| 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 |
| Starfall | Igor Talankin | romance film, war film | Soviet Union |
| A Fairy Tale Told at Night | Irma Raush | cinematic fairy tale | Soviet Union |
| Zeppelin | Lasse Glomm | drama film | Norway |
| For Your Eyes Only | John Glen | action film, spy film, thriller film | United Kingdom |
| A Labour of Sharing | Sylvie Van Brabant, Serge Giguère, Louise Dugal | documentary film | Canada |
| Julia Julia | Petter Vennerød, Svend Wam | comedy film | Norway |
| 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 | United States |
| Prema Kanuka | K. Raghavendra Rao | drama film | India |
| Dragonslayer | Matthew Robbins | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, adventure film, medieval film | United States, Australia |
| Seven Freckles | Herrmann Zschoche | coming-of-age film, romance film, teen film, drama film | East Germany |
| The Proud Twins | Chor Yuen | martial arts film, Eastern, drama film, action film, film based on a novel | British Hong Kong |
| Montenegro | Dušan Makavejev | drama film, black comedy film | United Kingdom, Sweden |
| How To Say "GOOD BUY!" | — | educational film | — |
| Caveman | Carl Gottlieb | fantasy film, parody film | United States, Mexico |
| The Howling | Joe Dante | horror film, werewolf film | United States |
| Scenes from Life of People on Leave | Nikolai Gubenko | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Eyes of Laura Mars | Irvin Kershner | mystery film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film | United States |
| Thief | — | film noir, neo-noir, heist film, crime film | United States |
| Seems Like Old Times | Jay Sandrich | romantic comedy | United States |
| Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer | Hideo Nishimaki | — | Japan |
| El vicario de Olot | Ventura Pons | comedy film | Spain |
| Xanadu | Robert Greenwald | fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Antropophagus | Joe D'Amato | cannibal film, horror film, zombie film, slasher film | Italy |
| Flash Gordon | Mike Hodges | fantasy film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky | Aleksandr Zarkhi | romance film, biographical film | Soviet Union |
| Smokey and the Bandit II | Hal Needham | comedy film, action film | United States |
| Security Unlimited | Michael Hui | comedy film, slapstick | Hong Kong |
| Onna kyōshi: yogoreta hōkago | Kichitarō Negishi | pink film, drama film | Japan |
| 7 calles | Javier Rebollo, Juan Marino Ortuoste Blanco | comedy film | Spain |
| Alexander The Small | Vladimir Fokin | drama film, war film | Soviet Union, East Germany |
| An Intimate Story | Nadav Levitan | drama film | Israel |
| And I'm with you again... | Boris Galanter | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Automobile on the Roof | Dmitri Kesayants | — | Soviet Union |
| Calm | Vitaliy Chetverikov | — | Soviet Union |
| Crazy Fruit | Kichitarō Negishi | pink film, pornographic film | Japan |
| Devushka i more | — | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung | Herbert Vesely | drama film, biographical film | France, Germany, Austria |
| Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott | Mary Benjamin | documentary film | United States |
| Escape from New York | John Carpenter | post-apocalyptic film, action film, dystopian film, thriller film, science fiction film, prison film | United States |
| Facts of the Past Day | Vladimir Basov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Game of Death II | Ng See-yuen | martial arts film, action film | Hong Kong |
| History of the World, Part I | Mel Brooks | comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Honky Tonk Freeway | John Schlesinger | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Huie's Sermon | Werner Herzog | documentary film | Germany |
| In-Laws | Zhao Huanzhang | family drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Le Pont du Nord | Jacques Rivette | drama film | France |
| Letter from BAM | Temur Palavandishvili | adventure film | Georgian SSR |
| Little Bear | Vyacheslav Prokopenko | family film | Soviet Union |
| My, nizhepodpisavshiyesya | Tatyana Lioznova | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Nanchang Uprising | Tang Xiaodan | war drama, historical film | People's Republic of China |
| Night School | Ken Hughes | horror film, thriller film, slasher film | United States |
| Nighthawks | Bruce Malmuth | action film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Nothing to Hide | Anthony Spinelli | romance film, drama film, comedy film, pornographic film | United States |
| Office Lady Rope Slave | — | pink film, pornographic film | Japan |
| Old Letters | Anatolii Ivanov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Otpusk za svoy schyot | Viktor Titov, János Bujtás | comedy film | Soviet Union, Hungary |
| Pennies from Heaven | Herbert Ross | romance film, drama film, satanic film, musical film | United States |
| Pierino contro tutti | Marino Girolami | comedy film | Italy |
| Play Dead | Peter Wittman | horror film | United States |
| Polvo rojo | Jesús Díaz | — | Cuba |
| Pridut strasti-mordasti | Ernest Yasan | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| Provincial Romance (1981 film) | Melis Ubukeyev | — | Soviet Union |
| Radha Kalyanam | Bapu | — | India |
| Raggedy Man | Jack Fisk | drama film | United States |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | action film, treasure hunt film | United States |
| Return of the Sentimental Swordsman | Chor Yuen | martial arts film | Hong Kong |
| Shang shi | Shui Hua | romantic drama film | People's Republic of China |
| The Aimed School | Nobuhiko Obayashi | teen film, science fiction film | Japan |
| The Drive to Win | Zhang Nuanxin | drama film, sport film | People's Republic of China |
| The Duel of the Century | Chor Yuen | action film | Hong Kong |
| The Legend of the Lone Ranger | William A. Fraker | Western film | United States |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice | Bob Rafelson | romance film, drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| The Professional | Georges Lautner | mystery film, drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film, crime film | France |
| The Smacking Sea | Arvo Kruusement | drama film | Soviet Union, Estonia |
| The Third Hand | — | erotic film | Hong Kong |
| The Witch Hunt | Anja Breien | drama film | Sweden |
| Through Gobi and Khingan | Badrahin Sumhu, Vasili Ordynsky | drama film, war film | Soviet Union, East Germany, Mongolian People's Republic |
| Varavu Nalla Uravu | Visu | drama film | India |
| We Looked in the Death's Face | Naum Birman | drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Young Russia | Ilya Gurin | drama film, historical film | Soviet Union |