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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tales of Erotica | 4 directors | Arliss Howard, Mira Sorvino | Anthology | |
| Talk to Me | Yasmine Bleeth, Veronica Hamel | Drama | made for TV | |
| Tender Fictions | Barbara Hammer | Catherine Jauniaux | Drama | |
| That Thing You Do! | Tom Hanks | Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Tom Hanks | Drama, Musical | first film directed by Hanks |
| A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | Martin Lawrence | Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield | Comedy | first film directed by Lawrence |
| Thinner | Robert John Burke, Lucinda Jenney, Joe Mantegna | Horror | based on Stephen King novel | |
| Ticket to New Year's | Grateful Dead | Concert | ||
| A Time to Kill | Joel Schumacher | Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Kiefer Sutherland, Ashley Judd, Patrick McGoohan | Drama | based on John Grisham novel |
| Tin Cup | Ron Shelton | Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Linda Hart | Romantic comedy | with PGA golfers as themselves |
| Titanic | Robert Lieberman | George C. Scott, Eva Marie Saint, Peter Gallagher, Catherine Zeta-Jones | Biopic | made for TV |
| To Brave Alaska | ||||
| To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | Michael Pressman | Peter Gallagher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Kathy Baker | Drama | script by David E. Kelley |
| To Sir, with Love II | Peter Bogdanovich | Sidney Poitier, Lulu, Judy Geeson | Drama | sequel to 1962 film |
| Toad Warrior | ||||
| Tornado! | Noel Nosseck | Bruce Campbell, Shannon Sturges | Action | made for TV |
| Trees Lounge | Steve Buscemi | Steve Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Chloë Sevigny, Samuel L. Jackson | Drama | |
| Tremors 2: Aftershocks | S.S. Wilson | Fred Ward, Helen Shaver | Horror | sequel to Tremors |
| The Trigger Effect | David Koepp | Kyle MacLachlan, Dermot Mulroney, Elisabeth Shue | Drama | |
| Trilogy of Terror II | Lysette Anthony | Horror | sequel | |
| Tromeo and Juliet | Lloyd Kaufman | Jane Jensen, Will Keenan | Drama | |
| True Crime | Pat Verducci | Alicia Silverstone, Kevin Dillon, Bill Nunn | Drama | Trimark Pictures |
| The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Michael Lehmann | Uma Thurman, Janeane Garafalo | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Twisted Desire | Craig R. Baxley | Melissa Joan Hart | Drama | |
| Twister | Jan de Bont | Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes | Disaster | first film released on DVD |
| Two Much | Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah | Romantic comedy | from Donald E. Westlake novel | |
| Unforgettable | John Dahl | Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald | Drama | MGM |
| Unhook the Stars | Nick Cassavetes | Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gérard Depardieu, Moira Kelly | Drama | Miramax |
| Unlikely Angel | Michael Switzer | Dolly Parton, Roddy McDowall | Family | TV |
| Up Close & Personal | Jon Avnet | Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joe Mantegna | Drama | song nominated for Academy Award |
| A Very Brady Sequel | Arlene Sanford | Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Tim Matheson, Christine Taylor | Comedy | based on The Brady Bunch |
| Viva Erotica | Drama | |||
| Walking and Talking | Nicole Holofcener | Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber | Drama | Miramax |
| The War at Home | Emilio Estevez | Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez | Drama | Sheen, Estevez as father & son |
| The Watermelon Woman | Drama | |||
| Wedding Bell Blues | Dana Lustig | Illeana Douglas, Paulina Porizkova | Comedy | |
| Werewolf | Jorge Rivero | Horror | ||
| When We Were Kings | Leon Gast | Muhammad Ali, George Foreman | Documentary | won Academy Award |
| White Squall | Ridley Scott | Jeff Bridges, Ryan Phillippe, Scott Wolf | Drama | based on Robert Langford book |
| The Whole Wide World | Dan Ireland | Renée Zellweger, Vincent D'Onofrio | Biopic | based on Novalyne Price book |
| William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet | Baz Luhrmann | Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite | Drama | inspired by Shakespeare's play |
| Windsor Protocol | George Mihalki | Kyle MacLachlan | Drama | TV |
| The Winner | "Alan Smithee" (Alex Cox) | Michael Madsen, Vincent D'Onofrio, Billy Bob Thornton | Drama | |
| Wish Upon a Star | Blair Treu | Katherine Heigl | Family | |
| Your Studio and You | Trey Parker, Matt Stone | Short subject | 14 minutes |
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