| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| AC/DC: Let There Be Rock | Eric Dionysius, Eric Mistler | Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Phil Rudd, Cliff Williams | Documentary, concert | American-French co-production |
| Atlantic City | Louis Malle | Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli | Crime, romance | Canadian-French co-production |
| Death Watch | Bertrand Tavernier | Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton | Science fiction | French-West German co-production |
| Every Man for Himself | Jean-Luc Godard | Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye | Drama | French-Swiss co-production |
| Girls | Just Jaeckin | Anne Parillaud, Zoé Chauveau, Charlotte Walior | Drama | French-West German-Canadian co-production |
| Inspector Blunder | Claude Zidi | Coluche, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Lavanant | Comedy | |
| Je vous aime | Claude Berri | Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gérard Depardieu | Drama | |
| La Boum | Claude Pinoteau | Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau | Comedy | |
| La Cage aux Folles II | Edouard Molinaro | Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Gianni Frisoni | Comedy | French-Italian co-production |
| La Légion saute sur Kolwezi | Raoul Coutard | Bruno Creةer,ة Mimsy Farmer, Giuliano Gemma | Adventure | |
| The Last Metro | François Truffaut | Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret | Drama | |
| Le Guignolo | Georges Lautner | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Galabru, Georges Géret | Comedy | French-Italian co-production |
| Le Roi et l'oiseau | Paul Grimault | Jean Martin, Pascal Mazzotti, Raymond Bussières, Agnès Viala | Children's/Family | |
| Le Voyage en douce | Michel Deville | Dominique Sanda, Geraldine Chaplin, Frédéric Andréi | Comedy-drama | |
| Loulou | Maurice Pialat | Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Guy Marchand | Drama, romance | |
| Mon oncle d'Amérique | Alain Resnais | Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger-Pierre | Comedy-drama | |
| Night Games | Roger Vadim | Cindy Pickett, Barry Primus, Joanna Cassidy | Adult, drama | French-American co-production |
| Night of the Hunted | Jean Rollin | Brigitte Lahaie, Dominique Journet, Vincent Gardnere | Horror | |
| Public Telephone | Jean-Marie Périer | Téléphone | Documentary | |
| Three Men to Kill | Jacques Deray | Alain Delon, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Pierre Dux | Thriller | |
| Tusk | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Cyrielle Claire, Anton Diffring, Christopher Mitchum | Drama | |
| A Week's Vacation | Bertrand Tavernier | Nathalie Baye, Gérard Lanvin, Michel Galabru | Drama | |
| The Woman Cop | Yves Boisset | Miou-Miou, Jean-Marc Thibault, Jean-Pierre Kalfon | Thriller | |
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