Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
36 Fillette | | Delphine Zentout, Étienne Chicot, Olivier Parnière | Drama | |
| | Gian Maria Volonté, Sami Frey, Jacques Lippe | Historical film | French–Belgian co-production |
| | Tchéky Karyo | Children's/Family, adventure | |
| | Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno | Adventure | |
Camille Claudel | | Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill | Drama | |
Chocolat | | François Cluzet, Isaach de Bankolé, Giulia Boschi | Drama | |
Cinema Paradiso | | Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi | Drama | Italian–French co-production |
Emmanuelle 6 | | Nathalie Uher, Jean-René Gossart, Tamira | Adult | |
| | | | Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
Faceless | | Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas | Horror | |
Gandahar | | | | |
| | Klaus Barbie, Marcel Ophüls | Documentary film | |
Kung-Fu Master | | | | Entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival |
Let Sleeping Cops Lie | | Alain Delon, Michel Serrault | Crime | |
Life Is a Long Quiet River | | Benoît Magimel | Comedy | 4 wins & 3 nominations |
The Little Thief | Claude Miller | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bezace, Simon de La Brosse | Drama | |
Natalia | | | | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
Story of Women | | Isabelle Huppert | Drama | Nomin. for Golden Globe, +9 wins, +3 nom. |
To Kill a Priest | | Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland | Crime | |
Sand and Blood | | | | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| | Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna ter Steege, Gene Bervoets | Thriller | Dutch–French co-production |