| The Accidental Tourist | Lawrence Kasdan | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Be-Bop Highschool: The Power | Hiroyuki Nasu | comedy film, action film | Japan |
| Camino largo a Tijuana | Luis Estrada | drama film, action film | Mexico |
 Watchers | Jon Hess | monster film, horror film, science fiction film | Canada, United States |
| Men Behind the Sun | Mou Tun-fei | exploitation film, horror film | People's Republic of China |
| Barons of Crime | Yuri Kara | thriller film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| The Stepfather | Joseph Ruben | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Pathfinder | Nils Gaup | drama film, action film, adventure film | Norway |
| Express train | Boris Yashin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Die Hard | — | action film, Christmas film, action thriller, heist film | United States |
| Lumberjacking | Mikko Niskanen | drama film, historical film, log floater film, biographical film | Finland |
 Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Francis Ford Coppola | drama film, biographical film | United States |
| Masquerade | Bob Swaim | mystery film | United States |
| Vice Versa | Brian Gilbert | fantasy film, Christmas film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Hell on the Battleground | David A. Prior | action film, war film | United States |
| Vy chyo, starichyo? | Iosif Kheifits | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Crocodile Dundee II | John Cornell | comedy film, action film, adventure film | Australia |
| The Son of the Stars | Mircea Toia, Calin Cazan | animated film, science fiction film | Romania |
| Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | Charles August Nichols, Ray Patterson | family film, comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, adventure film | United States |
| The Presidio | Peter Hyams | mystery film, drama film, action film, neo-noir, thriller film, buddy cop film, crime film | United States |
| Clara's Heart | Robert Mulligan | drama film | United States |
| Stop Mewling, Squirrel! | Věra Plívová-Šimková | cinematic fairy tale | Czechoslovakia |
 Cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | coming-of-age film, drama film | France, Italy |
| Stars and Bars | Pat O'Connor | comedy film | United States |
| Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | body horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, psychological drama film | Canada |
 To Kill a Dragon | Mark Zakharov | drama film, fantasy film | Soviet Union, Germany |
| Sama | Néjia Ben Mabrouk | drama film | Germany, Belgium, Tunisia |
| Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure | Kazuhisa Takenouchi | comedy film, action film, adventure film | Japan |
| The Opponent | Sergio Martino | drama film, action film, boxing film | Italy |
| Commuters | Juraj Lihosit | romance film, drama film, family film | Czechoslovakia |
| Coming to America | John Landis | romantic comedy film | United States |
| Throw Momma from the Train | Danny DeVito | comedy film, black comedy, crime film | United States |
| Gaby: A True Story | Luis Mandoki | romance film, drama film, biographical film | United States |
| The Possessed | Andrzej Wajda | drama film | France |
| Hoosiers | David Anspaugh | teen film, drama film | United States |
 Planes, Trains and Automobiles | John Hughes | comedy film, buddy film | United States |
| Three Men and a Baby | Leonard Nimoy | comedy film, buddy film | United States |
| Boyfriends and Girlfriends | Éric Rohmer | drama film, romantic comedy | France |
| Kamilla and the Thief | Grete Salomonsen Hynnekleiv | drama film | Norway |
| Nuts | Martin Ritt | drama film, trial film | United States |
| Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | Alan Myerson | comedy film, crime film | United States |
 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Yoshiyuki Tomino | mecha, military science fiction | Japan |
| Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | anime | Japan |
| Bloodsport | Newt Arnold | martial arts film, action film, biographical film | United States |
| Like Father Like Son | Rod Daniel | teen film, fantasy film, comedy film | United States |
| School Daze | Spike Lee | coming-of-age film, musical film, comedy drama | United States |
| Best Seller | John Flynn | neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| The Eighth Happiness | Johnnie To | comedy film | Hong Kong |
| Extreme Prejudice | Walter Hill | drama film, Western film, action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Maurice | James Ivory | drama film, historical film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| The Lost Boys | Joel Schumacher | comedy horror film, fantasy film, vampire film | United States |
| 976-EVIL | Robert Englund | horror film | United States |
| A Dangerous Life | Robert Markowitz | — | Australia, Philippines |
