| The Island | Michael Ritchie | horror film, pirate film, thriller film |
| Fame | Alan Parker | teen film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film |
| Brass Target | John Hough | drama film, war film, crime film |
| Ordinary People | Robert Redford | drama film |
| The Van | Sam Grossman | comedy film |
| The Jerk | Carl Reiner | screwball comedy film |
| The Mountain Men | Richard Lang | Western film |
| Night of the Juggler | Robert Butler | drama film, action film, thriller film, crime film |
| Caligula | Bob Guccione | exploitation film, drama film, pornographic film, LGBTQ-related film, erotic film, biographical film |
| The Electric Horseman | Sydney Pollack | romance film, drama film, adventure film |
| Man Friday | Jack Gold | drama film, adventure film |
| Cruising | William Friedkin | LGBTQ-related film, neo-noir, erotic thriller, thriller film, detective film, crime film |
| The Cat from Outer Space | Norman Tokar | comedy film, children's film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy |
| Midnight Madness | Michael Nankin | teen film, comedy film, treasure hunt film |
| Nightwing | Arthur Hiller | horror film |
| Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Robert Butler | comedy film, Western film |
| The Amityville Horror | Stuart Rosenberg | horror film, ghost film, psychological thriller |
 Rocky II | Sylvester Stallone | drama film, action film, boxing film |
| All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | drama film, flashback film, biographical film, musical film |
| Being There | Hal Ashby | comedy drama |
| Goin' South | Jack Nicholson | comedy film, Western film |
| The Incredible Melting Man | William Sachs | monster film, horror film, science fiction film |
| Avalanche Express | Mark Robson, Monte Hellman | action film, spy film, thriller film, disaster film |
| The Wanderers | Philip Kaufman | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Vincent McEveety | comedy film, Western film, children's film |
| Escape from Alcatraz | Don Siegel | drama film, action film, prison film |
| The Cheap Detective | Robert Moore | comedy film, thriller film, parody film, crime film |
| The Sky Trap | Jerome Courtland | adventure film |
| A Wedding | Robert Altman | drama film, comedy film |
| California Suite | Herbert Ross | romance film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| 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 |
| Champions: A Love Story | John A. Alonzo | drama film |
| The Driver | Walter Hill | drama film, action film, neo-noir, thriller film, heist film, crime film |
| An Unmarried Woman | Paul Mazursky | drama film, comedy drama |
| The Swarm | Irwin Allen | horror film, adventure film, science fiction film, disaster film |
 Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Vincent McEveety | comedy film, action film, children's film |
| Heaven Can Wait | Warren Beatty, Buck Henry | American football film, fantasy film, romantic comedy |
 Damnation Alley | Jack Smight | post-apocalyptic film, horror film, science fiction film, disaster film |
| Grease | Randal Kleiser | teen film, musical film, romantic comedy |
| Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Richard Brooks | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Return from Witch Mountain | John Hough | mystery film, fantasy film, children's film, science fiction film |
| The Serpent's Egg | Ingmar Bergman | mystery film, drama film, thriller film |
 The World's Greatest Lover | Gene Wilder | parody film |
| Annie Hall | Woody Allen | drama film, comedy film, romantic comedy |
| Audrey Rose | Robert Wise | drama film, horror film, ghost film |
| Exorcist II: The Heretic | Rospo Pallenberg, John Boorman | horror film, thriller film |
| Bound for Glory | Hal Ashby | drama film, biographical film, musical film |
| Silver Bears | Ivan Passer | crime film |