{"id":176592559,"date":"2020-11-18T10:13:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog-new\/?p=176592559"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:19:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:19:39","slug":"french-subtitles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/french-subtitles\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to Find Great Videos that Include French Subtitles"},"content":{"rendered":"

French subtitles are comprehensible input for everybody, from beginners all the way to advanced language learners. <\/span><\/p>\n

But just as all language learning websites are not created equal, not all subtitles are created equal. The difference lies in how the subtitles are generated, the genre of the video, and the level of interaction these videos offer.<\/span><\/p>\n

For me, I prefer professionally made subtitles, like the ones that come with foreign films you can buy or rent. The pacing is more natural, and folks in movies don\u2019t talk as fast as, say, YouTubers. But, I am old. <\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever genre you prefer, high-quality, properly subtitled French content is out there for you. A ton of good language learning websites produce interactive videos with French subtitles, and these are readily available. In this post, I talk about a few of my favourites, and the pros and cons of each. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Create Lessons with French Shows and Movies<\/h2>\n

LingQ is the best way to <\/span>learn French online<\/span><\/a> because it lets you learn from content you enjoy! <\/span>It’s easy to create French lessons on LingQ with shows and movies. Let me show you how…<\/p>\n

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Step 1: Create Your Lesson with the LingQ Browser Extension<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You can download the LingQ browser extension for Chrome<\/a>, Safari<\/a> and Firefox<\/a>. Once you have it, add it to your toolbar and you can click on it to make a lesson out of any page you come across with French content with subtitles.<\/p>\n

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Step 2: LingQ Words and Phrases<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Next, work your way through the lesson, making LingQs with words and phrases you don’t know.<\/p>\n

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Step 3: Watch the Show or Movie!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You can keep the French subtitles up or, if your level is advanced enough, go without. You’ll be surprised at how much you can understand with this method. Give it a try!<\/p>\n

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So let’s get into these French Netflix shows<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Netflix and Learn?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I\u2019m legitimately disgruntled with how the term \u201c<\/span>Netflix and Chill<\/span><\/i>\u201d has been co-opted in pop culture. What if I just want to watch Netflix and <\/span>actually <\/span><\/i>chill? As a language learner, I have access to so much subtitled foreign language content via <\/span>Netflix<\/span> that I\u2019m continually finding great new content to help me upgrade my language learning skills! And how stimulating is that?<\/span><\/p>\n

Netflix has wonderful French-language programming with solid subtitling. I followed <\/span>The Returned<\/span><\/i> series, and, while enraptured in the story, exposed myself to some top notch comprehensible input! I recommend that you seek out shows from France on Netflix, particularly. The French film and TV industry does its best work with suspense and ennuie.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Netflix\u2019s volume and variety of content is great, but it isn\u2019t designed with language learners in mind. Originally English-language films and TV shows can include subs with many errors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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YouTube<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Like Netflix, <\/span>YouTube<\/span><\/a> has a crazy quantity of video with available French subtitles, but the quality isn\u2019t always dependable; and don\u2019t get me started on the automatic – translated – subtitles! They can be pretty awful on <\/span>YouTube<\/span><\/i> in particular, but still worth a try when you have no other choice. So why am I still talking about YouTube, you ask? Besides the valuable, and very well subtitled, how-to videos on channels like <\/span>Easy Languages<\/span><\/a>, there are some highly entertaining French YouTubers that will keep advanced learners engaged.<\/span><\/p>\n