| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Abenteuer aus dem Englischen Garten | Margit Saad | Werner Stocker, Silvia Janisch | Drama | |
| Abwärts | Carl Schenkel | Götz George, Renée Soutendijk, Wolfgang Kieling, Hannes Jaenicke | Thriller | a.k.a. Out of Order |
| After Your Decrees | Jerzy Hoffman | Sharon Brauner, Anna Dymna, Günter Lamprecht, Mathieu Carrière | War | a.k.a. Ruth. Polish-West German co-production |
| Al Kruger | Volker Vogeler | Lex Goudsmit, Richy Müller | Drama | |
| Kellermanns Prozeß | Theodor Kotulla | Henry van Lyck, Anja Jaenicke | Drama | a.k.a. Kellermanns Prozess |
| Anna's Mother | Burkhard Driest | Gudrun Landgrebe | Drama | |
| Auf einem langen Weg | Christian Görlitz | Nils Viktor Sorge, Mark Heine | War | |
| Augustus the Strong | Rudolf Nussgruber | Gert Fröbe, Herlinde Latzko, Evelyn Opela, Anja Schüte, Hannes Messemer, Günter Strack | Biography, Docudrama, History | a.k.a. August der Starke |
| Der Ausflug | Otto Schnelling | Alina De Simone, Gert Haucke, Gerhard Olschewski | Drama | |
| Das Autogramm | Peter Lilienthal | Juan José Mosalini | Drama | a.k.a. The Autograph. Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Baby | Uwe Frießner | Udo Seidler, Volkmar Richter, Reinhard Seeger | Crime | |
| Bali | István Szabó | Winfried Glatzeder, Loni von Friedl, Michael König, Nicole Heesters, Béla Ernyey, Volkert Kraeft | Drama | |
| Ballad of the Little Soldier | Werner Herzog | | Documentary | |
| The Bear | Don Askarian | Hans Peter Hallwachs, Elisabeth Rath | Comedy | |
| Beautiful Wilhelmine | Rolf von Sydow | Anja Kruse, Rainer Hunold | Biography | |
| Bis später, ich muss mich erschießen | Vojtěch Jasný | Daniel Olbrychski, Marina Vlady, Risto Aaltonen, Soila Komi, Relja Bašić, Pavel Landovský | Comedy | West German-Finnish co-production |
| Bluebeard | Krzysztof Zanussi | Vadim Glowna, Karin Baal, Vera Tschechowa, Margarethe von Trotta, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Barbara Lass | Drama | |
| The Broken House: Growing Up Under Hitler | Michael Günther | Till Topf, Ursela Monn, Manuel Vaessen, Sona MacDonald, Klaus Höhne, Hans Caninenberg, Hans Helmut Dickow, Hannes Messemer | Drama, War | a.k.a. A Crack in the Wall: Growing Up Under Hitler |
| Cheaters | Barbet Schroeder | Jacques Dutronc, Bulle Ogier, Kurt Raab | Drama | French-West German-Portuguese co-production |
| Chinese Boxes | Chris Petit | Will Patton, Robbie Coltrane, Adelheid Arndt, Gottfried John, Beate Jensen | Thriller | British-West German co-production |
| Code Name: Wild Geese | Antonio Margheriti | Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Klaus Kinski, Mimsy Farmer | Action | Italian-West German co-production |
| Cold Fever | Josef Rusnak | Klaus Rohrmoser, Lisa Kreuzer, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Katharina Böhm | Crime | |
| Dear Karl | Maria Knilli | Ulrich Reinthaller, Hans Brenner, Krista Stadler | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production |
| Decoder | Muscha | F.M. Einheit, William "Bill" Rice, Christiane F., William S. Burroughs | Science fiction, Music | |
| Déjà Vu | Jörg Bundschuh, Christian Bauer | Robert Atzorn | Drama | a.k.a. Déjà Vu oder Die gebändigte Geliebte |
| Deutschlandlied | Ernst Witzel | Bernd Herzsprung, Hans Hass Jr., Isolde Barth | Drama | |
| Deutschland-Tournee | Berengar Pfahl | Ulrike Kriener, Verena Plangger | Comedy | |
| The Devil's Lieutenant | John Goldschmidt | Helmut Griem, Ian Charleson, Barbara De Rossi, Claudine Auger | Drama | British-West German-Italian-French co-production |
