| The Garden | Derek Jarman | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| The Grifters | Stephen Frears | drama film, film noir, neo-noir, heist film, crime film | United States |
| The muddle-headed wombat | Serguei Kouchnerov | — | Soviet Union |
| The Muppets at Walt Disney World | Peter Harris | comedy film | United States |
| The Palermo Connection | Francesco Rosi | thriller film | France, Italy |
| 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 |
| The wicked boy | — | — | Nigeria |
| There Were Days... and Moons | Claude Lelouch | drama film, comedy drama | France |
| Ubiytsa | Sergey Martyanov | drama film, thriller film | Soviet Union |
| Unidentified Person | Natalya Zbandut | — | Soviet Union |
| A Dry White Season | Euzhan Palcy | drama film, trial film | South Africa, United States |
| A Thousand and One Wives | Michal Bat-Adam | art film | Israel |
| Accidents | Gideon Amir | action film, thriller film, science fiction film | France, South Africa, United States |
| Anarchy | Igor Gostev | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Apoorva Sagodharargal | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | soundtrack | India |
| Assuage My Sorrows | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Ayam alghadab | Mounir Rady | — | Egypt |
| Black Rainbow | Mike Hodges | mystery film | United Kingdom |
| Blue Steel | Kathryn Bigelow | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Cavalli si nasce | Sergio Staino | comedy film | Italy |
| Children of Chaos | Yannick Bellon | drama film | France |
| Clownhouse | Victor Salva | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Communion | Philippe Mora | drama film, horror film, science fiction film, biographical film | United States |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Woody Allen | drama film, comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Dealers | Colin Bucksey | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Decalogue X | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film, comedy drama | Germany, Poland |
| Deja Vu | Juliusz Machulski | crime comedy film, gangster film | Soviet Union, Poland |
| Dialing for Dingbats | Peter Slodczyk | romantic comedy | United States |
| Don't Leave... | Leonid Nechayev | cinematic fairy tale, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan | Tsutomu Shibayama | fantasy film | Japan |
| Dune | — | psychological drama, road movie, psychological drama film | Soviet Union |
| Enemies, a Love Story | Paul Mazursky | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Erik the Viking | Terry Jones | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, medieval film | United Kingdom |
| Freedom Is Paradise | Sergei Bodrov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Gunhed | Masato Harada | cyberpunk, science fiction action film, science fiction film, mecha | Japan |
| Hard to Be a God | Peter Fleischmann | action film, adventure film, science fiction film | France, Soviet Union, Germany, Switzerland |
| Hitcher In The Dark | Umberto Lenzi | thriller film | United States, Italy |
| I ragazzi di via Panisperna | Gianni Amelio | drama film, historical film | Italy |
| Il Maestro | Marion Hänsel | drama film | France |
| Kindergarten | Jorge Polaco | drama film | Argentina |
| Knick Knack | John Lasseter | family film, comedy film | United States |
| Lestnitsa | Aleksey Sakharov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Life and Nothing But | Bertrand Tavernier | drama film | France |
| Mano rubata | Alberto Lattuada | — | France, Italy |
| Mappillai | Rajashekar | soundtrack | India |
| Massacre Play | Damiano Damiani | drama film | Germany, Italy |
| Merry Christmas... Happy New Year | Luigi Comencini | Christmas film, comedy drama | France, Italy |