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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.O.A. | Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, Charlotte Rampling | Suspense | remake of 1950 film |
| Da | Matt Clark | Barnard Hughes, Martin Sheen, William Hickey | Drama | |
| Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | Animated film | |||
| Dance 'Til Dawn | Paul Schneider | Alyssa Milano | Drama | TV |
| Dangerous Curves | David Lewis | Tate Donovan, Grant Heslov, Robert Stack | Comedy | |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Stephen Frears | Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman, Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick | Drama | based on Christopher Hampton play; nominated for 7 Oscars |
| Dead Heat | Mark Goldblatt | Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Darren McGavin | Horror | New World Pictures |
| The Dead Next Door | J.R. Bookwalter | Horror | ||
| The Dead Pool | Buddy van Horn | Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson, Jim Carrey | Suspense | final Dirty Harry sequel |
| Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold | Drama | won Canada's Genie Award |
| Dead Solid Perfect | Bobby Roth | Randy Quaid, Kathryn Harrold, Corinne Bohrer | Comedy | based on Dan Jenkins novel |
| Deadly Dreams | Kristine Peterson | Juliette Cummins | Horror | |
| Death Faces | Horror | |||
| The Decline of Western Civilization II | Penelope Spheeris | Aerosmith, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne | Documentary | |
| Destroyer | Robert Kirk | Lyle Alzado, Anthony Perkins | Action, Horror | |
| Die Hard | John McTiernan | Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Gleason, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov | Action | based on Roderick Thorp novel; nominated for 4 Oscars |
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Frank Oz | Michael Caine, Steve Martin, Glenne Headly | Comedy | based on Bedtime Story |
| Distant Thunder | Rick Rosenthal | John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio | Drama | |
| Dominick and Eugene | Robert M. Young | Ray Liotta, Tom Hulce, Jamie Lee Curtis | Drama | Orion |
| Dragons Forever | Drama | |||
| The Drifter | Larry Brand | Miles O'Keeffe, Kim Delaney, Timothy Bottoms | Thriller | Concorde Films |
| Earth Girls Are Easy | Julien Temple | Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey | Comedy | |
| Eight Men Out | John Sayles | John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, John Mahoney, Clifton James, D. B. Sweeney, Studs Terkel | Drama, Biopic | based on a book by Eliot Asinof; story of 1919 Chicago White Sox |
| Elvira, Mistress of the Dark | James Signorelli | Cassandra Peterson | Comedy | |
| Elvis and Me | Dale Midkiff, Susan Walters | Biopic | story of Priscilla Presley | |
| Ernest Saves Christmas | John Cherry III | Jim Varney | Comedy | sequel to Ernest Goes to Camp |
| Everybody's All-American | Taylor Hackford | Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman, Patricia Clarkson | Drama | based on Frank Deford novel |
| Far North | Sam Shepard | Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Patricia Arquette | Drama | |
| Feds | Daniel Goldberg | Rebecca De Mornay, Mary Gross | Comedy | Orion |
| A Fish Called Wanda | Charles Crichton | John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin | Comedy | Academy Award for Kline |
| Flesheater | Horror | |||
| For Keeps? | John G. Avildsen | Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars | Drama | TriStar |
| Frantic | Roman Polanski | Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| Fresh Horses | David Anspaugh | Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy | Drama | based on Larry Ketron play |
| Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | John Carl Buechler | Lar Park Lincoln, Kane Hodder | Slasher | 6th Friday the 13th sequel |
| Fright Night II | Tommy Lee Wallace | Horror | sequel to Fright Night | |
| Fun Down There | Roger Stigliano | Michael Waite, Yvonne Fisher | Drama | |
| Funny Farm | George Roy Hill | Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith | Comedy | |
| Garfield: His 9 Lives | Comedy | |||
| 'Gator Bait II: Cajun Justice | Beverly Sebastion | Jan Mackenzie, Jocelyn Boudreaux, Rocky Dugas, Keith Gros | Action | sequel to Gator Bait |
| The Good Mother | Leonard Nimoy | Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards | Drama | based on Sue Miller novel |
| The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | Comedy | |||
| Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey | Michael Apted | Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown | Biopic | 5 Academy Award nominations; Golden Globe for Weaver |
| Gotham | Lloyd Fonvielle | Tommy Lee Jones, Virginia Madsen | Thriller | |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Drama | |||
| The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Jud Taylor, Paul Wendkos | Christopher Reeve, Ian McShane, Donald Pleasence | War | TV; based on The Great Escape |
| The Great Outdoors | Howard Deutch | Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Annette Bening | Comedy | written by John Hughes |
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