| A Special Unit | Vladimir Ivanov, Georgy Shchukin | war film | Soviet Union |
| A Year of the Quiet Sun | Krzysztof Zanussi | romance film, drama film, war film | Germany, United States, Poland, Italy, West Germany |
| And Life, and Tears, and Love | Nikolai Gubenko | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Slunce, seno, jahody | Zdeněk Troška | comedy film | Czechoslovakia |
| Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | drama film | France, Germany |
| A Woman in Transit | Léa Pool | drama film | Canada |
| Broadway Danny Rose | Woody Allen | comedy film | United States |
| Beat Street | Stan Lathan | teen film, drama film, musical film | United States |
| Breakin' | Joel Silberg | coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film, comedy drama | United States |
| Tri veteráni | Oldřich Lipský | family film, fantasy film, comedy film, cinematic fairy tale, speculative fiction film | Czechoslovakia |
| Conan the Destroyer | Richard Fleischer | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, action film | United States, Mexico |
| Rhinestone | Bob Clark | comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Comfort and Joy | Bill Forsyth | comedy film, Christmas film | United Kingdom |
| Firestarter | Mark L. Lester | action film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film | United States |
| The Bounty | Roger Donaldson | drama film, historical film, adventure film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Bright-Eyes | Dong Kena | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Alarmstart | Vladimir Chebotaryov | action film | Soviet Union |
| White Dew | Igor Dobrolyubov | romance film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Moscow on the Hudson | Paul Mazursky | drama film, flashback film, comedy drama, romantic comedy | United States |
| Unfaithfully Yours | Howard Zieff | romantic comedy | United States |
| Tan Sitong | Chen Jialin | drama film, historical film, biographical film | People's Republic of China |
| Fire | Dmitri Kesayants | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| Sista leken | Jon Lindström | drama film | Finland, Sweden |
| Yor, the Hunter from the Future | Antonio Margheriti | post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, action film, science fiction film | France, Italy, Turkey |
| Mike's Murder | James Bridges | mystery film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film | United States |
| 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 | United States |
| The Magic Game | Hannu Peltomaa | fantasy film, children's film | Finland |
| The Blonde Around the Corner | Vladimir Bortko | romantic comedy film | Soviet Union |
| The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter | Lau Kar-leung | martial arts film, drama film, historical film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Cinderella '80 | Roberto Malenotti | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film | Italy |
| Teenage Sex Report | Ernst Hofbauer | sexploitation film, mockumentary, erotic film, enlightenment film | Germany |
| Yentl | Barbra Streisand | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film | United States |
| Zydeco | — | music-themed film, documentary film | — |
| Meko kazano | Vasil Apostolov | — | People's Republic of Bulgaria |
| Open Future | Petter Vennerød, Svend Wam | drama film | Norway |
| Female Cats | Shingo Yamashiro | pink film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, erotic thriller | Japan |
| Mona and the Time of Burning Love | Mikko Niskanen | drama film | Finland |
| Sahara | Andrew V. McLaglen | romance film, drama film, adventure film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Private School | Noel Black | teen film, romantic comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, sex comedy | United States |
| Endgame | Joe D'Amato | post-apocalyptic film, action film, science fiction film | Italy |
| Station for Two | Eldar Ryazanov | romance film | Soviet Union |
| Le Marginal | Jacques Deray | action film, crime film | France |
| Bullshot | Dick Clement | parody film | United Kingdom |
| 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 | United States |
| The Osterman Weekend | Sam Peckinpah | political thriller film, action film, spy film | United States |
| Forced Vengeance | James Fargo | martial arts film, action film, thriller film | United States |
| From the Life of a Chief of the Criminal Police | Stepan Puchinyan | detective film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Eddie and the Cruisers | Martin Davidson | mystery film, drama film, musical film | United States |