This is a list of films based on French-language comics. It includes films that are
adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly, it is a state reached by the p ...
s of
Francophone comics, and those films whose characters originated in those comics.
Films
Series with more than five entries
*Based on ''
Asterix
''Asterix'' ( or , "Asterix the Gauls, Gaul"; also known as ''Asterix and Obelix'' in some adaptations or ''The Adventures of Asterix'') is a Franco-Belgian comics, French comic album book series, series about a Gaulish village which, thanks ...
'':
# ''
Asterix the Gaul'' (1967,
Animation
Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...
)
# ''
Asterix and Cleopatra'' (1968, Animation)
# ''
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' (1976, Animation)
# ''
Asterix Versus Caesar
''Asterix Versus Caesar'' (also known in France as ''Astérix et la surprise de César'') is a 1985 French traditional animation, animated adventure film, adventure comedy film, written by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo and Pierre Tchernia, produ ...
'' (1985, Animation)
# ''
Asterix in Britain'' (1986, Animation)
# ''
Asterix and the Big Fight'' (1989, Animation)
# ''
Asterix Conquers America'' (1994, Animation)
# ''
Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar'' (1999, Live-Action)
# ''
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' (2002, Live-Action)
# ''
Asterix and the Vikings'' (2006, Animation)
# ''
Astérix at the Olympic Games'' (2008, Live-Action)
# ''
Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia'' (2012, Live-Action)
# ''
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods'' (2014,
CGI Animation)
# ''
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion'' (2018, CGI Animation)
# ''
Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom'' (2023, Live-Action)
*Based on ''
Lucky Luke
''Lucky Luke'' is a Western (genre), Western bande dessinée, comic album series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris (cartoonist), Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborati ...
'':
# ' (1971, Live-action)
# ''
Daisy Town'' (1971, Animation)
# ''
La Ballade des Dalton'' (1978, Animation)
# ' (1983, Animation)
# ''
Lucky Luke
''Lucky Luke'' is a Western (genre), Western bande dessinée, comic album series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris (cartoonist), Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborati ...
'' (1991, Live-action)
# ''
Les Dalton'' (2004, Live-action)
# ''
Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure'' (2007, Animation)
# ''
Lucky Luke
''Lucky Luke'' is a Western (genre), Western bande dessinée, comic album series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris (cartoonist), Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborati ...
'' (2009, Live-action)
*Based on ''
The Adventures of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...
'':
# ''
The Crab with the Golden Claws
''The Crab with the Golden Claws'' () is the ninth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in , the children's supplement to , Belgium's leading francophone newspa ...
'' (1947,
Stop-motion
Stop-motion (also known as stop frame animation) is an animation, animated filmmaking and special effects technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appe ...
Animation)
# ''
Tintin and the Golden Fleece'' (1961, Live-action)
# ''
Tintin and the Blue Oranges'' (1964, Live-action)
# ''
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
''Tintin and the Temple of the Sun'' (original title ''Tintin et le temple du soleil'') is a 1969 animated film produced by Belvision Studios. A co-production between Belgium, France and Switzerland, it is an adaptation of Hergé's two-part Tinti ...
'' (1969, Animation)
# ''
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks'' (1972, Animation)
# ''
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn'' (2011,
Mo-cap Animation)
Series with five entries
*Based on ''
The Smurfs
''The Smurfs'' (; ) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was created and introduced as a series of comic characters by ...
'':
# ''
Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs'' (1965, Animation)
# ''
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
''The Smurfs and the Magic Flute'' (, lit. ''The Flute of Six Smurfs'') is a 1975 Belgian fantasy comedy animated film, starring the Smurfs. The film was directed by their creator, Peyo. Although the film premiered in 1975 in Belgium and Swit ...
'' (1976, Animation)
# ''
The Smurfs
''The Smurfs'' (; ) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was created and introduced as a series of comic characters by ...
'' (2011, Live-action/cgi)
# ''
The Smurfs 2
''The Smurfs 2'' is a 2013 American fantasy comedy film loosely based on ''The Smurfs'' comic book series created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo, produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, The Kerner Entertainment Company, and ...
