| Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti | Ralf Långbacka | drama film, comedy film, historical film | Finland, Sweden |
 Rocky II | Sylvester Stallone | drama film, action film, boxing film | United States |
| All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | drama film, flashback film, biographical film, musical film | United States |
| Being There | Hal Ashby | comedy drama | United States |
| Goin' South | Jack Nicholson | comedy film, Western film | United States |
| Old Fashioned Comedy | Era Savelyeva, Tatyana Berezantseva | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Widow of Montiel | Miguel Littin | drama film | Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico |
| The Incredible Melting Man | William Sachs | monster film, horror film, science fiction film | United States |
| Lady Oscar | Jacques Demy | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film | France, Japan |
| Na pytlácké stezce | Václav Gajer | family film, children's film, adventure film | Czechoslovakia |
| Monty Python’s Life of Brian | Terry Jones | comedy film, parody film, religious satire | United Kingdom |
| Avalanche Express | Mark Robson, Monte Hellman | action film, spy film, thriller film, disaster film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Drunken Master | Yuen Woo-ping | martial arts film, action comedy film | Hong Kong |
| The Big Sleep | Michael Winner | neo-noir, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Balamut | Vladimir Rogovoy | teen film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Mormor og de åtte ungene i skogen | Espen Thorstenson | family film, children's film | Norway |
 The Message | Moustapha Akkad, Andrew Marton | drama film, historical film, adventure film, medieval film, war film, biographical film, epic film | Libya, Morocco |
| 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 Cheap Detective | Robert Moore | comedy film, thriller film, parody film, crime film | United States |
| Brácha za vsechny penize | Stanislav Strnad | comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| The Sky Trap | Jerome Courtland | adventure film | United States |
| A Wedding | Robert Altman | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| California Suite | Herbert Ross | romance film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | United States |
| Pugachev | Aleksei Saltykov | drama film, biographical film, historical drama | Soviet Union |
| Swing It Baby! | Al Quinn | dance film, disco | Philippines |
| The Woman who Sings | Aleksandr Orlov | melodrama, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Philip Kaufman | science fiction horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, mystery film, horror film, dystopian film, alien invasion, thriller film, science fiction film | United States |
| Blood of the Railroad Workers | Erik Solbakken | romance film, drama film, historical film | Norway |
| Love on the Run | François Truffaut | romance film, drama film, flashback film | France |
| Bilet powrotny | Czesław Petelski, Ewa Petelska | drama film | Poland |
| Champions: A Love Story | John A. Alonzo | drama film | United States |
| Troubled Laughter | Yimin Deng, Yanjin Yang | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| 80 Blocks from Tiffany's | Gary Weis | documentary film | United States |
| Active Zone | Leonid Pchyolkin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Aria for an Athlete | Filip Bajon | drama film | Poland |
 Babylon XX | Ivan Mykolaichuk | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Border dog Alyi | Yuly Fayt | drama film, adventure film | Soviet Union |
| C.H.O.M.P.S. | Don Chaffey | children's film, science fiction film | United States |
| Camera Buff | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Poland |
| Chapter Two | Robert Moore | romantic comedy film | United States |
| Cinderella | Ivan Aksenchuk | cinematic fairy tale | Soviet Union |
| Coriolanus | Wilford Leach | drama film | United States |
| Dikaya okhota korolya Stakha | Valeri Rubinchik | drama film, mysticism | Soviet Union |
| Divine Emma | Jiří Krejčík | drama film | Czechoslovakia |
| Family Circle | — | family film | Soviet Union |
| Forget the Word 'Death' | Samvel Gasparov | adventure film | Soviet Union |
| Gli UFO Robot contro gli invasori spaziali | — | — | Italy |
| Going in Style | Martin Brest | comedy film, heist film, buddy 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 |
| Last Hurrah for Chivalry | John Woo | martial arts film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Love Between the Raindrops | Karel Kachyňa | romance film, drama film, comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Magnificent Butcher | Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo-ping | martial arts film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Metamorphoses | — | monster film, fantasy anime and manga, fantasy film, musical film | Japan, United States |
| Moy pervyy drug | Yakov Bazelyan | family film | Soviet Union |
| Nahla | — | drama film | Algeria |
| Nest of Winds | Olav Neuland | drama film | Soviet Union, Estonia |
| Nine Days and the Whole Life | Yuri Zanin | biographical film, documentary film | Soviet Union |
| Osobykh primet net | Anatoly Bobrovsky | drama film | Soviet Union, Polish People's Republic |
| Pink Tush Girl: Love Attack | Kōyū Ohara | pink film, pornographic film | Japan |
| Pokhishchenie 'Savoi' | Venyamin Davydovich Dorman | action film | Soviet Union |
| Rope and Skin | Shōgorō Nishimura | pink film | Japan |
| Rosaappo Ravikkai Kaari | Mohan | romance film | India |
| Samad Goes to the City | Parviz Sayyad | — | Iran |
| Star of David: Beautiful Girl Hunter | Noribumi Suzuki | thriller film | Japan |
| Starship Eros | Wesley Emerson, Scott McHaley | pornographic film, science fiction film | United States |
| Svartere enn natten | Svend Wam | drama film | Norway |
| Target | Guido Zurli | detective film | Italy, Turkey |
| The Amazing Adventures of Denis Korablyov | Igor Dobrolyubov, Igor Pushkaryov | film based on a literary work | Soviet Union |
| The Brothers | Hua Shan | drama film, action film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| The Eighth Day | Anders Grönros | drama film | Sweden |
| The Man to Destroy | Veljko Bulajić | speculative fiction film | Yugoslavia |
| The Master of Kõrboja | Leida Laius | — | Estonia |
| The Promise | Gilbert Cates | romance film, drama film | United States |
| The Theme | Gleb Panfilov | comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| The Underground Eiger | Barry Cockcroft | — | United Kingdom |
| The Vinchel Affair | Avraham Heffner | drama film | Israel |
| There Was a Piano-Tuner... | Vladimir Alenikov | — | Soviet Union |
| Three Men in a Boat | Naum Birman | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Traffic Jam | Luigi Comencini | drama film, comedy drama | France, Germany, Spain, Italy |
| Under the Constellation Gemini | Borys Ivchenko | science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Unfinished Supper | Jānis Streičs | comedy film, detective film | Soviet Union |
| XIX saukunis qartuli qronika | Aleksandre Rekhviashvili | drama film | Soviet Union |
| You're Under Arrest! | Wolf Koenig, Don Arioli | — | Canada |