| The Vanishing | George Sluizer | film misteri, film cerita seru | Prancis, Belanda |
| Godzilla vs. Biollante | Kazuki Ōmori | Kaiju, film laga, Film fiksi ilmiah | Jepang |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Bruce Beresford | film drama, film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Blaze | Ron Shelton | film drama, Film biografi, drama komedi, film komedi romantis | Amerika Serikat |
| Itinerary of a Spoiled Child | Claude Lelouch | film drama | Prancis, Jerman |
| Katala | Sergei Bodrov | film percintaan | Uni Soviet |
| The Punisher | Mark Goldblatt | film laga, film cerita seru, film vigilante, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat, Australia |
| The Miracle in Valby | Åke Sandgren | film misteri, film drama, film fantasi, film petualangan | Swedia, Denmark |
| Beaches | Garry Marshall | film drama, film musikal, drama komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| The Birth of New China | Li Qiankuan, Xiao Guiyun | film drama | Tiongkok |
| Red Sorghum | Zhang Yimou | film drama romantis, film perang | Tiongkok |
| A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom | Andy Bausch | film drama | Jerman, Luksemburg |
| How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea | Vasili Pichul | Film komedi romantis | Uni Soviet |
| Stan Wewnetrzny | Krzysztof Tchórzewski | — | Polandia |
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film) | Frank Oz | film komedi, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| Field of Dreams | Phil Alden Robinson | film drama, film olahraga, film fantasi | Amerika Serikat |
| Cheetah | Jeff Blyth | film drama, film petualangan | Amerika Serikat |
| The Abyss | James Cameron | film misteri, film drama, film petualangan, Film fiksi ilmiah | Amerika Serikat |
| Dead Calm | Phillip Noyce | film cerita seru | Amerika Serikat, Australia |
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden | film horor, Film jagal | Amerika Serikat |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Isao Takahata | film beranjak dewasa, film drama, anime dan manga drama | Jepang |
| 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 | Jepang, Amerika Serikat |
| Patlabor: The Movie | Mamoru Oshii | film laga, mecha, Film fiksi ilmiah | Jepang |
| Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | film drama, film komedi, Film independen | Amerika Serikat |
| China Girl | Abel Ferrara | film percintaan, film drama, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| Evil Angels | Fred Schepisi | film drama, Film biografi | Amerika Serikat, Australia |
| Jesus of Montreal | Denys Arcand | film drama | Prancis, Kanada |
| Cold Summer of 1953 | Aleksandr Proshkin | film drama, film cerita seru, film kejahatan | Uni Soviet |
| A Short Film About Love | Krzysztof Kieślowski | film percintaan, film drama | Polandia |
| The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey | Vincent Ward | film fantasi | Australia, Selandia Baru |
| Maria and Mirabella in Transistorland | Ion Popescu-Gopo | film keluarga, film fantasi, film anak-anak, Film animasi laga hidup, film musikal | Uni Soviet, Rumania |
| For harde livet | Sigve Endresen | Film dokumenter | Norwegia |
| Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Marcel Ophuls | Film dokumenter | Prancis, Jerman, Amerika Serikat |
| Tragedy, Rock Style | Savva Kulish | film drama, film kejahatan | Uni Soviet |
| Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls | Katt Shea | triler erotis | Amerika Serikat |
| Gull-Pian | Staffan Götestam | film anak-anak | Swedia |
| Hoppa högst | Johanna Hald | film anak-anak | Swedia |
| Rain Man | Barry Levinson | film drama, drama komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | film drama, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| Topio Stin Omikhli | Theo Angelopoulos | film drama | Prancis, Italia, Yunani |
| The Lady with the parrot | Andrei Prachenko | Film komedi romantis | Uni Soviet |
| The Servant | Vadim Abdrashitov | film drama | Uni Soviet |
| Cohen and Tate | Eric Red | film cerita seru, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| A Short Film About Killing | Krzysztof Kieślowski | film drama | Polandia |
| Intergirl | Pyotr Todorovsky | film percintaan, film drama | Uni Soviet, Swedia |
| Alien Nation | Graham Baker | film laga, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film sepasang polisi | Amerika Serikat |
| Cocktail (film 1988) | Roger Donaldson | film percintaan, Film komedi romantis, film drama | Amerika Serikat |
| Iron Eagle II | Sidney J. Furie | film laga, film cerita seru | Kanada, Amerika Serikat, Israel |
| A Man Who Never Was | Peeter Simm | film drama | Uni Soviet, Estonia |
| A Trip to Wiesbaden | Evgeniy Gerasimov | film percintaan, film drama | Uni Soviet |
| Accidents | Gideon Amir | film laga, film cerita seru, Film fiksi ilmiah | Prancis, Afrika Selatan, Amerika Serikat |
| Apoorva Sagodharargal | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | — | India |
| Babar: The Movie | Alan Bunce | film anak-anak | Prancis, Kanada, Amerika Serikat |
| Baptême | René Féret | film drama | Prancis, Belgia |
| Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | Carl Reiner | film musikal | Amerika Serikat |
