| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 1988: The Remake | | Richard Schmidt | | | Honorable Mention—Independent Film Competition |
| Agee | | Ross Spears | Ross Spears | Documentary | Honorable Mention—Independent Film Competition |
| American Madness | | Frank Capra | Robert Riskin | Retrospective | |
| Badlands | | Terrence Malick | Terrence Malick | Retrospective | |
| The Birds | | Alfred Hitchcock | Evan Hunter | Retrospective | |
| Caprice | | Frank Tashlin | Jay Jason and Frank Tashlin | Retrospective | |
| Casablanca | | Michael Curtiz | | Retrospective | |
| Chameleon | | Jon Jost | Jon Jost | | Finalist—Independent Film Competition |
| Citizens' Band | | Jonathan Demme | Jonathan Demme | | |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | | Robert Wise | | Retrospective | |
| The Demon Seed | | Donald Cammell | | | |
| Dirty Harry | | | | Retrospective | |
| Down in the Valley | | Mort Rosenfeld | Mort Rosenfeld | | |
| Dr. Strangelove | | | | Retrospective | |
| Easy Rider | | Dennis Hopper | Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern | Retrospective | |
| Effects | | John Harrison, Dusty Nelson, and Pat Buba | | | Finalist—Independent Film Competition |
| Family Plot | | Alfred Hitchcock | | | |
| Five Easy Pieces | | Bob Rafelson | | Retrospective | |
| Forbidden Planet | | Fred M. Wilcox | | Retrospective | |
| The Front | | Martin Ritt | Walter Bernstein | | |
| Fun with Dick and Jane | | Ted Kotcheff | David Giler, Jerry Belson, Mordecai Richler | | |
| Gas City | | Jeff Meyers | | | Honorable Mention—Independent Film Competition |
| The Goddess | | John Cromwell | | Retrospective | |
| The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | | Gordon Hessler | | | |
| Halloween | | John Carpenter | John Carpenter, Debra Hill | | |
| How to Murder Your Wife | | Richard Quine | | Retrospective | |
| In Cold Blood | | Richard Brooks | Richard Brooks | Retrospective | |
| The Incredible Shrinking Man | | Jack Arnold | | Retrospective | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | | Philip Kaufman | | | |
| It Happened One Night | | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| It's a Wonderful Life | | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Jason and the Argonauts | | Don Chaffey | Beverley Cross, Jan Read | Retrospective | |
| The Last Picture Show | | Peter Bogdanovich | Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich | Retrospective | |
| Lost Horizon | | Frank Capra | Robert Riskin | Retrospective | |
| Marnie | | Alfred Hitchcock | | Retrospective | |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Northern Lights | | Rob Nilsson, John Hansen | John Hanson, Rob Nilsson | | Finalist—Independent Film Competition |
| Obsession | | Brian De Palma | | | |
| Over-Under Sideways-Down | | Eugene Corr, Steve Wax, Peter Gessner | Eugene Corr, Peter Gessner | | Finalist—Independent Film Competition |
| Platinum Blonde | | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Play It Again Sam | | Herbert Ross | | Retrospective | |
| Pretty Poison | | Noel Black | | Retrospective | |
| Psycho | | Alfred Hitchcock | | Retrospective | |
| The Raven | | Roger Corman | | Retrospective | |
| The Seven-Year Itch | | Billy Wilder | | Retrospective | |
| The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad | | Ray Harryhausen | Kenneth Kolb | Retrospective | |
| Sleeper | | Woody Allen | | Retrospective | |
| Some Like It Hot | | Billy Wilder | | Retrospective | |
| Spirit in the Wind | | Ralph Liddle | Ralph Liddle, John Logue | | Grand Prize—Independent Film Competition |
| The Stepford Wives | | Bryan Forbes | William Goldman | Retrospective | |
| Straw Dogs | | Sam Peckinpah | | Retrospective | |
| Sugarland Express | | Steven Spielberg | | Retrospective | |
| Targets | | Peter Bogdanovich | | Retrospective | |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | | Norman Jewison | | Retrospective | |
| A Thousand Clowns | | Fred Coe | | Retrospective | |
| To Catch a Thief | | Alfred Hitchcock | | Retrospective | |
| Watermelon Man | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Retrospective | |
| Wonder Man | | Bruce Humberstone | | Retrospective | |
| You Can't Take It with You | | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| America, Lost and Found | | Lance Bird, Tom Johnson | John Crowley | Documentary | |
| Americana | | David Carradine | Henry Morton Robinson | Dramatic | |
| A Small Circle of Friends | | Rob Cohen | Ezra Sacks | Dramatic | |
| The Best Man | | Franklin J. Schaffner | Gore Vidal | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| Breaking Glass | | Brian Gibson | Brian Gibson | Dramatic | |
| The Day After Trinity | | Jon H. Else | David Peoples, Janet Peoples, Jon Else | Documentary | |
| | Mary Benjamin | | Documentary | |
| The Elephant Man | | David Lynch | Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch | Dramatic | |
| Fade to Black | | Vernon Zimmerman | Vernon Zimmerman | Dramatic | |
| Feedback | | Bill Doukas | Bill Doukas | Dramatic | |
| Fort Apache | | John Ford | Frank S. Nugent | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| Gal Young Un | | Victor Nuñez | Victor Nuñez | Dramatic | |
| The Grapes of Wrath | | John Ford | Nunnally Johnson | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| The Haunting of M | | Anna Thomas | Anna Thomas | Dramatic | |
| Heartland | | Richard Pearce | Beth Ferris, William Kittredge, Elinore Randall Stewart | Dramatic | |
| Hide in Plain Sight | | James Caan | Spencer Eastman | Dramatic | |
| Imposters | | Mark Rappaport | Mark Rappaport | Dramatic | |
| The Lady Eve | | Preston Sturges | Preston Sturges | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| La La, Making It in L.A. | | Frank Mouris, Caroline Mouris | | Documentary | |
| The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter | | Connie Field | | Documentary | |
| Melvin and Howard | | Jonathan Demme | Bo Goldman | Dramatic | |
| Mr. Roberts | | John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy | | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| My Darling Clementine | | John Ford | Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| Off the Wall | | Rick Friedberg | Dick Chudnow, Rick Friedberg, Ron Kurz | Dramatic | |
| Once Upon a Time in the West | | Sergio Leone | | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| On the Nickel | | Ralph Waite | Ralph Waite | Dramatic | |
| Ordinary People | | Robert Redford | Alvin Sargent | Dramatic | |
| The Ox-Bow Incident | | William A. Wellman | Lamar Trotti | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| The Plan | | Diane Orr, Larry Roberts | | Documentary | |
| Return of the Secaucus Seven | | John Sayles | John Sayles | Dramatic | |
| Stony Island | | Andrew Davis | Tamar Simon Hoffs, Andrew Davis | Dramatic | |
| Tell Me a Riddle | | Lee Grant | Joyce Eliason, Alev Lytle | Dramatic | |
| Tuck Everlasting | | Frederick King Keller | Frederick King Keller | Dramatic | |
| Twelve Angry Men | | Sidney Lumet | Reginald Rose | Henry Fonda Retrospective | |
| The War at Home | | Barry Alexander Brown, Glenn Silber | | Documentary | |
| Where the Buffalo Roam | | Art Linson | John Kaye | Dramatic | |
| Wind Chimes | | Robert Holman | | | Best Experimental Film |
| Zootsuit | | Luis Valdez | Luis Valdez | | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T | | Stanley Kramer | | Stanley Kramer Retrospective | |
| A Lady Named Baybie | | Martha Sandlin | | Documentary Competition | |
| Amarillo News Tapes | | Doug Hall, Chip Lord, Jody Procter | | Video Art Competition | |
| An Acquired Taste | | Ralph Arlyck | | Special Programs | |
| ' | | | | Video Art Competition | |
| Atomic Television | | Trent Harris | | Special Programs | |
| Between a Rock and a Hard Place | | Kenneth Fink | Kenneth Fink | Documentary Competition | |
| Body Heat | | Lawrence Kasdan | Lawrence Kasdan | Director's Showcase | |
| Booming | | Dennis Lanson | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Case of the Legless Veteran | | Howard Petrick | | Documentary Competition | |
| Chott el-Djerid | | Carol Brandenburg | | Video Art Competition | |
| Close Harmony | | Nigel Noble | | Special Programs | |
| The Complete Dale Hoyt, Vol. 7 | | Dale Hoyt | | Video Art Competition | |
| The Crisco Kid | | Jeanne Wolf | Jeanne Wolf | Video Documentary Competition | |
| The Curse of Fred Astaire | | Mark Berger | Mark Berger | Dramatic Competition | |
| Cutter's Way | | Ivan Passer | Jeffrey Alan Fiskin | New Directors | |
| The Defiant Ones | | Stanley Kramer | | Stanley Kramer Retrospective | |
| Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder | | Peter Werner | Paul G. Hensler | New Directors | |
| The Dozens | | Randall Conrad, Christine Dall | Randall Conrad, Christine Dall | Dramatic Competition | |
| Dreamland | | Oz Scott | Nancy Baker | Documentary Competition | |
| Elephant Parts | | William Dear | | Special Programs | |
| ' | | Glenn Silber, Teté Vasconcellos | | Documentary Competition | |
| End of Innocence | | Stephen Sept | | Special Programs | |
| ' | | Mark Horowitz | | Video Documentary Competition | |
| Gates of Heaven | | Errol Morris | | Documentary Competition | |
| Get Rollin | | J. Terrence Mitchell | J. Terrence Mitchell | Documentary Competition | |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | | | | Stanley Kramer Retrospective | |
| Heartworn Highways | | James Szalapski | James Szalapski | Documentary Competition | |
| The Hideout | | Brian Patrick | | Special Programs | |
| How to Fly | | Ed Bowes | | Video Art Competition | |
| In Our Water | | Meg Switzgable | | Documentary Competition | |
| I Remember Barbra | | | | Special Programs | |
| Killer of Sheep | | Charles Burnett | Charles Burnett | Dramatic Competition | |
| Knightriders | | George A. Romero | George A. Romero | New Directors | |
| Love in a Taxi | | Robert Sickinger | Michael Kortchmar | Dramatic Competition | |
| Love Tapes | | Wendy Clarke | | Video Art Competition | |
| Melanie | | Rex Bromfield | Michael Green, Richard Paluck, Robert Guza Jr. | New Directors | |
| Missing | | Costa-Gavras | Costa-Gavras, Donald E. Stewart | Premieres | |
| Model | | Frederick Wiseman | | Documentary Competition | |
| Mystique | | Bobby Roth | Beth Sullivan | Dramatic Competition | |
| No World for Men | | William Rosser | | Shorts | |
| On Golden Pond | | Mark Rydell | Ernest Thompson | Premieres | |
| Out | | Eli Hollander | Eli Hollander | Dramatic Competition | |
| Paydirt | | Penny Allen | Penny Allen | Dramatic Competition | |
| Possum Living | | Nancy Schreiber | | Special Programs | |
| Raggedy Man | | Jack Fisk | William D. Wittliff | New Directors | |
| Return of the Secaucus Seven | | John Sayles | John Sayles | Dramatic Competition | |
| Savage/Love | | Sam Shepard, Joseph Chaiken | | Video Art Competition | |
| The Sky Is Gray | | Stan Lathan | | Special Programs | |
| Soldier Girls | | Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill | | Documentary Competition | |
| Strange Fruit | | Seth Pinsker | | Special Programs | |
| Street Music | | Jenny Bowen | Jenny Bowen | Dramatic Competition | |
| Strong-Willed Women Subdue and Subjugate Reptiles | | C. Larry Roberts | | Special Programs | |
| Thief | | Michael Mann | Michael Mann | New Directors | |
| Tibetan Death Rites | | Norman Dhyrenfurth | | Special Programs | |
| The Third Coast | | Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond | | Documentary Competition | |
| ' | | Julene Bair | | Special Programs | |
| Union City | | Mark Reichert | Mark Reichert | Dramatic Competition | |
| We Are the Guinea Pigs | | Joan Harvey | | Documentary Competition | |
| ' | | Jim Brown | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Willmar 8 | | Lee Grant | | | |
| The Whole Shootin' Match | | Eagle Pennell | Eagle Pennell, Lin Sutherland | | |
| Wolfen | | Michael Wadleigh | David Eyre, Michael Wadleigh | New Directors | |
| Zootsuit'' | | Luis Valdez | Luis Valdez | New Directors | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| The 400 Blows | Les quarte cents coups | François Truffaut | | Retrospective | |
| Almost You | Domicile conjugal | Adam Brooks | | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| America and Lewis Hine | | Nina Rosenblum | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Antoine et Colette | | François Truffaut | | Retrospective | |
| Battle Beyond the Stars | | Jimmy T. Murakami | John Sayles | Retrospective | |
| Bed and Board | | Francois Truffaut | | Retrospective | |
| Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community | | Greta Schiller | | Documentary | |
| Blood Simple | | Joel Coen | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Dramatic | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Fádní odpoledne | Ivan Passer | Ivan Passer | Retrospective | |
