| 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] |