| 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 |
| Presumption of Innocence | Evgeny Tatarsky | film komedi kriminal | Uni Soviet |
| Korekara monogatari - Shonen tachi no buruusu | — | — | Jepang |
| Camino largo a Tijuana | Luis Estrada | film drama, film laga | Meksiko |
| Short Circuit 2 | Kenneth Johnson | film komedi, Film fiksi ilmiah, Film perampokan | Amerika Serikat |
| Rita | Ada Neretniece | film drama, film perang | Uni Soviet, Republik Sosialis Soviet Latvia |
| Go'natt Herr Luffare | Daniel Bergman | film anak-anak | Swedia |
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | David Zucker | film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| The Stepfather | Joseph Ruben | film horor, Film jagal | Amerika Serikat |
| Pathfinder | Nils Gaup | film drama, film laga, film petualangan | Norwegia |
| Lumberjacking | Mikko Niskanen | film drama, Film biografi | Finlandia |
| Oliver & Company | George Scribner | film keluarga, film anak-anak, film petualangan, film musikal, drama komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| The Land Before Time | Don Bluth | film beranjak dewasa, film drama, film keluarga, film petualangan | Republik Irlandia, Amerika Serikat |
| Ghost Town | Richard McCarthy, Mac Ahlberg | film laga, film horor, film cerita seru | Amerika Serikat |
| Running on Empty | Sidney Lumet | film beranjak dewasa, film drama | Amerika Serikat |
| Vice Versa (film 1988) | Brian Gilbert | film fantasi, film komedi romantis | Amerika Serikat |
| The Striker with Number 9 | Pantelis Voulgaris | film drama | Yunani |
| Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | Charles August Nichols, Ray Patterson | film keluarga, film komedi, Horor komedi, film petualangan | Amerika Serikat |
| Cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | film beranjak dewasa, film drama | Prancis, Italia |
| Stars and Bars | Pat O'Connor | film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Mad Scientist | — | — | Amerika Serikat, Australia |
| Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice | Akio Jissōji | Film pink | Jepang |
| Stealing Home | William Porter, Steven Kampmann | film beranjak dewasa, film drama | Amerika Serikat |
| Fatal Beauty | Tom Holland | komedi triler, film laga | Amerika Serikat |
| Shoot to Kill | Roger Spottiswoode | film laga, film cerita seru, film petualangan, Film sepasang polisi, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| Tin Toy | John Lasseter | film keluarga, film fantasi, film animasi | Amerika Serikat |
| A Fish Called Wanda | John Cleese, Charles Crichton | film komedi kriminal, Film perampokan | Britania Raya, Amerika Serikat |
| Coming to America | John Landis | Film komedi romantis | Amerika Serikat |
| Big Business | Jim Abrahams | film komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Colors | Dennis Hopper | film drama, film laga, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| Killer Klowns from Outer Space | Stephen Chiodo | film komedi, film horor, Horor komedi, Serangan makhluk asing, Film fiksi ilmiah | Amerika Serikat |
| The Garden of Desires | Ali Hamroyev | film drama | Uni Soviet |
| Where is the Nophelet? | Gerald Bezhanov | film komedi | Uni Soviet |
| Prince of Darkness | John Carpenter | film misteri, Horor religius, film fantasi, film horor, film cerita seru, Film supernatural, film horor adikodrati | Amerika Serikat |
| Dragons Forever | Sammo Hung | film seni bela diri, film aksi komedi, film kejahatan | Hong Kong |
| Less Than Zero | Marek Kanievska | film beranjak dewasa, film percintaan, film drama, film kejahatan | Amerika Serikat |
| The Man from Snowy River II | Geoff Burrowes | Barat | Australia |
| Boyfriends and Girlfriends | Éric Rohmer | film drama, film komedi romantis | Prancis |
| Monster in the Closet | Bob Dahlin | film monster, film komedi, film horor, Horor komedi, Film fiksi ilmiah | Amerika Serikat |
| Dear Yelena Sergeevna | Eldar Ryazanov | film drama | Uni Soviet |
| Clockwise | Christopher Morahan | film komedi | Britania Raya |
| Splash | Ron Howard | Film komedi romantis, film fantasi, drama komedi | Amerika Serikat |
| Loose Ends 4: The Ultimate Tail | Bruce Seven, Raven Touchstone | film porno, film petualangan | Amerika Serikat |