| A Grand Day Out | Nick Park | family film, fantasy film, comedy film, children's film, adventure film | United Kingdom |
| Days of Being Wild | Wong Kar-wai | romantic drama film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| Pacific Heights | John Schlesinger | thriller film | United States |
| To the Limit and Beyond | Jure Pervanje | crime comedy film | Socialist Republic of Slovenia |
| Whispers | Douglas Jackson | horror film, thriller film | Canada, United States |
| Mother | Gleb Panfilov | drama film, historical drama | Soviet Union, Italy |
| Misery | Rob Reiner | psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Next | Barry Purves | — | United Kingdom |
| The Nutcracker Prince | Paul Schibli | coming-of-age film, fantasy film, Christmas film, musical film | Canada, United States |
| Flatliners | Joel Schumacher | drama film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film, psychological horror fiction | United States |
| Pueblo de madera | Juan Antonio de la Riva | drama film | Spain, Mexico |
| The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | Renny Harlin | mystery film, comedy film, action film | United States |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | Don Bluth | drama film, fantasy film, adventure film, buddy film, musical film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| La teranyina | Antoni Verdaguer i Serra | historical film | Spain |
| Navy SEALs | Lewis Teague | action film, thriller film, war film | United States |
| The Hot Spot | Dennis Hopper | romance film, drama film, neo-noir, erotic thriller, crime film | United States |
| Cyd Charisse: Easy Energy Shape-Up | — | — | United States |
| Nightbreed | Clive Barker | science fiction horror film, monster film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, supernatural horror film, science fiction film, dark fantasy, slasher film, crime film | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| Freeze Die Come to Life | Vitali Kanevsky | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Days of Thunder | Tony Scott | romance film, drama film, sport film, action film | United States |
| Herman | Erik Gustavson | drama film, children's film | Norway |
| Bird on a Wire | John Badham | action film, romantic comedy, crime film | United States |
| Buttman's Ultimate Workout | John Stagliano | pornographic film | United States |
| The Mother | Ali Hatami | drama film | Iran |
| The Reflecting Skin | Philip Ridley | coming-of-age film, drama film, film noir, horror film, vampire film | United Kingdom, Canada |
| Zabou | Hajo Gies | crime film | Germany |
| Die Hard 2 | Renny Harlin | action film, thriller film, Christmas film, action thriller, crime film | United States |
| Clean and Sober | Glenn Gordon Caron | drama film | United States |
| Total Recall | Paul Verhoeven | cyberpunk, action film, dystopian film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States, Mexico |
| Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love | Sergei Solovyov | teen film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| A Tale of Springtime | Éric Rohmer | drama film, comedy film, comedy drama | France |
| Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Milton Gray, Karen Peterson | crossover fiction, social guidance film | United States |
| The Juniper Tree | Nietzchka Keene | drama film | Iceland |
| Steel Magnolias | Herbert Ross | drama film, female buddy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest | Daisuke Nishio | comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film | Japan |
| Joe Versus the Volcano | John Patrick Shanley | drama film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Hibiscus Town | Xie Jin | romantic drama film, historical film | People's Republic of China |
| Born on the Fourth of July | Oliver Stone | drama film, war film, biographical film | United States |
| Where the Heart Is | John Boorman | drama film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Johnny Handsome | Walter Hill | drama film, heist film, crime film | United States |
| The Ear | Karel Kachyňa | drama film, thriller film | Czechoslovakia |
| Black Snow | Xie Fei | crime drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Tiger on the Beat2 | Lau Kar-leung | — | British Hong Kong |
| Men Don't Leave | Paul Brickman | coming-of-age film, comedy drama | United States |
| Stalingrad | Yuri Ozerov | war film | Soviet Union, Germany |
| Porno | Marek Brodzki, Marek Koterski | comedy film, erotic film | Poland |
| An Enemy of the People | Satyajit Ray | drama film | India |
| Ghostbusters II | Ivan Reitman | monster film, fantasy film, comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| The Dream Team | Howard Zieff | comedy film | United States |
| Agbara orun | Tajudeen Eguntade | — | Nigeria |
| Angel Square | Anne Wheeler | adventure film | Canada |
| Ayé tótó | Rotimi Onalaja | — | Nigeria |
| Beyond Darkness | Claudio Fragasso | horror film, zombie film | Italy |
| Book of Love | Robert Shaye | romantic comedy | United States |
| Chernov/Chernov | Sergei Yursky | drama film | Soviet Union |
| City | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Cuchillos de fuego | Román Chalbaud | drama film | Venezuela |
| Death in Hollywood | Nick Bougas | documentary film | United States |
| Decay | Mykhailo Bielikov | drama film, disaster film | Soviet Union |
