| Zapped Again! | Doug Campbell | science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Zhensky den | Boris Yashin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Àjẹ́ ni iya mi | Hammed Oguntade | — | Nigeria |
| Ṣọgbọnkọ | — | — | Nigeria |
| A Better Tomorrow 3 | Tsui Hark | romance film, drama film, action film, thriller film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| A Dry White Season | Euzhan Palcy | drama film, trial film | South Africa, United States |
| A Hoof Here, a Hoof There | Věra Chytilová | drama film, comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| A Man Who Never Was | Peeter Simm | drama film | Soviet Union, Estonia |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | Stephen Hopkins | teen film, horror film, Gothic film, slasher film | United States |
| Anarchy | Igor Gostev | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Apoorva Sagodharargal | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | soundtrack | India |
| Assuage My Sorrows | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Barbie Dance Club | — | music-themed film, family film, comedy film, short film | United States |
| Blades | Thomas R. Rondinella | horror film | United States |
| Chattahoochee | Mick Jackson | drama film | United States |
| Children of the Storm | Sulambek Mamilov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Clownhouse | Victor Salva | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Crossfire | Gideon Ganani | drama film | Israel |
| Dark Bar | Stelio Fiorenza | drama film, film noir | Italy |
| Deadly Weapon | Michael Miner | science fiction film | United States |
| Decalogue X | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film, comedy drama | Germany, Poland |
| Divine enfant | Jean-Pierre Mocky | comedy film | France |
| Enemies, a Love Story | Paul Mazursky | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Erik the Viking | Terry Jones | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, medieval film | United Kingdom |
| Fanat | Vladimir Feoktistov | action film | Soviet Union |
| Fletch Lives | Michael Ritchie | mystery film, comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Golden Falcon | Jigjidsuren Gombojav | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| Hajen som visste för mycket | Claes Eriksson | comedy film | Sweden |
| Harlem Nights | Eddie Murphy | romance film, comedy film, heist film, hood film, comedy drama | United States |
| Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre | Denis Amar | drama film, biographical film | France |
| Interrogation | Ryszard Bugajski | drama film, prison film | Poland |
| It | Sergey Ovcharov | satirical film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| K-9 | Rod Daniel | comedy film, action film, buddy cop film | United States |
| Kill Me Again | John Dahl | thriller film | United States |
| La nación clandestina | Jorge Sanjinés | drama film | Bolivia |
| Let It Ride | Joe Pytka | comedy film | United States |
| Life and Nothing But | Bertrand Tavernier | drama film | France |
| Limited Life | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Lingonberries in the Forest | Yevgeny Vasilyev | — | Soviet Union |
| Lisa | Gary Sherman | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Major League | David S. Ward | comedy film | United States |
| Mano rubata | Alberto Lattuada | — | France, Italy |
| Masque of the Red Death | Larry Brand | horror film | United States |
| Massacre Play | Damiano Damiani | drama film | Germany, Italy |
| Millennium | Michael Anderson | drama film, action film, science fiction film | United States |
| Monkey plays chess | Wang Shuchen | animated film | People's Republic of China |
| Music Box | Costa-Gavras | drama film, thriller film, trial film | United States |
| New York Stories | Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola | drama film, anthology film, romantic comedy | United States |