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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Office | Ken Finkleman | Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Danny DeVito | Comedy | produced by HBO |
| Heaven Help Us | Michael Dinner | Kevin Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Donald Sutherland | Comedy | TriStar |
| Here Come the Littles | Bernard Deyriès | Gregg Berger, Bettina Bush, Pat Fraley | Animation | |
| Hills Have Eyes Part II, The | Wes Craven | Michael Berryman, Janus Blythe | Horror | sequel to The Hills Have Eyes |
| Howling II | Philippe Mora | Christopher Lee, Sybil Danning | Horror | sequel to The Howling |
| Insignificance | Nicolas Roeg | Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey | Drama, Comedy | from Terry Johnson play |
| Into the Night | John Landis | Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer | Drama | Universal |
| Invasion U.S.A. | Joseph Zito | Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch | Action | Cannon Films |
| Jagged Edge | Richard Marquand | Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Robert Loggia, Peter Coyote | Crime drama | Columbia |
| Jewel of the Nile, The | Lewis Teague | Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito | Comedy | sequel to Romancing the Stone |
| The Journey of Natty Gann | Jeremy Kagan | Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise | Family | |
| Just One of the Guys | Lisa Gottlieb | Joyce Hyser, Sherilyn Fenn | Comedy | Columbia |
| King David | Bruce Beresford | Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige | Biopic | story of David of Israel |
| King Solomon's Mines | J. Lee Thompson | Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom | Adventure | from H. Rider Haggard novel |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman | Hector Babenco | William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga | Drama | Academy Award for Hurt |
| Krush Groove | Michael Schultz | Run D.M.C., Sheila E., Blair Underwood | Musical | |
| Ladyhawke | Richard Donner | Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer | Drama | 2 Oscar nominations |
| Last Dragon, The | Michael Schultz | Taimak, Julius Carry, Christopher Murney | Martial arts | |
| Latino | Haskell Wexler | Robert Beltran, Annette Charles | Action | |
| Legend | Ridley Scott | Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry | Fantasy | Universal |
| The Legend of Billie Jean | Matthew Robbins | Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Keith Gordon | Drama | TriStar |
| Lifeforce | Tobe Hooper | Steve Railsback, Mathilda May | Sci-Fi | from Colin Wilson novel |
| Lost in America | Albert Brooks | Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty | Comedy | The Geffen Company |
| Lust in the Dust | Paul Bartel | Divine, Lainie Kazan, Tab Hunter | Comedy | New World Pictures |
| Malibu Express | Andy Sidaris | Darby Hinton, Sybil Danning | Action | |
| The Man with One Red Shoe | Stan Dragoti | Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Lori Singer | Comedy | remake of 1972 French film |
| Marie | Roger Donaldson | Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman | Biopic | based on Peter Maas book |
| Mask | Peter Bogdanovich | Cher, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott, Laura Dern | Drama | Oscar for Makeup |
| Mean Season, The | Phillip Borsos | Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan | Crime drama | based on John Katzenbach novel |
| Mischief | Mel Damski | Doug McKeon, Chris Nash, Catherine Mary Stewart | Comedy | |
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Paul Schrader | Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya | Experimental | story of Yukio Mishima |
| Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | Lance Hool | Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams | Action | sequel to Missing in Action |
| Movers & Shakers | William Asher | Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Tyne Daly | Comedy | Asher's last film |
| Moving Violations | Neal Israel | John Murray, Jennifer Tilly, Brian Backer | Comedy | |
| Mugsy's Girls | Kevin Brodie | Laura Branigan, Ruth Gordon | Comedy | |
| Murphy's Romance | Martin Ritt | Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim | Romantic comedy | 2 Oscar nominations |
| My Science Project | Jonathan R. Betuel | John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens | Comedy | aka TimeBusters |
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