| Kopretiny pro zámeckou paní | Josef Pinkava | comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Southern Comfort | Walter Hill | action film, thriller film, war film | United States |
| Model | Frederick Wiseman | documentary film | United States |
| Full Circle | Richard Loncraine | horror film, ghost film | United Kingdom, Canada |
| The Cannonball Run | Hal Needham | sport film, action comedy film, road movie | United States |
| Escape to Victory | John Huston | drama film, association football film, war film, prison film | Hungary, United States |
| Hit Back | Mikhail Tumanishvili | action film, adventure film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Pixote | Héctor Babenco | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film | Brazil |
| Zeppelin | Lasse Glomm | drama film | Norway |
| Omen III: The Final Conflict | Graham Baker | political thriller film, horror film | United Kingdom, United States |
| For Your Eyes Only | John Glen | action film, spy film, thriller film | United Kingdom |
| Shaolin Rescuers | Chang Cheh | martial arts film, comedy film, action film, biographical film | British Hong Kong |
| Ten svetr si nesvlíkej | Zdeněk Míka | comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Lyudi na bolote | Viktor Turov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Julia Julia | Petter Vennerød, Svend Wam | comedy film | Norway |
| The Burning | Tony Maylam | horror film, slasher film | Canada, United States |
| Per Aspera Ad Astra | Richard Viktorov | adventure film, science fiction film | Soviet Union, Russia |
| Seems Like Old Times | Jay Sandrich | romantic comedy | United States |
| Swan Lake | Kimio Yabuki | fantasy anime and manga, children's film, adventure film | Japan |
| The Lady of the Camellias | Mauro Bolognini | period drama film | France, Germany, Italy |
| Little Ida | Laila Mikkelsen | drama film | Norway, Sweden |
| The Devil and Max Devlin | Steven Hilliard Stern | fantasy film | United States |
| Squadron of Flying Hussars | Nikita Khubov, Stanislav Rostotsky | historical film, adventure film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Xanadu | Robert Greenwald | fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| A Change of Seasons | Noel Black, Richard Lang | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Corps of General Shubnikov | Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh | war film | Soviet Union |
| Security Unlimited | Michael Hui | comedy film, slapstick | Hong Kong |
| The Jazz Singer | Sidney J. Furie, Richard Fleischer | romance film, musical film | United States |
| Brubaker | Bob Rafelson, Stuart Rosenberg | drama film, prison film | United States |
| Mad Dog Morgan | Philippe Mora | bushranging film, drama film, Western film, action film | Australia |
| Bilibid Boys | Ishmael Bernal | drama film, action film | Philippines |
| Akik kimaradtak a szereposztásból | Gyula Radó | documentary film | Hungary |
| Manjil Virinja Pookkal | Fazil | romance film | India |
| Encounters of the Spooky Kind | Sammo Hung | martial arts film, jiangshi fiction, fantasy film, action film, comedy horror | Hong Kong |
| Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | historical drama film, drama film, sport film, historical film, action film, neo-noir, period drama film, biographical film, boxing film | United States |
| Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back | Irvin Kershner | fantasy film, action film, adventure film, space opera, science fiction film, epic film | United States |
| Legend of Tianyun Mountain | Xie Jin | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Atlantic City | Louis Malle | romance film, drama film, crime film | France, Canada, United States |
| The Youth of Peter the Great | Sergei Gerasimov | drama film, historical film, biographical film | Soviet Union, East Germany |
| The Champ | Franco Zeffirelli | drama film, boxing film | United States |
| Ordinary People | Robert Redford | drama film | United States |
| The Seventh Company Outdoors | Robert Lamoureux | comedy film | France |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Peter Sellers, Richard Quine | comedy film, science fiction film, parody film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Gods Must Be Crazy | Jamie Uys | comedy film, action film, adventure film, road movie | South Africa, Botswana |
| A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov | Nikita Mikhalkov | romance film, historical film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | Eddie Lateste, Peyo | fantasy film, children's film, musical film | Belgium |
| The Sea Wolves | Andrew V. McLaglen | action film, war film | United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland |
| The Battle of Guningtou | Chang Tseng-chai | drama film, war film | Taiwan |