| Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | romantic comedy film, satirical film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama |
| Still of the Night | Robert Benton | neo-noir, thriller film |
| Videodrome | David Cronenberg | body horror film, science fiction horror film, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, desire horror fiction, fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film |
| Anarchism in America | Joel Sucher, Steven Fischler | documentary film |
| Love Is Forever | Hall Bartlett | — |
| Kentucky Woman | Walter Doniger | drama film |
| The King of Comedy | Martin Scorsese | crime drama film, drama film, comedy film, black comedy film, biographical film, comedy drama, crime film |
| 48 Hrs. | Walter Hill | comedy film, action film, thriller film, buddy film, crime film |
| Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | Robert McKimson, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng | — |
| Creepshow | George A. Romero | science fiction horror film, comedy horror film, monster film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, zombie film, ghost film, anthology film, science fiction film, black comedy film |
| Rollover | Alan J. Pakula | political thriller film, drama film, thriller film |
| Lookin' to Get Out | Hal Ashby | comedy film |
| Vincent | Tim Burton | drama film, fantasy film, horror film |
| Wolfen | Michael Wadleigh | horror film, crime film |
| The Secret of NIMH | Don Bluth | fantasy film, adventure film, dark fantasy |
| Tron | Steven Lisberger | cyberpunk, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Conan the Barbarian | John Milius | sword and sorcery film, sword-and-sandal film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film |
| An American Werewolf in London | John Landis | comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, werewolf film, black comedy film |
| Melvin and Howard | Jonathan Demme | drama film, comedy film |
| Prince of the City | Sidney Lumet | drama film, crime film |
| Death Wish II | Michael Winner | action film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, vigilante film, crime film |
| Body Heat | Lawrence Kasdan | mystery film, drama film, neo-noir, erotic thriller, thriller film, erotic film |
| On Golden Pond | Mark Rydell | romance film, drama film |
| Altered States | Ken Russell | science fiction horror film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| Sharky's Machine | Burt Reynolds | drama film, action film, thriller film, crime film |
| Buddy Buddy | Billy Wilder | buddy film |
| 40 Carats | Milton Katselas | romantic comedy |
| Ragtime | Miloš Forman | drama film |
| Private Benjamin | Howard Zieff | comedy film, military comedy film, comedy drama |
| Southern Comfort | Walter Hill | action film, thriller film, war film |
| Model | Frederick Wiseman | documentary film |
| Sphinx | Franklin J. Schaffner | adventure film |
| 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 |
| Blow Out | Brian De Palma | psychological thriller film, political thriller film, police procedural film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, independent film+2 |
| Dragonslayer | Matthew Robbins | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, adventure film, medieval film |
| Caveman | Carl Gottlieb | fantasy film, parody film |
| The Howling | Joe Dante | horror film, werewolf film |
| Eyes of Laura Mars | Irvin Kershner | mystery film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| Thief | — | film noir, neo-noir, heist film, crime film |
| Seems Like Old Times | Jay Sandrich | romantic comedy |
| Xanadu | Robert Greenwald | fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy |
| Flash Gordon | Mike Hodges | fantasy film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Smokey and the Bandit II | Hal Needham | comedy film, action film |
| Any Which Way You Can | Buddy Van Horn | comedy film, action film, buddy film, boxing film |
| Friday the 13th | Sean S. Cunningham | exploitation film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, teen film, mystery film, crime thriller film, horror film, thriller film, independent film, slasher film, splatter film+1 |
| The Champ | Franco Zeffirelli | drama film, boxing film |
| Fame | Alan Parker | teen film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film |
| The Shining | Stanley Kubrick | psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, ghost film, supernatural horror film, psychological drama film |