| Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | Charles August Nichols, Ray Patterson | family film, comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, adventure film |
| The Presidio | Peter Hyams | mystery film, drama film, action film, neo-noir, thriller film, buddy cop film, crime film |
| Clara's Heart | Robert Mulligan | drama film |
| Stars and Bars | Pat O'Connor | comedy film |
| Coming to America | John Landis | romantic comedy film |
| Throw Momma from the Train | Danny DeVito | comedy film, black comedy, crime film |
| Gaby: A True Story | Luis Mandoki | romance film, drama film, biographical film |
| Hoosiers | David Anspaugh | teen film, drama film |
 Planes, Trains and Automobiles | John Hughes | comedy film, buddy film |
| Three Men and a Baby | Leonard Nimoy | comedy film, buddy film |
| Nuts | Martin Ritt | drama film, trial film |
| Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | Alan Myerson | comedy film, crime film |
| Bloodsport | Newt Arnold | martial arts film, action film, biographical film |
| Like Father Like Son | Rod Daniel | teen film, fantasy film, comedy film |
| School Daze | Spike Lee | coming-of-age film, musical film, comedy drama |
| Best Seller | John Flynn | neo-noir, crime film |
| Extreme Prejudice | Walter Hill | drama film, Western film, action film, thriller film, crime film |
| The Lost Boys | Joel Schumacher | comedy horror film, fantasy film, vampire film |
| Good Morning, Vietnam | Barry Levinson | comedy film, war film, comedy drama |
| An American Tail | Don Bluth | drama film, family film |
| Wall Street | Oliver Stone | drama film, crime film |
| Gardens of Stone | Francis Ford Coppola | drama film, war film |
| The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones | Don Lusk, Ray Patterson | crossover fiction, science fiction comedy, musical film |
| Full Metal Jacket | Stanley Kubrick | drama film, war film |
| Amazon Women on the Moon | Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, Robert K. Weiss, Joe Dante, John Landis | science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy, retrofuturism |
| Fatal Attraction | Adrian Lyne | psychological thriller film, mystery film, drama film, erotic thriller, thriller film, erotic film |
| The Squeeze | Roger Young | comedy thriller, action film |
| Lust for Freedom | Eric Louzil | women in prison film |
| Spaceballs | Mel Brooks | comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy |
| The Barbarians | Ruggero Deodato | sword-and-sandal film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film |
| That's Life! | Blake Edwards | comedy film, melodrama, tragicomedy, comedy drama |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Chuck Russell | teen film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, slasher film |
| The Morning After | Sidney Lumet | mystery film |
| Peggy Sue Got Married | Francis Ford Coppola | time-travel film, drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, melodrama, science fiction film, romantic comedy |
| The Secret of the Sword | Gwen Wetzler | superhero film, fantasy film, adventure film |
| Flight of the Navigator | Randal Kleiser | time-travel film, fantasy film, children's film, science fiction film |
| River's Edge | Tim Hunter | drama film, crime film |
| The Hitcher | Robert Harmon | action film, horror film, thriller film, road movie, slasher film |
| Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | drama film, musical film |
| Short Circuit | John Badham | comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy |
| Nothing in Common | Garry Marshall | drama film, romantic comedy |
| Young Sherlock Holmes | Barry Levinson | teen film, mystery film, Christmas film |
| Off Beat | Michael Dinner | romantic comedy |
| The Toxic Avenger | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | comedy film, action film, comedy horror, science fiction film, splatter film |
| Jagged Edge | Richard Marquand | mystery film, thriller film, trial film, crime film |
| The Care Bears Movie | Arna Selznick | fantasy film, animated film, children's film |
| Rockey X | Patti Rhodes | drama film, sport film, pornographic parody film, pornographic film |
| Pretty in Pink | Howard Deutch | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film |