| Zoom In: Rape Apartments | Naosuke Kurosawa | exploitation film, pink film, horror film, monster erotica, erotic film | Japan |
| A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers | Yuri Ilyenko | drama film, children's film | Soviet Union |
| Allegro s ognyom | Vladimir Strelkov | historical film, action film, adventure film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Anxious to Return | Li Jun | romantic drama film, war film | People's Republic of China |
| Arabian Adventure | Kevin Connor | fantasy film, action film, adventure film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Aria for an Athlete | Filip Bajon | drama film | Poland |
| Babek | Eldar Kuliev | historical film | Soviet Union |
| Babylon XX | Ivan Mykolaichuk | drama film | Soviet Union |
| C.H.O.M.P.S. | Don Chaffey | children's film, science fiction film | United States |
| Chapter Two | Robert Moore | romantic comedy film | United States |
| Coriolanus | Wilford Leach | drama film | United States |
| De försvunna | Sergio Castilla | drama film | Cuba, Sweden |
| Dzakhili | Karaman Mgeladze | — | Soviet Union |
| El Rey de los exhortos | Hugo Sofovich | comedy film | Argentina |
| Expertos en Pinchazos | Hugo Sofovich | comedy film | Argentina |
| Family Circle | — | family film | Soviet Union |
| Forget the Word 'Death' | Samvel Gasparov | adventure film | Soviet Union |
| Gaidiet Dzonu Graftonu | Andris Rozenbergs | — | Soviet Union |
| Going the Distance | Paul Cowan | documentary film | Canada |
| Graftio Engineer | Gennady Kazansky | biographical film | Soviet Union |
| 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 |
| Il piccolo Archimede | Gianni Amelio | comedy drama | Italy |
| Interrogation | Rustam Ibrahimbeyov, Rasim Ojagov | mystery film, drama film, detective film | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Kaala Patthar | Yash Chopra | drama film, action film, disaster film | India |
| Karthika Deepam | Lakshmi Deepak | — | India |
| Kid with the Golden Arm | Chang Cheh | martial arts film | Hong Kong |
| La carpa del amor | Julio Porter | comedy film, musical film | Argentina |
| Love Between the Raindrops | Karel Kachyňa | romance film, drama film, comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Morning Star | Jamyanguyn Buntar | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| My Anfisa | Eduard Gavrilov | comedy film, melodrama | Soviet Union |
| Nine Days and the Whole Life | Yuri Zanin | biographical film, documentary film | Soviet Union |
| Në shtëpinë tonë | Dhimitër Anagnosti | drama film | Albania |
| Old-fashioned Tango | Alexander Belinsky, Dmitry Bryantsev | comedy film, ballet film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Otello | — | — | Soviet Union |
| Pink Tush Girl: Love Attack | Kōyū Ohara | pink film, pornographic film | Japan |
| Shafika and Metwali | Ali Badrakhan | drama film | Egypt |
| Someone Else's Happiness (1978 film) | Kamara Kamalova | psychological drama film | Soviet Union |
| Star of David: Beautiful Girl Hunter | Noribumi Suzuki | thriller film | Japan |
| Série noire | Alain Corneau | drama film, neo-noir, crime film | France |
| Target | Guido Zurli | detective film | Italy, Turkey |
| Tess | Roman Polanski | drama film | France, United Kingdom |
| The Amazing Adventures of Denis Korablyov | Igor Dobrolyubov, Igor Pushkaryov | film based on a literary work | Soviet Union |
| The Brothers | Hua Shan | drama film, action film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| The Capture of Bigfoot | Bill Rebane | horror film | United States |
| The House of Hanging | Kon Ichikawa | — | Japan |
| The Rose | Mark Rydell | drama film, musical film | United States |
| The Wooden Gun | Ilan Moshenson | teen film | Israel |