| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Les Amants | Louis Malle | Jeanne Moreau | Drama | Nominated for Golden Lion, +1 win |
| Le Beau Serge | Claude Chabrol | Gérard Blain | Drama | 2 wins |
| Christine | Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Romy Schneider | Romantic drama | |
| Ciulinii Bărăganului | Louis Daquin, Gheorghe Vitanidis | Ana Vladescu | | Nominated for Palme d'Or
Top ratings in imdb (9,5) |
| The Day the Sky Exploded | Paolo Heusch | Paul Hubschmid, Fiorella Mari | SF | Co-produced with Italy |
| Elevator to the Gallows | Louis Malle | Jeanne Moreau | Crime drama | Won Prix Louis Delluc |
| Girl and the River | François Villiers | Pascale Audret | Drama | Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival |
| Girls of the Night | Maurice Cloche | Georges Marchal, Nicole Berger | Drama | Co-production with West Germany and Italy |
| Goha | Jacques Baratier | Omar Sharif | Drama | Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival |
| In Case of Adversity | Claude Autant-Lara | Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot | Crime | |
| The Law Is the Law | Christian-Jaque | Totò | Comedy | Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Lovers of Montparnasse | Jacques Becker, Max Ophüls | Gérard Philipe | Biopic | Biopic of Modigliani |
| Maigret Sets a Trap | Jean Delannoy | Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot | Crime | |
| Les Misérables | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme | Drama | |
| Mon Oncle | Jacques Tati | Jacques Tati | Comedy | Won Oscar, +4 wins, +2 nominations |
| Neither Seen Nor Recognized | Yves Robert | Louis de Funès, Noëlle Adam | Comedy | |
| The Night Heaven Fell | Roger Vadim | Brigitte Bardot, Alida Valli | Drama | |
| Serenade of Texas | Richard Pottier | Luis Mariano, Germaine Damar | Musical western | |
| Tamango | John Berry | Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens | Drama | Made in France as director Berry was blacklisted in Hollywood |
| Les Tricheurs | Marcel Carné | Pascale Petit | Drama | Grand Prix du Cinéma |
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