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The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1974 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1974

Rank	Title	Distributor(s)	Domestic rentals
1	The Towering Inferno	20th Century / Warner Bros.	$50,000,000
2	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.	$45,200,000
3	Young Frankenstein	20th Century	$38,800,000
4	Earthquake	Universal	$36,300,000
5	The Trial of Billy Jack	Warner Bros.	$31,100,000
6	The Godfather Part II	Paramount	$30,700,000
7	Airport 1975	Universal Pictures	$25,800,000
8	The Longest Yard	Paramount	$23,000,000
9	Death Wish	Paramount	$22,000,000
10	The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams	Sunn Classic	$21,895,000

Events

• February 7 – Blazing Saddles is released in the United States.
• May 28 - Joseph E. Levine, the founder of Embassy Pictures, resigns as president.
• June 20 – Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski and featured Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston, is released to worldwide critical acclaim.
• November 1 – Technicolor ceases its legendary dye-transfer printing process.
• November 8 – Frank Yablans announces his resignation as president of Paramount Pictures with effect from January 5, 1975 following Barry Diller earlier becoming chairman and chief executive office.
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with big fanfare, including That's Entertainment!, a retrospective documentary celebrating its prestigious musicals (e.g. The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Meet Me in St. Louis, Gigi, An American in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers).
• October–December – Three "disaster films" are released in three consecutive months: Airport 1975, Earthquake, and The Towering Inferno respectively. All were box office successes.
• Kevin Costner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach, U.S.A., although the film was not released until 1986.

Awards

Category/Organization	32nd Golden Globe Awards January 25, 1975		28th BAFTA Awards February 18, 1975	47th Academy Awards April 8, 1975
	Drama	Comedy or Musical
Best Film	Chinatown	The Longest Yard	Lacombe, Lucien	The Godfather Part II
Best Director	Roman Polanski Chinatown			Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part II
Best Actor	Jack Nicholson Chinatown	Art Carney Harry and Tonto	Jack Nicholson The Last Detail / Chinatown	Art Carney Harry and Tonto
Best Actress	Gena Rowlands A Woman Under the Influence	Raquel Welch The Three Musketeers	Joanne Woodward Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams	Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Best Supporting Actor	Fred Astaire The Towering Inferno		John Gielgud Murder on the Orient Express	Robert De Niro The Godfather Part II
Best Supporting Actress	Karen Black The Great Gatsby		Ingrid Bergman Murder on the Orient Express
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Chinatown Robert Towne		Chinatown / The Last Detail Robert Towne	The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
Best Screenplay, Original				Chinatown Robert Towne
Best Original Score	Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe The Little Prince		Richard Rodney Bennett Murder on the Orient Express	Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola The Godfather Part II Nelson Riddle The Great Gatsby
Best Original Song	"I Feel Love" Benji		N/A	"We May Never Love Like This Again" The Towering Inferno
Best Foreign Language Film	Scenes from a Marriage		N/A	Amarcord

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, directed by Ted Kotcheff, Canada

Notable films released in 1974

United States unless stated

• The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (Urutora Roku Kyōdai tai Kaijū Gundan) – (Japan/Thailand)
• 11 Harrowhouse, starring Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason
• 36 Ghante, starring Raaj Kumar and Sunil Dutt – (India)
• 99 and 44/100% Dead, starring Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Edmond O'Brien, Chuck Connors

A

• Aap Ki Kasam, starring Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz – (India)
• Abby, starring William Marshall
• A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj) – (Yugoslavia)
• Aina (The Mirror) – (Pakistan)
• Airport 1975, starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Myrna Loy, Gloria Swanson
• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder – (West Germany)
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Harvey Keitel, Alfred Lutter, Jodie Foster
• Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Städten), directed by Wim Wenders – (West Germany)
• Alien Thunder, starring Donald Sutherland
• All the Kind Strangers, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Stacy Keach and Samantha Eggar
• Allonsanfàn, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
• Almost Human (Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare), starring Tomas Milian and Henry Silva – (Italy)
• And Now My Love (Toute une vie), directed by Claude Lelouch, starring Marthe Keller – (France)
• And Then There Were None, starring Richard Attenborough, Charles Aznavour, Gert Fröbe, Herbert Lom, Oliver Reed, Adolfo Celi, Elke Sommer
• Animals Are Beautiful People – (South Africa)
• Angkur (The Seedling) – (India)
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Richard Dreyfuss – Golden Bear winner – (Canada)
• Arabian Nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – (Italy)
• At Home Among Strangers (Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh) – (U.S.S.R.)
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (made for TV), starring Cicely Tyson

B

• Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, starring Barry Crocker and Barry Humphries – (Australia)
• The Beast Must Die, starring Peter Cushing – (U.K.)
• Benji, starring Patsy Garrett
• Big Bad Mama, starring Angie Dickinson
• Billy Two Hats, starring Gregory Peck and Desi Arnaz Jr.
• Black Belt Jones, starring Jim Kelly
• Black Christmas (a.k.a. Silent Night, Evil Night), starring Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Keir Dullea – (Canada)
• The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine and Janet Suzman – (U.K.)
• Blazing Saddles, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras
• Blood for Dracula (Andy Warhol's Dracula), directed by Paul Morrissey
• Bread and Chocolate (Pane e cioccolata), starring Nino Manfredi – (Italy)
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Gig Young, Robert Webber
• Buster and Billie, starring Jan-Michael Vincent
• Butley, directed by Harold Pinter, starring Alan Bates and Jessica Tandy – (U.K.)

C

• Caged Heat, directorial debut of Jonathan Demme
• California Split, directed by Robert Altman, starring George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss
• Callan, starring Edward Woodward – (U.K.)
• Carry On Dick, starring Sid James and Barbara Windsor – (U.K.)
• The Cars that Ate Paris, directorial debut of Peter Weir – (Australia)
• The Castaway Cowboy, directed by Vincent McEveety, starring James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, and Robert Culp
• Celine and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau), directed by Jacques Rivette – (France)
• Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway – Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture, Director and Actor
• Claudine, starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones
• The Clockmaker (L' Horloger de Saint-Paul), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Philippe Noiret and Jean Rochefort – (France)
• Closed Mondays (animated short) - Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film
• Cockfighter, starring Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton
• Conrack, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Jon Voight
• The Conscript (De loteling) – (Belgium)
• The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford
• Conversation Piece (Gruppo di famiglia in un interno), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster – (Italy)
• Crazy Joe, starring Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Eli Wallach
• The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder, starring Timothy Bottoms and Barbara Hershey

D

• Daisy Miller, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cybill Shepherd and Barry Brown
• Dark Star, directed by John Carpenter, starring Dan O'Bannon
• Death Wish, directed by Michael Winner, starring Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange
• The Deluge (Potop) – (Poland)
• Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, starring Peter Fonda and Susan George
• Dost (Friend), starring Dharmendra – (India)
• Drama of the Rich (Fatti di gente perbene), starring Giancarlo Giannini and Catherine Deneuve – (Italy)

E

• Earthquake, directed by Mark Robson, starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Richard Roundtree, Geneviève Bujold, Victoria Principal
• Edvard Munch – (Norway/Sweden)
• Effi Briest, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla – (West Germany)
• Electra, My Love (Szerelmem, Elektra), directed by Miklós Jancsó – (Hungary)
• Emmanuelle, starring Sylvia Kristel – (France)
• The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (a.k.a. Every Man For Himself and God Against All), directed by Werner Herzog – (West Germany)

F

• F for Fake (originally Vérités et Mensonges), directed by and starring Orson Welles – (France/West Germany/Iran)
• Female Trouble, directed by John Waters, starring Divine
• Five Shaolin Masters (Shao Lin wu zu), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
• Flesh for Frankenstein (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein), directed by Paul Morrissey
• For Pete's Sake, starring Barbra Streisand
• The Four Musketeers (a.k.a. The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge), starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain – (U.K.)
• Foxy Brown, starring Pam Grier
• Freebie and the Bean, starring James Caan and Alan Arkin
• The Front Page, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Carol Burnett

G

• The Gambler, directed by Karel Reisz, starring James Caan, Lauren Hutton, Paul Sorvino
• Gavaznha (The Deer) – (Iran)
• General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait), a documentary film by Barbet Schroeder – (France/Switzerland)
• Ginger in the Morning, starring Sissy Spacek
• The Girl from Petrovka, starring Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins
• The Godfather Part II, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Michael V. Gazzo, Lee Strasberg
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, directed by Jun Fukuda – (Japan)
• Going Places (Les Valseuses), directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jeanne Moreau – (France)
• Gold, starring Roger Moore and Susannah York
• Golden Needles, starring Joe Don Baker and Elizabeth Ashley
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, starring John Phillip Law and Tom Baker with special effects by Ray Harryhausen – (U.K.)
• Gone in 60 Seconds, directed by and starring H. B. Halicki
• Great Expectations, starring Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason – (U.S./U.K.)
• The Great Gatsby, directed by Jack Clayton, starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Lois Chiles, Karen Black
• La Gueule ouverte (The Mouth Agape), directed by Maurice Pialat – (France)

H

• Harry and Tonto, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Art Carney, Herbert Berghof, Larry Hagman, Ellen Burstyn
• Hearts and Minds, directed by Peter Davis – Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
• Herbie Rides Again, starring Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers, Ken Berry
• Heroes Two (Fang Shiyu yu Hong Xiguan), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
• The Holy Office (El santo oficio) – (Mexico)
• The Homeless (Yadonashi) – (Japan)
• Hotel Angel (Theptida rong ram) – (Thailand)

I

• In Summer We Must Love, starring Salah Zulfikar – (Egypt)
• The Internecine Project, starring James Coburn and Lee Grant – (U.K.)
• The Island at the Top of the World, starring David Hartman and Donald Sinden
• It's Alive, starring John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell

J

• Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! (Joachim, Put It in the Machine) – (Czechoslovakia)
• Je Tu Il Elle, directed by Chantal Akerman – (Belgium/France)
• Jock Petersen, starring Jack Thompson – (Australia)
• Journey Back to Oz
• Juggernaut, starring Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Anthony Hopkins – (U.K.)
• A Jungle Book of Regulations (Nie ma rózy bez ognia) – (Poland)

K

• Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon – (Japan)
• The Klansman, directed by Terence Young, starring Lee Marvin and Richard Burton
• Kunwara Baap, directed by and starring Mehmood – (India)

L

• Lacombe, Lucien, directed by Louis Malle, starring Pierre Blaise and Aurore Clément – (France)
• Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, a concert film
• Lancelot du Lac, directed by Robert Bresson – (France)
• Lemora, directed by Richard Blackburn, starring Cheryl Smith and Lesley Gilb.
• Lenny, a biopic of Lenny Bruce, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine
• The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, starring Dan Haggerty
• The Longest Yard (a.k.a. The Mean Machine), directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, Richard Kiel
• The Lords of Flatbush, starring Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler
• Lost in the Stars, starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Clifton Davis
• Lovin' Molly, starring Blythe Danner, Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges
• Luther, a biopic of Martin Luther, starring Stacy Keach – (U.K./U.S./Canada)

M

• Macon County Line, starring Max Baer Jr.
• Madhouse, starring Vincent Price
• Mahler, a biopic of Gustav Mahler directed by Ken Russell – (U.K.)
• Majboor (Compulsed) – (India)
• Mame, directed by Gene Saks, starring Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston
• Man on a Swing, directed by Frank Perry, starring Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson, George Voskovec
• The Man Who Sleeps (Un homme qui dort) – (France) – winner of the Prix Jean Vigo
• The Man with the Golden Gun, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond), with Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland – (U.K.)
• The Mark of Zorro
• The Marseille Contract, starring Michael Caine, James Mason, Anthony Quinn
• Mashti Mamdali's Car by Reza Fazeli (Iran)
• McQ, directed by John Sturges, starring John Wayne, Al Lettieri, Eddie Albert, Clu Gulager, Colleen Dewhurst, Diana Muldaur
• Le meravigliose avventure di Zorro
• The Middle of the World (Le Milieu du monde) – (France/Switzerland)
• The Midnight Man, directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, with Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Ed Lauter
• Mr. Majestyk, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal, Al Lettieri
• Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Richard Widmark – (U.K.)
• My Little Loves (Mes Petites Amoureuses) – (France)

N

• Newman's Law, starring George Peppard
• The Night of the Scarecrow (A Noite do Espantalho) – (Brazil)
• The Night Porter (Il Portiere di notte), directed by Liliana Cavani, starring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling – (Italy)
• The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, an adult animated film

O

• The Odessa File, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell – (U.K./West Germany)
• One or the Other of Us, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Jürgen Prochnow – (West Germany)
• Orders (Les Ordres), starring Jean Lapointe – (Canada)

P

• Parade, directed by and starring Jacques Tati – (France/Sweden)
• The Parallax View, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss
• Pastoral: To Die in the Country (Den-en ni shisu) – (Japan)
• A Peasant on a Bicycle (Selyaninat s Koleloto), directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Georgi Georgiev-Getz and Georgi Rusev – (Bulgaria)
• The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la liberté), directed by Luis Buñuel – (France)
• Phantom of the Paradise, directed by Brian De Palma, starring William Finley, Paul Williams and Jessica Harper
• Phase IV, directed by Saul Bass, starring Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport and Lynne Frederick
• La prima Angélica (a.k.a. Cousin Angelica), directed by Carlos Saura – (Spain)

R

• The Red Snowball Tree (Kalina krasnaya) – (U.S.S.R.)
• The Rehearsal (I Dokimi), directed by and starring Jules Dassin with Olympia Dukakis – (Greece)
• Report to the Commissioner, starring Michael Moriarty and Yaphet Kotto
• Return of the Street Fighter (Satsujin ken 2) – (Japan)
• Rhinoceros, starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel

S

• Sandakan No. 8 (Brothel 8) – (Japan)
• The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova) – (U.S.S.R.)
• Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna), directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman – (Italy)
• Sister Street Fighter (Onna Hissatsu Ken) – (Japan)
• Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (Onna hissatsu ken: kiki ippatsu) – (Japan)
• Son of Dracula, starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr – (U.K.)
• The Spikes Gang, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Lee Marvin, Ron Howard, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith
• S*P*Y*S, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould
• Stardust, directed by Michael Apted, starring David Essex, Adam Faith and Larry Hagman – (U.K.)
• Stavisky, directed by Alain Resnais, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo – (France/Italy)
• Still Life (Tabiate bijan) – (Iran)
• Stone, a cult Australian film
• The Street Fighter (Gekitotsu! Satsujin Ken), starring Sonny Chiba – (Japan)
• The Street Fighter's Last Revenge – (Japan)
• The Sugarland Express, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson
• The Super Cops, directed by Gordon Parks, starring Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier, Pat Hingle, Dan Frazer
• Sweet Movie, directed by Dušan Makavejev – (Canada/France/West Germany)
• Swept Away (Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto), starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato – (Italy)
• The Swinging Cheerleaders, directed by Jack Hill, starring Colleen Camp, Cheryl Smith, Rosanne Katon
• Symptoms, starring Angela Pleasence – (U.K.)

