| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Adieu Blaireau | Bob Decout | Philippe Léotard, Annie Girardot, Juliette Binoche | Crime | |
| Adieu Bonaparte | Youssef Chahine | Michel Piccoli, Patrice Chéreau, Christian Patey | Historical film | French–Egyptian co-production |
| A.K | Chris Marker | Robert Kramer, Akira Kurosawa | Documentary | |
| Asterix Versus Caesar | Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi | | Animated | |
| Chicken with Vinegar | Claude Chabrol | Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet | Mystery | |
| Dawn | Miklós Jancsó | — | — | |
| Death in a French Garden | Michel Deville | Christophe Malavoy, Nicole Garcia, Michel Piccoli | Thriller | |
| Détective | Jean-Luc Godard | — | — | |
| Gwen, or the Book of Sand | Jean-François Laguionie | | Animation | |
| Hail Mary | Jean-Luc Godard | Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste | Avant-garde, drama | French–Swiss–British co-production |
| Harem | Arthur Joffé | Nastassja Kinski, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Goldson | Drama | |
| Hell Train | Roger Hanin | Roger Hanin, Gérard Klein, Christine Pascal | Crime | |
| Hold-Up | Alexandre Arcady | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kim Cattrall, Guy Marchand | Comedy, crime | French–Canadian co-production |
| Honeymoon | Patrick Jamain | Nathalie Baye, John Shea, Richard Berry | Thriller | French–Canadian co-production |
| Hurlevent | Jacques Rivette | Fabienne Babe, Lucas Belvaux, Olivier Cruveiller | Drama, romance | |
| An Impudent Girl | Claude Miller | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Brialy | Comedy-drama | |
| L'amour braque | Andrzej Żuławski | Francis Huster, Sophie Marceau, Tchéky Karyo | Drama, romance | |
| La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding | Georges Lautner | Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonella Interlenghi | Comedy | French–Italian co-production |
| La Vie de famille | Jacques Doillon | Sami Frey, Mara Goyet, Juliet Berto | Comedy-drama | |
| Les Rois du gag | Claude Zidi | Macha Méril, Didier Kaminka | Comedy | |
| Les Spécialistes | Patrice Leconte | Bernard Giraudeau, Gérard Lanvin, Christiane Jean | Crime | |
| Manoel's Destinies | Raúl Ruiz | — | — | |
| Monsieur de Pourceaugnac | Michel Mitrani | Michel Galabru, Roger Coggio, Fanny Cottençon | Comedy | |
| The Mystery of Alexina | René Féret | Phillippe Vuillemin, Véronique Silver, Bernard Freyd | Drama | |
| November Moon | Alexandra von Grote | Maria Krasna, Gabriele Osburg, Christiane Millet | Drama, romance | West German–French co-production |
| On ne meurt que deux fois | Jacques Deray | Michel Serrault, Charlotte Rampling, Xavier Deluc | Thriller | |
| Parking | Jacques Demy | Francis Huster, Keïko Ito, Laurent Malet | Drama, fantasy | |
| Parole de flic | José Pinheiro | Alain Delon, Jacques Perrin, Fiona Gélin | Action | |
| Partir, revenir | Claude Lelouch | Annie Girardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Évelyne Bouix | Drama | |
| Police | Maurice Pialat | Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina | Drama, action | |
| P.R.O.F.S. | Patrick Schulmann | Patrick Bruel, Fabrice Luchini, Laurent Gamelon | — | |
| Ran | Akira Kurosawa | Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu | Epic | French–Japanese co-production |
| Red Kiss | Véra Belmont | Charlotte Valandrey, Lambert Wilson, Marthe Keller | — | |
| Rendez-vous | André Téchiné | Juliette Binoche, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Wadeck Stanczak | Drama | |
| Scout toujours | Gérard Jugnot | Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Claude Leguay, Jean Rougerie | Comedy | Set in 1965. |
| Shoah | Claude Lanzmann | | Documentary | |
| Subway | Luc Besson | Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Jean-Pierre Bacri | Thriller | |
| Tea in the Harem | Mehdi Charef | — | — | |
| Three Men and a Cradle | Coline Serreau | André Dussollier, Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah | Comedy | |
| Vagabond | Agnès Varda | Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss | Drama | |
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