| Jacob the Liar | Frank Beyer | drama film, comedy film | East Germany, Czechoslovakia |
| Young Frankenstein | Mel Brooks | gothic horror film, horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film, parody film | United States |
 The Land That Time Forgot | Kevin Connor | fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States |
| At Home Among Strangers | Nikita Mikhalkov | drama film, action film, ostern, adventure film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Northern Rhapsody | Eduard Abalov | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Games Gamblers Play | Michael Hui | comedy film, slapstick | Hong Kong |
| The Key Hole | Paul Gerber | comedy film, pornographic film, sex film | Sweden, Denmark |
| Zum Beispiel Josef | Erwin Stranka | — | East Germany |
| Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Sam Peckinpah | drama film, Western film, action film, thriller film, crime film | United States, Mexico |
| The Olsen gang meets the King and Jack | Knut Bohwim | crime comedy film | Norway |
| The Castaway Cowboy | Vincent McEveety | comedy film, Western film | United States |
| The Tamarind Seed | Evelyn Anthony, Blake Edwards | melodrama, spy film | United States |
| Wiosna, panie sierzancie | Tadeusz Chmielewski | comedy film | Poland |
| Let's Relax Shorts Program | — | family film, traditionally animated film, compilation film | United States |
| Teenage Bride | — | drama film, sex film | United States |
| Chinatown | Roman Polanski | mystery film, drama film, film noir, crime thriller film, neo-noir | United States |
| Only the Wind Knows the Answer | Alfred Vohrer | romance film, drama film, action film | France, Germany |
| S*P*Y*S | Irvin Kershner | spy film | United States |
| Kora Kagaz | Anil Ganguly | drama film | India |
| Sokolovo | Otakar Vávra | drama film, historical film, war film | Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia |
 Sanshiro Sugata | Akira Kurosawa | martial arts film, action film, historical drama | Japan |
| The Silence of Dr. Evans | Budimir Metalnikov | science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| The Spikes Gang | Richard Fleischer | Western film | United States |
| The Conversation | Francis Ford Coppola | psychological thriller film, mystery film, drama film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Herbie Rides Again | Robert Stevenson | fantasy film, comedy film, action film, children's film, adventure film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Madhouse | Jim Clark | mystery film, horror film, slasher film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Ciemna rzeka | Sylwester Szyszko | war film | Poland |
| McQ | John Sturges | drama film, action film, crime film | United States |
| Abarmard | Davoud Esmaeili | drama film, crime film | Iran |
| Aghasadig Garaybayli | Zayyar Agayev | — | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Alvin Rides Again | David Bilcock, Robin Copping | comedy film | Australia |
| Baby Dandy | Reza Safaei | romance film, comedy film, action film | Iran |
| Catfish: Man of the Woods | — | documentary film | United States |
| Corpus delicti against him | Vasile Brescanu | drama film, detective film | Soviet Union |
| Dangerous Games | Veljo Käsper | teen film, adventure film, war film | Soviet Union, Estonia |
| Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz | Konrad Wolf | drama film, comedy film, slice of life | East Germany |
| Foxy Brown | Jack Hill | girls with guns, action film, vigilante film, blaxploitation film | United States |
| Goodbye, Pharaohs! | Davyd Cherkaskyi | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Hanuman and the Five Riders | Sompote Sands | martial arts film | Japan |
| Happy for No Reason | Esmaeil Poorsaeid | — | Iran |
 Hearts and Minds | Peter Davis | documentary film | United States |
 I'll Take Her Like a Father | Alberto Lattuada | comedy film, comedy drama | Italy |
| I'm Gonna Buy a Dad | Aman Manteghi | drama film, comedy film | Iran |
 Il domestico | Ary Fernandes, Luigi Filippo D'Amico | comedy film | Italy |
| Izu no Odoriko | Katsumi Nishikawa | teen film | Japan |
| Joachim, Put It in the Machine | Oldřich Lipský | comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Kaniz | Kamran Qadakchian | drama film, horror film | Iran |
| Khleb pakhnet porokhom | Vyacheslav Nikiforov | — | Soviet Union |
| Law and Disorder | Ivan Passer | comedy drama, crime film | United States |
| Long-Haired Wonder | Viktor Titov | drama film, sport film | Soviet Union |
| Los Golpes bajos | Mario Sábato | drama film, boxing film | Argentina |
| Mame | Gene Saks | musical film | United States |
| Manchu Boxer | Wu Ma | action film | Hong Kong |
| Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness | Nobutaka Nishizawa | mecha, science fiction film | Japan |
| Montreal Main | Frank Vitale | LGBTQ-related film | Canada |
| Morgh-e-Hamsayeh | Mahmoud Koushan | comedy film | Iran |
| Mozaffar | — | comedy film | Iran |
| Nebo so mnoy | Valeri Lonskoy | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Northern option | Olgerd Vorontsov | — | Soviet Union |
| Pages of Life | Hasan Seyidbeyli | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Pispisa khanum and Mouse bey | Məsud Pənahi, Ağanağı Axundov | animation, children's film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Ryoma Ansatsu | Kazuo Kuroki | drama film | Japan |
| Sandakan No. 8 | Kei Kumai | drama film | Japan |
| Tanya | Anatoly Efros | drama film | Soviet Union |
 That's Entertainment! | Jack Haley Jr. | musical film, documentary film | United States |
| The 1001st Tour | Ogtay Mirgasimov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| The Barefoot Bride | Siamak Yasemi | — | Iran |
| The Beautiful Pari | Siamak Yasemi | — | Iran |
 The Devil Is a Woman | Damiano Damiani | drama film, satanic film | United Kingdom, Italy |
| The Last Meeting | Boriss Bunejev | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Longest Yard | Robert Aldrich | American football film, action film, prison film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Skyhawk | Jeong Chang-hwa | action film | Hong Kong |
| The Street Fighter | Shigehiro Ozawa | martial arts film, action film | Japan |
| The Sugarland Express | Steven Spielberg | drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| The Tournament | Huang Feng | action film | Hong Kong |
| The Traveller | Abbas Kiarostami | drama film, comedy drama | Iran |
| The White Dawn | Philip Kaufman | drama film | Canada, United States |
| The Young Dragons | John Woo | kung fu film | Hong Kong |
| Three Supermen of the West | Italo Martinenghi, George Martin | science fiction film | Spain, Italy |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Michael Cimino | drama film, comedy film, action film, heist film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Tohmat | Kamran Qadakchian | — | Iran |
| Uptown Saturday Night | Sidney Poitier | parody film, buddy film, blaxploitation film | United States |
| Vampiros los prefieren gorditos | Gerardo Sofovich | comedy film | Argentina |
| Vylet zaderzhivayetsya | Leonid Maryagin | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| Yaran | Farzan Deljou | — | Iran |