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| 29 | Love on the Run | AMLF / Gala / Les Films du Carrosse | François Truffaut (director/screenplay); Marie-France Pisier, Jean Aurel, Suzanne Schiffman (screenplay); Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Dorothée, Dani, Daniel Mesguich, Julien Bertheau, Rosy Varte, Jean-Pierre Ducos, Marie Henriau, Julien Dubois, Pierre Dois, Alain Ollivier, Monique Dury, Emmanuel Clot | |
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| The First Great Train Robbery | United Artists / Dino De Laurentiis Company / Starling Films | | |
| 9 | Agatha | | | |
| Hardcore | Columbia Pictures / A-Team Productions | Paul Schrader (director/screenplay); George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent, Gary Rand Graham, Larry Block, Marc Alaimo, Leslie Ackerman, Hal Williams, Reb Brown, Leonard Gaines, David Nichols, Charlotte McGinnes, Ilah Davis, Paul Marin, Will Walker, James Helder | |
| Murder by Decree | | Bob Clark (director); John Hopkins (screenplay): Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Donald Sutherland, Geneviève Bujold, Peter Jonfield, Roy Lansford | |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | | Bruce Bilson (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Susan Clark, Karen Valentine, Michael Constantine, Cloris Leachman, Steve Franken, Patsy Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Virginia Capers, Ruth Buzzi, Herb Voland, Ivor Francis, Louisa Moritz, Marjorie Bennett, Ceil Cabot, Melora Hardin, Dena Dietrich, Cliff Osmond, Carl Ballantine, Alan Hale, Jr., Frank Campanella, Chuck Henry, Jack Perkins, Tom Pedi, Gary Morgan, Don Stanley, Bobby Rolofson, Dick Fuchs, Damon Bradley Daskin, Linda Lee Lyons, David Ketchum, David Rode, Pitt Herbert, Bill McLean | |
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| The Warriors | | Walter Hill (director/screenplay); David Shaber (screenplay); Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Marcelino Sánchez, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Brian Tyler, Dorsey Wright, Terry Michos, David Patrick Kelly, Roger Hill, Edward Sewer, Lynne Thigpen, Thomas G. Waites, Joel Weiss, Paul Greco, Craig R. Baxley, A.J. Bakunas, Steve James, Bill Anagnos, Mercedes Ruehl, Irwin Keyes, Sonny Landham, John Snyder, Jery Hewitt, Kate Klugman, Konrad Sheehan, Dennis Gregory, Ginny Ortiz | |
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| 26 | The Passage | Hemdale Film Distribution / Monday Films | J. Lee Thompson (director); Bruce Nicolaysen (screenplay); Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Kay Lenz, Christopher Lee, Michael Lonsdale, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paul Clemens, Peter Arne, Neville Jason, Robert Brown, Jim Broadbent, Robert Rhys | |
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| The Odd Angry Shot | | Tom Jeffrey (director/screenplay); Graham Kennedy, Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, Graeme Blundell, Ian Gilmour, Richard Moir, Tony Barry, Ray Meagher, Frankie J. Holden, Joy Westmore, Brian Wenzel, Max Cullen, Tim Page, Harold Hopkins, Ron Wilson, Graham Sproule, Graham Rouse, John Allen, Brandon Burke, Mike Harris, Johnny Garfield, Roger Newcombe, Brian Evis | |
| Real Life | | Albert Brooks (director/screenplay); Monica Johnson, Harry Shearer (screenplay); Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain, J.A. Preston, Matthew Tobin, Jennings Lang, David Spielberg, Norman Bartold, Julie Payne, Johnny Haymer, Leo McElroy, Lisa Urette, Robert Stirrat | |
| 7 | Starcrash | New World Pictures / Bancom Audiovision Corporation / Film Enterprise Productions | | |
| 8 | The Promise | | | |
| 14 | Hair | United Artists Pictures / CIP Filmproduktion GmbH | | |
| Tourist Trap | Compass International Pictures / Manson International Pictures / Mid-America Releasing / Charles Band Productions | | |
| Voices | | | |
| 16 | California Dreaming | | | |
| The China Syndrome | Columbia Pictures / IPC Films / Major Studio Partners | | |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Rank Film Distributors / Worldmark Productions | Tony Maylam (director/screenplay); John Bailey (screenplay); Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale, Jenny Agutter, Alan Badel, Michael Sheard, Hans Meyer, Wolf Kahler, Olga Lowe, Jurgen Andersen, Ronald Markham | |
