| Sharky's Machine | Burt Reynolds | drama film, action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Wahadelko | Filip Bajon | drama film | Poland |
| The Little Fox | Attila Dargay | drama film, fantasy film, children's film | Hungary |
| Chōkō | Masashi Sada | documentary film | People's Republic of China, Japan |
| Excalibur | John Boorman | sword and sorcery film, drama film, fantasy film, action film, medieval film | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Sailors Have No Questions | Vladimir Rogovoy | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Stripes | Ivan Reitman | action comedy film, war film, buddy film | United States |
| Shock Treatment | Jim Sharman | comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Enrai | Kichitarō Negishi | drama film | Japan |
| Gypsy Happiness | Sergei Nikonenko | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians | Oldřich Lipský | comedy film, science fiction film | Czechoslovakia |
| Galaxy of Terror | Bruce D. Clark | monster film, action film, horror film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States, Australia |
| 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 |
| A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve | Jānis Streičs | romance film, comedy film | Soviet Union |
| A War Story | Anne Wheeler | war film | Canada |
| Alexander The Small | Vladimir Fokin | drama film, war film | Soviet Union, East Germany |
| Alice in Wonderland | Yefrem Pruzhanskyi | fairy tale | Soviet Union |
| All Night Long | Jean-Claude Tramont | comedy film | United States |
| And I'm with you again... | Boris Galanter | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Automobile on the Roof | Dmitri Kesayants | — | Soviet Union |
| Burned at the Stake | Bert Ira Gordon | horror film | United States |
| Carnival | Tatyana Lioznova | musical film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Conversa Acabada | João Botelho | drama film, biographical film | Portugal |
| December 20 | Grigori Nikulin | historical film | Soviet Union |
| Devushka i more | — | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Do You Remember Dolly Bell? | Emir Kusturica | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Dreszcze | Wojciech Marczewski | drama film | Poland |
| Earthbound | James L. Conway | science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Eastern Dentist | Ernest Martirosyan | — | Soviet Union |
| Eighth World Wonder | Samson Samsonov | — | Soviet Union |
| Facts of the Past Day | Vladimir Basov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| First Monday in October | Ronald Neame | trial film, comedy drama | United States |
| Graduation Day | Herb Freed | mystery film, horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Great White Death | Jean-Patrick Lebel | nature documentary | United States |
| Gundala Putra Petir | Lilik Sudjio | — | Indonesia |
| Help Me Dream | Pupi Avati | romance film, drama film | Italy |
| Hurry Slowly | Geo Saizescu | comedy film | Romania |
| Le Maître d'école | Claude Berri | comedy film | France |
| Man of Iron | Andrzej Wajda | drama film, historical film | Poland |
| Masked Avengers | Chang Cheh | martial arts film | Hong Kong |
| Modern Problems | Ken Shapiro | screwball comedy film, science fiction film | United States |
| My Heritage, Insanity | Mehdi Fakhimzadeh | horror film, thriller film | Iran |
| Nanchang Uprising | Tang Xiaodan | war drama, historical film | People's Republic of China |
| Nighthawks | Bruce Malmuth | action film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Pennies from Heaven | Herbert Ross | romance film, drama film, satanic film, musical film | United States |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | action film, treasure hunt film | United States |
| Sally and Freedom | Gunnel Lindblom | drama film | Sweden |
| Sashka | Alexander Surin | war film | Soviet Union |
| Seven Happy Notes | Yevgeny Mezentsev | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Sindikat-2 | Mark Orlov | — | Soviet Union |
| Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. | Richard Brander | independent film | United States |
| Sold Laughter | Leonid Nechayev | cinematic fairy tale, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Story of an Unknown Man | Vytautas Žalakevičius | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Take Care of Women | Viktor Makarov, Aleksandr Polynnikov | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Taps | Harold Becker | drama film | United States |
| The Bushido Blade | Tsugunobu Kotani | drama film, samurai cinema | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Drive to Win | Zhang Nuanxin | drama film, sport film | People's Republic of China |
| The Duel of the Century | Chor Yuen | action film | Hong Kong |
| The Great Muppet Caper | Jim Henson | mystery film, comedy film, heist film, musical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Order: No Shooting | Yuri Ivanchuk | war film | Soviet Union |
| The Professional | Georges Lautner | mystery film, drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film, crime film | France |
| The Smacking Sea | Arvo Kruusement | drama film | Soviet Union, Estonia |
| The True Story of Ah Q | Cen Fan | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| The Vacancy | Margarita Mikaelyan | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| The Woman Inside | Joseph Van Winkle | drama film | United States |
| Varavu Nalla Uravu | Visu | drama film | India |
| Vysokyy pereval | Volodymyr Denysenko | drama film | Soviet Union |
| W biały dzień | Edward Żebrowski | historical film | Poland |
| We Looked in the Death's Face | Naum Birman | drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Wielka majówka | Krzysztof Rogulski | comedy film | Poland |
| Woman Who Exposes Herself | Masaru Konuma | pink film, pornographic film | Japan |
| Yaroslav Mudry | Hryhorii Kokhan | drama film, historical film | Soviet Union |
| Young Russia | Ilya Gurin | drama film, historical film | Soviet Union |
| Zapach psiej siersci | Jan Batory | drama film | Poland |