| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 15 Lads | Romain Cogitore | François Civil, Grégoire Colin, Jules Sitruk, Michel Vuillermoz, Ralph Amoussou | War drama | |
| A Gang Story | Olivier Marchal | Gérard Lanvin, Tchéky Karyo | Drama | |
| Americano | Mathieu Demy | Mathieu Demy, Salma Hayek, Geraldine Chaplin | Drama | |
| The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo | Comedy drama | |
| Beloved | Christophe Honoré | Catherine Deneuve, Miloš Forman, Ludivine Sagnier | Comedy drama | |
| Black Gold | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas | Drama | |
| A Burning Hot Summer | Philippe Garrel | Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette | Drama | French–Italian–Swiss co-production |
| Chicken with Plums | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | Mathieu Amalric, Édouard Baer, Maria de Medeiros | Comedy drama | Belgian–French–German co-production |
| Colombiana | Olivier Megaton | Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan | Action | French–American co-production |
| The Conquest | Xavier Durringer | Denis Podalydès, Bernard Le Coq, Florence Pernel | Drama | |
| Declaration of War | Valérie Donzelli | Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm | Drama | |
| Father | Pasquale Squitieri | Franco Nero, Andrea Fachinetti, Claudia Cardinale | Thriller | |
| Forces spéciales | Stéphane Rybojad | Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoît Magimel | Action | |
| Free Men | Ismaël Ferroukhi | Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale | War drama | |
| Goodbye First Love | Mia Hansen-Løve | Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke | Drama | French-German co-production |
| Heat Wave | Jean-Jacques Jauffret | Adèle Haenel, Sylvie Lachat, Ulysse Grosjean | Drama | |
| House of Tolerance | Bertrand Bonello | Hafsia Herzi, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel | Drama | |
| The Incident | Alexandre Courtes | Rupert Evans, Kenny Doughty, Joseph Kennedy | Horror | |
| The Intouchables | Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano | François Cluzet, Omar Sy | Comedy drama | |
| Jimmy Rivière | Teddy Lussi-Modeste | Guillaume Gouix, Béatrice Dalle, Hafsia Herzi | Drama | |
| Kurosawa's Way | Catherine Cadou | Bernardo Bertolucci, Julie Taymor, Theo Angelopoulos | Documentary | |
| The Lady | Luc Besson | Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis | Drama | British–French co-production |
| Livid | Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo | Béatrice Dalle, Jérémy Kapone, Catherine Jacob | Horror | |
| The Minister | Pierre Schöller | Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman | Drama | Belgian–French co-production |
| The Monk | Dominik Moll | Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Catherine Mouchet | Drama | French–Spanish co-production |
| A Monster in Paris | Bibo Bergeron | Matthieu Chedid, Vanessa Paradis | Family film | |
| Nothing to Declare | Dany Boon | Benoît Poelvoorde, Dany Boon | Comedy | |
| Outside Satan | Bruno Dumont | David Dewaele, Alexandra Lematre, Valerie Mestdagh | Drama | |
| Pater | Alain Cavalier | Vincent Lindon | Drama | |
| Polisse | Maïwenn Le Besco | Karin Viard, Joeystarr | Drama | |
| The Rabbi's Cat | Joann Sfar | François Morel, Hafsia Herzi, Maurice Bénichou | Adventure | Animated film |
| The Silence of Joan | Philippe Ramos | Clémence Poésy, Thierry Frémont | Drama | |
| Le Skylab | Julie Delpy | Bernadette Lafont, Emmanuelle Riva | Comedy | |
| Sleepless Night | Frederic Jardin | Tomer Sisley, Adel Bencherif, Julien Boisselier | Thriller | French–Belgian–Luxembourgian co-production |
| Smugglers' Songs | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Jacques Nolot | Adventure | |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Robert Guédiguian | Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin | Drama | |
| The Source | Radu Mihăileanu | Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi | Drama | Belgian-Italian-Moroccan-French co-production |
| Le Tableau | Jean-François Laguionie | Jessica Monceau | Family | Animated French–Japanese co-production |
| Tales of the Night | Michel Ocelot | | Animated film | Compilation movie of Dragons et princesses |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tomas Alfredson | Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong | Spy | French–German–British co-production |
| Titeuf | Zep | | Comedy | Animated film |
| Tomboy | Céline Sciamma | Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson | Drama | |
| Tous les soleils | Philippe Claudel | Stefano Accorsi, Neri Marcorè, Lisa Cipriani | Comedy | |
| Tu Seras Mon Fils | Gilles Legrand | Niels Arestrup, Lorànt Deutsch | Drama | |
| Voir la mer | Patrice Leconte | Nicolas Giraud, Clément Sibony, Pauline Lefèvre, Gilles Cohen | Comedy drama | |
| The Women on the 6th Floor | Philippe le Guay | Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke | Comedy | |