| 21 | The Bell Jar | | | |
| 23 | Boulevard Nights | | Michael Pressman (director); Desmond Nakano (screenplay); Richard Yniguez, Danny De La Paz, Marta DuBois, Carmen Zapata, James Victor, Victor Millan, Garret Pearson, Betty Carvalho, Gary Cervantes, Jerado Carmona, Jesse Aragon, Roberto Covarrubia, Eliseo Estrada, Dawson Mays | |
| 28 | Phantasm | AVCO Embassy Pictures / New Breed Productions | Don Coscarelli (director/screenplay); Angus Scrimm, Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Bill Cone, Mary Ellen Shaw, Terrie Kalbus, Lynn Eastman | | |
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| A Perfect Couple | | Robert Altman (director/screenplay); Allan F. Nicholls (screenplay); Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Titos Vandis, Belita Moreno, Henry Gibson, Dimitra Arliss, Allan F. Nicholls, Dennis Franz, Mona Golabek, Joel Crothers, Ann Ryerson, Poppy Lagos, Margery Bond, Susan Blakeman, Melanie Bishop | |
| 11 | The Exorcist (re-release) | | William Friedkin (director); William Peter Blatty (screenplay); Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, Linda Blair, Father William O'Malley, Father Thomas Bermingham, Peter Masterson, Robert Symonds, Barton Heyman, Rudolf Schündler, Arthur Storch, Titos Vandis, William Peter Blatty, Mercedes McCambridge, Eileen Dietz, Vasiliki Maliaros, Dick Callinan, Gina Petrushka | |
| 12 | Hurricane | | Jan Troell (director); Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Jason Robards, Mia Farrow, Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Timothy Bottoms, James Keach, Dayton Ka'ne, Ariirau Tekurarere, Bernadette Sarcione | |
| Mad Max | | George Miller (director/screenplay); James McCausland (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Geoff Parry, Jonathan Hardy, Brendan Heath, Sheila Florence, John Ley, Steve Millichamp, Vincent Gil, Lulu Pinkus, Reg Evans, Karen Moregold | |
| 13 | Firepower | | Michael Winner (director); Gerard Wilson (screenplay); Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O. J. Simpson, Eli Wallach, Anthony Franciosa, George Grizzard, Vincent Gardenia, Victor Mature, Jake LaMotta, Hank Garrett, George Touliatos, Conrad Roberts, Billy Barty, Vincent Beck, Dominic Chianese, Andrew Duncan, Paul D'Amato | |
| 20 | Ashanti | | | |
| Tilt | | Rudy Durand (director/screenplay); Brooke Shields, Ken Marshall, Charles Durning, Lorenzo Lamas, Don Stark, John Crawford, Geoffrey Lewis, Karen Lamm, Robert Brian Berger, Harvey Lewis | |
| 25 | Manhattan | | | |
| 27 | An Almost Perfect Affair | | | |
| Dreamer | | Noel Nosseck (director); James Proctor, Larry Bischof (screenplay); Tim Matheson, Susan Blakely, Jack Warden, Richard B. Shull, Barbara Stuart, Owen Bush, John Crawford, Marya Small, Matt Clark, Morgan Farley, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Speedy Zapata, JoBe Cerny, Azizi Johari, Dick Weber, Chris Schenkel, Nelson Burton Jr., Julian Byrd, Rita Ascot Boyd | |
| A Little Romance | | George Roy Hill (director/screenplay); Allan Burns (screenplay); Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Broderick Crawford, David Dukes, Anna Massey, Dominique Lavanant, Mike Marshall, Andrew Duncan, Claudette Sutherland, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Ashby Semple, Claude Brosset, Jacques Maury, Peter Maloney, Isabel Duby | |
| Saint Jack | | Peter Bogdanovich (director/screenplay); Howard Sackler, Paul Theroux (screenplay); Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland, Rodney Bewes, Mark Kingston, Lisa Lu, George Lazenby, Peter Bogdanovich, Monika Subramaniam, Judy Lim, Joseph Noël | |
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| 3 | Winds of Change | | Takashi Masunaga (director/screenplay); Ovid (screenplay); | |
| 4 | Last Embrace | | | |
| 11 | Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens | | Russ Meyer (director/screenplay); Roger Ebert (screenplay); Kitten Natividad, Anne Marie, June Mack, Uschi Digard, Stuart Lancaster, Steve Tracy, DeForest Covan, Russ Meyer, Ken Kerr, Candy Samples, Lola Langusta, Patrick Wright, Michael E. Finn, Sharon Hill, Henry Rowland, Robert E. Pearson, Don Scarbrough, Aram Katcher, Mary Gavin | |
