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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahill U.S. Marshal | Andrew V. McLaglen | John Wayne, Gary Grimes, George Kennedy | Western | |
| The Candy Snatchers | Guerdon Trueblood | Tiffany Bolling | Exploitation | |
| Charley and the Angel | Vincent McEveety | Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Kurt Russell | Family | |
| Charley Varrick | Don Siegel | Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, John Vernon, Sheree North | Crime drama | based on a novel by John H. Reese |
| Charlotte's Web | Charles A. Nichols | Voices of Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde | Animated | from E.B. White story |
| Cinderella Liberty | Mark Rydell | James Caan, Marsha Mason, Eli Wallach | Drama | 3 Oscar nominations |
| Class of '44 | Paul Bogart | Gary Grimes | Drama | sequel to Summer of '42 |
| Cleopatra Jones | Jack Starrett | Tamara Dobson, Antonio Fargas, Shelley Winters | Crime drama | Warner Bros. |
| Coffy | Jack Hill | Pam Grier | Crime drama | American International |
| Cops and Robbers | Aram Avakian | Joseph Bologna, Cliff Gorman | Crime, Comedy | written by Donald E. Westlake |
| The Crazies | George A. Romero | Lynn Lowry, Lane Carroll | Horror | |
| The Day of the Dolphin | Mike Nichols | George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, Fritz Weaver | Drama | script by Buck Henry; 2 Oscar nominations |
| A Delicate Balance | Tony Richardson | Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick | Drama | based on Edward Albee play |
| Detroit 9000 | Arthur Marks | Alex Rocco | Crime | |
| Dillinger | John Milius | Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis, Ben Johnson, Richard Dreyfuss | Biopic, Crime drama | story of John Dillinger |
| Don't Play Us Cheap | Melvin Van Peebles | Esther Rolle | Comedy | |
| Electra Glide in Blue | James William Guercio | Robert Blake | Crime drama | |
| Emperor of the North | Robert Aldrich | Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine | Drama | aka Emperor of the North Pole |
| Enter the Dragon | Robert Clouse | Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly | Martial arts | Hong Kong co-production |
| Executive Action | David Miller | Burt Lancaster, Will Geer | Docudrama | on John F. Kennedy`s assassination |
| The Exorcist | William Friedkin | Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb | Horror | from William Peter Blatty novel; 10 Oscar nominations |
| Five on the Black Hand Side | Oscar Williams | D'Urville Martin | Comedy | |
| The Forgotten aka Don't Look in the Basement | S.F. Brownrigg | Jessie Lee Fulton | Horror | |
| Frank Film | Caroline Mouris, Frank Mouris | Frank Mouris | Animated | |
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Peter Yates | Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan | Crime drama | from George V. Higgins novel |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Fielder Cook | Ingrid Bergman | Family | from E. L. Konigsburg novel |
| Godspell | David Greene | Victor Garber | Musical | based on Broadway show |
| Gordon's War | Ossie Davis | Paul Winfield | Adventure |
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