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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | David Zucker | Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Ricardo Montalban | Comedy | based on TV series Police Squad! |
| Necromancer | Dusty Nelson | Elizabeth Kaitan, John Tyler | Horror | |
| Negatives | Tony Smith | Duane Jones | Horror | |
| The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | Ken Anakin | Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan | Family | based on Astrid Lindgren story |
| The Night Before | Thom Eberhardt | Keanu Reeves, Lori Loughlin | Comedy | |
| A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | William Richert | River Phoenix, Matthew Perry | Drama | based on Richert's novel |
| Nightmare at Bittercreek | Tim Burstall | Lindsay Wagner, Tom Skerritt | Drama | |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | Robert Englund | Horror | sequel |
| Ninja Strike Force | Action | |||
| No Retreat, No Surrender 2 | Corey Yuen | Loren Avedon | Martial arts | sequel |
| Not Of This Earth | Jim Wynorski | Traci Lords | Sci-Fi | |
| Off Limits | Christopher Crowe | Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Fred Ward, Amanda Pays | Drama, War | aka Saigon: Off Limits |
| Oliver & Company | George Scribner | voices of Billy Joel, Joey Lawrence, Bette Midler, Dom DeLuise | Animated | |
| Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss | Dick Bartlett | Jerry O'Connell, James Sikking, Jean Shepherd | Comedy | made for TV |
| Out of Time | Bill Maher | Comedy | ||
| Pass the Ammo | David Beaird | Bill Paxton, Tim Curry | Comedy | |
| Patty Hearst | Paul Schrader | Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames, Frances Fisher, Dana Delany | Drama, Biopic | based on the autobiography of Patricia Hearst |
| Permanent Record | Marisa Silver | Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Rubin | Drama | |
| Phantasm II | Don Coscarelli | James LeGros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm | Horror | sequel |
| Picasso Trigger | Andy Sidaris | Dona Speir | Drama | |
| Plain Clothes | Martha Coolidge | Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, Seymour Cassel | Comedy | |
| Platoon Leader | Aaron Norris | Michael Dudikoff, Michael DeLorenzo | War | |
| Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach | Alan Myerson | Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook | Comedy | sequel |
| Poltergeist III | Gary Sherman | Heather O'Rourke, Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Zelda Rubinstein | Horror | sequel |
| Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw | Pierre DeCelles | Animated | ||
| The Presidio | Peter Hyams | Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan | Crime drama | Paramount |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Ron Myswaner | Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia | Drama | |
| Prison | Renny Harlin | Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field | Drama | |
| Punchline | David Seltzer | Tom Hanks, Sally Field, John Goodman | Drama | Columbia |
| Purple People Eater | Linda Shayne | Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Thora Birch | Family | based on Sheb Wooley song |
| Puss in Boots | Eugene Marner | Christopher Walken | Fantasy |
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