| Decalogue IV | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Germany, Poland |
| Defence Counsel Sedov | Evgeniy Tsymbal | Soviet Union |
| Dissident | Valeriu Jereghi | Soviet Union |
| Eight Men Out | John Sayles | United States |
| Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon Fancier | Ruy Guerra | Brazil |
| Frenchman | Galina Daneliya-Yurkova | Soviet Union |
| Full Moon in Blue Water | Peter Masterson | United States |
| Joyous Heroes | Wu Ziniu | People's Republic of China |
| Naslednitsa Niki | Vadim Lysenko | Soviet Union |
| On the Silver Globe | Andrzej Żuławski | Poland |
| Osen, Chertanovo... | Igor Talankin | Soviet Union |
| Pacar Ketinggalan Kereta | Teguh Karya | Indonesia |
| Painted Faces | Alex Law | Hong Kong |
| Polyot ptitsy | Vladimir Grigoryev | Soviet Union |
| Publikatsiya | Viktor Volkov | Soviet Union |
| Rudraveena | K. Balachander | India |
| Sortie 234 | Michel Langlois | Canada |
| The Deceivers | Nicholas Meyer | United Kingdom, India |
| The Dressmaker | Jim O'Brien | United Kingdom |
| The Glembays | Antun Vrdoljak | Yugoslavia |
| The Mouth of the Wolf | Francisco Lombardi | Spain, Peru |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Ron Nyswaner | United States |
| The Queen of Flower Street | Cao Zheng | People's Republic of China |
| The Raggedy Rawney | Bob Hoskins | United Kingdom |
| The Revolving Doors | Francis Mankiewicz | France, Canada |
| The Savage (1988 film) | Kamara Kamalova | Soviet Union |
| The Story of One Billiard-Room | Sebastián Alarcón | Soviet Union |
| Unnal Mudiyum Thambi | K. Balachander | India |
| Verónico Cruz | Miguel Pereira | United Kingdom, Argentina |
| Vincent van Gogh | Veli-Matti Saikkonen | Finland |
| Voskresene, polovina sedmogo | Vadim Zobin | Soviet Union |
| Wolf Cub Among People | Talgat Temenov | Soviet Union |
| A Man in Love | Diane Kurys | France, Italy |
| Agosto | Jorge Silva Melo | France |
| Avril brisé | Liria Bégéja | France |
| Born in East L.A. | Cheech Marin | United States |
| Fairy ore | — | Soviet Union |
| Farewell, Moscow Gang | Aleksandr Pankratov | Soviet Union |
| Fotografija ar sievieti un mezakuili | Arvīds Krievs | Soviet Union |
| If We Survive It All... | Rolands Kalniņš | Soviet Union |
| Jenatsch | Daniel Schmid | France, Germany, Switzerland |
| Late Summer Blues | Renen Schorr | Israel |
| Long Live the Lady! | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Mr. Muhsin | Yavuz Turgul | Turkey |
| My - vashi deti | Olgerd Vorontsov | Soviet Union |
| Nochnoy ekipazh | Boris Tokarev | Soviet Union |
| Opera | Dario Argento | United States, Italy |
| Pestonjee | Vijaya Mehta | India |