Big Five 2020

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea (1985 - 1987)

8 /10

The Arkadians are a civilization that survived a great cataclysm and moved to the center of the earth, thriving under the power of their artificial sun, The Tehra, until one day it began to fail. In desperation, the Arkadians broke the ancient law and entered the Forbidden Archives to search for an answer. They used their special powers and created a messenger to the people above, naming her Arkana. She meets up with Matt and Rebecca, two ordinary kids from the surface world, Bic and Bac, two strange anteaters from Arkadia, and Spartakus, a mysterious warrior. Together they search the worlds of the strata for a way to save a people and possibly the world.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 1985 - 1987

Director: Nina Wolmark

Stars: Jeanine Forney , Chris Benard , Marc Moro , Jean Négroni , Perrette Pradier , Albert Augier

Galactik Football (2006 - 2011)

7.7 /10

Galactik Football is a french animated television series, co-produced by Alphanim, France 2, Jetix Europe, and Welkin-Animation. Its third 26-episode season aired in Europe in June 2010. In the universe of Galactik Football, the inhabited worlds of the Zaelion Galaxy compete in Galactik Football, a sport analogous to football, but played seven to a side. The game is complicated by the addition of Flux, which enhances a player's attributes such as speed, strength, and agility, or grants special powers such as teleportation. The story follows the fate of an inexperienced Galactik Football team, the Snow Kids, as they aim to compete in the Galactik Football Cup.

Average Episode Run Time: 26` . Year(s): 2006 - 2011

Director: Dominique Etchecopar , Antoine Charreyron , Frederic Dybowski

Producer: Marc Gabizon , Lilian Eche , Daina Sacco

Stars: Florence Dumortier , Fréderic Popovic , Yann Pichon , Isabelle Volpe , Emmanuel Gradi , Nathalie Bienaimé

Vortex (2023)

0 /10

Two mysterious deaths. A rift in time. Sci-fi thriller about policeman Ludovic who risks everything when he tries to change the past.

Average Episode Run Time: 55` . Year(s): 2023

Director: Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun , Camille Couasse , Sarah Farkas

Producer: Iris Bucher , Roman Turlure

Stars: Tomer Sisley , Camille Claris , Zineb Triki , Anaïs Parello , Maxime Gueguen , Eric Pucheu

Code Lyoko: Evolution (2013)

5.8 /10

Jérémie, Aelita, Yumi, Ulrich, Odd and William return to their daily lives as students of Kadic College. But XANA, the multi-agent program that had become their mortal enemy and that they had managed to destroy in their previous adventures, reappears. The Lyoko Warriors reactivate the supercomputer in order to return to Lyoko, discover the reasons for this reappearance and put an end to it before the Earth is threatened again.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 2013

Director: David Carayon , Luccio Di Rosa , Florian Ferrier

Stars: Léonie Berthonnaud , Quentin Merabet , Mélanie Tran , Marin Lafitte , Gulliver Bevernaege-Benhadj , Diego Mestanza

Plan B (2017 - 2023)

0 /10

Who has not at one time wanted to go back and change the course of events? And what if you were given a second chance, a Plan B?

Average Episode Run Time: 43` . Year(s): 2017 - 2023

Director: Jean-François Asselin

Stars: Pier-Luc Funk , Évelyne Rompré , Patrice Robitaille , Marc Beaupré

Parallels (2022)

0 /10

Four teenagers' lives are turned upside down when a mysterious event propels them into parallel dimensions.

Average Episode Run Time: 38` . Year(s): 2022

Director: Jean-Baptiste Saurel , Quoc Dang Tran

Producer: Raphaël Rocher , Quoc Dang Tran , Éric Laroche

Stars: Timoté Rigault , Thomas Chomel , Omar Mebrouk , Jules Houplain , Jade Pedri , Naidra Ayadi

Into the Night (2020 - 2021)

0 /10

When the sun suddenly starts killing everything in its path, passengers on an overnight flight from Brussels attempt to survive by any means necessary.

Average Episode Run Time: 37` . Year(s): 2020 - 2021

Director: Jason George

Stars: Pauline Étienne , Laurent Capelluto , Jan Bijvoet , Mehmet Kurtuluş , Alba Gaïa Bellugi , Nicolas Alechine

The Returned (2012 - 2015)

8.1 /10

In the shadow of an enormous hydraulic dam, the lives of the residents of a small French town are changed to their core when hundreds of previously dead relatives all return home on the same day.

Average Episode Run Time: 54` . Year(s): 2012 - 2015

Director: Fabrice Gobert

Stars: Anne Consigny , Frédéric Pierrot , Clotilde Hesme , Céline Sallette , Samir Guesmi , Guillaume Gouix

Vampires (2020)

0 /10

A Paris teen who's half human, half vampire grapples with her emerging powers and family turmoil as she's pursued by a secret vampire community.

Average Episode Run Time: 40` . Year(s): 2020

Director: Anne Cissé , Isaure Pisani-Ferry , Benjamin Dupas

Producer: Antoine Szymalka

Stars: Juliette Cardinski , Oulaya Amamra , Pierre Lottin , Aliocha Schneider , Kate Moran , Mounir Amamra

Twice Upon a Time (2019)

6.9 /10

Months after a crushing breakup, a man receives a mysterious package that opens a portal to the past -- and gives him a chance to win back his ex.

Average Episode Run Time: 49` . Year(s): 2019

Director: Guillaume Nicloux , Nathalie Leuthreau

Stars: Gaspard Ulliel , Freya Mavor , Patrick d'Assumçao , Claire Sermonne , Richard Dillane , Éva Ionesco

Zak Storm (2011 - 2018)

6.7 /10

The adventures of Zak Storm - a headstrong and adventurous kid swept into the Bermuda Triangle while trying to win a surfing competition. Once inside, Zak partners up with a magical sword that allows him to transform into a swashbuckling, renegade hero to face the numerous perils of the unique and diverse Seven Seas of the Triangle.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 2011 - 2018

Director: Philippe Guyenne

Stars: Michael Johnston , Christine Marie Cabanos , Christopher Corey Smith , Max Mittelman , Reba Buhr , Kyle Hebert

Martin Mystery (2003 - 2006)

7.5 /10

Martin Mystery has a passion for all things paranormal. When he's not at school, this teenage lover of supernatural ooze works undercover for a secret bureau specialising in mysterious phenomena. Together with his older stepsister Diana, Java (a massive caveman lost in time) and Billy (a small green hovering creature), he checks out weird wonders. Martin is always bursting with energy and seldom thinks before he leaps. Diana is his guardian angel – a straight-A student, she brings the brains to their missions. Seen a zombie, alien or ghost? Call Martin Mystery.

Average Episode Run Time: 30` . Year(s): 2003 - 2006

Director: David Michel

Stars: Alexis Tomassian , Dorothée Pousséo , Sylvain Lemarie , Yann Le Madic , Laurence Dourlens , Emmanuel Garijo