| The Fifth Wheel | Giovanni Veronesi | comedy film, comedy drama |
| Caesar Must Die | Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani | drama film, prison film, docudrama, documentary film |
| The Best Offer | Giuseppe Tornatore | romance film, drama film, psychological thriller, crime film |
| They Call It Summer | Paolo Franchi | drama film |
| Every Blessed Day | Paolo Virzì | romantic comedy film, comedy drama |
| Venuto al mondo | Sergio Castellitto | drama film |
| To Rome with Love | Woody Allen | magic realist film, romantic comedy film, comedy film |
| Bel Ami | Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod | drama film |
| The Kid with a Bike | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | drama film |
| Certified Copy | Abbas Kiarostami | romance film, art film, drama film |
| 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 |
| Three Monkeys | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | drama film |
| Hayfever | Laura Luchetti | romantic comedy film |
| The American | Anton Corbijn | thriller film |
| Baarìa | Giuseppe Tornatore | drama film, comedy film, drama fiction |
| Enter the Void | Gaspar Noé | drama film, fantasy film, ghost film |
| Loose Cannons | Ferzan Özpetek | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Pope Joan | Sönke Wortmann | drama film, historical film, LGBTQ-related film, medieval film |
| Barbarossa | Renzo Martinelli | historical film, medieval film |
| Cosmonaut | Susanna Nicchiarelli | coming-of-age film, comedy drama |
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | psychological thriller film, art film, mystery film, drama film, horror film, erotic thriller |
| Tetro | Francis Ford Coppola | drama film |
| The Man Who Loves | Maria Sole Tognazzi | drama film |
| Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom | Iginio Straffi | romance film, fantasy film, comedy film, melodrama, adventure film, speculative fiction |
| BirdWatchers | Marco Bechis | drama film |
| Funny Games U.S. | Michael Haneke | drama film, psychological thriller, crime film |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Forestier | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film |
| Natale in crociera | Neri Parenti | comedy film, Christmas film |
| Donkey Xote | José Pozo | fantasy film, comedy film, action film |
| The Edge of Heaven | Fatih Akin | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Manual of Love 2 | Giovanni Veronesi | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Private | Saverio Costanzo | drama film |
| 36 Quai des Orfèvres | Olivier Marchal | drama film, neo-noir, crime film |
| Look at Me | Agnès Jaoui | coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, drama film |
| The Consequences of Love | Paolo Sorrentino | romance film, drama film, thriller film |
| I'm Not Scared | Gabriele Salvatores | mystery film, drama film, crime film |
| Swept Away | Guy Ritchie | romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy drama |
| Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese | crime drama film, historical drama film, mystery film, drama film, historical film, action film, period drama film, epic film, gangster film, crime film |
| Erotic Adventures of Little Red Riding Hood | Luca Damiano | pornographic parody film, pornographic film |
| The Soul Keeper | Roberto Faenza | romance film, melodrama, war film, biographical film |
| The Golden Bowl | James Ivory | drama film |
| Heaven | Tom Tykwer | romance film, drama film, crime film |
| The Last Kiss | Gabriele Muccino | drama film, romantic comedy |
| Nothing More | Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti | comedy film |
| Heartbreakers | David Mirkin | comedy film, romantic comedy |
| Dark Blue World | Jan Svěrák | romance film, drama film, action film, war film |
| Va savoir | Jacques Rivette | romantic comedy film, drama film |