| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Release Date |
| 13ème Mois | Lewis-Martin Soucy | Jean-Pierre Martins, Maria Flor, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Khalid Maadour | Comedy | May 25 |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | Heath Ledger, Jude Law | Fantasy | |
| Looking for Eric | Ken Loach | Eric Cantona | Drama/Comedy/Biographical | June |
| Mr. Nobody | Jaco Van Dormael | Sarah Polley, Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans | Science fiction film | January |
| A Town Called Panic | Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier | | Animation-Comedy | October 28 |
| Triage | Danis Tanovic | Colin Ferrell, Paz Vega, Christopher Lee | Drama-War | June 16 |
| 36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup | Jacques Rivette | Julie-Marie Parmentier, Jacques Bonnaffe, André Marcon | | September 16 |
| Adieu Gary Cooper | Nassim Amaouche | Bernard Blancan, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed | Drama | July 22 |
| The Good Heart | Dagur Kári | Brian Cox, Paul Dano | Drama-Comedy | March 17 |
| Ah! La libido | Michèle Rosier | Audrey Dana, Sarah Grappin, Anna Mihalcea, Claude Degliame | Comedy, Romance | February |
| Celle que j'aime | Elie Chouraqui | Marc Lavoine, Gérard Darmon, Barbara Schulz | Comedy | April 22 |
| L' Armée du crime | Robert Guédiguian | Virginie Ledoyen, Simon Abkarian, Robinson Stévenin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Lola Naymark, Ariane Ascaride, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Yann Trégouët, Ivan Franek, Olga Legrand, | Drama, History, War | September 23 |
| Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | Luc Besson | Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Robert Stanton, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Fallon, Emilio Estevez, Robert De Niro, Erik Per Sullivan, Chazz Palminteri, Anthony Anderson, Jason Bateman, Penny Balfour, David Bowie | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | December 9 |
| Bellamy | Claude Chabrol | Gérard Depardieu, Vahina Giocante, Clovis Cornillac, Marie Bunel, Jacques Gamblin, Marie Matherson, Adrienne Pauly | Crime | February 25 |
| Bluebeard | Catherine Breillat | Dominique Thomas, Lola Créton, Daphné Baiwir | Crime | |
| Le Bonheur de Pierre | Robert Ménard | Pierre Richard, Sylvie Testud, Rémy Girard, Louise Portal, Patrick Drolet, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Luc Proulx, Gaston Lepage, André Lacoste, Vincent Bilodeau, Sylvie Lemay, Philippe Agède | Comedy | March 6 |
| Cendres et sang | Fanny Ardant | Zoltan Butuc | | May |
| Cineman | Yann Moix | Franck Dubosc, Jean-Christophe Bouvet | Comedy | April 29 |
| Le Code a changé | Danièle Thompson | Emmanuelle Seigner, Dany Boon, Karin Viard, Marina Hands, Patrick Bruel | | |
| À l'origine | Xavier Giannoli | | | 20 May at Cannes |
| Les Herbes folles | Alain Resnais | | | 13 May at Cannes |
| A Prophet | Jacques Audiard | | | May at Cannes |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | | | 13 May at Cannes |
| Tomorrow at Dawn | Denis Dercourt | | | May at Cannes |
| Irene | Alain Cavalier | | | May at Cannes |
| The Father of My Children | Mia Hansen-Løve | | | May at Cannes |
| Don't Look Back | Marina de Van | | | May at Cannes |
| 1943 Le temps d’un répit (A pause during the Holocaust) | André Waksman | Robert Paxton, Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci, Davide Rodogno | Drama | in Paris on 4 December |
| Welcome | Philippe Lioret | | Drama | March 11 |
| Micmacs | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Dany Boon, Dominique Pinon, André Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Julie Ferrier, Yolande Moreau | Comedy, Crime, Adventure | 15 September 2009 |
| OSS 117: Lost in Rio | Michel Hazanavicius | Jean Dujardin | Comedy | 15 April 2009 |
| White Material | Claire Denis | Isabelle Huppert | Drama | 6 September 2009 |
| Ultimatum | Alain Tasma | Gaspard Ulliel, Jasmine Trinca | drama | |