| Boxcar Bertha | | Martin Scorsese | Joyce H. Corrington, John William Corrington | Retrospective | |
| Brady's Escape | Hosszú vágta | Pál Gábor | Pál Gábor, William W. Lewis | | |
| The Brother from Another Planet | | John Sayles | John Sayles | Dramatic | |
| The Business of America | | Larry Adelman, Lawrence Daressa, Bruce Schmiechen | | Documentary | |
| Caged Heat | | Jonathan Demme | Jonathan Demme | Retrospective | |
| Chinese Boxes | | Christopher Petit | | | |
| Cold Feet | | Bruce Van Dusen | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Cutter's Way | | Ivan Passer | Jeffrey Alan Fiskin | Dramatic | |
| Day for Night | La nuit Americaine | François Truffaut | François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard | Retrospective | |
| Death Race 2000 | | Paul Bartel | Robert Thom, Charles B. Griffith, Ib Melchior | Retrospective | |
| Dementia 13 | | Francis Ford Coppola | Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hill | Retrospective | |
| Dialogue with a Woman Departed | | Leo Hurwitz | Leo Hurwitz | Documentary | |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | | John Schlesinger | Steven Zaillian | | |
| Far From Poland | | Jill Godmilow | | Documentary | |
| Distant Thunder | Enrai | Kichitaro Negishi | Haruhiko Arai | | |
| A Flash of Green | | Victor Nunez | Victor Nunez | Dramatic | |
| Flight to Berlin | Fluchtpunkt Berlin | Christopher Petit | | | |
| Gas-s-s! | | Roger Corman | George Armitage | | |
| The Go Masters | Mikan no taikyoku | Ji-shun Duan, Junya Satô, Shu'an Liu | Tang-tong Ge, Fumio Kônami, Hong-zhou Li, Yasuko Ôno | | |
| The Gold Diggers | | Sally Potter | Sally Potter, Rose English | | |
| The Gospel According to Al Green | | Robert Mugge | | Documentary | |
| Where the Green Ants Dream | | Werner Herzog | Werner Herzog, Bob Ellis | | |
| Hard Choices | | Rick King | Rick King, Robert Mickelson | Dramatic | |
| Heartbreakers | | Bobby Roth | Bobby Roth | Dramatic | |
| In Heaven There Is No Beer? | | Les Blank | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| The Hit | | Stephen Frears | Peter Prince | | |
| | Pat Ferrero | | Documentary | |
| The Illusionist | De Illusionist | Jos Stelling | Freek de Jonge, Jos Stelling | | |
| Intimate Lighting | Intimní osvětlení | Ivan Passer | Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papoušek, Václav Šašek | Retrospective | |
| Jack Kerouac's America | | John Antonelli | | Documentary | |
| A Joke of Destiny | | Lina Wertmüller | Lina Wertmüller, Agenore Incrocci | | |
| Kaddish | | Steve Brand | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| The Killing Fields | | Roland Joffé | | Documentary | |
| The Killing Floor | | Bill Duke | Leslie Lee, Ron Milner, Elsa Rassbach | Dramatic | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| The Last Seduction | | Kim Dempster | | Short | |
| Law and Disorder | | Ivan Passer | Ivan Passer, William Richert, Kenneth Harris Fishman | Retrospective | |
| The Lift | De Lift | Dick Maas | Dick Maas | | |
| The Little Shop of Horrors | | Roger Corman | | | |
| A Love in Germany | Eine Leibe in Deutschland | Andrzej Wajda | | | |
| Low Visibility | | Patricia Gruben | Patricia Gruben | Drama | |
| Mass Appeal | | Glenn Jordan | Bill C. Davis | | |
| Monkey Grip | | Ken Cameron | | | |
| Mosquito on the Tenth Floor | Jukai No Mosukiito | Yoichi Sai | Yoichi Sai | | |
| Mother Meat and Freud's Flesh | | Demetri Estdelacropolis | Demetri Estdelacropolis | | |
| Moving Out | | Michael Pattinson | Jan Sardi | | |
| Mrs. Soffel | | Gillian Armstrong | Ron Nyswaner | | |
| The Night the Prowler | | Jim Sharman | Patrick White | | |
| Not for Publication | | Paul Bartel | Paul Bartel, John Meyer | | |
| Paris, Texas | | Wim Wenders | L.M. Kit Carson, Sam Shepard | | |
| Pebbles | Kieselstein | Lukas Stepanik | | World Cinema | |
| Piranha | | Joe Dante | | Retrospective | |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | | Woody Allen | Woody Allen | | |
| Radio On | | Chris Petit | | | |
| The Real Thing | | Peter Schnall | | | |
| Rock 'n' Roll High School | | Allan Arkush | | Retrospective | |
| The Roommate | | Neil Cox | Neal Miller, Paul Pekin, Randall Fried | Dramatic | |
| Secret Honor | | Robert Altman | Donald Freed, Arnold M. Stone | | |
| Seventeen | | Joel DeMott, Jeff Kreines | | Documentary | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Silver Bears | | Ivan Passer | | Dramatic | |
| Silver City | | Sophia Turkiewicz | Thomas Kenneally, Sophia Turkiewicz | Dramatic | |
| Sprout Wings and Fly | | Les Blank | | Documentary | |
| Squizzy Taylor | | Kevin James Dobson | Roger Simpson | | |
| Stolen Kisses | Baisers Voles | François Truffaut | François Truffaut, Claude de Givray, Bernard Revon | Retrospective | |
| Stranger Than Paradise | | Jim Jarmusch | Jim Jarmusch | Dramatic | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau | | James Heddle | | Documentary | |
| Streetwise | | Martin Bell | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Strikebound | | Richard Lowenstein | Richard Lowenstein | | |
| Targets | | | | | |
| Tattoo Ari | | Toshiaki Takahasi | | | |
| The Times of Harvey Milk | | Rob Epstein | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| The Trip to Bountiful | | Peter Masterson | Horton Foote | | |
| An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | | Chris Petit | P. D. James, Elizabeth McKay, Chris Petit, Brian Scobie | | |
| Way Down East | | D. W. Griffith | | Retrospective | |
| Wild Angels | | Roger Corman | | Retrospective | |
| The Work I've Done | | Kenneth Fink | | Documentary | |
| The World of Tomorrow | | Tom Johnson | | Documentary | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| Allies | | Marian Wilkinson | | Independent Australia | |
| Belizaire: The Cajun | | Glen Pitre | Glen Pitre | Dramatic Competition | |
| Bliss | | Ray Lawrence | Peter Carey, Ray Lawrence | Independent Australia | |
| Camera Natura | | Ross Gibson | | Independent Australia | |
| Chain Letters | | Mark Rappaport | Mark Rappaport | Dramatic Competition | |
| Chimes at Midnight | | Orson Welles | | Chimes of Midnight: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| Citizen Kane | | Orson Welles | | Chimes of Midnight: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| ' | | Connie Poten | Beth Ferris | Documentary Competition | |
| The Cosmic Eye | | Faith Hubley | Faith Hubley, John Hubley | Dramatic Competition | |
| Couldn't Be Fairer | | Dennis O'Rourke | Mick Miller | Independent Australia | |
| Cowgirls | | Nancy Kelly | | Shorts | |
| The Day Time Noon | | Sandy Smolan | | Shorts | |
| A Decade of Women | | Gillian Armstrong | | Independent Australia | |
| Desert Bloom | | Eugene Corr | Eugene Corr, Linda Remy | | |
| Desert Hearts | | Donna Deitch | Natalie Cooper | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| ' | | Wayne Wang | Terrel Seltzer | | |
| Double Negative | | Sam Irvin | Sam Irvin | Short | |
| The Drover’s Wife | | Sue Brooks | Sue Castrique | Independent Australia | |
| Einstein on the Beach | | Mark Obenhaus | | Documentary | |
| Emoh Ruo | | Denny Lawrence | Paul Leadon, David Paltorak | Independent Australia | |
| F/X | | Robert Mandel | Gregory Fleeman, Robert T. Megginson | | |
| Fast Talking | | Ken Cameron | Ken Cameron | Independent Australia | |
| For Love or Money | | Megan McMurchy, Jeni Thornley | Megan McMurchy, Jeni Thornley | Independent Australia | |
| Fran | | Glenda Hambly | Glenda Hambly | Independent Australia | |
| Going Down | | Haydn Keenan | Julie Berry, Moira Maclaine-Cross | Independent Australia | |
| The Great Wall Is a Great Wall | | Peter Wang | Shirley Sun, Peter Wang | Dramatic Competition | |
| Growing Up with Rockets | | Nancy Yasecko | | Documentary | |
| Half Life | | Dennis O'Rourke | Dennis O'Rourke | Independent Australia | |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | | Woody Allen | Woody Allen | | |
| Hard Traveling | | Dan Bessie | Dan Bessie | | |
| Heartbreakers | | Bobby Roth | Bobby Roth | Seminar Screenings | |
| Imagine the Sound | | Ron Mann | | The Films of Ron Mann | |
| In Her Own Time | | Lynne Littman | | Documentary | |
| Huey Long | | Ken Burns | Geoffrey C. Ward | Documentary | |
| Imagine the Sound | | Ron Mann | | Documentary | |
| Kemira: Diary of a Strike | | Tom Zubrycki | | Independent Australia | |
| The Lady from Shanghai | | Orson Welles | | Chimes of Midnight: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza del Mayo | | Susana Munoz, Lourdes Portillo | | Documentary | Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Lion in the Doorway | | Prabhubodha John Walker | Prabhubodha John Walker | Independent Australia | |
| Listen to the City | | Ron Mann | | The Films of Ron Mann | |
| Lost Horizon | | Frank Capra | | Retrospective | |
| Louie Bluie | | Terry Zwigoff | | Documentary | |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | | Orson Welles | | Chimes of Midnight: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| The Man You Know | | Steve Jacobs | Steve Jacobs | Independent Australia | |
| Marcia Resnick’s Bad Boys | | Ron Mann | | The Films of Ron Mann | |
| Nicaragua Was Our Home | | Lee Shapiro | | | |
| On the Loose | | Jane Oehr | Jane Oehr, Ken Cameron, Mark Stiles, Tom McPartland, Tom Gooding | Independent Australia | |
| On Valentine’s Day | | Kenneth Harrison | Horton Foote | | |
| One Woman or Two | Une Femme ou Deux | Daniel Vigne | Daniel Vigne, Élisabeth Rappeneau | | |
| The Orkly Kid | | Trent Harris | Trent Harris | Shorts | |
| Othello | | Orson Welles | | Chimes of Midnight: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| Parting Glances | | Bill Sherwood | Bill Sherwood | Dramatic | |
| Poetry in Motion | | Ron Mann | | The Films of Ron Mann | |
| Power | | Sidney Lumet | David Himmelstein | | |
| Private Conversations | | Christian Blackwood | | Documentary | |
| Rate It X | | Paula De Koenigsberg, Lucy Winer | | Documentary | |
| Raw Tunes | | Dan Lewk, Gary Levy | Dan Lewk, Gary Levy | Dramatic | |
| Restless Natives | | Michael Hoffman | Ninian Dunnett | Dramatic | |
| The Return of Ruben Blades | | Robert Mugge | Robert Mugge | Documentary | |
| Rocking the Foundations | | Pat Fiske | | Independent Australia | |
| Serious Undertakings | | Helen Grace | | Independent Australia | |
| Seven Minutes in Heaven | | Linda Feferman | Jane Bernstein, Linda Feferman | Dramatic | Special Jury Prize for the Genre of Youth Comedy: Dramatic |
| Singles | | Karl McPhee | | Independent Australia | |
| Smooth Talk | | Joyce Chopra | Tom Cole | Dramatic | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Static | | Mark Romanek | Keith Gordon, Mark Romanek | Dramatic | |
| Stations | | Jackie McKimmie | | Independent Australia | |
| A Street to Die | | Bill Bennett | Bill Bennett | Independent Australia | |
| Stripper | | Jerome Gary | Charles Gaines | Documentary | |
| Tom Goes to the Bar | | Dean Parisot | Michael Taav | Short | |
| Touch of Evil | | Orson Welles | | Chimes of Midnight: Orson Welles Remembered | |
| Traps | | John Hughes | John Hughes | Independent Australia | |
| The Trip to Bountiful | | Peter Masterson | Horton Foote | Premiere | Opening Night |
| Trouble In Mind | | Alan Rudolph | Alan Rudolph | | |
| Troupers | | Glenn Silber, Claudia Vianello | | Documentary Competition | |
| Unfinished Business | | Bob Ellis | Bob Ellis | Independent Australia | |
| The Unheard Music | | W.T. Morgan | W.T. Morgan | Seminar Screenings | |
| Valley Girl | | Martha Coolidge | | Jury Member Screenings | |
| The Waiting | | Scott Williams | Amy Dundleberger | Shorts | |
| Wildcatter: The Story of Texas Oil | | Robert Tranchin | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Woman and the Stranger | | Rainer Simon | Rainer Simon | | |
| Wrong Side of the Road | | Ned Lander | Ned Lander | Independent Australia | |
| Wrong World | | Ian Pringle | Doug Ling, Ian Pringle | Independent Australia | |
| A Year of the Quiet Sun | | Krzysztof Zanussi | | Jury Member Screenings | |
| You Got to Move | | Lucy Massie Phenix, Veronica Selver | | Documentary | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 84 Charing Cross Road | | David Hugh Jones | Hugh Whitmore | Premieres | |
| 90 Days | | Giles Walker | Giles Walker, David Wilson | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| All-American High | | Keva Rosenfield | | Documentary | |
| Anne Trister | | Léa Pool | Léa Pool, Marcel Beaulieu | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| A Promise | | Yoshishige Yoshida | Fukiko Miyauchi, Yoshishige Yoshida | Special Screenings | |
| Are We Winning, Mommy? | | Barbara Margolis | | Documentary | |
| As Seen on TV | | David Rimmer | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Beehive | | Frank Moore, Jim Self | | Shorts | |
| Betty Blue | 37˚2 Le Matin | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Special Screenings | |
