| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Adventures in Indochina | Jean Bastia | Jean Gaven, Dominique Wilms, Jean-Pierre Kérien | Adventure | |
| Les Amants | Louis Malle | Jeanne Moreau | Drama | Nominated for Golden Lion, +1 win |
| Anna of Brooklyn | Vittorio De Sica | Gina Lollobrigida, Dale Robertson, Amedeo Nazzari | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| Back to the Wall | Édouard Molinaro | Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Oury, Philippe Nicaud | Crime | |
| Le Beau Serge | Claude Chabrol | Gérard Blain | Drama | 2 wins |
| A Certain Monsieur Jo | René Jolivet | Michel Simon, Geneviève Kervine, Jacques Morel | Crime | |
| Christine | Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Romy Schneider, Alain Delon | Drama, Romance | |
| Ciulinii Bărăganului | Louis Daquin, Gheorghe Vitanidis | Ana Vladescu | | Nominated for Palme d'Or
Top ratings in imdb (9,5) |
| Dangerous Games | Pierre Chenal | Jean Servais, Pascale Audret | Crime | |
| The Daughter of Hamburg | Yves Allégret | Daniel Gélin, Hildegard Knef, Jean Lefebvre | Drama | |
| The Day the Sky Exploded | Paolo Heusch | Paul Hubschmid, Fiorella Mari | SF | Co-produced with Italy |
| Dishonorable Discharge | Bernard Borderie | Eddie Constantine | Adventure, comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| Elevator to the Gallows | Louis Malle | Jeanne Moreau | Crime drama | Won Prix Louis Delluc |
| Every Day Has Its Secret | Claude Boissol | Jean Marais, Danièle Delorme, Françoise Fabian | Thriller | |
| Federal Police | Maurice de Canonge | Anne Vernon, Henri Vilbert, Robert Manuel, Yves Vincent | Crime | |
| Girl and the River | François Villiers | Pascale Audret | Drama | Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival |
| Girls of the Night | Maurice Cloche | Georges Marchal, Nicole Berger | Drama | Co-production with West Germany and Italy |
| Goha | Jacques Baratier | Omar Sharif | Drama | Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival |
| Happy Arenas | Maurice de Canonge | Fernand Raynaud, Danielle Godet, Colette Ripert | Comedy | |
| Illegal Cargo | Georges Lacombe | Françoise Arnoul, Renée Faure, Jean-Claude Michel, Judith Magre, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Salina | Crime | |
| Incognito | Patrice Dally | Eddie Constantine, Danik Patisson, Gaby André, Tilda Thamar | Crime | |
| The Law Is the Law | Christian-Jaque | Totò, Fernandel | Comedy | Co-production with Italy; Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival |
| A Legitimate Defense | André Berthomieu | Bernard Blier, Pierre Mondy, Philippe Nicaud, Maria Mauban | Crime | |
| Life Together | Clément Duhour | Fernandel, Danielle Darrieux, Lilli Palmer | Comedy | |
| The Lord's Vineyard | Jean Boyer | Fernandel, Pierre Dux, Simone Valère | Comedy | |
| Love Is My Profession | Claude Autant-Lara | Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère | Crime | |
| The Lovers of Montparnasse | Jacques Becker, Max Ophüls | Gérard Philipe | Biopic | Biopic of Modigliani |
| Maigret Sets a Trap | Jean Delannoy | Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot | Crime | |
| The Mask of the Gorilla | Bernard Borderie | Lino Ventura, Charles Vanel, Pierre Dux, Bella Darvi | Crime | |
| Mimi Pinson | Robert Darèbe | Dany Robin, Raymond Pellegrin | Comedy | |
| Le Miroir à deux faces | André Cayatte | Michèle Morgan, Bourvil, Ivan Desny | Crime | Co-production with Italy |
| Les Misérables | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme | Drama | |
| Mon Oncle | Jacques Tati | Jacques Tati | Comedy | |
| My Darned Father | Georges Lacombe | Gaby Morlay, Antonella Lualdi, Claude Dauphin, Philippe Lemaire | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| Neither Seen Nor Recognized | Yves Robert | Louis de Funès, Noëlle Adam | Comedy | |
| The Night Heaven Fell | Roger Vadim | Brigitte Bardot, Alida Valli | Drama | |
| Not Delivered | Gilles Grangier | Paul Meurisse, Jeanne Moreau, Serge Reggiani, Simone Renant | Crime | |
| Sacred Youth | André Berthomieu | Gaby Morlay, André Luguet, Micheline Dax, Guy Bertil | Comedy | |
| School for Coquettes | Jacqueline Audry | Dany Robin, Fernand Gravey, Bernard Blier | Comedy | |
| Serenade of Texas | Richard Pottier | Luis Mariano, Germaine Damar | Musical western | |
| The Sicilian | Pierre Chevalier | Fernand Raynaud | Comedy | |
| Sinners of Paris | Pierre Chenal | Charles Vanel, Bella Darvi, Danik Patisson, Michel Piccoli, François Guérin, Marcel Mouloudji | Crime | |
| Tamango | John Berry | Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens | Drama | Made in France as director Berry was blacklisted in Hollywood |
| That Night | Maurice Cazeneuve | Mylène Demongeot, Maurice Ronet, Jean Servais | Crime | |
| Why Women Sin | Guy Lefranc | Dany Carrel, Pierre Vaneck, Yves Denbiaud | Crime | |
| Women's Prison | Maurice Cloche | Danièle Delorme, Jacques Duby, Mireille Perrey | Crime | |
| Young Sinners (Les Tricheurs) | Marcel Carné | Pascale Petit | Drama | Grand Prix du Cinéma |
