# List of French films of 1990

A list of films produced in France in 1990.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Les 1001 Nuits | Philippe de Broca | Catherine Zeta-Jones, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot | Fantasy | French–Italian co-production |
| Baby Blood | Alain Robak | Emmanuelle Escourrou, Jean-François Gallotte, Christian Sinniger | Horror | |
| Captive of the Desert | Raymond Depardon | Sandrine Bonnaire | Drama | |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez | Drama, romance | |
| Daddy Nostalgia | Bertrand Tavernier | Dirk Bogarde, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure | Drama | |
| Europa Europa | Agnieszka Holland | Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, André Wilms | Drama | French–German co-production |
| Everybody's Fine | Giuseppe Tornatore | Marcello Mastroianni, Michèle Morgan, Valeria Cavalli | Comedy-drama | Italian–French co-production |
| La Femme Nikita | Luc Besson | Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tchéky Karyo | Thriller | French–Italian co-production |
| Green Card | Peter Weir | Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell | Romantic comedy-drama | French-Australian-American co-production |
| The Hairdresser's Husband | Patrice Leconte | Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Henry Hocking | Comedy-drama, romance | |
| Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces | Férid Boughedir | Selim Boughedir, Mustapha Adouani, Rabiah Ben-Abdullah | Drama, Comedy | Tunisian-French-Italian co-production |
| Hamlet | Franco Zeffirelli | Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter | Drama | |
| Henry & June | Philip Kaufman | Fred Ward, Uma Thurmanl Maria de Medeiros, Richard E. Grant, Kevin Spacey | Biographical drama | American-French co-production |
| Il y a des jours... et des lunes | Claude Lelouch | Gérard Lanvin, Patrick Chesnais, Vincent Lindon | Comedy-drama | |
| The Little Gangster | Jacques Doillon | Richard Anconina, Gerald Thomassin, Clotilde Courau | Drama | |
| May Fools | Louis Malle | Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy | Comedy | French–Italian co-production |
| My Father's Glory | Yves Robert | Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain | Drama | |
| My Mother's Castle | Yves Robert | Julien Ciamaca, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel | Drama | |
| Nouvelle Vague | Jean-Luc Godard | Alain Delon, Domiziana Giordano, Roland Amstutz | Avant-garde, fantasy | French–Swiss co-production |
| Quiet Days in Clichy | Claude Chabrol | Andrew McCarthy, Nigel Havers, Barbara de Rossi | Drama | French–Italian–West German co-production |
| A Tale of Springtime | Éric Rohmer | Anne Teyssedre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel | Comedy-drama | |
| Tatie Danielle | Étienne Chatiliez | Tsilla Chelton, Catherine Jacob, Éric Prat | Comedy | |
| Taxi Blues | Pavel Lungin | Petr Mamonov, Piotr Zaitchenko, Vladimir Kachpur | Drama | Soviet–French co-production |
| Tumultes | Bertrand Van Effenterre | | | Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
| Uranus | Claude Berri | Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle | Comedy-drama | |
| La vengeance d'une femme | Jacques Doillon | Isabelle Huppert | | Entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Vincent and Me | Michael Rubbo | Nina Petronzio, Tchéky Karyo, Christopher Forrest | Comedy | Canadian–French co-production |