| Boyfriends and Girlfriends | Éric Rohmer | drama film, romantic comedy |
 Wings of Desire | Wim Wenders | drama film, fantasy film |
| Betty Blue | Jean-Jacques Beineix | romance film, drama film |
| Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | drama film, musical film |
| The Green Ray | Éric Rohmer | romance film, drama film |
| Three Men and a Cradle | Coline Serreau | comedy film |
| Chicken with Vinegar | Claude Chabrol | romance film, mystery film, drama film, comedy film, crime film |
| So Long | Claude Berri | drama film, neo-noir |
| Moon in the Gutter | Jean-Jacques Beineix | drama film, crime film |
| Pauline at the Beach | Éric Rohmer | drama film, comedy film, comedy drama |
| Identification of a Woman | Michelangelo Antonioni | drama film |
| Danton | Andrzej Wajda | drama film, historical film, biographical film |
| Ceylon My Love | Jacques Orth, Hubert Frank | romance film, drama film, sex film, adventure film |
 Querelle | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| La bête | Walerian Borowczyk | fantasy film, horror film, werewolf film, erotic film |
| Parsifal | Bernard Sobel, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | drama film, medieval film, musical film |
 To Kill a Cop | Alain Delon | action film, crime film |
| St. Tropez | Gérard Kikoïne | pornographic film |
| Train spécial pour SS | Alain Payet | drama film, sexploitation film, thriller film, war film, Nazi exploitation |
| The Last Metro | François Truffaut | romance film, art film, drama film, war film |
| The Umbrella Coup | Gérard Oury | comedy film, crime film |
| I Hate Blondes | Giorgio Capitani | comedy film |
| The Seventh Company Outdoors | Robert Lamoureux | comedy film |
| Rape of Love | Yannick Bellon | drama film |
| The Heiresses | Márta Mészáros | drama film |
| Lady Oscar | Jacques Demy | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Love on the Run | François Truffaut | romance film, drama film, flashback film |
| The Man Who Loved Women | François Truffaut | flashback film, romantic comedy |
| Despair | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | drama film |
| Nathalie rescapée de l'enfer | Alain Payet | Nazi exploitation |
| The Question | Laurent Heynemann | drama film |
| Pardon Mon Affaire | Yves Robert | romantic comedy film |
| Flic Story | Jacques Deray | drama film, crime film |
| Act of Aggression | Gérard Pirès | drama film, crime film |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | exploitation film, art film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, extreme cinema |
| Going Places | Bertrand Blier | drama film, comedy film, buddy film, comedy drama |
| That Most Important Thing: Love | Andrzej Żuławski | romance film, drama film |
| Only the Wind Knows the Answer | Alfred Vohrer | romance film, drama film, action film |
| Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to? | Robert Lamoureux | comedy film |
| Female Vampire | Jesús Franco | horror film, vampire film, sexploitation film, erotic film |
 Even Angels Eat Beans | Enzo Barboni | comedy film, buddy film |
| L'Affaire Dominici | Claude Bernard-Aubert | drama film, thriller film |
| Man of the East | Enzo Barboni | comedy film, Spaghetti Western |
| The Canterbury Tales | Pier Paolo Pasolini | fantasy film, comedy film |
| Les malheurs d'Alfred | Pierre Richard | comedy film |
| Borsalino | Jacques Deray | drama film, buddy film, crime film |
 Sunflower | Vittorio De Sica | drama film, melodrama |
| Pierre et Paul | René Allio | drama film |