| The Rose | Mark Rydell | drama film, musical film |
| With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade | Lorraine Gray | documentary film |
| Always for Pleasure | Les Blank | documentary film |
| Avalanche | Corey Allen | action film, thriller film, disaster film |
| Convoy | James Coburn, Sam Peckinpah | drama film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, comedy drama |
| Rock 'n' Roll High School | Allan Arkush | teen film, musical comedy, comedy film, musical film |
| Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Ted Kotcheff | comedy film |
| Telefon | Don Siegel | action film, crime film |
| The Deep | Peter Yates | mystery film, action film, horror film, treasure hunt film, thriller film, adventure film |
| Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? | John Korty | documentary film |
| All the President's Men | Alan J. Pakula | political thriller film, drama film, historical film, crime film |
| Murder by Death | Robert Moore | mystery film, comedy film, crime film |
| Network | Sidney Lumet | romantic comedy film, drama film, satirical film, comedy film, black comedy film, comedy drama |
| Sparkle | Sam O'Steen | musical film, blaxploitation film |
| The Story of David | Alex Segal, David Lowell Rich | drama film |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Philippe Mora | documentary film |
| Fore Play | John G. Avildsen, Bruce Malmuth | comedy film |
| The Great Waldo Pepper | George Roy Hill | drama film |
| The Hindenburg | Robert Wise | drama film, disaster film |
| Trucker's Woman | Will Zens | independent film |
| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Martin Scorsese | romance film, romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy film |
| Mame | Gene Saks | musical film |
| The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Richard Friedenberg | drama television series, adventure television series |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Michael Cimino | drama film, comedy film, action film, heist film, buddy film, crime film |
| Trapped Beneath the Sea | William A. Graham | action film, disaster film |
| Where the Lilies Bloom | William A. Graham | drama film |
| Earthquake! | — | documentary film |
| Hell Up in Harlem | Larry Cohen | drama film, thriller film, blaxploitation film, crime film |
| Lucky Luciano | Francesco Rosi | drama film, crime film |
| Paper Moon | Peter Bogdanovich | drama film, comedy film |
| The All-American Boy | Charles K. Eastman | drama film, boxing film |
| The Way We Were | Sydney Pollack | romance film, drama film |
| Twister! | — | documentary film |
| Blacula | William Crain | vampire film, blaxploitation horror film |
| Deep Throat | Gerard Damiano | pornographic film |
| Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Robert Fuest | fantasy film, horror film, comedy horror |
| Every Little Crook and Nanny | Cy Howard | comedy film |
| Images | Robert Altman | drama film |
| Malcolm X | Arnold Perl | documentary film |
| One Is a Lonely Number | Mel Stuart | drama film |
| Swedish Wildcats | Joseph W. Sarno | pornographic film |
| The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Paul Newman | drama film |
| The Man | Joseph Sargent | drama film |
| The Possession of Joel Delaney | Waris Hussein | drama film, horror film, thriller film |
| A Clockwork Orange | Stanley Kubrick | exploitation film, arthouse science fiction film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, satirical film, crime comedy film, action film, crime thriller film, dystopian film, thriller film, speculative fiction film +5 |
| A Lady Called Camille | — | documentary film |
| Born to Win | Ivan Passer | comedy drama |
| Drive, He Said | Jack Nicholson | drama film, basketball film |