| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Afraid of the Dark | Mark Peploe | James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Paul McGann | Thriller | British–French co-production |
| Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | Léos Carax | Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Marie Trintignant | Romance, drama | |
| La Belle Noiseuse | Jacques Rivette | Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin | Drama | |
| Delicatessen | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus | Comedy | |
| The Double Life of Véronique | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Aleksander Bardini | Drama | French–Polish co-production |
| L'entraînement du champion avant la course | Bernard Favre | | | Screened at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival |
| Fortune Express | Olivier Schatzky | | | Entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival |
| Jacquot de Nantes | Agnès Varda | | | Screened at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival |
| J'embrasse pas | André Téchiné | Philippe Noiret | Drama | 1 win & 3 nominations |
| Madame Bovary | Claude Chabrol | Isabelle Huppert | | Entered into the 17th 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 at Cannes |
| 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 the 1991 Cannes Film Festival |
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