| Cry Freedom | Richard Attenborough | drama film, biographical film |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz | comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, musical film |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film |
| Water (1985 film) | Dick Clement | comedy film |
| The Hit | Stephen Frears | drama film, crime film |
| The Insurance Man | Richard Eyre | drama film |
| Plenty | Fred Schepisi | drama film |
| Legend | Ridley Scott | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, adventure film, epic film, dark fantasy |
| Saturn 3 | Stanley Donen | horror film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Supergirl | Jeannot Szwarc | teen film, fantasy film, action film, children's film, science fiction film |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | Tony Richardson | coming-of-age film, lesbian-related film, romantic comedy film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Holiday on the Buses | Bryan Izzard | comedy film |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | Michael Radford | political thriller film, drama film, dystopian film, independent film, science fiction film, political drama |
| Comfort and Joy | Bill Forsyth | comedy film, Christmas film |
| The Bounty | Roger Donaldson | drama film, historical film, adventure film |
| Sahara | Andrew V. McLaglen | romance film, drama film, adventure film |
| Bullshot | Dick Clement | parody film |
| Outland | Peter Hyams | action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Superman III | Richard Lester | comedy film, action film, science fiction film |
| Made in Britain | Alan John Clarke | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, crime film |
| The Hunger | Tony Scott | horror film, LGBTQ-related film, vampire film, erotic thriller, thriller film, erotic film |
| An American Werewolf in London | John Landis | comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, werewolf film, black comedy film |
| Time Bandits | Terry Gilliam | time-travel film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, steampunk film |
| Ivanhoe | Douglas Camfield | romance film, drama television series, swashbuckler film, adventure film, medieval film |
| Excalibur | John Boorman | sword and sorcery film, drama film, fantasy film, action film, medieval film |
| Full Circle | Richard Loncraine | horror film, ghost film |
| Omen III: The Final Conflict | Graham Baker | political thriller film, horror film |
| For Your Eyes Only | John Glen | action film, spy film, thriller film |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Peter Sellers, Richard Quine | comedy film, science fiction film, parody film |
| The Sea Wolves | Andrew V. McLaglen | action film, war film |
| Babylon | Franco Rosso | drama film, hood film |
| Bad Timing | Nicolas Roeg | romance film, drama film, erotic thriller |
| The Watcher in the Woods | Vincent McEveety, John Hough | mystery film, horror film, ghost film, science fiction film |
| The Big Sleep | Michael Winner | neo-noir, crime film |
| Damien: Omen II | Don Taylor | mystery film, horror film |
| Love and Bullets | John Huston, Stuart Rosenberg | drama film, action film, crime film |
| Superman | Richard Donner | superhero film, action film, science fiction film |
| Grease | Randal Kleiser | teen film, musical film, romantic comedy |
| March or Die | Dick Richards | drama film, war film |
| The Greatest | Tom Gries, Monte Hellman | drama film, biographical film, boxing film |
| At the Earth's Core | Kevin Connor | fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Robert Stevenson | comedy film, neo-noir |
| Tommy | Ken Russell | drama film, fantasy film, musical film |
| The Dam Busters | Michael Anderson | drama film, historical film, war film |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | David Greene | drama film, adventure film |
| The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Chang Cheh, Roy Ward Baker | martial arts film, fantasy film, horror film, vampire film, film based on a novel |
| Zardoz | John Boorman | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film |
| The Wicker Man | Robin Hardy | mystery film, drama film, horror film, dystopian film, crime film |