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The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1976 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1976

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	Rocky	United Artists	$55,900,000
2	A Star Is Born	Warner Bros.	$37,100,000
3	King Kong	Paramount Pictures	$36,900,000
4	Silver Streak	20th Century Fox	$30,018,000
5	All the President's Men	Warner Bros.	$30,000,000
6	The Omen	20th Century Fox	$28,500,000
7	The Bad News Bears	Paramount Pictures	$24,800,000
8	The Enforcer	Warner Bros.	$24,000,000
9	In Search of Noah's Ark	Sunn Classic Pictures	$23,800,000
10	Midway	Universal Pictures	$21,610,435

Events

• January – Paramount Pictures sets up a separate motion picture division and names David V. Picker as president.
• March 22 – Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.
• April 1 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there as of 2013 all around the world.
• April 9 – Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot, is released.
• August 11 – John Wayne appears in his final film, The Shootist.
• August 26 – Alan Ladd Jr. is promoted from head of worldwide production to president of 20th Century Fox's film division.
• November 15 – Michael Eisner is brought in as president and CEO of Paramount Pictures.
• November 21 – Rocky, the first in the film series opens. It becomes the highest-grossing film released in the year and goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
• December 5 – Bound for Glory debuts and is the first motion picture in which inventor/operator Garrett Brown used his new Steadicam for filming moving scenes, although its use had already been seen in Marathon Man and Rocky which were filmed later but released earlier.
• December 17 - King Kong opens to the year's highest opening weekend gross and overall box office success.

Awards

Category/Organization	34th Golden Globe Awards January 29, 1977		30th BAFTA Awards March 24, 1977	49th Academy Awards March 28, 1977
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Rocky	A Star Is Born	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Rocky
Best Director	Sidney Lumet Network		Miloš Forman One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	John G. Avildsen Rocky
Best Actor	Peter Finch Network	Kris Kristofferson A Star Is Born	Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Peter Finch Network
Best Actress	Faye Dunaway Network	Barbra Streisand A Star Is Born	Louise Fletcher One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Faye Dunaway Network
Best Supporting Actor	Laurence Olivier Marathon Man		Brad Dourif One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Jason Robards All the President's Men
Best Supporting Actress	Katharine Ross Voyage of the Damned		Jodie Foster Taxi Driver and Bugsy Malone	Beatrice Straight Network
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Paddy Chayefsky Network		Alan Parker Bugsy Malone	William Goldman All the President's Men
Best Screenplay, Original				Paddy Chayefsky Network
Best Original Score	Kenneth Ascher and Paul Williams A Star Is Born		Bernard Herrmann Taxi Driver	Jerry Goldsmith The Omen Leonard Rosenman Bound for Glory
Best Original Song	"Evergreen" A Star Is Born		N/A	"Evergreen" A Star Is Born
Best Foreign Language Film	Face to Face		N/A	Black and White in Color

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, United States

Notable films released in 1976

United States unless stated

#

• 7-Man Army (Ba dao lou zi), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
• 1900, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland – (Italy/France)

A

• A Queda (The Fall) – (Brazil)
• All the President's Men, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook
• The Anchorite (El anacoreta) – (Spain)
• Any Day Now (Vandaag of morgen) – (Netherlands)
• The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) – (U.S.S.R.) – Golden Bear winner
• Assault on Precinct 13, directed by John Carpenter, starring Austin Stoker
• Astral Factor, starring Stefanie Powers
• At the Earth's Core, starring Peter Cushing and Doug McClure – (U.K.)

B

• Baby Blue Marine, starring Jan-Michael Vincent
• The Bad News Bears, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Jackie Earle Haley
• Barocco, directed by André Téchiné, starring Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Marie-France Pisier – (France); Winner of three César Awards for Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Music.
• Beach Guard in Winter (Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu) – (Yugoslavia)
• The Best Way to Walk (La meilleure façon de marcher) – (France)
• The Big Bus, starring Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck
• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, starring Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor
• Black and White in Color (La Victoire en chantant), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud – (France) – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film
• The Blank Generation, with Patti Smith Group, Television, Ramones and Talking Heads
• Blue Puppy (Goluboy shchenok) – (U.S.S.R.)
• Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, starring Marjoe Gortner and Lynda Carter
• Bound for Glory, a biopic of Woody Guthrie directed by Hal Ashby, starring David Carradine
• Breaking Point, starring Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos
• The Bricklayers (Los albañiles) – (Mexico)
• Brother and Sister (Ani Imouto) – (Japan)
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, starring Paul Newman, Geraldine Chaplin, Burt Lancaster – Golden Bear winner
• Bugsy Malone, directed by Alan Parker, starring Scott Baio and Jodie Foster – (U.K.)
• Burnt Offerings, starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis

C

• Caddie, starring Helen Morse – (Australia)
• Canoa (Canoe) – (Mexico)
• Car Wash, starring Franklyn Ajaye and Richard Pryor
• The Career of a Chambermaid (Telefoni bianchi), directed by Dino Risi – (Italy)
• Caro Michele, directed by Mario Monicelli – (Italy)
• Carrie, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
• The Cassandra Crossing, starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Lee Strasberg, Martin Sheen, O. J. Simpson – (U.K.)
• A Child in the Crowd (Un enfant dans la foule) – (France)
• Chinese Roulette (Chinesisches Roulette), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder – (West Germany)
• Chitchor (Heart Stealer) – (India)
• The Clown Murders
• Cop (Strømer) – (Denmark)
• Coup de Grâce (Der Fangschuß), directed by Volker Schlöndorff – (West Germany/France)
• A Cricket in the Ear (Shturets v uhoto), directed by Georgi K. Stoyanov, starring Pavel Popandov, Tatyana Lolova, Itzhak Fintzi – (Bulgaria)

D

• Deadly Hero, starring Don Murray and James Earl Jones
• The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei Tartari), starring Vittorio Gassman – (Italy/France/West Germany)
• The Devil's Playground, directed by Fred Schepisi – (Australia)
• Diary of the Dead, starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Héctor Elizondo
• The Divine Nymph (Divina creatura), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Terence Stamp – (Italy)
• Dixie Dynamite, starring Warren Oates
• Dogs, starring David McCallum, George Wyner and Linda Gray
• Don's Party, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Ray Barrett, John Hargreaves and Pat Bishop – (Australia)
• Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos), starring Sônia Braga – (Brazil)
• Les douze travaux d'Asterix (The Twelve Trials of Asterix) – (France)
• Drum , starring Warren Oates and Yaphet Kotto

E

• The Eagle Has Landed, starring Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland – (U.K./United States)
• Eat My Dust, starring Ron Howard and Christopher Norris
• Embryo, directed by Ralph Nelson, starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Carrera
• The Enforcer, starring Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Tyne Daly
• Escape from the Dark, starring Alastair Sim – (U.K.)

F

• F comme Fairbanks (F Like Fairbanks), starring Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou – (France)
• Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson – (Sweden)
• Family Plot, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (his final film), starring Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, William Devane
• Farsighted for Two Diopters (Dva Dioptara Dalekogledstvo), directed by Petar B. Vasilev, starring Georgi Partsalev – (Bulgaria)
• Fellini's Casanova, directed by Federico Fellini, starring Donald Sutherland – (Italy)
• The Fifth Seal (Az ötödik pecsét), directed by Zoltán Fábri – (Hungary)
• The First Nudie Musical, directed by Bruce Kimmel, starring Cindy Williams, Stephen Nathan, Diana Canova
• The Food of the Gods, starring Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino
• Freaky Friday, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster
• From Noon till Three, starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland
• The Front, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy
• Fumō Chitai (Wasted Land) – (Japan)
• Futureworld, starring Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner

G

• Gable and Lombard, starring James Brolin and Jill Clayburgh
• Gator, starring Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed
• Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona (Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer) – (Israel)
• God Told Me To, starring Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis
• Griffin and Phoenix, starring Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh
• Grizzly, starring Christopher George
• The Gumball Rally, starring Michael Sarrazin
• Gus, starring Don Knotts and Ed Asner

H

• Harlan County, USA – a documentary film
• Harry and Walter Go to New York, starring James Caan, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Michael Caine
• Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas), directed by Werner Herzog – (West Germany)
• The House with Laughing Windows (La casa dalle finestre che ridono) – (Italy)

I

• Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Lino Ventura – (Italy)
• The Inheritance (L'eredità Ferramonti), starring Anthony Quinn and Dominique Sanda – (Italy)
• In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no Korīda), directed by Nagisa Oshima – (Japan)
• L'innocente, directed by Luchino Visconti – (Italy)
• The Inugamis (Inugami-ke no ichizoku), directed by Kon Ichikawa – (Japan)
• I Will, I Will... for Now, directed by Norman Panama, starring Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Victoria Principal

J

• Jackson County Jail, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Yvette Mimieux
• J. D.'s Revenge, starring Glynn Turman and Louis Gossett Jr.
• Je t'aime moi non plus (I Love You...Me Neither), directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring Jane Birkin and Joe Dallesandro – (France)
• Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000) – (Switzerland/France)
• The Judge and the Assassin (Le Juge et l'assassin), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert – (France)

K

• Kabhie Kabhie (Sometimes), starring Shashi Kapoor – (India)
• Kalicharan – (India)
• The Killer Inside Me, starring Stacy Keach
• The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel
• King Kong, directed by John Guillermin, starring Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin
• King Kung Fu, directed by and starring Lance D. Hayes
• Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit), directed by Wim Wenders – (West Germany)

L

• The Last Hard Men, starring Charlton Heston and James Coburn
• The Last Supper (La Última Cena) – (Cuba)
• The Last Tycoon, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Ray Milland, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson
• Leadbelly, a biopic directed by Gordon Parks
• Lipstick, starring Margaux Hemingway, Mariel Hemingway, Chris Sarandon
• The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen
• Logan's Run, directed by Michael Anderson, starring Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter

M

• Mako: The Jaws of Death, directed by William Grefe, starring Richard Jaeckel
• The Man on the Roof (Mannen på taket), directed by Bo Widerberg – (Sweden)
• The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark – (U.K.)
• Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (Marečku, podejte mi pero!) – (Czechoslovakia)
• Marathon Man, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller, William Devane
• The Marquise of O, directed by Éric Rohmer – (West Germany/France)
• Massacre at Central High, directed by Rene Daalder
• Master of the Flying Guillotine (a.k.a. One-Armed Boxer 2), starring Jimmy Wang – (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
• A Matter of Time, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Ingrid Bergman, Liza Minnelli, Charles Boyer, Isabella Rossellini – (U.S./Italy)
• Max Havelaar, directed by Fons Rademakers – (Netherlands)
• The Memory of Justice, a documentary film by Marcel Ophüls – (France/West Germany/U.K./U.S.)
• Midway, starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Toshiro Mifune, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook
• Mikey and Nicky, directed by Elaine May, starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk
• The Missouri Breaks, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson
• Mohammad, Messenger of God, directed by Moustapha Akkad, starring Anthony Quinn – (Morocco/Libya)
• Mother, Jugs & Speed, directed by Peter Yates, starring Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel
• Mr. Klein, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau – (France)
• Murder by Death, starring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, James Coco, Truman Capote
• The Mysterious Monsters, starring Peter Graves and Peter Hurkos

N

• Network, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
• The Next Man, starring Sean Connery
• Next Stop, Greenwich Village, starring Shelley Winters, Lenny Baker, Ellen Greene
• Nickelodeon, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, John Ritter, Stella Stevens
• Nightmare in Badham County, starring Deborah Raffin and Chuck Connors
• No Deposit, No Return, starring David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Barbara Feldon, Kim Richards

O

• Obsession, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow
• Ode to Billy Joe, directed by Max Baer Jr., starring Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, James Best
• The Omen, directed by Richard Donner, starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern – (UK/US)
• One Summer Love, aka Dragonfly, directed by Gilbert Cates, starring Susan Sarandon and Beau Bridges
• The Outlaw Josey Wales, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Chief Dan George, Sam Bottoms, Sondra Locke, John Vernon
• Oz or 20th Century Oz, a Rock 'N' Roll Road Movie, starring Bruce Spence, Joy Dunstan – (Australia)

P

• The Pink Panther Strikes Again, starring Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down – (U.K.)

