| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Gli anni struggenti | | | comedy | |
| Assassinio sul Tevere | | | poliziottesco-comedy | |
| Beyond the Darkness | | Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale, Franca Stoppi | Horror | |
| Caligula | | | Adult, Drama, History | [1] |
| Christ Stopped at Eboli | | | Political drama | Golden Prize at Moscow, David di Donatello for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film |
| Cindy's Love Games | | | | |
| | | | |
| | Nino Manfredi, Marlène Jobert, Vittorio Mezzogiorno | crime drama | |
| Dear Father | | Vittorio Gassman, Andrée Lachapelle, Aurore Clément | drama | Entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival |
| Don Giovanni | | | Opera | |
| Don't Trust the Mafia | | Gabriele Tinti, Paola Senatore, Pino Mauro | Crime | |
| Un dramma borghese | | | drama | |
| Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot | | | Comedy | |
| Encounters in the Deep | | Andrés García, Gianni Garko, Gabriele Ferzetti | science fiction | |
| Ernesto | | | drama | Entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Finzi Detective Agency | | | crime-comedy | |
| From Corleone to Brooklyn | | | Crime | |
| From Hell to Victory | | | war | |
| From the Clouds to the Resistance | | | drama | |
| Bruno Corbucci | Tomas Milian, Asha Puthli | poliziottesco-comedy | |
| Gardenia | | | | |
| Giallo a Venezia | Mario Landi | Leonora Fani | | |
| The Great Alligator River | | | Horror | |
| Happy Hobos | Sergio Citti | | comedy | |
| Hot Potato | Steno | | comedy | |
| | | horror | |
| How to Seduce Your Teacher | | | | |
| Hunted City | Stelvio Massi | Maurizio Merli, Mario Merola | | |
| Hurricane Rosy | | | sport comedy | |
| Images in a Convent | Joe D'Amato | Paola Senatore, Marina Hedman | sexploitation | |
| L'imbranato | Pier Francesco Pingitore | | comedy | |
| I'm for the Hippopotamus | | | adventure-comedy | |
| L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe | | | | |
| Island of the Fishmen | Sergio Martino | Claudio Cassinelli, Barbara Bach, Richard Johnson, Joseph Cotten | adventure-fantasy | |
| La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta | | | | |
| Life Is Beautiful | | | Drama | |
| Lobster for Breakfast | | | comedy | |
| Lovers and Liars (Viaggio con Anita) | | | Romantic comedy | |
| La luna | | | Drama | |
| Malabimba – The Malicious Whore | | | | |
| Il malato immaginario | | Alberto Sordi, Laura Antonelli, Bernard Blier, Giuliana De Sio | comedy | |
| A Man on His Knees | | | crime-drama | |
| The Meadow | | | drama | |
| Neapolitan Mystery | | | Giallo comedy | |
| Night Nurse | | | | |
| The Nurse in the Military Madhouse | | | | |
| Ogro | | | Drama | Spanish co-production. David di Donatello winner |
| Il piccolo Archimede | | | | |
| A Policewoman on the Porno Squad | | | | |
| Porci con la P 38 | | | | |
| Play Motel | | | | |
| Ratataplan | | | Comedy |
| Le rose di Danzica | | | war drama | |
| Saturday, Sunday and Friday | | | Comedy |
| Scusi lei è normale? | | | Commedia sexy all'italiana |
| Seeking Asylum (Chiedo asilo) | | | Comedy | Berlin Award |
| The Shark Hunter | | | Adventure | filmed in Mexico |
| The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid | | | Comedy |
| | Lino Capolicchio, Gianni Cavina, Carlo Delle Piane | | |
| Supersonic Man | | | superhero | |
| Terror Express | | | | |
| Tigers in Lipstick | | | Comedy |
| Together? | | | romance drama | |
| To Forget Venice | | | Drama | David di Donatello Best Film winner. Academy Award nominee. Gay interest |
| Traffic Jam | | | drama | |
| Velvet Hands | | | comedy | |
| The Visitor | | | psychological thriller | |
| I viaggiatori della sera | Ugo Tognazzi | Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Vanoni, Corinne Cléry | science fiction-drama | |
| Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice? | | | | |
| Zombi 2 | | Tisa Farrow | Horror | |
| Zombie Holocaust | Marino Girolami | Ian McCulloch | Horror | |
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