Movies released in 1973| Alabama's Ghost | Fredric Hobbs |
| American Graffiti | George Lucas |
| And Now the Screaming Starts! | Roy Ward Baker |
| Assassin | Peter Crane |
| Attack of the Blind Dead | Amando de Ossorio |
| Awaken Punch, The | Fung Lung-hsiang |
| Baba Yaga | Corrado Farina |
| Baby, The | Ted Post |
| Battle for the Planet of the Apes | J. Lee Thompson |
| Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Beach of the War Gods | Jimmy Wang Yu |
| Belladonna of Sadness | Eiichi Yamamoto |
| Big Game, The | Robert Day |
| Birdmen, The | Philip Leacock |
| Black Caesar | Larry Cohen |
| Black Magic Rites | Renato Polselli |
| Black Mama, White Mama | Eddie Romero |
| Blackenstein | William A. Levey |
| Blood | Andy Milligan |
| Blood Brothers | Chang Cheh |
| Blue Summer | Chuck Vincent |
| Bodyguard, The | Ryuichi Takamori |
| Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight | Teruo Ishii |
| Bonnie's Kids | Arthur Marks |
| Boss, The | Fernando Di Leo |
| Bruka, Queen of Evil | Felix Villar, Yu Chi Lien |
| Cahill: United States Marshal | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Campus Pussycats | Ernst Hofbauer |
| Candle for the Devil, A | Eugenio Martín |
| Candy Snatchers, The | Guerdon Trueblood |
| Cannibal Girls | Ivan Reitman |
| Cat Creature, The | Curtis Harrington |
| Charley Varrick | Don Siegel |
| Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, A | Phil Roman, Bill Melendez |
| Charlotte's Web | Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto |
| Cheerleaders, The | Paul Glickler |
| Chino | John Sturges, Duilio Coletti |
| Class of '44 | Paul Bogart |
| Cleopatra Jones | Jack Starrett |
| Coffy | Jack Hill |
| COI: Lonely Water | Jeff Grant |
| Corruption of Chris Miller, The | Juan Antonio Bardem |
| Count Dracula's Great Love | Javier Aguirre |
| Crazies, The | George A. Romero |
| Creeping Flesh, The | Freddie Francis |
| Crimson, the Color of Blood | Juan Fortuny |
| Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung, The | Ngai Hoi-Fung, Chu Mu |
| Daring Dobermans, The | Byron Chudnow |
| Day for Night | François Truffaut |
| Deadly Visitor, The | Lela Swift |
| Death Carries a Cane | Maurizio Pradeaux |
| Death Smiles on a Murderer | Joe D'Amato |
| Detroit 9000 | Arthur Marks |
| Devil and Angel | Lo Lieh |
| Devil's Wedding Night, The | Joe D'Amato, Luigi Batzella |
| Dillinger | John Milius |
| Divine Miracle, The | Daina Krumins |
| Doll Squad, The | Ted V. Mikels |
| Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman | Roger Vadim |
| Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | John Newland |
| Don't Look in the Basement | S.F. Brownrigg |
| Don't Look Now | Nicolas Roeg |
| Dying Room Only | Philip Leacock |
| Electra Glide in Blue | James William Guercio |
| End of the Wicked Tigers | Law Kei |
| Enter the Dragon | Robert Clouse |
| Erotic Rites of Frankenstein, The | Jesús Franco |
| Exorcist, The | William Friedkin |
| F for Fake | Orson Welles |
| Fade-In | Alan Smithee, Jud Taylor |
| Fantastic Planet | René Laloux |
| Fate of Lee Khan, The | King Hu |
| Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song | Yasuharu Hasebe |
| Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable | Shunya Ito |
| Female Vampire | Jesús Franco |
| Female Yakuza Tale | Teruo Ishii |
| Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe, The | Mario Caiano |
| Flesh for Frankenstein | Paul Morrissey |
| Fleshpot on 42nd Street | Andy Milligan |
