| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1978 |
| Amori miei | Steno | Monica Vitti, Johnny Dorelli, Enrico Maria Salerno, Edwige Fenech | Comedy | |
| L'arma | Pasquale Squitieri | Stefano Satta Flores, Claudia Cardinale | Drama | |
| Being Twenty | Fernando Di Leo | Gloria Guida, Lilli Carati | Erotic-drama | |
| The Bermuda Triangle | René Cardona Jr. | John Huston, Gloria Guida | Sci-fi | |
| Blazing Flowers | Gianni Martucci | Marc Porel, George Hilton, Anna Maria Rizzoli | Poliziottesco | |
| Blood and Diamonds | Fernando Di Leo | Claudio Cassinelli, Martin Balsam, Barbara Bouchet | Noir | |
| Blood Feud | Lina Wertmüller | Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini, Turi Ferro | Thriller-comedy | |
| The Bloodstained Shadow | Antonio Bido | Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill | Giallo | |
| Le braghe del padrone | Flavio Mogherini | Enrico Montesano, Adolfo Celi | Comedy | |
| Break Up | Enrico Maria Salerno | Ornella Muti, Tony Musante, Monica Guerritore | romance drama | |
| Brothers Till We Die | Umberto Lenzi | Tomas Milian | Poliziottesco | |
| Bye Bye Monkey (Ciao maschio) | Marco Ferreri | Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Geraldine Fitzgerald | Farce | Cannes Award. Filmed in New York City. Spoken in English |
| La Cage aux Folles | Édouard Molinaro | Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault | Comedy | |
| Candido Erotico | Claudio Giorgi | Lilli Carati, María Baxa | Erotic-drama | |
| China 9, Liberty 37 (Amore, piombo e furore) | Monte Hellman | Fabio Testi, Warren Oates, Jenny Agutter | Spaghetti Western | |
| Closed Circuit | Giuliano Montaldo | Giuliano Gemma | Drama | Entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Convoy Busters | Stelvio Massi | Maurizio Merli, Olga Karlatos | Poliziottesco | |
| Corleone | Pasquale Squitieri | Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale | Crime | |
| Covert Action (Sono stato un agente C.I.A) | Romolo Guerrieri | David Janssen, Corinne Cléry | Eurospy | |
| Damned in Venice | Ugo Liberatore | Renato Cestiè, Rena Niehaus | Horror | |
| Ecce bombo | Nanni Moretti | Nanni Moretti, Lina Sastri | Comedy | Filmed in 16 mm |
| Enfantasme | Sergio Gobbi | Agostina Belli, Stefano Satta Flores | —N/a | Italian-French co-production |
| Eyes Behind the Stars | Mario Gariazzo | Robert Hoffmann, Nathalie Delon, Martin Balsam | science-fiction | |
| Fearless | Stelvio Massi | Maurizio Merli, Joan Collins, Gastone Moschin | Poliziottesco | |
| First Love | Dino Risi | Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti | Commedia all'italiana | |
| Il flauto magico | Giulio Gianini, Emanuele Luzzati | - | Animation | |
| Free Hand for a Tough Cop | Umberto Lenzi | Tomas Milian, Claudio Cassinelli, Henry Silva | Poliziottesco | |
| Gegè Bellavita | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Flavio Bucci, Lina Polito, Pino Caruso | musical-comedy | |
| Geppo il folle | Adriano Celentano | Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori | musical-comedy | |
| The Greatest Battle | Umberto Lenzi | Henry Fonda, John Huston, Stacy Keach, Giuliano Gemma | Macaroni Combat | |
| How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Johnny Dorelli, Barbara Bouchet | Comedy | |
| L'immoralita | Massimo Pirri | Lisa Gastoni, Howard Ross | Thriller | [3] |
| The Inglorious Bastards | Enzo G. Castellari | Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Ian Bannen | War-action | |
| The Iron Commissioner | Stelvio Massi | Maurizio Merli, Janet Agren | Poliziottesco | |
| Last Feelings | Ruggero Deodato | Carlo Lupo, Vittoria Galeazzi, Luigi Diberti, Jacques Sernas, Angela Goodwin, Fiorenzo Fiorentini | Drama | Italian-Japanese co-production |
| The Last House on the Beach | Franco Prosperi | Florinda Bolkan, Ray Lovelock | Rape and revenge film | |
