Film Decades: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Each review will be linked to the title below.
(*seen originally in theaters)
(**seen rereleased in theaters)
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- 8 Million Ways to Die – directed by Hal Ashby, starring Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Andy García
- 9½ Weeks, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke
- 52 Pick-Up – directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Roy Scheider, John Glover, Clarence Williams III, Vanity, Ann-Margret
- Aakhree Raasta (The Last Option), starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
- Abel, directed by and starring Alex van Warmerdam – (Netherlands)
- About Last Night – directed by Edward Zwick, starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins
- Absolute Beginners, directed by Julien Temple, starring David Bowie and Patsy Kensit – UK
- The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood – Canada
- The Adventures of Milo and Otis – Japan
- The Adventures of the American Rabbit – United States/Japan
- The AIDS Show
- Alex Holeh Ahavah (Alex is Lovesick) – (Israel)
- Aliens – directed by James Cameron, starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Paul Reiser
- Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Richard Chamberlain – Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Henry Silva, & Robert Donner
- Los Amantes del Señor de la Noche (The Lovers of the Lord of the Night) – (Mexico)
- American Anthem, starring Mitch Gaylord and Janet Jones
- An American Tail – directed by Don Bluth starring the voices of Phillip Glasser, John Finnegan, Amy Green, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Madeline Kahn
- El Amor brujo (a.k.a. Wedded by Witchcraft), directed by Carlos Saura – (Spain)
- Amorosa, directed by Mai Zetterling – (Sweden)
- April Fool’s Day, starring Jay Baker and Deborah Foreman
- Armed and Dangerous – starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan
- Armed Response – starring David Carradine & Lee Van Cleef
- Armour of God – directed by & starring Jackie Chan – Hong Kong
- As Is, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, starring Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Carradine, Jonathan Hadary
- The Assault – Netherlands
- At Close Range – starring Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn
- Attention bandits! (aka Bandits), directed by Claude Lelouch (France)
- Avenging Force, starring Michael Dudikoff
- BabaKiueria – (Australia)
- Back to School – directed by Alan Metter, starring Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Keith Gordon, Adrienne Barbeau, Burt Young, Ned Beatty, Robert Downey Jr.
- Backlash – (Australia)
- Band of the Hand, starring Stephen Lang and Lauren Holly
- The Beekeeper (O Melissokomos) – (Greece)
- Behind Enemy Lines – starring David Carradine
- The Best of Times – starring Robin Williams & Kurt Russell
- • A Better Tomorrow – directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung – Hong Kong
- Betty Blue (37°2 le matin), directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, starring Béatrice Dalle – France
- Biggles: Adventures in Time
- The Big Parade (Dà Yuèbīng), directed by Chen Kaige – (China)
- Big Trouble – directed by John Cassavetes, starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D’Angelo, Valerie Curtin
- Big Trouble in Little China** – directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong
- Black Moon Rising – starring Tommy Lee Jones & Linda Hamilton
- Blue City, starring Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy
- Blue Velvet – directed by David Lynch, starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange
- Boris Godunov, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk – (U.S.S.R.)
- The Boy in Blue – directed by Charles Jarrott, starring Nicolas Cage, Christopher Plummer
- The Boy Who Could Fly, directed by Nick Castle, starring Lucy Deakins and Jay Underwood
- Brighton Beach Memoirs, directed by Gene Saks, starring Jonathan Silverman, Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey
- Bullies – (Canada)
- By Touch (Przez dotyk) – (Poland)
- Il camorrista (The Professor), starring Ben Gazzara – (Italy)
- Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, starring Alyson Court, Cree Summer, Hadley Kay – (Canada)
- Caravaggio, directed by Derek Jarman, starring Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Tilda Swinton – (U.K.)
- Castaway, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed – (U.K.)
