| Narrow Margin | Peter Hyams | film laga, neo-noir, film cerita seru |
| Cadillac Man | Roger Donaldson | film komedi, drama komedi |
| Days of Thunder | Tony Scott | film percintaan, film drama, film olahraga, film laga |
| The Believers | John Schlesinger | film misteri, film drama, film horor, neo-noir |
| Taking Care of Business | Arthur Hiller | film komedi, Film penjara |
| Cry-Baby | John Waters | film remaja, film musikal, film komedi romantis |
| An Innocent Man | Peter Yates | Film penjara, film kejahatan |
| Happily Ever After | John Howley | film keluarga, film fantasi, film komedi, film petualangan, film musikal |
| Total Recall | Paul Verhoeven | cyberpunk, film laga, film distopia, film petualangan, Film fiksi ilmiah |
| Back to the Future Part III | Robert Zemeckis | film remaja, film komedi, Barat, Film fiksi ilmiah |
| Dreams | Ishirō Honda, Akira Kurosawa | film drama, film fantasi, Film fiksi ilmiah |
| Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Milton Gray, Karen Peterson | persilangan |
| Lord of the Flies | Harry Hook | film drama, Film bertahan hidup, film distopia, film petualangan |
| The Hunt for Red October | — | film drama, film laga, film mata-mata, film cerita seru, film perang |
| Moon 44 | Roland Emmerich | cyberpunk, film laga, film distopia, film cerita seru, film petualangan, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film penjara |
| Men Don't Leave | Paul Brickman | film beranjak dewasa, drama komedi |
| Casualties of War | Brian De Palma | film drama, film perang |
| Family Business | Sidney Lumet | film komedi, Film perampokan, drama komedi |
| Dead Poets Society | Peter Weir | film beranjak dewasa, film remaja, film drama |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Bruce Beresford | film drama, film komedi |
| Blaze | Ron Shelton | film drama, Film biografi, drama komedi, film komedi romantis |
| The Punisher | Mark Goldblatt | film laga, film cerita seru, film vigilante, film kejahatan |
| Beaches | Garry Marshall | film drama, film musikal, drama komedi |
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film) | Frank Oz | film komedi, film kejahatan |
| Field of Dreams | Phil Alden Robinson | film drama, film olahraga, film fantasi |
| Cheetah | Jeff Blyth | film drama, film petualangan |
| The Abyss | James Cameron | film misteri, film drama, film petualangan, Film fiksi ilmiah |
| Dead Calm | Phillip Noyce | film cerita seru |
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden | film horor, Film jagal |
| Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz | komedi, anime dan manga fantasi, anime dan manga petualangan, film fantasi, film anak-anak, film petualangan, film musikal |
| Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | film drama, film komedi, Film independen |
| China Girl | Abel Ferrara | film percintaan, film drama, film kejahatan |
| Evil Angels | Fred Schepisi | film drama, Film biografi |
| Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Marcel Ophuls | Film dokumenter |
| Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls | Katt Shea | triler erotis |
| Rain Man | Barry Levinson | film drama, drama komedi |
| Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | film drama, film kejahatan |
| Cohen and Tate | Eric Red | film cerita seru, film kejahatan |
| Alien Nation | Graham Baker | film laga, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film sepasang polisi |
| Cocktail (film 1988) | Roger Donaldson | film percintaan, Film komedi romantis, film drama |
| Iron Eagle II | Sidney J. Furie | film laga, film cerita seru |
| Short Circuit 2 | Kenneth Johnson | film komedi, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film perampokan |
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | David Zucker | film komedi |
| The Stepfather | Joseph Ruben | film horor, Film jagal |
| Oliver & Company | George Scribner | film keluarga, film anak-anak, film petualangan, film musikal, drama komedi |
| The Land Before Time | Don Bluth | film beranjak dewasa, film drama, film keluarga, film petualangan |
| Ghost Town | Richard McCarthy, Mac Ahlberg | film laga, film horor, film cerita seru |
| Running on Empty | Sidney Lumet | film beranjak dewasa, film drama |