| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 125 Rue Montmartre | Gilles Grangier | Lino Ventura, Andréa Parisy, Dora Doll | Crime | |
| The 400 Blows | François Truffaut | Jean-Pierre Léaud, Robert Beauvais, Claire Maurier | Drama | [1] |
| All the Boys Are Called Patrick | Jean-Luc Godard | | Drama (short) | |
| Archimède le clochard | Gilles Grangier | Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier | Comedy | French-Italian co-production[2] |
| Beast at Bay | Pierre Chenal | Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vidal | Thriller | |
| The Big Chief | Henri Verneuil | Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Florence Blot | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Léa Garcia | Fantasy, romance | French-Italian-Brazilian co-production[3][4] |
| Come Dance with Me | Michel Boisrond | Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams | Mystery | French-Italian co-production[5] |
| Les Cousins | Claude Chabrol | Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel | Drama | [6] |
| The Cow and I | Henri Verneuil | Fernandel, René Havard, Ingeborg Schöner | Comedy-Drama | French-Italian co-production[7] |
| Double Agents | Robert Hossein | Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady | Thriller | French-Italian co-production |
| Du rififi chez les femmes | Alex Joffé | Nadja Tiller, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monfort | Crime | French-Italian co-production[8] |
| The Female | Julien Duvivier | Brigitte Bardot, António Vilar, Lila Kedrova | Drama | French-Italian production[9] |
| La Fievre Monte a El Pao | Luis Buñuel | Gérard Philipe, María Félix, Jean Servais | Drama | French-Mexican production[10] |
| The Gendarme of Champignol | Jean Bastia | Jean Richard, Roger Pierre, Noël Roquevert | Comedy | [11] |
| General Della Rovere | Roberto Rossellini | Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli | Drama | Italian-French co-production[12] |
| The Giant of Marathon | Jacques Tourneur | Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot | Action adventure | Co-produced with Italy [13] |
| The Green Mare | Claude Autant-Lara | Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo, Yves Robert | Comedy, drama, history | Co-production with Italy |
| Head of a Tyrant | Fernando Cerchio | Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey | Historical | Co-production with Italy |
| Hercules Unchained | Pietro Francisci | Steve Reeves, Sylvia Lopez, Sylva Koscina | Adventure, fantasy | Italian-French co-production[14][15] |
| Hiroshima Mon Amour | Alain Resnais | Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas | Drama | French-Japanese co-production[16] |
| Hit and Run | Bernard Borderie | Antonella Lualdi, Félix Marten, Aimè Clariond | Crime | French-Italian-Yugoslav co-production |
| Houla Houla | Robert Darène | Fernand Raynaud, Noël Roquevert | Comedy | |
| The Indestructible | Jean Boyer | Fernandel, Line Renaud, Michel Galabru | Comedy | |
| The Indian Tomb | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Christian, Paul Hubschmid | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production[17][18][19] |
| I Spit on Your Grave | Michel Gast | Christian Marquand, Antonella Lualdi | Crime | |
| It Only Happens to the Living | Tony Saytor | Raymond Pellegrin, Magali Noël | Drama mystery thriller | |
| Julie the Redhead | Claude Boissol | Daniel Gélin, Pascale Petit, Margo Lion | Comedy | [20] |
| Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Roger Vadim | Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Valérie | Drama | French-Italian co-production[21] |
| The Lovers of Tomorrow | Marcel Blistène | Édith Piaf, Michel Auclair, Armand Mestral | Drama musical mystery |
| Magnificent Sinner | Robert Siodmak | Romy Schneider, Curd Jurgens | Drama, Historical, Romance | |
| Marie-Octobre | Julien Duvivier | Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier | Mystery | |
| Nathalie, Secret Agent | Henri Decoin | Martine Carol, Félix Marten, Darío Moreno | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| The Night of the Hunted | Bernard-Roland | Philippe Clay, Juliette Mayniel, Sami Frey | Crime | Co-production with Belgium |
| Nina | Jean Boyer | Sophie Desmarets, Olivier Hussenot, Agnès Laurent | Comedy | |
| Toi, le venin | Robert Hossein | Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Odile Versois | Mystery | Co-production with Italy |
| Pensione Edelweiss | Ottorino Franco Bertolini, Víctor Merenda | Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams, Lino Ventura | Drama thriller | Co-production with Italy |
| Picnic on the Grass | Jean Renoir | Paul Meurisse, Blavette, André Brunot Régine Blaes | Comedy Romance | [22] |
| Pickpocket | Robert Bresson | Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie | Drama | [23] |
| Quay of Illusions | Émile Couzinet | Gaby Morlay, Louis Seigner, Lise Bourdin | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| The Road to Shame | Édouard Molinaro | Robert Hossein, Magali Noël, Estella Blain, Philippe Clay | Crime | |
| The Sign of Leo | Éric Rohmer | Jess Hahn, Michèle Girardon, Van Doude | Comedy-drama | [24] |
| Stars at Noon | Jacques Ertaud, Marcel Ichac | Roger Blin | Adventure | Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Tiger Attacks | Maurice Labro | Lino Ventura, Estella Blain, Paul Frankeur | Crime | |
| The Tiger of Eschnapur | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Claus Holm | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production[25][26][27] |
| This Desired Body | Luis Saslavsky | Daniel Gélin, Dany Carrel, Maurice Ronet, Belinda Lee | Drama | |
| Too Late to Love | Henri Decoin | Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal | Drama | |
| Twelve Hours by the Clock | Géza von Radványi | Lino Ventura, Eva Bartok, Hannes Messemer, Laurent Terzieff | Crime | Co-production with West Germany |
| Venetian Honeymoon | Alberto Cavalcanti | Martine Carol, Vittorio De Sica, Philippe Nicaud | Romantic comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| The Verdict | Jean Valère | Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein | Drama | Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival |
| Visa to Hell | Alfred Rode | Claudine Dupuis, Jean Gaven, Pierre Dudan, Georges Rivière, Nadine Tallier | Crime | |
| Way of Youth | Michel Boisrond | Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Alain Delon | Drama | [28] |
| Witness in the City | Édouard Molinaro | Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Franco Fabrizi | Crime | Co-production with Italy |
| Women Are Weak | Michel Boisrond | Alain Delon, Mylène Demongeot, Pascale Petit, Jacqueline Sassard | Comedy Romance | [29] |