| Dune: Part Two | Denis Villeneuve | action film, speculative fiction film, adventure film, science fiction film, epic film |
| Shadow in the Cloud | Roseanne Liang | action film, horror film |
| Guns Akimbo | Jason Lei Howden | comedy film, action film, action comedy film |
| What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement | comedy film, horror film, vampire film, comedy horror, mockumentary |
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp | science fiction horror film, biopunk, suspense film, drama film, action film, horror film, dystopian film, science fiction action film, thriller film, adventure film, action thriller, independent film+2 |
| King Kong | Peter Jackson | romance film, drama film, action film, adventure film |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | fantasy film, adventure film |
| The Magic Pudding | Karl Zwicky | comedy film, children's film, adventure film, musical film |
| The Frighteners | Peter Jackson | comedy horror film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, crime thriller film, horror film, thriller film, ghost film, supernatural film+3 |
| Heavenly Creatures | Peter Jackson | coming-of-age film, psychological drama, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, biographical film, crime film |
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Ōshima | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, Christmas film, prison film |
| Bookworm | Ant Timpson | comedy film |
| Son of a Gun | Julius Avery | drama film, action film, heist film, prison film |
| Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | Simon Bennett | comedy film |
| After the Waterfall | Simone Horrocks | — |
| Spooked | Geoff Murphy | drama film |
| Braindead | Peter Jackson | science fiction horror film, exploitation film, comedy horror film, drama film, monster film, comedy film, action film, horror film, science fiction action film, thriller film, zombie film, science fiction film+2 |
| Battletruck | Harley Cokeliss | post-apocalyptic film, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film |