| Monsters: Dark Continent | Tom Green | monster film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| The Gunman | Pierre Morel | action film, thriller film, crime film |
| Ex Machina | Alex Garland | arthouse science fiction film, psychological thriller film, drama film, science fiction film |
| The Woman in Gold | Simon Curtis | drama film, trial film, biographical film |
| The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | John Madden | drama film, comedy film, comedy drama |
| Gone Too Far! | Destiny Ekaragha | drama film, comedy drama |
| Selma | Ava DuVernay | drama film, historical film, biographical film |
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | Matthew Vaughn | comedy film, action film, spy film, action comedy film, crime film |
| Fury | David Ayer | drama film, action film, war film |
| I Am Ali | Clare Lewins | biographical film, boxing film, documentary film |
| Rwanda: The Untold Story | — | documentary film |
| Postman Pat: The Movie | Mike Disa | comedy film, children's film |
| Non-Stop | Jaume Collet-Serra | mystery film, action film, thriller film, detective film, disaster film |
| Philomena | Stephen Frears | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film |
| Nymphomaniac | Lars von Trier | art film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Rush | Ron Howard | drama film, sport film, action film, biographical film |
| One Direction: This Is Us | Morgan Spurlock | documentary film |
| Shadow Dancer | James Marsh | drama film, spy film, thriller film |
| The Look of Love | Michael Winterbottom | drama film, biographical film |
| Locke | Steven Knight | drama film, road movie |
| The Wolverine | James Mangold | superhero film, fantasy film, action film, ninja film, science fiction film |
| The World's End | Edgar Wright | post-apocalyptic film, action film, alien invasion, apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, romantic comedy |
| Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway | Rob Silvestri | — |
| Hawking | Stephen Finnigan | documentary film |
| World War Z | Marc Forster | drama film, post-apocalyptic film, action film, horror film, thriller film, zombie film, adventure film, apocalyptic film, science fiction film |
| Midnight's Children | Deepa Mehta | drama film |
| Broken | Rufus Norris | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film |
| Les Misérables | Tom Hooper | romance film, drama film, musical 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 |
| Skyfall | Sam Mendes | action film, spy film, action thriller |
| The Sweeney | Nick Love | action film, crime film |
| Prometheus | Ridley Scott | science fiction horror film, suspense film, religious horror, monster film, action film, horror film, science fiction action film, thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Lasse Hallström | romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy drama |
| Bel Ami | Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod | drama film |
| Chronicle | Josh Trank | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, superhero film, fantasy film, thriller film, found footage film, pseudo-documentary |
| Perfect Sense | David Mackenzie | romance film, drama film, science fiction film |
| Anonymous | Roland Emmerich | drama film |
| Restless | Gus Van Sant | romance film, drama film, ghost film |
| Katwoman XXX | Nicholas Steele | fantasy film, pornographic parody film, pornographic film, action film |
| Attack the Block | Joe Cornish | coming-of-age film, monster film, comedy film, action film, comedy horror, alien invasion, science fiction film, hood 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 |
| One Day | Lone Scherfig | romance film, drama film |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Yates | fantasy film, adventure film |
| Blitz | Elliott Lester | action film, crime thriller film, thriller film |
| Senna | Asif Kapadia | documentary film |
| Paul | Greg Mottola | science fiction film, parody film, buddy film, science fiction comedy |
| Weekend | Andrew Haigh | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film |