- Castle in the Sky** – directed by Hayao Miyazaki – Japan
- Cat City (Macskafogó) – (Hungary)
- Children of a Lesser God – directed by Randa Haines, starring William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie
- Choke Canyon (a.k.a. On Dangerous Ground)
- The Clan of the Cave Bear, starring Daryl Hannah
- Clockwise – directed by Christopher Morahan, starring John Cleese, Penelope Wilton, Alison Steadman, Stephen Moore, & Sharon Maiden – UK
- Club Paradise – directed by Harold Ramis, starring Robin Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Peter O’Toole, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy
- Cobra – directed by George P. Cosmatos, starring Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson
- The Color of Money – directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro, Forest Whitaker
- Comrades, starring Keith Allen – (U.K.)
- Crawlspace, starring Klaus Kinski
- Crimes of the Heart – directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Tess Harper
- Critters, starring Dee Wallace-Stone and M. Emmet Walsh
- Crocodile Dundee, directed by Peter Faiman, starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski – (Australia)
- Dangerously Close, starring John Stockwell
- Dead Man’s Folly – starring Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Nicollette Sheridan
- Dead Man’s Letters (Pisma myortvogo cheloveka) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Deadly Friend – directed by Wes Craven
- Le Déclin de l’empire américain, (The Decline of the American Empire), written and directed by Denys Arcand – (Canada)
- The Delta Force – starring Chuck Norris & Lee Marvin
- Desert Bloom, starring Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish, Ellen Barkin
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss
- Down by Law – directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni
- Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam – starring Jim Varney
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (Doragon Bōru Shenron no Densetsu) – (Japan)
- Duet for One, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Julie Andrews
- Dust in the Wind (Liàn liàn fēng chén) – (Taiwan)
- Echo Park, starring Tom Hulce and Susan Dey
- Extremities, starring Farrah Fawcett, Alfre Woodard, Diana Scarwid, James Russo
- Eye of the Tiger, starring Gary Busey
- F/X, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – directed by John Hughes, starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Charlie Sheen
- Fire with Fire, starring Craig Sheffer and Virginia Madsen
- Firewalker, starring Chuck Norris
- Flight of the Navigator, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Veronica Cartwright, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joey Cramer
- Flodder, directed by Dick Maas – (Netherlands)
- The Fly – directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, & John Getz
- Flying – directed by Paul Lynch, starring Olivia d’Abo, Rita Tushingham & Keanu Reeves
- Footrot Flats: The Dog’s Tale – (New Zealand)
- Forbidden Dreams (Smrt krásných srnců) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Foreign Body – directed by Ronald Neame, starring Amanda Donohoe and Victor Banerjee – (U.K.)
- Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, directed by Tom McLoughlin, starring Thom Mathews and Jennifer Cooke
- The Fringe Dwellers, directed by Bruce Beresford – (Australia)
- Genesis, directed by Mrinal Sen, starring Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, M. K. Raina (India / Switzerland / Belgium / France)
- Ginger and Fred – directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina – (Italy)
- A Girl from Hunan (Xiāngnǔ xiāoxiāo) – (China)
- GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, featuring the voices of Margot Kidder, Telly Savalas and Roddy McDowall
- The Golden Child, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis
- Gonza the Spearman (Yari no gonza) – (Japan)
- Good to Go, starring Art Garfunkel
- Gothic – directed by Ken Russell, starring Gabriel Byrne, Natasha Richardson, Julian Sands
- The Great Mouse Detective – directed by John Musker, Ron Clements, David Michener, & Burny Mattinson – starring the voices of Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Eve Brenner, Diana Chesney, Frank Welker, Alan Young
- A Great Wall – (United States/China)
- The Green Ray (Le Rayon vert), directed by Éric Rohmer – France
- Gung Ho! – directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton
- Half Moon Street – starring Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine – UK/US
- Hamburger: The Motion Picture, starring Leigh McCloskey, Dick Butkus, & Randi Brooks
- Hannah and Her Sisters – directed by & starring Woody Allen, with Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Barbara Hershey
