| Maniac Cop | William Lustig | action film, crime thriller film, horror film, thriller film, zombie film, slasher film |
| Three Men and a Baby | Leonard Nimoy | comedy film, buddy film |
| Splash | Ron Howard | romantic comedy film, fantasy film, comedy drama |
| Beetlejuice | Tim Burton | fantasy film, comedy horror, ghost film, Gothic film, dark fantasy |
| Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | Alan Myerson | comedy film, crime film |
| Like Father Like Son | Rod Daniel | teen film, fantasy film, comedy film |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Philip Kaufman | romance film, drama film, erotic film |
| The Lost Boys | Joel Schumacher | comedy horror film, fantasy film, vampire film |
| Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy drama |
| Wall Street | Oliver Stone | drama film, crime film |
| Teen Wolf Too | Christopher Leitch | comedy horror, romantic comedy, boxing film |
| The Witches of Eastwick | George Miller | fantasy film, comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, female buddy film |
| Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers | Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Paul Sommer | comedy film, comedy horror, thriller film, detective film, ghost film, adventure film |
| The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner | romantic comedy film, sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, pirate film, swashbuckler film |
| Beverly Hills Cop II | Tony Scott | comedy film, action film, buddy cop film |
| Amazon Women on the Moon | Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, Robert K. Weiss, Joe Dante, John Landis | science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy, retrofuturism |
| Fatal Attraction | Adrian Lyne | psychological thriller film, mystery film, drama film, erotic thriller, thriller film, erotic film |
| Outrageous Fortune | Arthur Hiller | comedy film, female buddy film |
| Predator | — | science fiction horror film, suspense film, monster film, action film, horror film, science fiction action film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| The World According to Garp | George Roy Hill | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy |
| The Legend of the White Horse | Janusz Morgenstern, Jerzy Domaradzki | children's film |
| Surf Nazis Must Die | Peter George | B-action, action film, dystopian film, thriller film, action comedy film, science fiction film |
| Adventures in Babysitting | Chris Columbus | teen film, comedy film, action film |
| Benji the Hunted | Joe Camp | drama film, comedy drama |
| Sleeping Beauty | David Irving | fantasy film, children's film, musical film |
| Ewoks: The Battle for Endor | Ken Wheat | fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Firewalker | J. Lee Thompson | comedy film, action film, treasure hunt film |
| Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | Danny Steinmann | horror film, slasher film |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz | comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, musical film |
| Maximum Overdrive | Stephen King | comedy film, action film, horror film, science fiction film |
| The Hitcher | Robert Harmon | action film, horror film, thriller film, road movie, slasher film |
| Cobra | George P. Cosmatos | action film, thriller film, crime film |
| Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | drama film, musical film |
| One Crazy Summer | Savage Steve Holland | romantic comedy film |
| Howard the Duck | Willard Huyck | superhero film, comedy film, action film, science fiction comedy |
| National Lampoon's European Vacation | Amy Heckerling | comedy film |
| Wise Guys | Brian De Palma | comedy film, crime comedy film, action film, crime thriller film, black comedy film, buddy film, gangster film, crime film |
| The Toxic Avenger | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | comedy film, action film, comedy horror, science fiction film, splatter film |
| The Journey of Natty Gann | Jeremy Kagan | children's film, adventure film |
| Plenty | Fred Schepisi | drama film |
| At Close Range | James Foley | drama film, neo-noir, crime film |
| Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Paul Mazursky | comedy film |
| The Jewel of the Nile | Lewis Teague | action film, treasure hunt film, romantic comedy |
| Brewster's Millions | Walter Hill | comedy film |
| One Magic Christmas | Phillip Borsos | drama film, fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film |
| Legend | Ridley Scott | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, adventure film, epic film, dark fantasy |
| Mask | Peter Bogdanovich | coming-of-age film, drama film, biographical film |
| Red Sonja | Richard Fleischer | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film |