Theatrical Releases[]
Feature Films[]
- January 22 - A Stranger Is Watching (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- February 12 - Cannery Row (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- February 19
- Shoot the Moon (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Swamp Thing (Embassy Pictures)
- March 2 - Diner (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Baltimore, Maryland)
- March 19 - Victor/Victoria (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- April - Pandemonium (United Artists)
- April 2
- Diner (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; New York Film Festival)
- Penitentiary II (United Artists)
- April 23 - National Lampoon's Movie Madness (United Artists)
- May 5 - Diner (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; USA Film Festival)
- May 21 - Diner (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- May 26 - Gregory's Girl (The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
- May 28
- The Escape Artist (Orion Pictures) (co-production with Warner Bros.)
- Rocky III (United Artists)
- June 4 - Poltergeist (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- July 2 - The Secret of NIMH (United Artists) (limited)
- July 16
- The Secret of NIMH (United Artists)
- A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (Orion Pictures) (co-production with Warner Bros.)
- July 30 - Forced Vengeance (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- August 6 - Pink Floyd – The Wall (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; New York City, New York)
- August 13 - Pink Floyd – The Wall (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; limited)
- August 16 - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (The Samuel Goldwyn Company) (produced by Toei Company, Ltd. and Toei Animation Company, Ltd.)
- August 20 - The Beastmaster (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- September 10 - Endangered Species (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- September 17
- Inchon (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Pink Floyd – The Wall (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Hammett (Orion Pictures) (co-production with Warner Bros.)
- September 24
- Yes, Giorgio (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Amityville II: The Possession (Orion Pictures)
- October 3 - Split Image (Orion Pictures)
- October 8 - My Favorite Year (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- October 22 - First Blood (Orion Pictures)
- November 19 - Still of the Night (United Artists)
- December 17
- Trail of the Pink Panther (United Artists)
- Trail of the Pink Panther (United Artists; New York City, New York)