| The Deceivers | Nicholas Meyer | United Kingdom, India |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow | Wes Craven | United States |
| Lethal Weapon | Richard Donner | United States |
| Opera | Dario Argento | United States, Italy |
| Blackout | Erik Gustavson | Norway |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States |
| Captive | Paul Mayersberg | France, United Kingdom |
| Midnight Killer | Lamberto Bava | Italy |
| Nomads | — | United States |
| The Manhattan Project | Marshall Brickman | United States |
| Target | Arthur Penn | United States |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | Wes Craven | United States |
| Cujo | Lewis Teague | United States |
| Psycho II | Richard Franklin | United States |
| The Keep | — | United Kingdom, United States |
| Endangered Species | Alan Rudolph | United States |
| Escape from New York | John Carpenter | United States |
| Night School | Ken Hughes | United States |
| Nighthawks | Bruce Malmuth | United States |
| The Professional | Georges Lautner | France |
| Flygniva 450 | Torbjörn Axelman | Sweden |
| Breathtaking | Mahmoud Koushan | Iran |
| Legend of the Bat | Chor Yuen | Hong Kong |
| Red Rings of Fear | Alberto Negrin | Germany, Spain, Italy |
| Rhyme of Vengeance | Kon Ichikawa | Japan |
| The Deep | Peter Yates | United States |
| Futureworld | Richard T. Heffron | United States |
| The Idol | Iraj Ghaderi | Iran |
| Gambling City | Sergio Martino | Italy |
| The Target | Iraj Ghaderi | Iran |
| Deadly Strangers | Sidney Hayers | United Kingdom |
| Earthquake | Mark Robson | United States |
| Hot Summer in Barefoot County | Will Zens | United States |
| W | Richard Quine | United States |
| Mr. Jahel | Reza Mirlohi | Iran |
| Tango 2001 | Kostas Karagiannis | Greece |
| Tangsir | Amir Naderi | Iran |
| The Captain | Amir Shervan | Iran |
| The Strengthening Sun | Amir Shervan | Iran |
| Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 | Shunya Itō | Japan |
| Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion | Shunya Itō | Japan |
| Straight On till Morning | Peter Collinson | United Kingdom |
| Khodahafez Rafigh | Amir Naderi | Iran |
| The Confession | Costa-Gavras | France, Italy |
| The Cremator | Juraj Herz | Czechoslovakia |
| Inn of the Gruesome Dolls | Rolf Olsen | Germany, Italy |
| Thattungal Thirakkappadum | J. P. Chandrababu | India |
| The Nanny | Seth Holt | United Kingdom |