Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
'night, Mother | Tom Moore | Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft | Drama | from Marsha Norman play |
Neon Maniacs | Joseph Mangine | Leilani Sarelle, Andrew Divoff | Horror | |
Never Too Young to Die | Gil Bettman | John Stamos, Vanity, Gene Simmons, George Lazenby, Robert Englund | Action, Adventure | |
Night of the Creeps | Fred Dekker | Jason Lively, Tom Atkins | Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy | |
No Mercy | Richard Pearce | Richard Gere, Kim Basinger | Neo-Noir, Action, Thriller | TriStar |
No Retreat, No Surrender | Corey Yuen | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Martial Arts | |
Nobody's Fool | Evelyn Purcell | Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts | Comedy | written by Beth Henley |
Nomads | John McTiernan | Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down | Horror | |
Nothing in Common | Garry Marshall | Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Barry Corbin, Héctor Elizondo, Bess Armstrong, Sela Ward | Drama | Gleason's final film |
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture | Carroll Ballard | Pacific Northwest Ballet | Performing Arts | |
Odd Jobs | Mark Story | Paul Reiser, Robert Townsend | Comedy | |
Of Pure Blood | Joseph Sargent | Lee Remick, Patrick McGoohan | Thriller | Made-for-TV |
Off Beat | Michael Dinner | Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly | Comedy | |
On the Edge | Rob Nilsson | Bruce Dern, Pam Grier | Drama | |
One Crazy Summer | Savage Steve Holland | John Cusack, Bobcat Goldthwait, Demi Moore | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
One More Saturday Night | Dennis Klein | Tom Davis, Al Franken, Moira Harris | Comedy | Columbia |
Out of Bounds | Richard Tuggle | Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober | Action | Columbia |
Parting Glances | Bill Sherwood | Steve Buscemi | Drama | |
The Patriot | Frank Harris | Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Michael J. Pollard | Action | |
Peggy Sue Got Married | Francis Ford Coppola | Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Jim Carrey, Helen Hunt | Comedy | 3 Academy Award nominations |
Pirates | Roman Polanski | Walter Matthau | Action, Adventure, Comedy | |
Platoon | Oliver Stone | Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen | War | Oscar for Best Picture |
Playing for Keeps | Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein | Daniel Jordano, Matthew Penn | Comedy | Universal; written by the Weinsteins |
Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Jerry Paris | Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Bruce Mahler, Leslie Easterbrook, David Graf, George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Brian Tochi, Bobcat Goldthwait | Comedy | 2nd Police Academy sequel |
Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Brian Gibson | JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Will Sampson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins, Julian Beck, Zelda Rubinstein | Supernatural Horror | sequel to Poltergeist |
Power | Sidney Lumet | Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Kate Capshaw | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
Pretty in Pink | Howard Deutch | Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, Harry Dean Stanton, Annie Potts, James Spader | Drama | Paramount |
Psycho III | Anthony Perkins | Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey | Slasher | 2nd sequel to Psycho |
Quicksilver | Thomas Michael Donnelly | Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Laurence Fishburne, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Georgann Johnson, Rudy Ramos | Drama | Columbia |
Quiet Cool | Clay Borris | James Remar, Daphne Ashbrook, Jared Martin, Nick Cassavetes | Action | |
Rad | Hal Needham | Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Ray Walston, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Jack Weston, Bart Conner | Sports | TriStar |
Ratboy | Sondra Locke | Sondra Locke, Sharon Baird | Comedy, Drama | |
Raw Deal | John Irvin | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold | Action | De Laurentiis Entertainment |
Red Headed Stranger | William D. Wittliff | Willie Nelson, Morgan Fairchild | Western | |
River's Edge | Tim Hunter | Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye Leitch, Daniel Roebuck, Dennis Hopper | Crime, Drama | Independent Spirit Awards winner |
Robotech: The Movie | Noboru Ishiguro, Carl Macek | | Animation | |
Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | Dexter Gordon | Musical, Drama | Academy Award for Best Score |
Running Scared | Peter Hyams | Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines, Jimmy Smits, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel, Dan Hedaya, Joe Pantoliano | Action, Comedy | MGM |
Ruthless People | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman | Comedy | Pullman's first film |
Salvador | Oliver Stone | James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage | War, Drama | 2 Academy Award nominations |
Saving Grace | Robert M. Young | Tom Conti, Fernando Rey, Erland Josephson | Comedy | Embassy Pictures |
Scorpion | William Riead | Tonny Tulleners, Don Murray | Action | |
Seize the Day | Fielder Cook | Robin Williams, Jerry Stiller, Joseph Wiseman | Drama | HBO |
Shanghai Surprise | Jim Goddard | Sean Penn, Madonna | Adventure, Comedy | Razzie for Madonna |
She's Gotta Have It | Spike Lee | Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks | Comedy, Drama | Lee's first film |
Sherman's March | Ross McElwee | | Documentary | Sundance award winner |
Short Circuit | John Badham | Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens | Sci-Fi, Comedy | followed by Short Circuit 2 |
A Smoky Mountain Christmas | Henry Winkler | Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Rene Auberjonois, Anita Morris, Dan Hedaya, Rance Howard, Douglas Seale, John Ritter, Bo Hopkins | Musical, Fantasy | Made-for-TV |
Solarbabies | Alan Johnson | Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Lukas Haas | Sci-Fi | |
Something Wild | Jonathan Demme | Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta | Thriller | 3 Golden Globe nominations |
Soul Man | Steve Miner | C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones | Comedy | |
SpaceCamp | Harry Winer | Kate Capshaw, Tom Skerritt, Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, Leaf Phoenix, Tate Donovan, Mitchell Anderson, Larry B. Scott | Sci-Fi, Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
Spookies | Brendan Faulkner, Thomas Doran and Eugenie Joseph | Felix Ward, Maria Pechukas | Horror | |
Stagecoach | Ted Post | Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Elizabeth Ashley, Waylon Jennings, Anthony Newley, Mary Crosby, June Carter Cash, Jessi Colter | Western | Made-for-TV |
Stand by Me | Rob Reiner | Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland | Drama | story by Stephen King |
Star Crystal | Lance Lindsay | C. Juston Campbell, Faye Bolt, Taylor Kingsley | Sci-Fi | |
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Leonard Nimoy | William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Catherine Hicks, Walter Koenig, Robin Curtis, Mark Lenard, Brock Peters | Sci-Fi | preceded by Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
Stoogemania | Chuck Workman | Josh Mostel, Melanie Chartoff, Sid Caesar | Comedy | |
Streets of Gold | Joe Roth | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adrian Pasdar, Wesley Snipes | Action | |
Sweet Liberty | Alan Alda | Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Timothy Carhart, Lillian Gish, Bob Hoskins, Michael Flanagan, Lise Hilboldt, Lois Chiles | Comedy | Universal |