| Aria for an Athlete | Filip Bajon | Poland |
| Babylon XX | Ivan Mykolaichuk | Soviet Union |
| Coriolanus | Wilford Leach | United States |
| De försvunna | Sergio Castilla | Cuba, Sweden |
| Hair | Miloš Forman | United States |
| Hanover Street | Peter Hyams | United Kingdom, United States |
| Interrogation | Rustam Ibrahimbeyov, Rasim Ojagov | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Kaala Patthar | Yash Chopra | India |
| Love Between the Raindrops | Karel Kachyňa | Czechoslovakia |
| Në shtëpinë tonë | Dhimitër Anagnosti | Albania |
| Shafika and Metwali | Ali Badrakhan | Egypt |
| Série noire | Alain Corneau | France |
| Tess | Roman Polanski | France, United Kingdom |
| The Brothers | Hua Shan | Hong Kong |
| The Rose | Mark Rydell | United States |
| Tsirkachonok | Vladimir Bychkov, Venyamin Davydovich Dorman | Soviet Union |
| Ty pomnish? | Oleg Nikolayevsky | Soviet Union |
| 1922 | Nikos Koundouros | Greece |
| Bir Aşk Masalı | Ajdar Ibrahimov | Soviet Union, Turkey |
| Blood Relatives | Claude Chabrol | France, Canada |
| Convoy | James Coburn, Sam Peckinpah | United States |
| Errors of Youth | Boris Frumin | Soviet Union |
| Koncert në vitin 1936 | Saimir Kumbaro | Albania |
| Little Man | Ze'ev Revach | Israel |
| Marsieh | Amir Naderi | Iran |
| The Late Berry | Fyodor Filippov | Soviet Union |
| Yaroslavna, Queen of France | Igor Maslennikov | Soviet Union, Poland |
| Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! | Noboru Tanaka | Japan |
| Blue Fire Lady | Ross Dimsey | Australia |
| Die Konsequenz | Wolfgang Petersen | Germany |
| Do kalle-shagh | Iraj Ghaderi | Iran |
| Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl? | Adolf Bergunker | Soviet Union |
| Etnocidio: Notas sobre El Mezquital | Paul Leduc | Canada, Mexico |
| Garmoniya (film) | Viktor Zhivolub | Soviet Union |
| Kooch | Mehdi Reisfirooz | Iran |
| Koose-ye Jonoob | Samuel Khachikian | Iran |
| Parrot | Zackaria Hashemi | Iran |
| Scent of Wheat | Farzan Deljou | Iran |
| Spartacus | Yury Grigorovich, Vadim Derbenyov | Soviet Union |
| The Beginning of the Legend | Boris Grigoryev | Soviet Union |
| The Cry Under Water | Sirus Alvand | Iran |
| The Report | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| The Stone | Hafiz Əkbərov | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Trouble | Dinara Asanova | Soviet Union |
| Ulan | Tolomush Okeyev | Soviet Union |
| Walnut Bread | Arūnas Žebriūnas | Soviet Union |
| All the President's Men | Alan J. Pakula | United States |
| Brother and Sister | Tadashi Imai | Japan |