| 1492 – Conquest of Paradise | Ridley Scott | drama film, historical film, adventure film, biographical film | France, United Kingdom, Spain |
| Little Man Tate | Jodie Foster | drama film | United States |
| Infinitas | Marlen Khutsiev | drama film | Russia |
| House IV | Lewis Abernathy | comedy horror | United States |
| My Father the Hero | Gérard Lauzier | romance film, drama film, comedy film | France |
| Sumo Do, Sumo Don't | Masayuki Suo | comedy film | Japan |
| My Girl | Howard Zieff | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, drama film | United States |
 Frankie and Johnny | Garry Marshall | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama, romantic comedy | United States |
| Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | Kazuki Ōmori | kaiju, adventure film, science fiction film | Japan |
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Nicholas Meyer | action film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Poison | Todd Haynes | drama film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, science fiction film | United States |
| The Ox | Sven Nykvist | drama film | Sweden |
| Shattered | Wolfgang Petersen | mystery film, thriller film | United States |
| Dutch | Peter Faiman | comedy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Joker | Sune Lund-Sørensen | crime comedy film, action comedy film | Sweden, Denmark |
| Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | Leos Carax | romance film, drama film | France |
| Barton Fink | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | psychological thriller film, drama film, comedy film, neo-noir, thriller film, independent film, black comedy film, psychological drama film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, United States |
| Problem Child 2 | Brian Levant | adventure film | United States |
| The Fisher King | Terry Gilliam | drama film, fantasy film, comedy film | United States |
| City Slickers | Ron Underwood | comedy film, Western film, buddy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Late for Dinner | W. D. Richter | science fiction film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Indian Runner | Sean Penn | drama film, action film, crime film | Japan, United States |
| Mortal Thoughts | Alan Rudolph | mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film | United States |
| Toy Soldiers | Daniel Petrie | action film | United States |
| F/X2 | Richard Franklin | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Agnes Cecilia – en sällsam historia | Anders Grönros | mystery film, drama film | Sweden |
| New Jack City | Mario Van Peebles | drama film, action film, neo-noir, hood film, crime film | United States |
| Promised Heaven | Eldar Ryazanov | comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Frida – Straight from the Heart | Berit Nesheim | comedy film | Norway |
| The Man Who Doesn't Return | Sergey Snezhkin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| V.I. Warshawski | Jeff Kanew | mystery film, action comedy film, romantic comedy, crime film | United States |
| Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Peter Hewitt | time-travel film, teen film, fantasy film, ghost film, science fiction film, parody film, buddy film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Castle in the Sky | Hayao Miyazaki | coming-of-age film, romance film, fantasy film, action film, children's film, adventure film, mecha, science fiction film, anti-war film | Japan |
| Boyz n the Hood | John Singleton | coming-of-age film, romance film, teen film, drama film, hood film, crime film | United States |
 Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | Jeff Burr | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| A Kiss Before Dying | James Dearden | neo-noir | United Kingdom, United States |
| Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Kevin Reynolds | romance film, drama film, action film, swashbuckler film, vigilante film, adventure film, medieval film | United Kingdom, United States |
| One Good Cop | Heywood Gould | drama film, action film, crime film | United States |
| The Five Heartbeats | Robert Townsend | drama film, musical film | United States |
| Flirting | John Duigan | coming-of-age film, romance film, drama film | Australia |
| If Looks Could Kill | William Dear | comedy film, action film, spy film | United States |
| The Freshman | Andrew Bergman | parody film, crime film | United States |
| The Godfather Part III | Francis Ford Coppola | crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, crime thriller film, thriller film, epic film, gangster film, crime film | United States |
| Armour of God II: Operation Condor | Jackie Chan | martial arts film, action film, action comedy film | Hong Kong |
| Green Card | Peter Weir | romantic comedy film | France, United States, Australia |
| Sleeping with the Enemy | Joseph Ruben | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, neo-noir, erotic thriller, psychological thriller | United States |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, police procedural film, crime drama film, drama film, crime thriller film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, psychological drama film, crime film | United States |
| L.A. Story | Mick Jackson | fantasy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy | United States |