| Maximum Overdrive | Stephen King | United States |
| Highlander | Russell Mulcahy | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Karate Kid Part II | John G. Avildsen | United States |
| Wise Guys | Brian De Palma | United States |
| Invasion U.S.A. | Joseph Zito | United States |
| Millionaires Express | Sammo Hung | Hong Kong |
| Weird Science | John Hughes | United States |
| Enemy Mine | Wolfgang Petersen | Germany, United States |
| The Jewel of the Nile | Lewis Teague | France, United States |
| The Pope of Greenwich Village | Michael Cimino, Stuart Rosenberg | United States |
| Dune | David Lynch | United States |
| City Heat | Richard Benjamin | United States |
| Ghostbusters | Ivan Reitman | United States |
| The Last Starfighter | Nick Castle | United States |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| Firestarter | Mark L. Lester | United States |
| Revenge of the Ninja | Sam Firstenberg | United States |
| Uncommon Valor | Ted Kotcheff | United States |
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| Breakout | Tom Gries | United States |
| Never Say Never Again | Irvin Kershner | United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Australia |
| Android | Aaron Lipstadt | United States |
| Outland | Peter Hyams | United Kingdom |
| Shaolin and Wu Tang | Gordon Liu | Hong Kong |
| Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi | Richard Marquand | United States |
| 48 Hrs. | Walter Hill | United States |
| Tron | Steven Lisberger | United States |
| Conan the Barbarian | John Milius | United States |
| Death Wish II | Michael Winner | United States |
| To Kill a Cop | Alain Delon | France |
| The Prodigal Son | Sammo Hung | Hong Kong |
| Sharky's Machine | Burt Reynolds | United States |
| The Sentimental Swordsman | Chor Yuen | British Hong Kong |
| Southern Comfort | Walter Hill | United States |
| Marathon Man | John Schlesinger | United States |
| For Your Eyes Only | John Glen | United Kingdom |
| Blow Out | Brian De Palma | United States |
| The Proud Twins | Chor Yuen | British Hong Kong |
| Flash Gordon | Mike Hodges | United Kingdom, United States |
| Smokey and the Bandit II | Hal Needham | United States |
| Encounters of the Spooky Kind | Sammo Hung | Hong Kong |
| Any Which Way You Can | Buddy Van Horn | United States |
| Night of the Juggler | Robert Butler | United States |
| The Concorde ... Airport '79 | David Lowell Rich | United States |
| Rocky II | Sylvester Stallone | United States |
| The 36th Chamber of Shaolin | Lau Kar-leung | Hong Kong |
| Mad Max | George Miller | Australia |
| Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Vincent McEveety | United States |