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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlan County, USA | Barbara Kopple | W.A. Boyle | Documentary | Academy Award winner |
| Harry and Walter Go to New York | Mark Rydell | James Caan, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Hawmps! | Joe Camp | Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle | Comedy | Benji Films |
| Hollywood Boulevard | Joe Dante, Allan Arkush | Mary Woronov, Dick Miller | Comedy | Dante's first film |
| Hot Potato | Oscar Williams | Jim Kelly | Action | |
| The Human Tornado | Cliff Roquemore | Rudy Ray Moore, Ernie Hudson | Action | |
| J. D.'s Revenge | Arthur Marks | Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman | Horror | American International |
| Jackson County Jail | Michael Miller | Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones | Drama | |
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | John Cassavetes | Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel | Crime drama | |
| King Kong | John Guillermin | Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin | Adventure | remake of 1933 film |
| King Kung Fu | Lance D. Hayes | John Balee, John D. Hayes | Comedy | |
| The Last Hard Men | Andrew V. McLaglen | Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Barbara Hershey | Prison drama | |
| The Last Tycoon | Elia Kazan | Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Ray Milland, Theresa Russell, Jack Nicholson | Drama | F. Scott Fitzgerald story |
| Leadbelly | Gordon Parks | Roger E. Mosley | Biography | story of famed bluesman |
| Lifeguard | Daniel Petrie | Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Kathleen Quinlan | Drama | Paramount |
| Lipstick | Lamont Johnson | Margaux Hemingway, Mariel Hemingway | Drama | Mariel's first film |
| The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Nicolas Gessner | Martin Sheen, Jodie Foster | Thriller | from Laird Koenig novel |
| Logan's Run | Michael Anderson | Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov, Farrah Fawcett, Richard Jordan | Science fiction | 3 Oscar nominations |
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