- Haunted Honeymoon – directed by and starring Gene Wilder, with Gilda Radner and Dom DeLuise
- Heartbreak Ridge – directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Mario Van Peebles, Marsha Mason, Boyd Gaines
- Heartburn – directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Jeff Daniels, Miloš Forman, Steven Hill, Catherine O’Hara, Mercedes Ruehl
- Heat – starring Burt Reynolds
- Heathcliff: The Movie
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, starring Michael Rooker
- Hibiscus Town (Fu rong zhen), directed by Xie Jin – (China)
- Highlander – directed by Russell Mulcahy, starring Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Heart, Clancy Brown, & Sean Connery – UK/US
- The Hitcher, directed by Robert Harmon, starring Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Hoosiers – directed by David Anspaugh, starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
- The Horse Thief (Dao ma zei) – (China)
- Hôtel du Paradis, starring Fernando Rey – (France)
- House, starring William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt
- House on Fire (Kataku no hito), starring Ken Ogata – (Japan)
- Howard the Duck, starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins
- Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
- Invaders from Mars – directed by Tobe Hooper
- Iron Eagle – starring Louis Gossett Jr. & Jason Gedrick
- Jake Speed – starring Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, John Hurt
- Jean de Florette, directed by Claude Berri, starring Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil – (France)
- Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, directed by and starring Richard Pryor
- Jumpin’ Jack Flash – directed by Penny Marshall, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Annie Potts, Jon Lovitz, Carol Kane
- Just Between Friends, starring Mary Tyler Moore, Christine Lahti, Ted Danson, Sam Waterston
- The Karate Kid Part II, starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita
- Karma, starring Dilip Kumar and Nutan – (India)
- A Killing Affair – directed by David Saperstein, starring Peter Weller, Kathy Baker, John Glover, and Bill Smitrovich
- Kin-dza-dza! – (U.S.S.R.)
- Knights of the City
- Labyrinth – directed by Jim Henson, starring David Bowie & Jennifer Connelly – (UK / US)
- Lady Jane – directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, Patrick Stewart – US
- Laputa: Castle in the Sky** – directed by Hayao Miyazaki – Japan
- Legacy of Rage – directed by Ronny Yu, starring Brandon Lee, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, & Bolo Yeung
- Legal Eagles – directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger, & Daryl Hannah
- Let’s Get Harry -starring Robert Duvall
- Link – starring Terence Stamp & Elisabeth Shue – (UK)
- Little Shop of Horrors – directed by Frank Oz, starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, the voice of Levi Stubbs, John Candy, Bill Murray
- Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar) – (Brazil)
- Lucas – starring Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder
- Luxo Jr.
- Malcolm – (Australia)
- The Manhattan Project, starring John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon
- Manhunter – directed by Michael Mann, starring William Petersen, Kim Greist, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Joan Allen, & Brian Cox
- Manon des Sources, directed by Claude Berri, starring Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart – (France)
- Martial Arts of Shaolin (Nan bei Shao Lin), starring Jet Li – (Hong Kong)
- Matador – directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas – Spain
- Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood), starring Michel Piccoli and Juliette Binoche – (France)
- Maximum Overdrive, directed by Stephen King, starring Emilio Estevez
- Meatballs III: Summer Job, directed by George Mendeluk, starring Sally Kellerman, Patrick Dempsey, & Al Waxman
- The Men’s Club – starring Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Craig Wasson, David Dukes, Frank Langella, Treat Williams
- Miracles, starring Tom Conti and Teri Garr – (UK / US)
- The Mission – directed by Roland Joffé, starring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally – UK
- Modern Girls, starring Virginia Madsen
- Mona Lisa – directed by Neil Jordan, starring Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine – UK
- Motherland Hotel, directed by Ömer Kavur, starring Macit Koper, Şahika Tekand, Serra Yılmaz, Orhan Çağman (Turkey)
- The Money Pit – directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Tom Hanks & Shelley Long
- Monster in the Closet, starring Claude Akins, Henry Gibson, Paul Dooley, Stella Stevens
