| When Harry Met Sally | Rob Reiner | comedy film, Christmas film, romantic comedy | United States |
| 1939 | Göran Carmback | drama film | Sweden |
| Akira | Katsuhiro Otomo | post-apocalyptic film, cyberpunk, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film | Japan |
| Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | time-travel film, teen film, comedy film, dystopian film, science fiction film | United States |
| Godzilla vs. Biollante | Kazuki Ōmori | kaiju, action film, science fiction film | Japan |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Joe Johnston | comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy | United States |
| The War of the Roses | Danny DeVito | drama film, comedy film, comedy drama | United States |
| Itinerary of a Spoiled Child | Claude Lelouch | drama film, melodrama | France, Germany |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Steven Soderbergh | drama film | United States |
| Waltzing Regitze | Kaspar Rostrup | drama film | Denmark |
| It Happened Near the Sea | Ayan Shakhmaliyeva | teen film, drama film | Soviet Union |
| Two arrows. Stone Age Detective | Alla Surikova | mystery film, comedy drama, crime film | Soviet Union |
| 300 Miles to Heaven | Maciej Dejczer | drama film, slice of life | France, Denmark, Poland |
| Shocker | Wes Craven | horror film, comedy horror, black comedy film | United States |
| The Punisher | Mark Goldblatt | action film, thriller film, vigilante film, crime film | United States, Australia |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys | Steve Kloves | romance film, drama film, musical film | United States |
| Henry V | Kenneth Branagh | historical drama film, drama film, action film, medieval film, war film, period drama film, biographical film, epic film | United Kingdom |
| The Miracle in Valby | Åke Sandgren | mystery film, drama film, fantasy film, adventure film | Sweden, Denmark |
| The Birth of New China | Li Qiankuan, Xiao Guiyun | drama film, historical film | People's Republic of China |
| Homeboy | Michael Seresin | drama film, boxing film, crime film | United States |
| A Bright Personality | Aleksandr Pavlovsky | satirical film, comedy film, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Kerosene Salesman's Wife | Alexander Kaidanovsky | drama film, fantasy film | Soviet Union |
| Stan Wewnetrzny | Krzysztof Tchórzewski | — | Poland |
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Frank Oz | comedy film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Her Alibi | Bruce Beresford | mystery film, romantic comedy, crime film | United States |
| The Abyss | James Cameron | mystery film, drama film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| The Gods Must Be Crazy II | Jamie Uys | comedy film | South Africa, United States, Botswana |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Isao Takahata | coming-of-age film, drama film, drama anime and manga, flashback film, ghost film, anti-war film | Japan |
| Patlabor: The Movie | Mamoru Oshii | action film, mecha, science fiction film | Japan |
| The Karate Kid Part III | John G. Avildsen | coming-of-age film, martial arts film, romance film, teen film, drama film, action film | United States |
| Delicate Sound of Thunder | Wayne Isham | concert film, documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Evil Angels | Fred Schepisi | drama film, trial film, biographical film | United States, Australia |
| Jesus of Montreal | Denys Arcand | drama film | France, Canada |
| Everybody's All-American | Taylor Hackford | American football film, drama film | United States |
| Without a Clue | Thom Eberhardt | comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Cold Summer of 1953 | Aleksandr Proshkin | drama film, thriller film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Kickboxer | David Worth, Mark DiSalle | martial arts film, action film, rape and revenge film, thriller film | United States |
| License to Drive | Greg Beeman | buddy film, romantic comedy | United States |
| For harde livet | Sigve Endresen | documentary film | Norway |
| The Lonely Spirit In An Old Building | Mu Deyuan | drama film, horror film | China |
| Homebound | Ilkka Järvi-Laturi | drama film | Finland |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Terry Gilliam | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film | United Kingdom, Germany, Italy |
| Landscape in the Mist | Thodoros Angelopoulos | drama film | France, Italy, Greece |
| Monkey Shines | George A. Romero | science fiction horror film, comedy horror film, natural horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, science fiction film, psychological drama film +1 | United States |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | teen film, horror film, slasher film | United States |
| A Short Film About Killing | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film | Poland |
| The January Man | Pat O'Connor | comedy thriller, crime comedy film | United States |
| A Dry White Season | Euzhan Palcy | drama film, trial film | South Africa, United States |
| A Thousand and One Wives | Michal Bat-Adam | art film | Israel |
| Accidents | Gideon Amir | action film, thriller film, science fiction film | France, South Africa, United States |
| Anarchy | Igor Gostev | drama film, crime film | Soviet Union |
| Apoorva Sagodharargal | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | soundtrack | India |
| Assuage My Sorrows | — | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Ayam alghadab | Mounir Rady | — | Egypt |
| Black Rainbow | Mike Hodges | mystery film | United Kingdom |
| Blue Steel | Kathryn Bigelow | action film, thriller film, crime film | United States |
| Cavalli si nasce | Sergio Staino | comedy film | Italy |
| Children of Chaos | Yannick Bellon | drama film | France |
| Clownhouse | Victor Salva | horror film, slasher film | United States |
| Communion | Philippe Mora | drama film, horror film, science fiction film, biographical film | United States |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Woody Allen | drama film, comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Dealers | Colin Bucksey | drama film | United Kingdom |
| Decalogue X | Krzysztof Kieślowski | drama film, comedy drama | Germany, Poland |
| Deja Vu | Juliusz Machulski | crime comedy film, gangster film | Soviet Union, Poland |
| Dialing for Dingbats | Peter Slodczyk | romantic comedy | United States |
| Don't Leave... | Leonid Nechayev | cinematic fairy tale, musical film | Soviet Union |
| Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan | Tsutomu Shibayama | fantasy film | Japan |
| Dune | — | psychological drama, road movie, psychological drama film | Soviet Union |
| Enemies, a Love Story | Paul Mazursky | romance film, drama film | United States |
| Erik the Viking | Terry Jones | sword and sorcery film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, medieval film | United Kingdom |
| Freedom Is Paradise | Sergei Bodrov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Gunhed | Masato Harada | cyberpunk, science fiction action film, science fiction film, mecha | Japan |
| Hard to Be a God | Peter Fleischmann | action film, adventure film, science fiction film | France, Soviet Union, Germany, Switzerland |
| Hitcher In The Dark | Umberto Lenzi | thriller film | United States, Italy |
| I ragazzi di via Panisperna | Gianni Amelio | drama film, historical film | Italy |
| Il Maestro | Marion Hänsel | drama film | France |
| Kindergarten | Jorge Polaco | drama film | Argentina |
| Knick Knack | John Lasseter | family film, comedy film | United States |
| Lestnitsa | Aleksey Sakharov | drama film | Soviet Union |
| Life and Nothing But | Bertrand Tavernier | drama film | France |
| Mano rubata | Alberto Lattuada | — | France, Italy |
| Mappillai | Rajashekar | soundtrack | India |
| Massacre Play | Damiano Damiani | drama film | Germany, Italy |
| Merry Christmas... Happy New Year | Luigi Comencini | Christmas film, comedy drama | France, Italy |
| 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 |