| Don Carlos | Franz Peter Wirth | Jacques Breuer, Robert Atzorn, Rolf Boysen, Marita Marschall, Bernhard Minetti, Rolf Becker, Renan Demirkan | Drama | |
| Donauwalzer | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Christiane Hörbiger, Hans-Michael Rehberg | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production |
| Dorado – One Way | Reinhard Münster | Uwe Schwalbe, Adriana Altaras, Dominik Bender, Uwe Büschken | Comedy | |
| Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press | Ulrike Ottinger | Veruschka von Lehndorff, Delphine Seyrig | Drama | a.k.a. The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press |
| End of the World | Imo Moszkowicz | Günter Mack, Hans von Borsody, Anton Diffring | Historical drama | a.k.a. Weltuntergang. Austrian-West German co-production |
| Die ewigen Gefühle | Peter Beauvais | Michael Degen, Christine Merthan, Gila von Weitershausen, Renate Krößner, Rolf Hoppe, Jörg Gudzuhn, Rolf Ludwig, Herbert Grönemeyer | Drama | |
| Faces in the Dark | Kristian Kühn | Wolfgang Wahl, Monica Bleibtreu, Wolf-Dietrich Berg, Jürgen Schmidt | Thriller | |
| Die Familie oder Schroffenstein | Hans Neuenfels | Angela Schanelec, René Hofschneider, Ulrich Wildgruber, Hermann Treusch, Sabine Sinjen, Annemarie Düringer | Drama | |
| Fanny Morgane | Klaus Ickert | Barbara Rudnik, Rüdiger Vogler | Drama | a.k.a. Fanny Morgane oder Irgendwie muß das Glück ja heißen |
| Fear of Falling | Christian Rischert | Horst Buchholz, Franziska Bronnen, Tilo Prückner, Constanze Engelbrecht | Drama | a.k.a. Wenn ich mich fürchte |
| Fire for the Big Dragon | Eberhard Itzenplitz | Peter Sattmann, Ulrike Luderer, Erdal Merdan, Tayfun Bademsoy | Drama | a.k.a. Feuer für den großen Drachen |
| Flight to Berlin | Chris Petit | Tusse Silberg, Paul Freeman, Lisa Kreuzer, Jean-François Stévenin, Eddie Constantine | Drama | a.k.a. Fluchtpunkt Berlin. British-West German co-production |
| Forbidden | Anthony Page | Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow | Drama, War | West German-British co-production |
| Die Försterbuben | Peter Patzak | Franco Nero, Tilo Prückner, Georg Friedrich, Thomas Sigwald, Anja Jaenicke, Heinz Moog | Drama | a.k.a. The Forester's Sons. Austrian-West German co-production |
| Die Frau des Kommissars | Michael Günther | Heinz Schubert, Ursela Monn, Klaus Höhne, Simone Rethel, Claus Biederstaedt, Ilja Richter | Comedy | a.k.a. La Femme du Commissaire |
| Die Friedenmacher | Stanislav Barabáš | Richard Münch, Friedrich G. Beckhaus, Walter Schmidinger, Günter Mack, Paul Edwin Roth, Hans Peter Korff, Gerhard Olschewski | History | a.k.a. The Peacemakers: The Munich Agreement |
| Führer durch die Welt | Heiko Schier | Agnes Dünneisen, Peter Sattmann | Drama | |
| The Future of Emily | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Brigitte Fossey, Hildegard Knef, Ivan Desny | Drama | a.k.a. Flügel und Fesseln. West German-French co-production |
| Gefühlssachen | Klaus Ickert | Vera Tschechowa, Gabriel Barylli | Drama | |
| Gegenlicht | Michael Kehlmann | Karlheinz Hackl, Günter Mack, Dagmar Mettler, Kurt Nachmann, Gregor Schönstein | Thriller | Austrian-West German co-production |
| Das Geschenk | Marcus Scholz | Inge Meysel, Marion Kracht, Wolfgang Kieling | Drama | |
| Gnadenlos | Wolfgang Panzer | Birgit Doll, Rüdiger Vogler, Günter Lamprecht, Winfried Glatzeder | Drama | |
| Gratwanderung | Barbara Kappen | Irina Hoppe, Petra Seeger, Anneli Feik-Wagner, Michael Altmann | Drama | a.k.a. On the Edge |
| Haus Excelsior | Nenad Djapic | Alejandro Quintana Contreras | Drama | |