| Beyond Therapy | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | Premieres | |
| The Big Easy | | Jim McBride | | Premieres | |
| Bingo Inferno | | David O. Russell | David O. Russell | Shorts | |
| Bullfighter and the Lady | | Budd Boetticher | | Retrospective | |
| | The Quay Brothers | | Four from Four | |
| ' | Chile: Hasta Cuando? | David Bradbury | | | Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary, Special Jury Prize: Documentary |
| A Composer’s Notes | | Michael Blackwood | | Documentary | |
| Crime Wave | | John Paizs | John Paizs | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Dancing in the Dark | | Leon Marr | Leon Marr | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Dead End Kids | | JoAnne Akalaitis | JoAnne Akalaitis | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Decline of the American Empire | Le Declin de L’Empire Americain | Denys Arcand | Denys Arcand | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas | | Robert Richter, Catherine Hiller | | Documentary | |
| Drive-In Blues | | Jan Krawitz | | Documentary Short | |
| The Electronic Sweatshop | Quel Numero | Sophie Bissonnette | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Fatherland | | Ken Loach | | Four from Four | |
| Final Offer | | Sturla Gunnarsson, Robert Collison | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Forest of Bliss | | Robert Gardner | | Special Screenings | |
| Frances Steloff | | Deborah Dickson | | Documentary Short | |
| The Fringe Dwellers | | Bruce Beresford | Bruce Beresford, Rhoisin Beresford | Premieres | |
| The Great Horseshoe Crab Field Trip | | Grania Gurievitch, Ann Schaetzel | | Documentary | |
| | Michael Camerini, John Junkerman, James MacDonald | | Documentary | |
| Her Name Is Lisa | | Rachid Kerdouche | Ron Gott | Dramatic Competition | |
| Hoosiers | | David Anspaugh | Angelo Pizzo | Premieres | |
| Impure Thoughts | | Michael A. Simpson | Michael J. Malloy, Michael A. Simpson | Dramatic Competition | |
| Intimate Power | Pouvoir Intime | Yves Simoneau | Pierre Curzi, Yves Simoneau | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| | Amram Nowak | | | |
| Islands | | Albert Maysles, David Maysles | | Documentary | |
| Jacques and November | Jacques et Novembre | François Bouvier, Jean Beaudry | François Bouvier, Jean Beaudry | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Jimi Plays Monterey | | Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | | Documentary Competition | |
| John and the Missus | | Gordon Pinsent | Gordon Pinsent | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Karen Blixen | | Nic Lichtenberg | | Documentary Short | |
| The Last Glacier | Le Dernier Glacier | Roger Frappier, Jacques Leduc | Roger Frappier, Jacques Leduc | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Leos Janaceck: Intimate Excursions | | Keith Griffiths | | Four from Four | |
| Lily Tomlin | | Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | | Documentary Competition | |
| Linda Joy | | Linda Busby, William MacGillivray | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Little Songs of the Chief Officer of Hunar Louse | | Brothers Quay | | Four from Four | |
| Living On Tokyo Time | | Steven Okazaki | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Loyalties | | Anne Wheeler | Sharon Riis | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| My American Cousin | | Sandy Wilson | Sandy Wilson | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| My Little Girl | | Connie Kaiserman | Connie Kaiserman, Nan Mason | Dramatic Competition | |
| Next of Kin | | Atom Egoyan | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| No Picnic | | Philip Hartman | Philip Hartman | Dramatic Competition | Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic |
| Off Season | | Mary Arbuckle | Mark Rance, L.M. Kit Carson, Richard Barber | Special Screenings | |
| Ozawa | | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson | | Documentary Competition | |
| Invisible Thread | | Bob Balaban | | Shorts | |
| Pica-Don | | Renzo Kinoshita | | Shorts | |
| Ping Pong | | Po-Chih Leong | Jerry Liu | Four from Four | |
| Playing Away | | Horace Ové | Caryl Phillips | Four from Four | |
| Positive I.D. | | Andy Anderson | Andy Anderson | Dramatic Competition | |
| Precious Images | | Chuck Workman | Chuck Workman | Documentary short | |
| Ranch | | Steven DeNure, Christopher Lowry | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| ' | | Alanis Obomsawin | | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Rita, Sue and Bob Too | | Alan Clarke | Andrea Dunbar | Four from Four | |
| River’s Edge | | Tim Hunter | Neal Jimenez | Dramatic Competition | |
| Seize the Day | | Fielder Cook | Ronald Ribman | Dramatic Competition | |
| Shake!: Otis at Monterey | | D. A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, David Dawkins | | Documentary Competition | |
| Sherman's March | | Ross McElwee | Ross McElwee | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Sitting in Limbo | | John N. Smith | Richard Nichol | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Sleepwalk | | Sara Driver | Kathleen Brennan, Sara Driver, Lorenzo Mans | Dramatic Competition | |
| Sonatine | | Micheline Lanctôt | Micheline Lanctôt | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland | | Oren Rudavsky | | Documentary Competition | |
| Square Dance | | Daniel Petrie | Daniel Petrie | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Stacking | | Martin Rosen | Victoria Jenkins | Dramatic Competition | |
| Stations | | William D. MacGillivray | William D. MacGillivray | Canada: The Next Wave | |
| Street of Crocodiles | | Brothers Quay | | Four from Four | |
| Sullivan's Pavilion | | Fred G. Sullivan | Fred G. Sullivan | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Trouble with Dick | | Gary Walkow | Gary Walkow | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Up | | Sam Kaufman | | Shorts | |
| Waiting for the Moon | | Jill Godmilow | Mark Magill | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| A Walk on the Moon | | Raphael D. Silver | William Mai | Dramatic Competition | |
| Welcome Back Mr. Fox | | Walter Pitt | Walter Pitt | Short | |
| William Carlos Williams | | Richard P. Rogers | Jill Janows | Documentary Competition | |
| Working Girls | | Lizzie Borden | Lizzie Borden | Dramatic Competition | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| Acting Our Age | | Michal Aviad | | Documentary Competition | |
| Ain’t No King Coming | | Tia J.T. Lemke | Tia J.T. Lemke | Rogue's Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Anna Spilt the Oil | | John F. Allen | | Rogue's Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Arctic Wolves | | Jim Brandenberg | | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Astronomy | | Susan Rogers | | Shorts | |
| Bad Connection | Malayunta | José Santiso | José Santiso | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Barbeque Death Squad from Hell | | Art Wolff | Penn and Teller | Shorts | |
| Beirut: The Last Home Movie | | Jennifer Fox | Jennifer Fox, John Mullen | Documentary | |
| Belinda in the Water | | Christine Roum | Christine Roum | Shorts | |
| Ben-Hur | | Fred Niblo | | Restoration Premiere | |
| The Birthday Fish | | Alex Zamm | | Shorts | |
| Black Menu | | Megan Daniels | | Rogue's Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| The Brave Little Toaster | | Jerry Rees | Jerry Rees | Dramatic Competition | |
| Break of Dawn | | Isaac Artenstein | Isaac Artenstein | Dramatic Competition | |
| Broken Noses | | Bruce Weber | | Documentary Competition | |
| Camila | | María Luisa Bemberg | María Luisa Bemberg, Beda Docampo Feijóo, Juan Bautista Stagnaro | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Cannibal Tours | | Dennis O'Rourke | | Special Screenings | |
| ' | | Marc Huestis | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Crimson Kimono | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| The Days of June | Los Dias de Junio | Alberto Fischerman | Alberto Fischerman, Gustavo Wagner | New Argentine Cinema | |
| ' | | Bill Couturié | Bill Couturié, Richard Dewhurst | Documentary Competition | |
| Dim Sum Take Out | | Wayne Wang | | Shorts | |
| Distant Harmony | | DeWitt Sage | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dogs of the Night | Perros de la Noche | Teo Kofman | Pedro Espinosa | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Drawing on my Mind | | Bob Kurtz | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Easy Money | Plata Dulce | Fernando Ayala | Oscar Viale, Jorge Goldenberg | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Elvis '56 | | Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond | | Documentary Competition | |
| Evita: Listen If You Want To | Evita: Qien Quiea Oir Que Oica | Eduardo Mignogna | | New Argentine Cinema | |
| The Family Album | | Alan Berliner | | Documentary Competition | |
| Fire From the Mountain | | Deborah Shaffer | | Documentary Competition | |
| Fixed Bayonets! | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Friendship's Death | | Peter Wollen | Peter Wollen | Special Screenings | |
| George and Rosemary | | Alison Snowden, David Fine | Alison Snowden, David Fine | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Geronima | | Raúl Alberto Tosso | Carlos Paola, Jorge Pellegrini | New Argentine Cinema | |
| The Golden Ass | | R.O. Blechman | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Goodbye, Children | Au Revoir Les Enfants | Louis Malle | | Premieres | |
| The Great O'Grady | | Robbie Fox | Robbie Fox | The Discovery Program | |
| Hairspray | | John Waters | John Waters | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Harshness of Destiny | Del Rigor del Destino | Gerardo Vallejo | Gerardo Vallejo | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Heat and Sunlight | | Rob Nilsson | Rob Nilsson | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize |
| Hell and High Water | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| The Houses Are Full of Smoke | | Allan Francovich | | Documentary Competition | |
| I Shot Jesse James | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Interplast | | Stephen Burns | | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Inside the Soviet Circus | | Miriam Birch | Miriam Birch | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| The Jogger | | Robert Resnikoff | Robert Resnikoff | Shorts | |
| John Huston & The Dubliners | | Lilyan Sievernich | | Documentary Competition | |
| John Lennon Sketchbook | | John Canemaker | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Juan: As if Nothing Ever Happened | Juan: Coma si Nada Hubiera Sucedido | Carlos Echeverría | | New Argentine Cinema | |
| A King and His Movie | La Pelicula Del Rey | Carlos Sorín | Carlos Sorín, Jorge Goldenberg | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Land of the Tigers | | Dennis B. Kane, Thomas Skinne, Belinda Wrightr | | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | - |
| Lazar | | Gavrilo Gnatovich | Gavrilo Gnatovich | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Lemon Sky | | Jan Egleson | Lanford Wilson | Dramatic Competition | |
| Loose Ends | | David Burton Morris | Victor Wozniak | Special Screenings | |
| The Lost Republic: Part Two | La Republica Perdida II | Miguel Pérez | | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Love Is a Fat Woman | El Amore es Una Mujer Gorda | Alejandro Agresti | Alejandro Agresti | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Made in USA | | Ken Friedman | Ken Friedman | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Man Who Planted Trees | | Frédéric Back | Jean Roberts | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Miss... or Myth? | | Geoffrey Dunn | | Documentary Competition | |
| Missile | | Frederick Wiseman | | Documentary Competition | |
| Moonstruck | | Norman Jewison | | Premieres | |
| The Night of the Pencils | La Noche de Los Lapices | Héctor Olivera | Héctor Olivera, Daniel Kon | New Argentine Cinema | |
| No Applause, Just Throw Money | | Karen Goodman | | Shorts | |
| Nobody's Wife | Señora de Nadie | María Luisa Bemberg | María Luisa Bemberg | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Not Just Any Flower | | Terry deRoy Gruber | Terry deRoy Gruber | Shorts | |
| Organic Fragment | | Oskar Fischinger | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Paradisia | | Marcy Page | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Park Row | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Passages | | Tony Venezia | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Patti Rocks | | David Burton Morris | John Jenkins, Karen Landry, David Burton Morris, Chris Mulkey | Dramatic Competition | |
