| The Rich Man's Wife | Amy Holden Jones | United States |
| The Substitute | Robert Mandel | United States |
| Les Anges gardiens | Jean-Marie Poiré | France |
| The Bait | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| The Black Veil | Aleksandr Proshkin | Russia |
| The Chase | Adam Rifkin | United States |
| Falling Down | Joel Schumacher | France, United Kingdom, United States |
| Hodet over vannet | Nils Gaup | Norway |
| Mafiya bessmertna | Leonid Partigul | Russia |
| American Me | Edward James Olmos | United States |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | James Foley | United States |
| L.627 | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| South Central | Stephen Milburn Anderson | United States |
| The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Allan Moyle | United States |
| Mobsters | Michael Karbelnikoff | United States |
| Downtown | Richard Benjamin | United States |
| I Declare War on You | Yaropolk Lapshin | Soviet Union |
| Men of Respect | William Reilly | United States |
| Rafales | André Melançon | Canada |
| State of Grace | Phil Joanou | United States |
| The Two Jakes | Jack Nicholson | United States |
| Twilight | György Fehér | Hungary |
| A Better Tomorrow 3 | Tsui Hark | Hong Kong |
| Anarchy | Igor Gostev | Soviet Union |
| Fletch Lives | Michael Ritchie | United States |
| Lisa | Gary Sherman | United States |
| True Believer | Joseph Ruben | United States |
| Moonwalker | Colin Chilvers, Jerry Kramer | United States |
| Tequila Sunrise | Robert Towne | United States |
| Things Change | David Mamet | United States |
| Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers | Laurent Heynemann | France |
| Lethal Weapon | Richard Donner | United States |
| Opera | Dario Argento | United States, Italy |
| The Rosary Murders | Fred Walton | United States |
| Undercover | John Stockwell | United States |
| Blue City | Michelle Manning | United States |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States |
| Death of a Soldier | Philippe Mora | Australia |
| My Dearly Beloved Detective | Aleksei Simonov | Soviet Union |
| Wisdom | Emilio Estevez, Robert Wise | United States |
| Clue | Jonathan Lynn | United States |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | Wes Craven | United States |
| Start Liquidation | Boris Grigoryev | Soviet Union |
| Équateur | Serge Gainsbourg | Gabon, France, Germany |
| Hammett | Wim Wenders | United States |
| Trail of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | United Kingdom, United States |
| Nighthawks | Bruce Malmuth | United States |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice | Bob Rafelson | United States |