| Pandemonium | Alfred Sole | horror film |
| The Verdict | Sidney Lumet | drama film, trial film |
| Absence of Malice | Sydney Pollack | drama film, crime film |
| Burned at the Stake | Bert Ira Gordon | horror film |
| Bustin' Loose | Michael Schultz, Oz Scott | comedy drama |
| Carbon Copy | Michael Schultz | drama film, comedy drama |
| Continental Divide | Michael Apted | romantic comedy |
| Cutter's Way | Ivan Passer | drama film, crime thriller film |
| Earthbound | James L. Conway | science fiction film, science fiction comedy |
| Escape from New York | John Carpenter | post-apocalyptic film, action film, dystopian film, thriller film, science fiction film, prison film |
| King of the Mountain | Noel Nosseck | teen film, drama film |
| Pennies from Heaven | Herbert Ross | romance film, drama film, satanic film, musical film |
 Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | action film, treasure hunt film |
| The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia | Ronald F. Maxwell | musical film |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice | Bob Rafelson | romance film, drama film, neo-noir, crime film |
| Waitress! | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | comedy film, sexploitation film |
| American Pop | Ralph Bakshi | drama film, live-action/animated film, musical film |
| Beyond Evil | Herb Freed | horror film |
| Hero at Large | Martin Davidson | superhero film |
| Hide in Plain Sight | James Caan | drama film |
| In God We Tru$t | Marty Feldman | comedy film |
| Just Tell Me What You Want | Sidney Lumet | romantic comedy |
| Oh, God! Book II | Gilbert Cates | fantasy film, comedy film, speculative fiction film |
| Resurrection | Daniel Petrie | drama film, fantasy film |
| Ripe Strawberries | — | comedy film, short film |
| Rockshow | Paul McCartney | musical film, documentary film |
| Rough Cut | Robert Ellis Miller, Don Siegel | mystery film, heist film, romantic comedy |
| Simon | Marshall Brickman | science fiction comedy |
| The Space Movie | Tony Palmer | documentary film |
| Times Square | Allan Moyle | lesbian-related film, teen film, queer film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film |
| 80 Blocks from Tiffany's | Gary Weis | documentary film |
| C.H.O.M.P.S. | Don Chaffey | children's film, science fiction film |
| Chapter Two | Robert Moore | romantic comedy film |
| Coriolanus | Wilford Leach | drama film |
| Going in Style | Martin Brest | comedy film, heist film, buddy film |
| Hanover Street | Peter Hyams | romance film, drama film, action film, melodrama, adventure film, war film |
| Metamorphoses | — | monster film, fantasy anime and manga, fantasy film, musical film |
| Starship Eros | Wesley Emerson, Scott McHaley | pornographic film, science fiction film |
| The Promise | Gilbert Cates | romance film, drama film |
| Avalanche | Corey Allen | action film, thriller film, disaster film |
| Day of the Killer Tornadoes | — | documentary film |
| Hooper | Hal Needham | action film, action comedy film |
| Nicole | István Ventilla | erotic thriller |
| Rock 'n' Roll High School | Allan Arkush | teen film, musical comedy, comedy film, musical film |
| Same Time, Next Year | Robert Mulligan | drama film, romantic comedy |
| Uncle Joe Shannon | Joseph C. Hanwright | drama film |
| Fire! | Earl Bellamy | action film, disaster film |
| Telefon | Don Siegel | action film, crime film |