| Photographer of the Year | | Stephen Burns | | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Picture Window | | Sara Petty | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| The Price of Life | | Stephen Tolkin | Stephen Tolkin, Michel Montreaux | The Discovery Program | |
| Promised Land | | Michael Hoffman | Michael Hoffman | Dramatic Competition | |
| Propagandance | | Tom Sito | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Rachel River | | Sandy Smolan | Judith Guest | Dramatic Competition | |
| Radio Bikini | | Robert Stone | | Documentary Competition | |
| Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall | | Bryan Gordon | Bryan Gordon | The Discovery Program | |
| The Rhino War | | Philip Cayford | Philip Cayford, Nancy LeBrun | The National Geographic Society: A Centennial Celebration | |
| The River Lethe | | Amy Kravitz | | Picture Independence: The Best of North American Animation | |
| Run of the Arrow | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Shock Corridor | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| ' | | Christian Blackwood | | Special Screenings | |
| The Silence at Bethany | | Joel Oliansky | Joyce Keener | Dramatic Competition | |
| Sofia | | Alejandro Doria | Alejandro Doria | New Argentine Cinema | |
| South of Reno | | Mark Rezyka | T.L. Lankford, Mark Rezyka | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Steel Helmet | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| ' | | Todd Haynes | Todd Haynes, Cynthia Schneider | Rogue's Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Tangos: The Exile of Gardel | Tangos: El Exilio de Gardel | Fernando Solanas | Jacobo Langsner | New Argentine Cinema | |
| Tapeheads | | Bill Fishman | Bill Fishman, Peter McCarthy | Premieres | |
| Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done | | Antony Thomas | | Documentary Competition | |
| Underworld U.S.A. | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Verboten! | | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Walking on Water | | Ramon Menendez | Ramon Menendez, Tom Musca | Dramatic Competition | |
| Where the Heart Roams | | George Paul Csicsery | | Documentary Competition | |
| Whimsy | | Dorna Khazeni | | Rogue's Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| White Dog | | Samuel Fuller | | Tribute to Samuel Fuller | |
| Whitney, John's | | John Whitney | | Shorts | |
| Who Gets to Water the Grass | | Luis Meza | | Rogue's Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 84 Charlie Mopic | | Patrick Sheane Duncan | Patrick Sheane Duncan | Dramatic Competition | |
| Apartment Zero | Conviviendo con la muerte | Martin Donovan | Martin Donovan, David Koepp | Dramatic Competition | |
| Behind the Screen | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| The Big Dis | | Gordon Eriksen, John O'Brien | Gordon Eriksen, John O'Brien | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Big Picture | | Christopher Guest | Michael Varhol, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean | Premieres | |
| A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief | | Jon Reiss | | Shorts | |
| Cheap Shots | | Jerry Stoeffhaas, Jeff Ureles | Jerry Stoeffhaas, Jeff Ureles | Dramatic Competition | |
| Chet's Romance | | Bertrand Fevre | | Shorts | |
| A Child Is Waiting | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Clownhouse | | Victor Salva | Victor Salva | Dramatic Competition | |
| Comic Book Confidential | | Ron Mann | Ron Mann | Documentary Competition | |
| Coming Out | | Ted Reed | | Documentary Competition | |
| Cover Up: Behind the Iran-Contra Affair | | Barbara Trent, David Kasper | Eve Goldberg | Documentary Competition | |
| Crime in the Streets | | Don Siegel | Reginald Rose | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| A Day's Pleasure | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Dead Man Out | | Richard Pearce | Ron Hutchinson | Premieres | |
| Edge of the City | | Martin Ritt | Robert Allan Arthur | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Eyeplay | | Andrew Langton | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon Fancier | Fabula de la Bella Palomera | Ruy Guerra | Ruy Guerra, Gabriel García Márquez | Dangerous Loves | |
| Faces | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Flying Blind | | Vince DiPersio | Vince DiPersio | Special Screenings | |
| For All Mankind | | Al Reinert | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Audience Award: Documentary |
| Funny | | Bran Ferren | | Documentary Competition | |
| Ginger Ale Afternoon | | Rafal Zielinski | Gina Wendkos | Dramatic Competition | |
| Gloria | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| The Haircut | | Tamar Hoffs | Tamar Hoffs | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| A Happy Sunday | Un Domingo Feliz | Olegario Barrera | Eliseo Alberto, Olegario Barrera | Dangerous Loves | |
| Heathers | | Michael Lehmann | Daniel Waters | Dramatic Competition | |
| Heavy Petting | | Obie Benz, Joshua Waletzky | | Documentary Competition | |
| Homesick | | Johanna Demetrakas | Robert Gordon | Discovery Program | |
| How to Kiss | | Bill Plympton | Bill Plympton | Shorts | |
| Husbands | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| I'm the One You're Looking For | Yo Soy El Que Tu Buscas | Jaime Chávarri | Jaime Chávarri, Juan Tébar | Dangerous Loves | |
| Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul | | Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine | | Documentary Competition | |
| John Huston | | Frank Martin | Martin and Charles Beagelman | Documentary Competition | Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary |
| Journey to Spirit Island | | László Pal | László Pal, Crane Webster | Special Screenings | |
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| ' | | Lourdes Portillo, Susanna Munoz | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Laser Man | | Peter Wang | Peter Wang | Dramatic Competition | |
| Let’s Get Lost | | Bruce Weber | | Documentary Competition | |
| Letters from the Park | Cartas del Parque | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Gabriel García Márquez, Eliseo Alberto Diego | Dangerous Loves | |
| | Tony Buba | | Documentary Competition | |
| Limelight | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Lobster Man from Mars | | Stanley Sheff | Stanley Sheff, Bob Greenberg | Dramatic Competition | |
| Lodz Ghetto | | Alan Adelson, Kate Taverna | Alan Adelson | Documentary Competition | |
| Love Streams | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Mikey and Nicky | | Elaine May | Elaine May | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Minnie and Moskowitz | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Miracle in Rome | Milagro en Roma | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Dangerous Loves | |
| Miracle Mile | | Steve De Jarnatt | Steve De Jarnatt | Dramatic Competition | |
| Morgan’s Cake | | Rick Schmidt | Rick Schmidt | Dramatic Competition | |
| Motel | | Christian Blackwood | | Documentary Competition | |
| Mr. Fixit | | Topper Lillien | Topper Lillien | Discovery Program | |
| Muddy Hands | | Evan Dunsky | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| ' | | Brian Gibson | | Premieres | |
| Of Men and Angels | | William Farley | Marjorie Berger, William Farley, Deborah Rogin | Dramatic Competition | |
| One A.M. | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| One Day the Refrigerator Broke | | Eric Mueller | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Open Window | | Rupert Wainwright | Rupert Wainwright | Discovery Program | |
| Opening Night | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| The Pawnshop | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| Peacemaker | | Jonathan Sanger | Jana Sue Memel, Jonathan Sanger, Robert N. Skir | Discovery Program | |
| The Personal Life of Mr. Phelps | | David E. Tolchinsky | David E. Tolchinsky | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Portrait of Imogen | | Meg Partridge | | Shorts | |
| Powwow Highway | | Jonathan Wacks | Janet Heaney, Jean Stawarz | Dramatic Competition | Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic |
| Prisoners of Inertia | | Jeff Scher | Jeff Scher | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Rink | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| The Roommate | | Oley Sassone | David DuBos | Shorts | |
| Saint Catherine’s Wedding Ring | | Debra Kahn, Dave Edelson | | Shorts | |
| sex, lies, and videotape | | Steven Soderbergh | Steven Soderbergh | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Shadows | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Short-Term Bonds | | Michael H. Lengsfield | | Shorts | |
| A Slice of Life | | William Kent | | Shorts | |
| Some Girls | | Michael Hoffman | Rupert Walters | Special Screenings | |
| Soviet Power | | Marina Goldovskaya | | | |
| The Summer of Miss Forbes | El Verano de la Senora Forbes | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Dangerous Loves | |
| Sunnyside | | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration | |
| ' | | F.W. Murnau | Carl Mayer | Retrospective | Opening Night |
| Swimming | | Daniel Algrant | | Shorts | |
| Teach 109 | | Richard Kletter | Richard Kletter | Discovery Program | |
| The Tempest | | Paul Mazursky | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| That's Adequate | | Harry Hurwitz | Harry Hurwitz | Dramatic Competition | |
| ' | | Charlotte Zwerin | | Premieres | |
| They Haven't Seen This... | | Eric Bergren | Eric Bergren | Discovery Program | |
| Those Guys | | Chris Matheson | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| Too Late Blues | | John Cassavetes | | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| Tracks | | Rupert A. Nadeau | Rupert A. Nadeau | Shorts | |
| True Love | | Nancy Savoca | Nancy Savoca, Richard Guay | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Trust Me | | Robert Houston | Robert Houston | Special Screenings | |
| Two-Lane Blacktop | | Monte Hellman | | Special Events | |
| Tzara and Joyce | | Todd O'Connell | | Rogues Gallery: New American Shorts | |
| A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings | Un Senior Muy Viejo con Unas Alas Enormes | Fernando Birri | Fernando Birri | Dangerous Loves | |
| Who Killed Vincent Chin? | | Renee Tajima-Peña, Christine Choy | | Documentary Competition | |
| A Woman Under the Influence | | John Cassavetes | John Cassavetes | Tribute to John Cassavetes | |
| | Jon H. Else | Jon H. Else | Premieres | |
| Zadar! Cow from Hell | | Robert C. Hughes | Ian Shoales | Premieres | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| The Accordionist’s Wedding | La Boda del Accordeonista | Luis Fernando Bottia | Luis Fernando Bottia | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| A Cup of Tea | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Agnes Escapes from the Nursing Home | | Eileen O'Meara | Eileen O'Meara | Shorts | |
| A Hard Day's Night | | Richard Lester | | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| The Ambassador from India | El Embajador de la India | Mario Ribero Ferreira | Mário González | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Arcata Brain Closet | | Steven Vander Meer | Steven Vander Meer | Shorts | |
| At Arm’s Length | | Camilla Calamandrei | | Shorts | |
| Berkeley in the Sixties | | Mark Kitchell | | Documentary Competition | |
| A Bird for All Seasons | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Blind Curve | | Gary Markowitz | | Shorts | |
| Blue Lobster | Langosta Azul | Álvaro Cepeda Samudio | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| The Blue Room | | Cindy Canejo | | Shorts | |
| Blue Steel | | Kathryn Bigelow | Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red | Premieres | |
| Cause and Effect | | John Sanborn, Mary Perillo | | Shorts | |
| Chameleon Street | | Wendell B. Harris Jr. | Wendell B. Harris Jr. | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize |
| Cinema Paradiso | | Giuseppe Tornatore | Giuseppe Tornatore | Special Screenings | |
| Conquering Space | | Mark Stratton | Mark Stratton | The 1989/90 Discovery Program | |
| Current Events | | Ralph Arlyck | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dance of Hope | | Deborah Shaffer | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dancing for Mr. B.: Six Balanchine Ballerinas | | Anne Belle, Deborah Dickson | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Day You Love Me | El Dia Que Me Quieras | Sergio Dow | José Ignacio Cabrujas, Sergio Dow | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Details of a Duel: A Question of Honor | Tecnicas de Duelo | Sergio Cabrera | Humberto Dorado | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Dog of Paris | | Chris Hume | | Shorts | |
