“Zorro”, “La Mesías”, “HPI”… What are the best series of 2024 to watch on free platforms, according to “Télérama” critics? Discover our selection to catch up on, and all for free.
Bruno Salomone, Camille Moutawakil, Jean-Désiré Augnet and Baptiste Carrion-Weiss in “Enjoy! “. PhotoThibaut Grabherr/Le collective 64 – France Télévisions
By Marion Sergent with the Series department
Published on December 16, 2024 at 5:40 p.m.
Le top 10 best series of the year 2024 from critics of Telerama has already come out of the polls and is visible here, but shouldn't we give other series a chance? Even more so when they are visible for free? French, foreign, over several seasons, short and innovative formats or family and unifying events, discover the best series of the year on the Arte.TV, France.tv, TF1+ and M6+ platforms according to Telerama.
Arte.tv
Fantastic treasure hunt: “La mesías”
Photo Carla Oset
The mysterious story of a brother and a sister haunted by the nightmare of their childhood intoxicated by the sectarian madness of their mother… The Spanish duo Javier Ambrossi-Javier Calvo has created a pop and dreamlike miniseries of extraordinary audacity.
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“The Messiah”
Shakespearean: “Those who blush”
Peach
In a high school, the arrival of a replacement teacher causes an earthquake among the theater option students, who are forced to give in. A short and impactful series in eight episodes, by and with Julien-Gaspar Oliveri, to be seen from 12 years old.
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“Those who blush”
Sparkling with freshness: “Samuel”
The Waltzers/Arte
In twenty-one episodes of a few minutes, the diary of a little 10-year-old boy, through the seasons of the soul and his inclination for Julie, really thrills. Cartoonist and author, Émilie Tronche seduces all generations with this tender animated series.
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“Samuel”
Upsetting: “Lonely Loves”, season 2
Milgram
Can we forget a first love? Or, more thorny: can we become friends again after leaving each other? In a second season freely adapted from the Instagram account Lonely loves — a 2.0 collection of digital exchanges between anonymous lovers — the miniseries continues to subtly probe the complexity and versatility of the feeling of love.
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“Lonely Loves”, season 2
Dysfunctional love: “Corker”
Portrait_Robot / Production Company
In this miniseries brimming with truth and humor, actress-writer-director Éléonore Costes portrays her own family at the time of their father's cancer. Their glue: love, complicity and excess. Endearing.
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“Cork”
Tasty satire: “Headhunters”
Photo Lillian Julsvik
Roger Brown is a headhunter for large companies. But he is also a liar and manipulator, whose plans often end up failing. Adapted from the novel by Jo Nesbø, a delicious black comedy with cruel humor.
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“Headhunters”
Reinventing the family: “Patience my love”, season 2
Art TV
This invigorating web series around two heroines who form a family continues after the birth of their child. And do not shy away from the joys of everyday life or the fight against injustice.
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“Patience my love”
France.tv
Return of an iconic hero: “Zorro”
Photo Christophe Brachet/France Télévisions/Paramount+
With this new adaptation, Noé Debré and Benjamin Charbit make Zorro a more contemporary hero and offer Jean Dujardin a golden score. An abundant series, sometimes a little too much, but which skillfully plays with different registers of comedy.
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“Zorro”
On borrowed time: “Our lives up in the air”
Photo Louis-Adrien LE BLAY/Wanda – France Télévisions
Two teenagers who want to end things meet on a roof and make a pact. With this touching and very modern miniseries, Margaux Bonhomme brilliantly adapts Manon Fargetton's novel.
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“Nos dirty en l'air”
At 100 miles an hour: “Enjoy !”
Photo Thibaut Grabherr/Le collective 64 – FTV
A bicycle delivery man, a young journalist and a lawyer are caught in the internal spiral of Uberization and continuous news channels, a system thirsty for speed and performance. This gripping social thriller, inspired by a novel, has an edifying message.
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“Enjoy !”
BlaBlaCar version therapy: “In Her Car”
Photo Roman Lisovsky
Aboard her car, transformed into a traveling psychologist's office, Lydia listens to the torments of Ukrainians at the start of the conflict. In the passenger compartment of the vehicle, which travels from kyiv to Kharkiv or from Odessa to the Polish border, a human ecology unfolds, thanks to which what separated beings gives way to repair.
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“In Her Car”
TF1+
Polar familial : “HPI”, saison 4
Photo Philippe Leroux/September Productions
To be honest, after the “wow” effect of the beginning, the character played by the thunderous Audrey Fleurot threatened to go in circles. But this fourth season catches up with us by doubling its inventiveness. The priceless investigator Morgane Alvaro is forced to review her love stories… A joyful and lively season.
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“HPI”, saison 4
M6+
On the trail of terrorists: “The Spies of Terror”
Tetra Media Fiction – Quintessence Fictions
When the DGSI and the DGSE join forces to find the spies of the Islamic State after November 13… This dense but gripping miniseries weaves a fiction based on the investigation published in 2018 by the journalist specializing in terrorism Matthieu Suc. And takes us on a hunt for those responsible for a national trauma.
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“The Spies of Terror”
And for even more ideas for series available on Netflix, Arte.tv, MyCanal… find all our thematic selections and lists on our platform guide.
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