| 12 | Ravagers | Columbia Pictures / Cinecorp | Richard Compton (director); Donald S. Sanford (screenplay); Richard Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Turkel, Art Carney, Anthony James, Alana Stewart, Woody Strode, Seymour Cassel, Bob Westmoreland, Kate Bray, Brian Carney, Kurt Grayson, Gordon Hyde, George Stokes | |
| 14 | The Kids Are Alright | | | |
| 15 | Zulu Dawn | American Cinema Releasing | Douglas Hickox (director); Cy Endfield, Anthony Storey (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Michael Jayston, Peter Vaughan, Denholm Elliott, James Faulkner, John Mills, Christopher Cazenove, Bob Hoskins, Ronald Pickup, Ronald Lacey, Ken Gampu,, Abe Temba, Gilbert Tiabane | |
| 17 | Winter Kills | | William Richert (director/screenplay); Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Sterling Hayden, Belinda Bauer, Dorothy Malone, Tomas Milian, Toshiro Mifune, Richard Boone, Ralph Meeker, David Spielberg, Brad Dexter, Gladys Hill, Joe Spinell, Irving Selbst, Sidney Lanier, Lissette Álvarez, Byron Morrow, John Warner, Tisa Farrow, Gianni Russo, Kim O'Brien, Erin Gray, Elizabeth Taylor, Ed Madsen | |
| 18 | Hanover Street | Columbia Pictures / Hanover Street Productions | Peter Hyams (director/screenplay); Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen, Richard Masur, Michael Sacks, John Ratzenberger, Jay Benedict, Patsy Kensit, Max Wall, Shane Rimmer, Sherrie Hewson, Eric Stine, Jeff Hawke | |
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| 25 | Alien | | | |
| Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | | Irwin Allen (director); Nelson Gidding (screenplay); Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden, Shirley Knight, Slim Pickens, Angela Cartwright, Mark Harmon, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden, Veronica Hamel, Paul Picerni, Patrick Culliton, Dean Raphael Ferrandini | |
| Jaws (re-release) | | | |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | | | |
| Wanda Nevada | | | |
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| 6 | Escape to Athena | | | |
| 8 | Players | | | |
| The Plumber | CEL (video) | | |
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| The Driller Killer | Rochelle Films / Cult Epics | | |
| Goldengirl | AVCO Embassy Pictures / Backstage Productions | | |
| The In-Laws | | Arthur Hiller (director); Andrew Bergman (screenplay); Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault, Penny Peyser, Arlene Golonka, Michael Lembeck, Paul Lawrence Smith, Carmine Caridi, Ed Begley Jr., James Hong, David Paymer, Kent Williams, John Hancock, John Finnegan, Eduardo Noriega, Rosana Soto, Carmen Dragon, Sammy Smith, Barbara Dana, Rozsika Halmos, Alvaro Carcano, Jorge Zepeda, Sergio Calderon, Danny Kwan | |
| The Night the Prowler | International Harmony / Chariot Films / New South Wales Film Corporation | Jim Sharman (director); Patrick White (screenplay); Ruth Cracknell, John Frawley, Kerry Walker, John Derum, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Terry Camilleri, Harry Neilson | |
| Prophecy | | John Frankenheimer (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Armand Assante, Victoria Racimo, Richard A. Dysart, George Clutesi, Burke Byrnes, Tom McFadden, Graham Jarvis, Kevin Peter Hall, Tom McLoughlin, Mia Bendixsen, Johnny Timko, Charles H. Gray, Everett Creach, Charles Flemmer | |
| Rocky II | United Artists / Chartoff-Winkler Productions | | |
| Walk Proud | | Robert L. Collins (director); Evan Hunter (screenplay); Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow, Pepe Serna, Trinidad Silva, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Lawrence Pressman, Brad Sullivan, Irene DeBari, Eloy Casados, Panchito Gómez, Rod Masterson, Ángel Salazar, Daniel Faraldo, Tony Alvarenga, Aesop Aquarian, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Lee Fraser, Claudio Martinez, Rose Portillo, Luis Reyes, Judith Searle | |