R

• Raise Ravens (Cria Cuervos), directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin – (Spain)
• The Rat Savior (Izbavitelj) – (Yugoslavia)
• Rich Man, Poor Man, television mini-series, starring Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss
• The Ritz, directed by Richard Lester, starring Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Jack Weston
• Robin and Marian, directed by Richard Lester, starring Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw – (UK/US)
• Rocky, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young

S

• The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, starring Kris Kristofferson and Sarah Miles
• Salon Kitty, directed by Tinto Brass, starring Helmut Berger and Ingrid Thulin – (Italy/West Germany/France)
• The Scar (film), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Sebastiane, directed by Derek Jarman – (U.K.)
• Seclusion Near a Forest (Na samotě u lesa), directed by Jiří Menzel – (Czechoslovakia)
• The Sell Out, starring Richard Widmark
• Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze), starring Fernando Rey – (Italy)
• The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Herbert Ross, starring Nicol Williamson as Holmes, Robert Duvall as Watson, Alan Arkin as Sigmund Freud, and Laurence Olivier as Moriarty – (UK/US)
• Shadow of Angels (Schatten der Engel), starring Ingrid Caven and Rainer Werner Fassbinder – (Switzerland)
• The Shaggy D.A., starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette
• Sherlock Holmes in New York, directed by Boris Sagal, starring Roger Moore as Sherlock Holmes and Patrick Macnee as Watson
• The Shootist, directed by Don Siegel, starring John Wayne (his final film), Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Harry Morgan, James Stewart
• Shout at the Devil, starring Lee Marvin, Roger Moore – (U.K.)
• Silent Movie, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, with Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters
• Silver Streak, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Ned Beatty, Ray Walston, Patrick McGoohan
• Sister Street Fighter – Fifth Level Fist (Onna hissatsu godan ken) – (Japan)
• Sky Riders, starring James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp
• The Slipper and the Rose, directed by Bryan Forbes, starring Gemma Craven and Richard Chamberlain – (U.K.)
• Small Change (L'Argent de poche), directed by François Truffaut – (France)
• The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (La Flûte à six schtroumpfs) – (Belgium)
• Snuff – (Argentina/U.S.)
• The Song Remains the Same, featuring Led Zeppelin – (UK/US)
• Soy un delincuente (I Am a Criminal) – (Venezuela)
• Sparkle, starring Irene Cara
• A Star Is Born, starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson
• Stay Hungry, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger
• St. Ives, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson
• Storm Boy, starring David Gulpilil – (Australia)
• Swashbuckler, starring Robert Shaw
• The Swiss Conspiracy, starring David Janssen and Elke Sommer
• Sybil, starring Joanne Woodward and Sally Field

T

• Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster
• The Tenant (Le Locataire), directed by and starring Roman Polanski, with Isabelle Adjani and Melvyn Douglas – (France)
• That's Entertainment, Part II, documentary featuring Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly
• Tatlong taong walang Diyos (Three Godless Years) – (Philippines)
• To Fly!, a documentary film
• To the Devil a Daughter, starring Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Nastassja Kinski – (U.K.)
• Todo modo, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
• Tosun Paşa – (Turkey)
• The Town That Dreaded Sundown, starring Ben Johnson and Dawn Wells
• Trackdown, starring James Mitchum
• Tracks, directed by Henry Jaglom, starring Dennis Hopper
• Treasure of Matecumbe, starring Joan Hackett, Robert Foxworth, Peter Ustinov
• The Twist, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Bruce Dern, Stéphane Audran, Charles Aznavour, Ann-Margret – (France)
• Two-Minute Warning, starring Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands, Walter Pidgeon, Beau Bridges

U

• Ugly, Dirty and Bad (Brutti, sporchi e cattivi), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Nino Manfredi – (Italy)
• Up!, directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Raven De La Croix

V

• Vigilante Force, starring Kris Kristofferson and Victoria Principal
• Voyage of the Damned, starring Faye Dunaway, Lee Grant, James Mason, Katharine Ross, Max von Sydow, Orson Welles, Oskar Werner – (U.K.)

W

• W.C. Fields and Me, starring Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, Jack Cassidy
• Wan Pipel (One People) – (Suriname/Netherlands)
• Welcome to L.A., directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Sally Kellerman, Harvey Keitel
• The White Ship (Belyy parokhod) – (U.S.S.R.)
• Who Can Kill a Child? (¿Quién puede matar a un niño?) – (Spain)
• Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood, starring Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, Bruce Dern, Art Carney

1976 Wide-release movies

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	11	Jim the World's Greatest	Universal Pictures	Don Coscarelli (director/screenplay); Craig Mitchell (screenplay); Gregory Harrison, Reggie Bannister, Rory Guy, Marla Pennington, Robbie Wolcott, Karen McLain, David Lloyd	Drama	Live Action
	14	Killer Force	American International Pictures	Val Guest (director); Gerald Sanford, Michael Winder (screenplay); Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Hugh O'Brian, O.J. Simpson, Maud Adams, Christopher Lee, Ian Yule, Richard Loring, Clive Scott, Robert Drayton, Michael Mayer, Victor Melleney, Stuart Brown, Marina Christelis, Frank Shelley, Peter Van Dissel, Cocky Thlothlalemaje	Thriller	Live Action
	18	Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde	Dimension Pictures Inc.	William Crain (director); Lawrence Woolner (screenplay); Bernie Casey, Rosalind Cash, Marie O'Henry, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Milt Kogan, Stu Gilliam, Marc Alaimo, Elizabeth Robinson, Della Thomas	Horror	Live Action
	27	The Four Deuces	Embassy Pictures / AmeriEuro Pictures Corp	William H. Bushnell (director); C. Lester Franklin (screenplay); Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger, Adam Roarke, Gianni Russo, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Johnny Haymer, Martin Kove, Robert Deman, Carl Weathers, Lois Foraker, James Jeter, Robert Shayne, Cherie Latimer, E.J. Peaker, Damon Douglas, Ben Frommer, Mickey Morton, Jack O'Leary, Sierra Bandit, Isaac Goz, Lany Gustavson, David Jolliffe, Richard Molinare, Arnold Moreno, Rob Reece	Comedy	Live Action
F E B R U A R Y	4	Next Stop, Greenwich Village	20th Century Fox	Paul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, Christopher Walken, Antonio Fargas, Mike Kellin, Lou Jacobi, Dori Brenner, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Joe Spinell, Stuart Pankin, Vincent Schiavelli, Rochelle Oliver, Rashel Novikoff, Michael Egan	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	6	Echoes of a Summer	United Artists	Don Taylor (director); Robert L. Joseph (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Richard Harris, Lois Nettleton, Brad Savage, Geraldine Fitzgerald, William Windom	Family, Drama	Live Action
	9	Taxi Driver	Columbia Pictures / Bill/Phillips Productions / Italo-Judeo Productions	Martin Scorsese (director); Paul Schrader (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd, Harry Northup, Victor Argo, Joe Spinell, Martin Scorsese, Steven Prince	Crime, Drama	Live Action
	10	Hot Potato	Warner Bros.	Oscar Williams (director/screenplay); Jim Kelly, George Memmoli, Irene Tsu, Ron Prince, Yuen Biao, Geoffrey Binney, Judith Brown, Sam Hiona, Hardy Stockmann, Metta Rungrat, Supakorn Songssermvorakul, Somchai Meekunsut, Veerapol Pitavan, Puchong Makaraj	Action	Live Action
	11	Gable and Lombard	Universal Pictures	Sidney J. Furie (director); Barry Sandler (screenplay); James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh, Allen Garfield, Red Buttons, Joanne Linville, Melanie Mayron, Alice Backes, Ross Elliot, Morgan Brittany, Noah Keen, Alan Dexter, S. John Launer, William Bryant, Robert Karnes, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Aron Kincaid, Army Archerd, Frank Ashmore, Ivan Bonar, Bill Quinn	Biography	Live Action
		No Deposit, No Return	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Norman Tokar (director); Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson (screenplay); David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Herschel Bernardi, Charles Martin Smith, Barbara Feldon, Kim Richards, Brad Savage, John Williams, Vic Tayback, Robert Hastings, Louis Guss, Barney Phillips, James Hong, Stu Gilliam, Milt Kogan, Iris Adrian, Henry Slate, Richard O'Brien, Ruth Manning, Olive Dunbar	Crime, Comedy	Live Action
	13	Jack and the Beanstalk	Columbia Pictures / Group TAC / Nippon Herald Films	Gisaburō Sugii (director); Shūji Hirami (screenplay); Billie Lou Watt, Corinne Orr, Ray Owens, Jack Grimes	Adventure, Family	Animation
	15	Deadly Hero	AVCO Embassy Pictures / City Time Partners	Ivan Nagy (director); George Wislocki, Don Petersen (screenplay); Don Murray, Diahn Williams, James Earl Jones, Lilia Skala, Conchata Ferrell, George S. Irving, Ron Weyand, Treat Williams, Hank Garrett, Dick Anthony Williams, Josh Mostel, Rutanya Alda, Charles Siebert, Beverly Johnson, Chu Chu Malave, Danny DeVito, Deborah Harry	Neo-Noir, Thriller	Live Action
		The Killing of a Chinese Bookie	Faces Distribution	John Cassavetes (director/screenplay); Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Morgan Woodward, Azizi Johari, Robert Phillips, Meade Roberts, Haji, Val Avery, John Finnegan, James Lew, John Red Kullers, Al Ruban, Virginia Carrington, Alice Friedland, Donna Marie Gordon, Carol Warren, Derna Wong Davis, Kathalina Veniero, Soto Joe Hugh	Neo-Noir, Crime	Live Action
	19	Grey Gardens	Portrait Films	David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer (directors); Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, Norman Vincent Peale, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Jerry Torre, Lois Wright, Brooks Hyers, Jack Helmuth	Documentary	Live Action
	27	Griffin and Phoenix	ABC Circle Films	Daryl Duke (director); John Hill (screenplay); Peter Falk, Jill Clayburgh, Sally Kirkland, George Chandler, John Harkins, Ken Sansom, John Lehne, Dorothy Tristan, Ben Hammer, Milton Parsons, Randy Faustino, Steven Rogers, Rod Haase	Romance, Drama	Live Action
M A R C H	3	The First Nudie Musical	Paramount Pictures	Mark Haggard (director); Bruce Kimmel (director/screenplay); Leslie Ackerman, Diana Canova, Bruce Kimmel, Cindy Williams, Frank Doubleday, Hy Pyke, Susan Buckner, Ron Howard, Alan Abelew, Stephen Nathan, Alexandra Morgan, Kathleen Hietata, Art Marino, Greg Finley, Herb Graham, Rene J. Hall, Susan Stewart, Jerry Hoffman, Wade Crookham, Eileen Ramsey, Claude Spence, Allison Cohen	Musical, Comedy	Live Action
	5	Black Shampoo	Dimension Pictures	Greydon Clark (director/screenplay); Alvin L. Fast (screenplay); John Daniels, Tanya Boyd, Skip E. Lowe, Joe Ortiz, Gary Allen, Anne Gaybis, Jack Mehoff, Bruce Kerley	Blaxploitation	Live Action
	11	Creature from Black Lake	Howco International Pictures / Cinema Shares International Distribution / Jim McCullough Productions	Joy N. Houck Jr. (director/screenplay); Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson, Bill Thurman, Roy Tatum	Horror	Live Action
		Robin and Marian	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	Richard Lester (director); James Goldman (screenplay); Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Nicol Williamson, Denholm Elliott, Ronnie Barker, Kenneth Haigh, Ian Holm, Richard Harris, Bill Maynard, Esmond Knight, Veronica Quilligan, Peter Butterworth, John Barrett, Kenneth Cranham, Victoria Abril	Romance, Adventure	Live Action
	12	I Will, I Will... for Now	20th Century Fox / Brut Productions	Norman Panama (director/screenplay); Albert E. Lewin (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino, Victoria Principal, Robert Alda, Warren Berlinger, Madge Sinclair, Candy Clark, Carmen Zapata, George Tyne, Renata Vanni	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	13	One Summer Love	American International Pictures	Gilbert Cates (director); N. Richard Nash (screenplay); Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon, James Noble, Ann Wedgeworth, Linda Miller, Mildred Dunnock, Harriet Rogers, Martin Burke, Michael B. Miller	Romance, Drama	Live Action
	17	Moving Violation	20th Century Fox / Santa Fe Productions	Charles S. Dubin (director); David R. Osterhout, William Norton (screenplay); Stephen McHattie, Kay Lenz, Eddie Albert, Lonny Chapman, Will Geer, Jack Murdock, John S. Ragin, Francis De Sales, Dick Miller, Paul Linke, Dennis Redfield, Michael Ross Verona	Action	Live Action
	18	The Man Who Fell to Earth	British Lion Films	Nicolas Roeg (director); Paul Mayersberg (screenplay); David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Adrienne La Russa, Albert Nelson, Claudia Jennings, Jim Lovell, Jackson D. Kane, Rick Riccardo, Tony Mascia	Sci-Fi, Drama	Live Action
		Mustang Country	Universal Pictures	John C. Champion (director/screenplay); Joel McCrea, Robert Fuller, Patrick Wayne, Nika Mina	Western	Live Action
	25	The Slipper and the Rose	Universal Pictures / David Paradine Productions	Bryan Forbes (director/screenplay); Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman (screenplay); Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie, Edith Evans, Christopher Gable, Michael Hordern, Margaret Lockwood, Kenneth More, Lally Bowers, Julian Orchard, Rosalind Ayres, Sherrie Hewson, John Turner, Keith Skinner, Peter Graves, Polly Williams	Musical	Live Action
	26	Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw	American International Pictures	Mark L. Lester (director); Vernon Zimmerman (screenplay); Lynda Carter, Marjoe Gortner, Jesse Vint, Gerrit Graham, Belinda Balaski, Peggy Stewart, Chuck Russell, Virgil Frye, James Gammon, Merrie Lynn Ross, Gene Drew, Richard Breeding, John Durren, Howard R. Kirk, Aly Yoder, Jesse Price, Jose Toledo	Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Ride a Wild Pony	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Don Chaffey (director); Rosemary Anne Sisson (screenplay); Robert Bettles, Eva Griffith, Michael Craig, John Meillon, Alfred Bell, Roy Haddrick, Peter Gwynne, Melissa Jaffer, Lorraine Bayly, Wendy Playfair, Kate Clarkson, Jessica Noad, Neva Carr Glyn, Gerry Duggan	Family, Adventure	Live Action
		Sky Riders	20th Century Fox	Douglas Hickox (director); Jack DeWitt, Stanley Mann, Garry Michael White (screenplay); James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Charles Aznavour, Harry Andrews, John Beck, Zouzou, Kenneth Griffith, Werner Pochath, Barbara Trentham, Henry Brown, Anthony Antypas, Ernie F. Orsatti	Action	Live Action
	31	W.C. Fields and Me	Universal Pictures	Arthur Hiller (director); Bob Merrill (screenplay); Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, Jack Cassidy, John Marley, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Allan Arbus, Milt Kamen, Louis Zorich, Andrew Parks, Linda Purl, Dennis Alwood, Selma Archerd, Donald Briggs, Frank De Vol, Eddie Firestone, Paul Mantee, Carlotta Monti, Kenneth Tobey	Biography, Drama	Live Action

