| The Fearless Avenger | Kazuo Ikehiro | drama film | Japan |
| The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty | Wim Wenders | drama film, association football film | Germany, Austria |
| The House of Ghamar Khanum | Bahman Farmanara | drama film, comedy film | Iran |
| The Man Who Had Fun! | Kostas Karagiannis | comedy film | Greece |
| The Manhunter | Don Taylor | — | United States |
 The Mattei Affair | Francesco Rosi | drama film | Italy |
| The Morning of the Fourth Day | Kamran Shirdel | drama film, action film, crime film | Iran |
| The Possession of Joel Delaney | Waris Hussein | drama film, horror film, thriller film | United States |
| The Prince and the Pauper | Vadim Gauzner | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Ribald Decameron | Giuseppe Vari | erotic film | Italy |
| The Triple Bed | Nosrat Karimi | romantic comedy film | Iran |
| The War Between Men and Women | Melville Shavelson | comedy film | United States |
| Up the Sandbox | Irvin Kershner | comedy film, musical film | United States |
| What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? | Sergio Corbucci | comedy film, Western film, Spaghetti Western, adventure film, buddy film | Spain, Italy |
 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | romance film, drama film | Italy |
| A Cuban Fight Against Demons | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | drama film | Cuba |
| A Hut across the River | Ahmad Shirazi | — | Iran |
| A New Leaf | Elaine May | black comedy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy | United States |
| A Touch of Zen | King Hu | martial arts film, fantasy film, wuxia | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| All the King's Men | Alyaksandr Hutkovich, Naum Ardashnikov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Ariana | George Ovadiah | drama film | Israel |
| Blood from the Mummy's Tomb | Michael Carreras, Seth Holt | fantasy film, horror film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Boulevard du Rhum | Robert Enrico | comedy film, adventure film | France, Spain, Italy |
| Bridegroom Urgently Wanted | Alekos Sakellarios | — | Greece |
| Castle Orgies | Isao Hayashi | pink film | Japan |
| Creatures the World Forgot | Don Chaffey | fantasy film, adventure film | United Kingdom |
| Dash Akol | Masoud Kimiai | romance film, drama film, thriller film | Iran |
| Dead Men Ride | Aldo Florio | Spaghetti Western | Spain, Italy |
| Death of a Legend | Bill Mason | nature documentary | Canada |
 Delusions of Grandeur | Gérard Oury | comedy film, historical film | France, Germany, Spain, Italy |
| Drive, He Said | Jack Nicholson | drama film, basketball film | United States |
| Dulcima | Frank Nesbitt | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Fishke Goes to War | George Ovadiah | comedy film | Israel |
| Furious Men | Saber Rahbar | drama film | Iran |
| Godzilla vs. Hedorah | Yoshimitsu Banno | kaiju, drama film, horror film, science fiction film | Japan |
| I Loved an Armchair | Dinos Dimopoulos | comedy film | Greece |
| Iki Esir | Esmail Koushan, Natuk Baytan | comedy film, adventure film | Turkey, Iran |
| Khoshgeltarin zan-e aalam | Ghodratallah Ehsani | — | Iran |
| King Eagle | Chang Cheh | action film | Hong Kong |
 Klute | Alan J. Pakula | crime thriller film, neo-noir | United States |
| L'Acadie, l'Acadie | Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault | documentary film | Canada |
 L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco | Riccardo Freda | thriller film | France, Germany, Italy |
| Le Cochon aux patates douces | Barbet Schroeder | drama film, documentary film | France |
| Legend of Rustam | Boris Kimyagarov | fantasy film, epic poem | Soviet Union |
| Lust for a Vampire | Jimmy Sangster | horror film, LGBTQ-related film, vampire film, erotic film | United Kingdom |
| Mard-e hezar labkhand | Siamak Yasemi | — | Iran |
| McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Robert Altman | drama film, Western film | United States |
| Molodye | Nikolay Moskalenko | melodrama | Soviet Union |