| Runaway Train | Andrei Konchalovsky | drama film, survival film, action film, thriller film, adventure film, prison film |
| Weird Science | John Hughes | teen film, fantasy film, action film, science fiction film, buddy film, science fiction comedy, romantic comedy |
| Santa Claus: The Movie | Jeannot Szwarc | fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film |
| One Magic Christmas | Phillip Borsos | drama film, fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film |
| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Guy Hamilton | fantasy film, comedy film, action film, spy film |
| Pale Rider | Clint Eastwood | Western film |
| Commando | Mark L. Lester | action film, thriller film, war film |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen | fantasy film, romantic comedy |
| The Boys from Brazil | Franklin J. Schaffner | political thriller film, thriller film, science fiction film, crime film |
| Gulag | Roger Young | drama film |
| Teen Wolf | Rod Daniel | teen film, fantasy film, comedy film, romantic comedy |
| The Bride | Franc Roddam | romance film, fantasy film, historical film, horror film, science fiction film |
 My Science Project | Jonathan R. Betuel | time-travel film, action comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy |
 The Black Cauldron | Richard Rich, Ted Berman | coming-of-age film, fantasy film, adventure film, dark fantasy |
| Code of Silence | Andrew Davis | action film, thriller film, crime film |
| Silverado | Lawrence Kasdan | Western film, action film |
| The Breakfast Club | John Hughes | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, comedy drama |
| D.A.R.Y.L. | Simon Wincer | action film, science fiction film |
| Rustlers' Rhapsody | Hugh Wilson | comedy film, Western film |
| Just One of the Guys | Lisa Gottlieb | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Ladyhawke | Richard Donner | romance film, sword and sorcery film, drama film, fantasy film, adventure film |
| Teachers | Arthur Hiller | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy film |
| Supergirl | Jeannot Szwarc | teen film, fantasy film, action film, children's film, science fiction film |
| The Muppets Take Manhattan | Frank Oz | comedy film, children's film, musical film |
| Heaven's Gate | Michael Cimino | drama film, Western film |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | Tony Richardson | coming-of-age film, lesbian-related film, romantic comedy film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| The Pope of Greenwich Village | Michael Cimino, Stuart Rosenberg | drama film, action film, heist film, comedy drama, crime film |
| The Woman in Red | Gene Wilder | romantic comedy |
| Beverly Hills Cop | Martin Brest | comedy film, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film |
| Body Double | Brian De Palma | psychological horror film, erotic thriller film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, satirical film, crime thriller film, horror film, neo-noir, thriller film+4 |
| Gremlins | Joe Dante | comedy horror film, monster film, Christmas film |
| Country | Richard Pearce | drama film |
| Dixie Dynamite | Lee Frost | drama film, action film, crime film |
| Streets of Fire | Walter Hill | drama film, action film, thriller film, musical film |
| Footloose | Herbert Ross | coming-of-age film, romance film, teen film, drama film, dance film, musical film |
| The Bounty | Roger Donaldson | drama film, historical film, adventure film |
| Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | Joseph Zito | teen film, horror film, slasher film |
| The Evil That Men Do | J. Lee Thompson | drama film, action film, thriller film |
| Scarface | Brian De Palma | police procedural film, suspense film, crime drama film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, epic film, gangster film, crime film |
| The Day After | Nicholas Meyer | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, disaster film |
| Zelig | Woody Allen | comedy film, mockumentary |
| Breathless | Jim McBride | romance film, drama film, crime film |
| The Last Unicorn | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | fantasy film, children's film |
| Never Say Never Again | Irvin Kershner | action film, spy film |
 WarGames | John Badham | drama film, thriller film |
| Brainstorm | Douglas Trumbull | science fiction film |
| Risky Business | Paul Brickman | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, comedy film, erotic film, comedy drama |
| High Road to China | Brian G. Hutton | romance film, adventure film, war film |