| Haus im Süden | Sebastian C. Schroeder | Joachim Dietmar Mues, Christine Wodetzky, Anne-Marie Blanc, Ernst Schröder | Comedy | Swiss-West German-Austrian co-production |
| Heimat | Edgar Reitz | Marita Breuer, Jörg Hube, Kurt Wagner, Michael Lesch, Gudrun Landgrebe | Drama | TV series |
| Heiraten ist immer ein Risiko | Hans-Jürgen Tögel | Carl-Heinz Schroth, Edda Seippel, Willy Semmelrogge | Crime comedy | a.k.a. Risky Marriage |
| Hildes Endspiel | Franz Peter Wirth | Lisa Fitz, Günther Maria Halmer | Comedy | |
| Horror Vacui | Rosa von Praunheim | Lotti Huber, Ingrid van Bergen | Drama | |
| House Guest | Jürgen Roland | Horst Frank, Judy Winter, Jürgen Goslar, Anton Diffring, Evelyn Opela, Diana Körner | Thriller | a.k.a. Der Besuch |
| Hur und heilig | Cornelia Schlingmann | Isolde Barth, Udo Kier | Drama | |
| Ich liebe dich, Juli | Karl Heinz Deickert | Ingeborg Lapsien | Comedy | |
| An Ideal Husband | Hans Jaray | Axel von Ambesser, Andrea Jonasson, Michael Heltau, Klaus Wildbolz | Comedy | West German-Austrian co-production |
| Im Himmel ist die Hölle los | Helmer von Lützelburg | Billie Zöckler, Dirk Bach, Barbara Valentin, Cleo Kretschmer | Comedy | |
| Jagger und Spaghetti | Karsten Wichniarz | Stephan Schwartz, Peter Buchholz | Crime comedy | a.k.a. Jagger & Spaghetti |
| Julius geht nach Amerika | Hans Noever | Hanno Pöschl, Gabi Marr, Silvia Janisch | Drama | |
| Jungle Warriors | Ernst R. von Theumer | Nina Van Pallandt, Sybil Danning, Woody Strode, Alex Cord, Paul L. Smith, John Vernon | Exploitation | |
| Kerbel's Escape | Erwin Keusch | Peter Sattmann, Barbara Rudnik, Jan Niklas, Bernd Tauber | Drama | |
| A Kind of Anger | Uli Edel | Rolf Zacher, Klaus Löwitsch, Hannelore Elsner, Bernhard Wicki | Thriller | |
| Klassenverhältnisse | Straub-Huillet | Christian Heinisch, Mario Adorf, Laura Betti | Drama | a.k.a. Class Relations. West German-French co-production |
| Knock on the Wrong Door | Gabriela Zerhau | Claudia Demarmels, Rolf Zacher, August Zirner, Iris Berben | Comedy | a.k.a. Tapetenwechsel |
| Kolossale Liebe | Jutta Brückner | Kirsten Dene, Richard Münch | Biography | |
| Kolp | Roland Suso Richter | Frank Röth, Katja Flint, Ottfried Fischer, Heiner Lauterbach, Charles M. Huber | Crime | |
| Kornelia | Wilm ten Haaf | Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Hans Caninenberg, Klaus Höhne | Comedy | a.k.a. Clic-Clac |
| Ein Kriegsende | Volker Vogeler | Rüdiger Kirschstein | War | |
| The Last Civilian | Laurent Heynemann | Max von Sydow, Thomas Schücke, Pascale Rocard, Günther Maria Halmer, Mathieu Carrière | Drama | French-West German co-production |
| Lenin in Zürich | Rolf Busch | Wolf-Dietrich Berg, Hans Christian Blech | History, Biography | |
| Lettow-Vorbeck: Der deutsch-ostafrikanische Imperativ | Christian Doermer | Christian Doermer | War, Biography | |
| Love Is Not an Argument | Marianne Lüdcke | Erika Pluhar, Friedrich-Karl Praetorius, Günter Lamprecht, Nina Hoger, Heinz Schubert, Karin Baal | Drama | |
| Love Is the Beginning of All Terror | Helke Sander | Helke Sander, Lou Castel, Rebecca Pauly | Comedy | |
| The Lufthansa Heist | Wolfgang Storch | Peter Bongartz, Christian Brückner, Günther Maria Halmer, Grażyna Dyląg | Crime | a.k.a. The Million Dollar Hijack |
| Mama Mia – Don't Panic | Dieter Pröttel | Uschi Glas, Thomas Gottschalk, Helmut Fischer | Romantic comedy | |
| A Man Like E.V.A. | Radu Gabrea | Eva Mattes, Werner Stocker, Lisa Kreuzer, Charles Régnier, Charles M. Huber | Biography | |
