| In the Fog | Sergei Loznitsa | drama film, historical film, war film |
| Cloud Atlas | Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | arthouse science fiction film, mystery film, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, fantasy film, cyberpunk, LGBTQ-related film, dystopian film, science fiction film |
| Everybody Has a Plan | Ana Piterbarg | drama film, crime film |
| Don 2 | Farhan Akhtar | action film, Masala film, crime film |
| Perfect Sense | David Mackenzie | romance film, drama film, science fiction film |
| Carnage | Roman Polanski | comedy film, drama fiction, black comedy film |
| Simon and the Oaks | Lisa Ohlin | coming-of-age film, drama film |
| Anonymous | Roland Emmerich | drama film |
| Into the Abyss | Werner Herzog | drama film, prison film, documentary film |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tomas Alfredson | mystery film, drama film, spy film, thriller film, detective film |
| Headhunters | Morten Tyldum | action film, thriller film, crime film |
| Melancholia | Lars von Trier | arthouse science fiction film, art film, drama film, apocalyptic film, science fiction film |
| Brand | Thomas Roth | drama film, thriller film |
| The Monitor | Pål Sletaune | thriller film |
| Largo Winch II | Jérôme Salle | action film, thriller film, adventure film |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire | Daniel Alfredson | drama film, thriller film, crime 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 |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | drama film, fantasy film, ghost film |
| Pope Joan | Sönke Wortmann | drama film, historical film, LGBTQ-related film, medieval film |
| Sherlock Holmes | Guy Ritchie | mystery film, action film, crime thriller film, adventure film, buddy cop film |
| Abgezockt & flachgelegt | Tony Stark | pornographic film |
| 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 |
| The Countess | Julie Delpy | drama film, horror film, biographical film |
| Punisher: War Zone | Lexi Alexander | superhero film, action film, vigilante film |
| The Reader | Stephen Daldry | coming-of-age film, romance film, drama film, prison film |
| Role Models | David Wain | slapstick, buddy film |
| Krabat | Marco Kreuzpaintner | fantasy film, adventure film |
| Funny Games U.S. | Michael Haneke | drama film, psychological thriller, crime film |
| The Wave | Dennis Gansel | political thriller film, teen film, drama film |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Forestier | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film |
| The Edge of Heaven | Fatih Akin | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| BloodRayne 2: Deliverance | Uwe Boll | action film, horror film, vampire film |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | Paul Greengrass | mystery film, action film, spy film, thriller film, action thriller |
| Max Minsky and Me | Anna Justice | comedy film, children's film |
| Rush Hour 3 | Brett Ratner | martial arts film, comedy film, action film, buddy cop film |
| Obaba | Montxo Armendáriz | drama film |
| To Live | Angelina Maccarone | drama film, road movie |
| The Ugly Duckling and Me! | Karsten Kiilerich, Michael Hegner | family film, comedy film, animated film |
| Yella | Christian Petzold | romance film, drama film |
| Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe | Julian Benedikt | musical film, documentary film |
| Adam's Apples | Anders Thomas Jensen | mystery 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 |
| Southland Tales | Richard Kelly | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film, alternate history film, thriller film, science fiction film, comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Running Scared | Wayne Kramer | drama film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, crime film |