Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
Baby Snakes | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa, Dale Bozzio | Concert | |
Being There | Hal Ashby | Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Basehart, Jack Warden, Richard A. Dysart | Comedy, Drama | Based on Jerzy Kosinski novel; Oscar for Douglas; Golden Globe for Sellers |
The Bell Jar | Larry Peerce | Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Meg Mundy, Jameson Parker, Mary Louise Weller, Robert Klein | Drama | Based on a book by Sylvia Plath |
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens | Russ Meyer | Ken Kerr, Kitten Natividad, Uschi Digard | Sexploitation | |
Best Boy | Ira Wohl | Philip Wohl, Zero Mostel | Documentary | Oscar for Best Documentary |
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Irwin Allen | Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden, Mark Harmon | Disaster, Action, Adventure, Drama | The Poseidon Adventure sequel |
Birth of The Beatles | Richard Marquand | Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson | Biography | |
The Black Hole | Gary Nelson | Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Perkins, Yvette Mimieux, Maximilian Schell | Science Fiction | Disney |
The Black Stallion | Carroll Ballard | Teri Garr, Mickey Rooney, Kelly Reno, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton | Adventure, Family | 2 Oscar nominations |
Bloodline | Terence Young | Audrey Hepburn, James Mason, Gert Frobe, Michelle Phillips, Ben Gazzara, Omar Sharif | Drama, Thriller | from Sidney Sheldon novel |
Boardwalk | Stephen Verona | Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh | Drama | |
Breaking Away | Peter Yates | Dennis Christopher, Jackie Earle Haley, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Paul Dooley, Barbara Barrie | Comedy, Drama | 5 Oscar nominations; Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Daniel Haller | Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Henry Silva | Science Fiction, Adventure | |
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie | Phil Monroe, Chuck Jones | Voices of Mel Blanc | Animated | |
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Richard Lester | Tom Berenger, William Katt | Western | prequel to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. |
C.H.O.M.P.S. | Don Chaffey | Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli | Science Fiction, Family | AIP |
California Dreaming | John D. Hancock | Glynnis O'Connor, Dennis Christopher, Seymour Cassel | Comedy, Drama | A.I.P. |
Caligula | Tinto Brass | Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren | Historical, Erotic, Drama, History | produced by Penthouse magazine |
Captain America | Rod Holcomb | Reb Brown, Heather Menzies, Steve Forrest | Superhero | Made-for-TV |
Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Ivan Nagy | Reb Brown, Christopher Lee, Connie Sellecca, William Lucking, Lana Wood | Superhero | Made-for-TV |
The Cat and the Canary | Radley Metzger | Olivia Hussey, Honor Blackman | Horror, Mystery | remake of 1927 film |
The Champ | Franco Zeffirelli | Jon Voight, Rick Schroder, Faye Dunaway | Sports, Drama, Neo-Noir | remake of 1931 film |
Chapter Two | Robert Moore | James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Based on Neil Simon play |
Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend | Jeff Werner | Kristine DeBell | Comedy | |
The Children of Sanchez | Hall Bartlett | Anthony Quinn, Dolores del Río, Katy Jurado | Drama | from Oscar Lewis book; Del Río's last film |
The China Syndrome | James Bridges | Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Wilford Brimley, James Hampton, Richard Herd | Disaster, Thriller | 4 Academy Award nominations |
City on Fire | Alvin Rakoff | Susan Clark, Barry Newman, Ava Gardner | Disaster | Embassy |
The Concorde ... Airport '79 | David Lowell Rich | George Kennedy, Alain Delon, Robert Wagner, Charo, Susan Blakely | Disaster, Drama, Thriller | 3rd and final sequel to Airport |
The Corn Is Green | George Cukor | Katharine Hepburn | Drama | Made-for-TV; Remake of 1945 film |
Cuba | Richard Lester | Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Chris Sarandon, Jack Weston | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | United Artists |
Death Car on the Freeway | Hal Needham | Shelley Hack, George Hamilton, Peter Graves, Harriet Nelson, Dinah Shore, Frank Gorshin, Barbara Rush, Abe Vigoda | Crime, Thriller | Made-for-TV |
Disaster on the Coastliner | Richard C. Sarafian | Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, William Shatner, Robert Fuller, E.G. Marshall, Yvette Mimieux, Michael Pataki, Pat Hingle, Rockne Tarkington, Sandy McPeak, Lane Smith, Peter Jason | Disaster | Made-for-TV |
Disco Godfather | J. Robert Wagoner | Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed | Action, Comedy | |
Dracula | John Badham | Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier | Gothic, Horror | Based on Bram Stoker novel |
Dreamer | Noel Nosseck | Tim Matheson, Jack Warden, Susan Blakely | Sports, Drama | Magnetic Video |
The Driller Killer | Abel Ferrara | Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz | Black Comedy, Slasher | |
The Electric Horseman | Sydney Pollack | Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson | Western, Comedy, Drama | Columbia Universal; with 5 songs by Nelson |
Elvis | John Carpenter | Kurt Russell, Bing Russell, Shelley Winters, Season Hubley, Pat Hingle, Joe Mantegna, Melody Anderson, Charles Cyphers, Ed Begley Jr., | Biopic | Made-for-TV |
Escape from Alcatraz | Don Siegel | Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward | Prison, Action, Thriller | Paramount |
The Europeans | James Ivory | Lee Remick, Lisa Eichhorn | Drama | Based on Henry James novel |
The Evictors | Charles B. Pierce | Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper | Horror, Crime | AIP |
Fast Break | Jack Smight | Gabe Kaplan, Harold Sylvester | Sports, Comedy | Columbia |
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Gilbert Moses | Jonathan Winters, Julius Erving, Flip Wilson | Sports, Fantasy, Comedy | Lorimar |
Five Days from Home | George Peppard | George Peppard, Neville Brand | Drama | Universal |
A Force of One | Paul Aaron | Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager | Martial Arts, Action, Thriller | ACR |
French Postcards | Willard Huyck | Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, Debra Winger | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Paramount |
The Frisco Kid | Robert Aldrich | Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford | Western, Comedy | Warner Bros. |
Gal Young Un | Victor Nuñez | Dana Preu, David Peck | Drama | |
Gas Pump Girls | Joel Bender | Kirsten Baker, Dennis Bowen, Huntz Hall | Comedy | Cannon Films |
The Girls in the Office | Ted Post | Susan Saint James, Barbara Eden, Jonathan Goldsmith, Joe Penny | Romance, Drama | Made-for-TV |
The Glove | Ross Hagen | John Saxon, Joanna Cassidy, Aldo Ray, Roosevelt Grier, Michael Pataki, Howard Honig, Keenan Wynn, Joan Blondell, Jack Carter | Action | Troma Entertainment |
Going in Style | Martin Brest | George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg | Heist, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Brest's first film |
Goldengirl | Joseph Sargent | Susan Anton, James Coburn, Robert Culp, Michael Lerner, Jessica Walter, Leslie Caron | Science Fiction, Sports, Drama | Embassy |
The Great Santini | Lewis John Carlino | Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Theresa Merritt, Stan Shaw, David Keith | Drama | from Pat Conroy novel; 2 Oscar nominations |