| A Chinese Ghost Story | Ching Siu-tung | romance film, fantasy film, comedy horror | Hong Kong |
| My Stepmother Is an Alien | Richard Benjamin | science fiction film, science fiction comedy, romantic comedy | United States |
| Ironweed | Héctor Babenco | drama film | United States |
| Twins | Ivan Reitman | comedy film, science fiction film, buddy film | United States |
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | David Zucker | comedy film | United States |
| Men Behind the Sun | Mou Tun-fei | exploitation film, horror film | People's Republic of China |
| Express train | Boris Yashin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Last Temptation of Christ | Martin Scorsese | historical drama film, drama film, historical film, thriller film, epic film, religious film | Canada, United States |
| Vice Versa | Brian Gilbert | fantasy film, Christmas film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Commissar | Aleksandr Askoldov | drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Crocodile Dundee II | John Cornell | comedy film, action film, adventure film | Australia |
| Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dwight H. Little | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| The Blob | Chuck Russell | monster film, horror film, science fiction film | United States |
| The Striker with Number 9 | Pantelis Voulgaris | drama film | Greece |
| The Son of the Stars | Mircea Toia, Calin Cazan | animated film, science fiction film | Romania |
| Stop Mewling, Squirrel! | Věra Plívová-Šimková | cinematic fairy tale | Czechoslovakia |
| Loose Ends 5: The New Generation | Bruce Seven | pornographic film | United States |
| The Beast | Kevin Reynolds | drama film, war film | United States |
| Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | body horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, psychological drama film | Canada |
| The Wizard of Loneliness | Jenny Bowen | coming-of-age film, drama film | United States |
| Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice | Akio Jissōji | pink film | Japan |
| Unfaithful Mornings | François Bouvier, Jean Beaudry | fiction film, drama film | Canada |
| Katinka | Max von Sydow | romance film, drama film | Sweden, Denmark |
| Asterix in Britain | Pino van Lamsweerde | comedy film, historical film | France, Denmark |
| Pereprava | Viktor Turov, Marek Brodzki | drama film, war film | Soviet Union, Poland |
| Amsterdamned | Dick Maas | action film, thriller film, slasher film | Netherlands |
| Colors | Dennis Hopper | drama film, action film, hood film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| The Garden of Desires | Ali Hamroyev | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Throw Momma from the Train | Danny DeVito | comedy film, black comedy, crime film | United States |
| Can't Buy Me Love | Steve Rash | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, drama film, sex comedy | United States |
| Where is the Nophelet? | Gerald Bezhanov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| The Possessed | Andrzej Wajda | drama film | France |
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles | John Hughes | comedy film, buddy film | United States |
| The Man from Snowy River II | Geoff Burrowes | Western film | Australia |
| Monster in the Closet | Bob Dahlin | monster film, comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film | United States |
| Clockwise | Christopher Morahan | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Loose Ends 4: The Ultimate Tail | Bruce Seven, Raven Touchstone | pornographic film, adventure film | United States |
| Kamilla and the Thief | Grete Salomonsen Hynnekleiv | drama film | Norway |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Sidney J. Furie | action film, speculative fiction film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong |
| The Gold Rimmed Glasses | Giuliano Montaldo | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | France, Italy |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Yoshiyuki Tomino | mecha, military science fiction | Japan |
| Rouge | Stanley Kwan | romantic drama film, fantasy film | Hong Kong |
| The Devil | Andrzej Żuławski | drama film, historical film, satanic film, horror film | Poland |
| School Daze | Spike Lee | coming-of-age film, musical film, comedy drama | United States |
| Best Seller | John Flynn | neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Philip Kaufman | romance film, drama film, erotic film | United States |
| Once Lied | Vladimir Bortko | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Extreme Prejudice | Walter Hill | drama film, Western film, action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings | Fernando Birri | drama film | Cuba, Spain, Italy, Venezuela |
| Aborigen | Yelena Nikolayeva | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Amorous Adventures of Janette Littledove | Buck Adams | pornographic film | United States |
| Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure | Deborah Brock | action film, children's film, science fiction film | United States |
| Arshak II | Tigran Levonyan | drama film, opera | Soviet Union |
| Artist from Gribov | Leonid Kvinikhidze | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Begynnelsen på en historie | Margarete Robsahm | drama film, children's film | Norway |
| Big Top Pee-wee | Randal Kleiser | comedy film, adventure film | United States |
| Biloxi Blues | Mike Nichols | drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, war film | United States |
| Blakytna troyanda | Oleh Biima | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Breath | Albert Mkrtchyan | — | Soviet Union |
