| Tea with Mussolini | Franco Zeffirelli | drama film, war film |
| Love in the Mirror | Salvatore Maira | comedy film |
| Sex Shot | Antonio Adamo | romance film, pornographic film |
| The Red Dwarf | Yvan Le Moine | drama film, comedy film |
 Kull the Conqueror | John Nicolella | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, action film |
| Caligola: Follia del potere | Joe D'Amato | pornographic film |
| The Truce | Francesco Rosi | drama film, historical film, war film, biographical film |
| The Van | Stephen Frears | comedy film, comedy drama |
| Stealing Beauty | Bernardo Bertolucci | coming-of-age film, romance film, teen film, drama film |
| The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo | Luca Damiano, Joe D'Amato | historical film, pornographic film |
 Beyond the Clouds | Wim Wenders, Michelangelo Antonioni | romance film, drama film |
| Only You | Norman Jewison | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film |
| Bad Boy Bubby | Rolf de Heer | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy film, crime film |
| Cliffhanger | Renny Harlin | survival film, action film, thriller film |
| Orlando | Sally Potter | drama film, fantasy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Mafia Docks | Andrea Marfori | drama film, crime film |
| Mediterraneo | Gabriele Salvatores | drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, war film |
| I Don't Kiss | André Téchiné | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| The Sheltering Sky | Bernardo Bertolucci | drama film |
| Wait Until Spring, Bandini | Dominique Deruddere | drama film |
| L'Étudiante | Claude Pinoteau | romance film, comedy film |
 Cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | coming-of-age film, drama film |
| The Opponent | Sergio Martino | drama film, action film, boxing film |
| They Call Me Renegade | Enzo Barboni | comedy film, action film |
| The Barbarians | Ruggero Deodato | sword-and-sandal film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film |
| Momo | Johannes Schaaf | drama film, fantasy film |
| The Berlin Affair | Liliana Cavani | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Ladyhawke | Richard Donner | romance film, sword and sorcery film, drama film, fantasy film, adventure film |
| Landscape in White | Gianni Lepre | — |
| Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor | Alfonso Brescia | comedy film, sex film |
| Messalina, Imperial Orgasm | Joe D'Amato | pornographic film, erotic film |
| Identification of a Woman | Michelangelo Antonioni | drama film |
 The Taming of the Scoundrel | Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia | comedy film |
 Banana Joe | Steno | comedy film |
 Swept Away | Lina Wertmüller | drama film, comedy film |
| I Hate Blondes | Giorgio Capitani | comedy film |
| Caligula | Bob Guccione | exploitation film, drama film, pornographic film, LGBTQ-related film, erotic film, biographical film |
| Escape from Hell | Edoardo Mulargia | drama film, thriller film, women in prison film, crime film |
| Sex with a Smile II | Sergio Martino | comedy film |
| Mister Scarface | Fernando Di Leo | poliziotteschi |
| Flic Story | Jacques Deray | drama film, crime film |
| Act of Aggression | Gérard Pirès | drama film, crime film |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | exploitation film, art film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, extreme cinema |
| That Most Important Thing: Love | Andrzej Żuławski | romance film, drama film |
| Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to? | Robert Lamoureux | comedy film |
| Scalawag | Kirk Douglas, Zoran Čalić | pirate film, adventure film |
 Even Angels Eat Beans | Enzo Barboni | comedy film, buddy film |
| L'Affaire Dominici | Claude Bernard-Aubert | drama film, thriller film |