Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
Act of Love | Anatole Litvak | Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin | Romance | co-produced with U.S. |
The Adventurer of Chad | Willy Rozier | Madeleine Lebeau, Jean Danet, Tania Fédor | Adventure | |
Alarm in Morocco | Jean-Devaivre | Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Erich von Stroheim | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
Arlette Conquers Paris | Viktor Tourjansky | Johanna Matz, Karlheinz Böhm | Comedy | Co-production with West Germany |
The Beauty of Cadiz | Raymond Bernard, Eusebio Fernández Ardavín | Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla | Musical | Co-production with Spain |
The Blonde Gypsy | Jacqueline Audry | Tilda Thamar, Roger Pigaut | Drama | |
Boum sur Paris | Maurice de Canonge | Jacques Pills, Armand Bernard | Comedy | |
Children of Love | Léonide Moguy | Etchika Choureau, Joëlle Bernard, Lise Bourdin | Drama | |
The Cucuroux Family | Émile Couzinet | Georges Rollin, Nathalie Nattier | Comedy | |
The Drunkard | Georges Combret | Pierre Brasseur, Monique Mélinand | Drama | |
The Earrings of Madame de... | Max Ophüls | Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer | Drama | Nominated for 1 Oscar |
Endless Horizons | Jean Dréville | Gisèle Pascal, Jean Chevrier | Drama | Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival |
The Father of the Girl | Marcel L'Herbier | Arletty, Suzy Carrier | Comedy | |
The Fighting Drummer | Georges Combret | André Gabriello, Sophie Leclair | Comedy | |
Finishing School | Bernard Vorhaus | Susan Stephen, Anna Maria Ferrero | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
Follow That Man | Georges Lampin | Bernard Blier, Suzy Prim | Crime | |
His Father's Portrait | André Berthomieu | Jean Richard, Michèle Philippe, Brigitte Bardot | Comedy | |
A Hundred Francs a Second | Jean Boyer | Henri Génès, Philippe Lemaire | Comedy | |
L'art de Michael | Charles Gerdes | Frank Stuart | Drama | |
The Lady Without Camelias | Michelangelo Antonioni | Lucia Bosè, Gino Cervi | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
Le Chevalier de la nuit | Robert Darène | Renée Saint-Cyr, Jean-Claude Pascal | Comedy | |
Little Jacques | Robert Bibal | Jean-Pierre Kérien, Blanchette Brunoy | Drama | |
The Lottery of Happiness | Jean Gehret | Yves Deniaud, Suzanne Dehelly | Comedy | |
The Lovers of Marianne | Jean Stelli | Gaby Morlay, André Luguet | Comedy | |
The Lovers of Midnight | Roger Richebé | Dany Robin, Jean Marais | Drama | |
Lovers of Toledo | Henri Decoin, Fernando Palacios | Alida Valli, Pedro Armendáriz | Historical | Co-production with Italy and Spain |
The Merchant of Venice | Pierre Billon | Michel Simon, Massimo Serato | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday | Jacques Tati | Jacques Tati | Comedy | Nominated for Oscar, +1 win, +1 nomination |
Monsieur Scrupule, Gangster | Jacques Daroy | Tilda Thamar, Yves Vincent | Crime | |
My Brother from Senegal | Guy Lacourt | Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre | Comedy | |
Napoleon Road | Jean Delannoy | Pierre Fresnay, Henri Vilbert | Comedy | |
The Night Is Ours | Jean Stelli | Simone Renant, Jean Danet | Drama | |
The Other Side of Paradise | Edmond T. Gréville | Erich von Stroheim, Denise Vernac | Drama | |
The Porter from Maxim's | Henri Diamant-Berger | Yves Deniaud, Pierre Larquey | Comedy | |
The Proud and the Beautiful | Yves Allégret | Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe | Drama | Co-production with Mexico |
Puccini | Carmine Gallone | Gabriele Ferzetti, Märta Torén | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
The Return of Don Camillo | Julien Duvivier | Fernandel, Gino Cervi | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
Rue de l'Estrapade | Jacques Becker | Louis Jourdan, Anne Vernon | | |
The Slave | Yves Ciampi | Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
The Sparrows of Paris | Maurice Cloche | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Virginia Keiley | Comedy | |
Thérèse Raquin | Marcel Carné | Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
Too Young for Love | Lionello De Felice | Aldo Fabrizi, Marina Vlady | Comedy drama | Co-production with Italy |
The Tour of the Grand Dukes | André Pellenc | Raymond Bussières, Denise Grey | Musical comedy | |
The Treasure of Bengal | Gianni Vernuccio | Sabu, Luisella Boni | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
A Very Long Day. | Albert Stemler | Peter Hiller | Drama | |
Virgile | Carlo Rim | Robert Lamoureux, Yves Robert | Comedy | |
The Virtuous Scoundrel | Sacha Guitry | Michel Simon, Marguerite Pierry | Comedy | |
Voice of Silence | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Aldo Fabrizi, Jean Marais | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
The Wages of Fear | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Yves Montand, Charles Vanel | Thriller / Adventure | Won BAFTA Award, +5 wins |
When Do You Commit Suicide? | Émile Couzinet | Jean Tissier, Frédéric Duvallès | Comedy | |
When You Read This Letter | Jean-Pierre Melville | Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
White Mane | Albert Lamorisse | Alain Emery | Drama Short | Won Palme d'Or, +1 win, +1 nomination |
Women of Paris | Jean Boyer | Michel Simon, Brigitte Auber | Drama | |
Wonderful Mentality | André Berthomieu | Jean Richard, Michèle Philippe | Comedy | |
The World Condemns Them | Gianni Franciolini | Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari | Drama | Co-production with Italy |