A list of films produced in France in 1956.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Gil Blas | Adventure | Co-production with Spain | ||
| And God Created Woman | Crime | |||
| Babes a GoGo | Comedy | |||
| The Babes in the Secret Service | Comedy | |||
| Baratin | Musical | |||
| Blood to the Head | Crime | |||
| Bob le flambeur | Crime | |||
| The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful | Comedy | |||
| Bonjour sourire | Comedy | |||
| Comme un cheveu sur la soupe | Maurice Regamey | Louis de Funès, Noelle Adam | Comedy | |
| The Country I Come From | Comedy musical romance | [1] | ||
| Crime et châtiment | Crime | [2] | ||
| Daddy's Gang | Comedy | |||
| Deadlier Than the Male | Crime | |||
| Death in the Garden | Drama | |||
| Diamond Machine | Crime | Co-production with Italy | ||
| Don Juan | Historical comedy | Co-production with Italy and Spain | ||
| Elena and Her Men | Comedy drama | |||
| Fernand Cowboy | Comedy western | |||
| Fernandel the Dressmaker | Comedy | |||
| Forgive Us Our Trespasses | Drama | |||
| The Gangsters | Comedy crime | |||
| Gervaise | Drama historical | Nominated for Oscar, +7 wins, +2 nom. | ||
| Goubbiah, mon amour | Adventure drama | Co-production wit Italy | ||
| Guilty? | Crime | Co-production with United Kingdom | ||
| Honoré de Marseille | Comedy, Musical | [3] | ||
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Drama / Horror | |||
| If All the Guys in the World | Adventure | |||
| If Paris Were Told to Us | Comedy / Drama | |||
| In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes | Crime | |||
| It Happened in Aden | Comedy | |||
| Je reviendrai à Kandara | Drama | |||
| La Traversée de Paris | Comedy / Drama | |||
| Les Assassins du dimanche | Drama | |||
| The Light Across the Street | Crime | |||
| Maigret Leads the Investigation | Crime | |||
| Man and Child | Crime | Co-production with Italy[4] | ||
| A Man Escaped | Adventure drama | Nominated for BAFTA, +2 wins, +1 nom. | ||
| Mannequins of Paris | Drama | |||
| The Man with the Golden Keys | Crime | [5] | ||
| Marie Antoinette Queen of France | Historical | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Meeting in Paris | Comedy | |||
| Memories of a Cop | Crime | [6] | ||
| Michel Strogoff | Adventure | Co-production with Italy | ||
| Miss Catastrophe | Comedy | |||
| Missing Persons Section | Crime | Co-production with Argentina | ||
| My Priest Among the Poor | Comedy | |||
| The Mystery of Picasso | Documentary | |||
| Naughty Girl | Musical | |||
| Paris, Palace Hotel | Comedy | Co-production with Italy | ||
| Pity for the Vamps | Drama | |||
| Plucking the Daisy | Comedy | |||
| The Red Balloon | Pascal Lamorisse | Fantasy (short) | Won Oscar, +3 wins | |
| The Road to Paradise | Comedy | |||
| Short Head | Comedy | |||
| The Silent World | Documentary | Won Oscar, +3 wins, +1 nomination | ||
| La Sorcière | Drama horror | Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival; Co-production with Sweden | ||
| Suspicion | Pierre Billon | Crime drama | ||
| The Terror with Women | Comedy | |||
| This is Called Dawn | Crime | Co-production with Italy | ||
| Tides of Passion | Drama | Co-production with Italy | ||
| Tonight the Skirts Fly | Action, Comedy, Drama | |||
| The Wagas of Sin | Drama | |||
| The Whole Town Accuses | Comedy drama | |||
| Zaza | Drama | |||