Theatrical releases
Feature films
- February 13 - American Pop
- March 13 - Modern Romance
- May 1 - Graduation Day
- May 15 - Happy Birthday to Me
- June 5 - Nice Dreams
- June 26 - Stripes
- July 29 - Heavy Metal (premiere)
- August 7 - Heavy Metal
- August - Nobody's Perfekt
- September 25 - Only When I Laugh
- November 15
- Absence of Malice premiered in Washington, D.C.
- Absence of Malice premiered in Eisenhower Theater
- Absence of Malice premiered in John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- November 17
- Absence of Malice premiered in Los Angeles, California
- Absence of Malice premiered in Samuel Goldwyn Theater
- Absence of Malice premiered in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science
- November 19 - Absence of Malice (limited)
- December 18
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