 Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner | drama film, white savior film, Western film, adventure film, war film | United States |
| Smape | Martin Asphaug | children's film | Norway |
| The Sheltering Sky | Bernardo Bertolucci | drama film | United Kingdom, Italy |
| Whispers | Douglas Jackson | horror film, thriller film | Canada, United States |
| The Little Mermaid | John Musker, Ron Clements | romance film, fantasy film, melodrama, cinematic fairy tale, children's film, musical film | United States |
| Cloud-Paradise | Nikolay Dostal | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Nutcracker Prince | Paul Schibli | coming-of-age film, fantasy film, Christmas film, musical film | Canada, United States |
| Flatliners | Joel Schumacher | drama film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film, psychological horror fiction | United States |
| Predator 2 | Stephen Hopkins | science fiction horror film, suspense film, monster film, action film, horror film, science fiction action film, thriller film, speculative fiction film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Hidden Hero | Chang Cheh | — | British Hong Kong, People's Republic of China |
 Home Alone | Chris Columbus | family film, comedy film, Christmas film, adventure film | United States |
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Jeremiah S. Chechik | comedy film, Christmas film, buddy film | United States |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | Don Bluth | drama film, fantasy film, adventure film, buddy film, musical film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Lucifer-Sensommer: Gul og Sort | Roar Skolmen | drama film | Norway |
| Navy SEALs | Lewis Teague | action film, thriller film, war film | United States |
| The Hot Spot | Dennis Hopper | romance film, drama film, neo-noir, erotic thriller, crime film | United States |
| Herman | Erik Gustavson | drama film, children's film | Norway |
| The Adventures of Paper Peter | Ari Kristinsson | family film, comedy film, live-action/animated film | Iceland |
| Bird on a Wire | John Badham | action film, romantic comedy, crime film | United States |
| Q & A | Sidney Lumet | LGBTQ-related film, police film, crime film | United States |
| Dogs' Feast | Leonid Menaker | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Buttman's Ultimate Workout | John Stagliano | pornographic film | United States |
| Air America | Roger Spottiswoode | comedy film, action film, buddy film | United States |
| Twice Upon a Time | Anja Breien | drama film | Norway, Sweden, Denmark |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Joe Dante | monster film, fantasy film, comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film | United States |
| Cry-Baby | John Waters | teen film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Nuns on the Run | Jonathan Lynn | comedy film, crime comedy film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| The Witches | Nicolas Roeg | fantasy film, comedy film, horror film, children's film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Clean and Sober | Glenn Gordon Caron | drama film | United States |
| Motivsuche | Dietmar Hochmuth | — | East Germany |
| The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera | David Steinberg | crossover fiction | United States |
| Troop Beverly Hills | Jeff Kanew | comedy film, adventure film | United States |
| Tremors | Ron Underwood | kaiju, comedy film, action film, horror film, comedy horror, thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love | Sergei Solovyov | teen film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Internal Affairs | Mike Figgis | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Return to Zurbagan | — | — | Soviet Union |
| Glory | Edward Zwick | drama film, white savior film, historical film, war film, epic film | United States |
| Lord of the Flies | Harry Hook | drama film, survival film, dystopian film, adventure film | United States |
| Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest | Daisuke Nishio | comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film | Japan |
| Hibiscus Town | Xie Jin | romantic drama film, historical film | People's Republic of China |
| The Hunt for Red October | — | political thriller film, drama film, submarine film, action film, spy film, thriller film, war film | United States |
| A Visitor to a Museum | Konstantin Lopushansky | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, horror film, science fiction film | Soviet Union, Germany, Switzerland |
| Johnny Handsome | Walter Hill | drama film, heist film, crime film | United States |
| Meteo | András Mész | drama film | Hungary |
| The Asthenic Syndrome | Kira Muratova | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
 Moon 44 | Roland Emmerich | cyberpunk, action film, dystopian film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film, prison film | Germany, United States |
| Men Don't Leave | Paul Brickman | coming-of-age film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Werewolf Hour | Igor Shevchenko | horror film | Soviet Union |
| Accidental Waltz | Svetlana Proskurina | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Agbara orun | Tajudeen Eguntade | — | Nigeria |
