| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Tommy Lee Wallace | Dan O'Herlihy, Stacey Nelkin | Horror | third of series |
| Hammett | Wim Wenders | Frederic Forrest, Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle | Mystery | based on Dashiell Hammett |
| Hanky Panky | Sidney Poitier | Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark | Comedy | Columbia |
| Harry Tracy | William A. Graham | Bruce Dern, Helen Shaver | Western | 7 Genie Award nominations |
| Heidi's Song | Robert Taylor | Lorne Greene, Margery Gray, Sammy Davis, Jr. | Animation, Family | Hanna-Barbera |
| Hey Good Lookin' | Ralph Bakshi | Voices of David Proval, Tina Bowman | Animation, Adult | |
| Honkytonk Man | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, Verna Bloom | Drama | from Clancy Carlile novel |
| Hospital Massacre | Boaz Davidson | Jon Van Ness, Barbi Benton | Horror | |
| Human Highway | Neil Young, Dean Stockwell | Neil Young, Russ Tamblyn, Devo | Comedy | |
| I Ought to Be in Pictures | Herbert Ross | Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff | Drama | written by Neil Simon |
| I, the Jury | Richard T. Heffron | Armand Assante, Paul Sorvino, Barbara Carrera | Action | from Mickey Spillane novel |
| If You Could See What I Hear | Eric Till | Marc Singer, R.H. Thomson | Drama | |
| I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Jack Hofsiss | Jill Clayburgh, Nicol Williamson, Dianne Wiest | Drama, Biography | about filmmaker Barbara Gordon |
| Inchon | Terence Young | Laurence Olivier, Toshirō Mifune, Ben Gazzara, Jacqueline Bisset, Richard Roundtree | War | won 4 Razzie awards |
| It Came from Hollywood | Malcolm Leo | Archive footage of Bela Lugosi, Mamie Van Doren | Documentary | |
| Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | Jerry Belson | Bess Armstrong, Tim Thomerson | Comedy | spoof of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| Jinxed! | Don Siegel | Bette Midler, Rip Torn, Ken Wahl | Comedy | Siegel's final film |
| Kill Squad | Patrick G. Donahue | Cameron Mitchell, Jean Glaudé | Martial arts | |
| Kiss Me Goodbye | Robert Mulligan | Sally Field, James Caan, Jeff Bridges | Romantic comedy | Dona Flor & Her Two Husbands remake |
| Koyaanisqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | Musical score by Philip Glass | Documentary | |
| The Last American Virgin | Boaz Davidson | Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin, Steve Antin | Comedy | Cannon Group |
| The Last Unicorn | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. | Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges | Animation | ITC Entertainment |
| Let's Spend the Night Together | Hal Ashby | The Rolling Stones | Concert | from 1981 North America tour |
| Liquid Sky | Slava Tsukerman | Anne Carlisle, Susan Doukas | Sci-fi | |
| Lookin' to Get Out | Hal Ashby | Jon Voight, Ann-Margret, Burt Young | Comedy | Angelina Jolie's debut |
| Love Child | Larry Peerce | Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges, Mackenzie Phillips | Biography | Warner Bros. |
| Love and Money | James Toback | Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Klaus Kinski | Drama | Paramount |
| Madman | Joe Giannone | Gaylen Ross, Harriet Bass | Horror | |
| Making Love | Arthur Hiller | Harry Hamlin, Kate Jackson, Michael Ontkean | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Megaforce | Hal Needham | Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck | Action | 20th Century Fox |
| A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, José Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Roberts | Comedy | based on Smiles of a Summer Night |
| Missing | Costa-Gavras | Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, John Shea | Drama, Biography | 4 Oscar nominations |
| Monsignor | Frank Perry | Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Mother Lode | Charlton Heston | Charlton Heston, Kim Basinger, Nick Mancuso | Adventure | |
| My Favorite Year | Richard Benjamin | Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Bologna, Lainie Kazan, Jessica Harper, Bill Macy | Comedy | Oscar nomination for O'Toole |
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