Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
Adieu Blaireau | Bob Decout | Philippe Léotard, Annie Girardot, Juliette Binoche | | Meaning: Farewell Blaireau |
Adieu Bonaparte | Youssef Chahine | | | Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
Asterix Versus Caesar | Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi | | Animation | 1 win |
Chicken with Vinegar | Claude Chabrol | | | Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
Dawn | Miklós Jancsó | | | Entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
Death in a French Garden | Michel Deville | | | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
Détective | Jean-Luc Godard | | Crime | Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
Hail Mary | Jean-Luc Godard | | | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
Hell Train | Roger Hanin | | | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival |
Manoel's Destinies | Raúl Ruiz | | | TV mini-series |
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac | Michel Mitrani | | | Screened at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
The Mystery of Alexina | René Féret | | | Screened at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
Police | Maurice Pialat | Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau | Crime drama | 1 win & 2 nominations |
Red Kiss | Véra Belmont | Charlotte Valandrey | | Valandrey won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin |
Rendez-vous | André Téchiné | Juliette Binoche, Jean-Louis Trintignant | Romantic drama | 2 wins & 7 nominations |
Shoah | Claude Lanzmann | | Documentary | |
Les Spécialistes | Patrice Leconte | Bernard Giraudeau, Gérard Lanvin | Adventure / Crime | |
Subway | Luc Besson | Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert | Crime drama | Nominated for BAFTA, +3 wins, +11 nom. |
Tea in the Harem | Mehdi Charef | | | Screened at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
Trois hommes et un couffin | Coline Serreau | André Dussollier | Comedy | Nominated for Oscar, +4 wins, +4 nom. |
Vagabond | Agnès Varda | Sandrine Bonnaire | Drama | 8 wins & 3 nominations |
La Vie de Famille | Jacques Doillon | | Drama | |