Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) displays attractive ferroelectric/piezoelectric properties and PVDF polar β-crystals are specifically targeted for electroactive applications. However, their direct crystallization from the melt state represents a challenging task to access electroactive polymer films by melt-state processes. Here, the role of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a β-phase promoter for PVDF blends is investigated. PVDF/PMMA films were produced by extrusion-calendering and an tocrystaltransition at 5wt-% PMMA is clearly identified by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and wide-angle X-ray scattering experiments (WAXS). A significative impact of the cooling rate is highlighted using Flash DSC experiments, showing that the incorporation of PMMA into PVDF clearly favoured the development of β-crystals at lower cooling rates. Ferroelectric properties were finally established and ferroelectric behaviors were observed for PMMA content up to 10wt-% but the highest remanent polarization could be obtained with 5wt-% PMMA. Interestingly, dielectric properties of PVDF/PMMA films could be readily tuned up upon the PMMA content from a classical ferroelectric to pseudo-relaxor/anti-ferroelectric behaviors and these effects are discussed in terms of -phase content, size and nanoconfinement. We demonstrated that PMMA plays a key role in the crystallization of polar PVDF crystals from the melt state and PVDF/PMMA blends processed by extrusion-calendering represent an elegant way for the development of smart polymer materials.