| The Cage | Gene Roddenberry, Robert Butler | dystopian fiction, science fiction |
| Malice | Harold Becker | mystery film, neo-noir |
| True Romance | Tony Scott | romance film, drama film, action film, thriller film, crime film |
| Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg | action film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| The Dark Half | George A. Romero | psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, psychological drama film, slasher film |
| The Fugitive | Andrew Davis | action film, thriller film, detective film, crime film |
| Poetic Justice | John Singleton | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, hood film |
| Cop and a Half | Henry Winkler | comedy film, children's film, buddy film |
| The Firm | Sydney Pollack | thriller film, legal thriller, trial film, crime film |
| Fortress | Stuart Gordon | action film, dystopian film, science fiction film, prison film |
| Cliffhanger | Renny Harlin | survival film, action film, thriller film |
| Sex 2 | Paul Thomas | comedy film, pornographic film |
| Consenting Adults | Alan J. Pakula | mystery film, drama film, erotic thriller, thriller film, crime film |
| Beyond the Law | Larry Ferguson | police procedural film, drama film, crime film |
| The Crush | Alan Shapiro | suspense film, teen film, mystery film, drama film, satanic film, erotic thriller, thriller film, psychological thriller, erotic film |
| Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach | Leonid Gaidai | spy comedy film, crime comedy film, parody film |
| A Stranger Among Us | Sidney Lumet | drama film, crime film |
| Sex | Paul Thomas | romance film, comedy film, pornographic film |
| A Brief History of Time | Errol Morris | biographical film, documentary film |
| Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Duwayne Dunham | adventure film |
| Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Randal Kleiser | comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy |
| Hoffa | Danny DeVito | drama film, biographical film, crime film |
| Chaplin | Richard Attenborough | drama film, tragicomedy, biographical film, comedy drama |
| Of Mice and Men | Gary Sinise | drama film, historical drama |
| Kafka | Steven Soderbergh | drama film, dystopian film, biographical film |
| Live Wire | Christian Duguay | action film |
| Sarafina! | Darrell Roodt | drama film, musical film, comedy drama |
| School Ties | Robert Mandel | coming-of-age film, American football film, teen film, drama film |
| Candyman | Bernard Rose | horror film, thriller film, ghost film, hood film, psychological thriller, slasher film |
| Far and Away | Ron Howard | romance film, drama film, adventure film, boxing film |
| FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Bill Kroyer | family film, fantasy film, animated film, children's film, adventure film, musical film |
| Critters 4 | Rupert Harvey | horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film |
| Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood | drama film, Western film, crime film |
| Universal Soldier | Roland Emmerich | biopunk, action film, science fiction film |
| Deceived | Damian Harris | mystery film, thriller film |
| Summer Games | Scotty Fox | comedy film, pornographic film |
| Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | Bangsian fantasy, fantasy film, fantasy comedy, romantic comedy |
| Passed Away | Charlie Peters | comedy of manners |
| Noises Off | Peter Bogdanovich | comedy film |
| Blame It on the Bellboy | Mark Herman | comedy film |
| Billy Bathgate | Robert Benton | drama film, gangster film, crime film |
| Little Man Tate | Jodie Foster | drama film |
| My Girl | Howard Zieff | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, drama film |
| Father of the Bride | Charles Shyer | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, comedy film |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Jerry Rees | family film, fantasy film, children's film, musical film |
| Shipwrecked | Nils Gaup | pirate film, children's film |
| Jungle Fever | Spike Lee | romance film, drama film |
| City Slickers | Ron Underwood | comedy film, Western film, buddy film, comedy drama |