- The Morning After – directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Jane Fonda & Jeff Bridges
- The Moro Affair (Il Caso Moro), directed by Giuseppe Ferrara, starring Gian Maria Volonté – (Italy)
- The Mosquito Coast – directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix
- Mr. Bharath – (India)
- Murder in Three Acts – starring Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Emma Samms
- Murphy’s Law, starring Charles Bronson
- My Chauffeur, starring Deborah Foreman
- My Little Girl, directed by Connie Kaiserman, starring Mary Stuart Masterson and James Earl Jones
- My Little Pony: The Movie – starring Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Madeline Kahn
- Naam (Name), starring Nutan and Sanjay Dutt – (India)
- The Name of the Rose – directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Lonsdale, Ron Perlman, Christian Slater, & Valentina Vargas – West Germany/Italy/France
- ‘night, Mother – starring Sissy Spacek & Anne Bancroft
- Night of the Pencils (La noche de los lápices) – (Argentina)
- No Mercy, starring Kim Basinger and Richard Gere
- Nomads, starring Pierce Brosnan and Lesley-Anne Down
- Nothing in Common – directed by Garry Marshall, starring Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Héctor Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Sela Ward
- Off Beat, starring Judge Reinhold
- Old Well (Lao jing) – (China)
- One Crazy Summer, starring John Cusack, Demi Moore, Joel Murray, Curtis Armstrong, Bobcat Goldthwait
- One More Saturday Night, starring Al Franken
- On the Edge – starring Bruce Dern & Pam Grier
- Otello, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Plácido Domingo – (Italy)
- Out of Bounds, starring Anthony Michael Hall and Jenny Wright
- The Park Is Mine – starring Tommy Lee Jones
- Parting Glances – starring Steve Buscemi
- The Patriot, starring Gregg Henry and Jeff Conaway
- Peggy Sue Got Married – directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Catherine Hicks
- Peking Opera Blues (Dao ma dan), directed by Tsui Hark – (Hong Kong)
- The Pied Piper (Krysař) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Pirates, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Walter Matthau – (France / Tunisia)
- Platoon – directed by Oliver Stone, starring starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, & Johnny Depp
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side, starring Craig T. Nelson
- Poor Butterfly (Pobre mariposa) – (Argentina)
- Power – directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Richard Gere, Denzel Washington, Julie Christie, Kate Capshaw, Fritz Weaver, E.G. Marshall, Gene Hackman
- Pretty in Pink, directed by Howard Deutch, starring Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, James Spader
- Project A-ko – (Japan)
- A Promise (Ningen no yakusoku) – (Japan)
- Psycho III, directed by and starring Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid and Jeff Fahey
- Quicksilver, starring Kevin Bacon
- Quiet Cool, starring James Remar
- Rad – directed by Hal Needham, starring Talia Shire
- Raw Deal – starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Red Headed Stranger, starring Willie Nelson and Morgan Fairchild
- Regalo di Natale (Christmas Present) – (Italy)
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too – (U.K.)
- River’s Edge – directed by Tim Hunter, starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye Leitch, Daniel Roebuck, & Dennis Hopper
- Robotech: The Movie, directed by Carl Macek and Noboru Ishiguro – (United States / Japan)
- Rosa Luxemburg, directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Barbara Sukowa – (West Germany)
- Round Midnight, directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Dexter Gordon – (United States / France)
- Running Scared – directed by Peter Hyams, starring Gregory Hines & Billy Crystal
- Ruthless People – directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, & Jerry Zucker, starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bill Pullman
- The Sacrifice (Offret), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky – (Sweden/U.K./France)
- Salvador – directed by Oliver Stone, starring James Woods & James Belushi
- Sarraounia – (Burkina Faso/France/Mauritania)
- Saving Grace, starring Tom Conti
- Say Yes, directed by Larry Yust, starring Lissa Layng, Art Hindle, Logan Ramsey, Jonathan Winters
- Scene of the Crime (Le lieu du crime), directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve – (France)
- The Sea and Poison (Umi to dokuyaku) – (Japan)
- Seize the Day, starring Robin Williams
- Shadows in Paradise – directed by Aki Kaurismäki
- Shanghai Surprise, directed by Jim Goddard, starring Madonna and Sean Penn – (U.K.)
