Title Director Cast Genre Notes Asterix in Britain Pino van Lamsweerde Adventure, comedy French–Danish co-production [1] [2] Betty Blue Jean-Jacques Beineix Béatrice Dalle , Jean-Hugues Anglade , Consuelo de Haviland Drama [3] [4] Exploits of a Young Don Juan Gianfranco Mingozzi Fabrice Josso , Claudine Auger , Serena Grandi — French–Italian co-production [5] Ginger and Fred Federico Fellini Marcello Mastroianni , Giulietta Masina , Franco Fabrizi Comedy-drama Italian–French–West German co-production [6] The Green Ray Éric Rohmer Marie Rivière , Rosette , Béatrice Romand Drama [7] [8] Hôtel du Paradis Jana Boková Fernando Rey , Fabrice Luchini , Hugues Quester Drama French–British co-production [9] [10] I Love You Marco Ferreri Anémone , Eddy Mitchell , Christopher Lambert Comedy drama French–Italian co-production [11] Jean de Florette Claude Berri Yves Montand , Daniel Auteuil , Gérard Depardieu — [12] Kamikaze Didier Grousset Michel Galabru , Richard Bohringer , Dominique Lavanant Thriller, science fiction [13] [14] Le couteau sous la gorge Claude Mulot Florence Guérin , Alexandre Sterling Crime [15] Les Fugitifs Francis Veber Gérard Depardieu , Pierre Richard , Anaïs Bret Comedy [16] A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later Claude Lelouch Anouk Aimée , Jean-Louis Trintignant , Évelyne Bouix Drama [17] [18] Manon des Sources Claude Berri Yves Montand , Daniel Auteuil , Emmanuelle Béart Drama [19] [20] Mauvais Sang Léos Carax Denis Lavant , Michel Piccoli , Juliette Binoche Crime, romance [21] [22] Max, Mon Amour Nagisa Oshima Charlotte Rampling , Anthony Higgins , Diana Quick — [23] Ménage Bertrand Blier Gérard Depardieu , Michel Blanc , Miou-Miou Comedy [24] [25] My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister Jacques Rouffio Michel Serrault , Michel Piccoli , Juliette Binoche Comedy [26] The Name of the Rose Jean-Jacques Annaud Sean Connery , Christian Slater , Helmut Qualtinger Mystery West German–Italian–French co-production [27] [28] [29] Pirates Roman Polanski Walter Matthau , Damien Thomas , Richard Pearson Adventure French–Tunisian co-production [30] Round Midnight Bertrand Tavernier Dexter Gordon , François Cluzet , Sandra Reaves-Phillip Drama French–American co-production [31] [32] The Sacrifice Andrei Tarkovsky Erland Josephson , Susan Fleetwood , Allan Edwall Drama Swedish–French co-production [33] [34] Salomè Claude d'Anna Jo Champa , Fabrizio Bentivoglio Drama [35] Sarraounia Med Hondo Aï Keïta , Jean-Roger Milo , Féodor Atkine — French–Burkina Faso co-production [36] Scene of the Crime André Téchiné Catherine Deneuve , Wadeck Stanczak , Nicolas Giraudi Drama [37] [38] Twist again à Moscou Jean-Marie Poiré Philippe Noiret , Christian Clavier , Martin Lamotte Comedy [39]