| Bernadette | Léa Domenach | drama film, comedy film | France |
| Paris, de place en place | — | documentary film | France |
| Attila Marcel | Sylvain Chomet | comedy film | France |
| A Cat in Paris | Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol | comedy film, adventure film, crime film | France, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands |
| Amour | Michael Haneke | drama film | France, Germany, Austria |
| Thérèse Desqueyroux | Claude Miller | drama film | France |
| Micmacs | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | comedy film | France |
| Go West | Olivier Jean-Marie | road movie | France |
| Rivals | Jacques Maillot | action film, crime film | France |
| The Queen | Stephen Frears | drama film, docudrama, biographical film | France, United Kingdom, Italy |
| Alexander | Oliver Stone | drama film, sword-and-sandal film, action film, LGBTQ-related film, war film, biographical film | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Italy, Netherlands |
| Kirikou and the Sorceress | Michel Ocelot | fantasy film, children's film, adventure film | France, Belgium, Luxembourg |
| Three Colours: Blue | Krzysztof Kieślowski | art film, drama film | France, United Kingdom, Poland, Switzerland |
| Atlantic City | Louis Malle | romance film, drama film, crime film | France, Canada, United States |
| Paris 36 | Christophe Barratier | drama film, musical film | France, Germany, Czech Republic |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Julian Schnabel | drama film, biographical film | France |
| The Science of Sleep | Michel Gondry | magic realist film, romance film, drama film, fantasy film, comedy film | France, Italy |
| Safe Conduct | Bertrand Tavernier | period drama film | France |
| Curzio Malaparte | Jean-Paul Fargier | documentary film | France |
| Madame Butterfly | Frédéric Mitterrand | drama film, musical film | France, Germany |
| The Name of the Rose | Jean-Jacques Annaud | mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, medieval film, crime film | France, Germany, Italy |
| All Fired Up | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | comedy film | France |
| La guérilléra | Pierre Kast | war film | France |