| Let's Make Love | George Cukor | musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Leta Manasulu | R. Krishnan, S. Panju | drama film | India |
| Liar Wanted | Giannis Dalianidis | comedy film | Greece |
| Lumisten metsien tyttö | William Markus | — | Finland |
| Mahallada duv-duv gap | Shuhrat Abbosov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Man on a String | André de Toth | spy film | United States |
| Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | Cyril Frankel | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Night and Fog in Japan | Nagisa Ōshima | drama film | Japan |
| No Trouble with Cleopatra | Helmut Schneider | comedy film | East Germany, Germany |
| Operation Cupid | Charles Saunders | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Opettajatar seikkailee | Aarne Tarkas | comedy film | Finland |
| Pete & Runt, Negroes | Aarne Tarkas | comedy film | Finland |
| Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock | psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, film noir, crime thriller film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, independent film +3 | United States |
| Rabbit's Feat | Chuck Jones | — | United States |
| Sands of the Desert | John Paddy Carstairs | adventure film | United Kingdom |
| Satan from the Seventh Grade | Maria Kaniewska | adventure film | Poland |
| School for Scoundrels | Robert Hamer | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Sink the Bismarck! | Lewis Gilbert | war film | United Kingdom |
| Sons and Lovers | Jack Cardiff | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Space Men | Antonio Margheriti | adventure film, science fiction film | Italy |
| Stories of the Revolution | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | drama film | Cuba |
| Sunrise at Campobello | Vincent J. Donehue | drama film, biographical film | United States |
| Surprise Package | Stanley Donen | heist film | United States |
| Sword of Sherwood Forest | Terence Fisher | adventure film | United Kingdom |
| Sábado a la noche, cine | Fernando Ayala | comedy film | Argentina |
| Ta kitrina gantia | Alekos Sakellarios | comedy film | Greece |
| Take Aim at the Police Van | Seijun Suzuki | — | Japan |
| Taxi for Tobruk | Denys de La Patellière | drama film, adventure film | France, Germany, Spain |
| The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Delbert Mann | drama film | United States |
| The Doll Behind the Curtain | Majid Mohseni | — | Iran |
| The Last Desire | Mehdi AmirGhasem Khani | — | Iran |
| The Letter with Feather | Shi Hui | war drama, children's film | People's Republic of China |
| The Story of Ruth | Henry Koster | drama film | United States |
| The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Terence Fisher | drama film, horror film | United Kingdom |
| The Unforgiven | John Huston | romance film, drama film, Western film | United States |
| Two Women | Vittorio De Sica | drama film, war film | France, Italy |
| Umma | Kunchacko | drama film | India |
| Uncle Martino | — | — | Australia |
| Under Ten Flags | Duilio Coletti, Carlo Lizzani | drama film, war film | United States, Italy |
| Warriors for Freedom | Usmar Ismail | drama film | Indonesia |
| Åsa-Nisse som polis | Ragnar Frisk | comedy film | Sweden |
| A Dog of Flanders | James B. Clark | drama film, Christmas film | United States |
| Also People | Georgiy Daneliya | — | — |
| Battle in Outer Space | Ishirō Honda | — | — |
| Bazi-e Eshgh | — | — | Iran |
| Broken Spell | Siamak Yasemi | — | — |
| Carthage in Flames | Carmine Gallone | sword-and-sandal film | France, Italy |
| City of Fear | Irving Lerner | drama film, film noir, crime film | United States |