| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 36 Fillette | | Delphine Zentout, Étienne Chicot, Olivier Parnière | Drama | |
| | Gian Maria Volonté, Sami Frey, Jacques Lippe | Historical film | French–Belgian co-production |
| | Tchéky Karyo | Children's/Family, adventure | |
| | Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno | Adventure | |
| Camille Claudel | | Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill | Drama | |
| Chocolat | | François Cluzet, Isaach de Bankolé, Giulia Boschi | Drama | |
| Cinema Paradiso | | Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi | Drama | Italian–French co-production |
| Emmanuelle 6 | | Nathalie Uher, Jean-René Gossart, Tamira | Drama | |
| | Clotilde de Bayser, Michel Bompoil | Drama | Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Faceless | | Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas | Horror | |
| Gandahar | | | Animated | |
| Hôtel Terminus | | Klaus Barbie, Marcel Ophüls | Documentary film | |
| Kung-Fu Master | | Jane Birkin Mathieu Demy | Drama | Entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Let Sleeping Cops Lie | | Alain Delon, Michel Serrault | Crime | |
| Life Is a Long Quiet River | | Benoît Magimel | Comedy | 4 wins & 3 nominations |
| The Little Thief | Claude Miller | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bezace, Simon de La Brosse | Drama | |
| Natalia | | Pierre Arditi, Philippe Leory-Beaulieu, Gérard Blain, Michel Voïta | Drama | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Story of Women | | Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet | Drama | Nomin. for Golden Globe, +9 wins, +3 nom. |
| To Kill a Priest | | Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland | Crime | |
| Sand and Blood | | Sami Frey | Drama | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| | Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna ter Steege, Gene Bervoets | Thriller | Dutch–French co-production |