| Metamorphosis | George Eastman | horror film | United States, Italy |
| Mr. Eliwa's apartment | — | — | Egypt |
| New York Stories | Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola | drama film, anthology film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal | K. Balachander | — | India |
| Raja Chinna Roja | S. P. Muthuraman | children's film | India |
| Regina | Kaljo Kiisk | drama film | Estonia |
| Splendor | Ettore Scola | drama film | France, Italy |
| Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator | Don Nardo | horror film | United States |
| Sweet Home | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | fantasy film, horror film | Japan |
| The Decalogue | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Poland |
| The Exterminators | Carlos Galettini | comedy film, action film | Argentina |
| The Feasts of Belshazzar, or a Night with Stalin | Yuri Kara | drama film, historical film | Soviet Union |
| The Scorpion Woman | Susanne Zanke | drama film | Germany, Austria |
| The Toxic Avenger Part II | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | comedy horror | United States |
| The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | comedy horror | United States |
| The Wizard | Todd Holland | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| The Zitar Family | Aloizs Brenčs | — | Soviet Union |
| Theater season | Viktor Zhivolub | drama film, melodrama | Soviet Union |
| They Call Me Macho Woman! | Patrick G. Donahue | independent film | United States |
| Wayfarers | Ola Solum | drama film | Norway |
| We're No Angels | Neil Jordan | comedy film, Christmas film, prison film, buddy film | United States |
| Win to win | Stefania Casini | — | Italy |
| Winter's Child | Olivier Assayas | drama film | France |
| A Dangerous Life | Robert Markowitz | — | Australia, Philippines |
| A Most Ordinary Story | Camil Quliyev | drama film | Soviet Union |
| A Strange Place to Meet | François Dupeyron | romance film, drama film | France |
| A Tale of the Wind | Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens | documentary film | France, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands |
| Annanagar Mudhal Theru | Balu Anand | comedy drama | India |
| Artist from Gribov | Leonid Kvinikhidze | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| As Tears Go By | Wong Kar-wai | romance film, drama film, action film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| Begynnelsen på en historie | Margarete Robsahm | drama film, children's film | Norway |
| Breath | Albert Mkrtchyan | — | Soviet Union |
| Bull Durham | Ron Shelton | drama film, sport film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Cheeks | — | pornographic film | United States |
| Dancing Is My Life | Joe D'Amato | drama film | Italy |
| Day of the Angel | Sergey Selyanov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Decalogue II | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Germany, Poland |
| Decalogue III | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Germany, Poland |
| Decalogue IX | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Germany, Poland |
| Decalogue VI | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Germany, Poland |
| Defence Counsel Sedov | Evgeniy Tsymbal | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Doin' Time on Planet Earth | Charles Matthau | comedy film, science fiction film | United States |
| Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West | Tsutomu Shibayama | — | Japan |
| Dream of the Red Chamber, Part 1 | Zhao Yuan | romance film | People's Republic of China |
| Etoile | Peter Del Monte | romance film, drama film | Italy |
| Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon Fancier | Ruy Guerra | drama film | Brazil |
| Fair Game | Mario Orfini | horror film, thriller film | Italy |
| Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | John Carl Buechler | horror film, slasher film | United States |