Film d'art (French for "art film") was an influential film movement or genre that developed in France prior to World War I and began with the release of L'Assassinat du duc de Guise (1908), directed by Charles Le Bargy and André Calmettes of the Comédie Française for the Société Film d'Art, a company formed to adapt prestigious theatre plays starring famous performers to the screen.

[2] Examples of films d'art include Calmettes's La Duchesse de Langeais (1910) and La Dame aux Camélias (1912), and Albert Capellani's Notre-Dame de Paris (1911) and Les Misérables (1913).

[1] Despite its technical limitations and short-lived popularity, the movement was highly influential and instrumental in the rise of feature films and narrative cinema, as opposed to the cinéma d'attractions (English: "cinema of attractions").

[1] The movement created a demand for more developed storylines and greater production values, and also made the practice of listing credits more widespread, as they advertised the presence of well-known stage actors.

[2] The influence of film d'art resulted in the birth of narrative cinema in other countries, as in the case of Argentina with the work of Mario Gallo.