| Code Unknown | Michael Haneke | drama film | France, Germany, Romania |
| Charlie & Louise – Das doppelte Lottchen | Joseph Vilsmaier | drama film, comedy film, children's film | Germany |
| Zabou | Hajo Gies | crime film | Germany |
| Das Boot | Wolfgang Petersen | drama film, submarine film, historical film, war film | West Germany |
| The Spessart Inn | Kurt Hoffmann | — | — |
| Nights on the Road | Rudolf Jugert | drama film | Germany |
| Between Yesterday and Tomorrow | Harald Braun | — | — |
| Variety | Nicolas Farkas | drama film | France, Germany |
| The King's Prisoner | Carl Boese | comedy film, historical film | Germany |
| Caché | Michael Haneke | drama film, thriller film | France, Germany, Italy, Austria |
| The Star of Africa | Alfred Weidenmann | — | — |
| Mask in Blue | Georg Jacoby | comedy film | Germany |
| Es lebe die Liebe | Erich Engel | comedy film | Germany |
| Orient Express | Victor Tourjansky | — | — |
| Paracelsus | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | drama film | Germany |
| The Big Game | Robert A. Stemmle | — | — |
| Happiness Is the Main Thing | Theo Lingen | comedy film | Germany, Nazi Germany |
| The Voice of the Heart | Karlheinz Martin | drama film, musical film | Germany |
| Thou Art My Joy | Karlheinz Martin | musical film | Germany |
| Waterloo | Karl Grune | — | — |
| Nathan the Wise | Manfred Noa | — | — |