# List of French films of 2012

A list of films produced in France in 2012.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 7 Days in Havana | Daniel Brühl, Emir Kusturica, Josh Hutcherson | Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Médem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabío, Laurent Cantet | Drama | Spanish–French co-production |
| Alyah | Elie Wajeman | Pio Marmaï, Cédric Kahn | Drama | |
| Amour | Michael Haneke | Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert | Drama / Romance | Austrian–French–German co-production |
| The Angels' Share | Ken Loach | John Henshaw, Gary Maitland, William Ruane | Comedy/Drama | Belgian-French-Italian-British co-production |
| Approved for Adoption | Laurent Boileau | | Animation | Belgian–French co-production |
| Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia | Laurent Tirard | Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Catherine Deneuve | Adventure / Comedy / Drama | |
| Au galop | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Alice de Lencquesaing, Valentina Cervi, Marthe Keller | Comedy | |
| Aujourd'hui | Alain Gomis | Saul Williams | | Senegalese-French co-production |
| Aya de Yopougon | Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie | | Animation | |
| Bel Ami | Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod | Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney, Anthony Higgins | Drama | British–French–Italian co-production |
| Beyond the Walls (Hors les murs) | David Lambert | Guillaume Gouix, Matila Malliarakis, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, David Salles, Flonja Kodheli | Drama | |
| Camille redouble | Noémie Lvovsky | Noémie Lvovsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Yolande Moreau, Denis Podalydès, Samir Guesmi, Michel Vuillermoz | Comedy | |
| Captive | Brillante Mendoza | Isabelle Huppert | Action, Drama, Thriller, War | French-Filipino-German-British co-production |
| Coming Home | Frédéric Videau | Agathe Bonitzer, Reda Kateb | Drama | |
| Confession of a Child of the Century | Sylvie Verheyde | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pete Doherty, Lily Cole, August Diehl | Drama | |
| Cosmopolis | David Cronenberg | Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Samantha Morton, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Juliette Binoche | Drama | Canadian-French-Italian-Portuguese co-production |
| Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood | Daniele Vicari | Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano | Drama | French-Italian-Romanian co-production |
| Dracula 3D | Dario Argento | Thomas Kretschmann, Rutger Hauer, Asia Argento, Marta Gastini, Unax Ugalde | Horror | French–Italian–Spanish co-production |
| Ernest & Celestine | Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner | Lambert Wilson | Animation | Belgian-French co-production |
| Farewell, My Queen | Benoît Jacquot | Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen | Drama/Historical | |
| Flight of the Storks | Jan Kounen | Harry Treadaway, Rutger Hauer, Perdita Weeks | Action thriller | |
| Flowers of Evil | David Dusa | Rachid Yousef, Alice Belaïdi | Drama | |
| Fly Me to the Moon | Pascal Chaumeil | Diane Kruger, Dany Boon | Comedy | |
| Happiness Never Comes Alone | James Huth | Gad Elmaleh, Sophie Marceau | Romantic comedy | |
| Holy Motors | Leos Carax | Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue | Fantasy / Drama | |
| L'Homme qui rit | Jean-Pierre Améris | Gérard Depardieu, Marc-André Grondin, Christa Théret | Drama | |
| In the House | François Ozon | Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Ernst Umhauer | Comedy drama | French production |
| It's Not a Cowboy Movie (Ce n'est pas un film de cowboys) | Benjamin Parent | Malivaï Yakou, Finnegan Oldfield, Leïla Choukri, Garance Marillier, Damien Gomes | Short, comedy | |
| My Way | Florent Emilio Siri | Jérémie Renier, Benoît Magimel | Biography/Drama | French production |
| Madame Solario | René Féret | Marie Féret, Cyril Descours, Harry Lister Smith, Salomé Stévenin, Andrei Zayats | Drama | released 22 August 2012 |
| On the Other Side of the Freeway | David Charhon | Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte, Zabou Breitman | Comedy | |
| On the Road | Walter Salles | Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley | Drama | French–American–Brazilian co-production |
| One Night | Lucas Belvaux | Yvan Attal, Sophie Quinton, Nicole Garcia | Drama | Belgium –France co-production |
| The Other Son | Lorraine Lévy | Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbé | Drama | French production |
| Our Children | Joachim Lafosse | Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Émilie Dequenne | Psychological | Belgium –France co-production |
| Paris Manhattan | Sophie Lellouche | Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel | Drama | |
| The Players | Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche | Lionel Abelanski, Fabrice Agoguet | A series of short films set around the theme of infidelity. (109 mins.) | |
| Popular | Régis Roinsard | Romain Duris, Déborah François | | |
| Renoir | Gilles Bourdos | Michel Bouquet, Christa Théret | Drama | |
| Something in the Air | Olivier Assayas | Clément Métayer, Lola Créton | Drama | |
| Taken 2 | Olivier Megaton | Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen | Thriller | United States–French co-production |
| Thérèse Desqueyroux | Claude Miller | Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche | Drama | French production |
| Three Worlds | Catherine Corsini | Clotilde Hesme, Raphaël Personnaz | Drama | |
| Upside Down | Juan Diego Solanas | Jim Sturgess, Kirsten Dunst | Science Fiction, romance | Canadian–French co-production |