- 1492: Conquest of Paradise, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Gérard Depardieu,
- Agantuk (The Stranger), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India) – winner of FIPRESCI Award at Venice Film Festival
- Al-Lail (The Night) – (Syria)
- Aladdin, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Alien 3, directed by David Fincher, starring Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Pete Postlethwaite
- All’s Well, Ends Well (Ga Yau Hei Si), starring Maggie Cheung and Leslie Cheung – (Hong Kong)
- American Me, directed by and starring Edward James Olmos, with William Forsythe
- Angaar (Fire), starring Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia – (India)
- Bad Lieutenant, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Harvey Keitel
- Baduk – (Iran)
- Basic Instinct, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza
- Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Bébé’s Kids
- Beethoven, directed by Brian Levant, starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt
- Being at Home with Claude – (Canada)
- Belle Époque (The Age of Beauty) – (Spain) – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1993)
- Benny’s Video, directed by Michael Haneke – (Austria)
- The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), directed by Bille August – (Sweden) – winner of Palme d’Or
- Bharatham, starring Mohanlal – (India)
- Bitter Moon, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas – (U.K./France)
- Blame It on the Bellboy, starring Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Richard Griffiths, Patsy Kensit, Bronson Pinchot
- Blue Ice, starring Michael Caine and Sean Young
- Braindead, directed by Peter Jackson – (New Zealand)
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
- The Bridge, starring Saskia Reeves and David O’Hara – (U.K.)
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Paul Reubens
- Candyman, starring Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd
- Center Stage (yun ling yuk), directed by Stanley Kwan, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Ka-fai – (Hong Kong)
- Chain of Desire, starring Linda Fiorentino, Malcolm McDowell, Holly Marie Combs
- Chaplin, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Marisa Tomei, Diane Lane, Dan Aykroyd – (U.K./U.S.A.)
- The Chekist – (Russia)
- Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, directed by John Glen, starring Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward, Tom Selleck, Marlon Brando
- Chunuk Bair – (New Zealand)
- Ciao, Professore! (Let’s Hope I Make It), directed by Lina Wertmüller – (Italy)
- City of Joy, starring Patrick Swayze – (U.K./France)
- The Comrades of Summer, starring Joe Mantegna
- Consenting Adults, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller, Forest Whitaker
- Cool World, starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt
- CrissCross, directed by Chris Menges, starring Goldie Hawn and Arliss Howard
- Crossing the Bridge, starring Josh Charles and Jason Gedrick
- The Crying Game, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker – (U.K.)
- Crystal Nights (Krystallines nyhtes) – (Greece)
- Daens – (Belgium/Netherlands/France)
- Damage, directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson – (U.K.)
- Day of Atonement, starring Roger Hanin, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Beals
- Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn
- El Mariachi, directed by Robert Rodriguez – (Mexico/U.S.A.)
- Enchanted April, directed by Mike Newell, starring Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker – (U.K.)
- Encino Man, starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore
- Encore, Once More Encore! (Ankor, eshchyo ankor!) – (Russia)
- The End of the World (O Fim do Mundo) – (Portugal)
- Final Analysis, directed by Phil Joanou, starring Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keith David
- Firingoti, Assamese film starring Moloya Goswami
- Folks!, starring Tom Selleck and Don Ameche
- Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives – (Canada)
- Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis, George Wendt
- For a Lost Soldier (“Voor een verloren soldaat”), directed by Roeland Kerbosch, starring Jeroen Krabbé, Maarten Smit – (Netherlands)
- Four Eyes and Six Guns, starring Judge Reinhold
- Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Mick Jagger
- Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and James Marshall
- Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by James Foley, starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey
- Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (Gojira tai Mosura) – (Japan)
- The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag, starring Penelope Ann Miller, Cathy Moriarty, Julianne Moore
- Hoffa, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Jack Nicholson, DeVito, Armand Assante, J. T. Walsh, Kevin Anderson, John C. Reilly
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
- Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, starring Rick Moranis
- Honeymoon in Vegas, directed by Andrew Bergman, starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker
- HouseSitter, directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn
- Howards End, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter – (U.K.)
- Husbands and Wives, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Liam Neeson, Sydney Pollack
- Hyena’s (Hyènes) – (Senegal)
- The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (Dědictví aneb Kurvahošigutntag) – (Czech Republic)
- Innocent Blood, directed by John Landis, starring Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, Don Rickles
- Into the Sun, starring Anthony Michael Hall and Michael Paré
- Jamon, Jamon, starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem – (Spain)
- Jennifer Eight, starring Andy García, Uma Thurman and John Malkovich
- The Journey (El viaje) – (Argentina)
- Juice, starring Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur
- Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
- Ladybugs, starring Rodney Dangerfield and Jonathan Brandis