Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
Necromania | Ed Wood | Maria Arnold, Ed Wood | Adult, Horror | Independent |
A New Leaf | Elaine May | Walter Matthau, Elaine May, James Coco, Jack Weston, Doris Roberts | Black Comedy | Paramount. 2 Golden Globe nominations |
The Night God Screamed | Lee Madden | Jeanne Crain, Alex Nicol, Daniel Spelling, Michael Sugich, Barbara Hancock, Dawn Cleary, Gary Morgan | Psychological, Horror, Thriller | Cinemation Industries |
Night of Dark Shadows | Dan Curtis | Kate Jackson, David Selby, Lara Parker | Horror, Mystery | MGM. House of Dark Shadows sequel |
Octaman | Harry Essex | Pier Angeli, Jeff Morrow | Monster | Independent. Angeli's final film |
The Omega Man | Boris Sagal | Charlton Heston, Rosalind Cash, Anthony Zerbe | Post-Apocalyptic, Action | Warner Bros. Based on novel I Am Legend |
One More Train to Rob | Victor McLaglen | George Peppard, Diana Muldaur, John Vernon | Western, Comedy | Universal |
The Organization | Don Medford | Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Sheree North | Crime, Thriller | United Artists. |
The Panic in Needle Park | Jerry Schatzberg | Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Kiel Martin | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Pacino's second film |
Pink Narcissus | James Bidgood | Don Brooks, Charles Ludlam | Arthouse, Drama, Fantasy | Independent |
Play Misty for Me | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills | Psychological Thriller | Universal. First film directed by Eastwood |
Plaza Suite | Arthur Hiller | Walter Matthau, Lee Grant, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris | Comedy | Paramount. Written by Neil Simon |
Pretty Maids All in a Row | Roger Vadim | Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, Keenan Wynn, Roddy McDowall | Sexploitation | MGM. Written by Gene Roddenberry |
Private Duty Nurses | George Armitage | Katherine Cannon, Robert F. Simon | Thriller | New World Pictures |
Punishment Park | Peter Watkins | Scott Turner | Mockumentary | Independent |
The Pursuit of Happiness | Robert Mulligan | Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Klein | Drama | Columbia |
Raid on Rommel | Henry Hathaway | Richard Burton, John Colicos, Wolfgang Preiss | War | Universal |
Red Sky at Morning | James Goldstone | Desi Arnaz Jr., Catherine Burns, Richard Crenna | Drama | Universal. Golden Globe for Arnaz |
The Reluctant Heroes | Robert Day | Ken Berry, Jim Hutton, Trini Lopez, Don Marshall, Ralph Meeker, Cameron Mitchell, Soon-Tek Oh, Warren Oates | War | Made-for-TV |
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Bob Wynn | Angie Dickinson, Bradford Dillman, Leslie Nielsen | Sci-Fi | Independent |
The Return of Count Yorga | Bob Kelljan | Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley | Vampire, Horror | AIP. Sequel to 1970 film |
A Safe Place | Henry Jaglom | Jack Nicholson, Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles | Drama | Columbia |
The Sandpit Generals | Hall Bartlett | Tisha Sterling, Dorival Caymmi, John Rubinstein | Drama | AIP |
Scandalous John | Robert Butler | Brian Keith, Alfonso Arau, Michele Carey | Western, Comedy, Drama | Disney |
The Seven Minutes | Russ Meyer | Edy Williams, Yvonne De Carlo, Tom Selleck | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Based on Irving Wallace novel |
Shaft | Gordon Parks | Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn | Blaxploitation, Action, Crime, Thriller | MGM. Oscar for Best Song |
Shoot Out | Henry Hathaway | Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn, Susan Tyrrell | Western | Universal. Hathaway's next-to-last film |
Simon, King of the Witches | Bruce Kessler | Andrew Prine, George Paulsin, Brenda Scott | Horror | Independent |
The Ski Bum | Bruce D. Clark | Zalman King, Charlotte Rampling, Dimitra Arliss | Sports, Drama | Embassy |
Skin Game | Paul Bogart | James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark | Western, Comedy | Warner Bros. |
Something Big | Andrew V. McLaglen | Dean Martin, Brian Keith, Ben Johnson, Carol White, Honor Blackman | Western, Comedy | National General. Music by Burt Bacharach |
Sometimes a Great Notion | Paul Newman | Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel | Adventure, Drama | Universal. 2 Oscar nominations; Based on Ken Kesey novel |
Soul to Soul | Denis Sanders | Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Carlos Santana | Documentary | Independent |
The Sporting Club | Larry Peerce | Robert Fields, Nicolas Coster, Jack Warden | Comedy, Drama | |
Star Spangled Girl | Jerry Paris | Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts | Romance, Comedy | Paramount. Written by Neil Simon |
The Steagle | Paul Sylbert | Richard Benjamin, Chill Wills, Cloris Leachman | Comedy | Embassy |
Straw Dogs | Sam Peckinpah | Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, David Warner | Psychological Thriller | Cinerama. Remade in 2011 |
Such Good Friends | Otto Preminger | Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill | Black Comedy, Drama | Paramount Elaine May script |
Summer of '42 | Robert Mulligan | Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser | Drama | Warner Bros.; Oscar for Best Musical Score |
Summertree | Anthony Newley | Michael Douglas, Brenda Vaccaro, Barbara Bel Geddes | Drama | Columbia |
Support Your Local Gunfighter! | Burt Kennedy | James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Morgan | Western, Comedy | United Artists |
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Melvin Van Peebles | Melvin Van Peebles, John Amos | Blaxploitation, Crime Drama | Cinemation Industries |