| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Ron Nyswaner | drama film, comedy drama |
| Tougher Than Leather | Rick Rubin | drama film |
| Willow | Ron Howard | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film |
| Born in East L.A. | Cheech Marin | drama film, comedy film |
| Buy & Cell | Robert Boris | comedy film, prison film |
| Deadly Prey | David A. Prior | action film, rape and revenge film |
| Grand Larceny | Jeannot Szwarc | heist film, crime film |
| Harry and the Hendersons | William Dear | monster film, fantasy film, comedy film, science fiction film, buddy film |
| Million Dollar Mystery | Richard Fleischer | treasure hunt film |
 Opera | Dario Argento | psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, giallo, crime thriller film, horror film, thriller film, slasher film, crime film |
| Psychos in Love | Gorman Bechard | comedy horror |
| Rock Odyssey | Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Robert Taylor | musical film |
 September | Woody Allen | drama film |
| The Adventures of Dick Black, the Black Dick | John T. Bone | pornographic film |
| The Misfit Brigade | Gordon Hessler | drama film, action film, adventure film, war film |
| Tin Men | Barry Levinson | comedy film, comedy drama |
| Walk Like a Man | Melvin Frank | comedy film |
| Armed and Dangerous | Mark L. Lester | comedy film, heist film, buddy cop film |
| Bird in a Cage | Antonio Zarro | — |
| Combat Shock | Buddy Giovinazzo | drama film, war film, splatter film |
 Critters | Stephen Herek | comedy film, action film, horror film, comedy horror, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Goya | Gian Carlo Menotti | — |
| Gung Ho | Ron Howard | comedy film, buddy film |
| Half Moon Street | Bob Swaim | drama film, comedy film, erotic thriller |
| Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima | Michael Camerini | documentary film |
| Hollywood Zap! | David Cohen | nunsploitation, LGBTQ-related film, buddy film |
| Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf | Philippe Mora | horror film, werewolf film |
| Iron Eagle | Sidney J. Furie | action film, thriller film, war film |
| Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer | Amram Eli Nowak | documentary film |
| Killer Party | William Fruet | comedy horror, slasher film |
| Nightmare Weekend | Henri Sala | horror film |
| Nomads | — | horror film, thriller film, ghost film |
| Out of Bounds | Richard Tuggle | action film, crime film |
| Quicksilver | Thomas Michael Donnelly | drama film |
| Secrets of the Titanic | Robert Ballard | documentary film |
| Shanghai Surprise | Jim Goddard | adventure film, romantic comedy |
| The Manhattan Project | Marshall Brickman | teen film, thriller film |
| Thrashin' | David Winters | teen film, drama film |
| Three Amigos | John Landis | comedy film, Western film |
| Youngblood | Peter Markle | romance film, teen film, drama film |
| Zeisters | John Lionel Golden | comedy film |
| Back to Next Saturday | Lee Bernhardi | — |
| Compromising Positions | Frank Perry | mystery film, comedy thriller, crime film |
| Explorers | Joe Dante | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy |
| Fandango | Kevin Reynolds | comedy drama |
| Fever Pitch | Richard Brooks | drama film |
| Grace Quigley | Anthony Harvey | comedy film |
| I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist | Stanford Singer | comedy film |