| Man Under Suspicion | Norbert Kückelmann | Maximilian Schell, Lena Stolze, Wolfgang Kieling | Crime | a.k.a. Morgen in Alabama. Won the Silver Bear at Berlin |
| Man Without Memory | Kurt Gloor | Michael König, Lisi Mangold, Hannelore Elsner | Drama | Swiss-West German co-production |
| Ein Mann namens Parvus | Rudolf Nussgruber | Günter Lamprecht, Constanze Engelbrecht, Wolfgang Preiss, Iris Berben, Wolf-Dietrich Berg | History, Docudrama | |
| Manuel | Peter Obrist | Kai Buth, Eva Renzi, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Elisabeth Volkmann | Drama | a.k.a. Jäger des Herzens |
| Marlene | Maximilian Schell | | Documentary | |
| Mascha | Hans-Eberhard Quelle | Rosel Zech | Drama | |
| Meeting Place at Infinity | Heinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein | Till Topf, Angelika Thomas, Vera Tschechowa | Biography | a.k.a. Meeting Point in Infinity a.k.a. Rendezvous in Infinity |
| Mensch ohne Fahrschein | Alfred Weidenmann | Werner Hinz | Comedy | |
| Der Mörder | Anton Reitzenstein | Dietrich Siegl, Laura Morante, Philippe Leroy, Ivan Desny, Fritz Muliar, Marisa Mell, Robert Hoffmann | Crime | a.k.a. The Murderer. Austrian-Italian-West German co-production |
| Morgengrauen | Peter Sämann | Albert Fortell, Hannelore Elsner, Barbara Rudnik, Hans-Georg Panczak | Science fiction | a.k.a. Time Troopers. Austrian-West German co-production |
| Moving Targets | Volker Vogeler | Bernard Fresson, William Berger, Oliver Stritzel | Crime | a.k.a. Zielscheiben |
| Nebenwirkungen | Ralph Bridle | Bernd Tauber, Ulrich Matschoss, Ursela Monn | Drama | |
| The NeverEnding Story | Wolfgang Petersen | Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach | Fantasy | West German-American co-production |
| Night Of The Four Moons | Jörg A. Eggers | Günther Maria Halmer, Kathina Kaiser, Gunnar Möller, Sylva Koscina | Drama | West German-Yugoslav co-production |
| No One Cries Forever | Jans Rautenbach | Howard Carpendale, Zoli Marki, Elke Sommer, Siegfried Rauch | Romance | West German-South African co-production |
| No Time for Tears: The Bachmeier Case | Hark Bohm | Marie Colbin | Drama | |
| No Time to Die | Helmut Ashley | John Phillip Law, Christopher Mitchum, Horst Janson, Grażyna Dyląg, Winfried Glatzeder | Adventure | a.k.a. Hijacked to Hell |
| The Noah's Ark Principle | Roland Emmerich | Richy Müller, Franz Buchrieser | Science fiction | Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Non-Stop Trouble with My Double | Reinhard Schwabenitzky | Dieter Hallervorden | Comedy | a.k.a. Didi – Der Doppelgänger |
| One of the Missing | Karl Heinz Kramberg | Eisi Gulp | War | a.k.a. Einer von den Vermissten – Die Patrouille des Soldaten Jerome |
| The Other Side of the Moon | Michael Lähn | Gudrun Landgrebe, Alexander Radszun, Angelika Bender | Crime | |
| Overheard | Rolf von Sydow | Götz George, Peter Ustinov, Hansjörg Felmy, Heidelinde Weis | Comedy | |
| Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Hunter Carson, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Bernhard Wicki | Drama | West German-French co-production. Won the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival |
| Peaceful Days | Richard Blank | Katharina Thalbach | Science fiction | |
| Die Platzanweiserin | Peter Schulze-Rohr | Brigitte Karner, Thomas Anzenhofer, Maria Hartmann | Drama | |
| Pogo 1104 | Wigbert Wicker | Richy Müller, Ralf Richter, Anja Schüte, Erich Bar | Comedy | |
| Popcorn & Paprika | Sándor Szalkai | Siegfried Rauch, Teri Tordai, Péter Haumann, Hilda Gobbi | Comedy, Sport | Hungarian-West German co-production |
| Rallye Paris – Dakar | Peter Welz | Hanno Pöschl, Iris Berben | Adventure | a.k.a. Paris–Dakar Rally |
