| Smrt mouchy | Karel Kachyňa | drama film | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic |
| Sparkle | Sam O'Steen | musical film, blaxploitation film | United States |
| Story of an Unknown Actor | Aleksandr Zarkhi | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Summer | Arvo Kruusement | drama film, comedy film | Soviet Union, Estonia |
| Süt Kardeşler | Ertem Eğilmez | comedy horror | Turkey |
| The Darvish Detonates Paris | Kamil Rüstəmbəyov, Şamil Mahmudbəyov | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| The Inugamis | Kon Ichikawa | drama film | Japan |
| The Kid | Khosrow Parvizi | — | Iran |
| The Lady from the Town | Piro Milkani | romantic comedy film | Albania |
| The Last Supper | Shahyar Ghanbari | police film, crime film | Iran |
| The Legacy | Abdollah Ghiabi | — | Iran |
| The Man from the Movies | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | fiction film, docudrama | Canada |
| The Port | — | drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| The Story of David | Alex Segal, David Lowell Rich | drama film | United States |
| The Strogovs | Vladimir Vengerov | epic film | Soviet Union |
| The Wishing Tree | Tengiz Abuladze | drama film | Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Um ano de independência | Fernando d’Almeida e Silva, Luís Carlos Patraquim | documentary film | Mozambique |
| Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca | Mario Morra | comedy film | Italy |
| A Tank in My... Bedroom | Giannis Dalianidis | comedy film | Greece |
| Alarm in the Delta | Gheorghe Naghi | — | Romania |
| Avalanche | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Philippe Mora | documentary film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Deep Throat in Tokyo | Kan Mukai | pink film, erotic film | Japan |
| Defa' az namoos | Mohammad Karim Rokni | — | Iran |
| First Swallow | Nana Mchedlidze | comedy film | Georgian SSR |
| Football uncle | Saeed Motalebi | — | Iran |
| Fore Play | John G. Avildsen, Bruce Malmuth | comedy film | United States |
| Ghasam | Amir Shervan | drama film, crime film | Iran |
| Hello Ralph! | Mykhailo Bielikov, Viacheslav Kryshtofovych | family film, children's film, anthology film | Soviet Union |
| Husbands Vacationing | Enrique Cahen Salaberry | comedy film | Argentina |
| Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris | Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel, Denis Héroux | LGBTQ-related film, musical film | France, Canada |
| Kader Yolcuları | Orhan Elmas | romance film, drama film | Turkey, Iran |
| Khodahafez koochooloo | Reza Aghili | drama film | Iran |
| Lies My Father Told Me | Ján Kadár | drama film | Canada |
| Los Chiflados del batallón | Enrique Dawi | comedy film, musical film | Argentina |
| Meshki | Nasser Mohammadi | drama film, action film, crime film | Iran |
| Motorcycle Summer | Uldis Brauns | romance film | Soviet Union |
| My Frivolous Friend | Jānis Streičs | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| My Michael | Dan Wolman | drama film | Israel |
| No End of Surprises | Chu Mu | drama film | Hong Kong |
| Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin | — | pink film | Japan |
| Paradizes atslegas | Aloizs Brenčs | crime film | Soviet Union |
| Rande shod-e | Siamak Yasemi | — | Iran |
| Shahrag | Alireza Davood Nejad | drama film, crime film | Iran |
| She is the only one | Iosif Kheifits | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| Solamente ella | Lucas Demare | drama film, musical film | Argentina |
| Songs of Fire | Nikos Koundouros | documentary film | Greece |
| Step Forward | Naum Birman | romance film, anthology film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |