| Granddaughter of Ice | Boris Rytsarev | film fantasi, film anak-anak, film musikal | Uni Soviet |
| Spooky Encounters | Sammo Hung | film seni bela diri, film fantasi, film laga, Horor komedi | Hong Kong |
| Ten Tigers from Kwangtung | Chang Cheh | film seni bela diri, film drama, film laga, film petualangan | Hong Kong Britania Raya |
| Ogaryova Street, Number 6 | Boris Grigoryev | film kejahatan | Uni Soviet |
| World Children's Classics: Thumbelina | Yūgo Serikawa | anime | Jepang |
| La provinciale | Claude Goretta | film drama | Prancis, Swiss |
| Vanessa | Hubert Frank | film drama | Jerman |
| The Umbrella Coup | Gérard Oury | film komedi, film kejahatan | Prancis |
| The Youth of Peter the Great | Sergei Gerasimov | film drama, Film biografi | Uni Soviet, Jerman Timur |
| Csontváry | Zoltán Huszárik | film drama | Hungaria |
| Dudaryky | Stanislav Klymenko | film petualangan, film musikal | Uni Soviet |
| Signum Laudis | Martin Hollý ml. | film drama, film perang | Cekoslowakia |
| Fame | Alan Parker | film remaja, film drama, film musikal | Amerika Serikat |
| Pilla Zamindar | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | film komedi | India |
| Patrick | Richard Franklin | film horor | Australia |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Peter Sellers, Richard Quine | film komedi, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film parodi | Britania Raya, Amerika Serikat |
| A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov | Nikita Mikhalkov | film percintaan, drama komedi | Uni Soviet |
| Stop It! | Lasse Glomm | — | Norwegia |
| The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | Eddie Lateste, Peyo | film fantasi, film anak-anak, film musikal | Belgia |
| Tom Horn | William Wiard | Barat, film laga, Film biografi | Amerika Serikat |
| Practice Makes Perfect | Philippe de Broca | film komedi | Prancis |
| Shaolin Daredevils | Chang Cheh | film seni bela diri | Hong Kong |
| Pirates of the 20th Century | Boris Durov | film laga, film cerita seru | Uni Soviet |
| The Avenging Eagle | Sun Chung | film seni bela diri, film drama, film laga | Hong Kong |
| The Blue Lagoon | Randal Kleiser | film beranjak dewasa, film percintaan, film remaja, film drama, Film bertahan hidup | Amerika Serikat |
| The Heiresses | Márta Mészáros | film drama | Prancis, Hungaria |
| The Mountain Men | Richard Lang | Barat | Amerika Serikat |
| The Nightingale | Nadezhda Kosheverova | film anak-anak, film musikal | Uni Soviet |
| The Magician of Lublin | Menahem Golan | film drama | Jerman, Israel |
| The Young Master | Jackie Chan | film seni bela diri, film aksi komedi | Hong Kong |
| Bad Timing | Nicolas Roeg | film percintaan, film drama, triler erotis | Britania Raya |
| Albert - warum? | Josef Rödl | film drama | Jerman |
| The Man Who Haunted Himself | Basil Dearden | film misteri, film drama, film fantasi | Britania Raya |
| ...And Justice for All | Norman Jewison | film drama, drama komedi, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur | Hiroshi Fukutomi | fiksi ilmiah | Jepang |
| Jubilee | Derek Jarman | film drama, film fantasi | Britania Raya |
| Breaking Away | Peter Yates | film beranjak dewasa, film drama, film komedi, drama komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Sex with a Smile II | Sergio Martino | film komedi | Italia |
| Takeoff | Savva Kulish | film drama, Film biografi | Uni Soviet |
| The China Syndrome | James Bridges | film drama, film laga, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film bencana | Amerika Serikat |
| Cruising | William Friedkin | neo-noir, triler erotis, film cerita seru, film kejahatan | Jerman, Amerika Serikat, Jerman Barat |
| A Leap in the Dark | Marco Bellocchio | film drama, film komedi | Prancis, Italia |
| The Cat from Outer Space | Norman Tokar | film komedi, film anak-anak, Film fiksi ilmiah | Amerika Serikat |
