| 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 |
| Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti | Ralf Långbacka | film drama, film komedi | Finlandia, Swedia |
| Killer Fish | Antonio Margheriti | film horor, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film perampokan | Prancis, Brasil, Italia |
| All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | film drama, Film biografi, film musikal | Amerika Serikat |
| The Widow of Montiel | Miguel Littín | film drama | Kuba, Venezuela, Kolombia, Meksiko |
| Na pytlácké stezce | Václav Gajer | film keluarga, film anak-anak, film petualangan | Cekoslowakia |
| Kronprinsen | Pål Bang-Hansen | film drama | Norwegia |
| Balamut | Vladimir Rogovoy | film remaja, drama komedi | Uni Soviet |
| Fish Hawk | Donald Shebib | film beranjak dewasa, film drama | Kanada |
| More American Graffiti | Bill L. Norton | film beranjak dewasa, film remaja, film drama, film komedi | Amerika Serikat |