| Full Moon in Blue Water | Peter Masterson | drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| Gap-Toothed Women | Les Blank | short film, documentary film | United States |
| Gosudarstvennaya granitsa: Na dalnem pograniche | Gennady Ivanov | war film | Soviet Union |
| Greshnik | Vladimir Popkov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Heartbreak Hotel | Chris Columbus | comedy film, musical film | United States |
| It Couldn't Happen Here | Jack Bond | musical film | United Kingdom |
| It's Happening Tomorrow | Daniele Luchetti | comedy film | Italy |
| Johnny Be Good | Bud S. Smith | American football film, comedy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Joyous Heroes | Wu Ziniu | drama film, action film | People's Republic of China |
| Kai Naattu | V. C. Guhanathan | action film | India |
| Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day | Tomomi Mochizuki | — | Japan |
| Moonwalker | Colin Chilvers, Jerry Kramer | superhero film, fantasy film, science fiction film, musical film, crime film | United States |
| Naslednitsa Niki | Vadim Lysenko | fiction film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Norman's Awesome Experience | Paul Donovan | science fiction film, science fiction comedy | Canada |
| On the Run | Alfred Cheung | action film, gangster film | Hong Kong |
| On the Silver Globe | Andrzej Żuławski | arthouse science fiction film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film | Poland |
| Osen, Chertanovo... | Igor Talankin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Pacar Ketinggalan Kereta | Teguh Karya | drama film | Indonesia |
| Painted Faces | Alex Law | drama film | Hong Kong |
| Pilots | Igor Bityukov, Otakar Fuka | war film | Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia |
| Police Story 2 | Jackie Chan | martial arts film, comedy film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Polyot ptitsy | Vladimir Grigoryev | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Publikatsiya | Viktor Volkov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Queen Mandukhai the Wise | Begziyn Baljinnyam | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| Rudraveena | K. Balachander | drama film, musical film | India |
| Sathya | Suresh Krishna | — | India |
| Solovky Power | Marina Goldovskaya | documentary film | Soviet Union |
| Somethin's Cookin' | — | — | United States |
| Sortie 234 | Michel Langlois | drama film | Canada |
| Sternberg – Shooting Star | Niki List | comedy film | Austria |
| Survey Map of a Paradise Lost | Hisayasu Satō | erotic film | Japan |
| Tequila Sunrise | Robert Towne | romance film, action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| The 13th Apostle | Suren Babayan | science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard | Sergei Tarasov | historical film, swashbuckler film, adventure film | Soviet Union |
| The Deceivers | Nicholas Meyer | drama film, thriller film, adventure film | United Kingdom, India |
| The Dressmaker | Jim O'Brien | drama film | United Kingdom |
| The Fountain | Yuri Mamin | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| The Glembays | Antun Vrdoljak | drama film | Yugoslavia |
| The Legend of White Gold | — | Western film | United States |
| The Mouth of the Wolf | Francisco Lombardi | drama film | Spain, Peru |
| The Perfect Murder | M.R. Shahjahan, Zafar Hai | mystery film, comedy film | United Kingdom, India |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Ron Nyswaner | drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Queen of Flower Street | Cao Zheng | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| The Raggedy Rawney | Bob Hoskins | drama film | United Kingdom |
| The Revolving Doors | Francis Mankiewicz | drama film | France, Canada |
| The Savage (1988 film) | Kamara Kamalova | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow | Wes Craven | folk horror film, suspense film, mystery film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, zombie film, adventure film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film | United States |
| The Story of One Billiard-Room | Sebastián Alarcón | drama film | Soviet Union |