T

• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Joseph Sargent, starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Jerry Stiller
• The Tamarind Seed, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif – (U.K./U.S.)
• The Terminal Man, starring George Segal and Joan Hackett
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Marilyn Burns
• That's Entertainment!, a documentary directed by Jack Haley Jr., featuring Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Bing Crosby, Mickey Rooney, Liza Minnelli
• Thieves Like Us, directed by Robert Altman, starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges
• Torkaman by Amir Shervan (Iran)
• The Towering Inferno, starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Jennifer Jones, Robert Wagner, O. J. Simpson, Fred Astaire
• Three Tough Guys, starring Lino Ventura, Fred Williamson, Isaac Hayes
• Truck Turner, starring Isaac Hayes
• The Traveler (Mossafer), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – (Iran)

U

• The Ultimate Thrill, starring Barry Brown and Britt Ekland

V

• Vampyres, starring Marianne Morris and Anulka – (U.K.)
• Vase de Noces, directed by Thierry Zéno – (Belgium)

W

• We All Loved Each Other So Much (C'eravamo tanto amati), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Stefania Sandrelli and Vittorio Gassman – (Italy)
• Weighed But Found Wanting (Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang) – (Philippines)
• When the North Wind Blows, starring Dan Haggerty
• Where the Lilies Bloom, starring Harry Dean Stanton
• The White Dawn, starring Warren Oates, Louis Gossett Jr., Timothy Bottoms – (Canada)
• Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (animated short)
• A Woman Under the Influence, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands (Golden Globe Award) and Peter Falk

Y

• Young Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle

Z

• Zandy's Bride, starring Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann
• Zardoz, starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling – (U.K.)

1974 Wide-release movies

United States unless stated

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	1	Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones	Dragonaire Ltd.	Rollin Binzer (director); The Rolling Stones	Concert	Live Action
	4	McQ	Warner Bros. / Batjac Productions	John Sturges (director); Lawrence Roman (screenplay); John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Jim Watkins, Al Lettieri, Julie Adams, Roger E. Mosley, William Bryant, Richard Kelton, Richard Eastham, Larry Buck, Kim Sanford	Neo-Noir, Crime, Action	Live Action
	13	The Satanic Rites of Dracula	Columbia-Warner Distributors / Hammer Film Productions	Alan Gibson (director); Don Houghton (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley, Richard Vernon, Valerie Van Ost, Barbara Yu Ling, Patrick Barr, Lockwood West, John Harvey, Pauline Peart, Marc Zuber, Maurice O'Connell, Richard Mathews, Peter Adair, Maggie Fitzgerald, Finnuala O'Shannon, Mia Martin, Paul Weston, Ian Dewar, Graham Rees	Horror	Live Action
	15	The Arena	Variety Distribution / Rover Film	Steve Carver (director); John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington (screenplay); Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Paul Müller, Daniele Vargas, Rosalba Neri, Vassili Karis, Mimmo Palmara, Antonio Casale, Lucretia Love, Marie Louise, Mary Count, Sid Lawrence, Franco Garofalo, Pietro Ceccarelli, Jho Jhenkins	Exploitation	Live Action
	21	Luther	American Film Theatre	Guy Green (director); Edward Anhalt (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Julian Glover, Maurice Denham, Judi Dench, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith, Robert Stephens, Peter Cellier, Leonard Rossiter, Thomas Heathcote, Matthew Guinness, Alan Badel, Bruce Carstairs, Malcolm Stoddard	Biography, Drama	Live Action
		Rhinoceros	American Film Theatre	Tom O'Horgan (director); Julian Barry, Eugène Ionesco (screenplay); Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black, Joe Silver, Marilyn Chris, Percy Rodrigues, Robert Fields, Don Calfa, Lou Cutell, Howard Morton, Anne Ramsey, Lorna Thayer, Robert Weil, Melody Santangello, Manuel Aviles	Comedy	Live Action
	28	Black Belt Jones	Warner Bros. / Sequoin Films	Robert Clouse (director); Oscar Williams (screenplay); Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Eric Laneuville, Andre Philippe, Mel Novak, Earl Jolly Brown, Earl Maynard, Marla Gibbs, Ted Lange, Esther Sutherland, Alan Weeks, Vincent Barbi, Malik Carter, Eddie Smith, Jac Emil, Clarence Barnes, Nate Esformes	Blaxploitation, Martial Arts	Live Action
	30	The Bat People	American International Pictures	Jerry Jameson (director); Lou Shaw (screenplay); Stewart Moss, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Pataki, Paul Carr, Arthur Space, Robert Berk, Pat Delaney, George Paulsin, Bonnie Van Dyke, Jennifer Kulik, Laurie Brooks Jefferson, Herb Pierce	Horror	Live Action
F E B R U A R Y	2	The Street Fighter	Toei Company	Shigehiro Ozawa (director); Kōji Takada, Motohiro Torii (screenplay); Shinichi "Sonny" Triba, Yutaka "Doris" Nakajima, Masashi "Milton" Ishibashi, Jirō Yabuki, Etsuko "Sue" Shihomi, Nobuo Kawai, Ken Kazama, Rinichi Yamamoto, Fumio Watanabe, Tatsuo Endō, Goichi "Gerald" Yamada, Masafumi Suzuki, Yūshiro Sumi, Osman Yusuf, Chico Lourant, Tony Cetera	Martial Arts	Live Action
	6	Zardoz	20th Century Fox	John Boorman (director/screenplay); Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, Niall Buggy, John Alderton, Bosco Hogan, Bairbre Dowling, Christopher Casson, Sally Anne Newton, Jessica Swift, Reginald Jarman	Sci-Fi, Fantasy	Live Action
	7	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros. / Crossbow Productions	Mel Brooks (director/screenplay); Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger (screenplay); Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Burton Gilliam, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, George Furth, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Carol Arthur, Richard Collier, Charles McGregor, Robyn Hilton, Don Megowan, Dom DeLuise, Count Basie, Rodney Allen Rippy, Robert Ridgely, Ralph Manza, Aneta Corsaut, Dick Crockett, Richard Farnsworth, Chuck Hayward, Sally Kirkland, Patrick Labyorteaux, Karl Lukas, Troy Melton, Hal Needham, Harvey Parry, Jack Perkins, Tom Pittman, Darrell Sandeen, David Sharpe, Tom Steele, Dick Warlock, Bill Zuckert	Western, Black Comedy	Live Action
		Sugar Hill	American International Pictures	Paul Maslansky (director); Tim Kelly (screenplay); Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley, Betty Anne Rees, Richard Lawson, Zara Cully, Charles P. Robinson, Big Walter Price, Larry D. Johnson, Rick Hagood, Ed Geldart, Albert J. Baker, Raymond E. Simpson III, Thomas C. Carroll, Charles Krohn, J. Randall Bell	Horror, Blaxploitation	Live Action
	11	Thieves Like Us	United Artists	Robert Altman (director/screenplay); Joan Tewkesbury, Calder Willingham (screenplay); Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Louise Fletcher, Tom Skerritt, Joan Maguire, Franklin D. Roosevelt	Crime, Drama, Romance	Live Action
	15	Crazy Joe	Columbia Pictures / Produzioni De Laurentiis / Bright-Persky Associates	Carlo Lizzani (director); Lewis John Carlino (screenplay); Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson, Charles Cioffi, Fausto Tozzi, Guido Leontini, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach, Luther Adler, Carmine Caridi, Henry Winkler, Sam Coppola, Louis Guss, Michael V. Gazzo, Adam Wade, Hervé Villechaize, Tony Lip, Franco Lantieri, Mario Erpichini, Gabriele Torrei, Peter Savage, Jay Rasumny	Crime, Drama	Live Action
	22	Alien Thunder	American International Pictures / Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Onyx Films	Claude Fournier (director); George Malko (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Gordon Tootoosis, Chief Dan George, Kevin McCarthy, Jean Duceppe, Francine Racette, James O'Shea, John Boylan, Jack Creley, Lenny George, Ernestine Gamble, Vincent Daniels, Sarain Stump	Western	Live Action
	23	From Beyond the Grave	Warner Bros. / Amicus Productions	Kevin Connor (director); Raymond Christodoulou, Robin Clarke (screenplay); Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, Diana Dors, David Warner, Angela Pleasence, Nyree Dawn Porter, Ian Ogilvy, Ian Carmichael, Lesley-Anne Down, Jack Watson, Margaret Leighton, John O'Farrell, Wendy Allnutt, Rosalind Ayres, Tommy Godfrey, Marcel Steiner, Ben Howard	Horror	Live Action
	27	Busting	United Artists	Peter Hyams (director/screenplay); Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield, Antonio Fargas, Michael Lerner, Sid Haig, Ivor Francis, William Sylvester, Logan Ramsey, Richard X. Slattery, Margo Winkler, Danny Goldman, Nick St. Nicholas, Howard Platt, Napoleon Whiting, Chick Hearn, John Lawrence, Frank Farmer, Cornelia Sharpe, Erin O'Reilly, Ibycus, Jack Knight	Comedy, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Man on a Swing	Paramount Pictures / Jaffilms Inc.	Frank Perry (director); David Zelag Goodman (screenplay); Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Elizabeth Wilson, George Voskovec, Peter Masterson, Lane Smith, Christopher Allport, Richard Venture, Dianne Hull, Gil Gerard, Alice Drummond, Richard McKenzie, Clarice Blackburn, Nicholas Pryor, Josef Sommer, Clarence Felder, Penelope Milford, Bruce French, Dorothy Tristan, Ron Weyand, Joe Ponazecki, Patricia Hawkins, Robert Dryden, Brendan Fay, Shawn Campbell, Ben Slack, Loretta Fury	Thriller	Live Action
M A R C H	7	Billy Two Hats	United Artists / Algonquin Films	Ted Kotcheff (director); Alan Sharp (screenplay); Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Warden, David Huddleston, Sian Barbara Allen, John Pearce, Vic Armstrong, Dawn Little Sky, W. Vincent St. Cyr, Henry Medicine Hat, Zev Berlinsky, Antony Scott	Western	Live Action
	14	Alice in Wonderland (re-release)	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske (directors); Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Milt Banta, Bill Cottrell, Dick Kelsey, Joe Grant, Dick Huemer, Del Connell, Tom Oreb, John Walbridge (screenplay); Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Jerry Colonna, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Verna Felton, J. Pat O'Malley, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel, Joseph Kearns, Larry Grey, Queenie Leonard, Dink Trout, Doris Lloyd, Jimmy MacDonald, The Mellomen, Don Barclay, Lucille Bliss, Pinto Colvig, Tommy Luske, Marni Nixon, Norma Zimmer	Musical, Fantasy, Comedy	Animation
	15	Three Tough Guys	Titanus / Produzioni Cinematografiche Inter. Ma. Co. / Columbia Film	Duccio Tessari (director); Luciano Vincenzoni, Nicola Badalucco (screenplay); Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, Paula Kelly, William Berger, Vittorio Sanipoli, Lorella De Luca, Mario Erpichini, Jess Hahn, Jacques Herlin, Guido Leontini, Luciano Salce, Nazzareno Zamperla	Crime, Action	Live Action
	20	The Super Cops (debut in its plot and filming city, New York, with its Los Angeles debut on April 10)	United Artists	Gordon Parks (director); Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier, Pat Hingle, Dan Frazer, Joseph Sirola, Amy Freeman, Bernard Kates, Ralph Wilcox, Albert Henderson, Alex Colon, Charles Turner, Al Fann	Action, Adventure	Live Action
	21	Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla – (Japan)	Toho	Jun Fukuda (director/screenplay); Hiroyasu Yamamura (screenplay); Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Koizumi, Reiko Tajima, Hiromi Matsushita, Gorō Mutsumi, Shin Kishida, Beru-Bera Lin, Masao Imafuku, Daigo Kusano, Kenji Sahara, Isao Zushi, Kazunari Mori, Kin'ichi Kusumi	Action, Adventure, Family	Live Action
	22	Catch My Soul	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Metromedia Productions	Patrick McGoohan (director); William Shakespeare, Jack Good (screenplay); Richie Havens, Lance LeGault, Season Hubley, Tony Joe White, Susan Tyrrell, Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Billy Joe Royal, Raleigh Gardenhire, Wayne Waterhouse	Musical, Drama	Live Action
	27	Conrack	20th Century Fox	Martin Ritt (director); Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch (screenplay); Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Hume Cronyn, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews, Antonio Fargas, Ruth Attaway, James O'Rear	Drama	Live Action
		Mame	Warner Bros. / ABC	Gene Saks (director); Paul Zindel (screenplay); Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston, Bruce Davison, Jane Connell, Joyce Van Patten, Lucille Benson, Doria Cook-Nelson, Don Porter, Audrey Christie, John McGiver, Bobbi Jordan, Patrick Labyorteaux, Ruth McDevitt, Burt Mustin, Leonard Stone, Roger Price, Ned Wertimer, Alice Nunn, Barbara Bosson, George Chiang, James Brodhead, John Wheeler, Jerry Ayres, Michele Nichols, Eric Gordon, Kirby Furlong	Musical	Live Action
	28	John Carpenter's directoral debut, Dark Star, limited to Los Angeles' International Film Exposition, aka 'Filmex'.	Bryanston Distributing Company	John Carpenter (director/screenplay); Dan O'Bannon (screenplay); Dan O'Bannon, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Andreijah "Dre" Pahich, Joe Saunders, Barbara "Cookie" Knapp, Miles Watkins, John Carpenter, Nick Castle	Sci-Fi, Comedy	Live Action
	29	The Great Gatsby	Paramount Pictures / Newdon Productions	Jack Clayton (director); Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay); Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Sam Waterston, Lois Chiles, Bruce Dern, Edward Herrmann, Howard Da Silva, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Regina Baff, Vincent Schiavelli, Roberts Blossom, Beth Porter, Elliott Sullivan, Arthur Hughes, Patsy Kensit, Bob Sherman, Brooke Adams, Franklin Cover, Tom Ewell, Nick Lucas, Mildred Shay	Romance, Drama	Live Action

