| 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 |
| The Flight of Dragons | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., Katsuhisa Yamada | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, adventure film, comedy drama | Japan, United States |
| Flashdance | Adrian Lyne | romance film, drama film, dance film, musical film | United States |
| Fire and Ice | Ralph Bakshi | sword and sorcery film, adult animated film, fantasy film, adventure film, erotic film | United States |
| Frances | Graeme Clifford | drama film, biographical film | United States |
| La Viuda Negra | Arturo Ripstein | drama film | Mexico |
| Outland | Peter Hyams | action film, adventure film, science fiction film | United Kingdom |
| Superman III | Richard Lester | comedy film, action film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Made in Britain | Alan John Clarke | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Shaolin and Wu Tang | Gordon Liu | martial arts film, action film | Hong Kong |
| Ladies' Tango | Sulambek Mamilov | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Vassa | Gleb Panfilov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Gudachari No.1 | Kodi Ramakrishna | spy film | India |
| Piratene | Morten Kolstad | drama film | Norway |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Amy Heckerling | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi | Richard Marquand | fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe | Sergei Tarasov | romance film, swashbuckler film, adventure film, medieval film | Soviet Union |
| Friday the 13th Part III | Steve Miner | horror film | United States |
| The Hunger | Tony Scott | horror film, LGBTQ-related film, vampire film, erotic thriller, thriller film, erotic film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Woman with Pierced Nipples | Shōgorō Nishimura | pink film, drama film, erotic film | Japan |
| The Toy | Richard Donner | comedy film | United States |
| Cracking Up | Jerry Lewis | comedy film | United States |
| Victory March | Marco Bellocchio | drama film | France, Germany, Italy |
| Two Chapters from the Family Chronicle | Dmitry Barshchevsky | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Five Days One Summer | Fred Zinnemann | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain | Tsui Hark | martial arts film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film | Hong Kong |
| The Turning Point | Frank Beyer | drama film, war film | East Germany |
| Love Is Forever | Hall Bartlett | — | United States |
| Duel to the Death | Ching Siu-tung | martial arts film, drama film, historical film, action film | Hong Kong |
| The World of ‘The Dark Crystal’ | Jim Henson | documentary film | United States |
| 10 to Midnight | J. Lee Thompson | action film, thriller film, slasher film, crime film | United States |
| A School Outing | Pupi Avati | comedy drama | Italy |
| Abhilasha | A. Kodandarami Reddy | drama film, crime film | India |
| Akmenainais cels | Rolands Kalniņš | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Anna Pavlova | Emil Loteanu | drama film, historical film, drama fiction, biographical film, musical film | France, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, East Germany, Cuba |
| Believe It or Not | Sergey Ovcharov | comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Curse of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Doctor Detroit | Michael Pressman | comedy film | United States |
| Early, Early Morning | Valeriy Kharchenko | — | Soviet Union |
| Fanny Hill | Gerry O'Hara | comedy film, erotic film | United Kingdom |
| Fathers and Sons (1983 film) | Vyacheslav Nikiforov | — | Soviet Union |
| Fearless Hyena Part II | Lo Wei | martial arts film, slapstick | Hong Kong |
| Five Fingers of One Hand | Begziyn Baljinnyam, Nyamgavaa Ichinkhorloo | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| Flesh Girls | Heinz Arland | pornographic film | Sweden |
| Heart Like a Wheel | Jonathan Kaplan | drama film, biographical film | United States |
| Here is your front | Eduard Gavrilov | drama film, war film | Soviet Union |
| Himmatwala | K. Raghavendra Rao | action comedy film | India |
| I, Son of Working People... | Vladimir Strelkov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| If to Believe Lopotukhin... | Mikhail Kozakov | science fiction film | Soviet Union |
| Il disertore | Giuliana Berlinguer | drama film, war film | Italy |
| Independence Day | Robert Mandel | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro | Kundan Shah | black comedy film | India |
| Joysticks | Greydon Clark | comedy film | United States |
| Justice Chaudhry | K. Raghavendra Rao | drama film | India |
| Le Grand Carnaval | Alexandre Arcady | comedy drama | France |
| Limpan | Staffan Roos | drama film | Sweden |
| Lovis, rybka! | — | puppet film | Soviet Union |
| Mawaali | Kovelamudi Bapayya | — | India |
| Max Dugan Returns | Herbert Ross | drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| Mickey's Christmas Carol | Burny Mattinson | Christmas film, comedy drama | United States |
| Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants | Mykhailo Illienko | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Mystery of the Ship Clock | Rüfat Şabanov | children's film | Soviet Union |
| Papy fait de la résistance | Jean-Marie Poiré | comedy film | France |
| Semyon Dezhnev | Nikolay Gusarov | historical film, adventure film, biographical film | Soviet Union |
| Strada Pia | Georg Brintrup | documentary film | Germany, Italy |
| Strange Invaders | Michael Laughlin | action film, horror film, alien invasion, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Sweet Young Foxes | Bob Chinn | comedy film, pornographic film | United States |
| The Catch | Shinji Sōmai | drama film | Japan |
| The Kid Who Couldn't Miss | Paul Cowan | docudrama, documentary film | Canada |
| The Legend of Princess Olga | Yuri Ilyenko | historical film | Soviet Union |
| The Little Bunch | Michel Deville | comedy film | France |
| The Man with Two Brains | Carl Reiner | comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| The Monkey Fishing | — | — | People's Republic of China |
| The Night the Bridge Fell Down | Georg Fenady | action film, disaster film | United States |
| The Return of Captain Invincible | Philippe Mora | superhero film, musical film | Australia |
| The Scout | Jamyanguyn Buntar, Konrad Petzold | Western film | East Germany |
| The Stand-By Moves In | Ernest Yasan | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Story Shouldn't Had Happend | Zhang Hui | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| The Tin Flute | Claude Fournier | drama film | Canada |
| Trading Places | John Landis | comedy film, Christmas film | United States |
| Troe na shosse | Anatoly Bobrovsky | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Under Fire | Roger Spottiswoode | political thriller film, drama film, war film, tragedy | United States |
| Vacanze di Natale | Carlo Vanzina | comedy film, Christmas film | Italy |
| Walking, Walking | Ermanno Olmi | drama film | Italy |
| When the Mountains Tremble | Newton Thomas Sigel, Pamela Yates | documentary film | United States, Guatemala |
| Zhai bei gao bei hou | Chang Yan | drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Équateur | Serge Gainsbourg | drama film, crime film | Gabon, France, Germany |