| Rambo Zambo | Reinhard Donga | Werner Stocker, Bettina Redlich, Horst Kummeth, Eddie Constantine, Peter Kern, Barbara Valentin, Walter Sedlmayr | Crime comedy | |
| The Record | Daniel Helfer | Uwe Ochsenknecht, László I. Kish, Catarina Raacke, Kurt Raab, Dietrich Mattausch, Jochen Busse, András Fricsay | Comedy | a.k.a. Der Rekord. German-Swiss co-production |
| Das Rettungslos | Georg Madeja | Peter Bongartz, Christine Ostermayer | Black comedy | Austrian-West German co-production |
| The Return of the Time Machine | Jürgen Karl Klauß | Klaus Schwarzkopf, Peter Pasetti, Siegfried Wischnewski | Science fiction | |
| Revolution im Ballsaal | Richard Blank | Hannelore Schroth | Comedy | |
| Schakaladu | Rigo Manikofski | Jochen Schroeder | Drama | |
| Der Schatz im Haus | Oswald Döpke | Katerina Jacob, Leslie Malton, Helmut Zierl, Sigfrit Steiner, Louise Martini, Wolfgang Reichmann | Comedy | a.k.a. La bonne nouvelle |
| Das schöne Ende dieser Welt | Rainer Erler | Robert Atzorn, Claire Oberman, Judy Winter, Götz George, Werner Kreindl | Thriller | |
| Das schöne irre Judenmädchen | Götz Fischer | Renan Demirkan, Christian Berkel, Marcel Ophuls, Martha Mödl, Heinz Schubert, Herbert Fux | Drama | |
| Der Sheriff von Linsenbach | Michael Mackenroth | Rolf Schimpf, Volkert Kraeft | Comedy | |
| Silent Poison | Erwin Keusch | Peter Sattmann, Peter Bongartz, Günter Lamprecht, Sabine Bach | Drama | a.k.a. Slow Poison |
| Skizze eines Unglücks | Hilde Bechert | Constanze Engelbrecht, Klaus Grünberg | Drama | |
| Sleep of Reason | Ula Stöckl | Ida Di Benedetto | Drama | |
| Der Snob | Wolfgang Staudte | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Heinz Bennent, Sigfrit Steiner, Nicole Heesters | Comedy | |
| So ein Theater | Wolfgang Staudte | Uwe Friedrichsen, Gillian Scalici, Sabine von Maydell, Uwe Dallmeier | Comedy | |
| Der Sohn des Bullen | Heinz Schirk | Martin May, Edwin Marian, Jan Fedder, Richy Müller | Crime | |
| The Sprinter | Christoph Böll | Wieland Samolak, Gerhard Olschewski, Dieter Eppler | Comedy, Sport | a.k.a. Der Sprinter |
| Die Story | Eckhart Schmidt | Thomas Davis, Ulrich Tukur, Sibylle Rauch, Dietmar Schönherr, Burkhard Driest, Sabine von Maydell | Crime | |
| The Story of the Dolls | Hubert Frank | Tetchie Agbayani, Max Thayer, Sabine Mucha, Vanessa Vaylord, Carina Schally, Brigitta Cimarolli, Jean Saburit | Drama, Romance | a.k.a. Taifun der Zärtlichkeit. West German-Filipino co-production |
| Super | Adolf Winkelmann | Udo Lindenberg, Renan Demirkan, Hannelore Hoger, Günter Lamprecht, Gottfried John, Inga Humpe | Science fiction | |
| Swann in Love | Volker Schlöndorff | Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon, Fanny Ardant, Anne Bennent, Marie-Christine Barrault | Drama | French-West German co-production |
| Der Tambour | Carlheinz Caspari | Arnfried Lerche | Drama | |
| Thousand Eyes | Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | Barbara Rudnik, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe, Karin Baal, Peter Kraus, Vera Tschechowa, Hannelore Hoger | Crime | a.k.a. 1000 Eyes |
| Tiger: Springtime in Vienna | Peter Patzak | Art Metrano, William Berger, Eddie Constantine, Lukas Resetarits | Comedy | Austrian-West German co-production |
| Titanic – Nachspiel einer Katastrophe | Lutz Büscher | Hans Korte, Volkert Kraeft, Arthur Brauss, Sigmar Solbach | Docudrama | |
| Tod eines Schaustellers | Dietrich Haugk | Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Hans Helmut Dickow, Karin Baal, Heinz Moog, Hans Korte, Wilfried Baasner, Herbert Stass, Sigmar Solbach | Crime | |
