| Perceval le Gallois | Éric Rohmer | drama film, historical film, medieval film | France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland |
| Puika | Aivars Freimanis | family film | Soviet Union |
| March or Die | Dick Richards | drama film, war film | United Kingdom |
| The Serpent's Egg | Ingmar Bergman | mystery film, drama film, thriller film | Germany, United States, Sweden |
| Biohazard | Janusz Kubik | science fiction | Polish People's Republic |
| The Gauntlet | Clint Eastwood | drama film, action film, thriller film, detective film, buddy cop film | United States |
| The World's Greatest Lover | Gene Wilder | parody film | United States |
| Animal | Claude Zidi | comedy film, action film | France |
| Bobby Deerfield | Sydney Pollack | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Destiny | Yevgeny Matveyev | romance film, drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Office Romance | Eldar Ryazanov | drama film, romantic comedy | Soviet Union |
| Mina, Wind of Freedom | Antonio Eceiza | drama film, adventure film, biographical film | Mexico |
| You Light Up My Life | Joseph Brooks | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Devil's Island | Kon Ichikawa | — | Japan |
| The Iron-Fisted Monk | Sammo Hung | martial arts film, drama film, historical film, action film | Hong Kong |
| The Greatest | Tom Gries, Monte Hellman | drama film, biographical film, boxing film | United Kingdom, United States |
| House | Nobuhiko Obayashi | horror film, comedy horror | Japan |
| Money Crazy | John Woo | comedy film, slapstick | Hong Kong |
| Orca | Michael Anderson | natural horror film, horror film, thriller film, adventure film, independent film, disaster film | Italy, Netherlands |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau | Don Taylor | monster film, horror film, science fiction film | United States |
| Mimino | Georgiy Daneliya | comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Bound for Glory | Hal Ashby | drama film, biographical film, musical film | United States |
| Magnificent Wanderers | Chang Cheh | — | Hong Kong |
| Piano Player’s Night | Jindřich Polák | crime film | Czechoslovakia |
| Wounded Game | Nikolai Gubenko | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Sweet Woman | Vladimir Fetin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Screen Tests | Agnieszka Holland, Jerzy Domaradzki | drama film | Poland |
| The Key That Should Not Be Handed On | Dinara Asanova | romance film, teen film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Question | Laurent Heynemann | drama film | France |
| Birds of Our Hopes | Elyer Ishmukhamedov | — | Soviet Union |
| Aty-baty, shli soldaty... | Leonid Bykov | drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| At the Earth's Core | Kevin Connor | fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Domino Principle | Stanley Kramer | drama film, action film, thriller film | United States |
| Speech for the Defence | Vadim Abdrashitov | legal drama | Soviet Union |
| Wizards | Ralph Bakshi | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, technofantasy, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Dagny | Haakon Sandøy | drama film, biographical film | Norway, Poland |
| Golden River | Venyamin Davydovich Dorman | adventure film | Soviet Union |
| Olsenbanden for full musikk | Knut Bohwim | crime comedy film | Norway |
| Barney | David Waddington | — | Australia |
| Silver Streak | Arthur Hiller | mystery film, comedy thriller, action comedy film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor | Alexander Mitta | romance film, historical film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Malakout | Khosrow Haritash | — | Iran |
| Mister Scarface | Fernando Di Leo | poliziotteschi | Germany, Italy |
| Reisen til julestjernen | Ola Solum | fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film | Norway |
| Rocky | John G. Avildsen | drama film, action film, boxing film | United States |
| Zítra to roztočíme, drahoušku…! | Petr Schulhoff | satire, comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Trouble Maker | Atıf Yılmaz | — | Turkey |
| The Passover Plot | Michael Campus | drama film | United States, Israel |