| Z for Zachariah | Craig Zobel | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film, science fiction film | Iceland, United States, Switzerland |
| Zabludshiy | Semyon Tumanov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Zabou | Hajo Gies | crime film | Germany |
| Zabriskie Point | Michelangelo Antonioni | drama film | United States |
| Zach King's Day Off | Zach King, Sam Wickert | comedy film, parody film | United States |
| Zapped Again! | Doug Campbell | science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Zapretnaya zona | Nikolai Gubenko | sociodrama | Soviet Union |
| Zaraza | Roman Załuski | drama film | Poland |
| Zardoz | John Boorman | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Zathura: A Space Adventure | Jon Favreau | fantasy film, action film, children's film, adventure fiction, adventure film, science fiction film, speculative fiction | United States |
| Zatōichi | Takeshi Kitano | drama film, action film | Japan |
| Zaza | George Cukor | — | — |
| Zdravstvuyte, my vasha krysha | Vitaliy Mukhametzyanov | crime film | Russia |
| Ze Film | Guy Jacques | parody film | France |
| Zee and Co. | Brian G. Hutton | drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Zelig | Woody Allen | comedy film, mockumentary | United States |
| Zenigata Heiji: Human-skin Spider | — | — | — |
| Zeppelin | Lasse Glomm | drama film | Norway |
| Zero | Aanand L. Rai | drama film | India |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Kathryn Bigelow | drama film, action film, thriller film, war film | United States |
| Zero Hour! | Hall Bartlett | disaster film | United States |
| Zero Point | Mihkel Ulk | teen film, drama film | Estonia |
| Zero Tolerance | Anders Nilsson | action film, thriller film, crime film | Sweden |
| Zeus and Roxanne | George T. Miller | children's film | United States |
| Zhang Side | Yin Li | drama film, historical film, biographical film | People's Republic of China |
| Zhara | — | comedy film | Russia |
| Zhensky den | Boris Yashin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Zhivite v radosti | Leonid Sergeevich Millionshchikov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Zhizn vrasplokh | Aleksandr Brunkovsky | drama film | Russia |
| Zhol | Askar Uzabayev | drama film, sport film | Kazakhstan |
| Zhukovsky | Dmitri Vasilyev | — | — |
| Ziegfeld Girl | Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley | drama film, musical film | United States |
| Zigzag of Success | Eldar Ryazanov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Zingari | Mario Almirante | — | — |
| Zipi y Zape y la isla del capitán | Óskar Santos | comedy film | Spain |
| Zmory | Wojciech Marczewski | drama film | Poland |
| Zodiac | David Fincher | police procedural film, mystery film, drama film, crime thriller film, docudrama | United States |
| Zoey | Konstantin Koewius | drama film | Germany |
| Zoia Rukhadze | David Rondeli | drama film, war film | Georgian SSR |
| Zokkon heels | — | pink film | Japan |
| Zombie Slayers | — | virtual reality film, pornographic film | United States |
| Zombie Strippers | Jay Lee | exploitation film, comedy horror film, zombie comedy, dystopian film, splatter film | United States |
| Zombieland | Ruben Fleischer | post-apocalyptic film, zombie comedy, horror film, comedy horror, zombie film | United States |
| Zombieland: Double Tap | Ruben Fleischer | post-apocalyptic film, zombie comedy, horror film, zombie film | United States |
| Zookeeper | Frank Coraci | romantic comedy film, children's film | United States |
| Zoolander | Ben Stiller | comedy film | Germany, United States |
| Zoolander 2 | Ben Stiller | comedy film | United States |
| Zorn | Gunnar Hellström | drama film | Sweden |
| Zosya | Mikhail Bogin | drama film, melodrama, war film | Soviet Union |
| Zoya | — | drama film, historical film, war film, biographical film | Russia |
| Zoya | Lev Arnshtam | — | — |
| Zuma | Baldassarre Negroni | — | — |
| Zumiriki | Oskar Alegria | documentary film | Spain |
| Zvorykin-Muromets | Sergey Nurmamed | documentary film | Russia |