| The Water Babies | | Lionel Jeffries (director); Michael Robson (screenplay); James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson, Tommy Pender, Samantha Gates, Paul Luty, Jon Pertwee, Lance Percival, David Jason, Una Stubbs, Olive Gregg, Cass Allan, Liz Proud | |
| 22 | Escape from Alcatraz | | | |
| The Kirlian Witness | | Jonathan Sarno (director); Nancy Snyder, Nancy Boykin, Joel Colodner, Ted Le Plat, Lawrence Tierney, Maia Danziger | |
| The Main Event | | | |
| The Muppet Movie | | James Frawley (director); Jerry Juhl, Jack Burns (screenplay); Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Caroll Spinney, Steve Whitmire, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Scott Walker, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Bruce Kirby, James Frawley, Melinda Dillon, Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, Madeline Kahn, Telly Savalas, Carol Kane, Paul Williams, Milton Berle, Elliott Gould, Edgar Bergen, Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Cloris Leachman, Orson Welles, Tim Burton, John Landis, Kathryn Mullen, Bob Payne, Eren Ozker, Bruce Schwartz, Michael Earl Davis, Carolyn Wilcox, Olga Felgemacher, Buz Suraci, Tony Basilicato, Adam Hunt | |
| Nightwing | | | |
| 27 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | | Vincent McEveety (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Kenneth Mars, Elyssa Davalos, Jack Elam, Robert Pine, Harry Morgan, Ruth Buzzi, Audrey Totter, Richard X. Slattery, John Crawford, Ralph Manza, Cliff Osmond, Morgan Paull, Gary McLarty, Nick Ramus, Bryan O'Byrne, Robert Totten, Shug Fisher, Roger Mobley, Stu Gilliam, A.J. Bakunas, David S. Cass Sr., George Chandler, Jack Perkins, Art Evans, Peter Renaday, Mickey Gilbert, Ted Gehring, James Almanzar, Rex Holman, Joe Baker, Allan Studley | |
| The 36th Chamber of Shaolin | Shaw Brothers Studio / World Northal | | |
| 29 | Bloodline | | | |
| Meatballs | | Ivan Reitman (director); Len Blum, Dan Goldberg, Janis Allen, Harold Ramis (screenplay); Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell, Sarah Torgov, Jack Blum, Keith Knight, Matt Craven, Chris Makepeace, Hadley Kay, Cindy Girling, Todd Hoffman, Margot Pinvidic, Norma Dell'Agnese | |
| Moonraker | | | |
| Up from the Depths | | | | |
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| 6 | Nutcracker Fantasy | | Takeo Nakamura (director); Shintaro Tsuji, Eugene A. Fournier, Thomas Joachim (screenplay) | |
| 11 | The Last of the Knucklemen | | | |
| Plague | Group 1 Films / Harmony Ridge | | |
| 13 | Breaking Away | | | |
| Dracula | | | |
| The Frisco Kid | | Robert Aldrich (director); Michael Elias, Frank Shaw (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio, George DiCenzo, Leo Fuchs, Penny Peyser, William Smith, Jack Somack, Beege Barkette, Shay Duffin, Frank De Vol, Joe Kapp, Clyde Kusatsu, Vincent Schiavelli, Ian Wolfe, Martin Garner, Cliff Pellow, Eda Reiss Merin, Walter Janowitz | |
| The Wanderers | | | |
| 26 | The Europeans | | James Ivory (director); Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay); Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Tim Woodward, Tim Choate, Lisa Eichhorn, Kristin Griffith, Nancy New, Norman Snow, Helen Stenborg, Gedda Petry | |
| Unidentified Flying Oddball | | | |
| 27 | The Amityville Horror | American International Pictures / Cinema 77 / Professional Films, Inc. | Stuart Rosenberg (director); Sandor Stern (screenplay); James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Murray Hamilton, Don Stroud, John Larch, Natasha Ryan, K.C. Martel, Meeno Peluce, Michael Sacks, Helen Shaver, Amy Wright, Val Avery, Elsa Raven, Irene Dailey, Eddie Barth, James Tolkan, Marc Vahanian, Ellen Saland | |
| A Force of One | American Cinema Releasing | Paul Aaron (director); Pat E. Johnson, Ernest Tidyman (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager, Ron O'Neal, Bill Wallace, Eric Laneuville, James Whitmore Jr., Clint Ritchie, Pepe Serna, Ray Vitte, Chu Chu Malave, Mel Novak, Kevin Geer, Karen Obediear, Taylor Lacher, Lisa James, Eugene Butler | |
