| The Big Sleep | Michael Winner | neo-noir, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Balamut | Vladimir Rogovoy | teen film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Mormor og de åtte ungene i skogen | Espen Thorstenson | family film, children's film | Norway |
 The Message | Moustapha Akkad, Andrew Marton | drama film, historical film, adventure film, medieval film, war film, biographical film, epic film | Libya, Morocco |
| The Wanderers | Philip Kaufman | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film | United States |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Vincent McEveety | comedy film, Western film, children's film | United States |
| Escape from Alcatraz | Don Siegel | drama film, action film, prison film | United States |
| The Cheap Detective | Robert Moore | comedy film, thriller film, parody film, crime film | United States |
| Brácha za vsechny penize | Stanislav Strnad | comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| The Sky Trap | Jerome Courtland | adventure film | United States |
| A Wedding | Robert Altman | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| California Suite | Herbert Ross | romance film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | United States |
| Pugachev | Aleksei Saltykov | drama film, biographical film, historical drama | Soviet Union |
| Swing It Baby! | Al Quinn | dance film, disco | Philippines |
| The Woman who Sings | Aleksandr Orlov | melodrama, musical film | Soviet Union |
| 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 | United States |
| Blood of the Railroad Workers | Erik Solbakken | romance film, drama film, historical film | Norway |
| Love on the Run | François Truffaut | romance film, drama film, flashback film | France |
| Bilet powrotny | Czesław Petelski, Ewa Petelska | drama film | Poland |
| Champions: A Love Story | John A. Alonzo | drama film | United States |
| Troubled Laughter | Yimin Deng, Yanjin Yang | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Talk of the Town Tora-san | Yōji Yamada | comedy film | Japan |
| The Man Who Loved Women | François Truffaut | flashback film, romantic comedy | France |
| The Wind of Travel | Yuri Yegorov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Just like Home | Márta Mészáros | drama film | Hungary |
| Cekání na dést | Karel Kachyňa | drama film, children's film | Czechoslovakia |
| Despair | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | drama film | France, Germany |
| A Strange Woman | Yuli Raizman | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Det andre skiftet | Lasse Glomm | drama film | Norway |
| The Driver | Walter Hill | drama film, action film, neo-noir, thriller film, heist film, crime film | United States |
| An Unmarried Woman | Paul Mazursky | drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Contract | Michael Hui | comedy film, slapstick | Hong Kong |
| Wodzirej | Feliks Falk | slice of life | Polish People's Republic |
| The Swarm | Irwin Allen | horror film, adventure film, science fiction film, disaster film | United States |
| Yuga Purushudu | Kovelamudi Bapayya | action film | India |
 Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Vincent McEveety | comedy film, action film, children's film | United States |
| Heaven Can Wait | Warren Beatty, Buck Henry | American football film, fantasy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Nathalie rescapée de l'enfer | Alain Payet | Nazi exploitation | France |
 Damnation Alley | Jack Smight | post-apocalyptic film, horror film, science fiction film, disaster film | United States |
| Grease | Randal Kleiser | teen film, musical film, romantic comedy | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Shout | Jerzy Skolimowski | drama film, horror film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Richard Brooks | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United States |
| Tajemství Ocelového mesta | Ludvík Ráža | adventure film, science fiction film | Czechoslovakia |
| Septembrie | Timotei Ursu | drama film | Socialist Republic of Romania |
| En och en | Ingrid Thulin, Sven Nykvist, Erland Josephson | drama film | Sweden |
| Return from Witch Mountain | John Hough | mystery film, fantasy film, children's film, science fiction film | United States |
| Men Can't Be Raped | Jörn Donner | drama film | Finland, Sweden |
| Formynderne | Nicole Macé | drama film | Norway |