| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Aviator's Wife | Éric Rohmer | Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière, Anne-Laure Meury | Comedy-drama | |
| Beau-père | Bertrand Blier | Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet | Comedy-drama, romance | |
| Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed | Laurent Heynemann | Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Lisa Kreuzer | Thriller | Co-production with West Germany |
| Coup de Torchon | Bertrand Tavernier | Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle | Crime, comedy | |
| Diva | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Frédéric Andréi, Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, Richard Bohringer | Thriller | |
| Docteur Jekyll et les femmes | Walerian Borowczyk | Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Howard Vernon | Horror | |
| Fruits of Passion | Shuji Terayama | Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Illiers, Arielle Dombasle | Adult | French-Japanese co-production |
| Garde à vue | Claude Miller | Romy Schneider, Michel Serrault, Lino Ventura | Thriller | |
| La Chèvre | Francis Veber | Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Corynne Charbit | Comedy | |
| La provinciale | Claude Goretta | Bruno Ganz, Patrick Chesnais, Dominique Paturel | | |
| La Soupe aux choux | Jean Girault | Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret, Christine Dejoux | Comedy | |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover | Just Jaeckin | Sylvia Kristel, Shane Briant, Nicholas Clay | Drama | French-British co-production |
| Le Choix des armes | Alain Corneau | Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve | Crime | |
| Le Pont du Nord | Jacques Rivette | Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti | Avant-garde | |
| Le Professionnel | Georges Lautner | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Beaune, Cyrielle Claire | Thriller | |
| Les Uns et les Autres | Claude Lelouch | Robert Hossein, Nicole Garcia, Geraldine Chaplin | Epic | |
| Murder Obsession | Riccardo Freda | Stefano Patrizi, Martine Brochard, Henri Garcin | Horror | Italian-French co-production |
| Neige | Juliet Berto | Juliet Berto, Jean-François Stévenin, Robert Liensol | | |
| Possession | Andrzej Żuławski | Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennent | Avant-garde | French-West German co-production |
| Pourquoi pas nous? | Michel Berny | Aldo Maccione, Dominique Lavanant | Comedy | |
| The Prodigal Daughter | Jacques Doillon | Jane Birkin, Michel Piccoli | Drama | |
| Quest for Fire | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman | Adventure | Canadian-French co-production |
| Strange Affair | Pierre Granier-Deferre | Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Nathalie Baye | Drama | |
| Teheran 43 | Alexander Alov | Alain Delon, Claude Jade, Curd Jurgens | Thriller | French-Russian co-production |
| Un étrange voyage | Alain Cavalier | Jean Rochefort, Camille de Casabianca, Arlette Bonnard | Drama | |
| The Woman Next Door | François Truffaut | Fanny Ardant, Gérard Depardieu, Henri Garcin | Drama | |
| Zombie Lake | Julian de Laserna, Jean Rollin | Howard Vernon, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Anouchka | Horror | French-Spanish co-production |