April–June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	1	Caddie	Roadshow Entertainment / Umbrella Entertainment	Donald Crombie (director); Joan Long (screenplay); Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Melissa Jaffer, Ron Blanchard, Drew Forsythe, Lynette Curran, June Salter, John Ewart, John Gaden, Lucky Grills, Robyn Nevin, Kirily Nolan, Jane Harders, Philip Hinton, Mary Mackay, Sean Hinton, Marianne Howard	Drama, Romance	Live Action
		The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox	20th Century Fox	Melvin Frank (director/screenplay); Barry Sandler, Jack Rose (screenplay); George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Conrad Janis, Thayer David, Jennifer Lee, Pat Ast, Dick Farnsworth, Roy Jenson, Sid Gould, E. J. André, Clifford Turknett, Bob Hoy, Bennie Dobbins, Walter Scott, Jerry Gatlin	Western, Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	2	Lipstick	Paramount Pictures	Lamont Johnson (director); David Rayfiel (screenplay); Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Mariel Hemingway, Anne Bancroft, Perry King, Robin Gammell, John Bennett Perry, Francesco Scavullo, Meg Wyllie, Inga Swenson, Catherine McLeod, Lauren Jones	Thriller	Live Action
	5	The Blue Bird	20th Century Fox / Lenfilm	George Cukor (director); Hugh Whitemore, Alfred Hayes, Aleksei Kapler (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Will Geer, Nadezhda Pavlova, Ava Gardner, Robert Morley, Leonid Nevedomsky, Harry Andrews, Todd Lookinland, Patsy Kensit, Mona Washbourne, George Cole, Richard Pearson, Georgiy Vitsin, Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Popov, Valentina Ganibalova, Eugene Shcherbakov, Grant Bardsley	Fantasy	Live Action
	7	The Bad News Bears	Paramount Pictures	Michael Ritchie (director); Bill Lancaster (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Chris Barnes, Jackie Earle Haley, Alfred W. Lutter, Brett Marx, Brandon Cruz, Erin Blunt, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Quinn Smith, David Stambaugh, Jaime Escobedo, George Gonzales, David Pollock, Scott Firestone	Sports, Comedy	Live Action
		Sparkle	Warner Bros. / RSO	Sam O'Steen (director); Joel Schumacher (screenplay); Irene Cara, Philip M. Thomas, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood, Tony King, Beatrice Winde, Paul Lambert, Armelia McQueen, DeWayne Jessie, Norma Miller, Bob Delegall, Don Bexley, Ken Renard, Renn Woods, Joyce Easton, Talya Ferro	Musical, Drama	Live Action
	9	All the President's Men	Warner Bros. / Wildwood Enterprises	Alan J. Pakula (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Stephen Collins, Ned Beatty, Meredith Baxter, Penny Fuller, Penny Peyser, Lindsay Crouse, Robert Walden, F. Murray Abraham, David Arkin, Richard Herd, Dominic Chianese, Ron Hale, Nicolas Coster, Joshua Shelley, Polly Holliday, James Karen, Basil Hoffman, John McMartin, Paul Lambert, Richard Venture, John Furlong, Valerie Curtin, Jess Osuna, Allyn Ann McLerie, Christopher Murray, Frank Wills, Cara Duff-MacCormick, John Randolph, Henry Calvert, Nate Esformes, Ralph Williams, Gene Lindsey, Carol Trost, Stanley Bennett Clay, John Devlin	Biography, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
		Family Plot	Universal Pictures	Alfred Hitchcock (director); Ernest Lehman (screenplay); Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Karen Black, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ed Lauter, Katherine Helmond, Nicholas Colasanto, Edith Atwater, William Prince, Marge Redmond, Charles Tyner, Alexander Lockwood, Martin West, Elisabeth Brooks, Alan Fudge, Richard Hale, Louise Lorimer, Harriet E. MacGibbon, Fran Ryan, John Steadman, Vernon Weddle, Darrell Zwerling, Alfred Hitchcock	Black Comedy, Thriller	Live Action
	11	Jackson County Jail	United Artists / New World Pictures	Michael Miller (director); Donald E. Stewart (screenplay); Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Carradine, Severn Darden, Howard Hesseman, John Lawlor, Britt Leach, Nan Martin, Mary Woronov, Cliff Emmich, Betty Thomas, Hal Needham, Donald E. Stewart	Crime, Thriller	Live Action
		The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea	AVCO Embassy Pictures / Haworth Productions by Martin-Poll Lewis John Carlino Production Sailor Company	Lewis John Carlino (director/screenplay); Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson, Earl Rhodes, Jonathan Kahn, Margo Cunningham, Paul Tropea	Drama	Live Action
	14	The River Niger	Cine Artists Pictures / Continental Video / Reel Media International	Krishna Shah (director); Joseph A. Walker (screenplay); Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Jonelle Allen, Roger E. Mosley, Ralph Wilcox, Teddy Wilson, Charles Weldon, Zakes Mokae, Tony Burton	Drama	Live Action
	23	Eat My Dust!	New World Pictures	Charles B. Griffith (director/screenplay); Ron Howard, Christopher Norris, Clint Howard, Charles Howerton, Rance Howard, Dave Madden, Robert Broyles, Paul Bartel, Corbin Bernsen, Don Brodie, Brad David, Kathy O'Dare, Peter Isacksen, Jessica Potter, Warren J. Kemmerling, Kedric Wolfe, John Kramer, W.L. Luckey	Action	Live Action
		Stay Hungry	United Artists	Bob Rafelson (director/screenplay); Charles Gaines (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger, R.G. Armstrong, Robert Englund, Helena Kallianiotes, Roger E. Mosley, Woodrow Parfrey, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Miller, Fannie Flagg, Joanna Cassidy, Richard Gilliland, Ed Begley Jr., John David Carson, Joe Spinell, Dennis Fimple, Garry Goodrow, Dennis Burkley, Byron Berline, Franco Columbu, Ed Corney, Janelle Kirtley, Bob Rafelson, Robbie Robinson, Ken Waller, Mayf Nutter, Clifford A. Pellow, Bart Carpinelli, Bob Westmoreland, Brandy Wilde, Laura Hippe	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	25	Hollywood Boulevard	New World Pictures	Allan Arkush, Joe Dante (directors); Danny Opatoshu (screenplay); Candice Rialson, Mary Woronov, Rita George, Jeffrey Kramer, Dick Miller, Richard Doran, Tara Strohmeier, Paul Bartel, John Kramer, Jonathan Kaplan, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	Comedy, Thriller	Live Action
M A Y	5	Baby Blue Marine	Columbia Pictures / Spelling-Goldberg Productions	John D. Hancock (director); Stanford Whitmore (screenplay); Jan-Michael Vincent, Glynnis O'Connor, Katherine Helmond, Dana Elcar, Bert Remsen, Bruno Kirby, Richard Gere, Art Lund, Michael Conrad, Allan Miller, Will Seltzer, Kenneth Tobey, Lelia Goldoni, Adam Arkin, John Blyth Barrymore, John Calvin, Evan C. Kim, Keone Young, Warren Burton, Carole White, Tita Bell, Lani O'Grady, James Carroll, Michael LeClair, Marshal Efron, Barton Heyman, Damon Douglas, Richard Narita	Drama	Live Action
	16	Escape from the Dark	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Charles Jarrott (director); Rosemary Anne Sisson (screenplay); Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth, Maurice Colbourne, Susan Tebbs, Andrew Harrison, Chloe Franks, Benjie Bolgar, Prunella Scales, Leslie Sands, Joe Gladwin, Jeremy Bulloch, Rich Moore	Family, Drama	Live Action
		Grizzly	Film Ventures International / Columbia Pictures	William Girdler (director); David Sheldon (director/screenplay); Harvey Flaxman (screenplay); Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall, Mike Clifford, Joe Dorsey, Charles Kissinger	Horror, Thriller	Live Action
		That's Entertainment, Part II	United Artists	Gene Kelly (director); Leonard Gershe (screenplay); Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Abbott & Costello, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Lew Ayres, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Robert Benchley, Constance Bennett, Jack Benny, Jack Buchanan, James Cagney, Sammy Cahn, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Gower Champion, Marge Champion, Cyd Charisse, Maurice Chevalier, Ronald Colman, Jeanne Coyne, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, Dan Dailey, Doris Day, Fifi D'Orsay, Melvyn Douglas, Tom Drake, Marie Dressler, Margaret Dumont, Jimmy Durante, Nelson Eddy, Nanette Fabray, W.C. Fields, Bob Fosse, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland, Betty Garrett, Greer Garson, Hermione Gingold, Cary Grant, Fernand Gravey, Kathryn Grayson, Carol Haney, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Lena Horne, Betty Hutton, Allan Jones, Buster Keaton, Howard Keel, Grace Kelly, June Knight, Miliza Korjus, Hedy Lamarr, Stan Laurel, Vivien Leigh, Oscar Levant, Myrna Loy, Jeanette MacDonald, The Marx Brothers, Roddy McDowall, Ann Miller, Robert Montgomery, Donald O'Connor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Eleanor Powell, William Powell, Tommy Rall, Debbie Reynolds, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Al Shean, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, James Stewart, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Bobby Van, Gwen Verdon, Ethel Waters, David Wayne, Johnny Weissmuller, Esther Williams, Keenan Wynn, Robert Young, Billie Burke, Cliff Edwards	Documentary	Live Action
	19	The Missouri Breaks	United Artists	Arthur Penn (director); Thomas McGuane (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam, John Ryan, Sam Gilman, Steve Franken, Richard Bradford, James Greene, Luana Anders, Danny Goldman, Hunter von Leer, Virgil Frye, Charles Wagenheim, R.L. Armstrong, Dan Ades, Dorothy Neumann, Vern Chandler	Western	Live Action
		The Premonition	AVCO Embassy Pictures / Movicorp Media	Robert Schnitzer (director/screenplay); Anthony Mahon (screenplay); Sharon Farrell, Danielle Brisebois, Richard Lynch, Jeff Corey, Robert Harper, Edward Bell, Ellen Barber, Chitra Neogy, Margaret Graham, Rosemary McNamara, Thomas Williams, Roy White	Horror	Live Action
	21	1900	Paramount Pictures	Bernardo Bertolucci (director/screenplay); Franco Arcalli, Giuseppe Bertolucci (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Laura Betti, Stefania Casini, Sterling Hayden, Ellen Schwiers, Alida Valli, Romolo Valli, Stefania Sandrelli, Donald Sutherland, Burt Lancaster, Giacomo Rizzo, Pippo Campanini, Paulo Branco, Liù Bosisio, Maria Monti, Anna Maria Gherardi, José Quaglio, Clara Colosimo, Edda Ferronao, Werner Bruhns, Anna Henkel, Antonio Piovanelli, Demesio Lusardi, Pietro Longari Ponzoni, Vittorio Fanfoni, Paolo Pavesi, Roberto Maccanti	Epic, Historical, Drama	Live Action
		Embryo	Cine Artists Pictures / Plura Service Company / Sandy Howard Productions	Ralph Nelson (director); Anita Doohan, Jack W. Thomas (screenplay); Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Roddy McDowall, Anne Schedeen, Vincent Baggetta, Jack Colvin, Dick Winslow, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Ken Washington, Lina Raymond	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
		Hawmps!	Mulberry Square Releasing	Joe Camp (director/screenplay); William Bickley, Michael Warren (screenplay); James Hampton, Christopher Connelly, Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle, Mimi Maynard, Jack Elam, Lee de Broux, Herb Vigran, Jesse Davis, Frank Inn, Don Starr, Alvin Wright, Gene Conforti, Dick Drake, Larry Swartz, Mike Travis, Tiny Wells, Dick Drake, Henry Kendrick, Catherine Hearne, Larry Strawbridge, Sheba	Western, Comedy	Live Action
