| Akira | Katsuhiro Otomo | post-apocalyptic film, cyberpunk, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film | Japan |
| Peter och Petra | Agneta Elers-Jarleman | family film | Sweden |
| Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch | drama film, comedy film, crime film | Japan, United States |
| The Vanishing | George Sluizer | mystery film, thriller film | France, Netherlands |
 Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | time-travel film, teen film, comedy film, dystopian film, science fiction film | United States |
| Godzilla vs. Biollante | Kazuki Ōmori | kaiju, action film, science fiction film | Japan |
 Itinerary of a Spoiled Child | Claude Lelouch | drama film, melodrama | France, Germany |
| Ernest Saves Christmas | John R. Cherry III | comedy film, children's film, Christmas film | United States |
| Noce Blanche | Jean-Claude Brisseau | romance film, drama film | France |
| Jönssonligan på Mallorca | Mikael Ekman | crime comedy film | Sweden |
| Wait Until Spring, Bandini | Dominique Deruddere | drama film | France, United States, Belgium, Italy |
| 300 Miles to Heaven | Maciej Dejczer | drama film, slice of life | France, Denmark, Poland |
| Katala | Sergei Bodrov | romance film, detective film | Soviet Union |
| The Punisher | Mark Goldblatt | action film, thriller film, vigilante film, crime film | United States, Australia |
 Asterix and the Big Fight | Philippe Grimond | comedy film, historical film | France, Germany |
| The Miracle in Valby | Åke Sandgren | mystery film, drama film, fantasy film, adventure film | Sweden, Denmark |
 Lethal Weapon 2 | Richard Donner | action film, thriller film, buddy cop film, buddy film | United States |
| Black Rain | Ridley Scott | suspense film, drama film, action film, thriller film, buddy cop film | Japan, United States |
| Autumn Rain | José Ángel Rebolledo | romantic drama | Spain |
| Homeboy | Michael Seresin | drama film, boxing film, crime film | United States |
| Cheetah | Jeff Blyth | drama film, adventure film | United States |
| Ozhog | Gennady Glagolev | crime drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Gods Must Be Crazy II | Jamie Uys | comedy film | South Africa, United States, Botswana |
| Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz | comedy anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, fantasy film, children's film, adventure film, musical film | Japan, United States |
| The Killer | John Woo | action film, buddy film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | drama film, comedy film, independent film, hood film | United States |
 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | Peter Bonerz | comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Pedro Almodóvar | black comedy film | Spain |
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | — | action film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Delicate Sound of Thunder | Wayne Isham | concert film, documentary film | United Kingdom |
| L'Étudiante | Claude Pinoteau | romance film, comedy film | France, Italy |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Arthur Hiller | comedy film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Cold Summer of 1953 | Aleksandr Proshkin | drama film, thriller film, crime film | Soviet Union |
 Pet Sematary | Mary Lambert | horror film, zombie film | United States |
| For harde livet | Sigve Endresen | documentary film | Norway |
| Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Marcel Ophuls | documentary film | France, Germany, United States |
| The Lonely Spirit In An Old Building | Mu Deyuan | drama film, horror film | China |
| Homebound | Ilkka Järvi-Laturi | drama film | Finland |
| Monkey Shines | George A. Romero | science fiction horror film, comedy horror film, natural horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film, psychological drama film+1 | United States |
| The Accused | Jonathan Kaplan | drama film, trial film, crime film | Canada, United States |
| Jan Rap en z'n maat | Ine Schenkkan | drama film, comedy film | Netherlands |
| Bye Bye Red Riding Hood | Márta Mészáros | cinematic fairy tale, thriller film | Canada, Hungary |
| I'm Offering My Hand and Heart | Victor Sokolov | — | Soviet Union |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | teen film, horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Little Vera | Vasili Pichul | romance film, teen film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Mother Wanted | Anssi Mänttäri | comedy film, children's film, musical film | Finland |
| Iron Eagle II | Sidney J. Furie | action film, thriller film | Canada, United States, Israel |
| A Hoof Here, a Hoof There | Věra Chytilová | drama film, comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| A Thousand and One Wives | Michal Bat-Adam | art film | Israel |
| A Trip to Wiesbaden | Evgeniy Gerasimov | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Anecdote | Nizami Musayev | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Baneros II, the Crazy Beach | Carlos Galettini | comedy film | Argentina |
| Barbie Dance Club | — | music-themed film, family film, comedy film, short film | United States |
