# List of French films of 1952

A list of films produced in France in 1952. An increasing number of films were made as co-productions with Italy and other nations.

## A–L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Adorable Creatures | Christian-Jaque | Daniel Gélin, Antonella Lualdi, Danielle Darrieux | Romantic Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| The Adventures of Mandrin | Mario Soldati | Raf Vallone, Silvana Pampanini, Jacques Castelot | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
| The Agony of the Eagles | Jean Alden-Delos | Roger Pigaut, Charles Moulin, Noël Roquevert | Historical | |
| Algiers - Cape Town | Serge de Poligny | | Documentary | |
| Alone in the World | René Chanas | Madeleine Robinson, René Lefèvre, Louis Seigner | Comedy drama | |
| An Artist with Ladies | Jean Boyer | Fernandel, Renée Devillers, Arlette Poirier | Comedy | |
| Article 519, Penal Code | Leonardo Cortese | Henri Vidal, Cosetta Greco, Paolo Stoppa | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| Beauties of the Night | René Clair | Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida | Romantic fantasy comedy | Co-production with Italy. Nominated for Golden Lion |
| The Case Against X | Richard Pottier | Yves Deniaud, Elina Labourdette, Yves Vincent | Crime | |
| Casque d'or | Jacques Becker | Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin | Crime drama | Nominated for Best Film, +2 wins |
| Crazy for Love | Jean Boyer | Bourvil, Jane Marken, Brigitte Bardot | Comedy | |
| The Crime of Bouif | André Cerf | Pierre Jourdan, Fernand Fabre, Jean Gaven | Comedy | |
| Crimson Curtain | André Barsacq | Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Brochard | Crime drama | |
| The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird | Paul Grimault | | Animation comedy | |
| The Damned Lovers | Willy Rozier | Robert Berri, Jacques Dynam, Ginette Baudin | Crime | |
| Dans la vie tout s'arrange | Marcel Cravenne | Merle Oberon, Paul Henreid, Jim Gérald | Comedy | An English-language version The Lady from Boston was also made |
| Desperate Decision | Yves Allégret | Danièle Delorme, Henri Vidal, Jean Debucourt | Drama | |
| Domenica | Maurice Cloche | Odile Versois, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Albert Dinan | Drama | |
| Feather in the Wind | Louis Cuny, Ramón Torrado | Georges Guétary, Carmen Sevilla, Jacqueline Pierreux | Musical | Co-production with Spain |
| Fanfan la Tulipe | Christian-Jaque | Gina Lollobrigida, Gérard Philipe, Marcel Herrand | Comedy adventure | Co-production with Italy. Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival |
| Farewell Paris | Claude Heymann | Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vilbert, Marcelle Arnold | Musical | |
| Forbidden Games | René Clément | Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Laurence Badie | War drama | Won Golden Lion, +6 wins, +1 nomination |
| The Forest of Farewell | Ralph Habib | Françoise Arnoul, Jean-Claude Pascal | Drama | |
| Full House | Henri Verneuil | Michel Simon, Raymond Rouleau, John van Dreelen | Mystery crime | |
| The Girl and the Ghost | Marc Allégret | Robert Dhéry, Annik Morice, Félix Oudart | Comedy drama | |
| A Girl on the Road | Jean Stelli | Georges Guétary, Lenore Aubert, Liliane Bert | Comedy | |
| The Girl with the Whip | Jean Dréville | Michel Simon, Gaby Morlay, Colette Darfeuil | Drama | Co-production with Switzerland |
| The Golden Coach | Jean Renoir | Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Duncan Lamont | Historical comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| Grand Gala | François Campaux | Ludmilla Tchérina, Odile Versois, Yves Vincent | Drama | |
| The Happiest of Men | Yves Ciampi | Fernand Gravey, Maria Mauban, Jean Parédès | Comedy | |
| Heart of the Casbah | Pierre Cardinal | Viviane Romance, Claude Laydu, Peter van Eyck | Drama | |
| Her Last Christmas | Jacques Daniel-Norman | Tino Rossi, Claude May, Louis Seigner | Musical | |
| Holiday for Henrietta | Julien Duvivier | Dany Robin, Michel Auclair, Hildegard Knef | Comedy | |
| The House on the Dune | Georges Lampin | Ginette Leclerc, Jean Chevrier, Roger Pigaut | Drama | |
| Imperial Violets | Richard Pottier | Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla, Simone Valère | Musical | Co-production with Spain |
| In the Land of the Sun | Maurice de Canonge | Tino Rossi, Véra Norman, Antonin Berval | Musical comedy | |
| It Happened in Paris | Henri Lavorel, John Berry | Henri Vidal, Evelyn Keyes, Jean Wall | Comedy | |
| It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer | André Haguet | Pierre Fresnay, Raymond Rouleau, Jeanne Moreau | Drama | |
| Jocelyn | Jacques de Casembroot | Jean Desailly, Simone Valère, Jean Vilar | Historical | |
| The Last Stand | Max Joly | Édouard Delmont, Claire Oliver, Marcel Delaître, Michel Ardan | Crime | |
| Le Plaisir | Max Ophüls | Claude Dauphin, Madeleine Renaud, Danielle Darrieux | Comedy Drama | |
| Leathernose | Yves Allégret | Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe, Mariella Lotti | Historical | Co-production with Italy |
| Love in the Vineyard | Robert Vernay | Line Renaud, Lucien Baroux, Suzanne Dehelly | Comedy | |
| Love Is Not a Sin | Claude Cariven | Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Maryse Martin | Comedy | |
| Love, Madame | Gilles Grangier | Arletty, François Périer, Marie Daëms | Comedy | |

