| Look Out, Officer! | Sze Yu Lau | ghost film, slapstick | Hong Kong |
| Maija and Paija | Gunārs Piesis | cinematic fairy tale | Soviet Union |
| Marked for Death | Dwight H. Little | martial arts film, action film, thriller film, buddy cop film | United States |
| Marupakkam | K. S. Sethumadhavan | drama film | India |
| Memphis Belle | Michael Caton-Jones | drama film, action film, war film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Men of Respect | William Reilly | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Mob Boss | Fred Olen Ray | comedy film | United States |
| My Husband Is an Alien | Valentin Khovenko | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| My Mother's Castle | Yves Robert | comedy drama | France |
| Ovejas negras | José María Carreño Bermúdez | black comedy | Spain |
| Overexposed | Larry Brand | thriller film | United States |
| Overseas | Brigitte Roüan | drama film | France |
| Paradise America | Lauri Törhönen | drama film | Finland |
| Peking Duck Restaurant | Gu Rong | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Pido Dida: Sabay Tayo | — | romantic comedy film | Philippines |
| Pokhorony Stalina | Yevgeny Yevtushenko | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Quest for the Mighty Sword | Joe D'Amato | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film | United States, Italy |
| Rafales | André Melançon | drama film, crime film | Canada |
| Rytsarskiy Zamok | Sergei Tarasov | historical film | Soviet Union |
| Samoubiytsa | Valeriy Pendrakovskiy | tragicomedy, black comedy | Soviet Union |
| Serial Rape: Perverted Experiment | Hisayasu Satō | pink film, pornographic film | Japan |
| Seszele | Bogusław Linda | drama film | Poland |
| Sideburns | Yuri Mamin | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Space Virgins | — | comedy film, pornographic film, science fiction film | United States |
| Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea | Karen Gevorkian | drama film | Soviet Union, Germany |
| Stanley & Iris | Martin Ritt | romance film, drama film | United States |
| State of Grace | Phil Joanou | drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| Step Across the Border | Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel | documentary film | Germany, Switzerland |
| Tan' t'ọlọ̄run | — | — | Nigeria |
| Tank "Klim Voroshilov-2" (film) | Igor Sheshukov | war film | Soviet Union |
| The Ages of Lulu | Bigas Luna | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, erotic film | Spain, Italy |
| The Big Man | David Leland | drama film, sport film | United Kingdom |
| The Dark Sun | Damiano Damiani | drama film | Italy |
| The Garden | Derek Jarman | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| The Last of the Finest | John Mackenzie | drama film, action film | United States |
| The Palermo Connection | Francesco Rosi | thriller film | France, Italy |
| The Party | Pierre Falardeau | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, prison film | Canada |
| The Road Vultures | Samvel Gasparov | action film | Soviet Union |
| The Rose and the Jackal | Jack Gold | — | United States |
| The Russia House | Fred Schepisi | romance film, political thriller film, drama film, spy film | United States |
| The Sea Wolf | Igor Apasyan | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| The Spirit of '76 | Lucas Reiner | science fiction film | United States |
| The Two Jakes | Jack Nicholson | mystery film, drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| There is no Stranger's Land | Baras Khalzanov | historical film | Soviet Union |
| Twilight | György Fehér | crime film | Hungary |
| Werner – Beinhart! | Niki List, Gerhard Hahn, Michael Schaack | comedy film, action film, live-action/animated film | Germany |
| What the Moon Saw | Pino Amenta | — | Australia |
| When the Applause Died | Nick Bougas | documentary film | United States |