April–June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L		Jumborg Ace & Giant (Thailand)	Tsuburaya Productions / Chaiyo Productions	Sompote Sands (director); Naoki Tachibana, Sipeuak, Yoshino Ohtori, Nobuo Tanaka, Shuichiro Moriyama, Michihiro Ikemizu, Tape Tienchai, Anan Pricha, Sripouk, Srisuriya	Sci-Fi, Action, Superhero	Live Action
	3	The Night Porter	Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico / Lotar Film	Liliana Cavani (director/screenplay); Italo Moscati, Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani, Anthony Forwood (screenplay); Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Addobbati, Isa Miranda, Marino Masé, Amedeo Amodio, Piero Vida, Geoffrey Copleston, Nora Ricci, Nino Bignamini, Manfred Freyberger, Ugo Cardea, Hilda Gunther, Piero Mazzinghi, Kai-Siegfried Seefeld	War, Drama	Live Action
	5	The Golden Voyage of Sinbad	Columbia Pictures / Morningside Productions	Gordon Hessler (director); Brian Clemens (screenplay); John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Takis Emmanuel, Caroline Munro, Douglas Wilmer, Grégoire Aslan, David Garfield, Kurt Christian, Martin Shaw, Aldo Sambrell, Robert Shaw	Fantasy, Adventure	Live Action
		The Sugarland Express	Universal Pictures / The Zanuck/Brown Company	Steven Spielberg (director); Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton, Michael Sacks, Gregory Walcott, Steve Kanaly, Louise Latham, Dean Smith, Bill Thurman, James N. Harrell, Big John Hamilton, Richard Bright, Dean Jones, James Kenneth Crone, A.L. Camp, Jessie Lee Fulton, Ted Grossman, Frank Steggall, Merrill Connally, Gordon Hurst, George Hagy	Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Foxy Brown	American International Pictures	Jack Hill (director/screenplay); Pam Grier, Peter Brown, Terry Carter, Harry Holcombe, Antonio Fargas, Sid Haig, Bob Minor, Tony Giorgio, H.B. Haggerty, Kathryn Loder, Juanita Brown, Fred Lerner, Boyd "Red" Morgan	Blaxploitation	Live Action
	7	Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter	Paramount Pictures / Hammer Film Productions	Brian Clemens (director/screenplay); Horst Janson, John Cater, Caroline Munro, John Carson, Shane Briant, Wanda Ventham, Ian Hendry, William Hobbs, Paul Greenwood, Robert James, John Hollis, Stafford Gordon, B.H. Barry, Steve James, Julian Holloway, Lois Daine, Lisa Collings, Brian Tully, Perry Soblosky, Susanna East, Elizabeth Dear, Joanna Ross, Olga Anthony, Terence Sewards, Trevor Lawrence, Linda Cullingham, Caroline Villiers	Action, Horror	Live Action
		The Conversation	Paramount Pictures / The Directors Company	Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth MacRae, Teri Garr, Robert Shields, Robert Duvall, Ramon Bieri, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Billy Dee Williams, Phoebe Alexander	Mystery, Thriller	Live Action
	10	Our Time	Warner Bros.	Peter Hyams (director); Jane C. Stanton (screenplay); Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson, Debralee Scott, Roderick Cook, Edith Atwater, Meg Wyllie, Mary Jackson, Carol Arthur, Hope Summers, Jerry Hardin, Robert Walden, Darrell Zwerling, Lou Frizzell, Michael Gray, Cliff Emmich, Betsy Slade, George O'Hanlon Jr., Karen Balkin, Nora Heflin, Kathryn Holcomb, Marijane Maricle, Luke Andreas, Helene Winston	Drama	Live Action
		Thomasine & Bushrod	Columbia Pictures / Harvey Bernhard Enterprises / Max Julien Ltd.	Gordon Parks Jr. (director); Max Julien (screenplay); Max Julien, Vonetta McGee, George Murdock, Glynn Turman, Juanita Moore, Ben Zeller	Blaxploitation, Western	Live Action
	14	Lovin' Molly	Columbia Pictures / S.J.F. Productions	Sidney Lumet (director); Stephen J. Friedman (screenplay); Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Susan Sarandon, Edward Binns, Conrad Fowkes, John Henry Faulk, Paul A. Partain, Claude Traverse, Richard Ray Lee	Drama	Live Action
	16	Score	Audubon Films / Jadran Films	Radley Metzger (director); Jerry Douglas (screenplay); Claire Wilbur, Calvin Culver, Lynn Lowry, Gerald Grant, Carl Parker	Romance	Live Action
	19	Caged Heat	New World Pictures	Jonathan Demme (director/screenplay); Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid, Rainbeaux Smith, Barbara Steele, Warren Miller, Crystin Sinclaire, Mickey Fox, Toby Carr Rafelson, Ann Stockdale, Irene Stokes	Action, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Son of Dracula	Cinemation Industries / Apple Films	Freddie Francis (director); Jennifer Jayne (screenplay); Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Freddie Jones, Suzanna Leigh, Dennis Price, Peter Frampton, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Klaus Voormann, Leon Russell, David Bailie, Shakira Baksh, Jenny Runacre, Beth Morris, Skip Martin, Hedger Wallace, Dan Meaden, Lorna Wilde, Tina Simmons, Derek Woodward, Louis Flannery	Musical	Live Action
	22	The Beast Must Die	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Amicus Productions	Paul Annett (director); Michael Winder (screenplay); Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray, Anton Diffring, Ciaran Madden, Tom Chadbon, Michael Gambon, Valentine Dyall, Annie Ross	Horror	Live Action
		Claudine	20th Century Fox / Third World Cinema Corporation	John Berry (director); Lester Pine, Tina Pine (screenplay); James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Adam Wade, Roxie Roker, Tamu Blackwell, David Kruger, Yvette Curtis, Eric Jones, Socorro Stephens, Elisa Loti	Romance, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	24	Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell	Toho / Katsu	Yoshiyuki Kuroda (director); Tsutomu Nakamura (screenplay); Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi, Isao Kimura, Gorō Mutsumi, Minoru Ōki	Action, Adventure, Drama	Live Action
	29	The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz	Paramount Pictures / International Cinemedia Center / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Welco United Canada / Famous Players / Astral-Bellevue-Pathé / The Duddy Kravitz Syndicate	Ted Kotcheff (director); Mordecai Richler (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Henry Ramer, Joe Silver, Zvee Scooler, Robert Desroches, Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		The Spikes Gang	United Artists / Optimum Releasing	Richard Fleischer (director); Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith, Ron Howard, Arthur Hunnicutt, Noah Beery Jr., Marc Smith, Don Fellows, Elliott Sullivan	Western	Live Action
M A Y	1	The Lords of Flatbush	Columbia Pictures	Martin Davidson, Stephen F. Verona (directors/screenplay); Gayle Gleckler, Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Susan Blakely, Paul Jabara, Martin Davidson, Joseph Stern, Dolph Sweet, Antonia Rey, Ray Sharkey, Geraldine Smith, Caren Kaye, Armand Assante, Brooke Adams, Burt Lancaster, Paul Mace, Maria Smith, Reneé Paris	Drama	Live Action
	2	Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell	Paramount Pictures / Hammer Film Productions	Terence Fisher (director); John Elder (screenplay); Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse, John Stratton, Michael Ward, Elsie Wagstaff, Norman Mitchell, Clifford Mollison, Patrick Troughton, Philip Voss, Charles Lloyd-Pack, Andria Lawrence, Lucy Griffiths, Bernard Lee, Sydney Bromley, Jerold Wells, Victor Woolf, Peter Madden, Christopher Cunningham, Sheila Dunion, Mischa de la Motte, Norman Atkyns, Winifred Sabine, Janet Hargreaves	Horror	Live Action
	10	Symptoms	Bryanston Pictures	José Ramón Larraz (director/screenplay); Stanley Miller (screenplay); Angela Pleasence, Peter Vaughan, Lorna Heilbron, Nancy Nevinson, Michael Grady, Raymond Huntley, Ronald O'Neil, Marie-Paule Mailleux	Horror	Live Action
	15	Stavisky	Cinemation Industries	Alain Resnais (director); Jorge Semprún (screenplay); Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Michael Lonsdale, Roberto Bisacco, Claude Rich, Charles Boyer, Pierre Vernier, Jacques Spiesser, Michel Beaune, Nike Arrighi, Raymond Girard, Gigi Ballista, Yves Brainville, Niels Arestrup, François Leterrier, Gérard Depardieu	Biography, Drama	Live Action
	17	Alice in the Cities	Axiom Films	Wim Wenders (director/screenplay); Veith von Fürstenberg (screenplay); Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer, Lois Moran, Sibylle Baier, Chuck Berry, Wim Wenders, Edda Köchl, Ernest Boehm, Sam Presti, Didi Petrikat, Hans Hirschmüller	Drama	Live Action
		The Black Windmill	Universal Pictures	Don Siegel (director); Clive Egleton (screenplay); Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill, Janet Suzman, Joseph O'Conor, John Vernon, Joss Ackland, Catherine Schell, Denis Quilley, Edward Hardwicke, Paul Moss, Derek Newark, Maureen Pryor, Joyce Carey, Preston Lockwood, Molly Urquhart, David Daker, Hermione Baddeley, Patrick Barr, Russell Napier, Robert Dorning, John Rhys-Davies	Spy, Thriller	Live Action
		Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry	20th Century Fox / Academy Pictures Corporation	John Hough (director); Leigh Chapman, Antonio Santean (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Kenneth Tobey, Lynn Borden, Roddy McDowall, Adrianne Herman, James W. Gavin	Crime, Drama	Live Action
		That's Entertainment!	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Jack Haley Jr. (director/screenplay); Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, June Allyson, Leon Ames, Kay Armen, Edward Arnold, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Scotty Beckett, Wallace Beery, Ray Bolger, Joe E. Brown, Virginia Bruce, Jack Buchanan, Billie Burke, Leslie Caron, Carleton Carpenter, Cyd Charisse, George Cleveland, Maurice Chevalier, Joan Crawford, Xavier Cugat, Jacques d'Amboise, Arlene Dahl, Virginia Dale, Lili Damita, Vic Damone, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Jimmy Durante, Deanna Durbin, Buddy Ebsen, Nelson Eddy, Cliff Edwards, Vera-Ellen, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Betty Garrett, Greer Garson, Hermione Gingold, Cary Grant, Kathryn Grayson, Virginia Grey, Jack Haley, Jean Harlow, Bernadene Hayes, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Lena Horne, Lottice Howell, Claude Jarman Jr., Betty Jaynes, Van Johnson, Allan Jones, Jennifer Jones, Louis Jourdan, Buster Keaton, Howard Keel, Charles King, Lorraine Krueger, Bert Lahr, Fernando Lamas, Angela Lansbury, Mario Lanza, Ruta Lee, Vivien Leigh, Jeanette MacDonald, Marjorie Main, Joan Marsh, Tony Martin, Douglas McPhail, Ann Miller, Sidney Miller, Carmen Miranda, Ricardo Montalbán, Robert Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Natalie Moorhead, Dennis Morgan, Frank Morgan, Jules Munshin, Conrad Nagel, J. Carrol Naish, Julie Newmar, The Nicholas Brothers, Margaret O'Brien, Virginia O'Brien, Donald O'Connor, Reginald Owen, Walter Pidgeon, Marc Platt, Paul Porcasi, Eleanor Powell, Jane Powell, June Preisser, Richard Quine, Tommy Rall, Jeff Richards, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Selena Royle, Norma Shearer, Red Skelton, Robert Stack, Paula Stone, Russ Tamblyn, Sidney Toler, Audrey Totter, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, William Warfield, Virginia Weidler, Esther Williams, Robert Young	Documentary, Family, Musical	Live Action
