| Scrooged | Richard Donner | fantasy, fantasy film, comedy film, Christmas film, ghost film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Be-Bop Highschool: The Power | Hiroyuki Nasu | comedy film, action film | Japan |
| Camino largo a Tijuana | Luis Estrada | drama film, action film | Mexico |
| My Stepmother Is an Alien | Richard Benjamin | science fiction film, science fiction comedy, romantic comedy | United States |
| Twins | Ivan Reitman | comedy film, science fiction film, buddy film | United States |
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | David Zucker | comedy film | United States |
| Watchers | Jon Hess | monster film, horror film, science fiction film | Canada, United States |
| Mister Designer | Oleg Teptsov | drama film, fantasy film, horror film | Soviet Union |
| The Stepfather | Joseph Ruben | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Pathfinder | Nils Gaup | drama film, action film, adventure film | Norway |
| Die Hard | — | action film, Christmas film, action thriller, heist film | United States |
| Oliver & Company | George Scribner | family film, children's film, adventure film, buddy film, musical film, comedy drama | United States |
| The Good Mother | Leonard Nimoy | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Amors Bilar | Ylva Floreman | documentary film | Sweden |
| Crocodile Dundee II | John Cornell | comedy film, action film, adventure film | Australia |
| Police | Catherine Breillat, Maurice Pialat | drama film, crime film | France |
| The Striker with Number 9 | Pantelis Voulgaris | drama film | Greece |
| Spooky, Spooky | Sammo Hung | comedy horror, ghost film | Hong Kong |
| The Presidio | Peter Hyams | mystery film, drama film, action film, neo-noir, thriller film, buddy cop film, crime film | United States |
| Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble, Greg Ford, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng | monster film, vampire film, ghost film | United States |
| Stars and Bars | Pat O'Connor | comedy film | United States |
| Pumpkinhead | Stan Winston | monster film, fantasy film, horror film | United States |
| Stealing Home | William Porter, Steven Kampmann | coming-of-age film, drama film | United States |
| People and Robbers of Cardemon Town | Bente Erichsen | family film | Norway, Sweden |
| Katinka | Max von Sydow | romance film, drama film | Sweden, Denmark |
| Death Spa | Michael Fischa | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| A Fish Called Wanda | John Cleese, Charles Crichton | crime comedy film, heist film, black comedy film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Asterix in Britain | Pino van Lamsweerde | comedy film, historical film | France, Denmark |
| Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure | Kazuhisa Takenouchi | comedy film, action film, adventure film | Japan |
| Ashik Kerib | Dodo Abashidze, Sergei Parajanov | art film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Pereprava | Viktor Turov, Marek Brodzki | drama film, war film | Soviet Union, Poland |
| Killer Klowns from Outer Space | Stephen Chiodo | comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, alien invasion, science fiction film | United States |
| Maniac Cop | William Lustig | action film, crime thriller film, horror film, thriller film, zombie film, slasher film | United States |
| Where is the Nophelet? | Gerald Bezhanov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Dragons Forever | Sammo Hung | martial arts film, action comedy film, crime film | Hong Kong |
| Three Men and a Baby | Leonard Nimoy | comedy film, buddy film | United States |
| A Summer in a Sea Shell 2 | Tugo Štiglic | teen film, dance film | Socialist Republic of Slovenia |
| The Man from Snowy River II | Geoff Burrowes | Western film | Australia |
| Splash | Ron Howard | romantic comedy film, fantasy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Beetlejuice | Tim Burton | fantasy film, comedy horror, ghost film, Gothic film, dark fantasy | United States |
| Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | Alan Myerson | comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Yoshiyuki Tomino | mecha, military science fiction | Japan |
| Rouge | Stanley Kwan | romantic drama film, fantasy film | Hong Kong |
| Like Father Like Son | Rod Daniel | teen film, fantasy film, comedy film | United States |
| Aija | Varis Brasla | melodrama | Soviet Union |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Philip Kaufman | romance film, drama film, erotic film | United States |