	26	Drive-In	Columbia Pictures / George Litto Productions	Rod Amateau (director); Bob Peete (screenplay); Lisa Lemole, Glenn Morshower, Trey Wilson, Ashley Cox, Bill McGhee, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Billy Milliken, Lee Newsom, Regan Kee, Andy Parks, Gordon Hurst, Kent Perkins, Barry Gremillion, Gloria Shaw, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Valgova, Michelle Franks, Hank Stohl	Comedy	Live Action
		Mother, Jugs & Speed	20th Century Fox	Peter Yates (director); Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay); Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, Larry Hagman, Michael McManus, Allan Warnick, Bruce Davison, Dick Butkus, L.Q. Jones, Ric Carrott, Severn Darden, Bill Henderson, Valerie Curtin, Milt Kamen, Barra Grant, Toni Basil, Read Morgan, Tim Reid, Queenie Smith, Vivian St. John, Mark L. Taylor	Black Comedy	Live Action
		Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood	Paramount Pictures	Michael Winner (director); Arnold Schulman, Cy Howard (screenplay); Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney, Phil Silvers, Ron Leibman, Teri Garr, Ronny Graham, Toni Basil, Dorothy Lamour, Joan Blondell, Virginia Mayo, Henny Youngman, Rory Calhoun, Aldo Ray, Ethel Merman, Nancy Walker, Rhonda Fleming, Dean Stockwell, Dick Haymes, Tab Hunter, Robert Alda, Victor Mature, Edgar Bergen, Henry Wilcoxon, Alice Faye, Yvonne De Carlo, Dennis Morgan, Shecky Greene, William Demarest, Billy Barty, Ricardo Montalban, Jackie Coogan, Andy Devine, Broderick Crawford, Richard Arlen, Jack La Rue, Gloria DeHaven, Louis Nye, Johnny Weissmuller, Stepin Fetchit, Ken Murray, Rudy Vallee, George Jessel, Ann Miller, Eli Mintz, Fritz Feld, Edward Ashley, Jane Connell, Janet Blair, Dennis Day, Mike Mazurki, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Jesse White, Carmel Myers, Jack Carter, Barbara Nichols, Army Archerd, Fernando Lamas, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Cyd Charisse, Huntz Hall, Doodles Weaver, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Morey Amsterdam, Eddie Foy Jr., Peter Lawford, Patricia Morison, Guy Madison, Regis Toomey, Ann Rutherford, Milton Berle, John Carradine, Keye Luke, Walter Pidgeon, Phil Leeds, Cliff Norton, Sterling Holloway, William Benedict, Dorothy Gulliver, Eddie LeVeque	Comedy	Live Action
	28	Leadbelly	Paramount Pictures	Gordon Parks (director); Ernest Kinoy (screenplay); Roger E. Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair, Albert Hall, Art Evans, John Henry Faulk, Vivian Bonnell, Lynn Hamilton, William Wintersole, James Brodhead, Dana Manno	Biography, Drama, Music	Live Action
		The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Cannes Film Festival)	Astral Films / Cinema International Corporation / American International Pictures / Claremont Productions / Zev Braun Productions / I.C.L. Industries / La Societe Filmel / Ypsilon Films	Nicolas Gessner (director); Laird Koenig (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, Scott Jacoby, Connie Foster	Drama, Horror, Mystery	Live Action
		Shoot	AVCO Embassy Pictures / Essex Enterprises / Getty Pictures Corporation	Harvey Hart (director); Dick Berg (screenplay); Cliff Robertson, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Silva, James Blendick, Leslie Carlson, Kate Reid, Helen Shaver, Larry Reynolds, Gloria Carlin, Alan McRae, Ed McNamara, Peter Langley, Helena Hart, Allan Aarons, Sydney Brown	Drama, Thriller	Live Action
J U N E	1	A Clockwork Orange (re-release)	Warner Bros. / Polaris Productions / Hawk Films	Stanley Kubrick (director/screenplay); Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, James Marcus, Aubrey Morris, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Madge Ryan, John Savident, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, Pauline Taylor, Margaret Tyzack, Steven Berkoff, David Prowse, Carol Drinkwater	Crime, Sci-Fi	Live Action
		The Last Hard Men	20th Century Fox	Andrew V. McLaglen (director); Guerdon Trueblood (screenplay); Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Barbara Hershey, Jorge Rivero, Michael Parks, Larry Wilcox, Thalmus Rasulala, Morgan Paull, John Quade, Robert Donner, Christopher Mitchum, Riley Hill	Western	Live Action
	2	Breaking Point	20th Century Fox	Bob Clark (director); Stanley Mann, Roger Swaybill (screenplay); Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos, Belinda Montgomery, Linda Sorenson, Stephen Young, Doug Lennox	Crime, Drama	Live Action
		A Small Town in Texas	American International Pictures	Jack Starrett (director); William Norton (screenplay); Bo Hopkins, Susan George, Timothy Bottoms, John Karlen, Morgan Woodward, Art Hindle, Clay Tanner, Randee Lynne Jensen, Hank Rolike, George Buck Flower	Action	Live Action
	4	Ode to Billy Joe	Warner Bros.	Max Baer Jr. (director); Herman Raucher (screenplay); Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Sandy McPeak, James Best, Terence Goodman, Becky Bowen, Simpson Hemphill, Ed Shelnut, Eddie Talr, William Hallberg, Rebecca Jernigan	Drama	Live Action
	11	The Cars That Ate Paris	British Empire Films / Australian Film Development Corporation / Royce Smeal Film Productions / Salt Pan Films	Peter Weir (director/screenplay); John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Chris Haywood, Bruce Spence, Max Gillies, Edward Howell, Max Phipps, Melissa Jaffer, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Peter Armstrong, Joe Burrow, Deryck Barnes, Jack Ellerton	Horror, Comedy	Live Action
		The Tenant	Paramount Pictures / Marianne Productions	Roman Polanski (director/screenplay); Gérard Brach (screenplay); Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Rufus, Shelley Winters, Lila Kedrova, Josiane Balasko, Claude Dauphin, Claude Piéplu, Jacques Monod, Michel Blanc, Eva Ionesco, Albert Delpy, Patrice Alexsandre, Romain Bouteille, Jacques Rosny	Horror	Live Action
	17	Harry and Walter Go to New York	Columbia Pictures	Mark Rydell (director); John Byrum, Robert Kaufman, Don Devlin (screenplay); James Caan, Michael Caine, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning, Lesley Ann Warren, Burt Young, Kathryn Grody, Brion James, Jack Gilford, Val Avery, Dennis Dugan, Carol Kane, David Proval, Michael Conrad, Bert Remsen, Ted Cassidy, Michael Greene, Roger Til, Selma Archerd, Christopher Rydell, Maureen Arthur, David Shire, Read Morgan, Kim Lankford, George Gaynes, Walter Willison, Carmine Coppola, Warren Berlinger, Dee Hoty, Dean Devlin	Period, Comedy	Live Action
		Silent Movie	20th Century Fox / Crossbow Productions	Mel Brooks (director/screenplay); Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson (screenplay); Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Bernadette Peters, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Anne Bancroft, Marcel Marceau, Paul Newman, Carol Arthur, Liam Dunn, Fritz Feld, Chuck McCann, Valerie Curtin, Yvonne Wilder, Harry Ritz, Charlie Callas, Henny Youngman, Eddie Ryder, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson, Howard Hesseman, Lee Delano, Jack Riley, Robert Lussier, Phil Leeds	Comedy	Live Action
	18	The Food of the Gods	American International Pictures	Bert I. Gordon (director/screenplay); Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, Ida Lupino, Belinda Balaski, Tom Stovall, John McLiam, Chuck Courtney	Sci-Fi, Thriller	Live Action
		Midway	Universal Pictures / The Mirisch Corporation	Jack Smight (director); Donald S. Sanford (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Robert Webber, Ed Nelson, James Shigeta, Christina Kokubo, Edward Albert, Monte Markham, Biff McGuire, Christopher George, Kevin Dobson, Glenn Corbett, Gregory Walcott, Dabney Coleman, Erik Estrada, Larry Pennell, Phillip R. Allen, Tom Selleck, Kurt Grayson, Steve Kanaly, Pat Morita, John Fujioka, Dale Ishimoto, Clyde Kusatsu, Sab Shimono, Conrad Yama, Robert Ito, Seth Sakai, Lloyd Kino, Yuki Shimoda	War	Live Action
	20	Once Upon a Girl	Severin Films / Concelation a Girl, Inc. / Tommy J Productions	Don Jurwich (director/screenplay); Hal Smith, Frank Welker, Richmond Johnson, Carol Piacente, Kelly Gordon	Fantasy, Comedy	Live Action / Animation
	23	The Big Bus	Paramount Pictures	James Frawley (director); Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman (screenplay); Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Ned Beatty, José Ferrer, Ruth Gordon, Harold Gould, Larry Hagman, Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, Lynn Redgrave, René Auberjonois, Bob Dishy, Richard B. Shull, Stuart Margolin, Howard Hesseman, Mary Wilcox, Walter Brooke, Vic Tayback, Murphy Dunne, Vito Scotti	Disaster, Comedy	Live Action
		The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday	American International Pictures	Don Taylor (director); Richard Shapiro (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Oliver Reed, Robert Culp, Elizabeth Ashley, Strother Martin, Sylvia Miles, Kay Lenz	Comedy, Western	Live Action
		Logan's Run	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Michael Anderson (director); David Zelag Goodman (screenplay); Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Peter Ustinov, Michael Anderson Jr., Randolph Roberts, Gary Morgan, Ashley Cox, Lara Lindsay	Sci-Fi, Action	Live Action
		Murder by Death	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	Robert Moore (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Estelle Winwood, James Cromwell, Richard Narita, Fay Wray	Comedy, Mystery	Live Action
	24	Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson	United Artists	Robert Altman (director/screenplay); Alan Rudolph (screenplay); Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin McCarthy, Joel Grey, Harvey Keitel, John Considine, Will Sampson, Pat McCormick, Shelley Duvall, Allan F. Nicholls, Robert DoQui, Evelyn Lear, Bert Remsen, Denver Pyle, Jerri Duce, Patrick Reynolds, Frank Kaquitts, Mike Kaplan, Bonnie Leaders, Noelle Rogers, Ken Krossa, Fred N. Larsen	Western	Live Action
	25	The Omen	20th Century Fox / Mace Neufeld Productions	Richard Donner (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Harvey Stephens, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, Leo McKern, Robert Rietti, John Stride, Anthony Nicholls, Holly Palance, Roy Boyd, Freda Dowie, Sheila Raynor, Robert MacLeod, Bruce Boa, Don Fellows, Patrick McAlinney, Betty McDowall, Nicholas Campbell, Tommy Duggan	Horror	Live Action
	28	Sweet Revenge	United Artists	Jerry Schatzberg (director); Marilyn Goldin, B.J. Perla, Jor Van Kline (screenplay); Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Franklyn Ajaye, Jan D'Arcy, Evan Lottman, Richard Daughty, Norman Matlock, Edmund Villa, Adele Burnett	Crime	Live Action
	30	The Outlaw Josey Wales	Warner Bros. / The Malpaso Company	Clint Eastwood (director); Phil Kaufman, Sonia Chernus (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Paula Trueman, Sam Bottoms, Geraldine Keams, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Sheb Wooley, Royal Dano, Matt Clark, Will Sampson, William O'Connell, John Quade, Buck Kartalian, Len Lesser, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Tyner, Bruce M. Fischer, John Mitchum, John Chandler, Clay Tanner, Bob Hoy, John Verros, Frank Schofield, Tom Roy Lowe	Western	Live Action

