| Monte Carlo | Thomas Bezucha | romantic comedy film, family film | United States |
| The Blair Witch Project: A Hardcore Parody | Dick Chibbles | pornographic parody film, pornographic film, horror film | United States |
| Bridesmaids | Paul Feig | romantic comedy film, female buddy film | United States |
| Mijn vader is een detective: De wet van 3 | Will Wissink | family film | Netherlands |
| Win Win | Tom McCarthy | sport film, comedy drama | United States |
| The King of Fighters | Gordon Chan | martial arts film, drama film, action film, kung fu film, science fiction film | Canada, Japan, United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| The Smurfs | Raja Gosnell | fantasy film, comedy film, children's film | United States, Belgium |
| The Avengers | Joss Whedon | superhero film, action film, crossover fiction, speculative fiction film, adventure film, science fiction film | United States |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Yates | fantasy film, adventure film | United Kingdom, United States |
| A Sense of Humour | Émile Gaudreault | — | Canada |
| The Company Men | John Wells | drama film | United States |
| Cars 2 | John Lasseter, Brad Lewis | action film, spy film, buddy film, crime film | United States |
| Blitz | Elliott Lester | action film, crime thriller film, thriller film | France, United Kingdom |
| Drömmar ur snö | Erik Leijonborg | Christmas film, crime film | Sweden |
| The White Nigger | Aleksander Olai Korsnes | documentary film | Norway |
| Something Borrowed | Luke Greenfield | romantic comedy | United States |
| Moby Dick | Park In-je | drama film | South Korea |
| Car Wash Girls 2 | Mason | pornographic film | United States |
| Moshidora | Makoto Tanaka | drama film, sport film, comedy film | Japan |
| Paradise Kiss | Takehiko Shinjō | drama film | Japan |
| Two Days | Avdotya Smirnova | romance film, comedy drama | Russia |
| Marley & Me: The Puppy Years | Michael Damian | — | United States |
| Elena | Andrey Zvyagintsev | drama film, thriller film, crime film | Russia |
| Secretariat | Randall Wallace | drama film, sport film, biographical film | United States |
| Snowtown | Justin Kurzel | coming-of-age film, drama film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, crime film | Australia |
| Melancholia | Lars von Trier | arthouse science fiction film, art film, drama film, apocalyptic film, science fiction film | France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Italy |
| Ballistica | Gary Jones | action film | United States |
| Senna | Asif Kapadia | documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel | Nikita Mikhalkov | drama film, war film | Russia |
| Brand | Thomas Roth | drama film, thriller film | Germany, Austria |
| If You Were Me 5 | — | drama film | South Korea |
| Sanctum | Alister Grierson | drama film, disaster film | United States, Australia |
| The Last Blossom | Min Kyu-dong | drama film | South Korea |
| Rio | Carlos Saldanha | family film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, musical film | United States |
| We Have a Pope | — | drama film, comedy film | France, Italy |
| Generation P | Victor Ginzburg | science fiction film, black comedy film, comedy drama | Russia |
| Paul | Greg Mottola | science fiction film, parody film, buddy film, science fiction comedy | United Kingdom, United States |
| Abandoned | Michael Feifer | thriller film, psychological thriller | United States |
| Winnie the Pooh | Don Hall, Stephen Anderson | fantasy film, comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Sucker Punch | Zack Snyder | fantasy film, girls with guns, action film, thriller film | United States |
| Romantic Heaven | Jang Jin | drama film, fantasy film | South Korea |
| Saving Private Perez | Beto Gómez | comedy film | Mexico |
| Konger av Oslo | Elsa Kvamme | documentary film | Norway |
| The Monitor | Pål Sletaune | thriller film | Germany, Norway, Sweden |
| Weekend | Andrew Haigh | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom |
| True Grit | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | drama film, Western film, adventure film | United States |
| I Travel Alone | Stian Kristiansen | drama film | Norway |
| Little Grey Fergie and His New Friend Clunky | Trond Jacobsen | family film | Norway |