| Breaking Glass | Brian Gibson | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Challenger: An Industrial Romance | Michael Rubbo | documentary film | Canada |
| Hero at Large | Martin Davidson | superhero film | United States |
| Hide in Plain Sight | James Caan | drama film | United States |
| In God We Tru$t | Marty Feldman | comedy film | United States |
| Just Tell Me What You Want | Sidney Lumet | romantic comedy | United States |
| Oh, God! Book II | Gilbert Cates | fantasy film, comedy film, speculative fiction film | United States |
| Ripe Strawberries | — | comedy film, short film | United States |
| Rockshow | Paul McCartney | musical film, documentary film | United States |
| Simon | Marshall Brickman | science fiction comedy | United States |
| The Space Movie | Tony Palmer | documentary film | United States |
| Times Square | Allan Moyle | lesbian-related film, teen film, queer film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film | United States |
| 80 Blocks from Tiffany's | Gary Weis | documentary film | United States |
| C.H.O.M.P.S. | Don Chaffey | children's film, science fiction film | United States |
| Coriolanus | Wilford Leach | drama film | United States |
| Going the Distance | Paul Cowan | documentary film | Canada |
| Hanover Street | Peter Hyams | romance film, drama film, action film, melodrama, adventure film, war film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Metamorphoses | — | monster film, fantasy anime and manga, fantasy film, musical film | Japan, United States |
| Starship Eros | Wesley Emerson, Scott McHaley | pornographic film, science fiction film | United States |
| The Promise | Gilbert Cates | romance film, drama film | United States |
| The Underground Eiger | Barry Cockcroft | — | United Kingdom |
| Avalanche | Corey Allen | action film, thriller film, disaster film | United States |
| Day of the Killer Tornadoes | — | documentary film | United States |
| Hooper | Hal Needham | action film, action comedy film | United States |
| Nicole | István Ventilla | erotic thriller | United States |
| Rock 'n' Roll High School | Allan Arkush | teen film, musical comedy, comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Same Time, Next Year | Robert Mulligan | drama film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Uncle Joe Shannon | Joseph C. Hanwright | drama film | United States |
| Fire! | Earl Bellamy | action film, disaster film | United States |
| Telefon | Don Siegel | action film, crime film | United States |
| The Goodbye Girl | Herbert Ross | comedy drama, romantic comedy | United States |
| All This and World War II | Susan Winslow | documentary film | United States |
| Bugsy Malone | Alan Parker | comedy film, musical film, crime film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| High Grass Circus | Torben Schioler, Tony Ianzelo | documentary film | Canada |
| Norman... Is That You? | George Schlatter | LGBTQ-related film | United States |
| The Enforcer | James Fargo | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| The Likely Lads | Michael Tuchner | comedy film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Claude Whatham | comedy film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Bugs Bunny: Superstar | Robert McKimson, Larry Jackson, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett | documentary film | United States |
| Cover Girl Models | Cirio H. Santiago | exploitation film | United States |
Grey Gardens | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Horde | documentary film | United States |
| Hearts of the West | Howard Zieff | comedy film, Western film | United States |
| Mister Quilp | Michael Tuchner | musical film | United Kingdom |
| Sidecar Racers | Earl Bellamy | drama film | Australia |
| The Return of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | comedy film, heist film | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| The Stepford Wives | Bryan Forbes | mystery film, horror film, dystopian film, science fiction film | United States |
| The Swiss Family Robinson | Harry Harris | adventure film, television film | United States |
| Alvin Rides Again | David Bilcock, Robin Copping | comedy film | Australia |