July–September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J U L Y	1	To Fly!	Conoco Inc. / MacGillivray Freeman Films / Francis Thompson, Inc.	Greg MacGillivray (director/screenplay); Jim Freeman, Thomas McGrath, Francis Thompson, Robert M. Young, Arthur Zegart (screenplay)	Docudrama	Live Action
		Treasure of Matecumbe	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Vincent McEveety (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Johnny Doran, Billy Attmore, Jane Wyatt, Virginia Vincent, Robert DoQui, Mills Watson, Don Knight, Dub Taylor, Dick Van Patten, George Lindsey, John Myhers, Logan Ramsey, Valentin de Vargas, Jonathan Daly, John Steadman, Rex Holman, Clint Ritchie, Ken Renard, Brion James, John Hayes, David S. Cass Sr., Warde Donovan, James Brodhead, John C. Flinn III, Louie Elias, Richard Wright	Adventure	Live Action
	6	Cannonball	New World Pictures	Paul Bartel (director/screenplay); Donald C. Simpson (screenplay); David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Belinda Balaski, Archie Hahn, Gerrit Graham, Robert Carradine, Mary Woronov, James Keach, Dick Miller, Paul Bartel, Judy Canova, Carl Gottlieb, David Arkin, Louisa Moritz, Joe Dante, Allan Arkush, Jonathan Kaplan, Roger Corman, Donald C. Simpson, Martin Scorsese, Sylvester Stallone, Aron Kincaid, Diane Lee Hart, Glynn Rubin, Stanley Bennett Clay, Patrick Wright	Comedy	Live Action
	7	Gus	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Vincent McEveety (director); Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson (screenplay); Edward Asner, Don Knotts, Gary Grimes, Tim Conway, Liberty Williams, Dick Van Patten, Harold Gould, Ronnie Schell, Bob Crane, Johnny Unitas, Dick Butkus, Tom Bosley, Titos Vandis, Hanna Hertelendy, Liam Dunn, Virginia O'Brien, Kenneth Tobey, Timothy Brown, Jackson Bostwick, John Orchard, Richard Kiel, Henry Slate, Larry McCormick, Danny Wells, Milton Frome, Iris Adrian, Bryan O'Byrne, Jack Manning, James Brown, Jeanne Bates, Dick Enberg, George Putnam, Stu Nahan, Irwin Charone, Larry Burrell, James Almanzar, Warde Donovan	Sports, Comedy	Live Action
	9	Mad Dog Morgan	British Empire Films / Motion Picture Productions	Philippe Mora (director/screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, Wallas Eaton, Bill Hunter, John Hargreaves, Robin Ramsay, Graeme Blundell, Gregory Apps, Liddy Clark, Peter Collingwood, Peter Cummins, John Derum, Gerry Duggan, Chuck Faulkner, Alan Hardy, Norman Kaye, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robert McDarra, Grant Page, Bruce Spence, Roger Ward, Martin Harris, Liza Lee-Atkinson, Elaine Baillie, Don Barkham, Kurt Beimel, David Bracks, Max Fairchild, Judith Fisher, Isobel Harley, David John, Kevin Leslie, David Mitchell, Christopher Pate, Philip Ross, Peter Thompson, Ken Weaver	Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		The Opening of Misty Beethoven	Catalyst Productions / Joy Bear Pictures / VCA Pictures	Radley Metzger (director/screenplay); Constance Money, Jamie Gillis, Jacqueline Beudant, Gloria Leonard, Terri Hall, Calvin Culver, Mark Margolis	Comedy	Live Action
	14	Shadow of the Hawk	Columbia Pictures	George McCowan (director); Norman Thaddeus Vane, Herbert Wright (screenplay); Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George, Pia Shandel, Marianne Jones, Jacques Hubert	Horror	Live Action
	15	At the Earth's Core	American International Pictures / Amicus Productions	Kevin Connor (director); Milton Subotsky (screenplay); Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro, Cy Grant, Godfrey James, Keith Barron, Robert Gillespie, Sean Lynch, Helen Gill, Anthony Verner, Michael Crane, Bobby Parr, Andee Cromarty	Fantasy, Sci-Fi	Live Action
	16	The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings	Universal Pictures / Motown Productions	John Badham (director); Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins (screenplay); Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Stan Shaw, Tony Burton, Jophery Brown, Leon Wagner, John McCurry, DeWayne Jessie, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Ken Foree, Carl Gordon, Rico Dawson, Sam "Birmingham" Brison	Sports, Comedy	Live Action
	23	Lifeguard	Paramount Pictures	Daniel Petrie (director); Ron Koslow (screenplay); Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Stephen Young, Parker Stevenson, Kathleen Quinlan, Sharon Weber, Steve Burns	Drama	Live Action
		Special Delivery	American International Pictures	Paul Wendkos (director); John Melson, James Edward Grant, Gilbert Ralston, Don Gazzaniga (screenplay); Bo Svenson, Cybill Shepherd, Tom Atkins, Sorrell Booke, Gerrit Graham, Michael C. Gwynne	Neo-Noir, Comedy, Crime	Live Action
		A*P*E	Worldwide Entertainment / Kukje Movies / Lee Ming Film Co.	Paul Leder (director/screenplay); Richard Leder (screenplay); Rod Arrants, Joanna Kerns, Alex Nicol, Lee Nak-hoon, Paul Leder, Jules Levey, Yeon-jeong Woo, Jerry Harke	Action, Adventure, Fantasy	Live Action
	28	Futureworld	American International Pictures / The Aubrey Company	Richard T. Heffron (director); Mayo Simon, George Schenck (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Stuart Margolin, John Ryan, Yul Brynner, James M. Connor, Allen Ludden, Robert Cornthwaite, Angela Greene, Darrell Larson, Nancy Bell, Bert Conroy, Dorothy Konrad, Jim Antonio	Sci-Fi, Thriller	Live Action
	29	Oz	Greater Union	Chris Löfvén (director/screenplay); Joy Dunstan, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Gary Waddell, Robin Ramsay, Michael Carman	Fantasy, Comedy, Musical	Live Action
		Swashbuckler	Universal Pictures	James Goldstone (director); Paul Wheeler (screenplay); Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold, Beau Bridges, Geoffrey Holder, Avery Schreiber, Tom Clancy, Anjelica Huston, Mark Baker, Kip Niven, Louisa Horton, Bernard Behrens, Dorothy Tristan, Tom Fitzsimmons	Romance, Adventure	Live Action
	30	Drum	United Artists / Dino De Laurentiis Company	Steve Carver (director); Norman Wexler (screenplay); Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Ken Norton, Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, John Colicos, Fiona Lewis, Paula Kelly, Brenda Sykes, Royal Dano, Lillian Hayman, Rainbeaux Smith, Clay Tanner, Lila Finn	Action, Drama	Live Action
		Squirm	American International Pictures / The Squirm Company	Jeff Lieberman (director/screenplay); Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, Jean Sullivan, William Newman, R.A. Dow, Peter MacLean, Fran Higgins, Barbara Quinn, Carl Dagenhart, Angel Sande, Carol Jean Owens, Kim Leon Iocovozzi, Walter Dimmick, Leslie Thorsen, Julia Klopp	Horror	Live Action
	31	St. Ives	Warner Bros.	J. Lee Thompson (director); Barry Beckerman (screenplay); Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Harry Guardino, Joseph Roman, Jerome Thor, George Sawaya	Crime, Thriller	Live Action
A U G U S T	1	Obsession	Columbia Pictures / Yellowbird Productions	Brian De Palma (director); Paul Schrader (screenplay); Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow	Neo-Noir, Thriller	Live Action
		The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West	Danton Films	Jack Arnold, Earl Bellamy, Bruce Bilson, Oscar Rudolph (directors); Ron Friedman, Howard Ostroff, Brad Radnitz, Sherwood Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz (screenplay); Bob Denver, Forrest Tucker, Ivor Francis, Jeannine Riley, Lori Saunders, William Cort, Eddie Little Sky, Don 'Red' Barry, Buck Young, James Gammon, Dennis Fimple, John Quade, Dick Peabody, James Jeter, Ernesto Esparza III, Taylor Lacher	Western, Comedy	Live Action
	4	The Return of a Man Called Horse	United Artists / Estudios Churubusco Azteca / Sandy Howard Productions	Irvin Kershner (director); Jack DeWitt (screenplay); Richard Harris, Gale Sondergaard, Geoffrey Lewis, William Lucking, Claudio Brook, Enrique Lucero, Pedro Damián, Jorge Luke, Jorge Russek, Regino Herrera, Humberto López, Alberto Mariscal, Eugenia Dolores, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Ana De Sade	Western	Live Action
	8	From Noon till Three	United Artists	Frank D. Gilroy (director/screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Fowley, Anne Ramsey	Western	Live Action
	12	The Devil's Playground	Umbrella Entertainment / The Film House	Fred Schepisi (director/screenplay); Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Jonathan Hardy, Gerry Duggan, Peter Cox, Thomas Keneally, Sheila Florance, John Diedrich, Alan Cinis, Richard Morgan, Jeremy Kewley	Drama	Live Action
		The Ritz	Warner Bros.	Richard Lester (director); Terrence McNally (screenplay); Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams, Dave King, Bessie Love, Paul B. Price, John Everson, Christopher J. Brown	Comedy	Live Action
	18	The Great Texas Dynamite Chase	New World Pictures / Yasny Talking Pictures II	Michael Pressman (director); David Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Claudia Jennings, Tara Strohmeier, Oliver Clark, Tom Rosqui, Danny Sullivan, Bart Braverman, Jim Boles, Christopher Pennock, Priscilla Pointer, Johnny Crawford, Jocelyn Jones, Miles Watkins, Nancy Bleier, Buddy Kling, Ed Steef, Peggy Brenner	Crime, Comedy	Live Action
	20	The Gumball Rally	Warner Bros. / First Artists	Charles Bail (director); Leon Capetanos (screenplay); Michael Sarrazin, Norman Burton, Gary Busey, John Durren, Susan Flannery, Steven Keats, Tim McIntire, Joanne Nail, J. Pat O'Malley, Nicholas Pryor, Raúl Juliá, Vaughn Taylor, Tricia O'Neil, Harvey Jason, John Morton, Linda Vaughn, John Lawlor, Lazaro Perez, Wally Taylor, Eddy Donno, Dick Karie, Alfred Shelly, Whitey Hughes, Larry Silvestri, Wes Dawn, Stephen Blood	Comedy	Live Action
		The Shootist	Paramount Pictures	Don Siegel (director); Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale (screenplay); John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, John Carradine, Scatman Crothers, Richard Lenz, Harry Morgan, Sheree North, Hugh O'Brian, Bill McKinney, Gregg Palmer, Alfred Dennis, Dick Winslow, Melody Thomas Scott, Kathleen O'Malley, Charles G. Martin	Western	Live Action
	25	Gator	United Artists / Levy-Gardner-Laven	Burt Reynolds (director); William W. Norton (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton, Jerry Reed, Alice Ghostley, Dub Taylor, Mike Douglas, Burton Gilliam, William Engesser, John Steadman, Alex Hawkins, Don Ferguson, Watson B. Duncan III, Lori Futch, Dudley Remus	Action, Comedy	Live Action
		J.D.'s Revenge	American International Pictures	Arthur Marks (director); Jaison Starkes (screenplay); Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, James Watkins, Earl Billings, Carl W. Crudup, Fred Pinkard, Jo Anne Meredith, Alice Jubert, David McKnight, Stephanie Faulkner, Fuddie Bagley, Paul Galloway	Blaxploitation, Horror	Live Action
S E P T E M B E R	1	High Velocity	Turtle Releasing / First Asian Films of California	Remi Kramer (director/screenplay); Michael Parsons (screenplay); Ben Gazzara, Britt Ekland, Paul Winfield, Keenan Wynn, Alejandro Rey, Joonee Gamboa, Liam Dunn, Richard O'Brien, Stacy Keach Sr., Victoria Racimo, Rita Gomez, Joe Andrade, James Bacon, Jojo Juan	Action	Live Action
	9	Vigilante Force	United Artists	George Armitage (director/screenplay); Kris Kristofferson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Victoria Principal, Bernadette Peters, Brad Dexter, Judson Pratt, David Doyle, Antony Carbone, Andrew Stevens	Action	Live Action
	15	In the Realm of the Senses	Surrogate / Argos Films / Oceanic / Oshima Productions / Toho-Towa	Nagisa Ōshima (director/screenplay); Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, Taiji Tonoyama, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Kanae Kobayashi, Kyôji Kokonoe, Naomi Shiraishi, Komikichi Hori	Drama, Romance	Live Action
		Bugsy Malone	Paramount Pictures	Alan Parker (director/screenplay); Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, John Cassisi, Andrew Paul, Jeffrey Stevens, Dexter Fletcher, Bonnie Langford, Mark Curry, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Louise English, Florrie Dugger, Martin Lev, Paul Murphy, Sheridan Earl Russell, Albin 'Humpty' Jenkins, Paul Chirelstein, Donald Waugh, Peter Holder, Michael Kirkby, Davidson Knight, John Williams, Sarah E. Joyce, Helen Corran, Kathy Spaulding, Sharon Noonan, Vivienne McKone, Lynn Aulbaugh, Michael Jackson	Gangster, Musical, Comedy	Live Action
	17	The Front	Columbia Pictures	Martin Ritt (director); Walter Bernstein (screenplay); Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Michael Murphy, Herschel Bernardi, Andrea Marcovicci, Remak Ramsay, Lloyd Gough, David Margulies, Joshua Shelley, Norman Rose, Charles Kimbrough, Josef Sommer, Danny Aiello, Georgann Johnson, Scott McKay, David Clarke, William Bogert, Marilyn Sokol, Sam McMurray, Lucy Lee Flippin, Donald Symington, Joe DiMaggio, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Carson Grant, Douglas MacArthur, Rocky Marciano, Joseph McCarthy, George Murphy, Lily Pons, Ethel Rosenberg, Julius Rosenberg, Harry S. Truman	Drama	Live Action
	22	Mad Dog Morgan	British Empire Films / Motion Picture Productions	Philippe Mora (director/screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, Wallas Eaton, Bill Hunter, John Hargreaves, Robin Ramsay, Graeme Blundell, Gregory Apps, Liddy Clark, Peter Collingwood, Peter Cummins, John Derum, Gerry Duggan, Chuck Faulkner, Alan Hardy, Norman Kaye, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robert McDarra, Grant Page, Bruce Spence, Roger Ward, Martin Harris, Liza Lee-Atkinson, Elaine Baillie, Don Barkham, Kurt Beimel, David Bracks, Max Fairchild, Judith Fisher, Isobel Harley, David John, Kevin Leslie, David Mitchell, Christopher Pate, Philip Ross, Peter Thompson, Ken Weaver	Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	29	Norman... Is That You?	United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	George Schlatter (director/screenplay); Ron Clark, Sam Bobrick (screenplay); Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan, Michael Warren, Tamara Dobson, Vernee Watson, Jayne Meadows, George Furth, Barbara Sharma, Sergio Aragonés, Wayland Flowers	Comedy	Live Action

