| Jönssonligan & Dynamit-Harry | Mikael Ekman | crime comedy film | Sweden |
| Wolfen | Michael Wadleigh | horror film, crime film | United States |
| For Tor's Sake | Knut Andersen | drama film | Norway |
| Arabella, Daughter of a Pirate | Toomas Vohu, Peeter Simm, Ly Pulk | pirate film, adventure film | Soviet Union |
| The Secret of NIMH | Don Bluth | fantasy film, adventure film, dark fantasy | United States |
| Tron | Steven Lisberger | cyberpunk, action film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Pink Floyd – The Wall | Alan Parker | art film, drama film, musical film | United Kingdom |
| Conan the Barbarian | John Milius | sword and sorcery film, sword-and-sandal film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film | United States |
| Deseti brat | Vojko Duletič | drama film, historical film | Socialist Republic of Slovenia |
| Paradise | Stuart Gillard | coming-of-age film, romance film, teen film, drama film | Canada |
| An American Werewolf in London | John Landis | comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, werewolf film, black comedy film | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| The Second Awakening of Christa Klages | Margarethe von Trotta | art film, drama film | Germany |
| Last Days of the Victim | Adolfo Aristarain | drama film, crime film | Argentina |
| Melvin and Howard | Jonathan Demme | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| La Soupe aux choux | Jean Girault | comedy film, science fiction film | France |
| La plaça del Diamant | Francesc Betriu | drama film | Spain |
| Prince of the City | Sidney Lumet | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Death Wish II | Michael Winner | action film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, vigilante film, crime film | United States |
| Body Heat | Lawrence Kasdan | mystery film, drama film, neo-noir, erotic thriller, thriller film, erotic film | United States |
| To Kill a Cop | Alain Delon | action film, crime film | France |
| And Now the Screaming Starts! | Roy Ward Baker | horror film, ghost film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| On Golden Pond | Mark Rydell | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Altered States | Ken Russell | science fiction horror film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film | United States |
| St. Tropez | Gérard Kikoïne | pornographic film | France |
| Until Death Do Us Part | Heiner Carow | romance film, drama film | East Germany |
| K-9 and Company | John Black | science fiction | United Kingdom |
| The Prodigal Son | Sammo Hung | martial arts film, comedy film, action film, kung fu film | Hong Kong |
| Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen? | Hans Iveberg | comedy film | Sweden |
| Sharky's Machine | Burt Reynolds | drama film, action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Buddy Buddy | Billy Wilder | buddy film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Wahadelko | Filip Bajon | drama film | Poland |
| The Little Fox | Attila Dargay | drama film, fantasy film, children's film | Hungary |
| Varning för Jönssonligan | Jonas Cornell | crime comedy film | Sweden, Denmark |
| Muzhiki!.. | Iskra Babich | drama film | Soviet Union |
| 40 Carats | Milton Katselas | romantic comedy | United States |
| Ragtime | Miloš Forman | drama film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Absolution | Anthony Page | drama film, thriller film | United Kingdom |
| Gunpoint | Tapio Suominen | drama film | Finland |
| The Sentimental Swordsman | Chor Yuen | martial arts film, drama film, action film | British Hong Kong |
| Gypsy Happiness | Sergei Nikonenko | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians | Oldřich Lipský | comedy film, science fiction film | Czechoslovakia |
| Private Benjamin | Howard Zieff | comedy film, military comedy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Southern Comfort | Walter Hill | action film, thriller film, war film | United States |
| Das Boot | Wolfgang Petersen | drama film, submarine film, historical film, war film | West Germany |
| Model | Frederick Wiseman | documentary film | United States |
| Full Circle | Richard Loncraine | horror film, ghost film | United Kingdom, Canada |
| Sphinx | Franklin J. Schaffner | adventure film | United States |
| Marathon Man | John Schlesinger | psychological thriller film, political thriller film, suspense film, crime drama film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, thriller film, action thriller, psychological drama film, crime film | United States |