Les Blues were favourites going into the final but Croatia didn't make it easy for Didier Deschamps' men.
The World Cup final debutants will point to some controversial VAR decisions as damaging their bid for glory after a pulsating clash in Moscow.
The victory at the Luzhniki Stadium gives France their second world title - 20 years after they first won the award under Deschamps' captaincy on home soil in 1998.
Kylian Mbappe wasn't even born when France won that tournament, but he was on the scoresheet this evening, netting the fourth goal as Les Blues edged toward glory.
Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann also found the net, with an own-goal from Mario Mandzukic opening the scoring for the eventual winners.
Ivan Perisic cancelled out that opener with a stunning strike but Croatia couldn't match France's potency in front of goal.
Mandzukic made up for his own-goal by scoring Croatia's second after a huge blunder from Hugo Lloris gifted him the ball.
But there wasn't to be a dream comeback for the Balkans side, leading to wild celebrations on the pitch in Russia and back home in Paris and across the whole of France.
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