October–December

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
O C T O B E R	3	Alex & the Gypsy	20th Century Fox	John Korty (director); Lawrence B. Marcus (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Geneviève Bujold, James Woods, Robert Emhardt, Titos Vandis, William Cort, Frank Doubleday, Robert Miano, Al Checco, Harold Sylvester, Clyde Kusatsu, Eddra Gale, Gino Ardito, Todd Martin, Joseph X. Flaherty, Alan DeWitt, Victor Pinheiro	Comedy	Live Action
	7	A Matter of Time	Variety Distribution	Vincente Minnelli (director); John Gay (screenplay); Liza Minnelli, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Isabella Rossellini, Tina Aumont, Fernando Rey, Spiros Andros, Gabriele Ferzetti, Orso Maria Guerrini, Amedeo Nazzari, Giampiero Albertini, Arnoldo Foà, Anna Proclemer	Musical, Fantasy	Live Action
		The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	SEPP, Brussels / Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Éditions Dupuis / Belvision Studios	José Dutillieu (director); Peyo (screenplay); Jacques Balutin, Angelo Bardi, Jacques Marin	Comedy, Family	Animation
	8	Fighting Mad	20th Century Fox / Santa Fe Productions	Jonathan Demme (director/screenplay); Peter Fonda, Lynn Lowry, John Doucette, Philip Carey, Harry Northup, Noble Willingham, Kathleen Miller, Scott Glenn, Ted Markland	Action, Drama	Live Action
		Marathon Man	Paramount Pictures / Robert Evans-Sidney Beckerman Productions	John Schlesinger (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence, Tito Goya, Jacques Marin, Allen Joseph, Ben Dova, Lou Gilbert	Thriller	Live Action
		Scorchy	American International Pictures / Hickmar Productions	Howard Avedis (director/screenplay); Connie Stevens, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Norman Burton, John Davis Chandler, Joyce Jameson, Greg Evigan, Nick Dimitri, Marlene Schmidt, Nate Long, Ingrid Cedergren, Ellen Thurston, Ray Sebastian, Mike Esky, Gene White	Crime	Live Action
	15	Harlan County, USA	Cinema 5 / Cabin Creek Films	Barbara Kopple (director)	Documentary	Live Action
	18	Burnt Offerings	United Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) / Dan Curtis Productions	Dan Curtis (director/screenplay); William F. Nolan (screenplay); Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Lee H. Montgomery, Dub Taylor, Bette Davis, Anthony James, Todd Tarquand	Horror	Live Action
		The Killer Inside Me	Warner Bros.	Burt Kennedy (director); Edward Mann, Robert Chamblee (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Tisha Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Don Stroud, Charles McGraw, John Dehner, Pepe Serna, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Julie Adams	Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	20	Diary of the Dead	B.S. Moss Enterprises	Arvin Brown (director); I.C. Rapoport, Robert L. Fish, Ruth Rendell (screenplay); Geraldine Fitzgerald, Héctor Elizondo, Salome Jens, Joseph Maher, Austin Pendleton, Kate Wilkinson	Neo-Noir	Live Action
		The Song Remains the Same	Warner Bros.	Peter Clifton, Joe Massot (directors); Led Zeppelin	Concert	Live Action
	22	Car Wash	Universal Pictures	Michael Schultz (director); Joel Schumacher (screenplay); Franklin Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters, Richard Pryor, Garrett Morris, Sully Boyar, Carmine Caridi, Arthur French, Leonard Jackson, DeWayne Jessie, Henry Kingi, Melanie Mayron, Tracy Reed, Pepe Serna, Ray Vitte, Renn Woods, Brooke Adams, Danny DeVito, Otis Sistrunk, Tim Thomerson, Jason Bernard, J.J. Jackson, Richard Brestoff, Michael Fennell, Darrow Igus, Lauren Jones, Leon Pinkney, James Spinks, Antoine Becker, Antar Mubarak, Jay Butler, Rod McGrew, Sarina C. Grant, Billy Bass	Comedy	Live Action
		God Told Me To	New World Pictures	Larry Cohen (director/screenplay); Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney, Sam Levene, Robert Drivas, Mike Kellin, Richard Lynch, Sammy Williams, Harry Bellaver, Andy Kaufman	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
		Up!	RM Films International	Russ Meyer (director/screenplay); Raven De La Croix, Robert McLane, Kitten Natividad, Edward Schaaf, Candy Samples, Su Ling, Janet Wood, Linda Sue Ragsdale, Monty Bane, Marianne Marks, Larry Dean, Bob Schott, Foxy Lae, Ray Reinhardt, Elaine Collins	Comedy	Live Action
	24	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Universal Pictures / Alex Winitsky/Arlene Sellers Productions / Herbert Ross Productions	Herbert Ross (director); Nicholas Meyer (screenplay); Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson, Laurence Olivier, Joel Grey, Samantha Eggar, Charles Gray, Georgia Brown, Regine, Jeremy Kemp, Jill Townsend, Anna Quayle, John Bird, Alison Leggatt, Frederick Jaeger, Erik Chitty, Jack May, Gertan Klauber, Leon Greene, Harry Fielder, Drewe Henley	Mystery	Live Action
	26	Monsieur Klein	Fox-Lira (France) / Titanus (Italy) / Lira Films / Adel Productions / Nova Films / Mondial Televisione Film	Joseph Losey (director); Franco Solinas, Fernando Morandi (screenplay); Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Michael Lonsdale, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Massimo Girotti, Magali Clément, Louis Seigner, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon, Michel Aumont, Roland Bertin, Jean Champion, Étienne Chicot, Pierre Vernier, Gérard Jugnot, Hermine Karagheuz	Mystery, Drama	Live Action
	31	Carry On England	The Rank Organisation	Gerald Thomas (director); David Pursall, Jack Seddon (screenplay); Kenneth Connor, Windsor Davies, Patrick Mower, Judy Geeson, Jack Douglas, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, Melvyn Hayes, Peter Jones, Diane Langton, Julian Holloway, David Lodge, Larry Dann, Brian Osborne, Johnny Briggs, Patricia Franklin, Linda Hooks, John Carlin, Vivienne Johnson, Michael Nightingale, Billy J. Mitchell, Peter Quince, Linda Regan, Barbara Rosenblat, Jeremy Connor, Richard Oiley, Peter Banks, Richard Bartlett, Paul Toothill, Tricia Newby, Louise Burton, Jeannie Collings, Barbara Hampshire	Comedy	Live Action
N O V E M B E R	1	Buffalo Rider	Starfire Films	John Fabian, Dick Robinson, George Lauris (directors); Mollie Gregory, Bill McCallum, Jim Cisler, Tom Manning, Peter Powell, Pete Cornacchia (screenplay); C. Lindsay Workman, Hal Smith, Rick Guinn, John Freeman, Rich Scheeland, George Sager, Dick Robinson, Priscilla Lauris	Western	Live Action
	3	Carrie	United Artists / Red Bank Films	Brian De Palma (director); Lawrence D. Cohen (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley, P.J. Soles, Priscilla Pointer, Sydney Lassick, Stefan Gierasch, Michael Talbott, Edie McClurg, Doug Cox, Harry Gold, Noelle North, Cindy Daly, Deirdre Berthrong, Anson Downes, Rory Stevens	Horror	Live Action
	5	John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. (Los Angeles and New York City openings).	Turtle Releasing Organization / The CKK Corporation	John Carpenter (director/screenplay); Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers, Nancy Loomis, Henry Brandon, Kim Richards, Frank Doubleday, Gilman Rankin, Peter Bruni, John J. Fox, Marc Ross, Alan Koss, Gilbert De La Pena, Peter Frankland, Al Nakauchi, James Johnson	Action, Thriller	Live Action
	10	The Next Man	Allied Artists Pictures Corporation	Richard C. Sarafian (director/screenplay); David M. Wolf, Morton S. Fine, Alan Trustman (screenplay); Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe, Albert Paulsen, Adolfo Celi, Marco St. John, Ted Beniades, Charles Cioffi, Jaime Sánchez	Action, Thriller	Live Action
	12	The Boy in the Plastic Bubble	Sony Pictures Television / Spelling-Goldberg Productions	Randal Kleiser (director); Douglas Day Stewart (screenplay); John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Robert Reed, Diana Hyland, Ralph Bellamy, P.J. Soles, Kelly Ward, Vernee Watson, Anne Ramsey	Drama	Live Action
		Two-Minute Warning	Universal Pictures / Filmways	Larry Peerce (director); Edward Hume (screenplay); Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, Marilyn Hassett, David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Walter Pidgeon, Gena Rowlands, Brock Peters, David Groh, Mitchell Ryan, Joe Kapp, Pamela Bellwood, Jon Korkes, Allan Miller, Andy Sidaris, Harry Northup, William Bryant, J.A. Preston, Robert Ginty, Tom Bower, Asher Brauner, Carmen Argenziano, Larry Manetti, Joanna Pettet, Branscombe Richmond, Susan Backlinie, Juli Bridges, Warren Miller	Action, Thriller	Live Action
		Welcome to L.A.	United Artists	Alan Rudolph (director/screenplay); Keith Carradine, Sally Kellerman, Geraldine Chaplin, Harvey Keitel, Lauren Hutton, Viveca Lindfors, Sissy Spacek, Denver Pyle, John Considine, Richard Baskin, James Remar, Tom Arnold, Diahnne Abbott, Allan F. Nicholls, Ron Silver	Drama, Music, Romance	Live Action
	13	Alice, Sweet Alice	Allied Artists / Harristown Funding, Ltd.	Alfred Sole (director/screenplay); Rosemary Ritvo (screenplay); Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Brooke Shields, Jane Lowry, Louisa Horton, Antonino Rocca, Lillian Roth, Patrick Gorman, Paula Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Rudolph Willrich, Michael Hardstark, Alphonso DeNoble, Gary Allen, Tom Signorelli, Kathy Rich, Marco Quazzo, Ted Tinling, Sally Anne Golden	Slasher	Live Action
	14	Sybil	NBC / Lorimar Productions	Daniel Petrie (director); Stewart Stern (screenplay); Sally Field, Joanne Woodward, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett, Penelope Allen, Charles Lane, William Prince, Camila Ashland, Karen Obediear, Gordon Jump, Jane Hoffman, Jessamine Milner, Tommy Crebbs, Gina Petrushka, Harold Pruett, Natasha Ryan, Paul Tulley, Lionel Pina, Anne Beesley, Virginia Campbell, Missy Karn, Tasha Lee, Cathy Lynn Lesko, Rachel Longaker, Jennifer McAllister, Kerry Muir, Tony Sherman, Danny Stevenson	Biography, Drama	Live Action
	17	The Twelve Tasks of Asterix	EMI Films / Gaumont / Dargaud Films / Les Productions René Goscinny Studios Idefix / Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films	René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo (directors/screenplay); Henri Gruel (director); Pierre Tchernia (screenplay);	Adventure, Comedy	Animation
	19	The Last Tycoon	Paramount Pictures / Academy Pictures Corporation / Gelderse Maatschappij N.V.	Elia Kazan (director); Harold Pinter (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Dana Andrews, Ingrid Boulting, Theresa Russell, Tige Andrews, Morgan Farley, John Carradine, Jeff Corey, Diane Shalet, Seymour Cassel, Anjelica Huston	Period, Romance, Drama	Live Action
	21	Rocky	United Artists / Chartoff-Winkler Productions	John G. Avildsen (director); Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Thayer David, Joe Spinell, Al Silvani, George Memmoli, George O'Hanlon, Stan Shaw, Billy Sands, Pedro Lovell, DeForest Covan, Tony Burton, Shirley O'Hara, Frank Stallone, Lloyd Kaufman, Frank Stallone Jr., Joe Frazier, Michael Dorn, Arnold Johnson, Stu Nahan, Frank Pesce, Chino 'Fats' Williams	Drama, Sports	Live Action