| Freedom Strikes a Blow | Tsai Yang-Ming |
| Friends of Eddie Coyle, The | Peter Yates |
| Gang War in Milan | Umberto Lenzi |
| Ganja & Hess | Bill Gunn |
| Gentlemen of Titipu, The | Leif Gram |
| Ghost Lovers, The | Shin Sang-ok |
| Giovannona Long-Thigh | Sergio Martino |
| Girl Called Tigress, A | Wang Hung-Chang |
| Girl from the Red Cabaret, The | Eugenio Martín |
| Godmonster of Indian Flats | Fredric Hobbs |
| Godzilla vs. Megalon | Jun Fukuda |
| Golden Horns | Aleksandr Rou, Viktor Makarov |
| Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The | Gordon Hessler |
| Hail | Fred Levinson |
| Hanging Woman, The | José Luis Merino |
| Hannah, Queen of the Vampires | Ray Danton, Julio Salvador |
| Heavy Traffic | Ralph Bakshi |
| Heroine, The | Chu Mu |
| High Crime | Enzo G. Castellari |
| Holy Mountain, The | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
| Horror High | Larry N. Stouffer |
| Horror Hospital | Antony Balch |
| Horror Rises from the Tomb | Carlos Aured |
| Hourglass Sanatorium, The | Wojciech Has |
| House That Cried Murder, The | Jean-Marie Pélissié |
| Hunchback of the Morgue | Javier Aguirre |
| I Escaped from Devil's Island | William Witney |
| Imperial Tomb Raiders | Ting Shan-Hsi |
| Invasion of the Bee Girls | Denis Sanders |
| Iron Bodyguard | Chang Cheh, Pao Hsueh-Li |
| Iron Rose, The | Jean Rollin |
| Karate Killer | Ryuichi Takamori |
| Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute | Shōhei Imamura |
| Kid Blue | James Frawley |
| Killer Is One of Thirteen, The | Javier Aguirre |
| Kiss of Death, The | Ho Meng-Hua |
| Kung Fu Brothers in the Wild West | Yeo Ban Yee |
| Lady Snowblood | Toshiya Fujita |
| Last Detail, The | Hal Ashby |
| Last Foxtrot in Burbank | Charles Band |
| Last of Sheila, The | Herbert Ross |
| Legend of Hell House, The | John Hough |
| Lemmings | Michael Keady |
| Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural | Richard Blackburn |
| Leptirica | Djordje Kadijevic |
| Lisa and the Devil | Mario Bava |
| Live and Let Die | Guy Hamilton |
| Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons | Kenji Misumi |
| Long Goodbye, The | Robert Altman |
| Loreley's Grasp, The | Amando de Ossorio |
| Love Me Deadly | Jacques Lacerte |
| Lucky Luciano | Francesco Rosi |
| Mack, The | Michael Campus |
| Magnificent One, The | Philippe de Broca |
| Magnum Force | Ted Post |
| Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood | Christopher Speeth |
| Man Called Noon, The | Peter Collinson |
| Mansion of Madness, The | Juan López Moctezuma |
| Massage Parlor Murders | Alex Stevens, Chester Fox |
| Master of Kung Fu, The | Ho Meng-Hua |
| Mazinger Z vs. Devilman | Tomoharu Katsumata |
| Mean Streets | Martin Scorsese |
| Moon's Pool | Gunvor Nelson |
| Murder in a Blue World | Eloy de la Iglesia |
| My Name Is Nobody | Tonino Valerii |
| Na Cha and the Seven Devils | Tetsuya Yamauchi |
| Neptune Factor, The | Daniel Petrie |
| Night Caller | Dan Gilbert |
| Night of Fear | Terry Bourke |
| Night Strangler, The | Dan Curtis |
| No One Heard the Scream | Eloy de la Iglesia |
| No, the Case Is Happily Resolved | Vittorio Salerno |
| None But the Brave | Lo Wei |
| Nothing But the Night | Peter Sasdy |
| O Lucky Man! | Lindsay Anderson |
| Other Side of the Mirror, The | Jesús Franco |
| Outfit, The | John Flynn |
| Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home | Shōhei Imamura |
| Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus | Isao Takahata |