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| More American Graffiti | | Bill L. Norton (director/screenplay); Paul Le Mat, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Charles Martin Smith, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Anna Bjorn, Scott Glenn, Mary Kay Place, Wolfman Jack, Richard Bradford, Harrison Ford, James Houghton, Manuel Padilla, Jr., Will Seltzer, Jon Gries, Delroy Lindo, Rosanna Arquette, Naomi Judd, Steve Evans, Wayne Coy, John Lansing, Monica Tenner, Carol-Ann Williams, Tom Baker | |
| 5 | Meetings with Remarkable Men | Enterprise Pictures Ltd. | | |
| 10 | Americathon | | | |
| Hot Stuff | | Dom DeLuise (director); Michael Kane, Donald E. Westlake (screenplay); Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed, Ossie Davis, Luis Avalos, Pat McCormick, Marc Lawrence, Sydney Lassick, Robert George | |
| Sunburn | Paramount Pictures / Fawcett-Majors Productions / Tuesday Films / Hemdale Film Corporation / Bind Films | Richard C. Sarafian (director); James Booth, John Daly, Stephen Oliver (screenplay); Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins, William Daniels, John Hillerman, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Joan Goodfellow, Jack Kruschen, Alejandro Rey, Seymour Cassel, Alex Sharp, Bob Orrison, Robin Clarke,, Joanna Rush, Delroy White, Christa Walter | |
| 15 | Apocalypse Now | | | |
| Caligula | Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) / Analysis Film Releasing Corporation / Penthouse Films International / Felix Cinematografica | Tinto Brass (director/screenplay); Giancarlo Lui, Bob Guccione (directors); Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Guido Mannari, Patrick Allen, Giancarlo Badessi, Adriana Asti, Leopoldo Trieste, Paolo Bonacelli, Joss Ackland, John Steiner, Mirella D'Angelo, Richard Parets, Osiride Pevarello, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Bruno Brive, Paula Mitchell, Donato Placido, Lori Wagner, Valerie Rae Clark, Susanne Saxon, Jane Hargrave, Carolyn Patsis, Bonnie Dee Wilson | |
| Star Wars (re-release) | | | |
| 17 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | | | |
| My Brilliant Career | GUO Film Distributors / The New South Wales Film Corporation / Margaret Fink Productions | Gillian Armstrong (director); Eleanor Witcombe (screenplay); Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, Aileen Britton, Peter Whitford, Patricia Kennedy, Alan Hopgood, Julia Blake, David Franklin, Gordon Piper, Simone Buchanan, Marion Shad, Aaron Wood, Sue Davies | |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | | | |
| Rich Kids | | | |
| The Seduction of Joe Tynan | | Jerry Schatzberg (director); Alan Alda (screenplay); Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Kimbrough, Carrie Nye, Michael Higgins, Blanche Baker, Maureen Anderman, Robert Christian, Maurice Copeland, Marian Hailey, Chris Arnold, John Badila, Lu Elrod | |
| 24 | Rock 'n' Roll High School | | Allan Arkush (director); Richard Whitley, Russ Dvonch, Joseph McBride (screenplay); P.J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young, Ramones, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Dick Miller, Don Steele, Loren Lester, Grady Sutton, Alix Elias, Daniel Davies, Lynn Farrell, Herbie Braha | |
| 31 | City on Fire | | Alvin Rakoff (director); Jack Hill, Dave Lewis, Céline La Frenière (screenplay); Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James Franciscus, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda, Jonathan Welsh, Hilary Farr, Mavor Moore, Richard Donat, Donald Pilon, Cec Linder, Murray Cruchley, Anthony Sherwood, Nancy Beatty, Terry Haig, Ken James, Jefferson Mappin, Jérôme Tiberghien, Mel Ryane | |
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| 14 | | International Harmony | Picha (director/screenplay); Boris Szulzinger (director); Anne Beatts, Michael O'Donoghue (screenplay); Johnny Weissmuller Jr., John Belushi, Bill Murray, Christopher Guest, Brian Doyle-Murray, Emily Prager, Pat Bright, Adolph Caesar, Judy Graubart, Andrew Duncan, Guy Sorel, Bob Perry, Deya Kent, M. Vernon, Tony Jackson, John Baddeley | |
| The Tempest | | Derek Jarman (director/screenplay); Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox, Karl Johnson, Peter Bull, Richard Warwick, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Jack Birkett, Christopher Biggins, Peter Turner, Ken Campbell, Elisabeth Welch, Claire Davenport, Helen Wellington-Lloyd, Kate Temple, Angela Wittingham | |