		People Toys	Cinemation Industries	Sean MacGregor (director); Dylan Jones (screenplay); Sorrell Booke, Gene Evans, Joan McCall, Shelley Morrison, Leif Garrett, Dawn Lyn, Tierre Turner, Henry Beckman, Taylor Lacher, Carolyn Stellar, John Durren, Gail Smale, Tia Thompson	Slasher	Live Action
	19	Zandy's Bride	Warner Bros.	Jan Troell (director); Marc Norman (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart, Susan Tyrrell, Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Santos, Frank Cady, Sam Bottoms, Bob Simpson	Western	Live Action
	20	The Driver's Seat	AVCO Embassy Pictures	Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (director/screenplay); Raffaele La Capria (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Ian Bannen, Guido Mannari, Mona Washbourne, Luigi Squarzina, Maxence Mailfort, Andy Warhol	Drama	Live Action
	22	Chosen Survivors	Columbia Pictures / Metromedia Producers Corporation / Alpine Productions Inc. / Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.	Sutton Roley (director); H.B. Cross, Joe Reb Moffly (screenplay); Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel, Bradford Dillman, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Diana Muldaur, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Barbara Babcock, Kelly Lange, Gwenn Mitchell, Cristina Moreno, Nancy Rodman	Horror, Sci-Fi	Live Action
		Daisy Miller	Paramount Pictures / The Directors Company	Peter Bogdanovich (director); Frederic Raphael (screenplay); Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Cloris Leachman, Mildred Natwick, Eileen Brennan, James McMurtry, Duilio Del Prete, Nicholas Jones, George Morfogen	Drama	Live Action
		The Nickel Ride	20th Century Fox	Robert Mulligan (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Jason Miller, Linda Haynes, Victor French, John Hillerman, Bo Hopkins, Richard Evans, Bart Burns, Lou Frizzell, Mark Gordon, Harvey Gold, Lee de Broux, Nelson Leigh	Neo-Noir, Crime	Live Action
		Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	United Artists / The Malpaso Company	Michael Cimino (director/screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, Gary Busey, Jack Dodson, Burton Gilliam, Roy Jenson, Claudia Lennear, Bill McKinney, Vic Tayback, Dub Taylor, Gregory Walcott, Alvin Childress, Stuart Nisbet, Cliff Emmich, June Fairchild, Karen Lamm, Beth Howland, Gene Elman, Erica Hagen, Virginia Baker, Irene Cooper, Ted Foulkes, Leslie Oliver, Mark Montgomery, Luanne Roberts, Lila Teigh	Crime, Comedy	Live Action
	24	Huckleberry Finn	United Artists / APJAC Productions / Reader's Digest	J. Lee Thompson (director); Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, Mark Twain (screenplay); Jeff East, Paul Winfield, Harvey Korman, David Wayne, Arthur O'Connell, Gary Merrill, Natalie Trundy, Lucille Benson, Kim O'Brien, Odessa Cleveland, Jean Fay, Ruby Leftwich	Musical	Live Action
		Welcome to Arrow Beach	Warner Bros. / Brut Productions	Laurence Harvey (director/screenplay); Jack Gross Jr. (screenplay); Laurence Harvey, Joanna Pettet, Stuart Whitman, John Ireland, Meg Foster, Gloria LeRoy, David Macklin, Dodie Heath, Altovise Davis, Robert Lussier, Jesse Vint, John Hart, Andy Romano, Florence Lake	Horror	Live Action
J U N E	6	Birds Do It, Bees Do It	Columbia Pictures / Wolper Productions	Nicolas Noxon (director/screenplay); Irwin Rosten (director); Lee Bergere	Documentary	Live Action
		Bootleggers	Howco International Pictures	Charles B. Pierce (director); Earl E. Smith (screenplay); Paul Koslo, Dennis Fimple, Slim Pickens, Jaclyn Smith, Seamon Glass, Charles B. Pierce, Betty Bluett, Steve Ward, James Tennison, Steve Lyons, Buddy Ledwell, Chuck Pierce Jr.	Crime, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Herbie Rides Again	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Robert Stevenson (director); Bill Walsh (screenplay); Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire, Keenan Wynn, Huntz Hall, Ivor Barry, Vito Scotti, Liam Dunn, Elaine Devry, Chuck McCann, Richard X. Slattery, Don Pedro Colley, Larry J. Blake, Iggie Wolfington, Jack Manning, Hal Baylor, Herb Vigran, Norm Grabowski, Burt Mustin, John Myhers, John Stephenson, Robert Carson, Raymond Bailey, Arthur Space, John Hubbard, Fritz Feld, Alvy Moore, Karl Lukas, John Zaremba, Alan Carney, Ken Sansom, Maurice Marsac, Hal Williams	Comedy	Live Action
	9	Little Malcolm	Apple Films	Stuart Cooper (director); Derek Woodward (screenplay); John Hurt, Rosalind Ayres, John McEnery, Raymond Platt, David Warner	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	14	The Midnight Man	Universal Pictures / Norlan Productions	Roland Kibbee, Burt Lancaster (directors/screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Morgan Woodward, Harris Yulin, Robert Quarry, Joan Lorring, Lawrence Dobkin, Ed Lauter, Mills Watson, Charles Tyner, Catherine Bach, Bill Lancaster, Quinn Redeker, Linda Kelsey, Nick Cravat, Eleanor Ross, Richard Winterstein, William T. Hicks, Peter Dane, William Splawn, Susan MacDonald, Joel Gordon Kravitz, Rodney Stevens, Harold N. Cooledge Jr.	Neo-Noir, Mystery	Live Action
		The Parallax View	Paramount Pictures	Alan J. Pakula (director); David Giler, Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, Kenneth Mars, Walter McGinn, Kelly Thordsen, Jim Davis, Bill McKinney, Stacy Keach Sr., Anthony Zerbe, William Jordan, Edward Winter, Chuck Waters, Earl Hindman, William Joyce, Jo Ann Harris, Ted Gehring, Doria Cook-Nelson, Ford Rainey, Alma Beltran, Richard Bull, John S. Ragin, Vernon Weddle, Craig R. Baxley	Thriller	Live Action
	20	Chinatown	Paramount Pictures / Long Road Productions / Robert Evans Company	Roman Polanski (director); Robert Towne (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Roman Polanski, Dick Bakalyan, Joe Mantell, Bruce Glover, James Hong, Beulah Quo, Jerry Fujikawa, Roy Roberts, Noble Willingham, Rance Howard, Doc Erickson, Fritzi Burr, Nandu Hinds, Belinda Palmer, Elizabeth Harding, John Rogers, Cecil Elliott	Neo-Noir, Mystery, Drama	Live Action
	21	The Terminal Man	Warner Bros.	Mike Hodges (director/screenplay); George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart, Norman Burton, Jill Clayburgh, Donald Moffat, Michael C. Gwynne, William Hansen, James B. Sikking, Matt Clark, Jim Antonio, Burke Byrnes, Jason Wingreen, Steve Kanaly, Al Checco, Fred Sadoff, Jack Colvin, Ian Wolfe, Lee de Broux, Robert Ito, Victor Argo, Rutanya Alda, Nicholas Worth	Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller	Live Action
		Where the Red Fern Grows	Crown International Pictures / Doty-Dayton Productions	Norman Tokar (director); Douglas C. Stewart, Eleanor Lamb (screenplay); James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Jack Ging, Lonny Chapman, Stewart Petersen, Bill Dunbar, Marshall Edwards	Drama	Live Action
	23	The Groove Tube	Levitt-Pickman	Ken Shapiro (director/screenplay); Lane Sarasohn, Rich Allen (screenplay); Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer, Chevy Chase	Comedy	Live Action
	26	The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat	American International Pictures / Steve Krantz Productions / Cine Camera	Robert Taylor (director/screenplay); Fred Halliday, Eric Monte (screenplay); Skip Hinnant, Reva Rose, Bob Holt, Peter Leeds, Louisa Moritz, Robert Ridgely, Joan Gerber, Jay Lawrence, Stanley Adams, Pat Harrington Jr., Peter Hobbs, Ralph James, Eric Monte, Glynn Turman, Gloria Jones, Renny Roker, John Hancock, Chris Graham, Felton Perry, Charles Spidar, Fred Smoot, Dick Whittington, Luke Walker, Larry Moss, Jim Johnson, Carole Androsky, Lynn Roman, Ron Knight, Buddy Arett, Anthony Mason, Sarina C. Grant	Black Comedy	Animation
		For Pete's Sake	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	Peter Yates (director); Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons, William Redfield, Molly Picon, Louis Zorich, Heywood Hale Broun, Richard Ward, Ed Bakey, Peter Mamakos, Vivian Bonnell, Joseph Maher, Anne Ramsey, Vincent Schiavelli, Sidney Miller, Norman Marshall, Martin Erlichman, Bill McKinney, Joe Pantoliano	Comedy	Live Action
		Three the Hard Way	Allied Artists Pictures Corporation	Gordon Parks Jr. (director); Eric Bercovici, Jerrold L. Ludwig (screenplay); Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Sheila Frazier, Jay Robinson, Charles McGregor, Howard Platt, Pamela Serpe, Marian Collier, Alex Rocco, Corbin Bernsen, Irene Tsu, Richard Angarola, David Chow, Junero Jennings, Marie O'Henry, Renie Radich, Janice Carrol	Action, Blaxploitation	Live Action
		Truck Turner	American International Pictures / Sequoia Pictures, Inc.	Jonathan Kaplan (director); Michael Allin, Oscar Williams (screenplay); Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Annazette Chase, Nichelle Nichols, Paul Harris, Charles Cyphers, Scatman Crothers, Dick Miller, Edna Richardson, Stan Shaw, Earl Maynard, Tara Strohmeier, Henry Kingi, Alan Weeks, Sam Laws, John Kramer, Bob Harris, Jac Emil, Wendell Tucker	Blaxploitation	Live Action
	28	The Gravy Train	Columbia Pictures	Jack Starrett (director); Bill Kerby, David Whitney (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Frederic Forrest, Margot Kidder, Barry Primus, Richard Romanus, Denny Miller, Clay Tanner, Robert Phillips, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Paul Dooley, Lorna Thayer, Chino 'Fats' Williams	Action, Crime, Comedy	Live Action
		S*P*Y*S	20th Century Fox / American Film Properties Dymphana	Irvin Kershner (director); Malcolm Marmorstein, Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Zouzou, Joss Ackland, Xavier Gélin, Vladek Sheybal, Shane Rimmer, Kenneth Griffith, Kenneth J. Warren, Jacques Marin, Jeffrey Wickham, Nigel Hawthorne, John Bardon, Yuri Borienko, Larry Taylor, Ishaq Bux, Robert Cawdron, Alf Joint, Steve Plytas, George Pravda, Michael Petrovitch, Pierre Oudrey	Spy, Action, Comedy	Live Action
		W	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Bing Crosby Productions	Richard Quine (director); Gerald Di Pego, James Kelley (screenplay); Twiggy, Dirk Benedict, Michael Witney, Eugene Roche, John Vernon, Michael Conrad, Alfred Ryder, Carmen Zapata, Dave Morick, Ken Lynch	Thriller	Live Action

