| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| À l'attaque! | Robert Guédiguian | Ariane Ascaride | Comedy Drama | [1] |
| Amazon | Philippe de Broca | | | |
| Baise-moi | Virginie Despentes | Karen Lancaume, Raffaëla Anderson | Thriller drama | 3 nominations |
| Chicken Run | Peter Lord, Nick Park | Phil Daniels, Lynn Ferguson, Mel Gibson, Tony Haygarth, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson, Julia Sawalha, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, Benjamin Whitrow | Stop-motion animated comedy | Co-production with the UK and the US |
| Code Unknown | Michael Haneke | Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic | | Entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival |
| Comedy of Innocence | Raúl Ruiz | Isabelle Huppert | Drama | |
| Deep in the Woods | Lionel Delplanque | François Berléand, Clotilde Courau | Horror | 1 win[2][3] |
| Deuxième vie | Patrick Braoudé | Patrick Braoudé, Maria de Medeiros, Isabelle Candelier | Comedy, fantasy | [4] |
| Drôle de Félix | Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Sami Bouajila, Patachou | Comedy drama | 5 wins, 2 nominations |
| Élisabeth - Ils sont tous nos enfants | Pasquale Squitieri | Claudia Cardinale, Jean-Claude Brialy, Marion Corrales | TV | |
| Esther Kahn | Arnaud Desplechin | Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm | | Entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival |
| Family Pack (Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune?) | Chris Vander Stappen | Marie Bunel, Hélène Vincent, Mimie Mathy, Tsilla Chelton, Macha Grenon, Christian Crahay, Emmanuel Bilodeau | Drama | Belgian, French, Swiss and Canadian coproduction |
| The Girl | Sande Zeig | Claire Keim, Agathe de La Boulaye | Romance | |
| The Gleaners and I | Agnès Varda | | Documentary | 11 wins & 2 nominations |
| Happenstance | Laurent Firode | Audrey Tautou, Faudel | Comedy drama | 3 wins |
| Harry, He's Here to Help | Dominik Moll | Laurent Lucas, Sergi Lopez | | Entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival |
| The King's Daughters | Patricia Mazuy | Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Isabelle Huppert | | Screened at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival |
| Mirka | Rachid Benhadj | Vanessa Redgrave, Gérard Depardieu, Sergio Rubini, Franco Nero | Drama | |
| Pâques Man | Michel Leray | Loïc Houdré, Ludovic Berthillot, Lyia Terki | Horror thriller | [5] |
| Le Roi danse | Gérard Corbiau | Benoît Magimel, Enrico Lo Verso | History drama | |
| Sade | Benoît Jacquot | Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt | Drama | 2 wins & 2 nominations |
| Sentimental Destinies | Olivier Assayas | | | Entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival |
| Signs and Wonders | Jonathan Nossiter | Charlotte Rampling | Drama | 1 nomination |
| Sous Le Sable | François Ozon | Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer | Drama | |
| Taking Wing | Steve Suissa | Clément Sibony, Isabelle Carré | Drama | Entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival |
| The Taste of Others | Agnès Jaoui | Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri | Comedy drama | Nominated for an Oscar, +11 wins, +10 nominations |
| Taxi 2 | Gérard Krawczyk | Samy Naceri | Action comedy | 1 win |
| To Matthieu | Xavier Beauvois | Benoît Magimel, Nathalie Baye | Drama | |
| Tomorrow's Another Day | Jeanne Labrune | Nathalie Baye, Jeanne Balibar | | [6] |
| The Town Is Quiet | Robert Guédiguian | Ariane Ascaride | Drama | |
| La Vache et le président | Philippe Muyl | Mehdi Ortelsberg, Bernard Yerlès | Comedy drama | 1 win[7] |
| La Veuve de Saint-Pierre | Patrice Leconte | Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil | Drama | Nominated for Golden Globe, +2 wins, +6 nom. |
| Water Drops on Burning Rocks | François Ozon | Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier, Anna Levine | Drama | 2 wins & 2 nominations |
