| Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry går amok | Knut Bohwim | crime comedy film | Norway |
| That Man Bolt | David Lowell Rich, Henry Levin | action film, blaxploitation film, crime film | United States |
| The Bamboo House of Dolls | Kuei Chih-hung | drama film, action film, sexploitation film, thriller film, adventure film, war film, women in prison film | British Hong Kong |
| The Last Detail | Hal Ashby | drama film, comedy film, road movie, buddy film | United States |
| The Wicker Man | Robin Hardy | mystery film, drama film, horror film, dystopian film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| El principio | Gonzalo Martínez Ortega | romance film, drama film, historical film, action film, war film | Mexico |
| Yalanci Yarim | Ertem Eğilmez | comedy film | Turkey |
| Two Men in Town | José Giovanni | drama film, neo-noir, crime film | France, Italy |
| The Illumination | Krzysztof Zanussi | drama film | Poland |
| Privalov's Millions | Yaropolk Lapshin | historical film | Soviet Union |
| The Golden Seal | — | — | Hong Kong |
| Hopelessly Lost | Georgiy Daneliya | tragicomedy, adventure film | Soviet Union |
| Uuno Turhapuro | Ere Kokkonen | comedy film | Finland |
| Grandmaster | Sergey Mikaelyan | drama film, sport film, biographical film | Soviet Union |
| Badge 373 | Howard W. Koch | gangster film, crime film | United States |
| The Twelve Chairs | Mel Brooks | comedy film | United States |
| Towns and Years | Aleksandr Zarkhi | period drama film | Soviet Union |
| One Little Indian | Bernard McEveety | comedy film, Western film | United States |
| Showdown | George Seaton | Western film | United States |
| Dillinger | John Milius | heist film, crime film | United States |
| Female Vampire | Jesús Franco | horror film, vampire film, sexploitation film, erotic film | France, Belgium |
| Scorpio | Michael Winner | drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film | United States |
| Even Angels Eat Beans | Enzo Barboni | comedy film, buddy film | France, Italy |
| Godzilla vs. Megalon | Jun Fukuda | kaiju, fantasy film, horror film, adventure film, science fiction film | Japan |
| Copernicus | Czesław Petelski, Ewa Petelska | historical film | East Germany, Poland |
| A Man Before His Time | Abram Room | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Karpukhin | Vladimir Vengerov | psychological drama | Soviet Union |
| The Offence | Sidney Lumet | drama film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Naked Seven | Yasuharu Hasebe | pink film, action film, erotic film | Japan |
| Snowball Express | Norman Tokar | comedy film | United States |
| Anatomia miłości | Roman Załuski | drama film | Poland |
| The Heartbreak Kid | Elaine May | romantic comedy | United States |
| Hot Snow | Gabriel Egiazarov | historical film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Hell + Me | Mohammad-Ali Fardin | drama film, thriller film | Iran |
| Lady Sings the Blues | Sidney J. Furie | drama film, biographical film, musical film | United States |
| Man of Iron | Hsueh-Li Pao, Chang Cheh | martial arts film, drama film, action film | British Hong Kong |
| The Magnificent Seven Ride! | George McCowan | Western film | United States |
| My Daughter, Your Daughter | Werner Jacobs | comedy film, musical film | Germany |
| Napoleon and Samantha | Bernard McEveety | drama film | United States |
| Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Robert Butler | comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Ben | Phil Karlson | horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Golden Egg Chicken | Mehdi Reisfirooz | — | Iran |
| Prime Cut | Michael Ritchie | gangster film, crime film | United States |
| Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès | René Vautier | war film | France |
| Jeremiah Johnson | Sydney Pollack | drama film, Western film | United States |
| Property of the Republic | Vladimir Bychkov | action film, adventure film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| The Biscuit Eater | Vincent McEveety | drama film, family film | United States |
| Godzilla vs. Gigan | Jun Fukuda | kaiju, action film, horror film, alien invasion, science fiction film | Japan |