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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Hunter | Rick Jacobson | Don "The Dragon" Wilson | Horror | |
| Norma Jean & Marilyn | Tim Fywell | Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino | Biopic | story of Marilyn Monroe |
| The Nutty Professor | Tom Shadyac | Eddie Murphy, James Coburn, Jada Pinkett Smith | Comedy | remake of 1963 film |
| One Fine Day | Michael Hoffman | George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer | Romantic comedy | |
| The One That Got Away | Paul Greengrass | David Morrissey, Paul McGann | War | made for TV |
| Orientation | Scientology | |||
| Original Gangstas | Larry Cohen | Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown | Drama | |
| Our Son, the Matchmaker | Lorraine Senna | Ann Jillian, Ellen Burstyn | Comedy | made for TV |
| The Pallbearer | Matt Reeves | David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Barbara Hershey | Comedy | |
| Pandora's Clock | Eric Laneuville | Richard Dean Anderson, Jane Leeves, Daphne Zuniga | Thriller | made for TV |
| Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills | Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | Documentary | made for TV | |
| The People vs. Larry Flynt | Miloš Forman | Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton | Biopic | won 2 Golden Globes |
| The Phantom | Simon Wincer | Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones | Action | based on the comic strip |
| Phat Beach | Doug Ellin | Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, Coolio, Brian Hooks | Comedy | |
| Phenomenon | Jon Turteltaub | John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Duvall | Drama | Touchstone Pictures |
| Pie in the Sky | Bryan Gordon | Josh Charles, Anne Heche, John Goodman | Comedy | |
| Pinocchio's Revenge | Kevin Tenney | Rosalind Allen | Horror | |
| Poison Ivy II: Lily | Anne Goursaud | Alyssa Milano | Thriller | sequel to Poison Ivy |
| The Pompatus of Love | Richard Schenkman | Jon Cryer, Mia Sara | Comedy | |
| The Portrait of a Lady | Jane Campion | Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Christian Bale | Drama | based on Henry James novel |
| The Preacher's Wife | Penny Marshall | Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance | Romantic comedy | The Bishop's Wife remake |
| Primal Fear | Gregory Hoblit | Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Andre Braugher | Crime drama | from William Diehl novel; Golden Globe for Norton |
| The Proprietor | Ismail Merchant | Jeanne Moreau, Sean Young | Drama | |
| Public Enemies | Mark L. Lester | Theresa Russell, Eric Roberts, James Marsden | Crime drama | story of Ma Barker |
| Puddle Cruiser | Jay Chandrasekhar | Comedy | ||
| The Quest | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Action |
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