| Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) | John Haptas, Carol Dysinger | documentary film |
| Born a King | Agustí Villaronga | historical film |
| The Kid Who Would Be King | Joe Cornish | fantasy film, adventure film |
| High Life | Claire Denis | arthouse science fiction film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film |
| The Aftermath | James Kent | drama film |
| Fighting with My Family | Stephen Merchant | drama film, sport film, biographical film, comedy drama |
| Black Mirror: Bandersnatch | David Slade | drama film, interactive film, science fiction film |
| Defamation for the Sake of the State | — | political film, documentary film |
| Anna and the Apocalypse | John McPhail | Christmas film, zombie film, musical film |
| Outlaw King | David Mackenzie | drama film, historical film, action film, adventure film, medieval film, biographical film |
| Hotel Artemis | Drew Pearce | cyberpunk, action film, dystopian film, neo-noir, science fiction film, crime film |
| On Chesil Beach | Dominic Cooke | drama film, melodrama |
| Whitney | Kevin Macdonald | biographical film, documentary film |
| How to Talk to Girls at Parties | John Cameron Mitchell | science fiction film, comedy drama |
| The Kissing Booth | Vince Marcello | comedy film, melodrama, romantic comedy |
| Lean on Pete | Andrew Haigh | drama film |
| Peter Rabbit | Will Gluck | family film, fantasy film, comedy film, live-action/animated film, adventure film |
| Mom and Dad | Brian Taylor | horror film, thriller film |
| The Party's Just Beginning | Karen Gillan | comedy drama |
| Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | Steve Loveridge | historical film, biographical film, documentary film |
| The Commuter | Jaume Collet-Serra | mystery film, action film, thriller film |
| Paddington 2 | Paul King | family film, comedy film, adventure film |
| Jeepers Creepers 3 | Victor Salva | horror film, thriller film |
| Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Matthew Vaughn | comedy film, action film, spy film, action comedy film, crime film |
| I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | drama film |
| Blade of the Immortal | Takashi Miike | drama film, action film |
| Assassin's Creed | Justin Kurzel | fantasy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Alone in Berlin | Vincent Perez | drama film, war film, biographical film |
| Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Tim Burton | time-travel film, fantasy film, adventure film |
| The Limehouse Golem | Juan Carlos Medina | mystery film, horror film, thriller film |
| A United Kingdom | Amma Asante | romance film, drama film, biographical film |
| Kids in Love | Chris Foggin | coming-of-age film, comedy drama |
| Genius | Michael Grandage | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film |
| Warcraft | Duncan Jones | fantasy film, action film, adventure film |
| Florence Foster Jenkins | Stephen Frears | biographical film, comedy drama |
| Grimsby | Louis Leterrier | comedy film, spy film, adventure film |
| London Has Fallen | Babak Najafi | action film, thriller film |
| Suite française | Saul Dibb | romance film, drama film |
| Legend | Brian Helgeland | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, biographical film, crime film |
| Carol | Todd Haynes | romance film, lesbian-related film, drama film, melodrama, LGBTQ-related film, Christmas film |
| The Duke of Burgundy | Peter Strickland | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, erotic film |
| Youth | Paolo Sorrentino | drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Spectre | Sam Mendes | action film, spy film, thriller film, adventure film |
| Steve Jobs | Danny Boyle | drama film, biographical film |
| Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Evgeny Afineevsky | documentary film |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Guy Ritchie | comedy film, action film, spy film, heist film, buddy film |
| Mr. Holmes | Bill Condon | mystery film, drama film, crime film |
| Trash | Stephen Daldry | drama film, adventure film |