| Melancholia | Lars von Trier | arthouse science fiction film, art film, drama film, apocalyptic film, science fiction film |
| We Have a Pope | — | drama film, comedy film |
| Largo Winch II | Jérôme Salle | action film, thriller film, adventure film |
| Three Monkeys | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | drama film |
| Nobody Else but You | Gérald Hustache-Mathieu | comedy film, crime film |
| 22 Bullets | Richard Berry | action film, crime film |
| Dear Prudence | Rebecca Zlotowski | coming-of-age film, drama film |
| A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | Ben Stassen | comedy film, adventure film |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife | Paul W. S. Anderson | science fiction horror film, biopunk, post-apocalyptic film, girls with guns, action film, horror film, thriller film, zombie film, science fiction film |
| Baarìa | Giuseppe Tornatore | drama film, comedy film, drama fiction |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | drama film, fantasy film, ghost film |
| The French Kissers | Riad Sattouf | coming-of-age film, teen film, comedy film |
| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec | Luc Besson | fantasy film, adventure film |
| Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Susanna White | family film, fantasy film |
| A Christmas Tale | Arnaud Desplechin | drama film, Christmas film, comedy drama |
| Bright Star | Jane Campion | romance film, drama film, biographical film |
| The Admiral | Andrei Kravchuk | romance film, drama film, historical film, adventure film, war film, biographical film |
| A Serious Man | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | drama film, comedy drama |
| Mr. Nobody | Jaco Van Dormael | romance film, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, science fiction film |
| Prince of Jutland | Gabriel Axel | drama film, medieval film |
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | psychological thriller film, art film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, erotic thriller |
| Coco Before Chanel | Anne Fontaine | romance film, drama film, biographical film |
| The Countess | Julie Delpy | drama film, horror film, biographical film |
| Home | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | documentary film |
| Beauties at War | Patrice Leconte | comedy film |
| Grown Ups | Anna Novion | drama film, comedy film, comedy drama |
| Cliente | Josiane Balasko | drama film |
| The Wrestler | Darren Aronofsky | drama film, sport film |
| The Class | Laurent Cantet | drama film, comedy film |
| Savage Grace | Tom Kalin | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, crime film |
| Go West | Olivier Jean-Marie | road movie |
| Martyrs | Pascal Laugier | drama film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, splatter film |
| Funny Games U.S. | Michael Haneke | drama film, psychological thriller, crime film |
| The Band's Visit | Eran Kolirin | drama film, comedy film |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Forestier | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film |
| Animals in Love | Laurent Charbonnier | documentary film |
| Lady Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | drama film |
| Rush Hour 3 | Brett Ratner | martial arts film, comedy film, action film, buddy cop film |
| Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | coming-of-age film, drama film, adult animated film, biographical film, comedy drama |
| The Ugly Duckling and Me! | Karsten Kiilerich, Michael Hegner | family film, comedy film, animated film |
| Catch a Fire | Phillip Noyce | political thriller film, drama film, historical film, biographical film |
| Avenue Montaigne | Danièle Thompson | romance film, drama film, comedy film |
| The Black Dahlia | Brian De Palma | crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, film noir, crime thriller film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, neo-noir, thriller film, crime film |
| Valley of Flowers | Pan Nalin | romance film, drama film, fantasy film, adventure film |
| Klimt | Raúl Ruiz | drama film, biographical film |
| Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | drama film, biographical film |
| Southland Tales | Richard Kelly | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film, alternate history film, thriller film, science fiction film, comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Silent Hill | Christophe Gans | monster film, fantasy film, horror film, psychological horror fiction |