| 19 | The Onion Field | AVCO Embassy Pictures / Black Marble Productions | | |
| Yanks | Universal Pictures / CIP Filmproduktion GmbH | | |
| 21 | Heartland | Levitt-Pickman / Filmhaus / The National Endowment for the Humanities / Wilderness Women | Richard Pearce (director); Beth Ferris, William Kittredge, Elinore Randall Stewart (screenplay); Rip Torn, Conchata Ferrell, Barry Primus, Megan Folsom, Lilia Skala, Amy Wright, Jerry Hardin, Jeff Boschee, Mary Boylan, Bob Sirucek | |
| Mr. Mike's Mondo Video | | Michael O'Donoghue (director/screenplay); Mitch Glazer, Dirk Wittenborn, Emily Prager (screenplay); Michael O'Donoghue, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Don Novello, Carrie Fisher, Margot Kidder, Teri Garr, Sid Vicious, Paul Shaffer, Debbie Harry, Root Boy Slim, Klaus Nomi, Robert Delford Brown, Patty Oja | |
| 28 | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie | | | |
| La Luna | 20th Century Fox / Fiction Cinematografica | | |
| A Man, a Woman, and a Bank | AVCO Embassy Pictures / Bennettfilms Inc. / McNichol | Noel Black (director); Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans, Stuart Margolin (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Paul Mazursky, Leigh Hamilton, Allan Kolman, Kung-Wu Huang | |
| Sleeping Beauty (re-release) | | | |
| Time After Time | | | |
| When a Stranger Calls | | Fred Walton (director/screenplay); Steve Feke (screenplay); Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst, Tony Beckley, Carmen Argenziano, Rutanya Alda, William Boyett, Ron O'Neal, Rachel Roberts, Kirsten Larkin, Michael Champion, Steven Anderson, Lenora May | |
| Wise Blood | | John Huston (director); Benedict Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald (screenplay); Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, Amy Wright, Mary Nell Santacroce, John Huston, William Hickey, J.L. Parker, Marvin Sapp, Betty Lou Groover | | |
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| Skatetown, U.S.A. | | William A. Levey (director); Nick Castle (screenplay); Scott Baio, Patrick Swayze, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Greg Bradford, Ron Palillo, Judy Landers, Ruth Buzzi, Dorothy Stratten, Joe E. Ross, Dave Mason, Billy Barty, Katherine Kelly Lang, David Landsberg, Sydney Lassick, Murray Langston, Bill Kirchenbauer, Vic Dunlop, Denny Johnston, Len Bari, April Allen | |
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| Nosferatu the Vampyre | | Werner Herzog (director/screenplay); Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Dan van Husen,, Carsten Bodinus, Martje Grohmann, Rijk de Gooyer, Clemens Scheitz, John Leddy, Tim Beekman, Lo van Hensbergen, Margiet van Hartingsveld | |
| 17 | The Black Stallion | | Carroll Ballard (director); Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff (screenplay); Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Ed McNamara, Doghmi Larbi, John Burton, John Buchanan, Kristen Vigard, Fausto Tozzi, John Karlsen, Leopoldo Trieste, Frank Cousins, Don Hudson, Marne Maitland, Tom Dahlgren | |
| 19 | ...And Justice for All. | | | |
| Avalanche Express | | | |
| Chilly Scenes of Winter | | | |
| French Postcards | | Willard Huyck (director/screenplay); Gloria Katz (screenplay); Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Valérie Quennessen, Debra Winger, Mandy Patinkin, Marie-France Pisier, Jean Rochefort, Lynn Carlin, George Coe, Christophe Bourseiller, Francois Lalande, Anémone, Veronique Jannot, Marie-Anne Chazel, Laurence Ligneres, Andre Penvern | |
| Jesus | Warner Bros. / Inspirational Films / Genesis Project | Peter Sykes, John Krish (directors); Barnet Fishbein (screenplay); Brian Deacon, Rivka Neumann, Yosef Shiloach, Talia Shapira, Alexander Scourby, Mosko Alkalai, Eli Cohen, Eli Danker, Dina Doron, Rula Lenska, Niko Nitai, Ori Levy, Kobi Assaf, Moti Baharav, Ya'ackov Ben-Sira, Ze'ev Berlinski, Peter Frye, Nisim Gerama, David Goldberg, Timothy Mark Hanson, Yftach Katzur, Miki Mfir, Yitzhak Ne'eman, Shmuel Ornstein, Richard Peterson, Milo Rafi, Gad Roll, Israel Rubinek, Michael Schneider, Nahum Shalit, Shmuel Tal, Michael Warshaviak, Leonid Weinstein, Rolf Brin, Dov Friedman, Kevin O'Shea, Yossi Pollak, Dada Rubin | |
