| We of the Never Never | Igor Auzins | — | Australia |
| A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve | Jānis Streičs | romance film, comedy film | Soviet Union |
| A War Story | Anne Wheeler | war film | Canada |
| Alexander The Small | Vladimir Fokin | drama film, war film | Soviet Union, East Germany |
| Alice in Wonderland | Yefrem Pruzhanskyi | fairy tale | Soviet Union |
| All Night Long | Jean-Claude Tramont | comedy film | United States |
| And I'm with you again... | Boris Galanter | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Automobile on the Roof | Dmitri Kesayants | — | Soviet Union |
| Burned at the Stake | Bert Ira Gordon | horror film | United States |
| Carnival | Tatyana Lioznova | musical film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Conversa Acabada | João Botelho | drama film, biographical film | Portugal |
| December 20 | Grigori Nikulin | historical film | Soviet Union |
| Devushka i more | — | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Do You Remember Dolly Bell? | Emir Kusturica | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Dreszcze | Wojciech Marczewski | drama film | Poland |
| Earthbound | James L. Conway | science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Eastern Dentist | Ernest Martirosyan | — | Soviet Union |
| Eighth World Wonder | Samson Samsonov | — | Soviet Union |
| Facts of the Past Day | Vladimir Basov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| 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 |
| Gundala Putra Petir | Lilik Sudjio | — | Indonesia |
| Help Me Dream | Pupi Avati | romance film, drama film | Italy |
| Hurry Slowly | Geo Saizescu | comedy film | Romania |
| Le Maître d'école | Claude Berri | comedy film | France |
| Man of Iron | Andrzej Wajda | drama film, historical film | Poland |
| Masked Avengers | Chang Cheh | martial arts film | Hong Kong |
| Modern Problems | Ken Shapiro | screwball comedy film, science fiction film | United States |
| My Heritage, Insanity | Mehdi Fakhimzadeh | horror film, thriller film | Iran |
| Nanchang Uprising | Tang Xiaodan | war drama, historical film | People's Republic of China |
| Nighthawks | Bruce Malmuth | action film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Pennies from Heaven | Herbert Ross | romance film, drama film, satanic film, musical film | United States |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | action film, treasure hunt film | United States |
| Sally and Freedom | Gunnel Lindblom | drama film | Sweden |
| Sashka | Alexander Surin | war film | Soviet Union |
| Seven Happy Notes | Yevgeny Mezentsev | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Sindikat-2 | Mark Orlov | — | Soviet Union |
| Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. | Richard Brander | independent film | United States |
| Sold Laughter | Leonid Nechayev | cinematic fairy tale, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Story of an Unknown Man | Vytautas Žalakevičius | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Take Care of Women | Viktor Makarov, Aleksandr Polynnikov | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Taps | Harold Becker | drama film | United States |
| The Bushido Blade | Tsugunobu Kotani | drama film, samurai cinema | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Drive to Win | Zhang Nuanxin | drama film, sport film | People's Republic of China |
| The Duel of the Century | Chor Yuen | action film | Hong Kong |
| The Great Muppet Caper | Jim Henson | mystery film, comedy film, heist film, musical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Order: No Shooting | Yuri Ivanchuk | war film | Soviet Union |