List of French films of 1988
# List of French films of 1988

This is a list of films produced in France in 1988.

French films released in 1988 :

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 36 Fillette | Catherine Breillat | Delphine Zentout, Étienne Chicot, Olivier Parnière | Drama | |
| The Abyss | André Delvaux | Gian Maria Volonté, Sami Frey, Jacques Lippe | Historical film | French–Belgian co-production |
| The Bear | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Tchéky Karyo | Children's/Family, adventure | |
| The Big Blue | Luc Besson | Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno | Adventure | |
| Camille Claudel | Bruno Nuytten | Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill | Drama | |
| 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 |
| Emmanuelle 6 | Bruno Zincone | Nathalie Uher, Jean-René Gossart, Tamira | Adult | |
| L'enfance de l'art | Francis Girod | | | Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Faceless | Jesús Franco | Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas | Horror | |
| Gandahar | René Laloux | | — | |
| Hôtel Terminus | Marcel Ophüls | Klaus Barbie, Marcel Ophüls | Documentary film | |
| Kung-Fu Master | Agnès Varda | | | 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 | |
| Natalia | Bernard Cohn | | | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Story of Women | Claude Chabrol | Isabelle Huppert | 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 | | | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Vanishing | George Sluizer | Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna ter Steege, Gene Bervoets | Thriller | Dutch–French co-production |
