| Meet the Spartans | Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg | comedy film, parody film | United States |
| No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | psychological thriller film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, Western film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, adventure film, psychological drama film+3 | United States |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | historical drama film, drama film, historical film, Western film, thriller film, independent film, revisionist Western, period drama film, epic film | United States |
| Love in the Time of Cholera | Mike Newell | drama film | United States |
| The Other Boleyn Girl | Justin Chadwick | romance film, drama film, historical film, biographical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| 27 Dresses | Anne Fletcher | romantic comedy | United States |
| The Orphanage | J. A. Bayona | drama film, horror film | Spain, Mexico |
| The vanished empire | Karen Shakhnazarov | drama film | Russia |
| Ben 10: Race Against Time | Alex Winter | superhero film | United States |
| CJ7 | Stephen Chow | family film, fantasy film, science fiction comedy | People's Republic of China, Hong Kong |
| Fatal Move | Dennis Law | action film, gangster film | Hong Kong |
| Last Present | Kim Yeong-jun | drama film | South Korea |
| Cloverfield | Matt Reeves | kaiju, science fantasy, fantasy film, science fiction action film, thriller film, found footage film, action-adventure film, disaster film, pseudo-documentary | United States |
| The Band's Visit | Eran Kolirin | drama film, comedy film | France, Israel |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Forestier | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film | France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Italy |
| The Kautokeino Rebellion | Nils Gaup | drama film, historical film | Norway, Sweden, Denmark |
| Meu Nome Não É Johnny | Mauro Lima | — | Brazil |
| Eastern Promises | David Cronenberg | crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, thriller film, gangster film, crime film | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| The Astronaut Farmer | Michael Polish | drama film, science fiction film | United States |
| P.S. I Love You | Richard LaGravenese | romantic comedy film, drama film | United States |
| I Am Legend | Francis Lawrence | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, action film, horror film, vampire film | United States |
| The Jenny Hendrix Anal Experience | Manuel Ferrara | pornographic film | United States |
| Natale in crociera | Neri Parenti | comedy film, Christmas film | Italy |
| The Kite Runner | Marc Forster | drama film | United States |
| The Warlords | Peter Chan | drama film, historical film, action film, war film | People's Republic of China |
| Animals in Love | Laurent Charbonnier | documentary film | France |
| Akiho Yoshizawa Temptation: Eating Me | Osamu Satō | pink film | Japan |
| En attendant Pasolini | Daoud Aoulad-Syad | drama film, comedy film | Morocco |
| The Golden Compass | Chris Weitz | fantasy film, action film, science fiction film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Butterfly | Nayato Fio Nuala | drama film | Indonesia |
| Mad Detective | Johnnie To, Wai Ka-fai | comedy film | Hong Kong |
| The Hunting Party | Richard Shepard | political thriller film, comedy film, action film, war film | United States |
| Madicken på Junibacken | Göran Graffman | family film, children's film, comedy drama | Sweden |
| Donkey Xote | José Pozo | fantasy film, comedy film, action film | Spain, Italy |
| Christmas Story | Juha Wuolijoki | drama film, fantasy film, Christmas film | Finland |
| The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | drama film, white savior film, historical film, action film, adventure film, war film, ninja film | Japan, United States |
| Beowulf | Robert Zemeckis | sword and sorcery film, drama film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film, medieval film | United States |
| Heckler | Michael Addis | comedy film, documentary film | United States |
| 14 Kilometers | Gerardo Olivares | drama film | Spain |
| American Gangster | Ridley Scott | suspense film, crime drama film, historical drama film, drama film, historical film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, war film, period drama film, hood film+3 | United States |
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Shekhar Kapur | drama film, biographical film | United Kingdom |
| The Clown and the Führer | Eduard Cortés | drama film | Spain |
| Butterflies | Kjell-Åke Andersson | children's film | Finland, Sweden |
| Koizora | Natsuki Imai | romance film, teen film, drama film | Japan |
| Live Free or Die Hard | Len Wiseman | action film, action thriller, buddy cop film, buddy film | United States |
| Sleuth | Kenneth Branagh | mystery film, drama film, comedy film, thriller film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox | Lee Sung-gang | romance film, fantasy film, psychological drama film | South Korea |
| Quemar las Naves | Francisco Franco Alba | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | Mexico |