| The Concorde ... Airport '79 | David Lowell Rich | film drama, film laga, Film bencana | Amerika Serikat |
| Solo Sunny | Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Konrad Wolf | film drama, potongan kehidupan, film musikal | Jerman Timur |
| Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Robert Butler | film komedi, Barat | Amerika Serikat |
| Death Watch | Bertrand Tavernier | film drama, film distopia, Film fiksi ilmiah | Prancis, Jerman |
| Bizalom | István Szabó | film drama | Hungaria |
| A los cirujanos se les va la mano | Hugo Sofovich | film komedi | Argentina |
| A Summer in the Country | Roberto Girometti | film komedi | Prancis, Italia |
| A Week's Vacation | Bertrand Tavernier | film drama | Prancis |
| American Pop | Ralph Bakshi | film drama, Film animasi laga hidup, film musikal | Amerika Serikat |
| Aziza | Abdellatif Ben Ammar | film drama | Tunisia |
| Bandish | Kovelamudi Bapayya | — | India |
| Caddyshack | Harold Ramis | film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Can't Stop the Music | Nancy Walker | film komedi, film musikal | Amerika Serikat |
| Carny | Robert Kaylor | film drama | Amerika Serikat |
| Citizen Lyoshka | Viktor Kryuchkov | film komedi | Uni Soviet |
| Dealing with the Devil | Lin Lan | film drama | Tiongkok |
| Dulsineya Tobosskaya | Svetlana Druzhinina | film drama, film musikal | Uni Soviet |
| Ellis Island Revisited | Georges Perec, Robert Bober | Film dokumenter | Prancis |
| Flag of Iron | Chang Cheh | film drama, film laga | Hong Kong |
| Fontamara | Carlo Lizzani | film drama | Italia |
| Fumoon | Osamu Tezuka | Film fiksi ilmiah | Jepang |
| Ghiam | Reza Safaei | — | Iran |
| Gigolo and Gigolette | Alexander Belinsky | — | Uni Soviet |
| Good Soul | B. Nagnaidorj | — | Republik Rakyat Mongolia |
| Hangar 18 (film) | James L. Conway | film laga, Film fiksi ilmiah | Amerika Serikat |
| Harlequin | Simon Wincer | — | Australia |
| Hero at Large | Martin Davidson | film pahlawan super | Amerika Serikat |
| Heroes Shed No Tears | Chu Yuan | film laga | Hong Kong |
| If I Were the Boss... | Albert S. Mkrtchyan | — | Uni Soviet |
| In and Out of Court | Lu Xiaoya | — | Tiongkok |
| Jane Austen in Manhattan | James Ivory | film drama | Britania Raya, Amerika Serikat |
| Judaai (film 1980) | Tatineni Rama Rao | — | India |
| Ka Kee | — | film fantasi | Thailand |
| Kontrakt | Krzysztof Zanussi | film drama, potongan kehidupan | Polandia |
| Little Miss Marker | Walter Bernstein | drama komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Mirage Above the Gobi Desert | Ravjaagiin Dorjpalam | — | Republik Rakyat Mongolia |
| Murattu Kaalai | S. P. Muthuraman | film laga | India |
| Night Accident | Venyamin Davydovich Dorman | film kejahatan | Uni Soviet |
| Once Upon a Time Twenty Years Later | Yuri Yegorov | drama komedi | Uni Soviet |
| Punnami Naagu | Rajashekar | film horor | India |
| Ripe Strawberries | — | film komedi, film pendek | Amerika Serikat |
| Stir Crazy | Sidney Poitier | Film penjara | Amerika Serikat |
| Strannyy otpusk | Ihor Vietrov, Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko | — | Uni Soviet |
| Thanassis, Tighten Your Belt Some More | Thodoros Maragos | film drama, film komedi | Yunani |
| The Cowards | Avi Nesher | film percintaan | Israel |
| The Falls | Peter Greenaway | Film fiksi ilmiah | Britania Raya |
| The Flight Starts from the Earth | Nerses Hovhannisyan | — | Uni Soviet |
| The Sword | Patrick Tam | film seni bela diri | Hong Kong |
| The Way to The Gold Medals | Junya Satō | film drama | Jepang |
| Three Years (film) | Dmitriy Dolinin, Stanislav Lyubshin | film drama | Uni Soviet |
| Where Has Love Gone? | Valeriu Gagiu | film drama, film musikal | Uni Soviet |
| Why Would I Lie? | Larry Peerce | drama komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Will You Go Out Tomorrow? | Kamara Kamalova | film anak-anak | Uni Soviet |