| Trace of Stones | Frank Beyer | drama film |
| The Turning Point | Frank Beyer | drama film, war film |
| Front in the Rear of the Enemy | Igor Gostev | drama film, historical film, partisan film, war film |
| The Youth of Peter the Great | Sergei Gerasimov | drama film, historical film, biographical film |
| Solo Sunny | Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Konrad Wolf | drama film, slice of life, musical film |
| Jacob the Liar | Frank Beyer | drama film, comedy film |
| Zum Beispiel Josef | Erwin Stranka | — |
| Copernicus | Czesław Petelski, Ewa Petelska | historical film |
| Verspielte Heimat | Claus Dobberke | — |
| The Adventures of Werner Holt | Joachim Kunert | drama film, war film |
| On the Sunny Side | Ralf Kirsten | musical film |
| Five Days, Five Nights | Heinz Thiel, Lev Arnshtam | historical film, war film |
| The Light of Love | Gunther Scholz | children's film |
| Anna Pavlova | Emil Loteanu | drama film, historical film, drama fiction, biographical film, musical film |
| The Scout | Jamyanguyn Buntar, Konrad Petzold | Western film |
| Alexander The Small | Vladimir Fokin | drama film, war film |
| Mann Gegen Mann | Kurt Maetzig | drama film |
| Nelken in Aspik | Günter Reisch | comedy film |
| Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz | Konrad Wolf | drama film, comedy film, slice of life |
| Nemuritorii | Sergiu Nicolaescu | drama film, historical film, adventure film |
| Die Elixiere des Teufels | Ralf Kirsten | drama film, historical film |
| Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment | Konrad Wolf | drama film |
| KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra | Horst E. Brandt | drama film |
| Unterwegs zu Lenin | Lucia Ochrimenko, Günter Reisch | historical film |
| I Was Nineteen | Konrad Wolf | drama film, war film |
| Chingachgook: The Great Snake | Richard Groschopp | Western film |
| Denk bloß nicht, ich heule | Frank Vogel | coming-of-age film, drama film |
| The Golden Yurt | Ravjaagiin Dorjpalam, Gottfried Kolditz | drama film |
| No Trouble with Cleopatra | Helmut Schneider | comedy film |
| Thomas Muentzer | Martin Hellberg | biographical film |
| The Song of the Rivers | Robert Ménégoz, Joris Ivens, Joop Huisken | documentary film |
| The Condemned Village | Martin Hellberg | propaganda film |
| The Court Concert | Paul Verhoeven | romance film, comedy film |
| The Cuckoos | Hans Deppe | comedy film |