 Vampire Circus | Robert Young | horror film, vampire film | United Kingdom |
| King Boxer | Jeong Chang-hwa | martial arts film, drama film, action film | British Hong Kong |
| Taming of the Fire | Daniil Khrabrovitsky | drama film, historical film, biographical film | Soviet Union |
| Happy Go Lucky | Vasily Shukshin | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| The Biscuit Eater | Vincent McEveety | drama film, family film | United States |
| The Water Margin | Chang Cheh, Wu Ma | martial arts film, wuxia | British Hong Kong |
| Slaughterhouse-Five | George Roy Hill | drama film, comedy film, speculative fiction film, war film, science fiction film, anti-war film, science fiction comedy | United States |
 Tokyo Story | Yasujirō Ozu | drama film | Japan |
| Les malheurs d'Alfred | Pierre Richard | comedy film | France |
| When the Heavens Fall... | Risto Jarva | drama film | Finland |
| A Soldier Came Back from the Front | Nikolai Gubenko | drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Norske byggklosser | Pål Bang-Hansen | comedy film | Norway |
| Russian field | Nikolay Moskalenko | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| To Find a Man | Buzz Kulik | coming-of-age film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Cowboys | Mark Rydell | Western film | United States |
| Sometimes a Great Notion | Paul Newman | drama film, action film | United States |
| Gentlemen of Fortune | Aleksandr Seryj | mystery film, drama film, comedy film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Macbeth | Roman Polanski | drama film | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
 Duel | Steven Spielberg | action film, thriller film, road movie | United States |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Norman Jewison | drama film, musical film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Last Picture Show | Peter Bogdanovich | coming-of-age film, drama film | United States |
| Catlow | Sam Wanamaker | Western film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Duel of Fists | Chang Cheh | martial arts film, Eastern, drama film, action film | British Hong Kong |
 Secret Fantasy | Pasquale Festa Campanile | comedy film, erotic film | Italy |
| I Love You | Takis Vougiouklakis | romance film, drama film | Greece |
| Shadow | Nadezhda Kosheverova | fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Umeyete li vy zhit? | Oleksandr Muratov | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| Adiós, cigüeña, adiós | Manuel Summers Rivero | drama film | Spain |
| Same Ællin | Titus Vibe-Müller | documentary film | Norway |
| Carnal Knowledge | Mike Nichols | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Million Dollar Duck | Vincent McEveety | family film, comedy film, science fiction film | United States |
| Khatabala | Yuriy Erzinkyan | — | Soviet Union |
 The Twelve Chairs | Leonid Gaidai | crime comedy film, treasure hunt film, adventure film | Soviet Union |
| The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Robert Fuest | fantasy film, horror film, comedy horror, zombie film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| The Killer | Mio Ezaki | action film | Japan |
| Legend | Sylwester Chęciński | war film | Soviet Union, Poland |
| Relay Race | András Kovács | drama film | Hungary |
 The House That Dripped Blood | Peter Duffell | fantasy film, horror film, vampire film, comedy horror | United Kingdom |
| In the Gorge | Vojko Duletič | drama film | Socialist Republic of Slovenia |
| Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase | Ilya Frez | fantasy film, comedy film, children's film | Soviet Union |
| Love Story | Arthur Hiller | romance film, drama film | United States |
| The Return of Saint Luke | Anatoly Bobrovsky | detective film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Akseli and Elina | Edvin Laine | drama film | Finland |
| The Birch Wood | Andrzej Wajda | drama film | Poland |
| ...ere erera baleibu izik subua aruaren... | José Antonio Sistiaga | abstract animation film, experimental film | Spain |
| Dodes'ka-den | Akira Kurosawa | drama film | Japan |
| Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas | Toshiya Fujita | — | Japan |
| Dad, Can I Borrow the Car? | Ward Kimball | — | United States |