| The Dogs | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Duck, You Sucker | | Sergio Leone | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| First Love | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Four from the New Yorker | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| Funky Beat | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| H-2 Worker | | Stephanie Black | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Hairway to the Stars | | | | Shorts | |
| He Was Once | | Mary Hestand | Mary Hestand | Rogues Gallery | |
| Hollywood Mavericks | | Florence Dauman, Dale Ann Stieber | | Special Screenings | |
| Home | | Sandy Perlbinder | | Shorts | |
| The Horseplayer | | Kurt Voss | David Birke, Larry Rattner | Dramatic Competition | |
| House Party | | Reginald Hudlin | Reginald Hudlin | Dramatic Competition | |
| How I Won the War | | Richard Lester | | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| How to Be Louise | | Anne Flournoy | Anne Flournoy | Dramatic Competition | |
| I.F. Stone's Weekly | | Jerry Bruck | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| Identity Crisis | | Melvin Van Peebles | Mario Van Peebles | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| In the Blood | | George Butler | | Documentary Competition | |
| Interview with Anne Frank | | Donnell Corelle | | Shorts | |
| Iron and Silk | | Shirley Sun | Mark Salzman | Dramatic Competition | |
| ' | | Karen Thorsen | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Kill Off | | Maggie Greenwald | Maggie Greenwald | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Killer | Dip huet seung hung | John Woo | John Woo | Special Screenings | |
| The Knack... and How to Get It | | Richard Lester | | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| Last Images of the Shipwreck | | Eliseo Subiela | Eliseo Subiela | Special Screenings | |
| The Last Smoker | Der letzte Raucher | Jürgen Podzkiewitz | | Special Screenings | |
| The Last Stop | | Serik Aprimov | Serik Aprimov | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| The Lathe of Heaven | | David Loxton, Fred Barzyk | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| Law of the Jungle | La Ley del Monte | Alberto Mariscal | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Little Feet | | Connie Grappo | | The 1989/90 Discovery Program | |
| Little Fish in Love | | Abai Karpykov | Abai Karpykov | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| The Long Way Home | | Michael Apted | | Special Screenings | |
| Longtime Companion | | Norman René | Craig Lucas | Dramatic Competition | |
| Denial | | Erin Dignam | Erin Dignam | Dramatic Competition | |
| Love at Large | | Alan Rudolph | Alan Rudolph | Premieres | |
| Love, Women and Flowers | Amor, Mujeres y Flores | Marta Rodríguez, Jorge Silva | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| A Man of Principle | Condores No Entierran Todos Los Dias | Francisco Norden | Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Manchild | | Gordon Eriksen, David Chan | | Shorts | |
| Manic Denial | | Hal Rucker | | Shorts | |
| A Matter of Degrees | | W.T. Morgan | W.T. Morgan | Dramatic Competition | |
| Metamorphosis: Man into Woman | | Lisa Leeman | | Documentary Competition | |
| Metropolitan | | Whit Stillman | Whit Stillman | Dramatic Competition | |
| Mortal Passions | | Andrew Lane | Alan Moskowitz | Dramatic Competition | |
| Mr. Hoover and I | | Emile de Antonio | | Documentary Competition | |
| My Degeneration | | Jon Moritsugu | Daryl Chin, Jon Moritsugu | Rogues Gallery | |
| Myriam's Look | La Mirada de Myriam | Clara Riascos | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| The Natural History of Parking Lots | | Everett Lewis | Everett Lewis | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Needle | | Rashid Nugmanov | Alexander Baranov, Bakhyt Kilibaev | Premieres | |
| Never Leave Nevada | | Steve Swartz | Steve Swartz | Dramatic Competition | |
| No More Disguises | | Tom Sigel, Boryana Varbanov | | Shorts | |
| No Pain, No Gain | | Tom Brozovich | | Shorts | |
| Nuestra Maquina | | Karen Kennedy | | Shorts | |
| On Ice | | Andrew Takeuchi, Grover Babcock | | Shorts | |
| The Other Side of the Moon | | Mickey Lemle | | Documentary Competition | |
| Painting the Town | | Andrew Behar | | Documentary Competition | |
| Petulia | | Richard Lester | | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| The Plot Against Harry | | Michael Roemer | Michael Roemer | Dramatic Competition | |
| Preston Sturges | | Kenneth Bowser | | Documentary Competition | |
| Reborn | Nacer de Nuevo | Marta Rodriguez | Marta Rodriguez | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Robin and Marian | | Richard Lester | James Goldman | Happy Birthday, Richard Lester! | |
| Rock | | Alexei Uchitel | Yuri Filinov | Special Screenings | |
| Rodrigo D: | Rodrigo D. | Víctor Gaviria | Víctor Gaviria | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Roger and Me | | Michael Moore | | Premieres | |
| ' | | Ellen Bruno | | Documentary Competition | |
| Sapphire Man | | Craig Bolotin | Craig Bolotin | The 1989/90 Discovery Program | |
| Seasick on Dry Land | | Ilana Shulman | | Shorts | |
| Secret Wedding | | Alejandro Agresti | Alejandro Agresti | Special Screenings | |
| Shut-In | Trancado | Arthur Fontes | | Country Focus | |
| Son of Jonah | | Sam Dunn | | Shorts | |
| Sophisticated Gents | | Harry Falk | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Soulmate | | Lincoln Hiatt | | Shorts | |
| The Spider Game | Pisigana | Leopoldo Pinzon | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| Stanley and Iris | | Martin Ritt | | Premieres | Opening Night |
| The Story of a Three-Day Pass | La permission | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Suelto | | Chris Emmanouilides, Tim Sexton | | Shorts | |
| The Summer Heat | | Derezhan Omirbaev | Derezhan Omirbaev, Leila Akhinzhanova | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| Sunlight | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Sweetie | | Jane Campion | Gerard Lee, Jane Campion | Special Screenings | |
| Teatro! | | Ruth Shapiro, Edward Burke, Pamela Yates | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Ten-Year Lunch: Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table | | Aviva Slesin | | Aviva Slesin: The Long and Short of It | |
| That Grip | | Greg Grieg | | Shorts | |
| Three Pickup Men for Herrick | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| The Three | Fofan | Alexander Baranov, Bakhyt Kilibaev | Alexander Baranov, Bakhyt Kilibaev | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| A Time to Die | Tiempo de Morir | Jorge Ali Triana | | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| To Protect Mother Earth | | Joel L. Freedman | | Documentary Competition | |
| To the Moon, Alice | | Jessie Nelson | Jessie Nelson | The 1989/90 Discovery Program | |
| Toro | | Talgat Temenov | Nadezhda Kozhushannaya, Talgat Temenov | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| The Unbelievable Truth | | Hal Hartley | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Vienna Is Different | | Susan Korda, David W. Leitner | | Documentary Competition | |
| Visa U.S.A. | | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Colombian Cinema: From Magic to Realism | |
| | Eugene Corr | Eugene Corr, Michael Chandler | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| Water and Power | | Pat O'Neill | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Watermelon Man | | Melvin Van Peebles | | Celebrating Melvin Van Peebles | |
| The Way of the Wicked | | Christine Vachon | Christine Vachon | Rogues Gallery | |
| Winterwheat | | Mark Street | | Shorts | |
| Wonderland, U.S.A. | | Zoe Beloff | | Shorts | |
| Ya-Ha | | Rashid Nugmanov | Rashid Nugmanov | Kazakhstan New Wave | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 100 N.Y., N.Y. | | Kyle Kibbe | | Shorts | |
| 122 Webster | | Pat Baum, Daniel Robin | | Shorts | |
| 12:01 PM | | Jonathan Heap | Stephen Tolkin, Jonathan Heap | The 1991 Discovery Program | |
| A Brief History of Time | | Erroll Morris | | Documentary Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Absolutely Positive | | Peter Adair | | Documentary Competition | |
| After the Storm | Despues de la Tormenta | Tristan Bauer | | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Afternoon Breezes | | Hitoshi Yazaki | Hitoshi Yazaki | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| All the Vermeers in New York | | Jon Jost | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Alaska | | Mike Van Diem | Mike Van Diem, Paul Ruven | New! Shorts | |
| ' | | Monti Aguirre, Glenn Switkes | Monti Aguirre, Glenn Switkes, Michael Rudnick | Documentary Competition | |
| American Dream | | Barbara Kopple | | Documentary Competition | |
| Archangel | | Guy Maddin | Guy Maddin, George Toles | Park City at Midnight | |
| Barbosa | | Jorge Furtado, Ana Luiza Azevedo | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema | |
| Belle de Jour | | Luis Buñuel | Luis Buñuel | Special Screenings | |
| Bicycle Sighs | | Sion Sono | Sion Sono, Saito Hitashi | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Blood in the Face | | Anne Bohlen, Kevin Rafferty, James Ridgeway | | Documentary Competition | |
| Broken Angel | | Margot Niederland | | Shorts | |
| Broken Meat | | Pola Rapaport | | Documentary Competition | |
| Cadence | | Martin Sheen | Dennis Shryack | Special Screenings | |
| Christo in Paris | | Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, David Maysles | | Documentary Competition | |
| City of Hope | | John Sayles | John Sayles | Premieres | |
| Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| Coney Island | | Ric Burns | Richard Snow | Documentary Competition | |
| Cool Water | | Kahane Corn | | Shorts | |
| Daughters of the Dust | | Julie Dash | Julie Dash | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Day Dorival Faced the Guard | | Jorge Furtado, José Pedro Goulart | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema | |
| Dimwit's Day | | Luke Jaeger | Luke Jaeger | Shorts | |
| Dr. Petiot | Docteur Petiot | Christian de Chalonge | | Premieres | |
| The Enchantment | | Nagasaki Shunichi | | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| End of the Night | | Keith McNally | Keith McNally | Dramatic Competition | |
| Enid Is Sleeping | | Maurice Phillips | A.J. Tipping, James Whaley, and Maurice Phillips | Premieres | |
| Fallen from Heaven | Caidos del Cielo | Francisco José Lombardi | Augusto Cabada, Giovanna Pollarolo | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| The Flat | | Jan Svankmajer | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Glycerine Tears | | Michael Miner | | New! Shorts | |
| The Golden Boat | | Raúl Ruiz | Raúl Ruiz | Park City at Midnight | |
| Gone to Earth | | Powell and Pressburger | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| The Grifters | | Stephen Frears | | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Hangin' with the Homeboys | | Joseph Vásquez | Joseph Vásquez | Dramatic Competition | |
| Heart of the Deal | | Yuri Neyman, Marina Levikova | Gregg Bryan Goldman | The 1991 Discovery Program | |
| Hello Mary | | Cort Tramontin | | New! Shorts | |
| House without a Home | | Chris Hume | | Shorts | |
| In the Shadow of the Stars: The Lives of Singers | | Allie Light, Irving Saraf | | Documentary Competition | |
| Intimacy | Intimidad | Dana Rotberg | Leonardo García Tsao | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Iron Maze | | Hiroaki Yoshida | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Island of Flowers | | Jorge Furtado | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema | |
| J.S. Bach Fantasy in C Minor | | Jan Svankmajer | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Jaguar | | Calton Chase | | Shorts | |
| The Juniper Tree | | Nietzchka Keene | Nietzchka Keene | Dramatic Competition | |
| Kitchen Sink | | Alison Maclean | Alison Maclean | Short | |
| Lava, Jr. | | Randy Bauer | Randy Bauer | Animated short | |
| Legends | | Ilana Bar-Din | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | | Powell and Pressburger | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| Little Feet | | Connie Grappo | Connie Grappo | The 1991 Discovery Program | |
| Little Noises | | Jane Spencer | Jane Spencer | Dramatic Competition | |
| A Little Stiff | | Caveh Zahedi, Greg Watkins, Gregory H. Watkins | Caveh Zahedi, Greg Watkins, Gregory H. Watkins | Dramatic Competition | |
| Lola | | María Novaro | Beatriz Novaro, María Novaro | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Margarit and Margarita | | Nikolai Volev | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Maria's Story | | Pamela Cohen, Monona Wali | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Mass | | Dusan Hanak | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| A Matter of Life and Death | | Michael Powell | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| McCabe and Mrs. Miller | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| Memory | | Roberto Henkin | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema | |
