| The Goodbye Girl | Herbert Ross | comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| All This and World War II | Susan Winslow | documentary film |
| Norman... Is That You? | George Schlatter | LGBTQ-related film |
| The Enforcer | James Fargo | action film, thriller film, crime film |
| Bugs Bunny: Superstar | Robert McKimson, Larry Jackson, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett | documentary film |
| Cover Girl Models | Cirio H. Santiago | exploitation film |
 Grey Gardens | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Horde | documentary film |
| Hearts of the West | Howard Zieff | comedy film, Western film |
| The Return of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | comedy film, heist film |
| The Stepford Wives | Bryan Forbes | mystery film, horror film, dystopian film, science fiction film |
| The Swiss Family Robinson | Harry Harris | adventure film, television film |
| Catfish: Man of the Woods | — | documentary film |
| Foxy Brown | Jack Hill | girls with guns, action film, vigilante film, blaxploitation film |
 Hearts and Minds | Peter Davis | documentary film |
| Law and Disorder | Ivan Passer | comedy drama, crime film |
| Mame | Gene Saks | musical film |
 That's Entertainment! | Jack Haley Jr. | musical film, documentary film |
| The Longest Yard | Robert Aldrich | American football film, action film, prison film, comedy drama |
| The Sugarland Express | Steven Spielberg | drama film, neo-noir, crime film |
| The White Dawn | Philip Kaufman | drama film |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Michael Cimino | drama film, comedy film, action film, heist film, buddy film, crime film |
| Uptown Saturday Night | Sidney Poitier | parody film, buddy film, blaxploitation film |
| Bang the Drum Slowly | John D. Hancock | drama film |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Fielder Cook | children's film |
| Little Laura and Big John | Luke Moberly | drama film, crime film |
| Live and Let Die | Guy Hamilton | action film, spy film, blaxploitation film |
| Lucky Luciano | Francesco Rosi | drama film, crime film |
| Save the Tiger | John G. Avildsen | drama film |
| The Day of the Jackal | Fred Zinnemann | political thriller film, drama film |
| The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow | Lee Jones | comedy horror, science fiction film, science fiction comedy |
 1776 | Peter H. Hunt | musical film, comedy drama |
| Blacula | William Crain | vampire film, blaxploitation horror film |
| Blood of Ghastly Horror | Al Adamson | horror film |
| Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | J. Lee Thompson | action film, dystopian film, science fiction film |
 Deep Throat | Gerard Damiano | pornographic film |
| Every Little Crook and Nanny | Cy Howard | comedy film |
| Images | Robert Altman | drama film |
| One Is a Lonely Number | Mel Stuart | drama film |
 Pink Flamingos | John Waters | drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film |
| Savages | James Ivory | comedy film |
| Snow Job | George Englund | heist film |
| The Manhunter | Don Taylor | — |
| The Possession of Joel Delaney | Waris Hussein | drama film, horror film, thriller film |
| The War Between Men and Women | Melville Shavelson | comedy film |
| Up the Sandbox | Irvin Kershner | comedy film, musical film |
| A New Leaf | Elaine May | black comedy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Drive, He Said | Jack Nicholson | drama film, basketball film |
 Klute | Alan J. Pakula | crime thriller film, neo-noir |