| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|
| Rojo Amanecer[a] | Jorge Fons | Héctor Bonilla,María Rojo | Crime drama | Won the 1989Silver Ariel Award |
| Love Lies | Arturo Ripstein | Delia Casanova, Alonso Echánove, Luisa Huertas | Drama | Entered into the16th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Narcosatánicos asesinos | Alfonso Zayas | Lina Santos, César Bono, Alfonso Zayas, Tun-Tun, Roberto "Flaco" Guzman | Comedy | |
| Santa Sangre[b] | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Blanca Guerra,Thelma Tixou | Horror | Screened at the1989 Cannes Film Festival, competed forUn Certain Regard[1] |
| Las 7 fugas del Capitan Fantasma | Gilberto de Anda | Sergio Goyri, Jorge Reynoso | | |
| Mi compadre Capulina | Víctor Ugalde | Capulina, Lina Santos,Wolf Ruvinskis | | Last movie ofCapulina |
| Lola | María Novaro | Leticia Huijara, Alejandra Cerrillo, Martha Navarro | Drama | Winner of OCIC Award atBerlin International Film Festival |
| Vacaciones de terror[c] | René Cardona III | Pedro Fernández,Julio Alemán, Gabriela Hassel | Thriller | |
| Grave Robbers | Rubén Galindo Jr. | Fernando Almada, Edna Bolkan,Erika Buenfil,Ernesto Laguardia,María Rebeca | Horror | |
| Blood Screams | Glen Gebhard | Russ Tamblyn | | Co-production with theUnited States |
| El rey de los taxistas | Benito Alazraki | Luis de Alba,Maribel Guardia | | |
| Mujer de fuego | Mario Mitriotti | Sonia Infante, Roberto Guzmán,Carlos Montilla, Lucero Cortés | | Co-production withColombia,Venezuela and theUnited States |
| Quisiera Ser Hombre | Abel Salazar | Lucero,Guillermo Capetillo,Carlos Riquelme | | |
| Romero | John Duigan | Raúl Juliá,Richard Jordan,Ana Alicia,Harold Gould | | Co-production with theUnited States |
| Trampa Infernal | Pedro Galindo III | Pedro Fernández,Edith González,Toño Mauri | | |