| Murder by Death | Robert Moore | mystery film, comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Network | Sidney Lumet | romantic comedy film, drama film, satirical film, comedy film, black comedy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Sparkle | Sam O'Steen | musical film, blaxploitation film | United States |
| The Story of David | Alex Segal, David Lowell Rich | drama film | United States |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Philippe Mora | documentary film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Fore Play | John G. Avildsen, Bruce Malmuth | comedy film | United States |
| Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris | Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel, Denis Héroux | LGBTQ-related film, musical film | France, Canada |
| Lies My Father Told Me | Ján Kadár | drama film | Canada |
| The Great Waldo Pepper | George Roy Hill | drama film | United States |
| The Hindenburg | Robert Wise | drama film, disaster film | United States |
| Trucker's Woman | Will Zens | independent film | United States |
| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Martin Scorsese | romance film, romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Alvin Rides Again | David Bilcock, Robin Copping | comedy film | Australia |
| Child Under a Leaf | George Bloomfield | drama film, independent film | Canada |
| Cree Hunters of Mistassini | Boyce Richardson, Tony Ianzelo | documentary film | Canada |
| Dead Cert | Tony Richardson | drama film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Mame | Gene Saks | musical film | United States |
| The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Richard Friedenberg | drama television series, adventure television series | United States |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Michael Cimino | drama film, comedy film, action film, heist film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Trapped Beneath the Sea | William A. Graham | action film, disaster film | United States |
| Where the Lilies Bloom | William A. Graham | drama film | United States |
| Earthquake! | — | documentary film | United States |
| England Made Me (film) | Peter Duffell | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Hell Up in Harlem | Larry Cohen | drama film, thriller film, blaxploitation film, crime film | United States |
| Lucky Luciano | Francesco Rosi | drama film, crime film | France, United States, Italy |
| Paper Moon | Peter Bogdanovich | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Tales That Witness Madness | Freddie Francis | horror film, comedy horror | United Kingdom |
| The All-American Boy | Charles K. Eastman | drama film, boxing film | United States |
| The Belstone Fox | James Hill | children's film | United Kingdom |
| The Holy Mountain | Alejandro Jodorowsky | drama film, fantasy film, LGBTQ-related film | Mexico |
| The House in Nightmare Park | Peter Sykes | comedy horror | United Kingdom, Australia |
| The Way We Were | Sydney Pollack | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Twister! | — | documentary film | United States |
| A Separate Peace | Larry Peerce | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Charlton Heston | historical drama | United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland |
| Blacula | William Crain | vampire film, blaxploitation horror film | United States |
| Deep Throat | Gerard Damiano | pornographic film | United States |
| Demons of the Mind | Peter Sykes | horror film | United Kingdom |
| Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Robert Fuest | fantasy film, horror film, comedy horror | United Kingdom, United States |
| Every Little Crook and Nanny | Cy Howard | comedy film | United States |
| Fear in the Night | Jimmy Sangster | horror film, psychological horror fiction | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Images | Robert Altman | drama film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Lady Caroline Lamb | Robert Bolt | biographical film | United Kingdom, Italy |
| Malcolm X | Arnold Perl | documentary film | United States |
| One Is a Lonely Number | Mel Stuart | drama film | United States |
| Ooh… You Are Awful | Cliff Owen | independent film | United Kingdom |
| Our Miss Fred | Bob Kellett | LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| Ripped Off | Franco Prosperi | boxing film, crime film | Italy |