Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
The Adventures of Gil Blas |
René Jolivet,
Ricardo Muñoz Suay |
Georges Marchal,
Barbara Laage,
Susana Canales |
Adventure |
Co-production with Spain
|
And God Created Woman |
Roger Vadim |
Brigitte Bardot,
Curd Jurgens,
Marie Glory |
Crime |
|
Babes a GoGo |
Paul Mesnier |
Jane Sourza,
Raymond Souplex,
Louis de Funès |
Comedy |
|
The Babes in the Secret Service |
Raoul André |
Claudine Dupuis,
Louise Carletti,
Tilda Thamar |
Comedy |
|
Baratin |
Jean Stelli |
Roger Nicolas,
Ginette Baudin,
Sylvia Lopez |
Musical |
|
Blood to the Head |
Gilles Grangier |
Jean Gabin,
Paul Frankeur,
Claude Sylvain |
Crime |
|
Bob le flambeur |
Jean-Pierre Melville |
Roger Duchesne,
Isabelle Corey,
Daniel Cauchy |
Crime |
|
The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful |
Pierre Gaspard-Huit |
Brigitte Bardot,
Louis Jourdan,
Micheline Presle |
Comedy |
|
Bonjour sourire |
Claude Sautet |
Olga Thorel,
Louis de Funès |
Comedy |
|
Comme un cheveu sur la soupe |
Maurice Regamey |
Louis de Funès, Noelle Adam |
Comedy |
|
The Country I Come From |
Marcel Carné |
Gilbert Becaud,
Françoise Arnoul |
Comedy musical romance |
[1]
|
Crime et châtiment |
Georges Lampin |
Robert Hossein,
Marina Vlady |
Crime |
[2]
|
Deadlier Than the Male |
Julien Duvivier |
Jean Gabin,
Daniele Delorme |
Crime |
|
Death in the Garden |
Luis Buñuel |
Simone Signoret,
Charles Vanel |
Drama |
|
Diamond Machine |
Pierre Chevalier |
Eddie Constantine,
Maria Frau,
François Perrot |
Crime |
Co-production with Italy
|
Don Juan |
John Berry |
Fernandel,
Carmen Sevilla,
Roland Armontel |
Historical comedy |
Co-production with Italy and Spain
|
Elena and Her Men |
Jean Renoir |
Ingrid Bergman |
Comedy drama |
|
Fernandel the Dressmaker |
Jean Boyer |
Fernandel,
Suzy Delair,
Fred Pasquali |
Comedy |
|
Forgive Us Our Trespasses |
Robert Hossein |
Marina Vlady,
Pierre Vaneck,
Giani Esposito |
Drama |
|
Gervaise |
René Clément |
Maria Schell,
François Périer |
Drama historical |
Nominated for Oscar, +7 wins, +2 nom.
|
Honoré de Marseille |
Maurice Régamey |
Fernandel |
Comedy, Musical |
[3]
|
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Jean Delanoy |
Anthony Quinn,
Gina Lollobrigida |
Drama / Horror |
|
If All the Guys in the World |
Christian-Jaque |
André Valmy,
Jean Gaven,
Marc Cassot,
Georges Poujouly,
Doudou Babet |
Adventure |
|
If Paris Were Told to Us |
Sacha Guitry |
Françoise Arnoul |
Comedy / Drama |
|
In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes |
Henri Lepage |
Henri Vilbert,
Claude Sylvain,
Michel Ardan |
Crime |
|
It Happened in Aden |
Michel Boisrond |
André Luguet,
Jacques Dacqmine,
Dany Robin |
Comedy |
|
Je reviendrai à Kandara |
Victor Vicas |
François Périer,
Daniel Gélin,
Bella Darvi |
Drama |
|
L'homme aux clefs d'or |
Léo Joannon |
Pierre Fresnay,
Annie Girardot |
Crime |
[4]
|
La Bande à papa |
Guy Lefranc |
Fernand Raynaud,
Louis de Funès |
Comedy |
|
La Traversée de Paris |
Claude Autant-Lara |
Jean Gabin,
Bourvil |
Comedy / Drama |
|
Les Truands |
Carlo Rim |
Eddie Constantine,
Noël-Noël,
Jean Richard,
Yves Robert |
Comedy |
|
The Light Across the Street |
Georges Lacombe |
Raymond Pellegrin,
Roger Pigaut,
Brigitte Bardot |
Crime |
|
Man and Child |
Raoul André |
Eddie Constantine,
Juliette Gréco |
Crime |
Co-production with Italy
[5]
|
A Man Escaped |
Robert Bresson |
François Leterrier |
Adventure drama |
Nominated for BAFTA, +2 wins, +1 nom.