| La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti | Mariano Laurenti | Lino Banfi, Gloria Guida | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| Ligabue | Salvatore Nocita | Flavio Bucci, Andréa Ferréol, Pamela Villoresi | Biographical drama | |
| Little Italy | Bruno Corbucci | Tomás Milián, Eli Wallach | Poliziottesco-comedy | |
| Manaos | Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa | Fabio Testi, Agostina Belli, Florinda Bolkan | Adventure | |
| The Mountain of the Cannibal God | Sergio Martino | Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli | Adventure | |
| A Night Full of Rain | Lina Wertmüller | Giancarlo Giannini, Candice Bergen, Michael Tucker | Drama | Entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Odds and Evens | Sergio Corbucci | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer | Action-comedy | |
| Orchestra Rehearsal | Federico Fellini | Baldwin Baas, Clara Colosimo | Musical | |
| Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals | Joe D'Amato | Sirpa Lane | Erotic | |
| The Payoff | Sergio Corbucci | Nino Manfredi, Ugo Tognazzi, Paolo Stoppa | Crime-comedy | |
| Pensione paura | Francesco Barilli | Leonora Fani, Luc Merenda, Lidia Biondi | —N/a | |
| The Perfect Crime | Giuseppe Rosati | Leonard Mann, Alida Valli, Anthony Steel, Gloria Guida | Crime | |
| Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania | Luciano Salce | Paolo Villaggio, Adolfo Celi | Comedy | |
| Quando c'era lui... caro lei! | Giancarlo Santi | Paolo Villaggio, Gianni Cavina, Hugo Pratt, Maria Grazia Buccella | Comedy | |
| Red Rings of Fear | Alberto Negrin | Fabio Testi, Christine Kaufmann | Giallo | |
| The Rip-Off | Anthony M. Dawson | Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Lionel Stander | Crime-action | |
| Ritratto di borghesia in nero | Tonino Cervi | Senta Berger, Ornella Muti | Drama | |
| Safari Rally | Bitto Albertini | Marcel Bozzuffi, Joe Dallesandro | Action | |
| The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High | Mariano Laurenti | Edwige Fenech, Lino Banfi | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| The School Teacher in the House | Michele Massimo Tarantini | Edwige Fenech, Lino Banfi | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| Silver Saddle | Lucio Fulci | Giuliano Gemma, Geoffrey Lewis | Spaghetti Western | |
| Skin 'em Alive (Scorticateli vivi) | Mario Siciliano | Bryan Rostron, Karin Well | Mercenary war movie |
| Stay As You Are (Cosi' come sei) | Alberto Lattuada | Nastassja Kinski, Marcello Mastroianni | Erotic | New Line Cinema gave this film a limited US theatrical release on December 21, 1979. |
| Suggestionata | Alfredo Rizzo | Gabriele Ferzetti, Eleonora Giorgi | Erotic drama | |
| They Call Him Bulldozer | Michele Lupo | Bud Spencer, Raimund Harmstorf | Action-comedy | |
| The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'albero degli zoccoli) | Ermanno Olmi | real peasants from the Bergamo province | Drama | Palme d'Or winner. David di Donatello Best Film winner |
| Voglia di donna | Franco Bottari | Laura Gemser, Rena Niehaus, Ilona Staller | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| Where Are You Going on Holiday? (Dove vai in vacanza?) | Mauro Bolognini, Luciano Salce, Alberto Sordi | Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi, Paolo Villaggio, Stefania Sandrelli | anthology comedy film | |
| Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Ted Kotcheff | George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Gigi Proietti, Stefano Satta Flores, Madge Ryan, Frank Windsor, Peter Sallis, Tim Barlow, John Le Mesurier, Joss Ackland, Jean Gaven, Daniel Emilfork, Jacques Marin, Jacques Balutin, Jean Parédès, Michael Chow, Anita Graham | Black-comedy | |