| Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch | drama film, comedy film, crime film | Japan, United States |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Joe Johnston | comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Waltzing Regitze | Kaspar Rostrup | drama film | Denmark |
| Jönssonligan på Mallorca | Mikael Ekman | crime comedy film | Sweden |
| Black Rain | Ridley Scott | suspense film, drama film, action film, thriller film, buddy cop film | Japan, United States |
| How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea | Vasili Pichul | romantic comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Stan Wewnetrzny | Krzysztof Tchórzewski | — | Poland |
| Field of Dreams | Phil Alden Robinson | drama film, sport film, fantasy film, ghost film | United States |
| Ozhog | Gennady Glagolev | crime drama film | Soviet Union |
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Isao Takahata | coming-of-age film, drama film, drama anime and manga, flashback film, ghost film, anti-war film | Japan |
| Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone | Daisuke Nishio | martial arts film, comedy film, action film, adventure film | Japan |
| Road House | Rowdy Herrington | martial arts film, drama film, action film, thriller film | United States |
| Tampopo | Jūzō Itami | comedy film | Japan |
| Madame Sousatzka | John Schlesinger | drama film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, United States |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Arthur Hiller | comedy film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Without a Clue | Thom Eberhardt | comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Kickboxer | David Worth, Mark DiSalle | martial arts film, action film, rape and revenge film, thriller film | United States |
| Say Anything... | Cameron Crowe | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film, drama film | United States |
| See You in the Morning | Alan J. Pakula | romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| D.O.A. | Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel | mystery film, drama film, film noir, neo-noir | United States |
| DeepStar Six | Sean S. Cunningham | science fiction horror film, natural horror film, suspense film, drama film, monster film, action film, horror film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Maria and Mirabella in Transistorland | Ion Popescu-Gopo | family film, fantasy film, children's film, live-action/animated film, musical film | Soviet Union, Romania |
| Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Marcel Ophuls | documentary film | France, Germany, United States |
| Tragedy, Rock Style | Savva Kulish | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Stephen Frears | romance film, drama film, erotic film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Gull-Pian | Staffan Götestam | children's film | Sweden |
| Chances Are | Emile Ardolino | romantic comedy film, fantasy film | United States |
| Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | drama film, crime film | United States |
| The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick | Allan A. Goldstein | coming-of-age film, comedy drama | Canada |
| The Lady with the parrot | Andrei Prachenko | romantic comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Ingen rövare finns i skogen | Göran Carmback | children's film | Sweden |
| The Accused | Jonathan Kaplan | drama film, trial film, crime film | Canada, United States |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | teen film, horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Mother Wanted | Anssi Mänttäri | comedy film, children's film, musical film | Finland |
| A Short Film About Killing | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Poland |
| Alien Nation | Graham Baker | action film, science fiction film, buddy cop film, buddy film | United States |
| I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Keenen Ivory Wayans | action film, blaxploitation film | United States |
| A Better Tomorrow 3 | Tsui Hark | romance film, drama film, action film, thriller film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| A Dry White Season | Euzhan Palcy | drama film, trial film | South Africa, United States |
| A Hoof Here, a Hoof There | Věra Chytilová | drama film, comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| A Man Who Never Was | Peeter Simm | drama film | Soviet Union, Estonia |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | Stephen Hopkins | teen film, horror film, Gothic film, slasher film | United States |
| Anarchy | Igor Gostev | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Apoorva Sagodharargal | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | soundtrack | India |
| Assuage My Sorrows | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Barbie Dance Club | — | music-themed film, family film, comedy film, short film | United States |
| Blades | Thomas R. Rondinella | horror film | United States |
| Chattahoochee | Mick Jackson | drama film | United States |
| Children of the Storm | Sulambek Mamilov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Clownhouse | Victor Salva | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Crossfire | Gideon Ganani | drama film | Israel |
| Dark Bar | Stelio Fiorenza | drama film, film noir | Italy |
| Deadly Weapon | Michael Miner | science fiction film | United States |
| Decalogue X | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film, comedy drama | Germany, Poland |
| Divine enfant | Jean-Pierre Mocky | comedy film | France |
| Enemies, a Love Story | Paul Mazursky | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Erik the Viking | Terry Jones | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, medieval film | United Kingdom |
| Fanat | Vladimir Feoktistov | action film | Soviet Union |
| Fletch Lives | Michael Ritchie | mystery film, comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Golden Falcon | Jigjidsuren Gombojav | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| Hajen som visste för mycket | Claes Eriksson | comedy film | Sweden |
| Harlem Nights | Eddie Murphy | romance film, comedy film, heist film, hood film, comedy drama | United States |
| Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre | Denis Amar | drama film, biographical film | France |
| Interrogation | Ryszard Bugajski | drama film, prison film | Poland |
| It | Sergey Ovcharov | satirical film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| K-9 | Rod Daniel | comedy film, action film, buddy cop film | United States |
| Kill Me Again | John Dahl | thriller film | United States |
| La nación clandestina | Jorge Sanjinés | drama film | Bolivia |
| Let It Ride | Joe Pytka | comedy film | United States |
| Life and Nothing But | Bertrand Tavernier | drama film | France |
| Limited Life | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Lingonberries in the Forest | Yevgeny Vasilyev | — | Soviet Union |
| Lisa | Gary Sherman | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Major League | David S. Ward | comedy film | United States |
| Mano rubata | Alberto Lattuada | — | France, Italy |
| Masque of the Red Death | Larry Brand | horror film | United States |
| Massacre Play | Damiano Damiani | drama film | Germany, Italy |
| Millennium | Michael Anderson | drama film, action film, science fiction film | United States |
| Monkey plays chess | Wang Shuchen | animated film | People's Republic of China |
| Music Box | Costa-Gavras | drama film, thriller film, trial film | United States |
| New York Stories | Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola | drama film, anthology film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Psy | Dmitri Svetozarov | post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film, thriller film | Soviet Union |
| Queen of Hearts | Jon Amiel | comedy film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Route One USA | Robert Kramer | documentary film | United States |
| Save and Protect | Alexander Sokurov | drama film | Soviet Union, West Germany |
| Splashes of Champagne | Stanislav Govorukhin | drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Splendor | Ettore Scola | drama film | France, Italy |
| Strapless | David Hare | drama film, comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Sweet Home | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | fantasy film, horror film | Japan |
| Tale of Two Sisters | Adam Rifkin | drama film | United States |
| Thangamani Rangamani | Rama Narayanan | — | India |
| The Art of Living in Odessa | Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich | tragicomedy | Soviet Union |
| The Big Dis | Gordon Eriksen, John O'Brien | comedy film | United States |
| The childlike innocence | Wang Gang | ink-wash animation | People's Republic of China |
| The Countess | Petar Popzlatev | drama film | People's Republic of Bulgaria |
| The Days of a Man | Jevgeņijs Paškēvičs | — | Soviet Union |
| The Devil's Hole | — | documentary film | Canada |
| The Hostage of Europe | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | historical film, biographical film | France, Poland |
| The Shell Seekers | Waris Hussein | — | United States |
| The Sons of Torum | Lennart Meri | documentary film | Estonia |
| The Zitar Family | Aloizs Brenčs | — | Soviet Union |
| Time of Miracles | Goran Paskaljević | drama film | Yugoslavia |
| True Believer | Joseph Ruben | drama film, trial film, prison film, crime film | United States |
| Warm Summer Rain | Joe Gayton | drama film | United States |
| Winter's Child | Olivier Assayas | drama film | France |