#11 - Witnesses
Set in the small coastal town of Le Tréport in northern France, where the bodies of murder victims are being unearthed and left for discovery. The former chief-of-police, Paul Maisonneuve, is implicated in the murders. Detectives Justin and Sandra investigate the case.
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#12 - Galactik Football
Galactik Football is a French animated television series, co-produced by Alphanim, France 2, Jetix and Welkin-Animation. It follows the story of a futuristic football team - The Snow Kids - as they try to win the Galactik Football Cup for their home planet Akillian, with the help of The Flux - a mystical energy, specific for every planet. [1] On June 20, 2007 Jetix Europe announced it had acquired a second 26 episode season set to begin airing across Europe in 2008. The second series started in United Kingdom on April 5, 2008.
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#13 - Astrid and Raphaëlle
When Major Raphaëlle Coste turns to the police criminal records department for one of her investigations, she has no idea that she is going to meet a young woman as brilliant as she is confusing, a living memory of criminal investigations. Astrid, 30 years old, particularity: autistic.
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#14 - Apocalypse: War of Worlds 1945-1991
Summer 1945. An iron curtain comes down, separating the Communist Eastern bloc and the West, led by the Americans. And nuclear weapons leaves mankind under perpetual threat of a new Apocalypse.
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#15 - Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads
The armies of the Third Reich invaded the USSR on 22nd June 1941. Mobile commandos, the Einsatzgruppen, were following their advance to Stalingrad with the mission of eliminating all Jews on the conquered territories. Between June 1941 and the end of 1943, they shot to death close to two million Jews — men, women and children — from the Baltic countries to the Black Sea. Director Michael Prazan explores this unknown phase of the Shoah.
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#16 - Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to report on this extraordinary story.
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#17 - Vortex
After reconnecting with his dead wife through a glitch in virtual reality, a police officer tries to negate the mysterious accident that cost her life.
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#18 - A Guy And A Girl
A French couple in their thirties deals with the every day hassles of life together.
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#19 - Napoleon
For the first time ever, Napoleon the man and legend is depicted on screen in all of his facets: as a man of human needs and desires, strengths and weaknesses; as a soldier, politician and visionary who raised himself above his fellow mortals and transformed himself into a myth. "Napoleon" sweeps away the pathos of previous portrayals and presents its subject in all of his complexity and contradictions. It provokes questions and challenges common assumptions. It paints a portrait of Napoleon that respects the facts and depicts him as a man whose life can still move and inspire all of us today. This 4 part mini-series won the 2003 EMMY AWARD for outstanding costumes, along with 6 further nominations.
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#20 - Black Spot
Villefranche is a small town with no phone reception on the edge of a mysterious forest. The number of inhabitants is dwindling but there's a sharp rise in crime. Police inspector Laurene, once the victim of a crime herself, keeps on discovering fresh corpses.
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#21 - The Disappearance (2015)
Set in Lyon, the show traces the increasing trauma of the Morel family who fall apart when their 17-year-old daughter fails to return home from a night out. As the hours pass and the police investigation builds, The Disappearance explores every parent’s worst nightmare. There are similarities to Broadchurch in that the lead detective has a complicated backstory while the family members and friends each appear to be hiding something.
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#22 - Cherif
Together they solve various crimes and murders but… On one side, there is Captain Kader Sharif, a homicide detective who lives his job with passion! He has flair to flush out what is wrong in a case and his sensitive approach may prevent some criminals to be wary of him. With his legendary sarcasm and his knowledge of TV series, he loves to destabilize suspects and colleagues. On the other side, there is his new elegant detective teammate. Captain Adeline Briard. She disapproves his way of carrying out investigations and prefers to follow the real process, but she can’t hold it against him for more than a few minutes, as something is in the air between our two irresistible heroes…
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#23 - The Chalet
A reunion of childhood friends at a remote chalet in the French Alps soon turns into a desperate struggle for survival as they get cut-off from rest of the world and a shocking dark secret from the past surfaces.
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#24 - The Passenger
A head-strong, tough on the outside female detective in Nice works with her 2 colleagues to solve what appears to be a work of serial killer. The investigation leads to a partnership with a psychiatrist who works at a mental institution nearby, and the two work, inspite of one another's dislike for each other, to try and bring a "mythological serial killer" to justice. This is only the visible plot. This strange series of events, not only gets stranger as the days go on, but closer to home for all persons involved. Why, who, and how can all of this be happening with not a shred of evidence?
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#25 - The Crimson Rivers
Inspector Niémans and his colleague Camille Delauney are investigating four separate cases which lead them to various French provinces and to Germany. Each case entails a murder mystery which demands the involvement of the Parisian specialists.
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#26 - The Art of Crime
A policeman teams up with an art expert to investigate crimes.
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#27 - Something to Hide
Claude has made a success of every side of his life: his marriage, his career… He is mayor of his town and set to become a senator. But the life of Lucas, his beloved grandson, is not going so well. Lucas’s parents are getting divorced and he is not at all happy with himself. One day, he accuses his grandfather of rape. Their lives are shattered. It is the boy’s word against Claude’s… until the truth finally emerges fifteen years later. And that truth is not at all what everyone believed…
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#28 - Laetitia
A haunting depiction of two young lives plagued by tragedy and trauma, this six-part limited drama series chronicles the disappearance of 18-year-old Laetitia Perrais in western France. Left to reconstruct the teenager's final hours for answers, investigators clue in on the deeply troubling upbringing of Laetitia and her twin sister, Jessica.
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#29 - The Last Wave
A surfing competition in Brizan, in the Landes. Suddenly, a wave coming from a stagnant arcus arises, and the surfers disappear. Long hours later, they magically resurface. As a symptom of climate change or the revolt of nature, this tragic event will change the life of the inhabitants of this peaceful seaside resort.
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#30 - Spin
French political thriller delving deep into the heart of a tension-filled campaign as two spin doctors, formerly allies, are pitted against each other for the first time preparing for a snap election.
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#31 - Germinal
Hired in the Montsou mines, Étienne Lantier meets the Maheu family and falls in love with their daughter Catherine. She is courted by Chaval, a brutal worker. When the Compagnie des Mines lowered wages, Étienne, already outraged by this misery, rose up. Dreaming of justice, he pushes for a strike. Weeks go by, the starving strikers struggle, but, victims of violent repression, resign themselves to returning to work.
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#32 - Mirage
Claire lost her husband Gabriel during the tsunami in 2004. His body was never found. Fifteen years later, Claire has a new life with Lukas and her son Zach. After a decade of mourning and professional purgatory, she has just landed a dream job in Abu Dhabi. One night, Claire is having dinner and sees Gabriel’s reflection in a window. She tries to follow him, but he’s already gone. The next day, she decides to search for him. When she discovers that Gabriel is indeed alive, it sets Claire on a course that will change her life forever.
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#33 - La Garçonne
Paris, 1920. Accused of a murder committed by state agents, Louise Kerlac joins the police by assuming the identity of her brother. Thanks to this disguise and alongside Roman Ketoff, an attractive maverick journalist, Louise will lead the investigation in the heart of Parisian nights of the Roaring Twenties.
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