| Dolly and Her Lover | Matti Ijäs | drama film | Finland |
| Downtown | Richard Benjamin | drama film, comedy film, action comedy film, buddy cop film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might | Daisuke Nishio | comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film | Japan |
| Ernest Goes to Jail | John R. Cherry III | comedy film, children's film, prison film | United States |
| Ewà | — | — | Nigeria |
| Far Out Man | Tommy Chong | comedy film | United States |
| Foutaises | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | comedy film | France |
| Ha! Egbon mi | S.I. Ola | — | Nigeria |
| Homo Novus | Pál Erdőss | drama film | Soviet Union, Hungary |
| Hong Kong Paradise | Shūsuke Kaneko | comedy film | Japan |
| I Declare War on You | Yaropolk Lapshin | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Imitator | Oleg Fialko | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Iranti | Shina Ogungbe | — | Nigeria |
| Jiao Yulu | Wang Ji-Xing | drama film, historical film, biographical film | People's Republic of China |
| Kini mose | — | — | Nigeria |
| Korczak | Andrzej Wajda | drama film, historical film, war film, biographical film | United Kingdom, Germany, Poland |
| Le comiche | Neri Parenti | comedy film | Italy |
| Look Out, Officer! | Sze Yu Lau | ghost film, slapstick | Hong Kong |
| Maija and Paija | Gunārs Piesis | cinematic fairy tale | Soviet Union |
| Marked for Death | Dwight H. Little | martial arts film, action film, thriller film, buddy cop film | United States |
| Marupakkam | K. S. Sethumadhavan | drama film | India |
| Memphis Belle | Michael Caton-Jones | drama film, action film, war film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Men of Respect | William Reilly | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Mob Boss | Fred Olen Ray | comedy film | United States |
| My Husband Is an Alien | Valentin Khovenko | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| My Mother's Castle | Yves Robert | comedy drama | France |
| Ovejas negras | José María Carreño Bermúdez | black comedy | Spain |
| Overexposed | Larry Brand | thriller film | United States |
| Overseas | Brigitte Roüan | drama film | France |
| Paradise America | Lauri Törhönen | drama film | Finland |
| Peking Duck Restaurant | Gu Rong | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Pido Dida: Sabay Tayo | — | romantic comedy film | Philippines |
| Pokhorony Stalina | Yevgeny Yevtushenko | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Quest for the Mighty Sword | Joe D'Amato | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film | United States, Italy |
| Rafales | André Melançon | drama film, crime film | Canada |
| Rytsarskiy Zamok | Sergei Tarasov | historical film | Soviet Union |
| Samoubiytsa | Valeriy Pendrakovskiy | tragicomedy, black comedy | Soviet Union |
| Serial Rape: Perverted Experiment | Hisayasu Satō | pink film, pornographic film | Japan |
| Seszele | Bogusław Linda | drama film | Poland |
| Sideburns | Yuri Mamin | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Space Virgins | — | comedy film, pornographic film, science fiction film | United States |
| Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea | Karen Gevorkian | drama film | Soviet Union, Germany |
| Stanley & Iris | Martin Ritt | romance film, drama film | United States |
| State of Grace | Phil Joanou | drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| Step Across the Border | Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel | documentary film | Germany, Switzerland |
| Tan' t'ọlọ̄run | — | — | Nigeria |
| Tank "Klim Voroshilov-2" (film) | Igor Sheshukov | war film | Soviet Union |
| The Ages of Lulu | Bigas Luna | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, erotic film | Spain, Italy |
| The Big Man | David Leland | drama film, sport film | United Kingdom |
| The Dark Sun | Damiano Damiani | drama film | Italy |
| The Garden | Derek Jarman | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| The Last of the Finest | John Mackenzie | drama film, action film | United States |
| The Palermo Connection | Francesco Rosi | thriller film | France, Italy |
| The Party | Pierre Falardeau | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, prison film | Canada |
| The Road Vultures | Samvel Gasparov | action film | Soviet Union |
| The Rose and the Jackal | Jack Gold | — | United States |
| The Russia House | Fred Schepisi | romance film, political thriller film, drama film, spy film | United States |
| The Sea Wolf | Igor Apasyan | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| The Spirit of '76 | Lucas Reiner | science fiction film | United States |
| The Two Jakes | Jack Nicholson | mystery film, drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| There is no Stranger's Land | Baras Khalzanov | historical film | Soviet Union |
| Twilight | György Fehér | crime film | Hungary |
| Werner – Beinhart! | Niki List, Gerhard Hahn, Michael Schaack | comedy film, action film, live-action/animated film | Germany |
| What the Moon Saw | Pino Amenta | — | Australia |
| When the Applause Died | Nick Bougas | documentary film | United States |
| Zapped Again! | Doug Campbell | science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Zhensky den | Boris Yashin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Àjẹ́ ni iya mi | Hammed Oguntade | — | Nigeria |
| Ṣọgbọnkọ | — | — | Nigeria |