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]
|
Daddy's Gang |
Guy Lefranc |
Fernand Raynaud, Louis de Funès |
Comedy |
|
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 |
|
Fernand Cowboy |
Guy Lefranc |
Fernand Raynaud, Noël Roquevert, Nadine Tallier |
Comedy western |
|
Fernandel the Dressmaker |
Jean Boyer |
Fernandel, Suzy Delair, Fred Pasquali |
Comedy |
|
Forgive Us Our Trespasses |
Robert Hossein |
Marina Vlady, Pierre Vaneck, Giani Esposito |
Drama |
|
The Gangsters |
Carlo Rim |
Eddie Constantine, Noël-Noël, Jean Richard, Yves Robert |
Comedy crime |
|
Gervaise |
René Clément |
Maria Schell, François Périer |
Drama historical |
Nominated for Oscar, +7 wins, +2 nom.
|
Goubbiah, mon amour |
Robert Darène |
Jean Marais, Kerima, Delia Scala |
Adventure drama |
Co-production wit Italy
|
Guilty? |
Edmond T. Gréville |
John Justin, Barbara Laage, Donald Wolfit |
Crime |
Co-production with United Kingdom
|
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 Traversée de Paris |
Claude Autant-Lara |
Jean Gabin, Bourvil |
Comedy / Drama |
|
Les Assassins du dimanche |
Alex Joffé |
Barbara Laage, Dominique Wilms, Jean-Marc Thibault, Paul Frankeur |
Drama |
|
The Light Across the Street |
Georges Lacombe |
Raymond Pellegrin, Roger Pigaut, Brigitte Bardot |
Crime |
|
Maigret Leads the Investigation |
Stany Cordier |
Maurice Manson, Peter Walker, Michel André, Svetlana Pitoëff |
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
|
Miss Catastrophe |
Dimitri Kirsanoff |
Sophie Desmarets, Philippe Nicaud, Louis Seigner, Armand Bernard |
Comedy |
|
Missing Persons Section |
Pierre Chenal |
Nicole Maurey, Maurice Ronet |
Crime |
Co-production with Argentina
|
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 |
|
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 horror |
Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival; Co-production with Sweden
|
Suspicion |
Pierre Billon |
Anne Vernon, Frank Villard, Dora Doll |
Crime 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 |
|