July–September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J U L Y	8	Down and Dirty Duck	New World Pictures / Murakami-Wolf	Charles Swenson (director/screenplay); Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Robert Ridgely, Walker Edmiston, Lurene Tuttle, Aynsley Dunbar, Cynthia Adler, Joëlle Le Quément, Jerry D. Good	Comedy	Adult Animation
	12	Carry On Dick	The Rank Organisation	Gerald Thomas (director); Talbot Rothwell (screenplay); Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Jack Douglas, Patsy Rowlands, Bill Maynard, Margaret Nolan, John Clive, David Lodge, Marianne Stone, Sam Kelly, George Moon, Michael Nightingale, Brian Osborne, Brian Coburn, Max Faulkner, Nosher Powell, Larry Taylor, Linda Hooks, Penny Irving, Eva Reuber-Staier, Patrick Durkin, Anthony Bailey, Jeremy Connor, Joy Harington, Billy Cornelius, Laraine Humphrys	Comedy	Live Action
		Mr. Majestyk	United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation	Richard Fleischer (director); Elmore Leonard (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell, Paul Koslo, Frank Maxwell, Alejandro Rey, Richard Erdman, James Reynolds, Taylor Lacher, Jordan Rhodes, Bert Santos	Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		The Take	Columbia Pictures / World Film Services	Robert Hartford-Davis (director); Franklin Coen, Del Reisman (screenplay); Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Sorrell Booke, Tracy Reed, Albert Salmi, Vic Morrow, A Martinez, James Luisi, Kathrine Baumann, John Davis Chandler, Robert Miller Driscoll, Kathleen Hughes, William Sargent, Vernon Weddle, Dick Yarmy, Vic Perrin	Action, Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	17	The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob	20th Century Fox / SNC	Gérard Oury (director/screenplay); Danièle Thompson, Josy Eisenberg, Roberto de Leonardis (screenplay); Louis de Funès, Suzy Delair, Claude Giraud, Henri Guybet, Marcel Dalio, Renzo Montagnani, André Falcon, Xavier Gélin, Miou-Miou, Denise Provence, Claude Piéplu, Michel Robin, Jacques François, Gérard Darmon, Dominique Zardi, Janet Brandt, Cherif Adnane, El Kabir, Malek Kateb, Pierre Koulak, Noël Darzal, Lucien Melki	Comedy	Live Action
		My Name Is Nobody	Titanus / Rafran Cinematografica / Les Filmes Jacques Leitienne / La Societe Im. Ex. Ci. / La Societe Alcinter / Rialto Film Preben Philpsen	Tonino Valerii (director); Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay); Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Jean Martin, R.G. Armstrong, Leo Gordon, Steve Kanaly, Geoffrey Lewis, Piero Lulli, Mario Brega, Benito Stefanelli, Alexander Allerson, Antoine Saint-John, Franco Angrisano, Carla Mancini, Karl Braun, Neil Summers, Marc Mazza, Rainer Peets, Tommy Polgár, Antonio Palombi, Hubert Mittendorf, Emil Feist, Luigi Antonio Guerra, Angelo Novi	Comedy, Western	Live Action
		The Education of Sonny Carson	Paramount Pictures	Michael Campus (director); Sonny Carson, Fred Hudson (screenplay); Rony Clanton, Don Gordon, Joyce Walker, Paul Benjamin, Mary Alice, Ram John Holder, Roger Hill, Linda Hopkins, David Kernan, Roger Davis, Steve James, Jerry Bell, Ray Rainbow Johnson, Derrick Champ Ford, Chris Forster, George Lee Miles, B.T. Taylor, Roger D.A. Davis, Eleanora Douglas, Jesse Bolero	Blaxploitation, Drama	Live Action
		Golden Needles	American International Pictures	Robert Clouse (director); S. Lee Pogostin, Sylvia Schneble (screenplay); Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Ashley, Ann Sothern, Jim Kelly, Burgess Meredith, Roy Chiao, Frances Fong, Pat E. Johnson, Richard Ng, Kung-Wu Huang, Alice Fong, Sonny Barnes, Edgar Justice	Action, Adventure	Live Action
	21	The White Dawn	Paramount Pictures / American Film Properties / Filmways	Philip Kaufman (director); James Houston, Thomas Rickman (screenplay); Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanasie Salomonie, Pilitak, Simonie Kopapik, Namonai Ashoona, Tchomalai, Higa Ipeelie, Oolipika Joamie, Meetook Mallee, Neelak, Seemee Nookiguak	Drama	Live Action
	24	Death Wish	Paramount Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Corporation	Michael Winner (director); Wendell Mayes (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Hope Lange, Chris Gampel, Steven Keats, Stuart Margolin, Fred J. Scollay, Kathleen Tolan, Jack Wallace, Robert Kya-Hill, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Logan, Gregory Rozakis, Christopher Guest, Hank Garrett, Helen Martin, Olympia Dukakis, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Edward Grover, Saul Rubinek, John Herzfeld, Eric Laneuville, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Sonia Manzano, Tom Hayden, Al Lewis, Billy Curtis, Paul Dooley, Art Evans, Robert Miano, William Bogert	Action, Thriller	Live Action
		Gone in 60 Seconds	H.B. Halicki Junkyard and Mercantile Company	H.B. Halicki (director/screenplay); H.B. "Toby" Halicki, Christopher J.C. Agajanian, Gary Bettenhausen, Parnelli Jones, Terence H. Winkless, Phil Woods, Wally Burr, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda, James McIntyre, George Cole, Ronald Halicki, Markos Kotsikos, Butch Stockton, Hal McClain, Jonathan E. Fricke, J.C. Agajanian Jr., Sak Yamamoto, Edward Abrahms, Edward Booker, Anthony Cole, Michael Cole, Mark Cole	Action	Live Action
		The Internecine Project	British Lion / MacLean and Co / Hemisphere Productions / Lion International	Ken Hughes (director); Barry Levinson, Jonathan Lynn (screenplay); James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Michael Jayston, Christiane Krüger, Keenan Wynn, Terence Alexander, Julian Glover, Philip Anthony, Mary Larkin	Thriller	Live Action
	26	Born to Kill	New World Pictures / Artists Entertainment Complex / Rio Pinto Productions	Monte Hellman (director); Charles Willeford (screenplay); Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Patricia Pearcy, Millie Perkins, Ed Begley Jr., Laurie Bird, Troy Donahue, Warren Finnerty, Robert Earl Jones, Steve Railsback, Tom Spratley, Charles Willeford, Pete Munro, Kermit Echols	Drama	Live Action
		Uptown Saturday Night	Warner Bros. / First Artists	Sidney Poitier (director); Richard Wesley (screenplay); Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Paula Kelly, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne, Johnny Sekka, Calvin Lockhart, Lee Chamberlin, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Don Marshall, Ketty Lester, Harold Nicholas, Paul Harris, Jophery C. Brown, Earl Maynard, Gene McDaniels, Ray Parker Jr., Stack Pierce	Action, Comedy, Crime	Live Action
	31	Bank Shot	United Artists / Landers-Roberts Productions	Gower Champion (director); Wendell Mayes (screenplay); George C. Scott, Joanna Cassidy, Sorrell Booke, G. Wood, Don Calfa, Bibi Osterwald, Frank McRae, Bob Balaban, Clifton James, Liam Dunn, Jack Riley, Harvey Evans, Bob Herron, Jack Perkins, Hank Stohl, Harvey J. Goldenberg, Jamie Reidy, Pat Zurica	Comedy, Crime	Live Action
		The Bears and I	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Bernard McEveety (director); John Whedon (screenplay); Patrick Wayne, Chief Dan George, Andrew Duggan, Michael Ansara, Robert Pine, Valentin de Vargas, Hal Baylor	Drama	Live Action
A U G U S T	2	The Castaway Cowboy	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Vincent McEveety (director); Don Tait (screenplay); James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, Robert Culp, Manu Tupou, Gregory Sierra, Shug Fisher, Nephi Hannemann, Kim Kahana, Buddy Joe Hooker, Elizabeth Smith, Lito Capiña, Ralph Hanalei, Lee Woodd, Luis Delgado, Patrick Sullivan Burke, Jerry Velasco	Comedy, Western	Live Action
	3	Prophecies of Nostradamus (Japan)	Toho	Toshio Masuda (director); Toshio Yasumi (screenplay); Tetsurō Tamba, Toshio Kurosawa, Kaoru Yumi, Yoko Tsukasa, Tappie Shimokawa, So Yamamura, Kyōko Kishida	Disaster, Action, Sci-Fi	Live Action
	7	California Split	Columbia Pictures / Spelling-Goldberg Productions / Won World	Robert Altman (director); Joseph Walsh (screenplay); George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Gwen Welles, Edward Walsh, Joseph Walsh, Bert Remsen, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Ruick, Barbara Colby, Jack Riley, John Considine, John Winston, Marc Cavell, Kane Hodder	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Together Brothers	20th Century Fox	William A. Graham (director); Jack DeWitt, Joe Greene (screenplay); Ahmad Nurradin, Anthony Wilson, Nelson Sims, Kenneth Bell, Owen Pace, Kim Dorsey, Ed Bernard, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Glynn Turman, Richard Yniguez	Adventure, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Way of the Dragon (re-release)	Golden Harvest / Concord Production Inc.	Bruce Lee (director/screenplay); Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Wei Ping-ou, Paul Wei, Huang Chung-hsin, Tony Liu, Unicorn Chan, Chuck Norris, Malisa Longo, Robert Wall, Hwang In-shik, Jon T. Benn, Anders Nelsson, Andre E. Morgan, John Derbyshire, Tommy Chen, Chin Ti, Wu Ngan, Robert Chan	Martial Arts, Action, Comedy	Live Action
	8	Macon County Line	American International Pictures	Richard Compton (director/screenplay); Max Baer Jr. (screenplay); Alan Vint, Jesse Vint, Cheryl Waters, Max Baer Jr., Geoffrey Lewis, Joan Blackman, Leif Garrett, James Gammon, Sam Gilman, Emile Meyer, Doodles Weaver, Jay Adler	Action, Drama, Romance	Live Action
	12	Harry and Tonto	20th Century Fox	Paul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Josh Greenfeld (screenplay); Art Carney, Herbert Berghof, Philip Bruns, Ellen Burstyn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Larry Hagman, Chief Dan George, Melanie Mayron, Josh Mostel, Arthur Hunnicutt, Barbara Rhoades, Cliff DeYoung, Phil Bruns, Avon Long, Louis Guss, Cliff Norton, Michael Butler, René Enriquez, Mike Nussbaum, Sally Marr, Paul Mazursky, Dolly Jonah, Rashel Novikoff, Tonto	Adventure, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	14	Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia	United Artists / Optimus Films / Estudios Churubusco	Sam Peckinpah (director/screenplay); Gordon Dawson (screenplay); Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández, Kris Kristofferson, Chano Urueta, Donnie Fritts, Enrique Lucero, Monica Miguel, Richard Bright	Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	15	11 Harrowhouse	20th Century Fox	Aram Avakian (director); Charles Grodin (screenplay); Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Helen Cherry, Peter Vaughan, Cyril Shaps, Leon Greene, Jack Watson, Jack Watling, Clive Morton, Larry Cross, John Siddall	Comedy, Thriller	Live Action
	18	Act of Vengeance	American International Pictures	Bob Kelljan (director); David Kidd, H.R. Christian (screenplay); Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Lada Edmund Jr., Tony Young, Steve Kanaly, Ross Elliott, Stanley Adams, Joan McCall, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Cheryl Waters, Jennifer Lee, Lisa Moore, Connie Strickland, Patricia Estrin, Ninette Bravo	Crime, Drama, Horror	Live Action
	21	Buster and Billie	Columbia Pictures / Black Creek Billie	Daniel Petrie (director); Ron Turbeville (screenplay); Jan-Michael Vincent, Pamela Sue Martin, Clifton James, Robert Englund, Joan Goodfellow, Jessie Lee Fulton, J.B. Joiner, Dell C. Payne, Mark Pendergraft, David Paul Dean, David Little, Vernon Beatty, Doris Pearce, Carl Reddick, Dale Pearce, Joyce Woodrum, Jim Shirah, Slim Mims, Claude Casey, The Sagedusters	Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		The Longest Yard (New York)	Paramount Pictures / Albert S. Ruddy Productions / Long Road Productions	Robert Aldrich (director); Tracy Keenan Wynn (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, Harry Caesar, John Steadman, Charles Tyner, Mike Henry, Jim Nicholson, Bernadette Peters, Pepper Martin, Robert Tessier, Richard Kiel, Anitra Ford, Ray Nitschke, George Jones, Joe Kapp, Pervis Atkins, Ernie Wheelwright, Sonny Shroyer, Ray Ogden, Sonny Sixkiller, Chuck Hayward, Michael Fox, Malcolm Atterbury, J. Don Ferguson, Lance Fuller	Sports, Comedy, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Newman's Law	Universal Pictures	Richard T. Heffron (director); Anthony Wilson (screenplay); George Peppard, Roger Robinson, Eugene Roche, Gordon Pinsent, Abe Vigoda, Louis Zorich, Michael Lerner, Mel Stewart, David Spielberg, Theodore Wilson, Pat Anderson, Regis J. Cordic, Marlene Clark, Kip Niven, Richard Bull, Howard Platt, Don Hanmer, Antony Carbone, Stack Pierce, Titos Vandis, Victor Campos, Jack Murdoch, Dick Balduzzi, Jac Emel, Donald Newsome, Louis J. DiFonzo	Action, Crime, Thriller	Live Action
	22	The Girl from Petrovka	Universal Pictures / KMA	Robert Ellis Miller (director); Chris Bryant, Allan Scott (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins, Grégoire Aslan, Anton Dolin, Hanna Hertelendy, Richard Marner, Michael Janisch, Harry Towb, Bruno Wintzell, Zoran Andric, Maria Sukolov, Zitto Kazann, Inger Jensen, Raymond O'Keefe	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	30	99 and 44/100% Dead	20th Century Fox	John Frankenheimer (director); Robert Dillon (screenplay); Richard Harris, Edmond O'Brien, Bradford Dillman, Chuck Connors, Ann Turkel, Constance Ford, Kathrine Baumann, Karl Lukas, Roy Jenson, David Hall, Janis Heiden, Max Kleven, Anthony Brubaker, Jerry Summers	Action, Comedy	Live Action
		Amazing Grace	United Artists / Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson	Stan Lathan (director); Matt Robinson (screenplay); Moms Mabley, Slappy White, Rosalind Cash, Moses Gunn, James Karen, George Lee Miles, Gary Bolling, Dolph Sweet, Stepin Fetchit, Butterfly McQueen, Art Evans, Debbi Morgan, Demond Wilson	Comedy	Live Action
S E P T E M B E R	3	The Black Godfather	Cinemation Industries	John Evans (director/screenplay); Rod Perry, Don Chastain, Jimmy Witherspoon, Diane Sommerfield, Duncan McLeod, Damu King	Blaxploitation, Crime	Live Action
	5	Gold	Allied Artists / Hemdale Film Distribution Ltd.	Peter R. Hunt (director); Stanley Price, Wilbur Smith (screenplay); Roger Moore, Susannah York, Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman, John Gielgud, Tony Beckley, Bernard Horsfall, Simon Sabela, Marc Smith, Bill Brewer, Ken Hare, John Hussey, George Jackson, Ralph Loubser	Thriller	Live Action
	6	Phase IV	Paramount Pictures / PBR Productions / Alced Productions	Saul Bass (director); Mayo Simon (screenplay); Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford, Robert Henderson, Helen Horton, David Healy	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
	13	Homebodies	AVCO Embassy Pictures / Cinema Entertainment	Larry Yust (director/screenplay); Howard Kaminsky, Bennett Sims (screenplay); Peter Brocco, Frances Fuller, William Hansen, Ruth McDevitt, Paula Trueman, Ian Wolfe, Linda Marsh, Douglas Fowley	Comedy, Horror	Live Action
	14	The Dove	Paramount Pictures	Charles Jarrott (director); Peter S. Beagle, Adam Kennedy (screenplay); Joseph Bottoms, Deborah Raffin, John McLiam, Dabney Coleman, John Anderson, John Meillon, Garth Meade, Cecily Polson, Colby Chester, Ivor Barry, Setoki Ceinaturoga, Reverend Nikula, Apenisa Naigulevu, Gordon Glenwright, Peter Gwynne	Biography, Adventure, Drama	Live Action
	18	Gone with the Wind (re-release)	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Victor Fleming (director); Sidney Howard (screenplay); Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Barbara O'Neil, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Hattie McDaniel, Oscar Polk, Butterfly McQueen, Victor Jory, Everett Brown, Thomas Mitchell, Howard Hickman, Alicia Rhett, Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye, Laura Hope Crews, Eddie Anderson, Harry Davenport, Leona Roberts, Jane Darwell, Ona Munson, Paul Hurst, Cammie King, J.M. Kerrigan, Jackie Moran, Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Marcella Martin, Mickey Kuhn, Irving Bacon, William Bakewell, Isabel Jewell, Eric Linden, Ward Bond, Cliff Edwards, Yakima Canutt, Louis Jean Heydt, Olin Howland, Robert Elliott, Mary Anderson	Epic, Historical, Romance, Drama, War	Live Action
	19	Big Bad Mama	New World Pictures	Steve Carver (director); William Norton, Frances Doel (screenplay); Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Noble Willingham, Sally Kirkland, Dick Miller, Joan Prather, Royal Dano, William O'Connell, John Wheeler, Ralph James, Michael Talbott, Paul Linke, Paul Bartel, Susan Sennett, Robbie Lee, Tom Signorelli, Charles Pinney, Rob Berger, Jay Brooks, Georgia Lee, Mickey Fox, William F. Engle	Action, Crime, Comedy	Live Action
	20	Nightmare Honeymoon	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Elliot Silverstein (director); Lawrence Block, S. Lee Pogostin (screenplay); Dack Rambo, Rebecca Dianna Smith, John Beck, Pat Hingle, Roy Jenson, David Huddleston, Jay Robinson, Dennis Patrick, Jim Boles, Dennis Burkley, Patrick Cranshaw, Angela Clarke, Jack Perkins, Bob Steele, Richard O'Brien, Walter Koenig	Crime, Horror, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	The Mutations	Columbia Pictures / Cyclone / Getty Pictures Corp.	Jack Cardiff (director); Edward Mann, Robert D. Weinbach (screenplay); Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris, Julie Ege, Michael Dunn, Scott Antony, Jill Haworth, Eithne Dunne, Richard Davies, Olga Anthony, Lisa Collings, Joan Scott, Toby Lennon, John Wreford	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
	Juggernaut	United Artists / Two Roads	Richard Lester (director); Richard DeKoker, Alan Plater (screenplay); Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Ian Holm, Clifton James, Roy Kinnear, Caroline Mortimer, Mark Burns, John Stride, Freddie Jones, Julian Glover, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Jack Watson, Roshan Seth, Kenneth Colley, Kenneth Cope, John Bindon, Ben Aris, Tom Chadbon, Gareth Thomas, Simon MacCorkindale, Freddie Fletcher, Paul Luty, Eric Mason, Michael Melia, Doris Nolan, Liza Ross, Andrew Bradford, Paul Antrim, Adam Bridges, Rebecca Bridge, Michael Egan, Terence Hillyer, Barnaby Holm, Kristine Howarth, Bob Sessions, Colin Thatcher	Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	29	11 Harrowhouse	20th Century Fox	Aram Avakian (director); Charles Grodin (screenplay); Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Helen Cherry, Peter Vaughan, Cyril Shaps, Leon Greene, Jack Watson, Jack Watling, Clive Morton, Larry Cross, John Siddall	Comedy, Thriller	Live Action

