| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
| 100% Arabica |
Mahmoud Zemmouri |
Khaled, Cheb Mami |
Comedy |
1 nomination
|
| Assassin(s) |
Mathieu Kassovitz |
|
|
Entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
|
| The Banned Woman |
Philippe Harel |
|
|
Entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Bet |
Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan |
Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan |
|
|
| The Chambermaid on the Titanic |
Bigas Luna |
Romane Bohringer, Olivier Martinez |
Period drama |
|
| Le Bossu |
Philippe de Broca |
Daniel Auteuil, Fabrice Luchini |
Swashbuckler |
|
| Dakan |
Mohamed Camara |
|
Drama |
1 win
|
| The Fifth Element |
Luc Besson |
Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich |
Sci-Fi adventure |
7 wins & 16 nominations
|
| Genealogies of a Crime |
Raúl Ruiz |
|
|
Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival
|
| Kings for a Day |
François Velle |
|
|
Entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival
|
| Lolita |
Adrian Lyne |
Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain |
Drama |
French-American co-production
|
| Lucie Aubrac |
Claude Berri |
|
|
Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival
|
| On connaît la chanson |
Alain Resnais |
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui |
Musical comedy |
9 wins & 8 nominations
|
| Port Djema |
Eric Heumann |
|
|
Heumann won the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin
|
| Post Coitum, Animal Triste |
Brigitte Roüan |
Brigitte Roüan |
Drama |
1 win & 2 nominations, screened at Cannes
|
| Quadrille |
Valérie Lemercier |
André Dussollier, Sandrine Kiberlain |
Comedy |
|
| See the Sea |
François Ozon |
Sasha Hails, Marina de Van |
Drama |
|
| The Serpent's Kiss |
Philippe Rousselot |
Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi |
Drama |
1 nomination
|
| Sous les pieds des femmes |
Rachida Krim |
Claudia Cardinale, Nadia Farès, Mohammad Bakri |
Drama |
|
| La Vérité si je mens ! |
Thomas Gilou |
Bruno Solo, Richard Anconina, Vincent Elbaz, Gilbert Melki, José Garcia, Élie Kakou, Amira Casar |
Comedy |
|
| Western |
Manuel Poirier |
Sergi López, Sacha Bourdo |
|
Entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
|