| Beware! Children at Play | Mik Cribben | film horor | Amerika Serikat |
| Black Rainbow | Mike Hodges | film misteri | Britania Raya |
| Blades | Thomas R. Rondinella | film horor | Amerika Serikat |
| Blue Angel Cafe | Joe D'Amato | film drama | Italia |
| Breaking In | Bill Forsyth | film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Chattahoochee | Mick Jackson | film drama | Amerika Serikat |
| Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | Dan Hoskins | film komedi horor, film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Coming Out | Heiner Carow | film percintaan, film drama | Jerman Timur |
| Crash — Cop's Daughter | Mikhail Tumanishvili | film remaja, film drama, film kejahatan | Uni Soviet |
| Crossfire | Gideon Ganani | film drama | Israel |
| Dead Bang | John Frankenheimer | film laga, film cerita seru, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| Dealers | Colin Bucksey | film drama | Britania Raya |
| Dialing for Dingbats | Peter Slodczyk | film komedi romantis | Amerika Serikat |
| Divine enfant | Jean-Pierre Mocky | film komedi | Prancis |
| Don César de Bazan | Yan Frid | film musikal | Uni Soviet |
| Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite | Tunç Başaran | film drama, Film penjara | Turki |
| Doraemon: Nobita dan Asal Usul Negeri Jepang | Tsutomu Shibayama | film fantasi | Jepang |
| Earth Girls Are Easy | Julien Temple | Film fiksi ilmiah, film musikal, film komedi romantis | Amerika Serikat |
| Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! | Jean-Claude Lord | film percintaan, film drama, film musikal | Kanada, Amerika Serikat |
| Fanat | Vladimir Feoktistov | film laga | Uni Soviet |
| Far from Home | Meiert Avis | film cerita seru | Amerika Serikat |
| Fortress of Amerikkka | Eric Louzil | film laga | Amerika Serikat |
| Gross Anatomy | Thom Eberhardt | film drama | Amerika Serikat |
| Hajen som visste för mycket | Claes Eriksson | film komedi | Swedia |
| Hard to Be a God | Peter Fleischmann | film laga, film petualangan, Film fiksi ilmiah | Prancis, Uni Soviet, Jerman, Swiss |
| How Come? | — | film komedi | Israel |
| I ragazzi di via Panisperna | Gianni Amelio | film drama | Italia |
| Il Maestro | Marion Hänsel | film drama | Prancis |
| Interrogation | Ryszard Bugajski | film drama, Film penjara | Polandia |
| It | Sergey Ovcharov | drama komedi | Uni Soviet |
| Je suis le seigneur du château | Régis Wargnier | film drama, film cerita seru | Prancis |
| Knyaz Udacha Andreevich | Gennadi Baisak | film komedi | Uni Soviet |
| Latvians?! | Genādijs Zemels | — | Uni Soviet |
| Let It Ride | Joe Pytka | film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Lisa | Gary Sherman | film drama, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| Lock Up (film) | John Flynn | film drama, film laga, film cerita seru, Film penjara, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| Lucky man | Valentin Mishatkin | film drama | Uni Soviet |
| Malpractice | Bill Bennett (sutradara) | Film independen | Australia |
| Massacre Play | Damiano Damiani | film drama | Jerman, Italia |
| Monkey plays chess | Wang Shuchen | film animasi | Tiongkok |
| Mr. Eliwa's apartment | — | — | Mesir |
| Music Box | Costa Gavras | film drama, film cerita seru | Amerika Serikat |
| No Holds Barred | Thomas J. Wright | film laga | Amerika Serikat |
| Percy | Pervez Mehrwanji | film drama | India |
| Philipp Traum | Igor Maslennikov | Film fiksi ilmiah | Uni Soviet |
| Romero | John Duigan | film drama, Film biografi, drama sejarah | Amerika Serikat, Meksiko |
| Save and Protect | Alexander Sokurov | film drama | Uni Soviet, Jerman Barat |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! | Monte Hellman | film horor | Amerika Serikat |
| Strapless | David Hare | film drama, film komedi | Britania Raya |
| Tale of Two Sisters | Adam Rifkin | film drama | Amerika Serikat |
| Tango & Cash | Albert Magnoli, Andrei Konchalovsky | film komedi, film laga, Film sepasang polisi, Film penjara | Amerika Serikat |
| The Big Dis | Gordon Eriksen, John O'Brien | film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| The Big Picture | Christopher Guest | film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| The Chameleon | John Leslie | film drama, film fantasi, film porno | Amerika Serikat |
| The Flying Scotsman Down Under | — | Film dokumenter | Australia |
| The Hostage of Europe | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Film biografi | Prancis, Polandia |
| The Masque of the Red Death | Alan Birkinshaw | Film jagal | Amerika Serikat |
| The Master | Tsui Hark | film laga, Film kungfu | Hong Kong |
| The Process (film, 1989) | Aleksei Simonov | film drama kriminal | Uni Soviet |
| The Scorpion Woman | Susanne Zanke | film drama | Jerman, Austria |
| The Zitar Family | Aloizs Brenčs | — | Uni Soviet |
| They Call Me Macho Woman! | Patrick G. Donahue | Film independen | Amerika Serikat |
| Time Gone By | Solomon Shuster | film drama | Uni Soviet |
| Warm Summer Rain | Joe Gayton | film drama | Amerika Serikat |
| We're No Angels | Neil Jordan | film komedi, Film penjara | Amerika Serikat |
| What Time Is It? | Ettore Scola | film komedi | Prancis, Italia |
| Winter's Child | Olivier Assayas | film drama | Prancis |