| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Baby Boom | Charles Shyer | Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader | Comedy | United Artists; later became TV series |
| Back to the Beach | Lyndall Hobbs | Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Bob Denver, Connie Stevens, Don Adams, Paul Reubens | Comedy | Paramount Pictures; spoof of '60s beach movies |
| Bagdad Café | Percy Adlon | Marianne Sägebrecht, C. C. H. Pounder | Drama | co-produced with Germany |
| Barfly | Barbet Schroeder | Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway | Drama | written by Charles Bukowski |
| Bates Motel | Richard Rothstein | Kurt Paul, Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn | Horror | spin-off of Psycho |
| Batteries Not Included | Matthew Robbins | Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn | Science fiction | aka Miracle on 8th Street |
| The Bedroom Window | Curtis Hanson | Elizabeth McGovern, Steve Guttenberg, Isabelle Huppert | Suspense | based on Anne Holden novel |
| The Believers | John Schlesinger | Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia, Jimmy Smits, Elizabeth Wilson, Harris Yulin | Horror | based on Nicholas Conde novel |
| Benji the Hunted | Joe Camp | | Family drama | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Berserker | Jefferson Richard | | Horror | |
| Best Seller | John Flynn | James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant | Crime drama | Orion |
| A Better Tomorrow 2 | | Chow-Yun Fat | Action | China |
| Beverly Hills Cop II | Tony Scott | Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Brigitte Nielsen, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton | Action, Comedy | sequel to Beverly Hills Cop |
| Beyond Therapy | Robert Altman | Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti, Christopher Guest | Comedy | New World Pictures |
| The Big Bang | Picha | Luis Rego, Georges Aminel, Perrette Pradier | Animated, Adult | |
| The Big Easy | Jim McBride | Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty | Crime drama | Columbia |
| The Big Town | Harold Becker, Ben Bolt | Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, Suzy Amis | Drama | Columbia |
| Black Widow | Bob Rafelson | Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Nicol Williamson, Dennis Hopper | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Blind Date | Blake Edwards | Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette | Comedy | Willis's first film |
| Blood Diner | Jackie Kong | Rick Burks | Horror | |
| Body Slam | Hal Needham | Dirk Benedict, Roddy Piper, Tanya Roberts | Comedy | |
| Born in East L.A. | Cheech Marin | Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez | Comedy | Cheech's first solo film |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Jerry Rees | voices of Jon Lovitz, Tim Stack | Animated | |
| Bride of Boogedy | | | | |
| Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Joan Cusack, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Jack Nicholson | Drama, Comedy | 7 Oscar nominations |
| Burglar | Hugh Wilson | Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow | | | Documentary | |
| Buy & Cell | Robert Boris | Robert Carradine, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Ben Vereen, Imogene Coca, Roddy Piper | Comedy | |
| Can't Buy Me Love | Steve Rash | Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Seth Green | Comedy | Touchstone Pictures |
| Cannibal Hookers | | | Comedy | |
| Captive Hearts | Paul Almond | Pat Morita, Chris Makepeace | Drama | aka Fate of a Hunter |
| Celebration Family | Robert Day | Stephanie Zimbalist, James Read, Ed Begley, Jr. | Drama | made for TV |
| The Charles Bukowski Tapes | | | | |
| Cherry 2000 | Steve De Jarnatt | Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Tim Thomerson | Sci-fi | Orion |
| China Girl | Abel Ferrara | James Russo, David Caruso | Drama | |
| The Chipmunk Adventure | Janice Karman | | Animated | |
| Christmas Comes to Willow Creek | Richard Lang | John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Kim Delaney | Drama | |
| Cold Steel | Dorothy Ann Puzo | Brad Davis, Sharon Stone, Adam Ant | Thriller | Cinetel Films |
| Creepozoids | David DeCoteau | Linnea Quigley | Sci-fi | |
| Creepshow 2 | Michael Gornick | George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Lois Chiles | Horror comedy | sequel to Creepshow |
| Critical Condition | Michael Apted | Richard Pryor | Comedy | |