| Mindwalk | | Bernt Capra | Floyd Byars | Premieres | |
| Missing Parents | | Martin Nicholson | Nevin Schreiner | The 1991 Discovery Program | |
| The Most Important Thing in Life | | | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema | |
| Naked Tango | | Leonard Schrader | Leonard Schrader | Premieres | |
| Nashville | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| The New Morning of Billy the Kid | | Naoto Yamakawa | Naoto Yamakawa, Genichiro Takahashi | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Nowon | | Peter Judson | Peter Judson | Shorts | |
| Nut Feed | | Verna Huiskamp | | Shorts | |
| Obscenities | | Roberto Henkin | | Rogues of Latin America: Casa de Cinema | |
| Old Shatterhand Has Come to See Us | | Dusan Hanak | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Once Around | | Lasse Hallström | | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Once in a Blue Moon | | Charley Lang | Nadine Van der Velde | The 1991 Discovery Program | |
| One Cup of Coffee | | Robin Armstrong | David Eyre Jr. | Dramatic Competition | |
| Over the Threshold | | Christine Lloyd-Fitt, Yoshi Tezuka | | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Paradise View | Paradaisu byû | Go Takamine | Go Takamine | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Paris Is Burning | | Jennie Livingston | | Documentary Competition | |
| Partita | | Francesca Talenti | | Shorts | |
| The Passion of Martin | | Alexander Payne | Alexander Payne | New! Shorts | |
| Peering from the Moon | | Henry Chow | Henry Chow, Joslyn Grieve | New! Shorts | |
| Pictures of the Old World | | Dusan Hanak | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Poison | | Todd Haynes | Todd Haynes | Dramatic Competition | |
| Pool of Thanatos | | Peter McCandless | | New! Shorts | |
| Popeye | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| Post No Bills | | Clay Walker, Marianne Desard | | Shorts | |
| ' | | Donna Deitch, Penelope Spheeris, Joan Micklin Silver | Martin Jones, Marlane Meyer, Jule Selbo, Dick Beebe | Special Screenings | |
| Privilege | | Yvonne Rainer | Yvonne Rainer | Dramatic Competition | |
| Prophets and Loss | | Gabrielle Kelly, Nick Hart-Williams | | | |
| Providence | | David Mackay | David Mackay, Bruce Miller | New! Shorts | |
| Queen of Diamonds | | Nina Menkes | Nina Menkes | Dramatic Competition | |
| Raspad | | Mikhail Belikov | | Banned Films: Czech Verite | |
| Red Dawn | Rojo Amanecer | Jorge Fons | Xavier Robles, Guadalupe Ortega Vargas | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Requiem for Dominic | | Robert Dornhelm | Michael Kohlmeier, Felix Mitterer | Special Screenings | |
| ' | | Hava Kohav Beller | Hava Kohav Beller | Shorts | |
Sea of Oil | | M.R. Katzke | M.R. Katzke | Shorts | |
| Secondary Roles | Papeles Secundarios | Orlando Rojas | Oswaldo Delgado Sánchez | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Short of Breath | | Jay Rosenblatt | Jay Rosenblatt | Shorts | |
| Slacker | | Richard Linklater | Richard Linklater | Dramatic Competition | |
| Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions | | Henry Selick | | Shorts | |
| Step Off a Ten-Foot Platform with Your Clothes On | | Scott Miller | | Shorts | |
| Straight Out of Brooklyn | | Matty Rich | Matty Rich | Dramatic Competition | |
| Sure Fire | | Jon Jost | | Dramatic Competition | |
| ' | | Yuri IIyenko | Sergei Paradjanov, Yuri Illyenko | Park City at Midnight | |
| Takeover | | Pamela Yates | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Tales of Hoffman | | Powell and Pressburger | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| The Talking Rain | | Sam Wells | | Shorts | |
| Tanner '88 | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| | Shinya Tsukamoto | Shinya Tsukamoto | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Thank You and Good Night | | Jan Oxenberg | | Documentary Competition | |
| That Burning Question | | Alan Taylor | Alan Taylor | New! Shorts | |
| The Thief of Baghdad | | Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan | | Gone But Not Forgotten | |
| Three Women | | Robert Altman | Robert Altman | A Salute to Robert Altman | |
| To Sleep, So As to Dream | | Kaizo Hayashi | | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Transparent Woman | Mujer Transparente | Orlando Rojas, Mario Crespo, Ana Rodríguez, Mayra Segura, Mayra Valasi, Héctor Veitia | | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Trouble Behind | | Robby Henson | | Documentary Competition | |
| Truly, Madly, Deeply | | Anthony Minghella | Anthony Minghella | | |
| Trust | | Hal Hartley | Hal Hartley | Dramatic Competition | |
| Twenty-One | | Don Boyd | Don Boyd, Zoë Heller | Dramatic Competition | |
| Uminchu: The Old Man and the East China Sea | | John Junkerman | | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Untama Giru | | Go Takamine | Go Takamine | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| All the Vermeer in New York | | Jon Jost | | | |
| Vincent and Theo | | Robert Altman | Julian Mitchell | Premieres | |
| Visions of Marie | | James Whitney | | Shorts | |
| Walls in the Woods | | Sal Giammona | | Shorts | |
| Waltz in Old Havana | | Luis Felipe Bernaza | | | |
| White Lies | Mentiras Piadosas | Arturo Ripstein | Paz Alicia Garciadiego | Images of Mexico and Latin America | |
| Whore | | Ken Russell | Ken Russell, Deborah Dalton | Premieres | |
| Winged Headhunter | | Péter Reich | | New! Shorts | |
| Zazie | | Riju Go | Riju Go | A New Generation of Japanese Cinema | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| ' | | Stanley Kubrick | | Retrospective | |
| 901, After Forty-Five Years of Working | | Eames Demetrios | | Documentary short | |
| Adorable Lies | Adorables Metiras | Gerardo Chijona | Gerardo Chijona, Senel Paz | | |
| The Air Globes | Cartas al Niño Dios | Patricia Cardoso | Patricia Cardoso | Short | |
| Air Time | | Gary Fleder | | | |
| Angry | | Nicole Holofcener | | Short | |
| Anima Mundi | | Godfrey Reggio | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Asylum | | Joan Churchill | | Documentary Competition | |
| Backyard Movie | | Bruce Weber | | | |
| Birch Street Gym | | Stephen Kessler | | Short | |
| Black and White | | | | Dramatic Competition | |
| A Blink of Paradise | | Karen Young | | | |
| A Brief History of Time | | Errol Morris | | Documentary Competition | |
| Brother's Keeper | | Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez | | Peter Sellars | Peter Sellars, Joan Cusack | Premieres | |
| Caravaggio | | Derek Jarman | | | |
| Carne | | Gaspar Noé | Gaspar Noé | Midnight | |
| Clearcut | | Ryszard Bugajski | M. T. Kelly, Robert Forsyth | | |
| A Clockwork Orange | | Stanley Kubrick | | Retrospective | |
| ' | | Marlon Riggs | | Documentary Competition | |
| Complaints | | David Weissman | | Short | |
| Confession to Laura | Confesion a Laura | Jaime Osorio Gómez | Alexandra Cardona Restrepo | | |
| Contact | | Jonathan Darby | Jonathan Darby | Animated | |
| Daily Rains | | Cauleen Smith | Cauleen Smith | Documentary Shorts | |
| Danzon | | María Novaro | Beatriz Novaro, María Novaro | Premieres | |
| Death by Unnatural Causes | | Karen Bellone, Lisa Rinzler | | Documentary Shorts | |
| ' | | Robert Mugge | Robert Palmer | Documentary Competition | |
| Delicatessen | | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro | | Midnight | |
| Desperate | | Rico Martinez | Rico Martinez | Dramatic Competition | |
| Distant Voices, Still Lives | | Terence Davies | Terence Davies | | |
| Distant Water | | Carlos Avila | Carlos Avila | Documentary Shorts | |
| Edward II | | Derek Jarman | Derek Jarman | Premieres | |
| Empire of the Moon | | Kristine Samuelson, John Haptas | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Fathers and Sons | | Paul Mones | Paul Mones | | |
| Fifteenth Phase of the Moon | | Mark Amos Nealey | | Short | |
| Finding Christa | | Camille Billops, James Hatch | | Documentary Competition | |
| Flames of Passion | | Richard Kwietniowski | | | |
| Fool's Fire | | Julie Taymor | Julie Taymor | Premieres | |
| Gas Food Lodging | | Allison Anders | Allison Anders | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Godson | | William Szarka | | | |
| Hallelujah Anyhow | | Matthew Jacobs | | Short | |
| Hard Core Home Movie | | Greta Snider | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Hear My Song | | Peter Chelsom | Peter Chelsom | Premieres | |
| Highway 61 | | Bruce McDonald | | Midnight | |
| Homo Videocus | | Hyuk Byun, Je-yong Lee | Hyuk Byun, Je-yong Lee | Short | |
| The Hours and Times | | Christopher Münch | Christopher Münch | | |
| I'm British But… | | Gurinder Chadha | | Documentary Shorts | |
| In and Out of Time | | Elizabeth Finlayson | Elizabeth Finlayson | Documentary Shorts | |
| In Search of Our Fathers | | Marco Williams | | Documentary Competition | |
| In the Soup | | Alexandre Rockwell | | | Grand Jury Prize |
| Incident at Oglala | | Michael Apted | | | |
| The Inland Sea | | Lucille Carra | Donald Ritchie | Documentary Competition | |
| Innocents Abroad | | Les Blank, Miel Van Hoogenbemt | | Documentary Competition | |
| Intimate Stranger | | Alan Berliner | | Documentary Competition | |
| Into Your Guts | | Chaim Bianco | | Animated short | |
| Island Memory | | Byron Spicer | | Documentary Shorts | |
| It’s Like Lies... | | Greg Cummins, Shawn McConneloug | | Short | |
| Jo-Jo at the Gate of Lions | | Britta Sjogren | Britta Sjogren | | |
| Johnny Suede | | Tom DiCillo | Tom DiCillo | | |
| Ju Dou | | Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang | Liu Heng | | |
| Jumpin' at the Boneyard | | Jeff Stanzler | Jeff Stanzler | | |
| Kafka | | Steven Soderbergh | Lem Dobbs | Premieres | |
| The Killing | | Stanley Kubrick | | Retrospective | |
| The Kiss | | Pascale Ferran | | Shorts | |
| The Last Harvest | La Ultima Siembra | Miguel Pereira | | | |
| Last Images of War | | Stephen Olsson, Scott Andrews | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Last Roundup | | Paul Fox | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Latino Bar | | Paul Leduc | | | |
| The Letters from Moab | | Mark Krenzien | | | |
| Light Sleeper | | Paul Schrader | Paul Schrader | Premieres | |
| Listen Carefully | | Robert Manganelli | | | |
| The Living End | | Gregg Araki | Gregg Araki | | |
| Lolita | | Stanley Kubrick | | Retrospective | |
| London Kills Me | | Hanif Kureishi | | Premieres | |
| Low | | James Herbert | | Short | |
| Media Darling | | Thad Povey | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Memory Circus | | Mary Kuryla | | Short | |
| Mississippi Masala | | Mira Nair | Sooni Taraporevala | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Monster in a Box | | Nick Broomfield | Spalding Grey | Premieres | |
| The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World | | Rainer Kaufmann | | Short | |
| My Crasy Life | | Jean-Pierre Gorin | | Documentary | |
| Night on Earth | | Jim Jarmusch | Jim Jarmusch | Premieres | |
| Old Well | | Wu Tianming | | | |
| One & Eight | | Zhang Junzhao | | | |
| Paths of Glory | | Stanley Kubrick | | Retrospective | |
| Play Is the Work of Children | | John Axelrad, Stephen B. Lewis | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Poison Ivy | | Katt Shea | Katt Shea, Andy Ruben | | |
| The Potato Hunter | | Timothy Lee Little | | Short | |
| Proof | | Jocelyn Moorhouse | | | |
| Raise the Red Lantern | | Xhang Yimou | | Premieres | |
| Recovering Silver | | Karen Kennedy | | Short | |
| Red Sorghum | | Xhang Yimou | | | |
| Relax | | Christopher Newby | | Short | |
| Reservoir Dogs | | Quentin Tarantino | Quentin Tarantino | | |
| Resonance | | Stephen Cummins | | Short | |
| Revenge of the Occupant | | Howard March | | Short | |
| Revestriction | | Barthelemy Bompard | | Midnight | |
| Rock Soup | | Lech Kowalski | | Documentary Competition | |
| Rodney & Juliet | | Fane Flaws | | Short | |
| The Room | | Jeff Balsmeyer | | Short | |
| R.S.V.P. | | Laurie Lynd | | Short | |
| Salvation Guaranteed | | Karen Ingham | | Short | |
| Session Man | | Seth Winston | | Short | |
| Shoot for the Contents | | Trinh T. Minh-ha | | Documentary Competition | |
| Six Point Nine | | Dan Bootzin | | Short | |
| Some Divine Wind | | Roddy Bogawa | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Star Time | | Alexander Cassini | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Stealing Altitude | | Roger Teich, John Starr | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Storyville | | Mark Frost | Mark Frost | Premieres | |
| Surfacing | | Eric Martin | | Documentary Shorts | |
| Swoon | | Tom Kalin | Tom Kalin | Dramatic Competition | |
| Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One | | William Greaves | | Special Screenings | |
| Tater Tomater | | Phil Morrison | | Short | |
| Techqua Ikachi: Land—My Life | | James Danaqyumtewa, Agnes Barmettler, Anka Schmid | | Documentary Competition | |
| Thanksgiving Prayer | | Gus Van Sant | | Short | |
| That Sinking Feeling | | Cindy Canejo | | Short | |
| There’s No Place Like Homegirl | | Michael Costanza | | Short | |
| This Is My Life | | Nora Ephron | | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Through an Open Window | | Eric Mendelsohn | | Short | |
| The Tune | | Bill Plympton | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Two Lies | | Pamela Tom | | Short | |
| Vegas in Space | | Phillip R. Ford | Phillip R. Ford | Midnight | |
| Venus Peter | | Ian Seller | | Country Focus | |
| Washing Machine Guy | | Dean Pitchford | | Short | |
| The Waterdance | | Neal Jimenez | | Dramatic Competition | |
| ' | | Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein | | Documentary Competition | |
| Without a Pass | | Marco Williams | | Short | |
| The Wounding | | Susan Emerling | | Short | |
| Yellow Earth | | Chen Kaige/Xhang Yimou | | Retrospective | |
| Young Soul Rebels | | Isaac Julien | | Country Focus | |
| Zebrahead | | Anthony Drazan | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 301 302 | | Chul-Soo Park | | World Cinema | |
| A Leap of Faith | | Jenifer McShane and Tricia Regan | | Documentary Competition | |
| American Job | | Doug Ruschaupt | Doug Ruschaupt | American Spectrum | |
| A Midwinter's Tale | | Kenneth Branagh | Kenneth Branagh | Premieres | Opening Night |
| Angel Baby | | | | World Cinema | |
| Angels and Insects | | Philip Haas | Belinda Haas and Philip Haas | Premieres | |
| Arresting Gena | | Hannah Weyer | | | |
| A Star Is Born | | William A. Wellman | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Bandwagon | | John Schultz | | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Battle Over Citizen Kane | | Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon | Richard Ben Kramer and Thomas Lennon | Documentary Competition | |
| Believe Me | | Angela Pope | | World Cinema | |
| Belly Talkers | | Sandra Luckow | | Documentary Competition | |
| Big Night | | Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott | Stanley Tucci, Joseph Trocciano | Dramatic Competition | |
| Blixa Bargeld Stole My Cowboy Shoes | | Leslie MacCleave | | Shorts | |
| The Bloody Child | | Nina Menkes | | Frontier | |
| Bound | | The Wachowskis | The Wachowskis | Premieres | |
| Breathing Lessons | | | | Shorts | |
| Brooms | | Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas | | Shorts | |
| ' | | Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon | | Documentary Competition | |
| Carried Away | | Bruno Barreto | | Premieres | |
| Caught | | Robert M. Young | Edward Pomerantz | Premieres | |
| Celestial Clockwork | Mecaniques Celestes | Fina Torres | | World Cinema | |
| The Celluloid Closet | | Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman | Sharon Woo, Armistad Maupin, Rob Epstein, and Jeffrey Friedman | Documentary Competition | Freedom of Expression Award |
| Cold Fever | | | | Premieres | |
| Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day | | Christopher Münch | Christopher Münch | Dramatic Competition | |
| Cutting Loose | | Susan Todd and Andrew Young | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dadetown | | | | American Spectrum | |
| The Darien Gap | | Brad Anderson | Brad Anderson | Dramatic Competition | |
| Depth Solitude | | | | Shorts | |
| Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going | No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas | Eliseo Subiela | Eliseo Subiela | | |
| The Dresden | | Sherri Breyer | | Shorts | |
| Drunks | | | | American Spectrum | |
| Eden | | Howard Goldberg | Howard Goldberg | Dramatic Competition | |
| Ed's Next Move | | John C. Walsh | John C. Walsh | American Spectrum | |
| Egg Salad | | Billy Kent | | Shorts | |
| Everything Relative | | Sharon Pollock | Sharon Pollock | American Spectrum | |
| Female Perversions | | Susan Streitfeld | Susan Streitfeld, Julie Hebert | Dramatic Competition | |
| Fire on the Mountain | | Beth Gage and George Gage | Beth Gage | Documentary Competition | |
| Flirt | | Hal Hartley | Hal Hartley | | Opening Night |
| Follow Me Home | | Peter Bratt | Peter Bratt | Dramatic Competition | |
| Foreign Land | | Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas | | World Cinema | |
| Franchesca Page | | Kelley Sane | | | |
| Freeway | | Matthew Bright | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Frisk | | | | American Spectrum | |
| Girls Town | | Jim McKay | | Dramatic Competition | |
| God's Lonely Man | | | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Grandfather and Other Stories | | Juan Carlos Rulfo | | Shorts | |
| The Grave | | Jonas Pate | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Guantanamera | | | | Premieres | |
| Halving the Bones | | Ruth Ozeki | | Documentary Competition | |
| Hard Eight | | Paul Thomas Anderson | | | |
| The High and the Mighty | | | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| House | | Laurie Lynd | | World Cinema | |
| Hustler White | | Bruce LaBruce | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Hype! | | Doug | | Documentary Competition | |
| If Lucy Fell | | Eric Schaeffer | Eric Schaeffer | Premieres | |
| I Shot Andy Warhol | | Mary Harron | | Dramatic Competition | |
| It's My Party | | Randal Kleiser | Randal Kleiser | Premieres | |
| Jane: An Abortion Service | | Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy | | Documentary Competition | |
| Jenipapo | | Monique Gardenberg | | | |
| Joe & Joe | | David Wall | David Wall | American Spectrum | |
| Johns | | Scott Silver | | American Spectrum | |
| The Keeper | | Joe Brewster | Joe Brewster | Dramatic Competition | |
| The Last Supper | | Stacy Title | Dan Rosen | American Spectrum | Grand Jury Prize |
| Late Bloomers | | Julia Dyer and Gretchen Dyer | Gretchen Dyer | Dramatic Competition | |
| Loaded | | Anna Campion | | World Cinema | |
| Looking for Richard | | Al Pacino | | Premieres | |
| Losing Chase | | Kevin Bacon | Anne Meredith | Premieres | |
| Lost Highway | | David Lynch | | | |
| Love Serenade | | Shirley Barrett | | Premieres | |
| Madagascar | | | | | |
| Manny & Lo | | Lisa Krueger | | American Spectrum | |
| Meet Ruth Stoops | | Alexander Payne | Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor | Dramatic Competition | |
| Miguel | | Walter Kehr | | Shorts | |
| My Father's Garden | | Miranda Smith | | American Spectrum | |
| My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports | | Melissa Hacker | | Documentary Competition | |
| Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | | Agustín Díaz Yanes | | | |
| Normal Life | | John McNaughton | Bob Schneider, Peg Haller | Premieres | |
| Notes from the Underground | | Gary Walkow | Gary Walkow | Premieres | |
| Nothing Sacred | | | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Nothing to Lose | | Eric Bross | | American Spectrum | |
| One of Those Days | | Mark Decena | | Shorts | |
| The Ox-Bow Incident | | | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Palookaville | | Alan Taylor | David Epstein | Premieres | |
| ' | | Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | | Documentary | |
| Personal Belongings | | Steven Bognar | | American Spectrum | |
| Pie in the Sky | | Bryan Gordon | | American Spectrum | |
| Pig! | | | | Shorts | |
| Rave On | | Steven Dupler | | Shorts | |
| Rumble in the Bronx | | Stanley Tong | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life | | Mary Engel | | Shorts | |
| Scorpion Spring | | Brian Cox | | American Spectrum | |
| Shine | | Scott Hicks | Jane Sardi | Premieres | |
| The Slap | | Tamara Hernandez | | Shorts | |
| The Spartans | | David Portlock | | Shorts | |
| The Spitfire Grill | | Lee David Zlotoff | Lee David Zlotoff | Dramatic Competition | Opening Night |
| Staccato Purr of the Exhaust | | L.M. Meza | L.M. Meza | American Spectrum | |
| Strays | | Vin Diesel | | | |
| Struggles in Steel | | | | American Spectrum | |
| SubUrbia | | Richard Linklater | | | |
| Surprise! | | Viet Helmer | | Shorts | |
| Swinger | | Gregor Jordan | | Shorts | |
| Synthetic Pleasures | | Iara Lee | | Documentary Competition | |
| Ten Benny | | Eric Bross | | | |
| Tender Fictions | | Barbara | | Documentary Competition | |
| Their Own Vietnam | | Nancy D. Kates | | Shorts | |
| Timeless | | Chris Hart | Chris Hart | American Spectrum | |
| Tokyo Fist | | Shinya Tsukamoto | | Park City at Midnight | |
| Trailer Camp | | Jenni Olsen | | Park City at Midnight | |
| | Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher | | Documentary Competition | |
| Undertaker | | Rachel Libert and Barbara Parker | | Shorts | |
| Walking and Talking | | Nicole Holofcener | Nicole Holofcener | Dramatic Competition | |
| War Stories | | Gaylene Preston | | | |
| Watching Her Sleep | | Barbara Rose Michaels | | Shorts | |
| Welcome to the Dollhouse | | Todd Solondz | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Westward the Women | | | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| When We Were Kings | | Leon Gast | | Documentary Competition | |
| White Autumn Crysanthemum | | Patrick Ruane | | Shorts | |
| The Whole Wide World | | Dan Ireland | Michael Scott Myers | Dramatic Competition | |
| Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | | Todd Robinson | Todd Robinson | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Wild Boys of the Road | | William A. Wellman | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Wild Horses | | | | | |
| Wings | | William A. Wellman | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Without Air | | Neil Abramson | | American Spectrum | |
| The Word | | Mark Pellington | | Shorts | |
| Yellow Sky | | William A. Wellman | | William Wellman: American Storyteller | |
| Your Name in Cellulite | | Gail Noonan | | Shorts | |
| Zimbabwe Wheel | | Samuel Ball | | Shorts | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards and Notes |
| 35 Miles from Normal | | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | American Spectrum | |
| 100 Proof | | Jeremy Horton | Jeremy Horton | American Spectrum | |
| A Healthy Baby Girl | | Judith Helfand | | Documentary Competition | |
| All of Them Witches | Sobrenatural | Daniel Gruener | | World Cinema | |
| All Over Me | | Alex Sichel | | Dramatic Competition | |
| An Act of Conscience | | Robbie Leppzer | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Apartment | L'Appartement | Gilles Mimouni | | Premieres | |
| Aristotle's Plot | | | | World Cinema | |
| Arresting Gena | | Hannah Weyer | | Dramatic Competition | |
| A True Story | | Abolfazl Jalili | | World Cinema | |
| Black & White & Red All Over | | DeMane Davis, Harry McCoy, Khari Streeter | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Black Circle Boys | | Matthew Carnahan | Matthew Carnahan | American Spectrum | |
| Blackrock | | Steven Vidler | | Premieres | |
| Blacks and Jews | | Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman | | American Spectrum | |
| Box of Moonlight | | Tom DiCillo | | Premieres | |
| Bremen Freedom | Bremen Freiheit | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | | Retrospective | |
| Buddha Bless America | | | | World Cinema | |
| Chasing Amy | | Kevin Smith | | Premieres | |
| Children of the Revolution | | Peter Duncan | | World Cinema | |
| Chronicle of a Disappearance | | Elia Suleiman | | Frontier | |
| Clockwatchers | | Jill Sprecher | Jill Sprecher, Karen Sprecher | Dramatic Competition | |
| Colin Fitz | | Robert Bella | Tom Morrissey | Dramatic Competition | |
| Deep Crimson | | Arturo Ripstein | | Premieres | |
| The Delta | | Ira Sachs | Ira Sachs | Dramatic Competition | |
| Divinity Gratis | | | | Frontier | |
| Dream with the Fishes | | Finn Taylor | | American Spectrum | |
| East Side Story | | Dana Ranga | | World Cinema | |
| Eye of God | | Tim Blake Nelson | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Family Name | | Macky Alston | | Documentary Competition | |
| Farewell My Darling | | Park Chul-soo | | World Cinema | |
| Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control | | Erroll Morris | | Premieres | |
| Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary | | Laura Angelica Simon | | Documentary Competition | |
| Finished | | | | Frontier | |
| Fistful of Flies | | Monica Pellizzari | | World Cinema | |
| Focus | | Isaka Satoshi | | World Cinema | |
| Franchesca Page | | Kelley Sane | | Park City @ Midnight | |
| The Full Monty | | | | World Cinema | |
| Gallivant | | | | Frontier | |
| George B. | | Eric Lea | Eric Lea | Dramatic Competition | |
| Girls Like Us | | Jane Wagner, Tina DiFeliciantonio | | Documentary Competition | |
