| Man Friday | Jack Gold | drama film, adventure film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Cat from Outer Space | Norman Tokar | comedy film, children's film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Nightwing | Arthur Hiller | horror film | United States |
| Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Robert Butler | comedy film, Western film | United States |
| The Silent Partner | Daryl Duke | drama film, heist film | Canada |
| Being There | Hal Ashby | comedy drama | United States |
| The Wanderers | Philip Kaufman | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film | United States |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Vincent McEveety | comedy film, Western film, children's film | United States |
| Escape from Alcatraz | Don Siegel | drama film, action film, prison film | United States |
| The Sky Trap | Jerome Courtland | adventure film | United States |
| Champions: A Love Story | John A. Alonzo | drama film | United States |
| The Swarm | Irwin Allen | horror film, adventure film, science fiction film, disaster film | United States |
| Heaven Can Wait | Warren Beatty, Buck Henry | American football film, fantasy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Grease | Randal Kleiser | teen film, musical film, romantic comedy | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Shout | Jerzy Skolimowski | drama film, horror film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Return from Witch Mountain | John Hough | mystery film, fantasy film, children's film, science fiction film | United States |
 The World's Greatest Lover | Gene Wilder | parody film | United States |
| Exorcist II: The Heretic | Rospo Pallenberg, John Boorman | horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Silver Bears | Ivan Passer | crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Stunts | Mark L. Lester | mystery film | United States |
 Smokey and the Bandit | Hal Needham | comedy film, action film, adventure film | United States |
| Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope | George Lucas | coming-of-age film, action film, adventure film, space opera, science fiction film | United States |
 The Domino Principle | Stanley Kramer | drama film, action film, thriller film | United States |
| The Squeeze | Michael Apted | crime film | United Kingdom, Australia |
 Andy Warhol's Bad | Jed Johnson | comedy film, crime film | United States |
 Raid on Entebbe | Irvin Kershner | political thriller film, drama film, historical film, action film, thriller film, war film, docudrama | United States |
| Barney | David Waddington | — | Australia |
| Mister Scarface | Fernando Di Leo | poliziotteschi | Germany, Italy |
| Squirm | Jeff Lieberman | horror film, science fiction film | United States |
| Harry and Walter Go to New York | Mark Rydell | comedy film, heist film, buddy film | United States |
| The Blue Bird | George Cukor | family film, fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, children's film, adventure film | Soviet Union, United States |
| Burnt Offerings | Dan Curtis | horror film | United States |
| The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox | Melvin Frank | Western film, romantic comedy | United States |
 The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nicolas Roeg | arthouse science fiction film, drama film, science fiction film | United Kingdom |
 Robin and Marian | Richard Lester | romance film, drama film, sword-and-sandal film, action film, melodrama, swashbuckler film, adventure film | United Kingdom, United States |
| To the Devil a Daughter | Peter Sykes | satanic film, horror film | United Kingdom, Germany, Australia |
| Ride a Wild Pony | Don Chaffey | — | United States, Australia |
| The Black Bird | David Giler | parody film | United States |
| Permission to Kill | Cyril Frankel | spy film | United Kingdom, United States, Austria |
| The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures | James Algar | — | United States |
| Hennessy | Don Sharp | thriller film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Robert Stevenson | comedy film, neo-noir | United Kingdom, United States |
| Nashville | Robert Altman | drama film, musical film, comedy drama | United States |
| Las Vegas Lady | Noel Nosseck | crime film | United States |
| W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings | John G. Avildsen | crime film | United States |
| Bite the Bullet | Richard Brooks | Western film | United States |
| Capone | Steve Carver | drama film, biographical film, crime film | United States |
| Escape to Witch Mountain | John Hough | mystery film, fantasy film, children's film, science fiction film | United States |