| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| | Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend | Horror | British-American co-production |
| Babylon | | Brinsley Forde, Karl Howman, Trevor Laird | Crime/drama | |
| Bad Timing | | Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel | Mystery | |
| Brothers and Sisters | | Sam Dale, Carolyn Pickles, Jennifer Armitage | Crime | |
| The Dogs of War | John Irvin | Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely | Action | Co-production with US |
| The Elephant Man | David Lynch | Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft | Historical drama | |
| The Falls | Peter Greenaway | Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray | Mockumentary | |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Piers Haggard | Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren, David Tomlinson | Comedy | |
| Flash Gordon | Mike Hodges | Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow | Sci-fi/fantasy | Soundtrack and additional music by Queen |
| The Gamekeeper | Ken Loach | | | Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival |
| George and Mildred | Peter Frazer-Jones | Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy | Comedy | |
| The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle | Julien Temple | Malcolm McLaren, Steve Jones, Sid Vicious | Mockumentary | |
| Hawk the Slayer | Terry Marcel | Jack Palance, John Terry | Adventure | |
| Hussy | Matthew Chapman | Helen Mirren, John Shea | Drama | |
| The Long Good Friday | John Mackenzie | Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren | Crime drama | |
| McVicar | Tom Clegg | Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell | Crime biopic | |
| The Mirror Crack'd | Guy Hamilton | Angela Lansbury, Edward Fox, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor | Mystery | |
| The Monster Club | Roy Ward Baker | Vincent Price, John Carradine | Horror | |
| Never Never Land | Paul Annett | Petula Clark, Cathleen Nesbitt | Drama | |
| North Sea Hijack | Andrew V. McLaglen | Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins, James Mason | Adventure | aka ffolkes |
| Rhubarb Rhubarb | Eric Sykes | Eric Sykes, Jimmy Edwards, Bob Todd | Comedy | Short Film |
| Richard's Things | Anthony Harvey | Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman, Peter Burton | Drama | |
| Rising Damp | Joseph McGrath | Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour | Comedy | |
| Rockshow | Paul McCartney | Wings | Documentary | |
| Rude Boy | Jack Hazan, David Mingay | | | Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Sea Wolves | Andrew V. McLaglen | Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven | World War II | |
| The Shillingbury Blowers | Val Guest | Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen, Trevor Howard | Drama | |
| The Shining | Stanley Kubrick | Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd | Horror | |
| Silver Dream Racer | David Wickes | David Essex, Beau Bridges | Sports | |
| Sir Henry at Rawlinson End | Steve Roberts | Trevor Howard, Patrick Magee | Comedy | |
| Superman II | Richard Lester | Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp | Adventure | Co-production with the US |
| Sweet William | Claude Whatham | Sam Waterston, Jenny Agutter | Drama | |
| That Sinking Feeling | Bill Forsyth | John Gordon Sinclair | Comedy | |
| There Goes the Bride | Terry Marcel | Phil Silvers, Graham Stark, Sylvia Syms | Comedy | |
| The Watcher in the Woods | John Hough | Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards | Thriller | |
| The Wildcats of St Trinian's | Frank Launder | Sheila Hancock, Michael Hordern | Comedy | |