| Meteor | | | |
| 26 | Derek and Clive Get the Horn | | Russell Mulcahy (director); Peter Cook, Dudley Moore (screenplay); Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Judy Huxtable, Richard Branson, Nicola Austine | |
| The Great Santini | | Lewis John Carlino (director/screenplay); Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Stan Shaw, Brian Andrews, Paul Gleason, Julie Anne Haddock, David Keith, Paul Mantee, Theresa Merritt, Lisa Jane Persky, Michael Strong, Joe A. Dorsey | |
| The Magician of Lublin | | Menahem Golan (director/screenplay); Sheldon Patinkin, Irving S. White (screenplay); Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Shelley Winters, Lisa Whelchel, Elspeth March, Valerie Perrine, Maia Danziger, Zachi Noy, Friedrich Schoenfelder, Shaike Ophir, Lou Jacobi, Warren Berlinger, Linda Bernstein | |
| The Lady Vanishes | | Anthony Page (director); George Axelrod (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian Carmichael, Gerald Harper, Jenny Runacre, Jean Anderson, Madlena Nedeva, Madge Ryan, Rosalind Knight, Vladek Sheybal, Wolf Kahler, Barbara Markham, Peter Schratt | |
| 31 | Tess | | | |
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| Promises in the Dark | | Jerome Hellman (director); Loring Mandel (screenplay); Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty, Susan Clark, Michael Brandon, Kathleen Beller, Paul Clemens, Donald Moffat, Philip Sterling, Bonnie Bartlett, James Noble, Peggy McCay, Fran Bennett, Arthur Rosenberg, Robert Doran, Lenora May, Alexandra Johnson, Eloise Hardt, Bernie Kuby, Karen Anders, Edith Fields, Alice Beardsley | |
| Quadrophenia | World-Northal Corporation / The Who Films Ltd | | |
| Running | | Steven Hilliard Stern (director/screenplay); Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Chuck Shamata, Eugene Levy, Philip Akin, Gordon Clapp, Lawrence Dane, Lesleh Donaldson, Robin Duke, David Eisner, Giancarlo Esposito, Marvin Goldhar, Jim McKay, Tony Rosato, Murray Westgate, Trudy Young, Robert Hannah, Shawn Lawrence, Jennifer McKinney, Monica Parker | |
| 6 | Don Giovanni | | Joseph Losey (director/screenplay); Rolf Liebermann, Patricia Losey, Renzo Rossellini, Frantz Salieri (screenplay); Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam, Teresa Berganza, Malcolm King, Eric Adjani | |
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | | | |
| 7 | The Rose | | | |
| 8 | Eagle's Wing | Rank Film Distributors / Peter Shaw Productions | | |
| 14 | All Quiet on the Western Front | | Delbert Mann (director); Paul Monash (screenplay); Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal, Mark Elliott, Dai Bradley, Dominic Jephcott, Ewan Stewart, Michael Sheard, Mary Miller, Matthew Evans, George Winter, Mark Drewry, Colin Mayes, Katerina Lirova | |
| Boardwalk | Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Stratford Travellers Films | Stephen Verona (director/screenplay); Leigh Chapman (screenplay); Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh, Joe Silver, Eddie Barth, Teri Keane, Eli Mintz, Lillian Roth, Altovise Davis, Merwin Goldsmith, Michael Ayr, Forbesy Russell, Chevi Colton, Rashel Novikoff, Kim Delgado | |
| The Cat and the Canary | Grenadier Films | | |
| The Silent Scream | American Cinema Releasing / Speculator Productions | Denny Harris (director/screenplay); Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat, Wallace E. Bennett (screenplay); Rebecca Balding, Barbara Steele, Cameron Mitchell, Yvonne De Carlo, Avery Schreiber, John Widelock, Steve Doubet, Brad Rearden, Juli Andelman, Jack Stryker, Thelma Pelish, Tina Tyler, Jason Zahler | |
| 17 | Salem's Lot | | | |
| 21 | Mountain Family Robinson | | | |
| The Visitor | American International Pictures / The International Picture Show Company / Brouwersgracht Investments / Film Ventures International / Swan American Film | | |
| 23 | Birth of the Beatles | | | |