'' (2013, Live-action/cgi)
# ''
Smurfs: The Lost Village'' (2017, CGI Animation)
*Based on ''
L'Élève Ducobu'':
# ''
L'Élève Ducobu'' (2011; Live-Action)
# ' (2012; Live-Action)
# ' (2020; Live-Action)
# ' (2022; Live-Action)
# ' (2024; Live-Action)
Series with three entries
*Based on ''
Bécassine'':
# ''
Bécassine'' (1940; Live-Action)
# ' (2001; Animation)
# ''
Bécassine'' (2018; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Largo Winch
''Largo Winch'' is a Belgian comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis. It started as a series of novels by Van Hamme in the late 1970s, but stopped due to a lack of success and the huge amount of work Van Hamme ...
'':
# ''
Largo Winch
''Largo Winch'' is a Belgian comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis. It started as a series of novels by Van Hamme in the late 1970s, but stopped due to a lack of success and the huge amount of work Van Hamme ...
'' (2008; Live-Action)
# ''
Largo Winch II'' (2011; Live-Action)
# ''
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure'' (2024; Live-Action)
*Based on ''
Les Pieds Nickelés'':
# ''
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés'' (1948; Live-Action)
# ' (1950; Live-Action)
# ' (1964; Live-Action)
Series with two entries
*Based on ''Les Amoureux de Peynet'':
# ''Si tous les amoureux du monde...'' (1963, Live-action)
# ''
Around the World with Peynet's Lovers'' (1974, Animation)
*Based on ''Les Aventures de la Famille Anatole'':
# ''
Street Without a King'' (1950; Live-action)
# ''
Darling Anatole'' (1954; Live-action)
*Based on ':
# ' (2020; Live-action)
# ' (2023; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Boule et Bill
''Boule et Bill'' (known in English as ''Billy & Buddy'') is a popular comics, comic, created in 1959 by Franco-Belgian comics, Belgian Comic book creator, writer-artist Jean Roba in collaboration with Maurice Rosy. In 2003, the artistic responsib ...
'':
# ' (2013; Live-Action)
# ' (2017; Live-Action)
*Based on ''
Gaston'':
# ' (1981; Live-Action)
# ' (2018; Live-Action)
*Based on ''
Joséphine'':
#''
Joséphine'' (2013; Live-Action)
#''
Joséphine, Pregnant & Fabulous'' (2016; Live-Action)
*Based on ''
Les Profs'':
# ''
Serial Teachers'' (2013; Live-Action)
# ''
Serial Teachers 2'' (2015; Live-Action)
*Based on ''
Tamara'':
# ''
Tamara'' (2016; Live-Action)
# ''
Tamara Vol. 2'' (2018; Live-Action)
*Based on ''
The Old Geezers'':
**' (2018; Live-action)
**' (2022; Live-action)
One-shot films
*Based on ':
** ''
The Dance'' (1962; Live-action)
*Based on ''Algues vertes, l'histoire interdite'':
** ' (2023; Live-action)
*Based on ''L'Amour propre (ne le reste jamais très longtemps)'':
** ' (1985; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Les Amours célèbres'':
** ''
Famous Love Affairs'' (1961, Live-action)
*Based on ''Au nom du fils'':
** ''Au nom du fils'' (2015; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Aya of Yop City'':
**''
Aya of Yop City'' (2012; Animation)
*Based on ''
Barbarella'':
** ''
Barbarella'' (1968; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Benoît Brisefer'':
** ' (2014; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Bibi Fricotin'':
** ''
Bibi Fricotin'' (1951; Live-action)
*Based on ':
** ' (1996; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Blue Is the Warmest Color'':
**''
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
''Blue Is the Warmest Colour'' (; ) is a 2013 romantic drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The film follows Adèle (Exarchopoulos), a French teenager, who d ...
'' (2013; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Blue Pills
''Blue Pills'' (original title: ''Pilules Bleues'') is a 2001 Swiss-French autobiographical comic written and illustrated by Frederik Peeters.
The comic tells the story of a man falling in love with an HIV-positive woman.
The book won the 2001 ...
'':
** ' (2014; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Blueberry
Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section ''Cyanococcus'' with the genus ''Vaccinium''. Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) ...
'':
** ''
Blueberry
Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section ''Cyanococcus'' with the genus ''Vaccinium''. Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) ...