| Blue Steel | Kathryn Bigelow | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Chattahoochee | Mick Jackson | drama film | United States |
| Deadly Weapon | Michael Miner | science fiction film | United States |
| Dealers | Colin Bucksey | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Divine enfant | Jean-Pierre Mocky | comedy film | France |
| Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite | Tunç Başaran | drama film, prison film | Turkey |
| Erik the Viking | Terry Jones | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, medieval film | United Kingdom |
| Fletch Lives | Michael Ritchie | mystery film, comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Francesco | Liliana Cavani | drama film, biographical film | Germany, Italy |
| From the Life of Fyodor Kuzkin | Stanislav Rostotsky | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Golden Falcon | Jigjidsuren Gombojav | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| Gunhed | Masato Harada | cyberpunk, science fiction action film, science fiction film, mecha | Japan |
| Hitcher In The Dark | Umberto Lenzi | thriller film | United States, Italy |
| How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Bruce Robinson | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| I ragazzi di via Panisperna | Gianni Amelio | drama film, historical film | Italy |
| Il Maestro | Marion Hänsel | drama film | France |
| Jacknife | David Hugh Jones | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Je suis le seigneur du château | Régis Wargnier | drama film, thriller film | France |
| Kindergarten | Jorge Polaco | drama film | Argentina |
| Knyaz Udacha Andreevich | Gennadi Baisak | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Kriminalnyy kvartet | Aleksandr Muratov | mystery film, action film, thriller film, adventure film | Soviet Union |
| Krvopijci | Dejan Šorak | comedy film | Yugoslavia |
| Kuduz | Ademir Kenović | drama film | Yugoslavia |
| Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District | Roman Balayan | drama film | Soviet Union, Switzerland |
| Leningrad Cowboys Go America | Aki Kaurismäki | music-themed film, comedy film, adventure film | Finland, Sweden |
| Lestnitsa | Aleksey Sakharov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Let It Ride | Joe Pytka | comedy film | United States |
| Leviathan | George P. Cosmatos | monster film, action film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film | United States, Italy |
| Lingonberries in the Forest | Yevgeny Vasilyev | — | Soviet Union |
| Love with Privileges | Vladimir Kuchinsky | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Mack the Knife | Menahem Golan | drama film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Maine Pyar Kiya | Sooraj R. Barjatya | romance film, teen film | India |
| Mano rubata | Alberto Lattuada | — | France, Italy |
| Masque of the Red Death | Larry Brand | horror film | United States |
| Metamorphosis | George Eastman | horror film | United States, Italy |
| Music Box | Costa-Gavras | drama film, thriller film, trial film | United States |
| Parinda | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | drama film, action film | India |
| Philipp Traum | Igor Maslennikov | science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal | K. Balachander | — | India |
| Regina | Kaljo Kiisk | drama film | Estonia |
| Ruanskaya deva po prozvishchu Pyshka | Evgeny Ginzburg, Rauf Mamedov | musical film | Soviet Union |
| Save and Protect | Alexander Sokurov | drama film | Soviet Union, West Germany |
| Skin Deep | Blake Edwards | romantic comedy | United States |
| Tango & Cash | Albert Magnoli, Andrei Konchalovsky | comedy film, action film, buddy cop film, prison film, buddy film | United States |
| Thangamani Rangamani | Rama Narayanan | — | India |
| The Big Dis | Gordon Eriksen, John O'Brien | comedy film | United States |
| The Big Picture | Christopher Guest | comedy film | United States |
| The Days of a Man | Jevgeņijs Paškēvičs | — | Soviet Union |
| The Feasts of Belshazzar, or a Night with Stalin | Yuri Kara | drama film, historical film | Soviet Union |
| The Flying Scotsman Down Under | — | documentary film | Australia |
| The marriage of Balzaminov | Alexander Belinsky | television ballet | Soviet Union |
| The Monkey Folk | Gérard Vienne | documentary film | France |
| The Precious Hours | Marie Laberge, Mireille Goulet | drama film | Canada |
| The Shell Seekers | Waris Hussein | — | United States |
| The Witches Cave | Yuriy Moroz | romance film, fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film | Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia |
| The Wizard | Todd Holland | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Time Gone By | Solomon Shuster | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Turandot | Otar Shamatava | pritcha | Soviet Union |
| UHF | Jay Levey | slapstick | United States |
| Under a Sky of Blue | Vitali Dudin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Vaska | Viktor Titov | — | Soviet Union |
| Video Demons Do Psychotown | Alessandro De Gaetano | horror film | United States |
| Warm Summer Rain | Joe Gayton | drama film | United States |
| Wayfarers | Ola Solum | drama film | Norway |
| Winter's Child | Olivier Assayas | drama film | France |