| Das Tor zum Glück | Michael Verhoeven | Wieland Bubmann | Sport | |
| Tränen in Florenz | Marianne Klara Schäfer | Wolfgang Joop, Violetta Sanchez, Christoph Eichhorn, Alfred Edel | Drama | a.k.a. Tears in Florence |
| Trauma | Gabi Kubach | Birgit Doll, Lou Castel, Armin Mueller-Stahl | Crime drama | |
| Der Trauschein | Ephraim Kishon | Maria Schell, Wolfgang Kieling, Herbert Herrmann, Simone Rethel | Comedy | a.k.a. The Licence |
| Treffer | Dominik Graf | Dietmar Bär, Barbara Rudnik, Beate Finckh, Tayfun Bademsoy, Maximilian Wigger, Guido Gagliardi | Drama | |
| Unerreichbare Nähe | Dagmar Hirtz | Kathrin Ackermann, Brigitte Karner, Klaus Grünberg, Loni von Friedl | Drama | |
| Unser Mann vom Südpol | Peter Adam | Jan Fedder, Tilo Prückner, Monika Baumgartner | Comedy | |
| Vater gesucht | Bruno Jantoss | Beate Jensen, Christoph M. Ohrt | Drama | a.k.a. Vater gesucht – Psychotherapie einer Prostituierten |
| Verbotene Hilfe | Liliane Targownik | Gerhard Zemann | Science fiction | |
| Der Verlust | Claudia Holldack | Joachim Dietmar Mues, Ulli Philipp, Rosemarie Fendel, Irm Hermann | Drama | |
| Das Verschwinden der Harmonie | Ulrich Heising | Christiane Lemm, Ilse Neubauer, Karl Friedrich, Wolfgang Höper, Peter Brombacher, Michael Habeck, Irm Hermann, Brigitte Janner | Drama | |
| Die vierte Zeit | Klaus André | Bernhard Minetti, Ulrich Gebauer, Katharina Hill, Anna-Verena Vogel | Drama | |
| Die violette Mütze | Axel von Ambesser | Simone Rethel, Frithjof Vierock, Horst Niendorf | Comedy | a.k.a. Die violette Mütze oder Morgen sind wir endlich reich |
| The Wannsee Conference | Heinz Schirk | Dietrich Mattausch, Reinhard Glemnitz, Jochen Busse, Robert Atzorn, Martin Lüttge, Gerd Böckmann, Peter Fitz | Docudrama, War | |
| Wenn die Musik aus ist, dann ist auch die Liebe aus | Reinhard Donga, Volker Maria Arend | Ferdinand Zander, Carola Niemann | Drama | a.k.a. When the Music Is Over, Love Is Gone |
| Wenn ich dich nicht hätte | Konrad Sabrautzky | Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Platte | Drama | |
| What's Up, Chancellor? | Gerhard Schmidt | Tommi Piper, Constanze Engelbrecht, Günter Lamprecht, Wolfgang Neuss, Dieter Hildebrandt, Dieter Hallervorden | Comedy | |
| What Shall Become of You | Horst Flick | Michael Karnowsky, Peter Seum, Anita Lochner | Drama | |
| Where the Green Ants Dream | Werner Herzog | Bruce Spence | Drama | West German-Australian co-production. Entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival |
| Who Was Edgar Allan? | Michael Haneke | Paulus Manker, Rolf Hoppe | Mystery | Austrian-West German co-production |
| The Willow Tree | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Josef A. Stehlík | Drama | West German-Czechoslovak co-production |
| The Woman Without a Body and the Projectionist | Niklaus Schilling | Gabriel Barylli, Liane Hielscher | Drama | West German-Luxembourgian co-production |
| Work and Leisure | Detlev Buck | Detlev Buck | Comedy | a.k.a. First the Work – And Then? |
| Wundkanal | Thomas Harlan | Alfred Filbert | Drama | |
| Yerma | Imre Gyöngyössy, Barna Kabay | Gudrun Landgrebe, Titusz Kovács, Mathieu Carrière | Drama | Hungarian-West German co-production |
| Your Place or Mine? | Wolfgang Spier | Wolf Roth, Susanne Uhlen | Comedy | a.k.a. Zu dir oder zu mir? |
| Zaubergarten | Ottomar Birth, Walter A. Franke | Despina Pajanou | Fantasy | |
| Zwei Nasen tanken Super | Dieter Pröttel | Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger | Comedy | a.k.a. 2 Nasen tanken Super |