| Weird Science | John Hughes | teen film, fantasy film, action film, science fiction film, buddy film, science fiction comedy, romantic comedy | United States |
| Santa Claus: The Movie | Jeannot Szwarc | fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film | United Kingdom, United States |
| One Magic Christmas | Phillip Borsos | drama film, fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film | Canada, United States |
| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Guy Hamilton | fantasy film, comedy film, action film, spy film | United States |
| The Most Charming and Attractive | Gerald Bezhanov | romantic comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Gunpowder | Viktor Aristov | historical film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Pale Rider | Clint Eastwood | Western film | United States |
| Winter Cherry | Igor Maslennikov | romance film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Medium | Jacek Koprowicz | horror film | Poland |
| Commando | Mark L. Lester | action film, thriller film, war film | United States |
| Chicken with Vinegar | Claude Chabrol | romance film, mystery film, drama film, comedy film, crime film | France |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen | fantasy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| The Boys from Brazil | Franklin J. Schaffner | political thriller film, thriller film, science fiction film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Gulag | Roger Young | drama film | United States |
| Man with an Accordion | Nikolay Dostal | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Teen Wolf | Rod Daniel | teen film, fantasy film, comedy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| The Bride | Franc Roddam | romance film, fantasy film, historical film, horror film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States |
 My Science Project | Jonathan R. Betuel | time-travel film, action comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Love Hotel | Shinji Sōmai | pink film, pornographic film | Japan |
 The Black Cauldron | Richard Rich, Ted Berman | coming-of-age film, fantasy film, adventure film, dark fantasy | United States |
| Code of Silence | Andrew Davis | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! Dream Capital Mecha Police | Toyoo Ashida | — | Japan |
| Silverado | Lawrence Kasdan | Western film, action film | United States |
| The Breakfast Club | John Hughes | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| Brazil | Terry Gilliam | arthouse science fiction film, fantasy film, comedy film, dystopian film, neo-noir, Christmas film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, retrofuturism | United Kingdom, Australia |
| D.A.R.Y.L. | Simon Wincer | action film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States |
| O Tempo dos Leopardos | Zdravko Velimirović | drama film | Mozambique, Yugoslavia |
| Life Is Beautiful | Boro Drašković | drama film | Yugoslavia |
| Rustlers' Rhapsody | Hugh Wilson | comedy film, Western film | Spain, United States |
| Just One of the Guys | Lisa Gottlieb | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | United States |
| My Lucky Stars | Sammo Hung | martial arts film, police film, action comedy film, adventure film, buddy film | Hong Kong |
| Ladyhawke | Richard Donner | romance film, sword and sorcery film, drama film, fantasy film, adventure film | United States, Italy |
| Teachers | Arthur Hiller | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Szaffi | Attila Dargay | comedy film, animated film, adventure film | Canada, Germany, Hungary |
| Supergirl | Jeannot Szwarc | teen film, fantasy film, action film, children's film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Muppets Take Manhattan | Frank Oz | comedy film, children's film, musical film | United States |
| The Noah's Ark Principle | Roland Emmerich | science fiction film | Germany |
| A Men Are a Men | Aleksey Moroz | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Farewell, Illusions | Petter Vennerød, Svend Wam | drama film | Norway |
| Heaven's Gate | Michael Cimino | drama film, Western film | United States |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | Tony Richardson | coming-of-age film, lesbian-related film, romantic comedy film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Austria |
| Landscape in White | Gianni Lepre | — | Norway, Italy |
| The Pope of Greenwich Village | Michael Cimino, Stuart Rosenberg | drama film, action film, heist film, comedy drama, crime film | United States |
| The Smuggler King | Sune Lund-Sørensen | comedy film | Sweden, Denmark |
| Sexmission | Juliusz Machulski | post-apocalyptic film, comedy film, dystopian film, speculative fiction film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | Poland |
| Un parell d'ous | Francesc Bellmunt | musical comedy | Spain |
| So Long | Claude Berri | drama film, neo-noir | France |