|
Mannequins of Paris |
André Hunebelle |
Madeleine Robinson,
Ivan Desny,
Mischa Auer |
Drama |
|
Marie Antoinette Queen of France |
Jean Delannoy |
Michèle Morgan,
Richard Todd |
Historical |
Entered into the
1956 Cannes Film Festival
|
Meeting in Paris |
Georges Lampin |
Robert Lamoureux,
Betsy Blair |
Comedy |
|
Memories of a Cop |
Pierre Foucaud,
Andre Hunebelle |
Michel Simon,
Suzy Prim |
Crime |
[6]
|
Michel Strogoff |
Carmine Gallone |
Curd Jürgens,
Geneviève Page,
Sylva Koscina |
Adventure |
Co-production with Italy
|
My Priest Among the Poor |
Henri Diamant-Berger |
Yves Deniaud,
Raymond Bussières,
Arletty |
Comedy
|
The Mystery of Picasso |
Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Pablo Picasso |
Documentary |
|
Naughty Girl |
Michel Boisrond |
Brigitte Bardot |
Musical |
|
Paris, Palace Hotel |
Henri Verneuil |
Charles Boyer,
Françoise Arnoul,
Tilda Thamar |
Comedy |
Co-production with Italy
|
Pity for the Vamps |
Jean Josipovici |
Viviane Romance,
Geneviève Kervine,
Yves Vincent |
Drama |
|
Plucking the Daisy |
Marc Allégret |
Daniel Gélin,
Brigitte Bardot |
Comedy |
|
The Red Balloon |
Albert Lamorisse |
Pascal Lamorisse |
Fantasy (short) |
Won Oscar, +3 wins
|
The Road to Paradise |
Willi Forst,
Hans Wolff |
Georges Guétary,
Christine Carère,
Claude Farell |
Comedy |
|
Section des disparus |
Pierre Chenal |
Nicole Maurey,
Maurice Ronet |
Crime |
Co-production with Argentina
|
Short Head |
Norbert Carbonnaux |
Fernand Gravey,
Micheline Dax,
Jean Richard |
Comedy |
|
The Silent World |
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Louis Malle |
|
Documentary |
Won Oscar, +3 wins, +1 nomination
|
La Sorcière |
André Michel |
Marina Vladi |
Drama |
Entered into the
6th Berlin International Film Festival
|
Suspicion |
Pierre Billon |
Anne Vernon,
Frank Villard,
Dora Doll |
Drama |
|
The Terror with Women |
Jean Boyer |
Noël-Noël,
Jacqueline Gauthier,
Yves Robert |
Comedy |
|
This is Called Dawn |
Luis Buñuel |
Georges Marchal,
Lucia Bosè |
Crime |
Co-production with Italy
|
Tides of Passion |
Jean Stelli |
Etchika Choureau,
Jean Danet,
Dora Doll |
Drama |
Co-production with Italy
|
Tonight the Skirts Fly |
Dimitri Kirsanoff |
Sophie Desmarets,
Brigitte Auber,
Jean Chevrier,
Anne Vernon |
Action, Comedy, Drama |
|
The Wagas of Sin |
Denys de La Patellière |
Danielle Darrieux,
Jean-Claude Pascal,
Jeanne Moreau |
Drama |
|
The Whole Town Accuses |
Claude Boissol |
Jean Marais,
Etchika Choureau,
Noël Roquevert |
Comedy drama |
|
Zaza |
René Gaveau |
Lilo,
Maurice Teynac,
Robert Dalban |
Drama |
|