'' (2004; Live-action)
*Based on ':
** ' (2005; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Chicken with Plums'':
**''
Chicken with Plums'' (2011; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Les Cités obscures'':
** ''
Taxandria'' (1994, Live-action/cgi)
*Based on ''Clémentine chérie'':
** ' (1964; Live-action)
*Based on ''Corps et âme'':
** ''
The Assignment'' (2016; Live-action)
*Based on ''Couleur de peau: miel'':
**''
Approved for Adoption'' (2012; Animation)
*Based on ''La Course du rat'':
** ' (1980; Live-action)
*Based on ''La Création du monde'' (
Jean Effel):
** ' (1958; Animation)
*Based on ''
Le crime ne paie pas'':
** ''
Le Crime ne paie pas'' (1962; Live-action)
*Based on ''Le démon de midi'':
** ''
The Demon Stirs'' (2005; Live-action)
*Based on ':
** ' (1975; Live-action)
*Based on ''Dolorès'':
** ' (2016; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Du plomb dans la tête'':
** ''
Bullet to the Head'' (2013; Live-action)
*Based on ''
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
''The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec'' () is a gaslamp fantasy comic book series first appearing in 1976 written and illustrated by French comics artist Jacques Tardi and published in ''album'' format by Belgian publisher Caster ...
'':
** ''
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
''The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec'' () is a gaslamp fantasy comic book series first appearing in 1976 written and illustrated by French comics artist Jacques Tardi and published in ''album'' format by Belgian publisher Caster ...
'' (2010; Live-action)
*Based on ':
** ''
The Fenouillard Family'' (1961; Live-action)
*Based on ''
La Foire aux immortels'':
** ''
Immortal'' (2004; Mo-cap Animation)
*Based on ':
** ''
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales...'' (2017; Animation)
*Based on ''
Gros Dégueulasse
Gros may refer to:
People
*Gros (surname)
* Gross (surname), the German variant of Gros
* Le Gros, the Norman variant of Gros
Other uses
* Gros (coinage), a type of 13th-century silver coinage of France
* Gros (grape), another name for Elbling, ...
'':
** ''
Gros Dégueulasse
Gros may refer to:
People
*Gros (surname)
* Gross (surname), the German variant of Gros
* Le Gros, the Norman variant of Gros
Other uses
* Gros (coinage), a type of 13th-century silver coinage of France
* Gros (grape), another name for Elbling, ...
'' (1985; Live-action)
*Based on ''
La Guerre des Lulus'':
** ''
La Guerre des Lulus'' (2023; Live-action)
*Based on ':
** ' (2018; Animation)
*Based on ''L'Invitation'':
** ''
L'Invitation'' (2016; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Iznogoud
''Iznogoud'' (; from "is no good" pronounced with a French accent) is a French comics series featuring an eponymous character, created by the comics writer René Goscinny and comics artist Jean Tabary. The comic series chronicles the life and ...
'':
** ''
Iznogoud
''Iznogoud'' (; from "is no good" pronounced with a French accent) is a French comics series featuring an eponymous character, created by the comics writer René Goscinny and comics artist Jean Tabary. The comic series chronicles the life and ...
'' (2005; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Jack Palmer'':
**''
The Corsican File'' (2004; Live-action)
*Based on ':
** ' (2002; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Jesuit Joe'':
** ' (1991; Live-action)
*Based on ''Jojo'':
** ''
Jojo: The Violet Mystery'' (2000; Animation)
*Based on ''Juliette: Or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring'':
** ' (2024; Live-action)
*Based on ''Junior'':
** ' (1984; Live-action)
*Based on ''
The Killer'':
** ''
The Killer'' (2023; Live-action)
*Based on ''
The Little Vampire'':
** ''
Little Vampire'' (2020; Animation)
*Based on ''
Lou!
''Lou!'' is a French comic book series and animated television series created by Julien Neel. The comic is published by Glénat and the animated series is broadcast in France on M6 and Disney Channel. The main comic's first "season" came to an ...
'':
** ''
Lou! Journal infime'' (2014; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Lulu femme nue'':
** ''
Lulu femme nue'' (2013; Live-action)
*Based on ''Lune de guerre'':
** ' (2005; Live-action)
*Based on ''Ma maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré Buffalo Bill'':
** ' (2013; Animation)
*Based on ''Mam'zelle Souris'':
** ''Mam'zelle Souris'' (1957; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Mars et Avril'':
** ''
Mars & Avril'' (2012, Live-action/cgi)
*Based on the ''
Marsupilami
''Marsupilami'' is a comic book character and fictional animal species created by André Franquin. Its first appearance was in the 31 January 1952 issue of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. Since then it appeared regularly in th ...