October–December

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
O C T O B E R	1	The House on Skull Mountain	20th Century Fox	Ron Honthaner (director); Mildred Pares (screenplay); Victor French, Janee Michelle, Mike Evans, Xernona Clayton, Leroy Johnson, Jean Durand, Ella Woods, Lloyd Nelson, Mary J. Todd McKenzie, Don Devendorf, Jo Marie, Ray Bonner, O.J. Harris	Horror	Live Action
		The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Austin, hometown of its director, Tobe Hooper, with Los Angeles and New York City on the 30th.)	Bryanston Distributing Company / Vortex	Tobe Hooper (director/screenplay); Kim Henkel (screenplay); Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan, John Larroquette, Robert Courtin, William Creamer, John Henry Faulk, Jerry Green, Ed Guinn, Joe Bill Hogan, Perry Lorenz	Horror	Live Action
	2	The Gambler	Paramount Pictures / Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc.	Karel Reisz (director); James Toback (screenplay); James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young, Carmine Caridi, Vic Tayback, Steven Keats, London Lee, M. Emmet Walsh, James Woods, Carl W. Crudup, Allan Rich, Stuart Margolin, Ric Mancini, Beatrice Winde, Antonio Fargas, Richard Foronjy, Frank Sivero, Frank Adonis, Philip Sterling	Crime, Drama	Live Action
		The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	United Artists / Palomar Pictures / Palladium Productions	Joseph Sargent (director); Peter Stone (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace, Tom Pedi, Beatrice Winde, Tony Roberts, Doris Roberts, Jerry Stiller, Nathan George, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Julius Harris, Christopher Murney, Sal Viscuso, Joe Seneca, Conrad Yama, Bill Cobbs, William Snickowski, Jerry Holland, Marvin Silbersher, Alex Colon, Robert Weil, Burtt Harris, Tony Fasce, Neil Brooks Cunningham, Sho Onodera, Toru Nagai, Turu Nakamura	Crime, Drama	Live Action
	4	Female Trouble	New Line Cinema / Dreamland / Saliva Films	John Waters (director/screenplay); Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Susan Walsh, Michael Potter, Ed Peranio, Paul Swift, George Figgs, Susan Lowe, Channing Wilroy, Elizabeth Coffey, Hilary Taylor	Dark Comedy	Live Action
	9	Law and Disorder	Columbia Pictures / Palomar Pictures / Memorial Enterprises / Leroy Street	Ivan Passer (director/screenplay); Kenneth Harris Fishman, William Richert (screenplay); Carroll O'Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Leslie Ackerman, Karen Black, Jack Kehoe, David Spielberg, Pat Corley, Allan Arbus, Rita Gam, Michael Medwin, Joe Ragno, Anita Dangler, Lionel Pena	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Shanks	Paramount Pictures	William Castle (director); Ranald Graham (screenplay); Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher, Helena Kallianiotes, Larry Bishop, Don Calfa, Biff Manard	Horror	Live Action
	10	The Cars That Ate Paris (Australia)	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
	11	Black Christmas (Canada)	Ambassador Film Distributors / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Film Funding Ltd.	Bob Clark (director); A. Roy Moore (screenplay); Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Andrea Martin, Doug McGrath, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin, Leslie Carlson, Martha Gibson, Nick Mancuso, Bob Clark, Marian Waldman, James Edmond, Michael Rapport, John Rutter, Dave Clement, Julian Reed, Albert J. Dunk	Slasher	Live Action
	17	Benji	Mulberry Square Releasing	Joe Camp (director/screenplay); Peter Breck, Christopher Connelly, Patsy Garrett, Tom Lester, Mark Slade, Herb Vigran, Deborah Walley, Frances Bavier, Edgar Buchanan, Terry Carter, Higgins, Cynthia Smith, Allen Fiuzat, Larry Swartz	Family	Live Action
	18	Airport 1975	Universal Pictures	Jack Smight (director); Don Ingalls (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Sid Caesar, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Nancy Olson, Ed Nelson, Myrna Loy, Augusta Summerland, Helen Reddy, Larry Storch, Martha Scott, Jerry Stiller, Norman Fell, Conrad Janis, Beverly Garland, Guy Stockwell, Erik Estrada, Jim Plunkett, Kip Niven, Irene Tsu, Ken Sansom, Alan Fudge, Christopher Norris, Austin Stoker, John Lupton, Gene Dynarski, Sharon Gless, Laurette Spang-McCook, Selma Archerd, Billy Beck, Marjorie Bennett, Wade Crosby, Susan French, Ted Gehring, Redmond Gleeson, Virginia Gregg, Bob Hastings, Tad Horino, Robert Ito, Clyde Kusatsu, Terry Lester, Judy Lewis, J. Edward McKinley, James Murdock, Alice Nunn, Lara Parker, Charles Quinlivan, Christiane Schmidtmer, Charles Seel, Berlinda Tolbert, Glen Vernon, Virginia Vincent, Ray Vitte, George Wyner	Disaster, Action, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
		It's Alive	Warner Bros.	Larry Cohen (director/screenplay); John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, William Wellman Jr., Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, Michael Ansara, Robert Emhardt, James Dixon, Shamus Locke, Daniel Holzman	Horror	Live Action
		The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder	20th Century Fox / Playboy Enterprises	Arthur Hiller (director); Daryl Henry (screenplay); Timothy Bottoms, Barbara Seagull, George Marshall, Lawrence Pressman, Albert Salmi, Richard Dysart, Dena Dietrich, Michael Ivan Cristofer, Jack Colvin, Andrew Duncan, Jack Murdock, Lou Frizzell, Jarion Monroe, William Lucking, Debralee Scott, DeWayne Jessie, Lois Foraker, Ron Glass	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		The Odessa File	Columbia Pictures / John Woolf Productions / Domino Productions / Oceanic Filmproduktion	Ronald Neame (director); Kenneth Ross, George Markstein (screenplay); Jon Voight, Mary Tamm, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Derek Jacobi, Peter Jeffrey, Klaus Löwitsch, Kurt Meisel, Hannes Messemer, Garfield Morgan, Shmuel Rodensky, Ernst Schröder, Günter Strack, Noel Willman, Günter Meisner, Gunnar Möller, Cyril Shaps, Oskar Werner	Drama, Thriller	Live Action
		Mixed Company	United Artists / Llenroc Productions	Melville Shavelson (director/screenplay); Mort Lachman (screenplay); Barbara Harris, Joseph Bologna, Tom Bosley, Lisa Gerritsen, Dorothy Shay, Ruth McDevitt, Haywood Nelson, Al McCoy, Arianne Heller, Stephen Honanie, Eric Olson, Jina Tan, Bob G. Anthony, Roger Price, Keith Hamilton, Calvin Brown, Ron McIlwan	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		A Woman Under the Influence (New York Film Festival)	Faces Distribution	John Cassavetes (director/screenplay); Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes, Matthew Labyorteaux, Mario Gallo, John Finnegan, Frank Richards, Hugh Hurd, Leon Wagner, Dominique Davalos, Xan Cassavetes, N.J. Cassavetes, Matthew Cassel, Christina Grisanti, Eddie Shaw, Charles Horvath, James Joyce	Drama, Romance	Live Action
	24	Mahler	Visual Programme Systems Ltd.	Ken Russell (director/screenplay); Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague, Miriam Karlin, Rosalie Crutchley, Richard Morant, Angela Down, Ronald Pickup, Peter Eyre, Dana Gillespie, George Coulouris, David Collings, Arnold Yarrow, Elaine Delmar, Benny Lee, Andrew Faulds, Kenneth Colley, Oliver Reed, Antonia Ellis, David Trevena, Otto Diamant, Michael Southgate, Sarah McClellan, Claire McClellan, Gary Rich	Biography, Drama, Music	Live Action
		Stardust	Anglo-EMI Film Distributors	Michael Apted (director); Ray Connolly (screenplay); David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, Keith Moon, Ines Des Longchamps, Rosalind Ayres, Marty Wilde, Charlotte Cornwell, Edd Byrnes, Dave Edmunds, Paul Nicholas, Karl Howman, Richard LeParmentier, Peter Duncan, John Normington, James Hazeldine, David Daker, David Jacobs, Ray Winstone	Musical, Drama	Live Action
	25	The Klansman	Paramount Pictures	Terence Young (director); Millard Kaufman, Samuel Fuller (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell, O.J. Simpson, Lola Falana, David Huddleston, Linda Evans, Luciana Paluzzi, David Ladd, John Alderson, John Pearce, Virgil Frye, Larry Williams	Drama	Live Action
	31	Phantom of the Paradise	20th Century Fox / Harbor Productions	Brian De Palma (director/screenplay); Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham, Raymond Louis Kennedy, George Memmoli, Archie Hahn, Jeffrey Comanor, Peter Elbling, Rod Serling, Janus Blythe, Mary Margaret Amato, Cheryl Smith	Musical, Comedy, Horror	Live Action
		The Four Musketeers	Fox-Rank	Richard Lester (director); George MacDonald Fraser (screenplay); Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee, Geraldine Chaplin, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simon Ward, Faye Dunaway, Charlton Heston, Roy Kinnear, Michael Gothard, Sybil Danning, Nicole Calfan	Adventure, History	Live Action
		The Savage Is Loose	Campbell Devon Films / The Savage Is Loose Company	George C. Scott (director); Max Ehrlich, Frank De Felitta (screenplay); George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, John David Carson, Lee H. Montgomery	Drama	Live Action
N O V E M B E R	1	Open Season	Columbia Pictures / Arpa Productions / Impala	Peter Collinson (director); David Osborn, Liz Charles-Williams (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Cornelia Sharpe, John Phillip Law, Richard Lynch, Alberto de Mendoza, William Holden, May Heatherly	Action, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	6	Blood for Dracula	Euro International Films / Compagnia Cinematografica Champion	Paul Morrissey (director/screenplay); Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio de Sica, Maxime McKendry, Arno Juerging, Milena Vukotic, Dominique Darel, Stefania Casini, Silvia Dionisio, Roman Polanski	Horror	Live Action
	7	The Little Prince	Paramount Pictures / Stanley Donen Films	Stanley Donen (director); Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay); Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Steven Warner, Gene Wilder, Donna McKechnie, Joss Ackland, Graham Crowden, Victor Spinetti, Clive Revill	Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Musical	Live Action
	8	Confessions of a Window Cleaner	Columbia Pictures	Val Guest (director/screenplay); Christopher Wood (screenplay); Robin Askwith, Antony Booth, Linda Hayden, Sheila White, Dandy Nichols, Bill Maynard, John Le Mesurier, Richard Wattis, Joan Hickson, Melissa Stribling, Sam Kydd, Lionel Murton, Katya Wyeth, Sue Longhurst, Anita Graham, Brian Hall, Robert Longden	Comedy	Live Action
	12	All the Kind Strangers	ABC / Cinemation Industries	Burt Kennedy (director); Clyde Ware (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar, John Savage, Robby Benson, Arlene Farber, Tim Parkison, Patti Parkison, Brent Campbell, John Connell	Horror, Thriller	Live Action
	13	The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams	Sunn Classic Pictures / Sun International	Richard Friedenberg (director); Lawrence Dobkin (screenplay); Dan Haggerty, Don Shanks, William Woodson, Lisa Jones, Marjorie Harper	Adventure, Family, Western	Live Action
		The Trial of Billy Jack	Warner Bros. / Taylor-Laughlin	Tom Laughlin (director); Frank Christina, Teresa Christina (screenplay); Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Riley Hall, Sacheen Littlefeather, Bong-Soo Han, Rolling Thunder, William Wellman Jr., Victor Izay, Teresa Kelly, Sara Lane, Geo Anne Sosa, Lynn Baker, Sparky Watt, Gus Greymountain, Michael Bolland, Jack Stanley	Western, Action	Live Action
	15	The Abdication	Warner Bros.	Anthony Harvey (director); Ruth Wolff (screenplay); Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Paul Rogers, Graham Crowden, Michael Dunn, Kathleen Byron, Lewis Fiander, Harold Goldblatt, Tony Steedman, James Faulkner, Edward Underdown, Noel Trevarthen, Richard Cornish, Ania Marson, Franz Dargo, Suzanne Huddart, Debbie Nicholson	Historical, Drama	Live Action
		Earthquake	Universal Pictures / The Filmakers Group	Mark Robson (director); George Fox, Mario Puzo (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Victoria Principal, Walter Matthau, Monica Lewis, Gabriel Dell, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Lloyd Gough, John Randolph, Kip Niven, Scott Hylands, Donald Moffat, Jesse Vint, Alan Vint, John S. Ragin, George Murdock, Donald Mantooth, Gene Dynarski, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Tim Herbert, Josh Albee, Reb Brown, Lonny Chapman, Jeannie Epper, Bruce M. Fischer, Jerry Hardin, Karl Lukas, Stuart Nisbet, Debralee Scott, Dick Tufeld, Sandy Ward, Dick Warlock, Don Wilbanks, Tiger Williams, Michael Richardson, John Elerick, Lionel Johnston, Alex A. Brown, Bob Cunningham, John Dennis, Bob Gravage, Dave Morick, Inez Pedroza	Disaster, Action, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
		Lenny	United Artists	Bob Fosse (director); Julian Barry (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Gary Morton, Rashel Novikoff, Guy Rennie, Aldo Demeo	Biography, Drama	Live Action
		Seizure	American International Pictures / Cinerama Releasing Corporation	Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Edward Mann (screenplay); Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Hervé Villechaize, Henry Judd Baker, Joseph Sirola, Christina Pickles, Troy Donahue, Mary Woronov, Richard Cox, Alexis Kirk	Horror	Live Action
