This is a list of the most notable softcore erotic films and sex comedy films produced in France (including co-productions).
List[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | ||||||
| Belle de Jour | Luis Buñuel | Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli | Drama | |||
| 1971 | ||||||
| Good Little Girls (Les Petites Filles modèles) |
Jean-Claude Roy | Marie-Georges Pascal, Michèle Girardon, Bella Darvi | Comedy | |||
| Requiem pour un Vampire | Jean Rollin | Marie-Pierre Castel, Mireille Dargent, Philippe Gasté | Horror / Fantastic | |||
| I Am a Nymphomaniac | Max Pécas | Sandra Julien, Janine Reynaud, Michel Lemoine | comedy / Fantasy | |||
| Blanche | Walerian Borowczyk | Michel Simon, Ligia Branice, Georges Wilson |
Drama / Historic | |||
| 1972 | ||||||
| Last Tango in Paris | Bernardo Bertolucci | Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Léaud |
Romantic / Drama | |||
| 1973 | ||||||
| I Am Frigid... Why? | Max Pécas | Sandra Julien, Marie-Georges Pascal, Catherine Wagener | Drama | |||
| Immoral Tales | Walerian Borowczyk | Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini | anthology | |||
| Marianne's Temptations | Francis Leroi | Rosa Fumetto, Bob Asklöf, Bernard Tixier | Drama | |||
| Bananes mécaniques | Jean-François Davy | Marie-Georges Pascal, Anne Libert, Pauline Larrieu | Comedy | |||
| Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman | Roger Vadim | Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Jane Birkin | Drama | |||
| Female Vampire (La Comtesse noire) |
Jesús Franco | Lina Romay, Jack Taylor, Monica Swinn | Horror / Fantastic | |||
| 1974 | ||||||
| Going Places (Les Valseuses) |
Bertrand Blier | Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Miou-Miou |
Comedy / Drama | |||
| Les Démoniaques | Jean Rollin | Joëlle Coeur, Willy Braque, Mireille Dargent | Horror / Fantastic | |||
| Hot and Naked | Guy Maria | Marie-Georges Pascal, Bob Asklöf, Jean-Michel Dhermay |
Action / Drama | |||
| Emmanuelle | Just Jaeckin | Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny, Christine Boisson |
Romantic | |||
| 1975 | ||||||
| La Bête | Walerian Borowczyk | Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Marcel Dalio | Comedy / Horror / Drama | |||
| Emmanuelle 2 | Francis Giacobetti | Sylvia Kristel, Laura Gemser, Umberto Orsini |
Romantic | |||
| Maîtresse | Barbet Schroeder | Bulle Ogier, Gérard Depardieu, André Rouyer |
Comedy | |||
| Story of O | Just Jaeckin | Corinne Cléry, Udo Kier, Anthony Steel | Drama | |||
| 1976 | ||||||
| Spermula | Charles Matton | Udo Kier, Dayle Haddon, Karin Petersen | fantasy | |||
| 1977 | ||||||
| Bilitis | David Hamilton | Patti D'Arbanville, Bernard Giraudeau, Mathieu Carrière | Romantic / Drama | |||
| 1978 | ||||||
| Goodbye Emmanuelle | François Leterrier | Sylvia Kristel, Olga Georges-Picot, Umberto Orsini | Romantic | |||
| 1979 | ||||||
| Fascination | Jean Rollin | Brigitte Lahaie Franka Mai, Jean-Pierre Lemaire |
Fantastic | |||
| Laura | David Hamilton | Maud Adams Dawn Dunlap, James Mitchell |
Romantic | |||
| 1980 | ||||||
| Tendres Cousines | David Hamilton | Thierry Tevini Anja Schüte, Valérie Dumas |
Romantic | |||
| 1981 | ||||||
| A Summer in St. Tropez | David Hamilton | Anne, Monica Broeke, Catherine | Romantic / Drama | |||
| Beau-père | Bertrand Blier | Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse | Melodrama / Drama | |||
| 1984 | ||||||
| Premiers désirs | David Hamilton | Monica Broeke, Patrick Bauchau, Emmanuelle Béart | Romantic | |||
| Emmanuelle 4 | Francis Leroi, Iris Letans | Mia Nygren, Sylvia Kristel, Dominique Troyes |
Romantic / Drama | |||
| 1987 | ||||||
| Emmanuelle 5 | Walerian Borowczyk | Monique Gabrielle, Crofton Hardester, Dana Burns Westburg | Romantic / Drama | |||
| 1992 | ||||||
| The Lover | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Jane March | Romantic / Drama | |||
| 2006 | ||||||
| Lady Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | Marina Hands, Jean‑Louis Coulloc'h | Drama | |||
| 2013 | ||||||
| Blue Is the Warmest Color | Abdellatif Kechiche | Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos | Romantic / Drama | |||