| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Affair of the Poisons | Henri Decoin | Danielle Darrieux, Viviane Romance, Paul Meurisse | Historical | Co-production with Italy |
| A Missionary | Maurice Cloche | Yves Massard, Marie-France Planèze, René Blancard | Drama | |
| A Splendid Girl | Raoul André | Raymond Rouleau, Sophie Desmarets | Comedy | |
| The Aristocrats | Denys de La Patellière | Pierre Fresnay, Brigitte Auber, François Guérin, Georges Descrières, Maurice Ronet, Jacques Dacqmine | Comedy drama | |
| The Babes Make the Law | Raoul André | Claudine Dupuis, Dominique Wilms, Louise Carletti | Comedy thriller | |
| Bad Liaisons | Alexandre Astruc | Jean-Claude Pascal, Anouk Aimée, Philippe Lemaire | Drama | [1] |
| Black Dossier | André Cayatte | Jean-Marc Bory, Bernard Blier, Antoine Balpêtré | Drama | French-Italian co-production[2] |
| Blackmail | Guy Lefranc | Raymond Pellegrin, Magali Noël, Leo Genn | Crime | |
| Caroline and the Rebels | Jean Devaivre | Jean-Claude Pascal, Sophie Desmarets, Brigitte Bardot | Historical | |
| Chéri-Bibi | Marcello Pagliero | Jean Richard, Lea Padovani, Danielle Godet | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
| Les Diaboliques | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot | Horror | [3] |
| The Duratons | André Berthomieu | Jane Sourza, Claude Nicot, Jean Carmet | Comedy | |
| Eighteen Hour Stopover | René Jolivet | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Geneviève Kervine, Georges Marchal | Crime | |
| Four Days in Paris | André Berthomieu | Luis Mariano, Geneviève Kervine, Jane Sourza | Musical | |
| The Fugitives | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Pierre Fresnay, François Périer, Michel André | War | |
| Gas-Oil | Gilles Grangier | Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Ginette Leclerc | Crime | [4] |
| Give 'em Hell | John Berry | Eddie Constantine, May Britt, Jean Danet, Lyla Rocco | Crime | Co-production with Italy |
| The Grand Maneuver | René Clair | Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Jean Desailly | Comedy, Drama, romance | French-Italian co-production[5] |
| The Heroes Are Tired | Yves Ciampi | Yves Montand, María Félix, Jean Servais | Adventure | Co-production with West Germany[6] |
| The Hotshot | Dimitri Kirsanoff | Marina Vlady, Raymond Pellegrin, Dora Doll | Crime | |
| House on the Waterfront | Edmond T. Gréville | Jean Gabin, Andrée Debar, Henri Vidal | Drama | |
| Les Hussards | Alex Joffe | Bernard Blier, André Bourvil, Louis de Funès | Comedy | [7] |
| Il bidone | Federico Fellini | Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi | Comedy-drama | Italian-French co-production[8] |
| The Impossible Mr. Pipelet | André Hunebelle | Michel Simon, Etchika Choureau | Comedy drama | |
| The Infiltrator | Pierre Foucaud | Henri Vidal, Monique van Vooren | Crime | |
| Je suis un sentimental | John Berry | Eddie Constantine, Bella Darvi, Aimé Clariond | Crime | |
| La Pointe Courte | Agnès Varda | Silvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret | Comedy-drama | [9] |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover | Marc Allégret | Danielle Darrieux, Erno Crisa, Leo Genn | Drama, romance | [10] |
| The Little Rebels | Jean Delannoy | Jean Gabin, Anne Doat, Dora Doll | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| The Living Bread | Jean Mousselle | Françoise Goléa, Jean-François Calvé, Jean Muselli, Lucien Nat | Comedy drama | |
| Looking for the Woman | Raoul André | Georges Marchal, Geneviève Page | Action comedy | |
| Lola Montès | Max Ophüls | Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook | Drama | French-West German co-production[11] |
| Lord Rogue | André Haguet | Jean-Claude Pascal, Lucienne Legrand, Julien Bertheau | Historical comedy | |
| Love at Night | Pierre Méré | Isabelle Pia, Christian Marquand, | Comedy | |
| The Lovers of Lisbon | Henri Verneuil | Daniel Gélin, Françoise Arnoul, Trevor Howard | Drama | [12] |