| The Woman in Red | Gene Wilder | romantic comedy | United States |
| 90 Days | Giles Walker | docufiction | Canada |
| A me mi piace | Enrico Montesano | comedy film | Italy |
| Amici miei – Atto III | Nanni Loy | comedy film | Italy |
| Aval Sumangalithan | Visu | — | India |
| Back to Next Saturday | Lee Bernhardi | — | United States |
| Chavi | — | crime thriller film | India |
| Cinderella | Konstantin Sergeyev | ballet film | Soviet Union |
| Compromising Positions | Frank Perry | mystery film, comedy thriller, crime film | United States |
| Daredevil Commandos | — | action film | Indonesia |
| Day of Wrath | Sulambek Mamilov | science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Death in a French Garden | Michel Deville | drama film, crime film | France |
| Donga | A. Kodandarami Reddy | action film | India |
| Dust | Marion Hänsel | drama film | France, Belgium |
| Elsa, Elsa | Didier Haudepin | romance film, comedy film | France |
| Ete und Ali | Peter Kahane | fiction film | East Germany |
| Explorers | Joe Dante | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Fandango | Kevin Reynolds | comedy drama | United States |
| Fever Pitch | Richard Brooks | drama film | United States |
| Flight 222 | Sergey Mikaelyan | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Fracchia contro Dracula | Neri Parenti | comedy film, comedy horror, vampire film in Italy | Italy |
| Games for Teenagers | Arvo Iho, Leida Laius | drama film | Soviet Union, Estonia |
| Ginger and Fred | Federico Fellini | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama | France, Germany, Italy |
| Grace Quigley | Anthony Harvey | comedy film | United States |
| I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist | Stanford Singer | comedy film | United States |
| Jagode u grlu | Srđan Karanović | comedy drama | Yugoslavia |
| Joan Lui | Adriano Celentano | comedy film | Italy |
| Keriz | Kartal Tibet | comedy film | Turkey |
| King David | Bruce Beresford | drama film, sword-and-sandal film, biographical film | United Kingdom, United States |
 King Solomon's Mines | J. Lee Thompson | fantasy film, comedy film, action film, treasure hunt film | United States |
| Loose Ends 2: The Tail Continues | Bruce Seven | romance film, drama film, pornographic film | United States |
| Magic Lizard | Sompote Sands | comedy film | Thailand |
| Martin's Day | Alan Gibson | drama film, road movie | Canada |
| Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | Lance Hool | action film, war film | United States |
| Morons from Outer Space | Mike Hodges | science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United Kingdom |
| Mr. Student | Jurij Boretskij | drama film | Soviet Union |
| My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina | Gerry Chiniquy | — | United States |
| Nalla Thambi | S. P. Muthuraman | — | India |
| O Picasso | Camille Coudari, Gilles Carle | documentary film | Canada |
| O.C. and Stiggs | Robert Altman | teen film | United States |
| Once Bitten | Howard Storm | comedy film, vampire film, comedy horror | United States |
| Ram Teri Ganga Maili | Raj Kapoor | erotic film | India |
| Raspberry Wine | Arvīds Krievs | mystery film | Soviet Union |
| Robbery Under Arms | Ken Hannam, Donald Crombie | bushranging film, Western film | Australia |
| Salma | Ramanand Sagar | musical film | India |
| Screamplay | Rufus Butler Seder | comedy film, horror film | United States |
| Song of the Bats | Yulian Kalisher | — | Soviet Union |
| Spring In Autumn | Chen Bai | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Subway | Luc Besson | romance film, comedy thriller | France |
| Sylvester | Tim Hunter | drama film | United States |
| Target | Arthur Penn | mystery film, action film, thriller film | United States |
| Temptation of Don Juan | Grigori Koltunov, Vasili Levin | — | Soviet Union |
| That's Dancing! | Jack Haley Jr. | musical film, documentary film | United States |
| The Black Cannon Incident | Huang Jianxin | comedy drama | People's Republic of China |
| The Grafenberg Spot | Artie Mitchell | pornographic film | United States |
| The Invisible Man | Aleksandr Zakharov | science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| The Last Dragon | Michael Schultz | martial arts film, drama film, action film | United States |
| Trees Grow on the Stones Too | Knut Andersen, Ola Solum, Stanislav Rostotsky | adventure film | Soviet Union, Norway |
| Trips on an Old Car | Pyotr Fomenko | romantic comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Turk 182 | Bob Clark | drama film | United States |
| Valentin und Valentina | Georgi Natanson | romance film, teen film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Warbus | Ferdinando Baldi | action film | Italy, Philippines |
| When Nature Calls | Charlie Kaufman | comedy film | United States |
| Xiang si nü zi ke dian | Dong Kena | drama film | People's Republic of China |