| Born on the Fourth of July | Oliver Stone | drama film, war film, biographical film | United States |
| Where the Heart Is | John Boorman | drama film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Johnny Handsome | Walter Hill | drama film, heist film, crime film | United States |
| The Ear | Karel Kachyňa | drama film, thriller film | Czechoslovakia |
| Black Snow | Xie Fei | crime drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Tiger on the Beat2 | Lau Kar-leung | — | British Hong Kong |
| Men Don't Leave | Paul Brickman | coming-of-age film, comedy drama | United States |
| Stalingrad | Yuri Ozerov | war film | Soviet Union, Germany |
| Porno | Marek Brodzki, Marek Koterski | comedy film, erotic film | Poland |
| An Enemy of the People | Satyajit Ray | drama film | India |
| Ghostbusters II | Ivan Reitman | monster film, fantasy film, comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| The Dream Team | Howard Zieff | comedy film | United States |
| Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch | drama film, comedy film, crime film | Japan, United States |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Joe Johnston | comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Waltzing Regitze | Kaspar Rostrup | drama film | Denmark |
| Jönssonligan på Mallorca | Mikael Ekman | crime comedy film | Sweden |
| Black Rain | Ridley Scott | suspense film, drama film, action film, thriller film, buddy cop film | Japan, United States |
| How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea | Vasili Pichul | romantic comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Stan Wewnetrzny | Krzysztof Tchórzewski | — | Poland |
| Field of Dreams | Phil Alden Robinson | drama film, sport film, fantasy film, ghost film | United States |
| Ozhog | Gennady Glagolev | crime drama film | Soviet Union |
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Isao Takahata | coming-of-age film, drama film, drama anime and manga, flashback film, ghost film, anti-war film | Japan |
| Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone | Daisuke Nishio | martial arts film, comedy film, action film, adventure film | Japan |
| Road House | Rowdy Herrington | martial arts film, drama film, action film, thriller film | United States |
| Tampopo | Jūzō Itami | comedy film | Japan |
| Madame Sousatzka | John Schlesinger | drama film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, United States |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Arthur Hiller | comedy film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Without a Clue | Thom Eberhardt | comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Kickboxer | David Worth, Mark DiSalle | martial arts film, action film, rape and revenge film, thriller film | United States |
| Say Anything... | Cameron Crowe | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, drama film | United States |
| See You in the Morning | Alan J. Pakula | romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| D.O.A. | Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel | mystery film, drama film, film noir, neo-noir | United States |
| DeepStar Six | Sean S. Cunningham | science fiction horror film, natural horror film, suspense film, drama film, monster film, action film, horror film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Maria and Mirabella in Transistorland | Ion Popescu-Gopo | family film, fantasy film, children's film, live-action/animated film, musical film | Soviet Union, Romania |
| Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Marcel Ophuls | documentary film | France, Germany, United States |
| Tragedy, Rock Style | Savva Kulish | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Stephen Frears | romance film, drama film, erotic film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Gull-Pian | Staffan Götestam | children's film | Sweden |
| Chances Are | Emile Ardolino | romantic comedy film, fantasy film | United States |
| Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | drama film, crime film | United States |
| The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick | Allan A. Goldstein | coming-of-age film, comedy drama | Canada |
| The Lady with the parrot | Andrei Prachenko | romantic comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Ingen rövare finns i skogen | Göran Carmback | children's film | Sweden |
| The Accused | Jonathan Kaplan | drama film, trial film, crime film | Canada, United States |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | teen film, horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Mother Wanted | Anssi Mänttäri | comedy film, children's film, musical film | Finland |
| A Short Film About Killing | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Poland |