| Wittgenstein | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom |
| Carry On Columbus | Gerald Thomas | United Kingdom |
| John Ford | Andrew Eaton | United Kingdom, United States |
| The General | Igor Nikolayev | Russia |
| Those Old Love Letters | Mati Põldre | Estonia |
| Babe Ruth | Mark Tinker | United States |
| Mobsters | Michael Karbelnikoff | United States |
| Not Without My Daughter | Brian Gilbert | United States |
| Qäzälxan | Shahmar Alakbarov | Soviet Union, Azerbaijan |
| The Doors | Oliver Stone | United States |
| Zhou Enlai | Ding Yinnan | People's Republic of China |
| An Angel at My Table | Jane Campion | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Bujna | Viktor Vasylenko | Soviet Union |
| Communion | Philippe Mora | United States |
| Imagine: John Lennon | Andrew Solt | United Kingdom, United States |
| Əbədiyyət yolu | Cahangir Zeynallı | Soviet Union |
| Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola | Semyon Aranovich, Alexander Sokurov | Soviet Union |
| Sweet Dreams | Karel Reisz | United States |
| Lawina | Piotr Studziński | Poland |
| Mayuri | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | India |
| The Killing Fields | Roland Joffé | United Kingdom |
| Anna Pavlova | Emil Loteanu | France, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, East Germany, Cuba |
| Heart Like a Wheel | Jonathan Kaplan | United States |
| Semyon Dezhnev | Nikolay Gusarov | Soviet Union |
| Conversa Acabada | João Botelho | Portugal |
| Graftio Engineer | Gennady Kazansky | Soviet Union |
| Nine Days and the Whole Life | Yuri Zanin | Soviet Union |
| The Beginning of the Legend | Boris Grigoryev | Soviet Union |
| Gniazdo | Jan Rybkowski | Poland |
| Runan Caycu | Nora de Izcue | Peru |
| Lady Caroline Lamb | Robert Bolt | United Kingdom, Italy |
| A Bullet for Pretty Boy | Larry Buchanan, Maury Dexter | United States |
| Cromwell | Ken Hughes | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Great White Hope | Martin Ritt | United States |
| Emma Hamilton | Christian-Jaque | France, Germany, United States, Italy |
| Funny Girl | William Wyler | United States |
| Isadora | Karel Reisz | France, United Kingdom |
| Day Stars | Igor Talankin | Soviet Union |
| Jalil Mammadguluzadeh | Əli Musayev | Azerbaijan |
| Zvezda Ulugbeka | Latif Fayziyev | Soviet Union |
| The Enchanted Desna | Yuliya Solntseva | Soviet Union |
| The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Charles Walters | United States |
| Gypsy | Mervyn LeRoy | United States |
| Mahamantri Timmarusu | Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao | India |
| Palattu Koman | Kunchacko | India |
| King of Kings | Nicholas Ray | United States |
| Sword of the Conqueror | Carlo Campogalliani | Italy |
| Sunrise at Campobello | Vincent J. Donehue | United States |