| Casual Sex? | Geneviève Robert | erotic film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Chun Tao | Ling Zifeng | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Dead Solid Perfect | Bobby Roth | comedy drama | United States |
| Decalogue IV | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Germany, Poland |
| Defence Counsel Sedov | Evgeniy Tsymbal | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Dissident | Valeriu Jereghi | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West | Tsutomu Shibayama | — | Japan |
| Dr. Hackenstein | Richard Clark | comedy horror | United States |
| Dream Demon | Harley Cokeliss | horror film | United Kingdom |
| Eight Men Out | John Sayles | drama film, sport film | United States |
| Evil Dead Trap | Toshiharu Ikeda | horror film | Japan |
| Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon Fancier | Ruy Guerra | drama film | Brazil |
| Frenchman | Galina Daneliya-Yurkova | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Full Moon in Blue Water | Peter Masterson | drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| Gap-Toothed Women | Les Blank | short film, documentary film | United States |
| Gosudarstvennaya granitsa: Na dalnem pograniche | Gennady Ivanov | war film | Soviet Union |
| Greshnik | Vladimir Popkov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Heartbreak Hotel | Chris Columbus | comedy film, musical film | United States |
| It Couldn't Happen Here | Jack Bond | musical film | United Kingdom |
| It's Happening Tomorrow | Daniele Luchetti | comedy film | Italy |
| Johnny Be Good | Bud S. Smith | American football film, comedy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Joyous Heroes | Wu Ziniu | drama film, action film | People's Republic of China |
| Kai Naattu | V. C. Guhanathan | action film | India |
| Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day | Tomomi Mochizuki | — | Japan |
| Moonwalker | Colin Chilvers, Jerry Kramer | superhero film, fantasy film, science fiction film, musical film, crime film | United States |
| Naslednitsa Niki | Vadim Lysenko | fiction film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Norman's Awesome Experience | Paul Donovan | science fiction film, science fiction comedy | Canada |
| On the Run | Alfred Cheung | action film, gangster film | Hong Kong |
| On the Silver Globe | Andrzej Żuławski | arthouse science fiction film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film | Poland |
| Osen, Chertanovo... | Igor Talankin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Pacar Ketinggalan Kereta | Teguh Karya | drama film | Indonesia |
| Painted Faces | Alex Law | drama film | Hong Kong |
| Pilots | Igor Bityukov, Otakar Fuka | war film | Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia |
| Police Story 2 | Jackie Chan | martial arts film, comedy film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Polyot ptitsy | Vladimir Grigoryev | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Publikatsiya | Viktor Volkov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Queen Mandukhai the Wise | Begziyn Baljinnyam | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| Rudraveena | K. Balachander | drama film, musical film | India |
| Sathya | Suresh Krishna | — | India |
| Solovky Power | Marina Goldovskaya | documentary film | Soviet Union |
| Somethin's Cookin' | — | — | United States |
| Sortie 234 | Michel Langlois | drama film | Canada |
| Sternberg – Shooting Star | Niki List | comedy film | Austria |
| Survey Map of a Paradise Lost | Hisayasu Satō | erotic film | Japan |
| Tequila Sunrise | Robert Towne | romance film, action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| The 13th Apostle | Suren Babayan | science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard | Sergei Tarasov | historical film, swashbuckler film, adventure film | Soviet Union |
| The Deceivers | Nicholas Meyer | drama film, thriller film, adventure film | United Kingdom, India |
| The Dressmaker | Jim O'Brien | drama film | United Kingdom |
| The Fountain | Yuri Mamin | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| The Glembays | Antun Vrdoljak | drama film | Yugoslavia |
| The Legend of White Gold | — | Western film | United States |
| The Mouth of the Wolf | Francisco Lombardi | drama film | Spain, Peru |
| The Perfect Murder | M.R. Shahjahan, Zafar Hai | mystery film, comedy film | United Kingdom, India |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Ron Nyswaner | drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Queen of Flower Street | Cao Zheng | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| The Raggedy Rawney | Bob Hoskins | drama film | United Kingdom |
| The Revolving Doors | Francis Mankiewicz | drama film | France, Canada |
| The Savage (1988 film) | Kamara Kamalova | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow | Wes Craven | folk horror film, suspense film, mystery film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, zombie film, adventure film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film | United States |
| The Story of One Billiard-Room | Sebastián Alarcón | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Things Change | David Mamet | comedy film, comedy drama, crime film | United States |
| Unnal Mudiyum Thambi | K. Balachander | drama film | India |
| Verónico Cruz | Miguel Pereira | drama film | United Kingdom, Argentina |
| Vincent van Gogh | Veli-Matti Saikkonen | drama film | Finland |
| Voskresene, polovina sedmogo | Vadim Zobin | drama film, detective film | Soviet Union |
| What if Gargiulo Finds Out? | Elvio Porta | comedy film | Italy |
| Willow | Ron Howard | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Wolf Cub Among People | Talgat Temenov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Zapretnaya zona | Nikolai Gubenko | sociodrama | Soviet Union |