'':
** ''
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami'' (2012; Live-action/cgi)
*Based on ''
Michel Vaillant'':
** ''
Michel Vaillant'' (2003; Live-action)
*Based on ''
La Mort de Staline'':
** ''
The Death of Stalin'' (2017; Live-action)
*Based on ':
** ''
Mutafukaz'' (2017; Animation)
*Based on ''
Natacha'':
**' (2025; Live-action)
*Based on ''Sandcastle'':
**''
Old'' (2021; Live-action)
*Based on ''Une nuit de pleine lune'':
**''
The Owners'' (2020; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Ordinary Victories'':
**' (2015; Live-action)
*Based on ''
L'Outremangeur'':
**''
The Overeater'' (2012; Live-action)
*Based on ''La Page blanche'':
**' (2022; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Paul
Paul may refer to:
People
* Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people
* Paul (surname), a list of people
* Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament
* Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...
'':
** ''
Paul à Québec'' (2015; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Paulette'':
** ' (1986; Live-action)
*Based on ''Pauvre Richard'':
** ' (2013; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Persepolis
Persepolis (; ; ) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and ...
'':
** ''
Persepolis
Persepolis (; ; ) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and ...
'' (2007; Animation)
*Based on ''Les Petits Ruisseaux'':
** ''
Wandering Streams'' (2010; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Le Petit Spirou'':
**''
Le Petit Spirou'' (2017; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Polina'':
** ''
Polina'' (2016; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Quai d'Orsay'':
** ''
The French Minister'' (2013; Live-action)
*Based on ''
The Rabbi's Cat'':
** ''
The Rabbi's Cat'' (2011; Animation)
*Based on ''Raoul Taburin Keeps a Secret'':
** ' (2019; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Rosalie Blum'':
**''
Rosalie Blum'' (2016; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Seuls'':
**''
Seuls'' (2017; Live-action)
*Based on ':
**''
Falcon Lake'' (2022; Live-action)
*Based on ':
** ''
P'tit Con'' (1984; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Spirou et Fantasio
''Spirou & Fantasio'' (), commonly shortened to ''Spirou'', is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comics. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European comics, European humorous adventu ...
'':
** ''
Les Aventures de Spirou et Fantasio'' (2018; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Tanguy et Laverdure'':
** ''
Sky Fighters'' (2005; Live-action)
*Based on ''La Tête dans le sac'':
** ' (1984; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Titeuf'':
** ''
Titeuf'' (2011; CGI Animation)
*Based on ':
** ''
Slices of Life'' (1985; Live-action)
*Based on ''
Le Transperceneige
''Snowpiercer'' (French language, French: ''Le Transperceneige'' ) is a four-volume post-apocalyptic, climate fiction graphic novel written by Jacques Lob and illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette. The first volume was serialized in 1982 and publishe ...
'':
** ''
Snowpiercer
''Snowpiercer'' () is a 2013 Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic action thriller film based on the French climate fiction graphic novel ''Le Transperceneige'' by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The f ...
'' (2014; Live-action/cgi)
*Based on ''
Valérian and Laureline
''Valérian and Laureline'' (), originally titled ''Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent'' () and also commonly known as ''Valérian'', is a French science fiction comics series, created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières. I ...
'':
** ''
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'' () is a 2017 space opera film written and directed by Luc Besson, and produced by his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. It is based on the French science fiction comics series '' Valérian and Laurel ...
'' (2017; Live-action/cgi)
*Based on ''V comme engeance'':
** ''Heiss-Kalt'' (1993; Live-action)
*Based on ''Vive les femmes!'':
** ' (1984; Live-action)
*Based on ''Women Have Only One Thing on Their Minds'':
** ''
Elles ne pensent qu'à ça...'' (1994; Live-action)
*Based on ''
XIII'':
** ''
XIII: The Conspiracy'' (2008; Live-action TV film)
*Based on ''
Yakari'':
** ''
Yakari, A Spectacular Journey'' (2020; Animation)
*Based on ''Zai zai zai zai'':
** ' (2022)
*Based on ':
** ''
Zombillenium'' (2017; Animation)
See also
*
List of films based on English-language comics
*
List of films based on manga
Also related:
*
List of TV series based on French-language comics
This is a list of TV series based on French-language comics, that is series and that are adaptations of Franco-Belgian comics, Francophone comics.
TV series
*Based on ''50 Nuances de Grecs'':
** ''50 Nuances de Grecs'' (2018)
*Based on ''Achille ...
*
List of films based on comic strips
*
List of fiction works made into feature films
*
List of comic-based films directed by women
*
List of Franco-Belgian comics series
References
{{Reflist
External links
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Bandes dessinées
French-language comics