| Perfect | James Bridges | romance film, drama film |
| Cat's Eye | Lewis Teague | mystery film, comedy film, horror film, thriller film, adventure film |
| Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Bill L. Norton | family film, fantasy film, adventure film |
| The Muppets Take Manhattan | Frank Oz | comedy film, children's film, musical film |
| Heaven's Gate | Michael Cimino | drama film, Western film |
| The Cotton Club | Francis Ford Coppola | drama film, musical film, crime film |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | Tony Richardson | coming-of-age film, lesbian-related film, romantic comedy film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| The Pope of Greenwich Village | Michael Cimino, Stuart Rosenberg | drama film, action film, heist film, comedy drama, crime film |
| Mischief | Mel Damski | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, comedy film |
| Witness | Peter Weir | drama film, thriller film, crime film |
| Body Girls | Bob Chinn | sport film, comedy film, pornographic film |
| Fraternity Vacation | James Frawley | teen film, comedy film, sex comedy, romantic comedy |
| The Woman in Red | Gene Wilder | romantic comedy |
| Dune | David Lynch | action film |
| City Heat | Richard Benjamin | comedy film, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film |
| Ghostbusters | Ivan Reitman | monster film, fantasy film, comedy film, action film, comedy horror, ghost film, adventure film, science fiction film, buddy film |
| Miracles Still Happen | Giuseppe Maria Scotese | drama film, adventure film, biographical film |
| The Last Starfighter | Nick Castle | coming-of-age film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy |
| The Natural | Barry Levinson | romance film, drama film |
| The Right Stuff | Philip Kaufman | drama film, historical film, adventure film |
| A Year of the Quiet Sun | Krzysztof Zanussi | romance film, drama film, war film |
| Grandview, U.S.A. | Randal Kleiser | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, comedy drama |
| Rhinestone | Bob Clark | comedy film, musical film |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | action film, treasure hunt film, adventure film |
| Firestarter | Mark L. Lester | action film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| Moscow on the Hudson | Paul Mazursky | drama film, flashback film, comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Revenge of the Ninja | Sam Firstenberg | martial arts film, action film, thriller film, ninja film |
| Terms of Endearment | James L. Brooks | romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy drama |
| Uncommon Valor | Ted Kotcheff | drama film, action film, war film |
| Amityville II: The Possession | Damiano Damiani | horror film, ghost film |
| The Evil Dead | Sam Raimi | body horror film, drama film, fantasy film, mysticism, horror film, zombie film, supernatural horror film, splatter film |
| Zelig | Woody Allen | comedy film, mockumentary |
| Yentl | Barbra Streisand | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film |
| Breakout | Tom Gries | action film, thriller film |
| The Star Chamber | Peter Hyams | mystery film, drama film, vigilante film, crime film |
| Never Say Never Again | Irvin Kershner | action film, spy film |
| Android | Aaron Lipstadt | action film, science fiction film |
| Eddie and the Cruisers | Martin Davidson | mystery film, drama film, musical film |
| Frances | Graeme Clifford | drama film, biographical film |
| Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island | Robert McKimson, Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe, Friz Freleng | children's film |
| Risky Business | Paul Brickman | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, comedy film, erotic film, comedy drama |
| High Road to China | Brian G. Hutton | romance film, adventure film, war film |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Amy Heckerling | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, comedy film |
| Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi | Richard Marquand | fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| The Terry Fox Story | Ralph L. Thomas | athletics film, drama film, biographical film |
| Friday the 13th Part III | Steve Miner | horror film |
| The Hunger | Tony Scott | horror film, LGBTQ-related film, vampire film, erotic thriller, thriller film, erotic film |
| Bad Boys | Rick Rosenthal | coming-of-age film, drama film, prison film, crime film |