	21	Beyond the Door	Variety Distribution / A Erre Cinematografica / Montoro Productions Ltd.	Ovidio G. Assonitis, Roberto Piazzoli (directors/screenplay); Antonio Troisio, Giorgio Marini, Aldo Crudo, Alex Rebar, Christopher Cruise (screenplay); Juliet Mills, Gabriele Lavia, Richard Johnson, Carla Mancini, Edward L. Montoro, Nino Segurini, Elisabeth Turner, Barbara Fiorini, David Colin Jr., Jonathan T. Tran	Horror	Live Action
	22	Animals Are Beautiful People	Warner Bros.	Jamie Uys (director/screenplay); Paddy O'Byrne	Nature, Documentary	Live Action
		Great Expectations	ITC Entertainment / Transcontinental Film Productions	Joseph Hardy (director); Sherman Yellen (screenplay); Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason, Margaret Leighton, Robert Morley, Anthony Quayle, Joss Ackland, Rachel Roberts, Andrew Ray, Heather Sears, Simon Gipps-Kent, James Faulkner, Peter Bull, John Clive, Patsy Smart, Maria Charles	Drama	Live Action
		The Tamarind Seed	AVCO Embassy Pictures / Lorimar / ITC Entertainment / Jewel Productions / Pimlico Films	Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Dan O'Herlihy, Sylvia Sims, Oskar Homolka, Bryan Marshall, Celia Bannerman, Sharon Duce, George Mikell, Kate O'Mara, Constantine Gregory, Janet Henfrey, David Baron, Roger Dann, John Sullivan, Terence Plummer, Leslie Crawford, Alexei Jawdokimov	Drama, Romance, Thriller	Live Action
		A Woman Under the Influence	Faces Distribution	John Cassavetes (director/screenplay); Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes, Matthew Labyorteaux, Mario Gallo, John Finnegan, Frank Richards, Hugh Hurd, Leon Wagner, Dominique Davalos, Xan Cassavetes, N.J. Cassavetes, Matthew Cassel, Christina Grisanti, Eddie Shaw, Charles Horvath, James Joyce	Drama, Romance	Live Action
	26	The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (Japan)-(Thailand)	Tsuburaya Productions / Chaiyo Productions	Shohei Tōjō (director); Bunzo Wakatsuki, Sompote Sands (screenplay); Toshio Furukawa, Kohji Moritsugu, Jirō Dan, Saburō Shinoda, Ko Kaeoduendee, Anan Pricha, Yodchai Meksuwan, Pawana Chanajit, Sripouk, Srisuriya, Kan Booncho, Chan Wanpen, Somnouk, Hikaru Urano, Keiji Takamine, Taeko Kamisaka, Kunio Suzuki, Umeda Shinichi, Toru Kawai, Takeshi Watabe, Sakamoto Michihiro	Superhero, Action, Sci-Fi	Live Action
	29	The Phantom of Liberty	20th Century Fox / Greenwich Film Productions	Luis Buñuel (director/screenplay); Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay); Adriana Asti, Julien Bertheau, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, Anne-Marie Deschodt, Paul Frankeur, Pierre Lary, Michael Lonsdale, Pierre Maguelon, François Maistre, Hélène Perdrière, Claude Piéplu, Bernard Verley, Monica Vitti, Marie-France Pisier, Milena Vukotic, Guy Montagné, Marcel Pérès, Paul Le Person, Bernard Musson, Chantal Ladesou	Comedy	Live Action
		Murder on the Orient Express	Paramount Pictures	Sidney Lumet (director); Paul Dehn (screenplay); Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York, Colin Blakely, George Coulouris, Denis Quilley, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jeremy Lloyd, John Moffatt	Crime, Drama, Mystery	Live Action
		The Land That Time Forgot	American International Pictures / Amicus Productions	Kevin Connor (director); Michael Moorcock, James Cawthorn (screenplay); Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron, Anthony Ainley, Godfrey James, Declan Mulholland, Roy Holder, Andrew McCulloch, Ron Pember, Brian Hall, Peter Sproule, Steve James	Adventure, Fantasy	Live Action
D E C E M B E R	3	Emmanuelle	Parafrance Films / Trinacra Films / Orphée Productions	Just Jaeckin (director); Jean-Louis Richard (screenplay); Alain Cuny, Sylvia Kristel, Marika Green, Christine Boisson, Daniel Sarky, Jeanne Colletin, Gabriel Briand, Samantha	Drama	Live Action
		The Marseille Contract	American International Pictures / Kettledrum Films	Robert Parrish (director); Judd Bernard (screenplay); Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Maurice Ronet, Alexandra Stewart, Maureen Kerwin, Catherine Rouvel, Marcel Bozzuffi, André Oumansky	Thriller	Live Action
		Soft Beds, Hard Battles	The Rank Organisation	Roy Boulting (director/screenplay); Leo Marks (screenplay); Peter Sellers, Lila Kedrova, Curd Jürgens, Béatrice Romand, Jenny Hanley, Gabriella Licudi, Françoise Pascal, Rula Lenska, Vernon Dobtcheff, Doug Sheldon, Thorley Walters, Timothy West, Philip Madoc, Patricia Burke, Basil Dignam, Stanley Lebor, Gertan Klauber, Windsor Davies, Nicholas Courtney, Rex Stallings, Daphne Lawson, Hylette Adolphe, Jean Charles Driant, Nicholas Loukes, Barry J. Gordon, Joan Baxter, Carolle Rousseau	Comedy	Live Action
	5	The Photographer	Embassy Pictures / Intro Media Productions Inc. / Destiny Worldwide Entertainment	William Byron Hillman (director/screenplay); Michael Callan, Barbara Nichols, Harold J. Stone, Edward Andrews, Jed Allan, Spencer Milligan, Susan Damante, Liv Lindeland, Jennifer Leak, Isabel Sanford, Patty Bodeen, Betty Anne Rees, Ronda Copland, Rai Bartonious, Billy Hillman	Thriller	Live Action
	9	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Warner Bros.	Martin Scorsese (director); Robert Getchell (screenplay); Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Alfred Lutter, Billy "Green" Bush, Diane Ladd, Valerie Curtin, Lelia Goldoni, Lane Bradbury, Vic Tayback, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Murray Moston, Harry Northup, Martin Scorsese, Laura Dern	Comedy, Drama, Romance	Live Action
	12	Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (Australia)	Roadshow / Reg Grundy Productions	Bruce Beresford (director/screenplay); Barry Humphries (screenplay); Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasence, Dick Bentley, Ed Devereaux, Roy Kinnear, Don Spencer, Frank Windsor, Derek Guyler, Arthur English, Desmond Tester, John Le Mesurier, Tommy Trinder, Chantal Contouri, Clive James	Comedy	Live Action
	14	F for Fake	Planfilm / Specialty Films	Orson Welles (director/screenplay); Oja Kodar (screenplay); Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Joseph Cotten, François Reichenbach, Richard Wilson, Paul Stewart, Gary Graver, Andrés Vicente Gómez, Peter Bogdanovich, William Alland, Howard Hughes, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Laurence Harvey, Clifford Irving, Nina van Pallandt, Edith Irving, Mark Forgy, Alexander Welles, Julio Palinkas, Christian Odasso, Françoise Widhoff	Documentary	Live Action
		The Towering Inferno	20th Century Fox / Irwin Allen Productions	John Guillermin (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Sheila Allen, Norman Burton, Jack Collins, Don Gordon, Felton Perry, Gregory Sierra, Ernie Orsatti, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Rogers, Norm Grabowski, Ross Elliott, Olan Soule, Mike Lookinland, Scott Newman, Paul Comi, George Wallace, William Bassett, John Crawford, Art Balinger, Maureen McGovern, William Traylor, Malcolm Atterbury, Harry Hickox, Ethelreda Leopold, Jennifer Rhodes, Jenny Sullivan, Ann Leicester, Carlena Gower, Carol McEvoy, Patrick Culliton, Erik Nelson, LCDR Norman Hicks, LTJG Thomas Karnahan,	Disaster, Action, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	15	Young Frankenstein	20th Century Fox / Gruskoff/Venture Films / Crossbow Productions, Inc.	Mel Brooks (director/screenplay); Gene Wilder (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn, Richard Haydn, Monte Landis, Gene Hackman, Liam Dunn, Danny Goldman, Oscar Beregi, Arthur Malet, Rolfe Sedan, Michael Fox, Clement von Franckenstein, Leon Askin, Lou Cutell, Ian Abercrombie, Mel Brooks, Berry Kroeger, Ethelreda Leopold, Jeff Maxwell, Richard Roth, Anne Beesley, Lidia Kristen	Comedy, Horror	Live Action
	18	The Front Page	Universal Pictures	Billy Wilder (director/screenplay); I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Vincent Gardenia, Susan Sarandon, Allen Garfield, David Wayne, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Carol Burnett, Herb Edelman, Martin Gabel, Harold Gould, John Furlong, Jon Korkes, Cliff Osmond, Paul Benedict, Lou Frizzell, Dick O'Neill, Noam Pitlik, Joshua Shelley, Doro Merande, Biff Elliot, Allen Jenkins, Leonard Bremen, Barbara Davis	Black Comedy, Drama, Romance	Live Action
	20	Black Christmas	Warner Bros. / Canadian Film Development Corporation / Film Funding Ltd.	Bob Clark (director); A. Roy Moore (screenplay); Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Andrea Martin, Doug McGrath, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin, Leslie Carlson, Martha Gibson, Nick Mancuso, Bob Clark, Marian Waldman, James Edmond, Michael Rapport, John Rutter, Dave Clement, Julian Reed, Albert J. Dunk	Slasher	Live Action
		The Godfather Part II	Paramount Pictures / The Coppola Company	Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Mario Puzo (screenplay); Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Talia Shire, Morgana King, John Cazale, Marianna Hill, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, G.D. Spradlin, Richard Bright, Gastone Moschin, Tom Rosqui, Bruno Kirby, Frank Sivero, Francesca De Sapio, Leopoldo Trieste, Dominic Chianese, Amerigo Tot, Troy Donahue, John Aprea, Joe Spinell, Abe Vigoda, Gianni Russo, Maria Carta, Oreste Baldini, Fay Spain, Harry Dean Stanton, James Murdock, Carmine Caridi, Danny Aiello, William Bowers, Carmen Argenziano, Kathleen Beller, Peter Donat, Roger Corman, Ivonne Coll, Erica Yohn, James Caan, Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Julie Gregg, Sho Kosugi, Gary Kurtz, Richard Matheson, John Megna	Epic, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Hearts and Minds	Warner Bros. / Rainbow Releasing	Peter Davis (director); Clark Clifford, John Foster Dulles, Georges Bidault, George Coker, Walt Rostow, J. W. Fulbright, J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph R. McCarthy, Bobby Muller, Daniel Ellsberg, General William Westmoreland, George Patton IV, I.F. Stone, Eugene McCarthy, Robert F. Kennedy, Ngo Dinh Diem, Nguyen Khanh, General Maxwell Taylor, Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bob Hope, Randy Floyd, Jerry Holter, Charles Hoey, Stan Holder, Kay Dvorshock, Nguyen Van Toi, Vo Thi Hue, Vo Thi Tu, Father Chan Tin, Diem Chau, David Emerson, Mui Duc Giang, Edward Sowders, Lora Sowders, Barton Osbern, George Trendell, Thich Lieu Minh, William Marshall, Duong Van Khai, Nguyen Ngoc-Linh, Mike Sulsana, Nguyen Thi Sau, Ngo Ba Thanh, Mary Cochran Emerson, Vu Duc Vinh	Documentary	Live Action
		The Island at the Top of the World	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Robert Stevenson (director); John Whedon (screenplay); Donald Sinden, David Hartman, Jacques Marin, Mako, David Gwillim, Agneta Eckemyr, Lasse Kolstad, Rolf Søder, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Denny Miller, Ivor Barry, Lee Paul, Gunnar Öhlund, Erik Silju, Torsten Wahlund, Niels Hinrichsen, Brendan Dillon, James Almanzar	Fantasy, Adventure	Live Action
		The Man with the Golden Gun	United Artists / Eon Productions	Guy Hamilton (director); Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay); Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James, Richard Loo, Soon-Taik Oh, Marc Lawrence, Lois Maxwell, Marne Maitland, Desmond Llewelyn, James Cossins, Bernard Lee, Sonny Caldinez, Chan Yiu Lam, Francoise Therry	Spy, Action, Adventure, Thriller	Live Action
		Swept Away (Italy)	Medusa Distribuzione	Lina Wertmüller (director/screenplay); Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Isa Danieli, Riccardo Salvino, Aldo Puglisi, Eros Pagni	Romance, Adventure, Comedy	Live Action
	25	Abby	American International Pictures	William Girdler (director); G. Cornell Layne (screenplay); Carol Speed, William Marshall, Terry Carter, Austin Stoker, Juanita Moore, Nathan Cook, Bob Holt, Charles Kissinger, Elliott Moffitt, Nancy Lee Owens, William P. Bradford	Blaxploitation, Horror	Live Action
		Freebie and the Bean	Warner Bros.	Richard Rush (director); Robert Kaufman (screenplay); James Caan, Alan Arkin, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Mike Kellin, Alex Rocco, Valerie Harper, Paul Koslo, Linda Marsh, Christopher Morley, Maurice Argent, Janice Karman, Evel Knievel, Sacheen Littlefeather	Black Comedy, Action, Crime	Live Action
		Where the Lilies Bloom	United Artists / Radnitz/Mattel Productions	William A. Graham (director); Earl Hamner Jr. (screenplay); Harry Dean Stanton, Rance Howard, Jan Smithers, Sudie Bond, Julie Gholson, Matthew Burrill, Helen Harmon, Tom Spratley, Helen Bragdon, Alice Beardsley, Bob Cole, Martha Nell Hardy, Resi Sinclair, Gregg Parrish, Janine Hughes, Karen Moody, Tom Guinn, Rev. George Stenhouse	Drama	Live Action
	28	ESPY (Japan)	Toho	Jun Fukuda (director); Ei Ogawa (screenplay); Hiroshi Fujioka, Kaoru Yumi, Masao Kusakari, Yuzo Kayama, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Katsumasa Uchida, Andrew Hughes, Eiji Okada, Gorō Mutsumi, Robert Dunham, Luna Takamura, Hatsuo Yamaya, Jimmy Shaw, Willie Dorsey, Steve Green, Ralph Jesser, Germal Liner, Franz Gruber, Bart Johanson	Action, Adventure, Mystery	Live Action

