| Jacob the Liar | Frank Beyer | drama film, comedy film | East Germany, Czechoslovakia |
| Electra, My Love | Miklós Jancsó | drama film | Hungary |
| At Home Among Strangers | Nikita Mikhalkov | drama film, action film, ostern, adventure film, war film | Soviet Union |
| The Slap | Claude Pinoteau | drama film, comedy film | France, Italy |
| La madrecita | Fernando Cortés | comedy film | Mexico |
| Housewarming | Vasily Ilyashenko | — | Soviet Union |
| Moscow-Cassiopeia | Richard Viktorov | comedy film, children's film, adventure film, science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Zum Beispiel Josef | Erwin Stranka | — | East Germany |
| The Last Fleksnes | Bo Hermansson | comedy drama | Norway |
| His Mother's House | Per Blom | drama film | Norway |
| The Bears and I | Bernard McEveety | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Chang Cheh, Roy Ward Baker | martial arts film, fantasy film, horror film, vampire film, film based on a novel | British Hong Kong, United Kingdom |
| The Tamarind Seed | Evelyn Anthony, Blake Edwards | melodrama, spy film | United States |
| Teenage Bride | — | drama film, sex film | United States |
| Chinatown | Roman Polanski | mystery film, drama film, film noir, crime thriller film, neo-noir | United States |
| The Parallax View | Alan J. Pakula | political thriller film | United States |
| Mr. Majestyk | Richard Fleischer | drama film, action film, prison film | United States |
| S*P*Y*S | Irvin Kershner | spy film | United States |
| Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry | John Hough | drama film, action film, heist film | United States |
| Alluri Seetharama Raju | V. Ramachandra Rao | biographical film | India |
| Sokolovo | Otakar Vávra | drama film, historical film, war film | Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia |
| The King is the Best Mayor | Rafael Gil | drama film | Spain, Italy |
| No Return | Aleksei Saltykov | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Second Coming of Eva | Mac Ahlberg | comedy film, pornographic film | Sweden |
| The Great Gatsby | Jack Clayton | romance film, drama film | United States, Australia |
| Aguirre, the Wrath of God | Werner Herzog | drama film, adventure film | Germany, Peru, Mexico |
| The Seed | Erik Solbakken | drama film | Norway |
| Drzwi w murze | Stanisław Różewicz | drama film | Poland |
| Zardoz | John Boorman | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia | Franco Prosperi, Eldar Ryazanov | comedy film, treasure hunt film, adventure film, crime film | Soviet Union, Italy |
| Serpico | Sidney Lumet | drama film, action film, biographical film, crime film | United States, Italy |
| Village of Tigers | Yueh Feng | action film | Hong Kong |
| Abarmard | Davoud Esmaeili | drama film, crime film | Iran |
| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Martin Scorsese | romance film, romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Alvin Rides Again | David Bilcock, Robin Copping | comedy film | Australia |
| Astronomy lesson | Semion Raytburt | popular science film | Soviet Union |
| Baby Dandy | Reza Safaei | romance film, comedy film, action film | Iran |
| Child Under a Leaf | George Bloomfield | drama film, independent film | Canada |
| Cree Hunters of Mistassini | Boyce Richardson, Tony Ianzelo | documentary film | Canada |
| De Cierta Manera | Sara Gómez, Julio García Espinosa, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | romance film, drama film, documentary film | Cuba |
| Dead Cert | Tony Richardson | drama film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz | Konrad Wolf | drama film, comedy film, slice of life | East Germany |
| Earth and Sky Adventures | Ihor Vietrov | children's film | Soviet Union |
| Gniazdo | Jan Rybkowski | historical film, biographical film | Poland |
| Golnesa In Paris | Reza Safaei | — | Iran |
| Golpari Joon | Azizaleh Bahadori | romance film, comedy film | Iran |
| Happy for No Reason | Esmaeil Poorsaeid | — | Iran |
| Here Comes Mr. Mehdi | Fereydoun Jourak | comedy film | Iran |
| Hossein, the Cop | Reza Safaei | — | Iran |
| If You Want to Be Happy | Nikolai Gubenko | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| In dast kaje | Mehdi Reisfirooz | — | Iran |
| Izu no Odoriko | Katsumi Nishikawa | teen film | Japan |
| Joachim, Put It in the Machine | Oldřich Lipský | comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Khleb pakhnet porokhom | Vyacheslav Nikiforov | — | Soviet Union |
| Khoshgela Avazi Gereftin | Khosrow Parvizi | romance film, drama film | Iran |
| Les Ordres | Michel Brault | drama film | Canada |
| Long-Haired Wonder | Viktor Titov | drama film, sport film | Soviet Union |
| Mame | Gene Saks | musical film | United States |
| Marg dar baran | Samuel Khachikian | — | Iran |
| Nemuritorii | Sergiu Nicolaescu | drama film, historical film, adventure film | East Germany, Romania |
| Pispisa khanum and Mouse bey | Məsud Pənahi, Ağanağı Axundov | animation, children's film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Rainha Diaba | Antonio Carlos da Fontoura | drama film | Brazil |
| Red Hair | Abdollah Ghiabi | drama film | Iran |
| Ryoma Ansatsu | Kazuo Kuroki | drama film | Japan |
| Salam bar Eshgh | Azizaleh Bahadori | drama film | Iran |
| Sandakan No. 8 | Kei Kumai | drama film | Japan |
| Shazdeh Ehtejab | Bahman Farmanara | drama film | Iran |
| Skvorets i Lira | Grigori Aleksandrov | spy film | Soviet Union |
| Svet v kontse tonnelya | Aloizs Brenčs | crime film | Soviet Union |
| The Barefoot Bride | Siamak Yasemi | — | Iran |
| The Chivalrous | Fereydoun Jourak | romance film, drama film | Iran |
| The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Richard Friedenberg | drama television series, adventure television series | United States |
| The Skyhawk | Jeong Chang-hwa | action film | Hong Kong |
| The Street Fighter | Shigehiro Ozawa | martial arts film, action film | Japan |
| The Tournament | Huang Feng | action film | Hong Kong |
| The Year of the Solar Eclipse | Jamyanguyn Buntar | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| Three Supermen of the West | Italo Martinenghi, George Martin | science fiction film | Spain, Italy |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Michael Cimino | drama film, comedy film, action film, heist film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Trapped Beneath the Sea | William A. Graham | action film, disaster film | United States |
| Vani Rani | Tapi Chanakya | — | India |
| Where the Lilies Bloom | William A. Graham | drama film | United States |
| Whichever Way the Ball Bounces | Rajko Grlić | drama film | Yugoslavia |
| Yaran | Farzan Deljou | — | Iran |
| Yearning | Zeki Ökten | — | Turkey |
| Zhrebiy | Igor Voznesensky | drama film, sport film | Soviet Union |