	24	Shout at the Devil	American International Pictures / Tonav Productions	Peter R. Hunt (director); Stanley Price, Alastair Reid (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins, Ian Holm, Rene Kolldehoff, Horst Janson, Karl Michael Vogler, Maurice Denham, Jean Kent, Heather Wright, George Coulouris, Murray Melvin, Bernard Horsfall	War, Adventure	Live Action
	27	Network nationwide 13 days after its previous (November 14) Los Angeles and New York City openings.	United Artists	Sidney Lumet (director); Paddy Chayefsky (screenplay); Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Beatrice Straight, Jordan Charney, William Prince, Lane Smith, Marlene Warfield, Conchata Ferrell, Arthur Burghardt, Cindy Grover, Darryl Hickman, Ken Kercheval, Kathy Cronkite, Lee Richardson, Paul Jenkins, Kenneth Kimmins, Russ Petranto, Carolyn Krigbaum, Ed Crowley, Lynn Klugman, Zane Lasky, Cameron Thomas, Michael Lipton, Pirie MacDonald	Black Comedy, Drama	Live Action
D E C E M B E R	5	Bound for Glory	United Artists	Hal Ashby (director); Robert Getchell (screenplay); David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, Randy Quaid, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Wendy Schaal, Bernie Kopell, Mary Kay Place, John Lehne, Elizabeth Macey, Susan Vaill, Guthrie Thomas	Biography	Live Action
	7	Fellini's Casanova (Italy)	20th Century Fox / Produzioni Europee Associate	Federico Fellini (director/screenplay); Bernardino Zapponi (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Carmen Scarpitta, Olimpia Carlisi, Sandra Elaine Allen, Daniel Emilfork, Dudley Sutton, John Karlsen, Reggie Nalder, Harold Innocent, Marika Rivera, Alessandra Belloni, Diane Kurys, Dan van Husen, Mary Marquet, Nicholas Smith, Cicely Browne, Clara Algranti, Daniela Gatti, Margareth Clementi, Mario Cencelli, Silvana Fusacchia, Leda Lojodice, Clarissa Mary Roll	Biography, Drama, History	Live Action
	8	A Star Is Born	Warner Bros. / First Artists / Barwood Films	Frank Pierson (director/screenplay); John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Paul Mazursky, Joanne Linville, Oliver Clark, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sally Kirkland, Marta Heflin, Rita Coolidge, Tony Orlando, Susan Richardson, Robert Englund, Maidie Norman, Martin Erlichman, M.G. Kelly, Stephen Bruton, Donnie Fritts, Booker T. Jones, Art Munson, Charles Owens, Bobby Shew, Montrose, Sandy Helberg, Roslyn Kind	Musical, Romance, Drama	Live Action
		Silver Streak	20th Century Fox / Frank Yablans Presentations / Miller-Milkis Productions	Arthur Hiller (director); Colin Higgins (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Patrick McGoohan, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, Len Birman, Lucille Benson, Stefan Gierasch, Valerie Curtin, Richard Kiel, Fred Willard, Ed McNamara, Henry Beckman, Harvey Atkin, Bill Henderson, Robert Culp, J.A. Preston, Gordon Hurst	Buddy, Comedy, Thriller	Live Action
	10	Alice in Wonderland	General National Enterprises / Cruiser Productions / Essex Pictures Company	Bud Townsend (director); Bucky Searles (screenplay); Kristine De Bell, Larry Gelman, Terri Hall, Gila Havana, Alan Novak, Jason Williams, Ron Nelson, Bucky Searles, J.P. Paradise, Bree Anthony, Tony Richards, Angel Barrett, Nancy Dare, Bruce Finklesteen, Juliet Graham, Astrid Hayase, John Lawrence, Ed Marshall, Melvina Peoples, Marcia Raven, Chris Steen	Musical, Comedy	Live Action
		Queen Kong	Constantin Film / Cine-Art München / Dexter Film London	Frank Agrama (director/screenplay); Ron Dobrin, Fabio Piccioni (screenplay); Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska, Valerie Leon, Roger Hammond, Linda Hayden, John Clive, Carol Drinkwater, Vicki Michelle, Anna Bergman, Anthony Morton, Geraldine Gardner, Jeannie Collings	Adventure, Comedy	Live Action
	15	At the Earth's Core	American International Pictures / Amicus Productions	Kevin Connor (director); Milton Subotsky (screenplay); Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro, Cy Grant, Godfrey James, Keith Barron, Robert Gillespie, Sean Lynch, Helen Gill, Anthony Verner, Michael Crane, Bobby Parr, Andee Cromarty	Fantasy, Sci-Fi	Live Action
		The Pink Panther Strikes Again	United Artists / Amjo Productions	Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Frank Waldman (screenplay); Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, André Maranne, Michael Robbins, Richard Vernon, Briony McRoberts, Dick Crockett, Byron Kane, Paul Maxwell, Gordon Rollings, Dudley Sutton, John Clive, Damaris Hayman, Deep Roy	Comedy	Live Action
		Tracks	Trio	Henry Jaglom (director/screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Taryn Power, Dean Stockwell, Topo Swope, Alfred Ryder, Zack Norman, Frank McRae, James Frawley, Sally Kirkland, Michael Emil, Barbara Flood	Drama	Live Action
	17	The Shaggy D.A.	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Robert Stevenson (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Tim Conway, Keenan Wynn, Jo Anne Worley, Dick Van Patten, Vic Tayback, John Myhers, Richard Bakalyan, Warren Berlinger, John Fiedler, Hans Conried, Michael McGreevey, Richard O'Brien, Richard Lane, Benny Rubin, Ruth Gillette, Hank Jones, Iris Adrian, Pat McCormick, Henry Slate, Milton Frome, Danny Wells, Herb Vigran, Olan Soule, Karl Lukas, George Kirby, Shane Sinutko, Vern Rowe, Christina Anderson	Comedy	Live Action
		Freaky Friday	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Gary Nelson (director); Mary Rodgers (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, John Astin, Patsy Kelly, Dick Van Patten, Vicki Schreck, Sorrell Booke, Kaye Ballard, Sparky Marcus, Marc McClure, Charlene Tilton, Alan Oppenheimer, Ruth Buzzi, Marie Windsor, Marvin Kaplan, Al Molinaro, Iris Adrian, Jack Sheldon, Laurie Main, Fritz Feld, Dermott Downs, James Van Patten	Fantasy, Comedy	Live Action
		King Kong	Paramount Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Corporation	John Guillermin (director); Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, René Auberjonois, Ed Lauter, Julius Harris, Jack O'Halloran, Dennis Fimple, Mario Gallo, John Lone, John Agar, Sid Conrad, Garry Walberg, Corbin Bernsen, Joe Piscopo, Walt Gorney, Rick Baker, Peter Cullen, Jorge Moreno, Keny Long, George Whiteman, Wayne Heffley	Monster, Adventure	Live Action
	18	The Cassandra Crossing	AVCO Embassy Pictures / ITC Entertainment / C. Cinematografica Champion s.p.a.	George P. Cosmatos (director/screenplay); Tom Mankiewicz, Robert Katz (screenplay); Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, O.J. Simpson, Lee Strasberg, Ingrid Thulin, Lionel Stander, Ann Turkel, John Phillip Law, Alida Valli, Lou Castel, Ray Lovelock, Thomas Hunter, Carlo De Mejo, Renzo Palmer, John P. Dulaney, Stefano Patrizi, Fausta Avelli	Disaster, Thriller	Live Action
	20	Across the Great Divide	Pacific International Enterprises	Stewart Raffill (director/screenplay); Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, George Buck Flower, Frank Salsedo, Mark Edward Hall, Hal Bokar	Western	Live Action
	21	Mikey and Nicky	Paramount Pictures / Castle Hill Productions	Elaine May (director/screenplay); Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, William Hickey, Sanford Meisner, Joyce Van Patten, M. Emmet Walsh, Elaine May	Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Nickelodeon	Columbia Pictures / EMI Films / British Lion Films	Peter Bogdanovich (director/screenplay); W.D. Richter (screenplay); Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens, John Ritter, Jane Hitchcock, Brion James, Sidney Armus, Lorenzo Music, Jeffrey Byron, Priscilla Pointer, Philip Bruns, Frank Marshall, Harry Carey Jr., James Best, George Gaynes, M. Emmet Walsh, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, Les Josephson, Griffin O'Neal, Hamilton Camp, Joe Warfield, Elaine Partnow	Comedy	Live Action
	22	The Enforcer	Warner Bros. / The Malpaso Company	James Fargo (director); Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Tyne Daly, DeVeren Bookwalter, John Mitchum, Albert Popwell, John Crawford, Robert Hoy, Michael Cavanaugh, Dick Durock, M.G. Kelly, Terry McGovern, John Roselius, Rudy Ramos, Bill Ackridge, Jocelyn Jones, Samantha Doane	Action, Thriller	Live Action
		Voyage of the Damned (New York City, with its Los Angeles opening on the following day, 23rd.	AVCO Embassy Pictures / ITC Entertainment	Stuart Rosenberg (director); Steve Shagan, David Butler (screenplay); Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, Oskar Werner, Malcolm McDowell, Orson Welles, James Mason, Lee Grant, Katharine Ross, Ben Gazzara, Luther Adler, Michael Constantine, Denholm Elliott, José Ferrer, Lynne Frederick, Helmut Griem, Julie Harris, Wendy Hiller, Paul Koslo, Nehemiah Persoff, Fernando Rey, Leonard Rossiter, Maria Schell, Victor Spinetti, Janet Suzman, Sam Wanamaker, Keith Barron, Ian Cullen, David Daker, Brian Gilbert, Constantine Gregory, Georgina Hale, Don Henderson, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Higgins, Donald Houston, Frederick Jaeger, David de Keyser, Günter Meisner, Jonathan Pryce, Marika Rivera, Ina Skriver, Milo Sperber, Philip Stone, Laura Gemser, Della McDermott, Adele Strong, Genevieve West	War, Drama	Live Action
	24	The Monkey Hustle	American International Pictures	Arthur Marks (director); Odie Hawkins, Charles Eric Johnson (screenplay); Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore, Rosalind Cash, Thomas Carter, Debbi Morgan, Randy Brooks, Kirk Calloway, Lynn Harris, Donn Carl Harper	Blaxploitation	Live Action
		The Town That Dreaded Sundown	American International Pictures / Charles B. Pierce Film Productions, Inc.	Charles B. Pierce (director); Earl E. Smith (screenplay); Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Charles B. Pierce, Jimmy Clem, Jim Citty, Robert Aquino, Cindy Butler, Christine Ellsworth, Mike Hackworth, Misty West, Rick Hildreth, Steve Lyons, Bud Davis, Vern Stierman	Thriller, Horror	Live Action
		In Search of Noah's Ark	Sunn Classic Pictures	James L. Conway (director/screenplay); Charles E. Seller Jr. (screenplay); Brad Crandall, Vern Adix	Documentary	Live Action
	25	The Eagle Has Landed	Cinema International Corporation / ITC Entertainment	John Sturges (director); Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay); Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, Jean Marsh, Sven-Bertil Taube, Judy Geeson, Siegfried Rauch, John Standing, Treat Williams, Larry Hagman, Michael Byrne, Maurice Roeves, Keith Buckley, Jeff Conaway, Terry Plummer, David Gilliam, Kent Williams	War	Live Action

