| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Asterix in Britain | Pino van Lamsweerde | | Adventure, comedy | French–Danish co-production |
| Betty Blue | | Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Consuelo de Haviland | Drama | |
| Exploits of a Young Don Juan | | Fabrice Josso, Claudine Auger, Serena Grandi | | French–Italian co-production |
| Ginger and Fred | | Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi | Comedy-drama | Italian–French–West German co-production |
| ' | | Marie Rivière, Rosette, Béatrice Romand | Drama | |
| Hôtel du Paradis | | Fernando Rey, Fabrice Luchini, Hugues Quester | Drama | French–British co-production |
| I Love You | | Anémone, Eddy Mitchell, Christopher Lambert | Comedy drama | French–Italian co-production |
| Jean de Florette | | Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu | | |
| Kamikaze | | Michel Galabru, Richard Bohringer, Dominique Lavanant | Thriller, science fiction | |
| Le couteau sous la gorge | Claude Mulot | Florence Guérin, Alexandre Sterling | Crime | |
| ' | | Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard, Anaïs Bret | Comedy | |
| ' | | Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Évelyne Bouix | Drama | |
| Manon des Sources | | Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart | Drama | |
| Mauvais Sang | | Denis Lavant, Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche | Crime, romance | |
| | Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Diana Quick | | |
| Ménage | | Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou | Comedy | |
| My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister | | Michel Serrault, Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche | Comedy | |
| ' | | Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger | Mystery | West German–Italian–French co-production |
| Pirates | | Walter Matthau, Damien Thomas, Richard Pearson | Adventure | French–Tunisian co-production |
| Round Midnight | | Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Sandra Reaves-Phillip | Drama | French–American co-production |
| | Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall | Drama | Swedish–French co-production |
| Salomè | | Jo Champa, Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Drama | |
| Sarraounia | | Aï Keïta, Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine | | French–Burkina Faso co-production |
| Scene of the Crime | | Catherine Deneuve, Wadeck Stanczak, Nicolas Giraudi | Drama | |
| Terminus | Pierre-William Glenn | Johnny Hallyday | Adventure | |
| Twist again à Moscou | Jean-Marie Poiré | Philippe Noiret, Christian Clavier, Martin Lamotte | Comedy | |