| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Back to School | Alan Metter | Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Keith Gordon, Ned Beatty, Adrienne Barbeau, Burt Young, Robert Downey, Jr. | Comedy | Orion Pictures |
| Band of the Hand | Paul Michael Glaser | Stephen Lang, Lauren Holly, Leon | Action | 1st film directed by Glaser |
| Behind Enemy Lines | Gideon Amir | David Carradine, Mako Iwamatsu, Steve James | Action | |
| The Best of Times | Roger Spottiswoode | Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed | Comedy | written by Ron Shelton |
| Big Trouble | John Cassavetes | Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo | Comedy | |
| Big Trouble in Little China | John Carpenter | Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Victor Wong | Action | 20th Century Fox |
| Black Moon Rising | Harley Cokeliss | Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn | Action | written by John Carpenter |
| Blue City | Michelle Manning | Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Scott Wilson, David Caruso | Drama | 5 Razzie nominations |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper | Suspense | Lynch Academy Award-nominated |
| The Boy Who Could Fly | Nick Castle | Bonnie Bedelia, Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, Fred Savage, Fred Gwynne, Mindy Cohn, Colleen Dewhurst | Fantasy | 20th Century Fox |
| Brighton Beach Memoirs | Gene Saks | Jonathan Silverman, Blythe Danner | Comedy, drama | written by Neil Simon |
| Captain EO | Francis Ford Coppola | Michael Jackson | Science fiction | only shown at Disney theme parks |
| Children of a Lesser God | Randa Haines | William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie | Drama | Academy Award for Matlin |
| Choke Canyon | Charles Bail | Stephen Collins, Bo Svenson, Lance Henriksen | Sci-fi | |
| Chopping Mall | Jim Wynorski | Kelli Maroney, Barbara Crampton, Dick Miller | Horror | |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | Michael Chapman | Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar | Adventure | from Jean M. Auel novel |
| Club Paradise | Harold Ramis | Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis | Comedy | 5 SCTV stars in cast |
| Cobra | George P. Cosmatos | Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen | Action | remade as Fair Game |
| The Color of Money | Martin Scorsese | Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John Turturro, Helen Shaver, Forest Whitaker | Drama | sequel to The Hustler; Oscar for Newman |
| Combat Shock | Buddy Giovinazzo | Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork | Drama, War | |
| Crawlspace | David Schmoeller | Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam | Thriller | |
| Crimes of the Heart | Bruce Beresford | Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Tess Harper | Black comedy | from Beth Henley play |
| Critters | Stephen Herek | Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh | Horror | |
| Crossroads | Walter Hill | Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz | Drama | based on Robert Johnson |
| Dangerously Close | Albert Pyun | John Stockwell, Carey Lowell | | |
| Deadly Friend | Wes Craven | Kristy Swanson | Horror | |
| The Delta Force | Menahem Golan | Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin | Action | Marvin's final film |
| Desert Bloom | Eugene Corr | Annabeth Gish, Jon Voight, Ellen Barkin | Drama | |
| Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Paul Mazursky | Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler, Elizabeth Peña | Comedy | based on a French play |
| Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch | Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Ellen Barkin | Comedy | filmed in black and white |
| Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam | John R. Cherry III | Jim Varney, Glenn Petach | Comedy | |
| Dream Lover | Alan J. Pakula | Kristy McNichol | Thriller | |
| Duet for One | Andrei Konchalovsky | Julie Andrews, Alan Bates | Drama | from Tom Kempinski play |
| Echo Park | Robert Dornhelm | Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Cheech Marin | Comedy | |
| Equalizer 2000 | Cirio Santiago | Richard Norton, Robert Patrick | Action | |
| Every Time We Say Goodbye | Moshe Mizrahi | Tom Hanks | War drama | filmed in Israel |
| Extremities | Robert M. Young | Farrah Fawcett, James Russo, Alfre Woodard, Diana Scarwid | Suspense | based on off-Broadway play |
| Eye of the Tiger | Richard C. Sarafian | Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel | Action | |
| F/X | Robert Mandel | Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff DeYoung | Crime drama | followed by F/X2 |
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off | John Hughes | Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey | Comedy | Paramount |
| A Fine Mess | Blake Edwards | Ted Danson, Howie Mandel | Comedy | Columbia |
| Fire with Fire | Duncan Gibbins | Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen | Romance | |
| Firewalker | J. Lee Thompson | Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett, Jr. | Action | Cannon Films |
| Flight of the Navigator | Randal Kleiser | Veronica Cartwright, Joey Cramer, Sarah Jessica Parker | Science fiction | Walt Disney Pictures |
| The Fly | David Cronenberg | Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz | Science fiction | remake of 1958 film |
| Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Tom McLoughlin | C. J. Graham, Thom Mathews David Kagen, Jennifer Cooke, | Horror, Slasher | 5th Friday the 13th sequel |
| From Beyond | Stuart Gordon | Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree | Sci-fi | |
| Getting Even | Dwight H. Little | Edward Albert, Joe Don Baker | Drama | |
| GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Ray Patterson | Margot Kidder, Telly Savalas, Roddy McDowall, Michael Nouri | Animation | Hanna-Barbera |
| The Golden Child | Michael Ritchie | Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance | Comedy | Paramount |
| Good to Go | Blaine Novak | Art Garfunkel, Robert DoQui, Harris Yulin | Thriller | |
| The Great Mouse Detective | Ron Clements | Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Vincent Price | Animated film | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| A Great Wall | Peter Wang | Peter Wang, Kelvin Han Yee | Comedy drama | 1st U.S.-China co-production |
| Gung Ho | Ron Howard | Michael Keaton, John Turturro,
Mimi Rogers, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt | Comedy | Paramount |