| Cross My Heart | Armyan Bernstein | Martin Short, Annette O'Toole, Paul Reiser | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| Cry Freedom | Richard Attenborough | Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline | Drama, Biography | based on Donald Woods book |
| The Cure for Insomnia | John Henry Timmons IV | Lee Groban | Experimental | 87 hours |
| Cyclone | Fred Olen Ray | Heather Thomas, Jeffrey Combs, Martin Landau | Action | |
| Dancers | Herbert Ross | Mikhail Baryshnikov | Drama | |
| Daniel and the Towers | | Michael McKean, Allan Arbus | Drama | 61 minutes |
| Dark Tower | Freddie Francis | Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Theodore Bikel | Horror | |
| Date with an Angel | Tom McLoughlin | Michael E. Knight, Emmanuelle Béart, David Dukes, Phoebe Cates | Romantic comedy | DeLaurentiis Entertainment |
| The Dead | John Huston | Anjelica Huston | Drama | John Huston's final film |
| Dead of Winter | Arthur Penn | Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubeš | Suspense | My Name Is Julia Ross remake |
| Deadline | Nathaniel Gutman | Christopher Walken | War | |
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Bill Couturié | Tom Berenger, Sean Penn | Documentary | |
| Death Before Dishonor | Terry Leonard | Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Joanna Pacuła | Action | New World Pictures |
| Death Run | Michael J. Murphy | | Sci-fi | UK film |
| Death Wish 4: The Crackdown | J. Lee Thompson | Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz | Thriller | third sequel to Death Wish |
| Dinosaurs! – A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time! | | Fred Savage | Educational | 30 minutes |
| Dirty Dancing | Emile Ardolino | Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston | Romance | Oscar for Best Original Song |
| Disorderlies | Michael Schultz | The Fat Boys, Ralph Bellamy | Comedy | |
| Dolls | Stuart Gordon | | Horror | |
| Dorf on Golf | | Tim Conway | Comedy | |
| Dorf's Golf Bible | | Tim Conway | Comedy | |
| Down Twisted | Albert Pyun | Carey Lowell, Charles Rocket | Thriller | |
| Dragnet | Tom Mankiewicz | Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Christopher Plummer | Comedy | Universal; satire of TV series Dragnet |
| Eddie Murphy Raw | | Eddie Murphy | Comedy | Concert film |
| Empire of the Sun | Steven Spielberg | Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson | War drama | Bale's first film |
| End of the Line | Jay Russell | Kevin Bacon, Wilford Brimley, Holly Hunter | Drama | |
| Enemy Territory | Peter Manoogian | Gary Frank, Ray Parker, Jr., Jan-Michael Vincent | Action | |
| Ernest Goes to Camp | John Cherry III | Jim Varney | Comedy | |
| Escape from Sobibor | Jack Gold | Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacuła, Rutger Hauer | Drama | television film |
| Evil Dead II | Sam Raimi | Bruce Campbell | Horror | sequel to Evil Dead |
| Extreme Prejudice | Walter Hill | Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Rip Torn, María Conchita Alonso | Action | Carolco Pictures |
| Fatal Attraction | Adrian Lyne | Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer | Thriller | Paramount; 5 Oscar nominations |
| Fatal Beauty | Tom Holland | Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott | Comedy | MGM |
| Fight for Life | Elliot Silverstein | Jerry Lewis, Patty Duke, Morgan Freeman | Drama | made for TV |
| Five Corners | Tony Bill | Tim Robbins, Jodie Foster, John Turturro | Drama | written by John Patrick Shanley |
| Flowers in the Attic | Jeffrey Bloom | Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson | Suspense | based on V. C. Andrews novel |
| From the Hip | Bob Clark | Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt | Comedy | |
| Full Metal Jacket | Stanley Kubrick | Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard | War | Warner Bros.; based on Gustav Hasford novel |
| G.I. Joe: The Movie | Don Jurwich | voices of Don Johnson, Burgess Meredith | Animated | based on Hasbro toy |
| Gardens of Stone | Francis Ford Coppola | James Caan, Anjelica Huston, D. B. Sweeney | War drama | American Zoetrope |
| The Gate | Tibor Tacacs | Stephen Dorff | Horror | |
| The Glass Menagerie | Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen | Drama | Tennessee Williams play |
| Good Morning, Vietnam | Barry Levinson | Robin Williams, Robert Wuhl, Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby, J.T. Walsh | War comedy | Touchstone; Golden Globe for Williams |
| Grateful Dead: So Far | | The Grateful Dead | Documentary | |
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