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| Wise Blood | | John Huston (director); Benedict Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald (screenplay); Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, Amy Wright, Mary Nell Santacroce, John Huston, William Hickey, J.L. Parker, Marvin Sapp, Betty Lou Groover | |
| 14 | 1941 | | Steven Spielberg (director); Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshirō Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Treat Williams, Penny Marshall, Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Eddie Deezen, Walter Olkewicz, Dianne Kay, Slim Pickens, Kerry Sherman, Wendie Jo Sperber, John Candy, John Voldstad, Perry Lang, Geno Silva, Patti LuPone, Whitney Rydbeck, Lucinda Dooling, Frank McRae, Steven Mond, Dub Taylor, Luis Contreras, Lionel Stander, Michael McKean, Susan Backlinie, David L. Lander, Joe Flaherty, Don Calfa, Ignatius Wolfington, Lucille Benson, Elisha Cook Jr., Hiroshi Shimizu, Rita Taggart, Maureen Teefy, Akio Mitamura, Mickey Rourke, Samuel Fuller, Audrey Landers, John Landis, Dick Miller, Donovan Scott, Andy Tennant, Jack Thibeau, Jerry Hardin, Robert Houston, James Caan, Sydney Lassick, Debbie Rothstein | |
| Chapter Two | | Robert Moore (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); James Caan, Marsha Mason, Valerie Harper, Joseph Bologna, Alan Fudge, Judy Farrell, Debra Mooney, Isabel Cooley, Imogene Bliss, Barry Michlin, Ray Young, Greg Zadikov, Dr. Paul Singh, Sumant, Cheryl Blanchi | |
| The Jerk | | | |
| The War at Home | | Glenn Silber, Barry Alexander Brown (directors); Blake Kellogg | |
| 19 | Being There | | Hal Ashby (director); Jerzy Kosiński (screenplay); Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Than Wyenn, David Clennon, Fran Brill, Ruth Attaway, Denise DuBarry, Sam Weisman, Alice Hirson, Arthur Rosenberg, Jerome Hellman, James Noble, John Harkins, Elya Baskin, Richard McKenzie, Oteil Burbridge, Hoyt Clark Harris Jr. | |
| The Human Factor | | | |
| Kramer vs. Kramer | | Robert Benton (director/screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry, Howard Duff, George Coe, JoBeth Williams, Howland Chamberlain, Petra King, Melissa Morell, Dan Tyra | |
| Roller Boogie | | | |
| 20 | All That Jazz | | Bob Fosse (director/screenplay); Robert Alan Aurthur (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman, Ben Vereen, Erzsébet Földi, Keith Gordon, David Margulies, Michael Tolan, Max Wright, William LeMassena, Deborah Geffner, John Lithgow, Jules Fisher, Chris Chase, Anthony Holland, Sandahl Bergman, Jennifer Nairn-Smith, Ben Masters, Robert Levine, C.C.H. Pounder, Wallace Shawn, Tito Goya, Michael Hinton, Eileen Casey, Bruce Anthony Davis, Gary Flannery, Danny Ruvolo, Leland Schwantes, John Sowinski, Candace Tovar, Rima Vetter | |
| 21 | Baby Snakes | Intercontinental Absurdities | | |
| The Black Hole | | | |
| Cuba | United Artists / Holmby Pictures | Richard Lester (director); Charles Wood (screenplay); Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Jack Weston, Héctor Elizondo, Denholm Elliott, Martin Balsam, Chris Sarandon, Alejandro Rey, Lonette McKee, Danny De La Paz, Louisa Moritz, Dave King, Walter Gotell, David Rappaport, Wolfe Morris, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Maria Charles, Pauline Peart, Earl Cameron, John Morton, Stefan Kalipha, Ram John Holder, Willis Bouchey, Ana Obregón, Michael Lees, Tony Mathews, Leticia Garrido, Anna Nicholas, Anthony Pullen Shaw, Raul Newney, James Turner | |
| C.H.O.M.P.S. | | | |
| The Electric Horseman | | | |
| Scavenger Hunt | | Michael Schultz (director); Steven A. Vail, Henry Harper (screenplay); Richard Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Richard Mulligan, Tony Randall, Dirk Benedict, Willie Aames, Stephanie Faracy, Stephen Furst, Richard Masur, Meat Loaf, Pat McCormick, Vincent Price, Avery Schreiber, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Liz Torres, Carol Wayne, Stuart Pankin, Maureen Teefy, Missy Francis, Julie Anne Haddock, Henry Polic II, Emory Bass, David Hollander, Shane Sinutko, Hal Landon Jr., Marji Martin, Jerado Decordovier, Byron Webster | |
| 25 | Going in Style | | Martin Brest (director/screenplay); George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan, Pamela Payton-Wright, Siobhan Keegan, Brian Neville | | |
