| Wizards | Ralph Bakshi | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, technofantasy, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Silver Streak | Arthur Hiller | mystery film, comedy thriller, action comedy film, buddy film, crime film |
| Rocky | John G. Avildsen | drama film, action film, boxing film |
| The Passover Plot | Michael Campus | drama film |
| The Front | Martin Ritt | drama film, comedy film |
| Obsession | Brian De Palma | psychological thriller film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, psychological drama film, crime film |
| Squirm | Jeff Lieberman | horror film, science fiction film |
| Swashbuckler | James Goldstone | pirate film, children's film, swashbuckler film, adventure film |
| The Outlaw Josey Wales | Clint Eastwood | Western film, vigilante film |
| Midway | Jack Smight | drama film, action film, war film |
| Westworld | Michael Crichton | Western film, action film, horror film, dystopian film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| The Bad News Bears | Michael Ritchie | coming-of-age film, comedy film |
| The Blue Bird | George Cukor | family film, fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, children's film, adventure film |
| The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox | Melvin Frank | Western film, romantic comedy |
| Sky Riders | Douglas Hickox | action film |
| Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Paul Mazursky | comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Hustle | Robert Aldrich | mystery film, drama film, crime thriller film, neo-noir |
| The Black Bird | David Giler | parody film |
| Operation Daybreak | Lewis Gilbert | drama film, adventure film, war film |
| The Island at the Top of the World | Robert Stevenson | fantasy film, science fiction film |
| One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Robert Stevenson | comedy film, neo-noir |
| The Drowning Pool | Stuart Rosenberg | mystery film |
| Posse | Kirk Douglas | Western film, action film |
| Las Vegas Lady | Noel Nosseck | crime film |
| Bite the Bullet | Richard Brooks | Western film |
| The Stranger and the Gunfighter | Antonio Margheriti | martial arts film, action film, Spaghetti Western, treasure hunt film |
| The Bears and I | Bernard McEveety | drama film, comedy film |
| The Tamarind Seed | Evelyn Anthony, Blake Edwards | melodrama, spy film |
| Teenage Bride | — | drama film, sex film |
| Chinatown | Roman Polanski | mystery film, drama film, film noir, crime thriller film, neo-noir |
| The Parallax View | Alan J. Pakula | political thriller film |
| Mr. Majestyk | Richard Fleischer | drama film, action film, prison film |
| S*P*Y*S | Irvin Kershner | spy film |
| Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry | John Hough | drama film, action film, heist film |
| The Great Gatsby | Jack Clayton | romance film, drama film |
| Zardoz | John Boorman | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film |
| Serpico | Sidney Lumet | drama film, action film, biographical film, crime film |
| That Man Bolt | David Lowell Rich, Henry Levin | action film, blaxploitation film, crime film |
| The Last Detail | Hal Ashby | drama film, comedy film, road movie, buddy film |
| Badge 373 | Howard W. Koch | gangster film, crime film |
| The Twelve Chairs | Mel Brooks | comedy film |
| One Little Indian | Bernard McEveety | comedy film, Western film |
| Showdown | George Seaton | Western film |
| Dillinger | John Milius | heist film, crime film |
| Scorpio | Michael Winner | drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film |
| Snowball Express | Norman Tokar | comedy film |
| The Heartbreak Kid | Elaine May | romantic comedy |
| Lady Sings the Blues | Sidney J. Furie | drama film, biographical film, musical film |