| Sitting on the Golden Porch | Boris Rytsarev | fantasy film, children's film | Soviet Union |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz | comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, musical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Snow Queen | Päivi Hartzell | fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, children's film | Finland |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Kin-dza-dza! | Georgiy Daneliya | tragicomedy, dystopian film, adventure film, science fiction film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Maximum Overdrive | Stephen King | comedy film, action film, horror film, science fiction film | United States |
| Cudzoziemka | Ryszard Ber | psychological drama | Poland |
| The Hitcher | Robert Harmon | action film, horror film, thriller film, road movie, slasher film | United States |
| Jönssonligan dyker upp igen | Mikael Ekman | crime comedy film | Sweden, Denmark |
| Cobra | George P. Cosmatos | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Breakthrough | Dmitri Svetozarov | disaster film | Soviet Union |
| Betty Blue | Jean-Jacques Beineix | romance film, drama film | France |
| Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | drama film, musical film | France, United States |
| Police Story | Jackie Chan | martial arts film, police film, action comedy film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| Old-fashioned Tricks | Aleksandr Pankratov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| One Crazy Summer | Savage Steve Holland | romantic comedy film | United States |
| Howard the Duck | Willard Huyck | superhero film, comedy film, action film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Momo | Johannes Schaaf | drama film, fantasy film | Germany, Italy |
| National Lampoon's European Vacation | Amy Heckerling | comedy film | United States |
| The Sunday Daddy | Naum Birman | drama film, children's film | Soviet Union |
| When Father Was Away on Business | Emir Kusturica | coming-of-age film, comedy drama | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Water (1985 film) | Dick Clement | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| Along the main street with orchestra | Pyotr Todorovsky | romance film, musical film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| The Hit | Stephen Frears | drama film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Wise Guys | Brian De Palma | comedy film, crime comedy film, action film, crime thriller film, black comedy film, buddy film, gangster film, crime film | United States |
| The Toxic Avenger | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | comedy film, action film, comedy horror, science fiction film, splatter film | United States |
| Ran | Akira Kurosawa | drama film, war film | France, Japan |
| Ants Bring Death | Zbyněk Brynych | crime film | Czechoslovakia |
| Trial on the Road | Aleksei Yuryevich German | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Journey of Natty Gann | Jeremy Kagan | children's film, adventure film | United States |
| The Insurance Man | Richard Eyre | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Plenty | Fred Schepisi | drama film | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| The Assault | Fons Rademakers | war film | Netherlands |
| At Close Range | James Foley | drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| Dawn | Miklós Jancsó | drama film | France, Israel |
| Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Paul Mazursky | comedy film | United States |
| Vikram | Rajashekar | thriller film | India |
| 7 chili in 7 giorni | Luca Verdone | comedy film | Italy |
| Aliens | James Cameron | science fiction horror film, suspense film, monster film, action film, horror film, science fiction action film, thriller film, adventure film, war film, science fiction film | United States |
| Aruvadai Naal | G. M. Kumar | drama film | India |
| Big Trouble | John Cassavetes | comedy film | United States |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | romance film, psychological horror film, erotic thriller film, psychological thriller film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, crime thriller film, horror film, neo-noir, thriller film, independent film +3 | United States |
| Brahma Rudrulu | K. Murali Mohana Rao | — | India |
| Call Me Tonight | Tatsuya Okamoto | comedy horror, erotic film | Japan |
| Captive | Paul Mayersberg | thriller film | France, United Kingdom |
| Class of Nuke 'Em High | Lloyd Kaufman, Richard W. Haines, Michael Herz | comedy horror, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| Combat Shock | Buddy Giovinazzo | drama film, war film, splatter film | United States |
| Crawlspace | David Schmoeller | horror film | United States, Italy |
| Death of a Soldier | Philippe Mora | drama film, crime film | Australia |
| Detective School Dropouts | Filippo Ottoni | comedy film | United States, Italy |
| Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola | Semyon Aranovich, Alexander Sokurov | biographical film, documentary film | Soviet Union |
| Every Time We Say Goodbye | Moshé Mizrahi | drama film | United States |
| F/X | Robert Mandel | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Fear | Gunārs Cilinskis | — | Soviet Union |
| Flying | Paul Lynch | romance film, drama film | Canada |
| From Beyond | Stuart Gordon | science fiction film, splatter film | United States, Italy |
| Gloves | Rafi Adar | — | Israel |
| Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima | Michael Camerini | documentary film | United States |
| How to Become Happy | Yuri Chulyukin | comedy film, science fiction film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| In Search of Captain Grant | Stanislav Govorukhin | — | People's Republic of Bulgaria, Soviet Union |
| Kanikuly u morya | Martiros Fanosyan | family film | Soviet Union |
| Mikhaylo Lomonosov | Aleksandr Proshkin | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Milyarder | Kartal Tibet | comedy drama | Turkey |
| My Dearly Beloved Detective | Aleksei Simonov | comedy film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| My Favorite Clown | Yury Kushneryov | romance film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Old Well | Wu Tianming | romantic drama film | People's Republic of China |
| Pranamam | Bharathan | — | India |
| Quicksilver | Thomas Michael Donnelly | drama film | United States |
| Revathikkoru Pavakkutty | Sathyan Anthikad | drama film | India |
| Shanghai Surprise | Jim Goddard | adventure film, romantic comedy | United Kingdom, United States |
| Simhasanam | Krishna Ghattamaneni | historical film | India |
| Something Has Happened | Arturas Pozdniakovas | — | Soviet Union, Lithuania |
| The Color of Money | Martin Scorsese | drama film, sport film, action film, thriller film | United States |
| The Name of the Rose | Jean-Jacques Annaud | mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, medieval film, crime film | France, Germany, Italy |
| The Photograph | Nikos Papatakis | drama film | France |
| The Smile of the Lamb | Shimon Dotan | drama film | Israel |
| Time Adventure: Zeccho 5-byo Mae | Yōjirō Takita | pink film, pornographic film, action film | Japan |
| Ugra Narasimham | Dasari Narayana Rao | drama film, action film | India |
| Vidinja Kalyanam | Manivannan | — | India |