Births

• January 1 – Jennifer Podemski, Canadian actress
• January 5 – Daisy Bates, English actress
• January 10
  • Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, musician, comedian, singer, director and writer
  • Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
• January 14 - Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
• January 16 - Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Vietnamese–American actor
• January 18 - Maulik Pancholy, American actor
• January 19 - Natassia Malthe, Norwegian actress and model
• January 21 - Vincent Laresca, American actor
• January 24 – Ed Helms, American actor and comedian
• January 28 - Ty Olsson, Canadian actor
• January 30
  • Christian Bale, English actor
  • Olivia Colman, English actress
• February 4 – Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress
• February 8
  • Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer and director
  • Susan May Pratt, American actress
• February 9
  • Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress
  • Amber Valletta, American model and actress
• February 10
  • Elizabeth Banks, American actress, director, writer and producer
  • María Botto, Argentine-Spanish actress
• February 11 - Isaiah Mustafa, American actor
• February 15 – Miranda July (née Grossinger), American filmmaker, performance artist and fiction writer
• February 16 – Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper
• February 17
  • David Lipper, Canadian actor
  • Jerry O'Connell, American actor
• February 18 – Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress, director and activist
• February 25 – Divya Bharti, Indian actress (d. 1993)
• March 5
  • Kevin Connolly, American actor and director
  • Matt Lucas, English actor, comedian, writer and television presenter
  • Eva Mendes, American actress
• March 7 - Tobias Menzies, English actor
• March 8 – Cesar Velasco Broca, Spanish actor and cult filmmaker
• March 15 - Renoly Santiago, Puerto Rican actor, singer and writer
• March 21 - Rhys Darby, New Zealand actor, comedian and voice actor
• March 23 - Randall Park, American actor, comedian and writer
• March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
• March 25 - Laz Alonso, American actor
• March 31
  • Adrian Holmes, Canadian actor
  • Victoria Smurfit, Irish actress
• April 2 - Harold Hunter, American professional skateboarder and actor (d. 2006)
• April 10 - Omar Metwally, American actor
• April 12 - Marley Shelton, American actress
• April 15
  • Fay Masterson, English actress
  • Danny Pino, American actor
• April 21 - John Hasler, English actor and voice-over artist
• April 24 – Jennifer Paz, Filipino actress
• April 26 – Ivana Miličević, American actress
• April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
• May 2 - Matt Berry, English actor, voice actor, comedian, writer and musician
• May 3 - Joseph Kosinski, American filmmaker
• May 7 – Breckin Meyer, American actor, voice actor, writer and producer
• May 10 - Craig Hall, New Zealand actor
• May 11 – Benoît Magimel, French actor
• May 14 - Carla Jimenez, American actress
• May 15 – Russell Hornsby, American actor
• May 21 – Fairuza Balk, American actress
• May 22 – Sean Gunn, American actor
• May 24 - Dash Mihok, American actor and director
• May 25 - Maria Fernanda Cândido, Brazilian actress and television presenter
• June 2 - Leah Cairns, Canadian actress
• June 6 - Danny Strong, American actor, writer, director and producer
• June 11 - Lenny Jacobson, American actor
• June 12
  • Jared Bush, American screenwriter, producer and director
  • Jason Mewes, American actor, comedian, film producer and podcaster
• June 14 - Phillip Rhys, English actor and filmmaker
• June 16 - Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor
• June 20 – Lenin M. Sivam, Sri Lankan-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• June 23 – Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
• June 25
  • Jeff Cohen, American former child actor
  • Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
• July 1 - Jonathan Roumie, American actor
• July 4 - Mick Wingert, American voice actor
• July 8 – Tami Erin, American actress
• July 16 - Robinne Lee, American actress
• July 20 - Simon Rex, American actor, rapper and comedian
• July 22
  • Donald Faison, American actor, comedian and voice actor
  • Franka Potente, German actress
  • Johnny Strong, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
• July 29 - Josh Radnor, American actor and filmmaker
• July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress
• July 31
  • Emilia Fox, English actress and presenter
  • Asher Keddie, Australian actress
• August 2 - Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress
• August 5 – Kajol, Indian actress
• August 7 – Michael Shannon, American actor
• August 8 - Enzo Cilenti, English actor
• August 10 - Craig Kirkwood, American former actor
• August 11 - Chris Messina, American actor, director, writer and producer
• August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model
• August 20
  • Amy Adams, American actress
  • Misha Collins, American actor
• August 23 – Ray Park, English actor
• August 31 - Marc Webb, American music video director and filmmaker
• September 1 - Burn Gorman, English actor and musician
• September 5 - Romina Yan, Argentine actress, screenwriter and singer (d. 2010)
• September 6
  • Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress (d. 2014)
  • Justin Whalin, American former actor
• September 7 - Noah Huntley, English actor
• September 10 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor
• September 11 - Ben Best, American actor, writer, musician and producer (d. 2021)
• September 18 - Xzibit, American rapper, actor and broadcaster
• September 19
  • Jimmy Fallon, American television host, comedian and actor
  • Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish actress and model
• September 30 - Ashley Hamilton, American actor, comedian and singer-songwriter
• October 2 - Michelle Krusiec, American actress, writer and producer
• October 6
  • Fernando Chien, Taiwanese actor and stunt performer
  • Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer and writer
• October 7 - Numan Acar, Turkish-German actor and producer
• October 17
  • Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
  • Rizwan Manji, Canadian actor
• October 20 – Brian Limond, Scottish comedian, actor and writer
• October 28
  • Michael Dougherty, American director, screenwriter, producer and animator
  • Jake Kasdan, American filmmaker and actor
  • Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
• October 31
  • David Dencik, Danish-Swedish actor
  • Ruben Fleischer, American director and producer
• November 2 - Nelly, American actor, rapper and singer
• November 4 – Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
• November 7 - Carl Steven, American child actor (d. 2011)
• November 10 – Simone Singh, Indian actress
• November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
• November 14 - David Moscow, American actor and producer
• November 16 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress
• November 17 – Leslie Bibb, American actress and model
• November 21 – Tiit Sukk, Estonian actor
• November 24 - Stephen Merchant, English comedian, actor, writer, director and presenter
• November 26 - Omar Chaparro, Mexican actor, comedian, television host and singer
• December 1 – Érica Rivas, Argentinian actress
• December 11 - Lisa Ortiz, American voice actress and voice director
• December 15 - P. J. Byrne, American actor
• December 17
  • Paul Briggs, American animator and voice actor
  • Sarah Paulson, American actress
  • Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
• December 24 - Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
• December 25
  • Patrick Brennan, American actor
  • Andrew McNee, Canadian actor
• December 27 - Masi Oka, Japanese actor, producer and digital effects artist
• December 29 - Mekhi Phifer, American actor

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	2	Tex Ritter	68	US	Actor, Singer	Trouble in Texas Where the Buffalo Roam
	3	Gino Cervi	72	Italy	Actor	Becket Black Eagle
	14	Paul Whitsun-Jones	50	UK	Actor	The Moonraker The Masque of the Red Death
	31	Samuel Goldwyn	94	Poland	Producer, Studio Executive	The Best Years of Our Lives Guys and Dolls
	31	Roger Pryor	72	US	Actor	Glamour for Sale The Return of Jimmy Valentine
February	7	Arline Judge	61	US	Actress	The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Pigskin Parade
	11	Anna Q. Nilsson	85	Sweden	Actress	Sunset Boulevard Sorrell and Son
	23	Florence Rice	67	US	Actress	At the Circus Double Wedding
	23	Harry Ruby	79	US	Screenwriter, Composer	Horse Feathers Duck Soup
	27	Orry-Kelly	66	Australia	Costume Designer	An American in Paris Some Like It Hot
	28	Carole Lesley	38	UK	Actress	Woman in a Dressing Gown Three on a Spree
March	3	Barbara Ruick	43	US	Actress, Singer	Carousel The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
	5	Billy De Wolfe	67	US	Actor	Dixie Tea for Two
	7	Alberto Rabagliati	67	Italy	Actor, Singer	The Barefoot Contessa Street Angel
	8	Martha Wentworth	84	US	Actress, Voice Actress	Santa Fe Uprising One Hundred and One Dalmatians
	13	Howard St. John	68	US	Actor	Born Yesterday Li'l Abner
	19	Edward Platt	58	US	Actor	North by Northwest Rebel Without a Cause
	28	Dorothy Fields	68	US	Songwriter	Swing Time Annie Get Your Gun
	28	Françoise Rosay	82	France	Actress	September Affair The Seventh Sin
	29	Seton I. Miller	71	US	Screenwriter	Scarface Here Comes Mr. Jordan
April	2	Douglass Dumbrille	84	Canada	Actor	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town The Ten Commandments
	10	Patricia Collinge	81	Ireland	Actress	Shadow of a Doubt The Nun's Story
	13	Stanley Smith	71	US	Actor	Honey Love Among the Millionaires
	18	Betty Compson	77	US	Actress	The Docks of New York The Miracle Man
	20	Peter Lee Lawrence	30	Germany	Actor	For a Few Dollars More Black Beauty
	24	Bud Abbott	78	US	Actor	Abbott and Costello in Hollywood Little Giant
	30	Agnes Moorehead	73	US	Actress	Citizen Kane The Magnificent Ambersons
May	18	Mary Maguire	55	Australia	Actress	The Outsider Sergeant Murphy
	24	Duke Ellington	75	US	Composer	Paris Blues Anatomy of a Murder
	25	Donald Crisp	91	UK	Actor	How Green Was My Valley National Velvet
June	6	Blanche Yurka	86	US	Actress	A Tale of Two Cities Queen of the Mob
	10	Lewis R. Foster	75	US	Director, Screenwriter	Manhandled Hong Kong
	17	Pamela Britton	51	US	Actress	Anchors Aweigh D.O.A.
	28	Frank Sutton	50	US	Actor	Marty Town Without Pity
July	13	Joe Flynn	48	US	Actor	McHale's Navy The Barefoot Executive
	13	Marthe Vinot	79	France	Actress	Le Mort vivant Le Calvaire
	27	Julián de Meriche	65	Mexico	Actor	The Incredible Invasion
	28	Truman Bradley	69	US	Actor, Narrator	Millionaires in Prison Murder Among Friends
August	13	Ilona Massey	64	Hungary	Actress	Invisible Agent Love Happy
	16	Maxwell Reed	55	Ireland	Actor	Blackout The Notorious Landlady
September	6	Olga Baclanova	78	Russia	Actress	Freaks The Wolf of Wall Street
	6	Otto Kruger	89	US	Actor	High Noon Magnificent Obsession
	14	Barbara Jo Allen	68	US	Actress	Girl Rush Lake Placid Serenade
	14	Warren Hull	71	US	Actor	Star Reporter Mandrake the Magician
	18	Edna Best	74	UK	Actress	The Man Who Knew Too Much The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
	21	Jacqueline Susann	56	US	Author, Actress	Valley of the Dolls Once Is Not Enough
	21	Walter Brennan	80	US	Actor	The Westerner Rio Bravo
	22	Stephanie Bidmead	45	UK	Actress	Invasion Running Scared
	27	James R. Webb	64	US	Screenwriter	How the West Was Won Cape Fear
October	13	Ed Sullivan	73	US	Actor	Bye Bye Birdie The Singing Nun
November	7	Rodolfo Acosta	54	Mexico	Actor	The Sons of Katie Elder One-Eyed Jacks
	13	Vittorio De Sica	73	Italy	Actor, Director, Screenwriter	Bicycle Thieves Miracle in Milan
	14	Johnny Mack Brown	70	US	Actor	Coquette Our Dancing Daughters
	17	Clive Brook	87	UK	Actor	Shanghai Express Sherlock Holmes
	25	Rosemary Lane	61	US	Actress, Singer	Four Wives The Return of Doctor X
December	4	Lee Kinsolving	36	US	Actor	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs The Explosive Generation
	5	Pietro Germi	60	Italy	Actor, Director, Screenwriter	Divorce Italian Style Seduced and Abandoned
	10	Paul Richards	50	US	Actor	The Houston Story Beneath the Planet of the Apes
	11	Reed Hadley	63	US	Actor	The Baron of Arizona Big House, U.S.A.
	15	Anatole Litvak	72	Ukraine	Director, Producer	The Snake Pit Anastasia
	21	Richard Long	47	US	Actor	House on Haunted Hill The Stranger
	26	Jack Benny	80	US	Actor	To Be or Not to Be Broadway Melody of 1936

Film debuts

• Armand Assante – The Lords of Flatbush
• Richard Belzer – The Groove Tube
• Tom Bower – The Trial of Billy Jack
• Tony Burton – The Black Godfather
• Chevy Chase – The Groove Tube
• Bill Cobbs – The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
• Robert Englund – Buster and Billie
• Jeff Goldblum – Death Wish
• Clyde Kusatsu – Airport 1975
• Edward James Olmos – Black Fist
• Peter Simonischek – Die Auslieferung
• Fred Ward – Ginger in the Morning
• Kenneth Welsh – Piaf
• Henry Winkler – Crazy Joe

External links

• List of 1974 films at IMDb
• List of 1974 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1974 births at IMDb