| Going All the Way | | Mark Pellington | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Green Chimneys | | Constance Marks | | American Spectrum | |
| Gridlock'd | | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Premieres | |
| Hide and Seek | | Su Friedrich | | Documentary Competition | |
| His & Hers | | Hal Salwen | Hal Salwen | American Spectrum | |
| House of America | | Mark Evans | | World Cinema | |
| The House of Yes | | Mark Waters | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Hugo Pool | | Robert Downey Sr. | | Premieres | |
| Hurricane Streets | | Morgan J. Freeman | | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award, Best Cinematography, Best Director |
| Ilona Arrives in the Rain | | Sergio Cabrera | Sergio Cabrera | World Cinema | |
| I Love You, Don't Touch Me! | | Julie Davis | | American Spectrum | |
| In the Company of Men | | Neil LaBute | | World Cinema | |
| Joe's So Mean to Josephine | | Peter Wellington | | | |
| Killers | | Mike Mendez | | Park City @ Midnight | |
| Kissed | | Lynne Stopkewich | | World Cinema | |
| Kiss Me Guido | | Tony Vitale | | American Spectrum | |
| Kolya | | | | World Cinema | |
| Landscapes of Memory | | | | World Cinema | |
| The Last Time I Committed Suicide | | Stephen Kay | | American Spectrum | |
| Licensed to Kill | | Arthur Dong | | Documentary Competition | |
| Lilies | | John Greyson | | World Cinema | |
| Little Angel | | Helke Misselwitz | | World Cinema | |
| The Long Way Home | | Mark Jonathan Harris | | Documentary Competition | |
| Lost Highway | | David Lynch | | Premieres | |
| Love and Other Catastrophes | | Emma-Kate Croghan | | World Cinema | |
| Love God | | Frank Grow | Frank Grow | Park City @ Midnight | |
| Love Jones | | Theodore Witcher | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Love Serenade | | Shirley Barrett | | Premieres | |
| Love! Valour! Compassion! | | Joe Mantello | | Premieres | |
| Love Walked In | | Juan José Campanella | | Premieres | |
| Making Sandwiches | | Sandra Bullock | | Shorts | |
| Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore | | Sarah Jacobson | Sarah Jacobson | American Spectrum | |
| Mimi | | Lucile Hadzihalilovic | | World Cinema | |
| Moebius | | | | Frontier | |
| Mr. Vincent | | Robert Celestino | | American Spectrum | |
| My America, or Honk If You Love Jesus | | Renee Tajima-Pena | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Myth of Fingerprints | | Bart Freundlich | | Dramatic Competition | |
| New School Order | | Geni Reticker | | Documentary Competition | |
| Norma's Lament | | Christina Booth | | Shorts | |
| Not Love, Just Frenzy | | | | Park City @ Midnight | |
| Nowhere | | Gregg Araki | | Premieres | |
| Oedipus Mayor | | Jorge Ali Traina | | World Cinema | |
| Out at Work | | Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson | | American Spectrum | |
| Pink Flamingos | | John Waters | | Retrospective/Park City @ Midnight | |
| Portland | | Greta Snider | | Short | |
| Power | | Magnus Isacsson | | World Cinema | |
| Poverty Outlaw | | Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy | | Documentary Competition | |
| Prefontaine | | Steve James | | Premieres | |
| Prisoner of the Mountains | | Sergei Bodrov | | World Cinema | |
| Puddle Cruiser | | Jay Chandrasekhar | | American Spectrum | |
| The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 | | Sam Green | | American Spectrum | |
| Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest | | | | World Cinema | |
| Riding the Rails | | Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell | | Documentary Competition | |
| Running Against | | Antonio Tibaldi | | World Cinema | |
| Santa Fe | | Andrew Shea | Mark Medoff, Andrew Shea | Dramatic Competition | |
| Seed | | Karin Thayer | | Short | |
| Shall We Dance? | | Masayuki Suo | | World Cinema | |
| Shooting the Breeze | | Christina Andreef | | Short | |
| Six O'Clock News | | Ross McElwee | | American Spectrum | |
| Slaves to the Underground | | Kristine Peterson | Bill Cody | Dramatic Competition | |
| Snakes and Ladders | | Trish McAdam | Trish McAdam | World Cinema | |
| Space Truckers | | Stuart Gordon | | Park City @ Midnight | |
| Star Maps | | Miguel Arteta | Miguel Arteta | American Spectrum | |
| Stella Does Tricks | | Coky Giedroyc | | World Cinema | |
| Strays | | Vin Diesel | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Suburbia | | Richard Linklater | | Premieres | |
| Sunday | | Jonathan Nossiter | | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize |
| Sweet Power | | Lúcia Murat | | World Cinema | |
| Temptress Moon | | Chen Kaige | | World Cinema | |
| This World, Then the Fireworks | | Michael Oblowitz | Larry Gross | American Spectrum | |
| The Twilight of the Golds | | | | American Spectrum | |
| Twin Town | | Kevin Allen | Paul Durden, Kevin Allen | World Cinema | |
| Two People Talking | | Isshin Inudo | | World Cinema | |
| Ulee's Gold | | Victor Nuñez | | Premieres | |
| | William Gazecki | | American Spectrum | |
| When the Cat's Away | | Cedric Klapisch | | World Cinema | |
| Wonderland | | John O'Hagan | | American Spectrum | |
| Film Name | Film Name | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
| 2 Seconds | | Manon Briand | Manon Briand | World Cinema | |
| The 24 Hour Woman | | Nancy Savoca | Nancy Savoca, Richard Guay | Premieres | |
| The Adopted Son | Beshkempir | Aktan Abdykalykov | Aktan Abdykalykov | World Cinema | |
| The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | | Tod Williams | Tod Williams | Dramatic Competition | |
| Afraid of Everything | | David Barker | David Barker | American Spectrum | |
| After Life | | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Hirokazu Kore-eda | World Cinema | |
| American Movie | | Chris Smith | | Documentary Competition | |
| American Hollow | | Rory Kennedy | Mark Bailey | Documentary Competition | |
| American Pimp | | The Hughes Brothers | | Documentary Competition | |
| An American Love Story | | Jennifer Fox | | Special Screenings | |
| The Autumn Heart | | Steven Maler | Davidlee Wilson | Dramatic Competition | |
| A Walk on the Moon | | Tony Goldwyn | Pamela Gray | | |
| Barrio | | | | World Cinema | |
| Beefcake | | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald | World Cinema | |
| Big Bear | | Gil Cardinal | | Native Forum | |
| Black Cat, White Cat | | Emir Kusturica | Gordan Mihić | World Cinema | |
| The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords | | Stanley Nelson | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Blair Witch Project | | Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | | Midnight | |
| Brakhage | | Jim Shedden | | Frontier | |
| Cache | | Carolyn Coal | Carolyn Coal | Shorts | |
| Chillecothe | | Todd Edwards | Todd Edwards | American Spectrum | |
| The City | La Ciudad | David Riker | | American Spectrum | |
| Cookie's Fortune | | Robert Altman | Anne Rapp | Premieres | |
| The Corndog Man | | Andrew Shea | Andrew Shea | American Spectrum | |
| Dance of the Dust | | | | World Cinema | |
| ' | | Michelle LeBrun | | Documentary Competition | |
| Dresden | | Ben Speth | | Frontier | |
| Drylongso | | Cauleen Smith | Cauleen Smith, Salim Akil | American Spectrum | |
| Edge of Seventeen | | David Moreton | | American Spectrum | |
| Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll | | | | Shorts | |
| Fools Gold | | Jeffrey Janger | | American Spectrum | |
| Forever Fever | | Glen Goei | | World Cinema | |
| Friendly Fire | | | | World Cinema | |
| Genghis Blues | | Roko Belic | | American Spectrum | |
| Get Bruce | | Andrew J. Kuehn | | Midnight | |
| Get Real | | Simon Shore | | World Cinema | |
| Getting to Know You | | Lisanne Skyler | Lisanne Skyler, Tristine Skyler | Dramatic Competition | |
| Go | | Doug Liman | John August | Premieres | |
| Guinivere | | Audrey Wells | Audrey Wells | Dramatic Competition | |
| Happy, Texas | | Mark Illsley | Mark Illsley | Dramatic Competition | |
| Heart of Light | | Jacob Grønlykke | | World Cinema | |
| Hideous Kinky | | Gillies MacKinnon | | Premieres | |
| The Hi-Line | | Ron Judkins | Ron Judkins | Dramatic Competition | |
| Hitchcock, Selznick, and the End of Hollywood | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| Home Page | | Doug Block | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Honour of All | | Phil Lucas | | Native Forum | |
| The Invisible Circus | | | | | |
| I Stand Alone | | Gaspar Noe | | World Cinema | |
| The Item | | Dan Clark | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Jawbreaker | | Darren Stein | Darren Stein | Premieres | |
| Joe the King | | Frank Whaley | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Judy Berlin | | | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Kill the Man | | Tom Booker | | Midnight | |
| The Kindness of Strangers | | Mano Chermayeff | | Special Screenings | |
| Langmuir's World | | | | American Spectrum | |
| The Last Guy to Let You Down | | | | Shorts | |
| The Legacy: Murder & Media, Prisons & Politicians | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| Life History of a Star | | Jennifer M. Gentile | | Shorts | |
| Life Is to Whistle | | | | World Cinema | |
| Life on Earth | | Abderrahmane Sissako | | World Cinema | |
| Life Tastes Good | | Philip Kan Gotanda | | American Spectrum | |
| Little Thieves, Big Thieves | | | | World Cinema | |
| The Living Museum | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels | | Guy Ritchie | | Premieres | |
| Los Enchiladas! | | Mitch Hedberg | | Midnight | |
| The Loss of Sexual Innocence | | Mike Figgis | | Premieres | |
| Louise | | Sigfried | | World Cinema | |
| The Lovers of the Arctic Circle | | Julio Médem | | World Cinema | |
| Megacities | | Michael Glawogger | | World Cinema | |
| Mighty Peking Man | | Ho Meng Hua | | Midnight/Retrospective | |
| The Minus Man | | Hampton Fancher | | | |
| ' | | Errol Morris | | Premieres | |
| On the Ropes | | Nanette Burstein | | Documentary Competition | |
| The Outfitters | | Reverge Anselmo | | American Spectrum | |
| The Passion of Ayn Rand | | Christopher Menual | | Premieres | |
| Possums | | Max Burnett | | American Spectrum | |
| Praise | | John Curran | | World Cinema | |
| P. Tinto's Miracle | | Javier Fesser | | World Cinema | |
| Rabbit in the Moon | | Emiko Omori | | Documentary Competition | |
| Radiation | | Suki Stetson Hawley, Michael Galinsky | | American Spectrum | |
| Ravenous | | Antonia Bird | | Special Screenings | |
| Regret to Inform | | Barbara Sonneborn | | Documentary Competition | |
| Return with Honor | | Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders | | American Spectrum | |
| Roberta | | Eric Mandelbaum | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Run Lola Run | | Tom Twyker | | World Cinema | |
| Samurai Fiction | | Hiroyuki Nakano | | Midnight | |
| Santitos | | | | Premieres | |
| Savor Me | Sabor a mi | Claudia Morgado Escanilla | | Shorts | |
| Second Skin | | Amy Talkington | | Shorts | |
| ' | | Gough Lewis | | Documentary Competition | |
| She Smokes | | Christa Collins | | Shorts | |
| Side Streets | | Tony Gerber | | American Spectrum | |
| Silence | | Jack Darcus | | Native Forum | |
| Silvia Prieto | | Martín Rejtman | | World Cinema | |
| ' | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| SLC Punk! | | James Merendino | James Merendino | Premieres | |
| A Slipping-Down Life | | Toni Kalem | Toni Kalem | Dramatic Competition | |
| Southpaw | | | | World Cinema | |
| Speaking in Strings | | | | Documentary Competition | |
| Speedy Boys | | | | Frontier | |
| Splendor | | Gregg Araki | | Premieres | |
| Sugar Town | | Kurt Voss, Allison Anders | Kurt Voss, Allison Anders | Premieres | |
| The Terrorist | | Santosh Sivan | | World Cinema | |
| Thick as Thieves | | Scott | | Premieres | |
| Three Seasons | | Tony Bui | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Train of Life | | Radu Mihăileanu | | World Cinema | |
| Trans | | | | Frontier | |
| Treasure Island | | Scott King | Scott King | Dramatic Competition | |
| Tree Shade | | Lisa Collins | | Shorts | |
| Trick | | Jim Fall | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Tumbleweeds | | Gavin O'Connor | | Dramatic Competition | |
| Twin Falls Idaho | | Michael Polish | | American Spectrum | |
| Two Girls and a Baby | | Kelli Simpson | | Shorts | |
| Two Hands | | Gregor Jordan | | Premieres | |
| Two Seasons | | Christine Swanson | | Shorts | |
| Under a Spell | | | | World Cinema | |
| Under California: The Limits of Time | | | | World Cinema | |
| Valerie Flake | | John Putch | | American Spectrum | |
| Venus Blue | | | | Shorts | |
| A Walk on the Moon | | Tony Goldwyn | Pamela Gray | Premieres | |
| The War Zone | | Tim Roth | | Premieres | |
| When Love Comes | | Garth Maxwell | | World Cinema | |
| The Wounds | | Srđan Dragojević | | World Cinema | |
| Yusho-Renaissance | | | | Frontier | |