| A Strange Place to Meet | François Dupeyron | romance film, drama film | France |
| A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings | Fernando Birri | drama film | Cuba, Spain, Italy, Venezuela |
| Aborigen | Yelena Nikolayeva | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Amorous Adventures of Janette Littledove | Buck Adams | pornographic film | United States |
| Arshak II | Tigran Levonyan | drama film, opera | Soviet Union |
| Artist from Gribov | Leonid Kvinikhidze | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Begynnelsen på en historie | Margarete Robsahm | drama film, children's film | Norway |
| Born to Race | James Fargo | action film | United States |
| Bright Lights, Big City | James Bridges | drama film | United States |
| Dead Heat | Mark Goldblatt | zombie comedy, action film, zombie film | United States |
| Death by Dialogue | Thomas Dewier | horror film | United States |
| Decalogue III | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Germany, Poland |
| Decalogue VIII | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Germany, Poland |
| Evil Clutch | Andrea Marfori | horror film, zombie film | Italy |
| Fatal Pulse | Anthony J. Christopher | horror film, thriller film, slasher film | United States |
| Frenchman | Galina Daneliya-Yurkova | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | John Carl Buechler | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| From Spring to Summer | — | action film, war film | Soviet Union, North Korea |
| Ghosthouse | Umberto Lenzi | horror film, zombie film, ghost film | United States, Italy |
| Greshnik | Vladimir Popkov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Heart of a Dog | Vladimir Bortko | science fiction film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| I Am Not a Tourist, I Live Here | Peeter Urbla | drama film | Estonia |
| It Takes Two | David Beaird | romantic comedy film | United States |
| Kommentariy k prosheniyu o pomilovanii | — | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Little Dorrit | Christine Edzard | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Memories of Me | Henry Winkler | comedy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Natura contro | Antonio Climati | exploitation film, cannibal film, splatter film | Italy |
| Neatmenu tavo veido | Raimundas Banionis | drama film | Lithuania |
| Osen, Chertanovo... | Igor Talankin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Painted Faces | Alex Law | drama film | Hong Kong |
| Paper Marriage | Alfred Cheung | martial arts film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Parents | Bob Balaban | comedy horror | United States |
| Pascali's Island | James Dearden | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Police Story 2 | Jackie Chan | martial arts film, comedy film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Posle voyny — mir | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Rabid Grannies | Emmanuel Kervyn | horror film | Belgium |
| Remington | Damjan Kozole | drama film, road movie | Socialist Republic of Slovenia |
| Saxo | Ariel Zeitoun | drama film | France |
| Selfportrait of an Unknown Man | Viacheslav Kryshtofovych | — | Soviet Union |
| Solovky Power | Marina Goldovskaya | documentary film | Soviet Union |
| Surfside Sex | John Stagliano | pornographic film | United States |
| Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter | Olga Narutskaya | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Thaimel Aanai | L. Raja | action film | India |
| The Black Monk | Ivan Dykhovichny | romance film, drama film, musical film | Soviet Union, Germany |
| The Everlasting Secret Family | Michael Thornhill | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film | Australia |
| The Fountain | Yuri Mamin | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| The Glass Jungle | Joseph Merhi | action film | United States |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Ron Nyswaner | drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Revolving Doors | Francis Mankiewicz | drama film | France, Canada |
| The Scoundrel | Vagif Mustafayev | drama film, tragicomedy | Soviet Union, Azerbaijan |
| The Story of One Billiard-Room | Sebastián Alarcón | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Summer of Miss Forbes | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | drama film | Cuba, Spain, Mexico |
| Tougher Than Leather | Rick Rubin | drama film | United States |
| Treasure Island | Davyd Cherkaskyi | comedy film, pirate film, treasure hunt film, adventure film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Trinetrudu | A. Kodandarami Reddy | action thriller | India |
| Willow | Ron Howard | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Wolf Cub Among People | Talgat Temenov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Zoo | Cristina Comencini | comedy film | Italy |