Births

• January 2 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress
• January 6
  • Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, voice actor
  • Danny Pintauro, American actor
• January 13 – Michael Peña, American actor
• January 15 - Dorian Missick, American actor
• January 18 - Derek Richardson (actor), American actor
• January 21 – Lars Eidinger, German film, television and stage actor
• January 27 - Chris Gauthier, English-born Canadian actor
• January 28 – Lee Ingleby, English film, television and stage actor
• February 3
  • Isla Fisher, Australian actress
  • Tim Heidecker, American comedian, writer, director, actor and musician
• February 5 – Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
• February 9 – Charlie Day, American actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, director and musician
• February 11 – Brice Beckham, American actor
• February 14 - Erica Leerhsen, American actress
• February 23
  • Aaron Aziz, Singaporean actor, singer and film director
  • Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
• February 25 – Rashida Jones, American actress, director, writer, and producer
• February 28 - Ali Larter, American actress and model
• February 29 - Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
• March 8 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, voice actor, writer and producer
• March 13 – Danny Masterson, American actor and DJ
• March 14 – Corey Stoll, American actor
• March 16 – Paul Schneider, American actor
• March 21 – Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress, singer and writer
• March 22 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress, producer, and entrepreneur
• March 23
  • Michelle Monaghan, American actress
  • Keri Russell, American actress
• March 26 – Amy Smart, American actress
• March 27 - Craig Wayans, American writer, producer and actor
• April 1
  • Troy Baker, American voice actor
  • David Oyelowo, English actor, producer, director
• April 5 – Sterling K. Brown, American actor
• April 6 - Candace Cameron Bure, American actress, producer, author, and talk show panelist
• April 13 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)
• April 15 – Susan Ward, American actress and model
• April 20 – Joey Lawrence, American actor
• April 23 – Gabriel Damon, American actor
• April 26 – Elisabet Reinsalu, Estonian actress
• April 27 – Sally Hawkins, English actress
• May 1 - Violante Placido, Italian actress and singer
• May 5
  • Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (d. 2021)
  • Sage Stallone, American actor (d. 2012)
• May 14 - Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
• May 22 – Külli Teetamm, Estonian actress
• May 25
  • Erinn Hayes, American actress and comedian
  • Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
  • Ethan Suplee, American film and television actor
  • J. Michael Tatum, American voice actor
• May 26 - Stephen Curry (comedian), Australian comedian and actor
• May 28 - Liam O'Brien, American voice actor, writer and director
• May 29 – Yûsuke Iseya, Japanese actor
• May 30 – Omri Katz, American retired actor
• May 31 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor
• June 4 - Damion Poitier, American actor and stuntman
• June 8 - Eion Bailey, American actor
• June 10 - Simon Fenton, English actor
• June 18 - Blake Shelton, American actor and singer
• June 19 - Ryan Hurst, American actor
• June 21 - Dan Scanlon, American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter
• June 28 - Lorraine Stanley, English actress
• June 29 - Omar Doom, American actor, musician and artist
• July 1 - Thomas Sadoski, American actor
• July 3 - Andrea Barber, American actress and comedian
• July 5
  • Jamie Elman, Canadian-American actor
  • Liberty Phoenix, American former actress
• July 6 - Bashir Salahuddin, American actor, writer and comedian
• July 7 - Hamish Linklater, American actor
• July 9 – Fred Savage, American actor
• July 15
  • Gabriel Iglesias, American stand-up comedian and actor
  • Diane Kruger, German actress
• July 18 – Elsa Pataky, Hungarian-Spanish actress
• July 19
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor
  • Vinessa Shaw, American actress and model
• July 31 – Mela Lee, American voice actress
• August 2 – Sam Worthington, Australian actor
• August 6
  • Andero Ermel, Estonian actor
  • Soleil Moon Frye, American actress and director
• August 9 – Audrey Tautou, French actress
• August 23 - Scott Caan, American actor, director and writer
• August 26 – Mike Colter, American actor
• August 27 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress, model and voice artist
• September 3 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
• September 5 – Carice van Houten, Dutch actress and singer
• September 6
  • Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, American actress
  • Robin Atkin Downes, English actor and voice actor
  • Naomie Harris, English actress
• September 9
  • Emma de Caunes, French actress
  • Lúcia Moniz, Portuguese singer and actress
• September 13 - Colin Trevorrow, American filmmaker
• September 20 – Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress
• September 26 – Kersti Heinloo, Estonian actress
• October 3 – Seann William Scott, American actor, comedian and producer
• October 4 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress
• October 9 - Nick Swardson, American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and producer
• October 11 - Emily Deschanel, American actress
• October 14 - Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor
• October 20 – Dan Fogler, American actor, comedian and writer
• October 21 – Andrew Scott, Irish actor
• October 23 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and film producer
• October 26 - Florence Kasumba, Ugandan-born German actress
• October 31 – Piper Perabo, American actress
• November 1 - Chad Lindberg, American actor
• November 7 - Melyssa Ade, Canadian actress
• November 24 - Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Japanese actor
• November 28 - Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor and producer
• November 29
  • Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (d. 2020)
  • Anna Faris, American actress, podcaster and writer
• December 7 – Mark Duplass, American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician
• December 8 – Dominic Monaghan, English actor
• December 27 - Aaron Stanford, American actor
• December 28 - Joe Manganiello, American actor
• December 29 – Danny McBride, American actor, comedian and writer
• December 31 - Chris Terrio, American screenwriter and director

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Walter Janssen	88	Germany	Actor	The Great Longing Maskerade
	12	Agatha Christie	85	UK	Writer	Witness for the Prosecution Murder on the Orient Express
	13	Margaret Leighton	53	UK	Actress	The Go-Between The Best Man
	18	Sonia Dresdel	66	UK	Actress	This Was a Woman The Fallen Idol
	23	Paul Dupuis	62	France	Actor	Against the Wind Madness of the Heart
	23	Paul Robeson	77	US	Actor, Singer	Show Boat The Proud Valley
	29	Michael Gwynn	59	UK	Actor	Cleopatra Jason and the Argonauts
February	4	Roger Livesey	69	UK	Actor	The Entertainer The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
	11	Lee J. Cobb	64	US	Actor	On the Waterfront The Exorcist
	11	John Twist	77	US	Screenwriter	King Richard and the Crusaders Annie Oakley
	12	Sal Mineo	37	US	Actor	Rebel Without a Cause Exodus
	13	Lily Pons	77	France	Singer, Actress	I Dream Too Much Hitting a New High
	13	John Lounsbery	64	US	Animator	Dumbo Lady and the Tramp
	15	Maria Corda	77	Hungary	Actress	White Rose The Private Life of Helen of Troy
	16	Campbell Singer	66	UK	Actor	The Square Peg The Hands of Orlac
	24	Peter Madden	71	UK	Actor	From Russia with Love Doctor Zhivago
	26	Frieda Inescort	75	UK	Actress	A Place in the Sun The Letter
March	3	Doris Hill	70	US	Actress	Sons of the Saddle Men Are Like That
	5	Charles Lederer	69	US	Screenwriter	His Girl Friday Ocean's 11
	14	Busby Berkeley	80	US	Director, Choreographer	42nd Street Hollywood Hotel
	17	Luchino Visconti	69	Italy	Director, Writer	The Leopard Death in Venice
	20	Michael Goodliffe	61	UK	Actor	Cromwell Jigsaw
	28	Richard Arlen	76	US	Actor	Wings Wildcat
April	2	Ray Teal	74	US	Actor	Judgment at Nuremberg Ace in the Hole
	4	George Pastell	53	Cyprus	Actor	From Russia with Love The Magus
	5	Howard Hughes	70	US	Director, Producer	Hell's Angels The Outlaw
	5	Robert Lord	75	US	Screenwriter, Producer	One Way Passage 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
	11	Liam Dunn	59	US	Actor	Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein
	12	Paul Ford	74	US	Actor	Advise & Consent The Music Man
	21	Léonide Moguy	75	Russia	Director, Writer	Paris After Dark Action in Arabia
	25	Carol Reed	69	UK	Director, Writer	OIiver! The Third Man
	26	Neil McCallum	46	Canada	Actor	The Longest Day Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
	26	Sid James	62	UK	Actor	The Lavender Hill Mob Trapeze
	29	Thelma Connell	63	UK	Film Editor	Alfie The Deadly Affair
May	3	David Bruce	62	US	Actor	Susie Steps Out Lady on a Train
	7	Alan Baxter	67	US	Actor	Saboteur The Set-Up
	27	Hilde Hildebrand	78	Germany	Actress	Victor and Victoria Little Dorrit
	27	Ruth McDevitt	80	US	Actress	The Parent Trap The Birds
June	5	Violet Wilkey	73	US	Actress	The Birth of a Nation The Burned Hand
	6	Victor Varconi	85	Hungary	Actor	The King of Kings The Sea Hawk
	9	Sybil Thorndike	93	UK	Actress	The Magic Box Melba
	10	Adolph Zukor	103	US	Producer, Studio Executive	Wings Shanghai Express
	25	Johnny Mercer	66	US	Songwriter	The Harvey Girls Darling Lili
	28	Stanley Baker	48	UK	Actor	The Guns of Navarone Helen of Troy
July	2	Frances Howard	73	US	Actress	The Shock Punch The Swan
	7	Norman Foster	72	US	Actor, Director	Pilgrimage State Fair
	12	James Wong Howe	76	China	Cinematographer	The Rose Tattoo Hud
	17	Rina Morelli	67	Italy	Actress	The Leopard Senso
	28	Lucie Mannheim	77	Germany	Actress	The 39 Steps The High Command
August	2	Fritz Lang	85	Germany	Director, Writer	Metropolis The Big Heat
	6	William Mervyn	64	UK	Actor	The Ruling Class The Long Arm
	10	Ray Corrigan	74	US	Actor	The Three Mesquiteers Range Busters
	17	William Redfield	49	US	Actor	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Death Wish
	17	Murvyn Vye	60	US	Actor	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Al Capone
	18	Luigi Serventi	91	Italy	Actor	A Woman's Story The Story of a Poor Young Man
	28	Alastair Sim	75	UK	Actor	The Green Man Scrooge
September	10	Dalton Trumbo	70	US	Screenwriter	Spartacus Roman Holiday
	30	Paul Dehn	63	UK	Screenwriter	Goldfinger Murder on the Orient Express
October	5	Barbara Nichols	47	US	Actress	Sweet Smell of Success The Naked and the Dead
	14	Edith Evans	88	UK	Actress	Tom Jones The Nun's Story
November	15	Jean Gabin	72	France	Actor	La Grande Illusion Port of Shadows
	22	Rupert Davies	60	UK	Actor	Waterloo The Criminal
	28	Rosalind Russell	69	US	Actress	His Girl Friday Auntie Mame
	29	Godfrey Cambridge	43	US	Actor	Cotton Comes to Harlem The President's Analyst
December	3	Mary Nash	92	US	Actress	The Philadelphia Story The Human Comedy
	8	Cathy Downs	50	US	Actress	My Darling Clementine The Dark Corner
	12	Jack Cassidy	49	US	Actor	Bunny O'Hare The Eiger Sanction
	20	Walter Fitzgerald	80	UK	Actor	The Fallen Idol Man in the Sky

Film debuts

• Albert Brooks – Taxi Driver
• Dean Cain – Elmer
• Bruce Campbell – It's Murder!
• James Cromwell – Murder by Death
• Michael Dorn – Rocky
• Bill Duke – Car Wash
• Richard Griffiths – It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
• Mariel Hemingway – Lipstick
• Ernie Hudson – Leadbelly
• Amy Irving – Carrie
• Michael Kamen – The Next Man
• Jessica Lange – King Kong
• Delroy Lindo – Find the Lady
• Mark Margolis – The Opening of Misty Beethoven
• Lorenzo Music – Nickelodeon
• Edie McClurg – Carrie
• Sam McMurray – The Front
• Glenn Morshower – Drive-In
• Bill Murray – Next Stop, Greenwich Village
• Lena Olin – Face to Face
• Tim Pigott-Smith – Aces High
• Mary Kay Place – Bound for Glory
• Jonathan Pryce – Voyage of the Damned
• John Ratzenberger – The Ritz
• James Rebhorn – The Yum Yum Girls
• Isabella Rossellini – A Matter of Time
• Joe Piscopo – King Kong
• Mercedes Ruehl – Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
• Theresa Russell – The Last Tycoon
• Brooke Shields – Alice, Sweet Alice
• Ron Silver – Tunnel Vision
• P.J. Soles – Carrie
• Holland Taylor – The Next Man
• Charlene Tilton – Freaky Friday
• Frank Vincent – The Death Collector
• Debra Winger – Slumber Party '57
• Joe Flaherty – Tunnel Vision
• Chow Yun-fat – Tou tai ren