| My Favorite Year | Richard Benjamin | film komedi |
| Vincent | Tim Burton | film drama, film fantasi, film horor |
| Firefox | Clint Eastwood | film laga, film mata-mata, film cerita seru |
| Tempest | Paul Mazursky | film percintaan, film petualangan, drama komedi |
| Night Shift | Ron Howard | film komedi |
| Vietnam Requiem | Bill Couturié, Jonas McCord | Film dokumenter |
| Rocky III | Sylvester Stallone | film drama, film laga |
| Tron | Steven Lisberger | cyberpunk, film laga, film petualangan, Film fiksi ilmiah |
| Grease 2 | Patricia Birch | film remaja, film drama, film musikal, film komedi romantis |
| Reds | Warren Beatty | film percintaan, film drama, film perang, Film biografi |
| The Jericho Mile | — | film drama |
| Night Crossing | Delbert Mann | film drama |
| Popeye (film) | Robert Altman | peran hidup, film musikal, film komedi romantis |
| The Fan | Ed Bianchi | film horor, film kejahatan |
| Excalibur | John Boorman | film drama, film fantasi, film laga |
| The Centerfold Girls | John Peyser | film cerita seru, Film independen |
| Galaxy of Terror | Bruce D. Clark | film monster, film laga, film horor, film petualangan, Film fiksi ilmiah |
| Private Benjamin | Howard Zieff | film komedi, drama komedi |
| The Cannonball Run | Hal Needham | film olahraga, film aksi komedi, Film jalan |
| Sphinx | Franklin Schaffner | film petualangan |
| Condorman | Charles Jarrott | film pahlawan super, film laga, film anak-anak, film mata-mata |
| Escape to Victory | John Huston | film drama, film perang, Film penjara |
| Herbie Goes Bananas | Vincent McEveety | film komedi, film anak-anak |
| Blow Out | Brian De Palma | film drama kriminal, film misteri, film drama, film laga, film kejahatan menegangkan, neo-noir, film cerita seru, Film independen, film kejahatan |
| Clash of the Titans | Desmond Davis | film monster, film fantasi, film laga, film petualangan |
| The Hand | Oliver Stone | film drama, film horor |
| Superman II | Richard Donner, Richard Lester | film fantasi, film laga, Film fiksi ilmiah |
| The Elephant Man | David Lynch | film drama, Film biografi |
| Flash Gordon | Mike Hodges | film fantasi, film komedi, film laga, film petualangan, Film fiksi ilmiah |
| Fame | Alan Parker | film remaja, film drama, film musikal |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Peter Sellers, Richard Quine | film komedi, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film parodi |
| Tom Horn | William Wiard | Barat, film laga, Film biografi |
| The Blue Lagoon | Randal Kleiser | film beranjak dewasa, film percintaan, film remaja, film drama, Film bertahan hidup |
| The Mountain Men | Richard Lang | Barat |
| ...And Justice for All | Norman Jewison | film drama, drama komedi, film kejahatan |
| Breaking Away | Peter Yates | film beranjak dewasa, film drama, film komedi, drama komedi |
| The China Syndrome | James Bridges | film drama, film laga, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film bencana |
| Cruising | William Friedkin | neo-noir, triler erotis, film cerita seru, film kejahatan |
| The Cat from Outer Space | Norman Tokar | film komedi, film anak-anak, Film fiksi ilmiah |
| The Concorde ... Airport '79 | David Lowell Rich | film drama, film laga, Film bencana |
| Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Robert Butler | film komedi, Barat |
| All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | film drama, Film biografi, film musikal |
| More American Graffiti | Bill L. Norton | film beranjak dewasa, film remaja, film drama, film komedi |
| The Wanderers | Philip Kaufman | film beranjak dewasa, film remaja, film drama |
| The Main Event | Howard Zieff | film komedi romantis |
| The Cheap Detective | Robert Moore | film komedi, film cerita seru, Film parodi, film kejahatan |
| Hardcore | Paul Schrader | film drama, film kejahatan |
| Apocalypse Now | Francis Ford Coppola | drama perang, film drama, film laga, film horor, film cerita seru, film petualangan, film perang, film kolosal |