| An Angel at My Table | Jane Campion | drama film, biographical film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Anecdotes | Viktor Titov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Asore-masika | Tunde Babs | — | Nigeria |
| Atupa ebọra | Wale Mebinuori | — | Nigeria |
| Aṣiri ikọkọ | — | — | Nigeria |
| Boseyekori | Akeem Alimi | — | Nigeria |
| Bukọla ọmọ daddy | Starryman Arimiyọ | — | Nigeria |
 Bullseye! | Michael Winner | comedy film, action film, spy film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? | Jack Fisk | comedy film | United States |
| Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | Aaron Norris | action film | United States |
| Diamond | — | — | Nigeria |
| Dolly and Her Lover | Matti Ijäs | drama film | Finland |
| Downtown | Richard Benjamin | drama film, comedy film, action comedy film, buddy cop film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Dr. No? | Jacob Young | documentary film | United States |
| Egba orun | Fatai Alabi | — | Nigeria |
| Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema | Wojciech Marczewski | drama film | Poland |
| Exterminators 2: The Revenge of the Dragon | Carlos Galettini | comedy film, action film | Argentina |
| Getting Lucky | Michael Paul Girard | teen film, erotic film | United States |
| Ghayal | Rajkumar Santoshi | drama film, action film | India |
| Good Morning, Beijing | Zhang Nuanxin | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Ha! Egbon mi | S.I. Ola | — | Nigeria |
| Hard to Kill | Bruce Malmuth | martial arts film, action film, thriller film, vigilante film, crime film | United States |
| If the Shoe Fits | Tom Clegg | romance film, comedy film | France, United States |
| Ija emere ati aje | — | — | Nigeria |
| Ile ola lewu | Dele Ogunwola, Tayo Ogunwola | — | Nigeria |
| Imitator | Oleg Fialko | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Kini mose | — | — | Nigeria |
| Kokumo | — | — | Nigeria |
| Korczak | Andrzej Wajda | drama film, historical film, war film, biographical film | United Kingdom, Germany, Poland |
| Lati ile-iṣẹ | — | — | Nigeria |
| Liouba | Rolan Bykov | — | Soviet Union |
| Love at Large | Alan Rudolph | mystery film | United States |
| Marupakkam | K. S. Sethumadhavan | drama film | India |
| Marupuram | Viji Thampi | — | India |
| Mosinu | — | — | Nigeria |
| My Blue Heaven | Herbert Ross | comedy film | United States |
| Oda | Rafiz Ismailov, Vahid Talıbov | musical film | Soviet Union |
| Ojuse | Tunde Babs | — | Nigeria |
| Oore-niwon | Yomi Ogunmola | — | Nigeria |
| Ore | — | — | Nigeria |
| Oru Veedu Iru Vasal | K. Balachander | — | India |
| Peking Duck Restaurant | Gu Rong | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Pod severnym siyaniyem | Sergei Vronsky, Toshio Gotō | adventure film | Soviet Union, Japan |
| Postcards from the Edge | Mike Nichols | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Powrót wilczycy | Marek Piestrak | horror film | Poland |
| Quest for the Mighty Sword | Joe D'Amato | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film | United States, Italy |
| Raspyatyye | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Rockula | Luca Bercovici | comedy horror, musical film | United States |
| Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | drama film, comedy film, buddy film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Seszele | Bogusław Linda | drama film | Poland |
| Spaced Invaders | Patrick Read Johnson | adventure film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea | Karen Gevorkian | drama film | Soviet Union, Germany |
| Tank "Klim Voroshilov-2" (film) | Igor Sheshukov | war film | Soviet Union |
| The Big Man | David Leland | drama film, sport film | United Kingdom |
| The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia | Jan Švankmajer | — | United Kingdom |
| The Executioner | Viktor Sergeev | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
 The Field | Jim Sheridan | drama film | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| The muddle-headed wombat | Serguei Kouchnerov | — | Soviet Union |
| The Prince and the Pauper | George Scribner | family film, comedy | United States |
| The Sea Wolf | Igor Apasyan | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| The Second Circle | Alexander Sokurov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Spirit of '76 | Lucas Reiner | science fiction film | United States |
| The Wall | Jürgen Böttcher | documentary film | Germany |
| The wicked boy | — | — | Nigeria |
| Troll 2 | Claudio Fragasso | monster film, fantasy film, comedy film, horror film | Italy |
| Troll 3 | Fabrizio Laurenti, Joe D'Amato | horror film | Italy |
| Truly, Madly, Deeply | Anthony Minghella | romance film, drama film, fantasy film | United Kingdom |
| Twilight | György Fehér | crime film | Hungary |
| Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars | Akio Jissōji | — | Japan |
| Veil | Paul Thomas | drama film, pornographic film | United States |
| Verbotene Liebe | Helmut Dziuba | romance film, drama film | East Germany |
| Vracenky | Jan Schmidt | drama film, comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| What the Moon Saw | Pino Amenta | — | Australia |
| When the Applause Died | Nick Bougas | documentary film | United States |
| Zapped Again! | Doug Campbell | science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Ọ̀wánrán iná | ʼṢọla Kunlerẹ | — | Nigeria |