Title Director Cast Genre Notes 36 Fillette Catherine Breillat Delphine Zentout , Étienne Chicot , Olivier Parnière Drama [ 1] [ 2] The Abyss André Delvaux Gian Maria Volonté , Sami Frey , Jacques Lippe Historical film French–Belgian co-production [ 3] [ 4] The Bear Jean-Jacques Annaud Tchéky Karyo Children's/Family, adventure [ 5] [ 6] The Big Blue Luc Besson Jean-Marc Barr , Rosanna Arquette , Jean Reno Adventure [ 7] [ 8] Camille Claudel Bruno Nuytten Isabelle Adjani , Gérard Depardieu , Laurent Grévill Drama [ 9] [ 10] Chocolat Claire Denis François Cluzet , Isaach de Bankolé , Giulia Boschi Drama Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore Philippe Noiret , Salvatore Cascio , Marco Leonardi Drama Italian–French co-production [ 11] [ 12] Emmanuelle 6 Bruno Zincone Nathalie Uher , Jean-René Gossart , Tamira Drama [ 13] [ 14] L'enfance de l'art Francis Girod Clotilde de Bayser , Michel Bompoil Drama Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival Faceless Jesús Franco Helmut Berger , Brigitte Lahaie , Telly Savalas Horror Gandahar René Laloux Animated [ 15] Hôtel Terminus Marcel Ophüls Klaus Barbie , Marcel Ophüls Documentary film Kung-Fu Master Agnès Varda Jane Birkin Mathieu Demy Drama Entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival Let Sleeping Cops Lie José Pinheiro Alain Delon , Michel Serrault Crime Life Is a Long Quiet River Étienne Chatiliez Benoît Magimel Comedy 4 wins & 3 nominations The Little Thief Claude Miller Charlotte Gainsbourg , Didier Bezace , Simon de La Brosse Drama [ 16] Natalia Bernard Cohn Pierre Arditi , Philippe Leory-Beaulieu , Gérard Blain , Michel Voïta Drama Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival Story of Women Claude Chabrol Isabelle Huppert , François Cluzet Drama Nomin. for Golden Globe, +9 wins, +3 nom. To Kill a Priest Agnieszka Holland Christopher Lambert , Ed Harris , Joss Ackland Crime Sand and Blood Jeanne Labrune Sami Frey Drama Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival The Vanishing George Sluizer Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu , Johanna ter Steege , Gene Bervoets Thriller Dutch–French co-production [ 17] [ 18] [ 19]