# List of French films of 1939

A list of films produced in France in 1939:

## A-L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Angelica | Jean Choux | Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Guillaume de Sax | Adventure | Co-production with Italy |
| Bach en correctionnelle | Henry Wulschleger | Felix Oudart, Yvonne Yma | Comedy | |
| Battement de coeur | Henri Decoin | Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin | | |
| Behind the Facade | Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande | Lucien Baroux, André Lefaur | Drama | |
| Berlingot and Company | Fernand Rivers | Fernandel, Suzy Prim | Comedy | |
| Brazza ou l'Epopée du Congo | Léon Poirier | Robert Darène, Odette Barencey | | |
| Campement 13 | Jacques Constant | Alice Field, Gabriel Gabrio | Drama | |
| Case of Conscience | Walter Kapps | Suzy Prim, Jules Berry, Roger Karl | Drama | |
| Cocoanut | Jean Boyer | Raimu, Marie Bell | Comedy | UFA |
| The Corsican Brothers | Géo Kelber, Robert Siodmak | Jean Aquistapace, Pierre Brasseur, Lucienne Le Marchand | Drama | |
| Coups de feu | René Barberis | Mireille Balin, Raymond Rouleau | Comedy drama | |
| Courrier d'Asie | Oscar-Paul Gilbert | | | |
| De Mayerling à Sarajevo | Max Ophüls | | | |
| Dédé la musique | André Berthomieu | Albert Préjean, Line Noro | | |
| Deputy Eusèbe | André Berthomieu | Michel Simon, Elvire Popesco, Jules Berry | Comedy | |
| Dernière Jeunesse | Jeff Musso | Raimu, Pierre Brasseur | Drama | |
| The Duel | Pierre Fresnay | Yvonne Printemps, Raimu | Drama | |
| The Duraton Family | Christian Stengel | Noël-Noël, Jules Berry, Blanchette Brunoy | Comedy | |
| Entente cordiale | Marcel L'Herbier | Gaby Morlay, Victor Francen | Historical | |
| The End of the Day | Julien Duvivier | Victor Francen, Michel Simon | Drama | |
| Extenuating Circumstances | Jean Boyer | Arletty, Michel Simon | Comedy | |
| Face au Destin | Henri Fescourt | Jules Berry, Georges Rigaud | Comedy drama | |
| The Fatted Calf | Serge de Poligny | Elvire Popesco, André Lefaur | | |
| Fire in the Straw | Jean Benoît-Lévy | Lucien Baroux, Orane Demazis | Drama | |
| The Five Cents of Lavarede | Maurice Cammage | Fernandel, Josette Day | Comedy | |
| Fort Dolorès | René Le Hénaff | Roger Karl, Gina Manès | Western | |
| Fric-Frac | Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara | | | |
| Girls in Distress | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Marcelle Chantal, Micheline Presle, André Luguet | Drama | |
| Goodbye Vienna | Jacques Séverac | Gustav Fröhlich, Lee Parry, Rolla Norman | Musical | |
| Grandfather | Robert Péguy | Pierre Larquey, Josseline Gaël, Milly Mathis | Comedy drama | |
| Grey contre X | Pierre Maudru, Alfred Gragnon | | Crime | |
| His Uncle from Normandy | Jean Dréville | Josseline Gaël, Jules Berry, Betty Stockfeld | Comedy | |
| Immediate Call | Léon Mathot | Mireille Balin, Roger Duchesne | Comedy drama | |
| Latin Quarter | Pierre Colombier, Christian Chamborant, Alexander Esway | Bernard Lancret, Blanchette Brunoy, Junie Astor | Comedy | |
| L'Embuscade | Fernand Rivers | Michele Verly, Poupon | Drama | |
| L'Émigrante | Léo Joannon | Edwige Feuillère, Jean Chevrier | Comedy | |
| L’empreinte du dieu | Léonide Moguy | Pierre Larquey, Pierre Blanchar | | |
| L'étrange nuit de Noël | Yvan Noé | Sylvia Bataille, André Brulé | | |
| L'héritier des Mondésir | Albert Valentin | Fernandel, Elvire Popesco | Comedy | French/German co-production |
| L'Homme du Niger | Jacques de Baroncelli | Harry Baur, Victor Francen | | |
| L'Homme qui cherche la vérité | Alexander Esway | Raimu, Yvette Lebon | Drama | |
| L'intrigante | Emile Couzinet | Paul Cambo, Germaine Aussey | | |
| L'Or du Cristobal | Jean Stelli, Jacques Becker | Charles Vanel, Conchita Montenegro | | |
| La boutique aux illusions | Jacques Séverac | Jim Gerald, Mary Serta | Comedy | |
| La Loi du nord | Jacques Feyder | Michèle Morgan | Adventure drama | 1 nomination |
| Le Café du port | Jean Choux | René Dary, Line Viala | | |
| Le chemin de l'honneur | Jean-Paul Paulin | Henri Garat, Roland Toutain | Drama | |
| Le club des fadas | Émile Couzinet | Fernand Charpin, Odette Roger | | |
| Le Danube bleu | Emil-Edwin Reinert, Alfred Rode | | | |
| Le Dernier Tournant | Pierre Chenal | Fernand Gravey, Michel Simon | Drama | |
| Le déserteur | Léonide Moguy | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Corinne Luchaire | | |
| Le feu de paille | Jean Benoît-Lévy | Lucien Baroux, Orane Demaziz | Drama | |
| Le grand élan | Christian-Jaque | Max Dearly, Jean Tissier | | |
| Le Jour se lève | Marcel Carné | Jean Gabin, Arletty | Crime drama | 1 nomination |
| Le monde en armes | Jean Oser | | | |
| Le paradis des voleurs | L. C. Marsoudet | Paulette Dubost, Roland Toutain | Comedy | |
| Le président haudecœr | Jean Dréville | Harry Baur, Betty Stockfeld | | |
| Le roi des galéjeurs | Fernand Rivers | Henri Albert, Claude May | | |
| Les Compagnons | Saint-Hubert de Jean Georgesco | | | |
| Les gangsters du château d'If | René Pujol | Pierre Larquey, Germaine Roger | | |
| Les musiciens du ciel | Georges Lacombe | Michèle Morgan, Michel Simon | | |
| Les trois tambours | Maurice de Canonge | Jean Yonnel, Madeleine Soria | Drama | |
| Louise | Abel Gance | Grace Moore, Grace Thill | Musical | Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |

