| Undercover | John Stockwell | drama film, crime film |
| Walk Like a Man | Melvin Frank | comedy film |
| Backside to the Future | Michael Morrison | comedy film, pornographic parody film, pornographic film, science fiction film |
| Big Trouble in Little China | John Carpenter | martial arts film, fantasy film, comedy film, action film |
| Blue City | Michelle Manning | political thriller film, drama film, action film, crime film |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | romance film, psychological horror film, erotic thriller film, psychological thriller film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, crime thriller film, horror film, neo-noir, thriller film, independent film+3 |
| Chopping Mall | Jim Wynorski | action film, horror film, science fiction film |
| Extremities | Robert Milton Young | drama film, rape and revenge film |
| GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Ray Patterson | — |
| Goya | Gian Carlo Menotti | — |
| Gung Ho | Ron Howard | comedy film, buddy film |
| Hollywood Zap! | David Cohen | nunsploitation, LGBTQ-related film, buddy film |
| Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf | Philippe Mora | horror film, werewolf film |
| Invaders from Mars | Tobe Hooper | science fiction horror film, mystery film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, alien invasion, adventure film, war film, science fiction film, dark fantasy |
| Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer | Amram Eli Nowak | documentary film |
| Nightmare Weekend | Henri Sala | horror film |
| No Retreat, No Surrender | Corey Yuen | martial arts film, drama film, action film, ghost film |
| Nomads | — | horror film, thriller film, ghost film |
| Quiet Cool | Clay Borris | action film |
| Saving Grace | Robert Milton Young | comedy film |
| The Manhattan Project | Marshall Brickman | teen film, thriller film |
| Three Amigos | John Landis | comedy film, Western film |
| Top Gun | Tony Scott | romance film, drama film, action film, melodrama |
| Wisdom | Emilio Estevez, Robert Wise | romance film, drama film, crime film |
| American Flyers | John Badham | drama film |
| Beer | Patrick Kelly | comedy film |
| Best Defense | Willard Huyck | spy film, action comedy film, war film |
| Clue | Jonathan Lynn | mystery film, comedy thriller, parody film, crime film |
| Code Name: Emerald | Jonathan Sanger | action film, spy film, war film |
| Explorers | Joe Dante | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy |
| Fandango | Kevin Reynolds | comedy drama |
| Fever Pitch | Richard Brooks | drama film |
| Grace Quigley | Anthony Harvey | comedy film |
| Inch by Inch | Matt Sterling | gay pornographic film |
| Movers & Shakers | William Asher | comedy film |
| O.C. and Stiggs | Robert Altman | teen film |
| Screamplay | Rufus Butler Seder | comedy film, horror film |
| Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird | Ken Kwapis | children's film, musical film |
| Sweet Dreams | Karel Reisz | romance film, drama film, biographical film, musical film |
| Sylvester | Tim Hunter | drama film |
| Target | Arthur Penn | mystery film, action film, thriller film |
| The Lightship | Jerzy Skolimowski | drama film |
| The Return of the Living Dead | Dan O'Bannon | comedy horror, zombie film, science fiction film |
| The Slugger's Wife | Hal Ashby | romantic comedy |
| Twice in a Lifetime | Bud Yorkin | romance film, drama film |
| When Nature Calls | Charlie Kaufman | comedy film |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | Wes Craven | exploitation film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, crime drama film, teen film, teen horror film, drama film, fantasy film, crime thriller film, horror film, thriller film, ghost film+7 |
| Birdy | Alan Parker | drama film, action film, war film |