| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
| Afraid of the Dark |
Mark Peploe |
James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Paul McGann |
Thriller |
British–French co-production[1][2][3]
|
| Les Amants du Pont-Neuf |
Léos Carax |
Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Marie Trintignant |
Romance, drama |
[4]
|
| La Belle Noiseuse |
Jacques Rivette |
Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin |
Drama |
[5]
|
| Delicatessen |
Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus |
Comedy |
[6]
|
| The Double Life of Véronique |
Krzysztof Kieślowski |
Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Aleksander Bardini |
Drama |
French–Polish co-production[7]
|
| L'entraînement du champion avant la course |
Bernard Favre |
|
|
Screened at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Fortune Express |
Olivier Schatzky |
|
|
Entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival
|
| Jacquot de Nantes |
Agnès Varda |
|
|
Screened at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival
|
| J'embrasse pas |
André Téchiné |
Philippe Noiret |
Drama |
1 win & 3 nominations
|
| Madame Bovary |
Claude Chabrol |
Isabelle Huppert |
|
Entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival
|
| Mayrig |
Henri Verneuil |
Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif |
Drama |
1 win & 1 nomination
|
| A Mere Mortal (Simple mortel) |
Pierre Jolivet |
Philippe Volter, Christophe Bourseiller, Nathalie Roussel, Roland Giraud |
Thriller |
|
| Night and Day |
Chantal Akerman |
Guilaine Londez, Thomas Langmann |
Drama |
|
| Out of Life |
Maroun Bagdadi |
|
|
Won the Jury Prize at Cannes
|
| The Secret of Sarah Tombelaine |
Daniel Lacambre |
Irène Jacob, Marc de Jonge, Jean-Paul Roussillon |
Horror |
|
| Tous les Matins du Monde |
Alain Corneau |
Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu |
Biography drama |
Nomin. for Golden Globe, +8 wins, +5 nom.
|
| Van Gogh |
Maurice Pialat |
|
|
Entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival
|