This is a list of French films that were released in 2025, including co-productions with other countries.
Most expensive films The most expensive French films of 2025 are as follows: + Most expensive French films of 2025 Rank Title Distributor Budget 1 De Gaulle Pathé €75,500,000 2 Chien 51 StudioCanal €45,000,000 3 Kaamelott: The Second Chapter SND €35,000,000 4 13 Days, 13 Nights Pathé €30,000,000 5 Parthenope Pathé €26,300,000 6 The Shrinking Man Universal Pictures €21,000,000 7 Pathé €19,400,000 8 Limonov: The Ballad Pathé €17,500,000 9 The Legendaries Pan-Européenne €15,000,000 10 Pathé €14,990,000 11 The Shrouds Pyramide Films €13,860,000 12 All for One UGC €10,680,000 13 Maldoror The Jokers Films €8,550,000 14 Out of Control SND €7,160,000 15 L'Amour, c'est surcôté StudioCanal €6,140,000 16 The Ice Tower Metropolitan Filmexport €4,963,919 17 The Quiet Son Ad Vitam Distribution €4,250,000 18 Hear Me Love €4,745,000 19 The Wonderers Apollo Films €3,300,000 20 Le Quatrième Mur Le Pacte €3,200,000
January–March ⌀ Denotes a film that was publicly screened prior to 2024, be it through film festivals, premieres or releases in other countries‡ Denotes a film primarily not in the French language Opening English Title Native Title Director Cast Studio JANUARY 1 Bird ⌀‡ Bird Andrea Arnold Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Jasmine Jobson, James Nelson-Joyce Ad Vitam Distribution How to Make a Killing Un ours dans le Jura Franck Dubosc Franck Dubosc, Laure Calamy, Benoît Poelvoorde, Joséphine de Meaux, Emmanuelle Devos, , Gaumont L'Amour, c'est surcôté L'Amour, c'est surcôté Mourad Winter , , , , , François Damiens, , , Clotilde Courau StudioCanal 8 Parthenope ⌀‡ Parthenope Paolo Sorrentino Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta, Isabella Ferrari Pathé Toutes pour Une Toutes pour une Houda Benyamina Oulaya Amamra, Daphné Patakia, Déborah Lukumuena, Sabrina Ouazani, Georgina Amorós UGC Treasure ⌀‡ Treasure Julia von Heinz Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry, Zbigniew Zamachowski 10 Ad Vitam Ad Vitam Rodolphe Lauga Guillaume Canet, Alexis Manenti, , Zita Hanrot, Johan Heldenbergh Netflix 15 Filmlovers! ⌀ Spectateurs! Arnaud Desplechin , , Françoise Lebrun, Sandra Laugier, Milo Machado-Graner, , Mathieu Amalric Les Films du Losange I'm Still Here ⌀‡ Ainda Estou Aqui Walter Salles Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello, Marjorie Estiano, Humberto Carrão, Valentina Herszage, Dan Stulbach, Maeve Jinkings StudioCanal Le Quatrième Mur Le Quatrième Mur David Oelhoffen Laurent Lafitte, Manal Issa, Simon Abkarian Le Pacte Maldoror Maldoror Fabrice Du Welz Anthony Bajon, Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Alexis Manenti, Sergi López, Laurent Lucas, David Murgia, Béatrice Dalle, Lubna Azabal, Jackie Berroyer, Mélanie Doutey, Félix Maritaud The Jokers Films 22 The Quiet Son Jouer avec le feu Delphine and Muriel Coulin Vincent Lindon, Benjamin Voisin, , Sophie Guillemin Ad Vitam Distribution The Shrouds ⌀‡ The Shrouds David Cronenberg Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt Pyramide Films We Live in Time ⌀‡ We Live in Time John Crowley Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Adam James, Marama Corlett, Aoife Hinds, Heather Craney, Kara Lynch StudioCanal 29 ⌀ Slocum et moi Jean-François Laguionie Elias Hauter, Grégory Gadebois, , André Marcon FEBRUARY 5 Block Pass ⌀ La Pampa Antoine Chevrollier Sayyid El Alami, Amaury Foucher, Artus, Damien Bonnard, Mathieu Demy Tandem Films Les Tuche: God Save the Tuche Jean-Paul Rouve Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau, , Pierre Lottin, Théo Fernandez, Bernard Ménez, Élise Larnicol, Lou Ruat Pathé Paddington in Peru ⌀‡ Paddington in Peru Dougal Wilson Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Carla Tous, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Imelda Staunton StudioCanal Rapide Rapide Morgan S. Dalibert Alban Lenoir, Paola Locatelli, Anne Marivin, Tchéky Karyo Universal Pictures 12 Hear Me Love Joli joli Clara Luciani, William Lebghil, , José Garcia, , , , Victor Belmondo, , , , , , Alban Lenoir, , Mikado Mikado Félix Moati, Vimala Pons, Ramzy Bedia Memento Distribution 19 The Ties That Bind Us⌀ L'Attachement Carine Tardieu Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Pio Marmaï, Vimala Pons Diaphana Distribution Je le jure Je le jure Samuel Theis Louise Bourgoin, Marina Foïs, , Sophie Guillemin, , Serge Bozon, , Claire Burger, Ad Vitam Distribution Limonov: The Ballad ⌀‡ Limonov: The Ballad Kirill Serebrennikov Ben Whishaw, Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Tomas Arana, Corrado Invernizzi, Evgeniy Mironov, Andrey Burkovskiy, Maria Mashkova, Odin Lund Biron, Sandrine Bonnaire, Céline Sallette, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Donald Sumpter Pathé Out of Control Histoire d'un mariage Anne Le Ny Omar Sy, Élodie Bouchez, Vanessa Paradis, José Garcia SND MARCH 19 Once Upon My Mother Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan Ken Scott Jonathan Cohen, Leïla Bekhti, Sylvie Vartan Egérie Productions, Gaumont, Christal Films Manon Dumais, "Un garçon pas comme les autres". La Presse, 4 April 2025. 26 Baby ⌀‡ Baby Marcelo Caetano João Pedro Mariano, , Epicentre Films The Mohican Le Mohican Frédéric Farrucci Alexis Manenti, Ad Vitam Distribution