| The Lost Boys | Joel Schumacher | comedy horror film, fantasy film, vampire film | United States |
| 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 |
| Full Moon in Blue Water | Peter Masterson | drama film, comedy drama | United States |
| Gosudarstvennaya granitsa: Na dalnem pograniche | Gennady Ivanov | war film | Soviet Union |
| Gosudarstvennaya granitsa: Solyonyy veter | Gennady Ivanov | war film | Soviet Union |
| Greshnik | Vladimir Popkov | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Heart of a Dog | Vladimir Bortko | science fiction film, comedy drama | Soviet Union |
| Hot to Trot | Michael Dinner | comedy film | United States |
| I Am Not a Tourist, I Live Here | Peeter Urbla | drama film | Estonia |
| Imagine: John Lennon | Andrew Solt | biographical film, musical film, documentary film | United Kingdom, United States |
| It Couldn't Happen Here | Jack Bond | musical film | United Kingdom |
| Kai Naattu | V. C. Guhanathan | action film | India |
| Killing Birds | Claudio Lattanzi, Joe D'Amato | horror film, zombie film, science fiction film | Italy |
| Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day | Tomomi Mochizuki | — | Japan |
| Kogda nastupit den | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| La Maison assassinée | Georges Lautner | drama film, thriller film, crime film | France |
| Las puertitas del señor López | Alberto Fischerman | comedy film | Argentina |
| Last Rites | Donald P. Bellisario | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Life Is a Long Quiet River | Étienne Chatiliez | comedy film | France |
| Little Nikita | Richard Benjamin | drama film, thriller film | United States |
| Manifesto | Dušan Makavejev | drama film, comedy film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, United States |
| My Name Is Harlequin | Valery Rybaraw | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Na pomoshch, brattsy! | Ivan Vasilev | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| Neatmenu tavo veido | Raimundas Banionis | drama film | Lithuania |
| Norman's Awesome Experience | Paul Donovan | science fiction film, science fiction comedy | Canada |
| Plainlands | Pekka Parikka | drama film | Finland |
| Posle voyny — mir | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Queen Mandukhai the Wise | Begziyn Baljinnyam | — | Mongolian People's Republic |
| Rabid Grannies | Emmanuel Kervyn | horror film | Belgium |
| Rao Gari Illu | — | drama film | India |
| Raz, dva - gore ne beda | Mikhail Yuzovsky | children's film | Soviet Union |
| Red Riding Hood | Adam Brooks | fantasy film | Israel |
| Remington | Damjan Kozole | drama film, road movie | Socialist Republic of Slovenia |
| Rudraveena | K. Balachander | drama film, musical film | India |
| She's Having a Baby | John Hughes | drama film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Skazka o prekrasnoy Aysulu | Rustem Tazhibayev, Viktor Chugunov | fantasy film | Soviet Union |
| Sternberg – Shooting Star | Niki List | comedy film | Austria |
| Team 33 | Nikolay Gusarov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| The Crossroad | Ivars Seleckis | documentary film | Soviet Union |
| The Dressmaker | Jim O'Brien | drama film | United Kingdom |
| The Glass Jungle | Joseph Merhi | action film | United States |
| The Glembays | Antun Vrdoljak | drama film | Yugoslavia |
| The Glory and Misery of Human Life | Matti Kassila | drama film, historical film | Finland |
| The mantis stalks the cicada | — | — | People's Republic of China |
| The Midas Touch | Géza Bereményi | drama film | Hungary |
| The Mouth of the Wolf | Francisco Lombardi | drama film | Spain, Peru |
| The Myths of Mental Illness | Pierre Lasry | — | Canada |
| The Raggedy Rawney | Bob Hoskins | drama film | United Kingdom |
| The Riddle of the Stinson | Chris Noonan | — | Australia |
| The Soloist | Oleg Nikolayevsky | comedy film | Soviet Union |
| The Stranger | Lūcija Ločmele | — | Soviet Union |
| Things Change | David Mamet | comedy film, comedy drama, crime film | United States |
| Top Model | Joe D'Amato | erotic film | Italy |
| Vampire's Kiss | Robert Bierman | comedy film, vampire film, comedy horror | United States |
| Verónico Cruz | Miguel Pereira | drama film | United Kingdom, Argentina |
| Voskresene, polovina sedmogo | Vadim Zobin | drama film, detective film | Soviet Union |
| Zan Boko | Gaston Kaboré | drama film | Burkina Faso |
| Zapretnaya zona | Nikolai Gubenko | sociodrama | Soviet Union |