| Paper Moon | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Payday | Daryl Duke |
| Penny Gold | Jack Cardiff |
| Pets | Raphael Nussbaum |
| Pirate, The | Chang Cheh, Pao Hsueh-Li, Wu Ma |
| Psyched by the 4D Witch (A Tale of Demonology) | Victor Luminera |
| Psychomania | Don Sharp |
| Reflection of Fear, A | William A. Fraker |
| Revolver | Sergio Sollima |
| Ring of Fury | Tony Yeow, James Sebastian |
| Robin Hood | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Roommates, The | Arthur Marks |
| Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man | Miguel M. Delgado |
| Santo vs. Doctor Death | Rafael Romero Marchent |
| Satan's School for Girls | David Lowell Rich |
| Satanic Rites of Dracula, The | Alan Gibson |
| Schlock | John Landis |
| Schoolgirl Report Part 5: What All Parents Should Know | Walter Boos, Ernst Hofbauer |
| Scorpio | Michael Winner |
| Scream Blacula Scream | Bob Kelljan |
| Scream Bloody Murder | Marc B. Ray |
| Screaming Tiger, The | Chien Lung |
| Serpico | Sidney Lumet |
| Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes | Antonio Margheriti |
| Seven to One | Hou Cheng |
| Seven-Ups, The | Philip D'Antoni |
| Severed Arm, The | Thomas S. Alderman |
| Sex and Fury | Norifumi Suzuki |
| Sex of the Witch | Angelo Pannacciò |
| Sisters | Brian De Palma |
| Slaughter in the Snow | Kazuo Ikehiro |
| Sleeper | Woody Allen |
| Slither | Howard Zieff |
| Some Call It Loving | James B. Harris |
| Soylent Green | Richard Fleischer |
| Spirit of the Beehive, The | Víctor Erice |
| Spook Who Sat by the Door, The | Ivan Dixon |
| Stateline Motel | Maurizio Lucidi |
| Sting, The | George Roy Hill |
| Stone Killer, The | Michael Winner |
| Student Teachers, The | Jonathan Kaplan |
| Submersion of Japan | Shirô Moritani |
| Sugar Cookies | Theodore Gershuny |
| Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Gilbert Cates |
| Tales That Witness Madness | Freddie Francis |
| Terminal Island | Stephanie Rothman |
| Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom | Norifumi Suzuki |
| Terror in the Wax Museum | Georg Fenady |
| Theatre of Blood | Douglas Hickox |
| Themroc | Claude Faraldo |
| Thief Who Came to Dinner, The | Bud Yorkin |
| This Is a Recorded Message | Jean-Thomas Bédard |
| Three Giant Men | T. Fikret Uçak |
| Three Musketeers, The | Richard Lester |
| Three Wishes for Cinderella | Václav Vorlíček |
| Thriller: A Cruel Picture | Bo Arne Vibenius |
| Thunderbolt | Law Chi |
| Tony Arzenta | Duccio Tessari |
| Torso | Sergio Martino |
| Train Robbers, The | Burt Kennedy |
| Trip, The | Kihachiro Kawamoto |
| Two Men in Town | José Giovanni |
| Vampires' Night Orgy, The | León Klimovsky |
| Vault of Horror, The | Roy Ward Baker |
| Vengeance of the Zombies | León Klimovsky |
| Violent Professionals, The | Sergio Martino |
| Virgin Among the Living Dead, A | Jesús Franco |
| Walking Tall | Phil Karlson |
| War Goddess | Terence Young |
| Ward | Djordje Kadijevic |
| Way We Were, The | Sydney Pollack |
| Werewolf of Washington, The | Milton Moses Ginsberg |
| Westworld | Michael Crichton |
| When Taekwondo Strikes | Wong Fung |
| White Butterfly Killer | Hou Cheng |
| White Lightning | Joseph Sargent |
| Wicked, Wicked | Richard L. Bare |
| Wicker Man, The | Robin Hardy |
| Women in Cell Block 7 | Rino Di Silvestro |
| Wonder Women | Robert Vincent O'Neill |
| World on a Wire | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Zatoichi's Conspiracy | Kimiyoshi Yasuda |