| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 3 Supermen Against the Godfather | | | Comedy science fiction | |
| Action | | Luc Merenda, Adriana Asti | | |
| Alien 2: On Earth | | Belinda Mayne, Mark Bodin, Robert Barrese | | |
| Antropophagus | | Tisa Farrow, George Eastman | Horror | |
| Arrivano i bersaglieri | | Ugo Tognazzi, Giovanna Ralli, Pippo Franco | Comedy | |
| Castellano & Pipolo | Adriano Celentano, Ornella Muti, Edith Peters | Comedy, romance | |
| Blow Job (Soffio erotico) | | Danilo Micheli, Anna Massarelli, Anna Bruna Cazzato | | |
| | Franco Nero | Crime | |
| Café Express | | Nino Manfredi, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Caprioli | Comedy, crime | |
| Cannibal Apocalypse | | John Saxon, Elizabeth Turner, Giovanni Lombardo Radice | Horror | Italian-Spanish co-production |
| Cannibal Holocaust | | Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen | Horror | |
| Catherine and I | | Alberto Sordi, Edwige Fenech, Catherine Spaak | comedy | |
| Ciao marziano | | Pippo Franco, Silvia Dionisio | Science fiction, comedy | |
| City of the Living Dead | | Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo | Horror | |
| City of Women | | Marcello Mastroianni | Fantasy | Italian-French co-production |
| Contamination | | Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé | Horror, science fiction | Italian-West German co-production |
| Contraband | | Fabio Testi, Ivana Monti, Marcel Bozzuffi | Crime | |
| | Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa | Drama | |
| Day of the Cobra | | Franco Nero, Sybil Danning | Crime | |
| | Lino Banfi, Nadia Cassini, Alvaro Vitali | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| Eaten Alive! | | Robert Kerman, Janet Agren, Ivan Rassimov | Horror | |
| Erotic Nights of the Living Dead | | Laura Gemser, George Eastman | erotic-horror | |
| Everything Happens to Me | | Bud Spencer, Cary Guffey | Comedy | |
| Fantozzi contro tutti | , Paolo Villaggio | Paolo Villaggio, Milena Vukotic | Comedy | |
| Fico d'India | Steno | Renato Pozzetto, Aldo Maccione, Gloria Guida | Comedy | |
| Flatfoot in Egypt | Steno | Bud Spencer, Robert Loggia | crime-comedy | |
| Fontamara | | Michele Placido, Ida Di Benedetto | drama | |
| Fun Is Beautiful | | Carlo Verdone, Mario Brega, Renato Scarpa | Comedy | Won a Special David di Donatello Award and a Nastro d'Argento Award for Best New Actor. |
| Hell of the Living Dead | | Margit Evelyn Newton | Horror | |
| | David Hess, Annie Belle, Giovanni Lombardo Radice | Horror | |
| I Hate Blondes | | Enrico Montesano, Jean Rochefort, Corinne Cléry | comedy | |
| I Made a Splash | Maurizio Nichetti | Maurizio Nichetti, Angela Finocchiaro | comedy | |
| I'm Getting a Yacht | Sergio Corbucci | Johnny Dorelli, Laura Antonelli | comedy | |
| I'm Photogenic | Dino Risi | Renato Pozzetto, Edwige Fenech, Aldo Maccione | comedy | Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival |
| Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy | | Ida Di Benedetto | romance drama | |
| Inferno | | Irene Miracle, Leigh McCloskey, Daria Nicolodi | Horror | |
| | Lino Banfi, Anna Maria Rizzoli, Alvaro Vitali | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| In the Pope's Eye | Renzo Arbore | Renzo Arbore, Roberto Benigni, Isabella Rossellini | Comedy | |
| | Enrico Montesano, Edwige Fenech, Bernadette Lafont | comedy | |
| | Michel Piccoli, Anouk Aimée, Michele Placido | Drama | |
| | Marisa Mell, Renzo Montagnani, Alvaro Vitali | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| | Adriano Celentano, Paolo Villaggio, Claudia Mori | comedy | |
| Love in First Class | | Enrico Montesano, Sylvia Kristel, Franca Valeri | comedy | |
| | Tomas Milian, Michel Serrault | comedy | |
| Macabre | | Stanko Molnar | Horror | |
| Madness | | Joe Dallesandro | Crime | |
| | Vincent Mannari Jr., Sherry Buchanan, Stefano Mastrogirolamo | Drama | |
| Men or Not Men | | Flavio Bucci, Monica Guerritore | Drama | |
| Mia moglie è una strega | Castellano & Pipolo | Renato Pozzetto, Eleonora Giorgi | Comedy | |
| | Lino Banfi, Pamela Prati | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| | Lino Banfi, Edwige Fenech, Barbara Bouchet | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| | Monica Vitti, Franco Branciaroli, Paolo Bonacelli | Drama | |
| Nightmare City | | Hugo Stiglitz, Francisco Rabal, Mel Ferrer | Horror | |
| Oggetti smarriti | | Mariangela Melato, Bruno Ganz, Renato Salvatori | Comedy drama | |
| Ombre | | Lou Castel, Monica Guerritori, Laura Belli | | |
| | Mario Trevi, Marc Porel | Drama | |
| Patrick Still Lives | | Sacha Pitoëff, Mariangela Giordano | Horror | |
| The Precarious Bank Teller | | Paolo Villaggio, Catherine Spaak, Anna Maria Rizzoli | Comedy | |
| | Donald Pleasence, Sydne Rome | superhero | |
| Qua la mano | | Enrico Montesano, Adriano Celentano, Lilli Carati | comedy | |
| | Maurizio Merli, Jutta Speidel | poliziottesco | |
| | Lino Banfi, Anna Maria Rizzoli, Alvaro Vitali | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| | Anna Maria Rizzoli, Gianfranco D'Angelo | Commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| Si salvi chi vuole | | Gastone Moschin, Claudia Cardinale | Comedy drama | |
| Speed Cross | | Fabio Testi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Daniela Poggi | crime-action | |
| Super Fuzz | | Terence Hill, Ernest Borgnine, Joanne Dru | | |
| Sugar, Honey and Pepper | | Lino Banfi, Edwige Fenech, Renato Pozzetto | comedy | |
| | Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman | Drama | Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival. 2 Nastro d'Argento Awards |
| To Love the Damned | | Flavio Bucci | drama | Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival |
| Savage Breed | | Saverio Marconi, Stefano Madia, Enzo Cannavale | drama | Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Voltati Eugenio | | Dalila Di Lazzaro, Saverio Marconi, Bernard Blier | Comedy drama | |
| Zappatore | | Mario Merola, Regina Bianchi | drama | |