| A War Story | Anne Wheeler | war film | Canada |
| Burned at the Stake | Bert Ira Gordon | horror film | United States |
| Earthbound | James L. Conway | science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| First Monday in October | Ronald Neame | trial film, comedy drama | United States |
| Graduation Day | Herb Freed | mystery film, horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Great White Death | Jean-Patrick Lebel | nature documentary | United States |
| Modern Problems | Ken Shapiro | screwball comedy film, science fiction film | United States |
| Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. | Richard Brander | independent film | United States |
| The Bushido Blade | Tsugunobu Kotani | drama film, samurai cinema | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Woman Inside | Joseph Van Winkle | drama film | United States |
| Breaking Glass | Brian Gibson | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Cheech and Chong's Next Movie | Tommy Chong | comedy film | United States |
| Cuba Crossing | Chuck Workman | political thriller film, fiction film, thriller film | Germany, United States |
| Hide in Plain Sight | James Caan | drama film | United States |
| Jane Austen in Manhattan | James Ivory | drama film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Oh! Heavenly Dog | Joe Camp | fantasy film, comedy film | United States |
| Oh, God! Book II | Gilbert Cates | fantasy film, comedy film, speculative fiction film | United States |
| Schizoid | David Paulsen | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Simon | Marshall Brickman | science fiction comedy | United States |
| The Memory of Eva Ryker | Walter Grauman | — | United States |
| Arabian Adventure | Kevin Connor | fantasy film, action film, adventure film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| C.H.O.M.P.S. | Don Chaffey | children's film, science fiction film | United States |
| Coriolanus | Wilford Leach | drama film | United States |
| Going the Distance | Paul Cowan | documentary film | Canada |
| Hair | Miloš Forman | drama film, musical film, comedy drama | United States |
| Hanover Street | Peter Hyams | romance film, drama film, action film, melodrama, adventure film, war film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Tess | Roman Polanski | drama film | France, United Kingdom |
| The Capture of Bigfoot | Bill Rebane | horror film | United States |
| With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade | Lorraine Gray | documentary film | United States |
| Always for Pleasure | Les Blank | documentary film | United States |
| Avalanche | Corey Allen | action film, thriller film, disaster film | United States |
| Blood Relatives | Claude Chabrol | drama film, film noir | France, Canada |
| Blue Fin | Carl Schultz | independent film | Australia |
| Convoy | James Coburn, Sam Peckinpah | drama film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, comedy drama | United States |
| Rock 'n' Roll High School | Allan Arkush | teen film, musical comedy, comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Sweeney 2 | Tom Clegg | crime film | United Kingdom |
| The Comeback | Pete Walker | mystery film, horror film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Ted Kotcheff | comedy film | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Italy |
| Blue Fire Lady | Ross Dimsey | drama film, family film | Australia |
| Fantasm Comes Again | Colin Eggleston | pornographic film | Australia |
| Fräulein Devil | Patrice Rhomm | exploitation film | France |
| Telefon | Don Siegel | action film, crime film | United States |
| The Deep | Peter Yates | mystery film, action film, horror film, treasure hunt film, thriller film, adventure film | United States |
| The Disappearance | Stuart Cooper | thriller film | United Kingdom, Canada |
| Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? | John Korty | documentary film | United States |
| All the President's Men | Alan J. Pakula | political thriller film, drama film, historical film, crime film | United States |
| Eliza Fraser | Tim Burstall | — | Australia |
| God's Gun | Gianfranco Parolini | Spaghetti Western | Italy, Israel |