| Volkspolizei / 1985 | Thomas Heise | documentary film |
| Battle of Moscow | Yuri Ozerov | drama film, historical film, war film, epic film |
| What we remember | Roland Steiner | documentary film |
| Until Death Do Us Part | Heiner Carow | romance film, drama film |
| Seven Freckles | Herrmann Zschoche | coming-of-age film, romance film, teen film, drama film |
| Solo Sunny | Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Konrad Wolf | drama film, slice of life, musical film |
| The Legend of Paul and Paula | Heiner Carow | drama film, comedy film |
| On the Sunny Side | Ralf Kirsten | musical film |
| Hands Up or I'll Shoot | Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | comedy film |
| Atkins | Helge Trimpert | drama film, Western film |
| Stella | Thomas Langhoff | — |
| Alexander The Small | Vladimir Fokin | drama film, war film |
| Through Gobi and Khingan | Badrahin Sumhu, Vasili Ordynsky | drama film, war film |
| Mann Gegen Mann | Kurt Maetzig | drama film |
| Nelken in Aspik | Günter Reisch | comedy film |
| Between Day and Night | Horst E. Brandt, Nicolai Rohde | drama film |
| Apaches | Gottfried Kolditz | adventure film |
| Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz | Konrad Wolf | drama film, comedy film, slice of life |
| Nemuritorii | Sergiu Nicolaescu | drama film, historical film, adventure film |
| Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment | Konrad Wolf | drama film |
| KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra | Horst E. Brandt | drama film |
| Unterwegs zu Lenin | Lucia Ochrimenko, Günter Reisch | historical film |
| Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle | Werner W. Wallroth | adventure film |
| Frozen Flashes | János Veiczi | spy film, war film |
| The Escape In The Silent | Siegfried Hartmann | crime film |
| Star-Crossed Lovers | Frank Beyer | war film |
| Einer von uns | Helmut Spiess | — |
| First Spaceship on Venus | Kurt Maetzig | adventure film, science fiction film |
| Five Cartridges | Frank Beyer | war film |
| An Unusual Day | Bärbl Bergmann | children's film |
| Goods for Catalonia | Richard Groschopp | crime film |
| Castles and Cottages | Kurt Maetzig | — |
| Lissy | Konrad Wolf | drama film |
| Thomas Muentzer | Martin Hellberg | biographical film |
| Das Fräulein von Scuderi | Eugen York | mystery film, drama film |
| Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg | Herbert Ballmann | cinematic fairy tale, children's film |
| Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse | Kurt Maetzig | war film, biographical film |
| Till Eulenspiegel and the Baker of Brunswick | Jan Hempel | puppet film |
| The Condemned Village | Martin Hellberg | propaganda film |
| The Axe of Wandsbek | Falk Harnack | drama film |
| The Council of the Gods | Kurt Maetzig | drama film |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | Georg Wildhagen | musical film |
| The Court Concert | Paul Verhoeven | romance film, comedy film |