| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 13 Tzameti | Géla Babluani | Pascal Bongard | Thriller | Jury Prize (Sundance) |
| Arthur and the Invisibles | Luc Besson | Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow | Drama | |
| Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest | Michel Ocelot | Cyril Mourali, Karim M'Riba, Hiam Abbass | Animation / Fantasy | |
| Barakat! | Djamila Sahraoui | Rachida Brakni | Drama | Oumarou Ganda Prize (FESPACO) |
| Bed & Breakfast | Martin Beilby, Loïc Moreau | Ellen Feiss, Brian Quinn, Ruaidhri Conroy | Drama | |
| Bled Number One | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Meryem Serbah | | Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| Charlie Says | Nicole Garcia | Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Lindon | Drama | Entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| Days of Glory | Rachid Bouchareb | Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila | War drama | Entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| Flanders | Bruno Dumont | Adélaïde Leroux | Drama | Won the Grand Prix at Cannes |
| French Fried Vacation 3 | Patrice Leconte | Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko | Comedy | |
| Lights in the Dusk | Aki Kaurismäki | Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, Maria Järvenhelmi | Comedy-drama | Finnish-German-French co-production |
| Little Jerusalem | Karin Albou | Fanny Valette | Drama | 2 wins & 3 nominations |
| Michou d'Auber | Thomas Gilou | Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye | Drama | Set in 1960.[1] |
| Murderers | Patrick Grandperret | Hande Kodja | Drama | Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| Oh La La! | Anne Fontaine | Danielle Darrieux | Comedy drama | Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | Michel Hazanavicius | Jean Dujardin | Adventure comedy | 2 wins & 4 nominations |
| The Page Turner | Denis Dercourt | Catherine Frot, Déborah François | Drama | 3 nominations |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Tom Tykwer | Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman | Period psychological thriller | German-French-Spanish-American-Belgian co-production |
| Priceless | Pierre Salvadori | Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh | Comedy | |
| Renaissance | Christian Volckman | | Animation / Action | 1 win |
| Sheitan | Kim Chapiron | Vincent Cassel | Horror / Black comedy | |
| Stolen Holidays (Les Petites vacances) | Olivier Peyon | | Drama | |
| Tell No One | Guillaume Canet | François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas | Thriller | 8 wins & 10 nominations |
| The Tiger Brigades | Jérôme Cornuau | Clovis Cornillac, Diane Kruger | Action | 3 nominations |
| United 93 | Paul Greengrass | Christian Clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson, David Alan Basche, Peter Hermann, Daniel Sauli, Trish Gates, Corey Johnson, Richard Bekins, Michael J. Reynolds, Khalid Abdalla | Biographical drama / Thriller | Co-production with United Kingdom and United States |
| When I Was a Singer | Xavier Giannoli | Gérard Depardieu, Cécile de France | Musical | Entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Valet (2006 film) |
Francis Veber |
Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Berry, Virginie Ledoyen, Dany Boon |
Comedy |
The film was remade in India and the United States |