- She’s Gotta Have It – directed by Spike Lee
- Short Circuit – directed by John Badham, starring Ally Sheedy & Steve Guttenberg
- Sid and Nancy – directed by Alex Cox, starring Gary Oldman & Chloe Webb – UK
- Solarbabies, starring Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Richard Jordan, Lukas Haas
- Something Wild – directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
- Soul Man, starring C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones
- SpaceCamp, starring Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson and Kelly Preston
- Stammheim (aka Stammheim – Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht) – (West Germany)
- Stand by Me – directed by Rob Reiner, starring River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, directed by and starring Leonard Nimoy, with William Shatner, Catherine Hicks
- Stewardess School, starring Brett Cullen and Don Most
- Streets of Gold, starring Wesley Snipes and Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Stripper
- A Successful Man (Un hombre de éxito) – (Cuba)
- Sweet Liberty – directed by and starring Alan Alda, with Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Lois Chiles, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish
- Tai-Pan, starring Bryan Brown and Joan Chen
- Tenue de soirée (Evening Dress), directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou – (France)
- Terrorizers (Kong bu fen zi) – (Taiwan)
- TerrorVision, starring Gerrit Graham and Chad Allen
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 – directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Dennis Hopper
- That’s Life! – directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon & Julie Andrews
- Three Amigos – directed by John Landis, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, Chevy Chase
- Tiempo de Silencio (Time of Silence), starring Victoria Abril – (Spain)
- Time After Time, starring John Gielgud and Googie Withers – (U.K./Australia)
- Toby McTeague – (Canada)
- Top Gun – directed by Tony Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt
- Touch and Go, starring Michael Keaton
- Tough Guys – starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Dana Carvey, Darlanne Fluegel, Alexis Smith, Eli Wallach
- The Transformers: The Movie** – starring Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Frank Welker, Orson Welles
- In a Glass Cage (Tras el Cristal) – (Spain)
- Trick or Treat, starring Marc Price, Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne
- Troll, starring Michael Moriarty
- True Stories – directed by and starring David Byrne, with John Goodman
- Under the Cherry Moon, directed by and starring Prince, with Jerome Benton and Kristin Scott Thomas
- Vamp, starring Grace Jones
- Vera, directed by Sérgio Toledo, starring Ana Beatriz Nogueira, Norma Blum, Raul Cortez, and Carlos Kroeber (Brazil)
- Violets Are Blue – starring Sissy Spacek & Kevin Kline
- Voyage to Nowhere (El viaje a ninguna parte) – (Spain)
- Wahnfried (Richard und Cosima) – (West Germany)
- When the Wind Blows, starring John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft – (U.K.)
- Wildcats, starring Goldie Hawn, Nipsey Russell, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, LL Cool J
- Wisdom, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez, with Demi Moore
- De Wisselwachter (The Pointsman) – (Netherlands)
- Working Girls, directed by Lizzie Borden, starring Louise Smith
- The Wraith, starring Charlie Sheen and Sherilyn Fenn
- X: The Unheard Music – documentary
- The Year of Enlightenment (El Año de las Luces) – (Spain)
- Youngblood – directed by Peter Markle, and starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb, Eric Nesterenko, Jim Young, Ed Lauter, Keanu Reeves, & Fionnula Flannigan