# List of French films of 1983

A list of films produced in France in 1983.
French films released in 1983 :
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 2019, After the Fall of New York | Sergio Martino | Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, Anna Kanakis | Science fiction, action | Italian–French co-production |
| À Nos Amours | Maurice Pialat | Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Dominique Besnehard | Drama | |
| A Good Little Devil | Jean-Claude Brialy | Alice Sapritch, Bernadette Lafont, Philippe Clay, Michel Creton | Drama | |
| And the Ship Sails On | Federico Fellini | Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti | Comedy | Italian–French co-production |
| L'Argent | Robert Bresson | Christian Patey, Sylvie van den Elsen, Michel Briguet | Drama | French–Swiss co-production |
| Le Bal | Ettore Scola | Etienne Guichard, Régis Bouquet, Francesco de Rosa | Musical | French–Italian–Algerian co-production |
| La Belle captive | Alain Robbe-Grillet | Daniel Mesguich, Gabrielle Lazure, Cyrielle Claire | Avant-garde | |
| Cap Canaille | Juliet Berto, Jean-Henri Roger | Richard Bohringer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliet Berto | Crime, thriller | French–Belgian co-production |
| Les Compères | Francis Verber | Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Anny Duperey | Comedy | |
| Confidentially Yours | François Truffaut | Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach | Mystery | |
| Danton | Andrzej Wajda | Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Patrice Chéreau | Drama | French–Polish co-production |
| Deadly Circuit | Claude Miller | Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Geneviève Page | Thriller | |
| The Death of Mario Ricci | Claude Goretta | Gian Maria Volonté, Magali Noël, Heinz Bennent | Drama | Swiss–French–West German co-production |
| Le Dernier Combat | Luc Besson | Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Jean Reno | Science fiction | |
| Entre Nous | Diane Kurys | Miou-Miou, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand | Drama | |
| Équateur | Serge Gainsbourg | Barbara Sukowa, Francis Huster, René Kolldehoff | Crime, Romance, Thriller | |
| Eréndira | Ruy Guerra | Irene Papas, Cláudia Ohana, Oliver Wehe | | Mexican–French–West German co-production |
| First Name: Carmen | Jean-Luc Godard | Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel | Avant-garde | |
| Ironmaster | Umberto Lenzi | Sam Pasco, George Eastman, Elvire Audrey | — | Italian–French co-production |
| The Man in the Silk Hat | Maud Linder | | Documentary | |
| Le Marginal | Jacques Deray | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva, Claude Brosset | Action, thriller | |
| Liberty Belle | Pascal Kané | Jerome Zucca, Dominique Laffin, André Dussollier | Drama | |
| Life Is a Bed of Roses | Alain Resnais | Vittorio Gassman, Ruggero Raimondi, Fanny Ardant | Comedy drama | |
| La matiouette ou l'arrière-pays | André Téchiné | Jacques Nolot, Patrick Fierry | | |
| Moon in the Gutter | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Gérard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril | Drama, mystery | French–Italian co-production |
| News Items | Raymond Depardon | | Documentary | |
| One Deadly Summer | Jean Becker | Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon | Drama | |
| Pauline at the Beach | Éric Rohmer | Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory | Comedy drama | |
| The Ruffian | José Giovanni | Lino Ventura, Bernard Giraudeau, Claudia Cardinale | Adventure | |
| S.A.S. à San Salvador | Raoul Coutard | Miles O'Keeffe, Sybil Danning, Raimund Harmstorf | Action, thriller | French–West German co-production |
| Sans Soleil | Chris Marker | | Documentary | |
| So Long, Stooge | Claude Berri | Coluche, Richard Anconina, Agnès Soral | Drama | |
| Sugar Cane Alley | Euzhan Palcy | Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck | Drama | |
| Three Crowns of the Sailor | Raúl Ruiz | Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Jean Badin | Fantasy | |
| The Wounded Man | Patrice Chéreau | Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Roland Bertin | Drama | |