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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Jeremiah S. Chechik | Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Randy Quaid, Johnny Galecki, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Diane Ladd | Comedy | third of National Lampoon's Vacation films |
| Never on Tuesday | Adam Rifkin | Comedy | ||
| New York Stories | Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen | Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Giancarlo Giannini, Talia Shire, Heather McComb, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow | Anthology | 3 short films |
| Next of Kin | John Irvin | Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton | Crime drama | |
| Nick Knight | Rick Springfield | Drama | TV | |
| Night Game | Peter Masterson | Roy Scheider, Karen Young | Crime drama | |
| Night of the Ninja | Drama | |||
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | Stephen Hopkins | Robert Englund | Horror | 4th sequel of series |
| No Holds Barred | Thomas Wright | Hulk Hogan, Joan Severance | Comedy | |
| Nowhere to Run | Carl Franklin | David Carradine, Matt Adler | Action | |
| Old Gringo | Luis Puenzo | Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits | Drama | Razzie nomination for Fonda |
| Out of the Dark | Michael Shroeder | Karen Witter, Karen Black, Bud Cort | Horror | |
| The Package | Andrew Davis | Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones | Drama | |
| The Parent Trap III | Hayley Mills, Barry Bostwick | Comedy | sequel; made for TV | |
| Parenthood | Ron Howard | Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Keanu Reeves, Martha Plimpton, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis | Comedy | nominated for 2 Oscars; twice made into TV series |
| Parents | Bob Balaban | Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt | Horror | |
| Penn & Teller Get Killed | Arthur Penn | Penn and Teller | Comedy | |
| Pet Sematary | Mary Lambert | Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby | Horror | based on Stephen King story |
| The Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture | Dwight H. Little | Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Bill Nighy | Horror | based on Gaston Leroux story |
| Pink Cadillac | Buddy Van Horn | Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters | Comedy | |
| Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | Peter Bonerz | Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook | Comedy | 5th sequel of series |
| Prancer | Rebecca Harrell, Sam Elliott | Comedy | ||
| The Preppie Murder | John Herzfeld | William Baldwin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Danny Aiello, Joanna Kerns, William Devane | Crime drama | made for TV |
| Pumpkinhead | Stan Winston | Lance Henriksen, Jeff East | Horror | |
| The Punisher | Mark Goldblatt | Dolph Lundgren | Action | |
| Puppet Master | David Schmoeller | Paul LeMat, William Hickey | Horror |
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