| Madelon | Jean Boyer | Line Renaud, Jean Richard, Roger Pierre | Comedy | |
| Mademoiselle from Paris | Walter Kapps | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gisèle Pascal, Nadine Basile | Comedy | |
| Magic Village | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Robert Lamoureux, Lucia Bosè | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| Marguerite de la nuit | Claude Autant-Lara | Michèle Morgan, Yves Montand, Massimo Girotti | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Co-production with Italy |
| Marianne of My Youth | Julien Duvivier | Marianne Hold, Pierre Vaneck, Jean Yonnel | Drama, romance, fantasy | Co-production with West Germany[13] |
| Men in White | Ralph Habib | Raymond Pellegrin, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Chevrier, Fernand Ledoux | Drama | |
| Montmartre Nights | Pierre Franchi | Jean-Marc Thibault, Louis Seigner, Geneviève Kervine | Crime | |
| More Whiskey for Callaghan | Willy Rozier | Tony Wright, Magali Vendeuil, Robert Berri | Thriller | |
| Mr. Arkadin | Orson Welles | Orson Welles, Robert Arden, Patricia Medina | Mystery | French-Spanish-British co-production[14] |
| Nagana | Hervé Bromberger | Barbara Laage, Renato Baldini, Gabrielle Dorziat | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
| Nana | Christian-Jacque | Charles Boyer, Martine Carol | Historical |
| Napoléon | Sacha Guitry | Raymond Pellegrin, Daniel Gélin, Sacha Guitry |
| Night and Fog | Alain Resnais | | Documentary | [15] |
| No Big Deal for Johnny | Émile Roussel | Dominique Wilms, Armand Mestral, Le Petit John | Crime drama | |
| No Mice in Business | Henri Lepage | Geneviève Kervine, Renaud Mary, Robert Berri, Gérard Séty | Crime | |
| No Morals | André Pergament | Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Lemaire, Roger Pierre | Drama | |
| Papa, maman, ma femme et moi | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Robert Lamoureux, Gaby Morlay, Fernand Ledoux, Nicole Courcel | Comedy | |
| Passion for Women | Hans Herwig | Nadine Alari, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Micheline Francey, Paul Dupuis | Comedy drama | |
| Pleasures and Vices | Marcel Blistène | Viviane Romance, Maurice Ronet, Geneviève Kervine | Drama | |
| The Price of Love | Maurice de Canonge | Claude Laydu, Joëlle Bernard, Pierre Destailles, Renaud Mary | Crime | |
| Razzia sur la chnouf | Henri Decoin | Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Magali Noël | Crime | [16] |
| The Red Cloak | Giuseppe Maria Scotese | Patricia Medina, Fausto Tozzi, Jean Murat | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
| Rififi | Jules Dassin | Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel | Crime | [17] |
| Scandal in Montmartre | Alfred Rode | Claudine Dupuis, Philippe Nicaud, Dany Carrel | Crime | |
| Sophie and the Crime | Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Marina Vlady, Peter van Eyck, Dora Doll | Crime | |
| Square Fortune | Bernard Borderie | Pedro Armendáriz, Paul Meurisse, Fernand Ledoux, Folco Lulli | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
| Spring, Autumn and Love | Gilles Grangier | Fernandel, Nicole Berger, Georges Chamarat | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| Stopover in Orly | Jean Dréville | Dany Robin, Dieter Borsche, Heinz Rühmann | Romance | Co-production with West Germany |
| Thirteen at the Table | André Hunebelle | Micheline Presle, Fernand Gravey, Germaine Montero | Comedy | |
| Tower of Lust | Abel Gance | Pierre Brasseur, Silvana Pampanini | Drama, historical | Co-production with Italy |
| The Wicked Go to Hell | Robert Hossein | Marina Vlady, Henri Vidal | Crime | |
| The Widow | Lewis Milestone | Patricia Roc, Massimo Serato, Anna Maria Ferrero | Drama | French-Italian co-production[18] |
| Your Turn, Callaghan | Willy Rozier | Tony Wright, Lysiane Rey, Colette Ripert | Crime | |
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