| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|
| Barbarous Street | Giloles Béhat | Bernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson, Jean-Pierre Kalfon | Crime | [1] |
| Black List | Alain Bonnot | Annie Girardot, Paul Crauchet | Crime | [2] |
| The Blood of Others | Claude Chabrol | Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill | Drama, war | French–Canadian co-production[3][4] |
| Boy Meets Girl | Leos Carax | Denis Lavant, Mireille Perrier, Carroll Brooks | Drama, romance | [5][6][7] |
| Carmen | Francesco Rosi | Julia Migenes Johnson, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi | Musical | French–Italian co-production[8][9][10] |
| Cheaters (Tricheurs) | Barbet Schroeder | Jacques Dutronc, Bulle Ogier | Drama | |
| Emmanuelle 4 | Francis Leroi, Iris Letans | Sylvia Kristel, Mia Nygren, Patrick Bauchau | Adult | [11][12] |
| Fort Saganne | Alain Corneau | Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret | Epic, romance | [13][14][15] |
| Full Moon in Paris | Éric Rohmer | Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini | Comedy-drama | [16][17][18] |
| Happy Easter | Georges Lautner | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Marceau, Marie Laforêt | Comedy | [19][20][21] |
| Klassenverhältnisse | Straub–Huillet | Christian Heinisch, Mario Adorf, Nazzareno Bianconi | Drama | West German–French co-production |
| L'Amour à mort | Alain Resnais | Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Fanny Ardant | Drama | [22][23] |
| Le tartuffe | Gérard Depardieu | Gérard Depardieu, François Périer, Paule Annen | Comedy | [24][25][26] |
| Les Morfalous | Henri Verneuil | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Villeret, Michel Constantin | Adventure | [27][28] |
| Les Trottoirs de Bangkok | Jean Rollin | Yoko, Françoise Blanchard, Gérard Landry | Spy | [29][30] |
| Monster Shark | Lamberto Bava | Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, Gianni Garko | Horror | Italian–French co-production[31][32] |
| My New Partner | Claude Zidi | Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Grace de Capitani | Comedy | [33][34][35] |
| Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell | | West German–French co-production[36][37] |
| The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak | Just Jaeckin | Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Jean Rougerie | Adventure | [38][39][40] |
| The Pirate | Jacques Doillon | Jane Birkin, Philippe Léotard, Maruschka Detmers | Drama | [41][42] |
| The Public Woman | Andrzej Żuławski | Francis Huster, Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson | Drama | [43][44][45] |
| Success Is the Best Revenge | Jerzy Skolimowski | Michael York, Joanna Szczerbic, Michael Lyndon | | British–French co-production[46][47] |
| A Sunday in the Country | Bertrand Tavernier | Louis Ducreux, Sabine Azéma, Michel Aumont | Drama | [48][49][50] |
| Swann in Love | Volker Schlöndorff | Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon | Drama | West German–French co-production[51][52] |
| The Twin | Yves Robert | Pierre Richard, Carey More, Camilla More | Comedy | [53][54][55] |