## M-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Marseille mes amours | Jacques Daniel-Norman | Leon Belieres, Reda Caire | | |
| The Mayor's Dilemma | Raymond Bernard | Annie Vernay, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin | Drama | |
| Menaces | Edmond T. Gréville | Mireille Balin, John Loder | | |
| Metropolitan | Maurice Cam | Albert Préjean, Ginette Leclerc | Thriller | |
| Midnight Tradition | Roger Richebé | Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Marcel Dalio | Crime thriller | |
| Monsieur Brotonneau | Alexander Esway | Raimu, Josette Day, Marguerite Pierry | Comedy drama | |
| Monsieur le maire | Jacques Séverac | George Maurer, Leonie Bussinger | | |
| My Aunt the Dictator | René Pujol | Marguerite Moreno, Armand Bernard, Fernand Charpin | Comedy | |
| Nadia la femme traquée | Claude Orval | | | |
| Nine Bachelors | Sacha Guitry | Sacha Guitry, Max Dearly | Comedy | |
| Night in December | Curtis Bernhardt | Pierre Blanchar, Renée Saint-Cyr | Drama | |
| The Path of Honour | Jean-Paul Paulin | Henri Garat, Renée Saint-Cyr, André Lefaur | Drama | |
| Personal Column | Robert Siodmak | Maurice Chevalier, Marie Déa, Pierre Renoir | Drama | |
| The Phantom Carriage | Julien Duvivier | Pierre Fresnay, Micheline Francey, Marie Bell | Romance | |
| Place de la Concorde | Karel Lamac | Albert Préjean, Armand Bernard, René Lefèvre | Comedy | |
| The Porter from Maxim's | Maurice Cammage | Bach, Genevieve Callix | Comedy | |
| Pour le maillot jaune | Jean Stelli | Albert Préjean, René Génin | | |
| Prince Bouboule | Jacques Houssin | Georges Milton, Irén Zilahy, Michèle Alfa | Comedy | |
| Quartier sans soleil | Dimitri Kirsanoff | | | |
| Raphaël le tatoué | Christian-Jaque Sortie | Fernandel | Comedy | |
| Remorques | Jean Grémillon | Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan | Drama | |
| Sacred Woods | Léon Mathot | Elvire Popesco, Gaby Morlay | Comedy | |
| The Rules of the Game | Jean Renoir | Nora Gregor | Comedy drama | Won Bodil Award |
| Saturnin de Yvan Noé | | | | |
| Savage Brigade | Marcel L'Herbier | Véra Korène, Charles Vanel, Florence Marly | Drama | |
| Serenade | Jean Boyer | Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet | Historical | |
| Serge Panine | Charles Méré | Françoise Rosay, Pierre Renoir | Drama | |
| Sidi-Brahim, les diables bleu | Marc Didier | René Dary, Colette Darfeuil | | |
| Sixième Étage | Maurice Cloche | Janine Darcey, Alice Tissot | | |
| The Spirit of Sidi-Brahim | Marc Didier | René Dary, Colette Darfeuil, Abel Jacquin | Spy drama | |
| Sur le plancher des vaches | Pierre-Jean Ducis | Noël-Noël, Raymond Cordy | | |
| Tempête | Bernard Deschamps | Arletty, Marcel Dalio | | |
| Thérèse Martin | Maurice de Canonge | Irène Corday, Marthe Mellot, Lucien Gallas | Drama | |
| There's No Tomorrow | Max Ophüls | Edwige Feuillère, Jorge Rigaud | Drama | |
| Three from St Cyr | Jean-Paul Paulin | Roland Toutain, Jean Mercanton, Jean Chevrier | Adventure | |
| Three Hours | Léonide Moguy | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Corinne Luchaire | War drama | |
| Une main a frappé | Gaston Roudès | | | |
| Unknown of Monte Carlo | André Berthomieu | Dita Parlo, Albert Préjean | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| Veillée d'amour | John M. Stahl | Onslow Stevens, Nydia Westman | | |
| Vidocq | Jacques Daroy | André Brulé, Nadine Vogel | Historical | |
| Whirlwind of Paris | Henri Diamant-Berger | Ray Ventura, Fernand Charpin | Musical comedy | |
| The White Slave | Marc Sorkin | Viviane Romance, John Lodge, Marcel Dalio | Drama | |
| The World Will Tremble | Richard Pottier | Claude Dauphin, Madeleine Sologne, Erich von Stroheim | Science Fiction | |
| Yamilé dans les cèdres | Charles d'Espinay | | | |