| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Adhémar ou le Jouet de la fatalité | Fernandel | Fernandel | Comedy drama | [1] |
| Atoll K | Léo Joannon | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| The Beautiful Image | Claude Heymann | Frank Villard, Pierre Larquey | Drama | |
| Beautiful Love | François Campaux | Giselle Pascal, Antonio Vilar, Odile Versois | Drama | |
| Bernard and the Lion | Robert Dhéry | Gérard Calvi, René Dupuy | Comedy | |
| Bluebeard | Christian-Jaque | Hans Albers, Cécile Aubry | Comedy | Co-production with West Germany and Switzerland |
| Captain Ardant | André Zwoboda | Yves Vincent, Renée Saint-Cyr | Adventure | |
| The Case of Doctor Galloy | Maurice Boutel | Jean-Pierre Kérien, Henri Rollan | Drama | |
| Clara de Montargis | Henri Decoin | Ludmilla Tchérina, Michel François | Drama | |
| Diary of a Country Priest | Robert Bresson | Claude Laydu, Adrien Borel | Drama | 5 wins & 2 nominations |
| Dirty Hands | Fernand Rivers | | Drama | |
| Dr. Knock | Guy Lefranc | Louis Jouvet, Pierre Renoir | Comedy | |
| Edward and Caroline | Jacques Becker | Daniel Gélin, Anne Vernon | Comedy | |
| Folie douce | Jean-Paul Paulin | | | |
| Gibier de potence | Roger Richebé | Arletty, Pierre Dux | Drama | [2] |
| Good Enough to Eat | Raoul André | Gaby Morlay, Louise Carletti, Serge Reggiani | Comedy | |
| Great Man | Yves Ciampi | Pierre Fresnay, Renée Devillers | Drama | |
| Juliette, or Key of Dreams | Marcel Carné | Gérard Philipe, Suzanne Cloutier | Drama | Entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival |
| La Poison | Sacha Guitry | Michel Simon, Marcelle Arnold | Comedy drama | |
| Le Plus Joli Péché du monde | Gilles Grangier | Georges Marchal, Dany Robin | Romantic Comedy | [3] |
| Life Is a Game | Raymond Leboursier | Rellys, Jacqueline Delubac | Comedy | |
| Monsieur Octave | Maurice Boutel | Pierre Larquey, Marcel Pérès | Comedy | |
| Mr. Peek-a-Boo | Jean Boyer | Bourvil, Joan Greenwood | Comedy | |
| My Wife Is Formidable | André Hunebelle | Fernand Gravey, Louis de Funès | Comedy | |
| The Night Is My Kingdom | Georges Lacombe | Jean Gabin, Simone Valère | Drama | |
| Olivia | Jacqueline Audry | Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon | Drama | |
| Paris Still Sings | Pierre Montazel | Lucien Baroux, Madeleine Lebeau | Musical | |
| Paris Vice Squad | Hervé Bromberger | Odette Barencey, Robert Berri | Crime thriller | |
| The Passerby | Henri Calef | Henri Vidal, Maria Mauban | Drama | |
| The Red Inn | Claude Autant-Lara | Fernandel, Françoise Rosay | Comedy crime | |
| The Red Needle | Emil-Edwin Reinert | Michel Auclair, Michèle Philippe | Drama | |
| The Red Rose | Marcello Pagliero | Françoise Arnoul, Dora Doll | Comedy | |
| The River | Jean Renoir | Esmond Knight, Nora Swinburne | Romantic drama | Nominated for 2 BAFTA, 1+ win, +1 nom. |
| Savage Triangle | Jean Delannoy | Madeleine Robinson, Michel Beck | Drama | [4] |
| Shadow and Light | Henri Calef | Simone Signoret, María Casares | Drama | |
| Sins of Madeleine | Henri Lepage | Madeleine Lebeau, Henri Vilbert | Drama | |
| The Straw Lover | Gilles Grangier | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gaby Sylvia | Comedy | |
| The Strange Madame X | Jean Grémillon | Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal | Drama | |
| The Two Girls | Maurice de Canonge | Léo Marjane, Suzy Prim | Drama | |
| Under the Sky of Paris | Julien Duvivier | Brigitte Auber, Paul Frankeur | Drama | |
| Victor | Claude Heymann | Jean Gabin, Françoise Christophe | Drama | |
| Without Leaving an Address | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Bernard Blier, Danièle Delorme | Comedy | Won the Golden Bear at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival |
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