| The Black Cauldron | Richard Rich, Ted Berman | coming-of-age film, fantasy film, adventure film, dark fantasy |
| Gotcha! | Jeff Kanew | romantic comedy film, comedy film, action film, spy film |
| The Man with One Red Shoe | Stan Dragoti | comedy film, comedy thriller, spy film |
| Silverado | Lawrence Kasdan | Western film, action film |
| The Protector | Jackie Chan, James Glickenhaus | martial arts film, drama film, comedy film, action film, thriller film, detective film, buddy cop film |
| Maria's Lovers | Andrei Konchalovsky | drama film |
| Teachers | Arthur Hiller | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy film |
| Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Bill L. Norton | family film, fantasy film, adventure film |
| Supergirl | Jeannot Szwarc | teen film, fantasy film, action film, children's film, science fiction film |
| The Muppets Take Manhattan | Frank Oz | comedy film, children's film, musical film |
| Heaven's Gate | Michael Cimino | drama film, Western film |
| Purple Rain | Albert Magnoli | romance film, drama film, neo-noir, biographical film, musical film |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | Tony Richardson | coming-of-age film, lesbian-related film, romantic comedy film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Body Girls | Bob Chinn | sport film, comedy film, pornographic film |
| Fraternity Vacation | James Frawley | teen film, comedy film, sex comedy, romantic comedy |
| Dune | David Lynch | action film |
| City Heat | Richard Benjamin | comedy film, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film |
| Red Dawn | John Milius | coming-of-age film, action film, propaganda film, thriller film, adventure film, war film, disaster film |
| Sixteen Candles | John Hughes | coming-of-age film, teen film, romantic comedy film |
| The Natural | Barry Levinson | romance film, drama film |
| America and Lewis Hine | Nina Rosenblum | historical film, biographical film, documentary film |
| Country | Richard Pearce | drama film |
| A Year of the Quiet Sun | Krzysztof Zanussi | romance film, drama film, war film |
| Broadway Danny Rose | Woody Allen | comedy film |
| Beat Street | Stan Lathan | teen film, drama film, musical film |
| Breakin' | Joel Silberg | coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film, comedy drama |
| Conan the Destroyer | Richard Fleischer | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, action film |
| Rhinestone | Bob Clark | comedy film, musical film |
| Firestarter | Mark L. Lester | action film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| The Bounty | Roger Donaldson | drama film, historical film, adventure film |
| Moscow on the Hudson | Paul Mazursky | drama film, flashback film, comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Unfaithfully Yours | Howard Zieff | romantic comedy |
| Mike's Murder | James Bridges | mystery film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film |
| Scarface | Brian De Palma | police procedural film, suspense film, crime drama film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, epic film, gangster film, crime film |
| Yentl | Barbra Streisand | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film |
| Sahara | Andrew V. McLaglen | romance film, drama film, adventure film |
| Private School | Noel Black | teen film, romantic comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, sex comedy |
| The Dead Zone | David Cronenberg | science fiction horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, political thriller film, suspense film, mystery film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film +3 |
| The Osterman Weekend | Sam Peckinpah | political thriller film, action film, spy film |
| Forced Vengeance | James Fargo | martial arts film, action film, thriller film |
| Eddie and the Cruisers | Martin Davidson | mystery film, drama film, musical film |
| The Flight of Dragons | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., Katsuhisa Yamada | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, adventure film, comedy drama |
| Flashdance | Adrian Lyne | romance film, drama film, dance film, musical film |
| Fire and Ice | Ralph Bakshi | sword and sorcery film, adult animated film, fantasy film, adventure film, erotic film |
| Frances | Graeme Clifford | drama film, biographical film |
| Superman III | Richard Lester | comedy film, action film, science fiction film |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Amy Heckerling | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, comedy film |
| Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi | Richard Marquand | fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |