| 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 |