| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 5x2 | François Ozon | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Drama | Nominated for Golden Lion & 1 win |
| Les 11 commandements | François Desagnat
Thomas Sorriaux | Michaël Youn, Vincent Desagnat, Benjamin Morgaine | Comedy | |
| À tout de suite | Benoît Jacquot | Isild Le Besco | Drama | 1 win Gijón International Film Festival |
| Anatomy of Hell | Catherine Breillat | Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi | Drama | |
| Banlieue 13 | Pierre Morel | Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle | Action | |
| Clean | Olivier Assayas | Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte | Drama | 2 wins & 3 nominations |
| The Chorus | Christophe Barratier | Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand | Comedy drama | Nominated for 2 Oscars, +9 wins, +18 nom. |
| Exils | Tony Gatlif | Romain Duris, Lubna Azabal | | Won the Best Director Award at Cannes |
| Le Grand Voyage | Ismaël Ferroukhi | Nicolas Cazalé | Drama | 4 wins, +3 nominations |
| I Am the Ripper | Eric Anderson | Nicholas Tray | Horror | |
| Immortal (2004 film) | Enki Bilal | Linda Hardy, Thomas Kretschmann, Charlotte Rampling | Drama | |
| Innocence | Lucile Hadžihalilović | Marion Cotillard, Zoe Auclair, Lea Bridarolli | Mystery drama | Co-production with Belgium, Japan and U.K. |
| L'Intrus | Claire Denis | Michel Subor, Béatrice Dalle | Drama | 2 nominations |
| Kings and Queen | Arnaud Desplechin | Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos | Drama/Comedy | 4 win & 4 nominations |
| Lightweight | Jean-Pierre Améris | Nicolas Duvauchelle | | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival |
| Lila Says | Ziad Doueiri | Vahina Giocante, Moa Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou | Drama | |
| Look at Me | Agnès Jaoui | Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri | Drama | Nominated for Palme d'Or, +5 wins, +4 nom. |
| Nelly | Laure Duthilleul | Sophie Marceau | Drama | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival |
| Notre musique | Jean-Luc Godard | Sarah Adler | Drama | 1 win & 3 nominations |
| Shark Tale | Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, Rob Letterman | Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Martin Scorsese | Computer-animated comedy | |
| Souli | Alexander Abela | Eduardo Noriega | Drama | |
| Strange Crime | Roberto Andò | Daniel Auteuil, Anna Mouglalis, Greta Scacchi | mystery-drama | |
| Stupid Boy | Lionel Baier | Pierre Chatagny | Comedy drama | 1 nomination |
| Triple Agent | Éric Rohmer | Katerina Didaskalou, Serge Renko | Drama / Thriller | 1 nomination |
| Two Brothers | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore, Oanh Nguyen, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu | Adventure drama | French-British co-production |
| A Very Long Engagement | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Marion Cotillard | Romantic Drama | 5 César Awards, 2 Academy Award nominations |