| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|
| Afraid of the Dark | Mark Peploe | James Fox,Fanny Ardant,Paul McGann | Thriller | British–French co-production[1][2][3] |
| Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | Léos Carax | Juliette Binoche,Denis Lavant,Marie Trintignant | Romance, drama | [4] |
| La Belle Noiseuse | Jacques Rivette | Michel Piccoli,Emmanuelle Béart,Jane Birkin | Drama | [5] |
| Delicatessen | Marc Caro,Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Dominique Pinon,Marie-Laure Dougnac,Jean-Claude Dreyfus | Comedy | [6] |
| The Double Life of Véronique | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Irène Jacob,Wladyslaw Kowalski,Aleksander Bardini | Drama | French–Polish co-production[7] |
| L'entraînement du champion avant la course | Bernard Favre | | | Screened at the1991 Cannes Film Festival |
| Fortune Express | Olivier Schatzky | | | Entered into the41st Berlin International Film Festival |
| Jacquot de Nantes | Agnès Varda | | | Screened at the1991 Cannes Film Festival |
| J'embrasse pas | André Téchiné | Philippe Noiret | Drama | 1 win & 3 nominations |
| Madame Bovary | Claude Chabrol | Isabelle Huppert | | Entered into the17th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Mayrig | Henri Verneuil | Claudia Cardinale,Omar Sharif | Drama | 1 win & 1 nomination |
| A Mere Mortal (Simple mortel) | Pierre Jolivet | Philippe Volter,Christophe Bourseiller,Nathalie Roussel,Roland Giraud | Thriller | |
| Night and Day | Chantal Akerman | Guilaine Londez,Thomas Langmann | Drama | |
| Out of Life | Maroun Bagdadi | | | Won the Jury Prize atCannes |
| The Secret of Sarah Tombelaine | Daniel Lacambre | Irène Jacob,Marc de Jonge,Jean-Paul Roussillon | Horror | |
| Tous les Matins du Monde | Alain Corneau | Jean-Pierre Marielle,Gérard Depardieu | Biography drama | Nomin. for Golden Globe, +8 wins, +5 nom. |
| Van Gogh | Maurice Pialat | | | Entered into the1991 Cannes Film Festival |