| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Release date |
| 13ème Mois[citation needed] | Lewis-Martin Soucy | Jean-Pierre Martins, Maria Flor, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Khalid Maadour | Comedy | May 25 |
| 1943 Le temps d'un répit (A Pause during the Holocaust) | André Waksman | | Documentary | [1]in Paris on 4 December |
| 36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup | Jacques Rivette | Julie-Marie Parmentier, Jacques Bonnaffé, André Marcon | | September 16 |
| À l'origine | Xavier Giannoli | François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos | Drama | 20 May at Cannes |
| Adieu Gary Cooper | Nassim Amaouche | Bernard Blancan, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed | Drama | July 22 |
| Ah! La libido | Michèle Rosier | Audrey Dana, Sarah Grappin, Anna Mihalcea, Claude Degliame | Comedy, Romance | February [2] |
| 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 Franěk, 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, Chazz Palminteri, Anthony Anderson, Jason Bateman, 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 | |
| Celle que j'aime | Élie Chouraqui | Marc Lavoine, Gérard Darmon, Barbara Schulz | Comedy | April 22[3] |
| Cendres et sang | Fanny Ardant | Zoltan Butuc | | May |
| Cineman | Yann Moix | Franck Dubosc, Jean-Christophe Bouvet | Comedy | April 29 [4] |
| Le Code a changé | Danièle Thompson | Emmanuelle Seigner, Dany Boon, Karin Viard, Marina Hands, Patrick Bruel | Comedy | [5] |
| Don't Look Back | Marina de Van | Sophie Marceau, Monica Bellucci | Thriller | May at Cannes |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | Nathaniel Brown | Drama | 13 May at Cannes |
| Father of My Children | Mia Hansen-Løve | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | Drama | May at Cannes |
| The Good Heart | Dagur Kári | Brian Cox, Paul Dano | Drama-Comedy | March 17 |
| Hadewijch | Bruno Dumont | Julie Sokolowski, Karl Sarafidis | Drama | [6]September 11 |
| A Happy Man (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 |
| Les Herbes folles | Alain Resnais | Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier | | 13 May at Cannes |
| La Horde | Yannick Dahan | Claude Perron, John-Pierre Martins | Horror | September 17 |
| I Love You Phillip Morris | John Requa, Glenn Ficarra | Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Leslie Mann | Romantic comedy-drama | |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | Heath Ledger, Jude Law | Fantasy | |
| Irene | Alain Cavalier | | Drama | May at Cannes |
| Kinatay | Brillante Mendoza | Coco Martin, Maria Isabel Lopez, Julio Diaz, John Regala | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 17 May at Cannes, 23 September 2009 (Philippines) & 18 November 2009 (France) |
| Lola | Brillante Mendoza | Anita Linda, Rustica Carpio | Drama | |
| Looking for Eric | Ken Loach | Eric Cantona | Drama/Comedy/Biographical | June |
| Micmacs | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Dany Boon, Dominique Pinon, André Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Julie Ferrier, Yolande Moreau | Comedy, Crime, Adventure | 15 September 2009 |
| Mr. Nobody | Jaco Van Dormael | Sarah Polley, Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans | Science fiction film | January |
| OSS 117: Lost in Rio | Michel Hazanavicius | Jean Dujardin | Comedy | 15 April 2009 |
| A Prophet | Jacques Audiard | Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup | Crime drama | May at Cannes |
| The Soloist | Joe Wright | Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, LisaGay Hamilton | Drama | |
| Tomorrow at Dawn | Denis Dercourt | Gérald Laroche, Françoise Lebrun | Drama | May at Cannes |
| 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 |
| Ultimatum | Alain Tasma | Gaspard Ulliel, Jasmine Trinca | Drama | 30 September 2009 |
| Welcome | Philippe Lioret | Vincent Lindon | Drama | March 11 |
| White Material | Claire Denis | Isabelle Huppert | Drama | 6 September 2009 |