April–June Opening English Title Native Title Director Cast Studio APRIL 2 Natacha (Presque) Hôtesse de l'Air Noémie Saglio Camille Lou, , Didier Bourdon, Elsa Zylberstein, Isabelle Adjani, Anne Charrier, Baptiste Lecaplain, Fabrice Luchini Pathé 16 Doux Jésus Doux Jésus Marilou Berry, Isabelle Nanty, Anne Benoît, Valérie Mairesse, François Berléand UGC MAY 21 The Wailing ⌀‡ Les Maudites Pedro Martín-Calero Ester Expósito, Mathilde Ollivier, Malena Villa Paname Distribution JUNE 4 Guess Who's Calling! Le Répondeur Fabienne Godet Salif Cissé, Denis Podalydès, Aure Atika Tandem Marie Janeyriat, "Denis Podalydès et Salif Cissé réinventent Le répondeur : bande-annonce". Première, 30 April 2025. 27 13 Days, 13 Nights 13 jours, 13 nuits Martin Bourboulon Roschdy Zem, Lyna Khoudri, Sidse Babett Knudsen, , Fatima Adoum Pathé
July–September Opening English Title Native Title Director Cast Studio JULY 2 The Piano Accident L'Accident de piano Quentin Dupieux Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jérôme Commandeur, Sandrine Kiberlain Diaphana Distribution 9 The Legendaries Les Légendaires TBA Pan-Européenne 30 Dracula ‡ Dracula Luc Besson Caleb Landry Jones, Christoph Waltz, Matilda De Angelis, Zoë Bleu SND AUGUST 20 Alpha Alpha Julia Ducournau Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani Diaphana Distribution SEPTEMBER 3 Sleepless City ‡ La Ville sans sommeil Guillermo Galoe Antonio Fernández Gabarre Pan Distribution 10 Sirāt ‡ Sirāt Oliver Laxe Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Pyramide Films 17 The Ice Tower La Tour de glace Lucile Hadžihalilović Marion Cotillard, Clara Pacini, August Diehl, Gaspar Noé Metropolitan Filmexport Nino Nino Pauline Loquès Théodore Pellerin, William Lebghil, Jour2fête
October–December ‡ Denotes a film primarily not in the French language Opening English Title Native Title Director Cast Studio OCTOBER 15 Dog 51 Chien 51 Cédric Jimenez Adèle Exarchopoulos, Gilles Lellouche, Louis Garrel StudioCanal Two Pianos Deux pianos Arnaud Desplechin François Civil, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Charlotte Rampling, Hippolyte Girardot Le Pacte Le Jour G Le Jour G Kev Adams, Brahim Bouhlel, Didier Bourdon, Chantal Ladesou, Marie Parisot, Jonathan Lambert, Cristiana Reali, , Guy Lecluyse Apollo Films 22 L'Homme qui rétrécit Jan Kounen Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josée Croze, Daphné Richard Universal Pictures 29 The Richest Woman in the World La Femme la plus riche du monde Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Marina Foïs, Raphaël Personnaz The Stranger L'Étranger François Ozon Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin Gaumont Distribution NOVEMBER 12 The Incredible Snow Woman L'Incroyable Femme des neiges Sébastien Betbeder Blanche Gardin, Philippe Katerine, Bastien Bouillon Le Gang des Amazones Izïa Higelin, Lyna Khoudri, , Mallory Wanecque Apollo Films Eagles of the Republic ‡ Les Aigles de la République Tarik Saleh Fares Fares, Zineb Triki, Lyna Khoudri Memento Les Rêveurs Isabelle Carré Isabelle Carré, Judith Chemla, Tessa Dumont Janod Pan Distribution 19 Case 137 Dossier 137 Dominik Moll Léa Drucker, Guslagie Malanda, Dorothée Martinet 26 A Private Life Vie privée Rebecca Zlotowski Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira Ad Vitam DECEMBER 3 Out of Love Les enfants vont bien Nathan Ambrosioni Camille Cottin, Juliette Armanet and Monia Chokri Chi-Fou-Mi Productions 10 La Condition Swann Arlaud, Galatea Bellugi, Diaphana Distribution 31 The Wonderers Qui brille au combat Joséphine Japy Mélanie Laurent, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, , Sarah Pachou Apollo Films Los Tigres ‡ Los Tigres Alberto Rodríguez Antonio de la Torre, Bárbara Lennie, Le Pacte
TBA † Denotes a film released through a streaming service, not theatrically‡ Denotes a film primarily not in the French language Native Title English Title Director Cast Studio † French Lover Nina Rives Omar Sy, Sara Giraudeau, Pascale Arbillot, Netflix Kaamelott: The Second Chapter Kaamelott: Deuxième Volet Alexandre Astier Alexandre Astier, , , , Anne Girouard, , Christian Clavier SND Le Jardinier † Le Jardinier Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michaël Youn, Nawell Madani, Kaaris, , Jérôme Le Banner Amazon Prime Video That Summer in Paris Le rendez-vous de l'été Valentine Cadic Blandine Madec, India Hair Comme des Cinémas
See also 51st César Awards
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