| Kooperativ Politbyuro ili budet dolgim proshchanie | Michail Ptashuk | Belarus |
| L.627 | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| La Sarrasine | Paul Tana | Canada |
| Lord, Forgive Us, Sinners | Artur Voytetsky | Ukraine |
| Mannan | P. Vasu | India |
| Mr. Saturday Night | Billy Crystal | United States |
| Rispondetemi | Léa Pool | Canada |
| Salt on Our Skin | Andrew Birkin | France, Canada, Germany |
| South Central | Stephen Milburn Anderson | United States |
| The General | Igor Nikolayev | Russia |
| To Be the Best | Tony Wharmby | United Kingdom |
| Alias 'La Gringa' | Alberto Durant | Peru |
| American Friends | Tristram Powell | United Kingdom |
| Dieu vomit les tièdes | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Jacquot de Nantes | Agnès Varda | France |
| Kiks | Sergey Livnev | Soviet Union |
| Liebestraum | Mike Figgis | United States |
| Mobsters | Michael Karbelnikoff | United States |
| Qäzälxan | Shahmar Alakbarov | Soviet Union, Azerbaijan |
| Stepping Out | Lewis Gilbert | Canada, United States |
| Suffocating Heat | Giovanna Gagliardo | Italy |
| The Gamble | Trong Ninh Luu | Vietnam |
| The Sunny Kids | Jüri Sillart | Estonia |
| The Window | Həsən Əbluc | Azerbaijan |
| The Yes Man | Daniele Luchetti | France, Italy |
| Three Days | Šarūnas Bartas | Soviet Union, Lithuania |
| Chernov/Chernov | Sergei Yursky | Soviet Union |
| City | — | Soviet Union |
| Cuchillos de fuego | Román Chalbaud | Venezuela |
| Decay | Mykhailo Bielikov | Soviet Union |
| Dolly and Her Lover | Matti Ijäs | Finland |
| Downtown | Richard Benjamin | United States |
| Homo Novus | Pál Erdőss | Soviet Union, Hungary |
| I Declare War on You | Yaropolk Lapshin | Soviet Union |
| Jiao Yulu | Wang Ji-Xing | People's Republic of China |
| Korczak | Andrzej Wajda | United Kingdom, Germany, Poland |
| Marupakkam | K. S. Sethumadhavan | India |
| Memphis Belle | Michael Caton-Jones | United Kingdom, United States |
| Men of Respect | William Reilly | United States |
| Overseas | Brigitte Roüan | France |
| Paradise America | Lauri Törhönen | Finland |
| Peking Duck Restaurant | Gu Rong | People's Republic of China |
| Pokhorony Stalina | Yevgeny Yevtushenko | Soviet Union |
| Rafales | André Melançon | Canada |
| Seszele | Bogusław Linda | Poland |
| Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea | Karen Gevorkian | Soviet Union, Germany |
| Stanley & Iris | Martin Ritt | United States |
| State of Grace | Phil Joanou | United States |