| Armon | Melis Abzalov | Uni Soviet |
| Aruvadai Naal | G. M. Kumar | India |
| Billy Galvin | John Gray | Amerika Serikat |
| Blue City | Michelle Manning | Amerika Serikat |
| Combat Shock | Buddy Giovinazzo | Amerika Serikat |
| Dhe vjen një ditë | Vladimir Prifti | Albania |
| Fire with Fire | Duncan Gibbins | Amerika Serikat |
| Flying | Paul Lynch | Kanada |
| Gospel According to Vic | Tom Conti, David Hayman, Dame Helen Mirren, Charles Gormley | Britania Raya |
| Jaguar | Sebastián Alarcón | Uni Soviet |
| No Mercy | Richard Pearce | Amerika Serikat |
| Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare | Raghunath Paleri | India |
| Revathikkoru Pavakkutty | Sathyan Anthikad | India |
| Rosa la rose, fille publique | Paul Vecchiali | Prancis |
| Sekretny farvater | Vadim Kostromenko | Uni Soviet |
| The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin | Kenjirō Yoshida, Gennady Sokolsky | Uni Soviet, Jepang |
| The Name of the Rose | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Prancis, Jerman, Italia |
| The Smile of the Lamb | Shimon Dotan | Israel |
| The Tree We Hurt | Dímos Avdeliódis | Yunani |
| Um Adeus Português | João Botelho | Portugal |
| Visa USA | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Kuba, Kolombia |
| A Chorus Line | Richard Attenborough | Amerika Serikat |
| A Simple Death | Alexander Kaidanovsky | Uni Soviet |
| American Flyers | John Badham | Amerika Serikat |
| Atkins | Helge Trimpert | Jerman Timur |
| Desperately Seeking Susan | Susan Seidelman | Amerika Serikat |
| Dust | Marion Hänsel | Prancis, Belgia |
| Déjà Vu | Anthony B. Richmond | Britania Raya |
| Extend, Extend, Fascination... | Yaropolk Lapshin | Uni Soviet |
| Games for Teenagers | Arvo Iho, Leida Laius | Uni Soviet, Estonia |
| My Friend Ivan Lapshin | Aleksei Yuryevich German | Uni Soviet |
| Petrina hronia | Pantelis Voulgaris | Yunani |
| The Aviator | George T. Miller | Amerika Serikat |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | John Schlesinger | Amerika Serikat |
| The Tango of Our Childhood | Albert Mkrtchyan | Uni Soviet |
| The Time to Live and the Time to Die | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Three for Happiness | Rajko Grlić | Yugoslavia |
| Valentin und Valentina | Georgi Natanson | Uni Soviet |
| A Sunday in the Country | Bertrand Tavernier | Prancis |
| Adela | Mircea Veroiu | Rumania |
| Buket mimozy i drugie tsvety | Mikhail Nikitin | Uni Soviet |
| Carmen | Francesco Rosi | Prancis, Italia |
| Devochka iz goroda | Oleg Nikolayevsky | Uni Soviet |
| El Haimoune | Nacer Khemir | Prancis, Tunisia |
| Elder Sister's Diary | Hiroyuki Nasu | Jepang |
| Give My Regards to Broad Street | Peter Webb | Britania Raya |
| I Still Love, I Still Hope | Nikolay Lyrchikov | Uni Soviet |
| L'Amour à mort | Alain Resnais | Prancis |