## M–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Man in My Life | Guy Lefranc | Madeleine Robinson, Jeanne Moreau, Walter Santesso | Drama | Co-Production with Italy |
| Manon of the Spring | Marcel Pagnol | Jacqueline Pagnol, Raymond Pellegrin, Henri Vilbert | Drama | |
| Massacre in Lace | André Hunebelle | Raymond Rouleau, Anne Vernon, Tilda Thamar | Comedy crime | |
| Matrimonial Agency | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Bernard Blier, Michèle Alfa, Julien Carette | Comedy drama | |
| Milady and the Musketeers | Vittorio Cottafavi | Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Lebon, Massimo Serato | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
| The Mistress of Treves | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Rossano Brazzi, Anne Vernon, Enzo Fiermonte | Historical | Co-production with Italy |
| The Moment of Truth | Jean Delannoy | Michèle Morgan, Jean Gabin, Walter Chiari | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| Monsieur Leguignon, Signalman | Maurice Labro | Yves Deniaud, Jane Marken, Bernard Lajarrige | Comedy | |
| Monsieur Taxi | André Hunebelle | Michel Simon, Jane Marken, Jean Brochard | Comedy | |
| A Mother's Secret | Jean Gourguet | André Le Gall, Blanchette Brunoy, Grégoire Aslan | Drama | |
| My Husband Is Marvelous | André Hunebelle | Fernand Gravey, Sophie Desmarets, Elina Labourdette | Comedy | |
| My Priest Among the Rich | Henri Diamant-Berger | Yves Deniaud, Robert Arnoux, Raymond Bussières | Comedy | |
| My Wife, My Cow and Me | Jean Devaivre | Erminio Macario, Irène Corday, Annette Poivre | Comedy | |
| The Nude Dancer | Pierre-Louis | Catherine Erard, Pierre Larquey, Jean Debucourt | Comedy | |
| Piédalu Works Miracles | Jean Loubignac | Ded Rysel, Félix Oudart, Mary Marquet | Comedy | |
| Pleasures of Paris | Ralph Baum | Lucien Baroux, Jean Parédès, Geneviève Page | Comedy | |
| The Priest of Saint-Amour | Émile Couzinet | Frédéric Duvallès, Pierre Larquey, Jeanne Fusier-Gir | Comedy | |
| The Red Head | Paul Mesnier | Raymond Souplex, Germaine Dermoz, Pierre Larquey | Drama | |
| Red Shirts | Goffredo Alessandrini Francesco Rosi | Anna Magnani, Raf Vallone, Jacques Sernas | Historical | Co-production with Italy |
| The Respectful Prostitute | Marcello Pagliero | Barbara Laage, Ivan Desny, Marcel Herrand | Crime drama | |
| The Road to Damascus | Max Glass | Michel Simon, Antoine Balpêtré, Jean-Marc Tennberg | Drama | |
| Sergil Amongst the Girls | Jacques Daroy | Paul Meurisse, Claudine Dupuis, Albert Dinan | Crime | |
| She and Me | Guy Lefranc | François Périer, Dany Robin, Jacqueline Gauthier | Comedy | |
| The Smugglers' Banquet | Henri Storck | Françoise Rosay, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Christiane Lénier | Comedy | Co-production with Belgium |
| Son of the Hunchback | Fernando Cerchio | Rossano Brazzi, Milly Vitale, Gabrielle Dorziat | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
| They Were Five | Jack Pinoteau | Marcel André, Jean Carmet, Jean Gaven | Drama | |
| This Age Without Pity | Marcel Blistène | Jean Tissier, Colette Darfeuil, André Alerme | Comedy | |
| Three Women | André Michel | Maryse Martin, Marcelle Arnold, Agnès Delahaie | Comedy drama | Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival |
| Trial at the Vatican | André Haguet | Jean Debucourt, Suzanne Flon, Catherine Fonteney | Drama | |
| La Vérité sur Bébé Donge | Henri Decoin | Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, Jacques Castelot | Drama thriller | |
| Twelve Hours of Happiness | Gilles Grangier | Dany Robin, Georges Marchal, Jean Tissier | Comedy drama | |
| Wanda the Sinner | Duilio Coletti | Yvonne Sanson, Frank Villard, Françoise Rosay | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| We Are All Murderers | André Cayatte | Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Claude Laydu | Crime | Co-production with Italy |
| Wolves Hunt at Night | Bernard Borderie | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Carla Del Poggio, Fernand Ledoux | Spy | Co-production with Italy |
| The Woman with the Orchid | Raymond Leboursier | Tilda Thamar, Georges Rollin, Lucien Gallas | Crime | |
| Women Are Angels | Marcel Aboulker | Viviane Romance, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, André Gabriello | Comedy | |

## Documentaries and shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The King and the Mockingbird | Paul Grimault | Jean Martin, Pascal Mazzotti | Animation comedy | Nominated for BAFTA Award |
| La Villa Santo-Sospir | Jean Cocteau | | Documentary | |