| Made in Dagenham | Nigel Cole | drama film, comedy film |
| BatfXXX: Dark Night Parody | Nicholas Steele | pornographic parody film, pornographic film |
| Me and Orson Welles | Richard Linklater | drama film, comedy drama |
| Pelican Blood | Karl Golden | drama film |
| Pope Joan | Sönke Wortmann | drama film, historical film, LGBTQ-related film, medieval film |
| StreetDance 3D | Dania Pasquini, Max Giwa | drama film, melodrama |
| Chatroom | Hideo Nakata | drama film, psychological thriller |
| Robin Hood | Ridley Scott | drama film, action film, swashbuckler film, adventure film, medieval film, epic film |
| Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Susanna White | family film, fantasy film |
| The Men Who Stare at Goats | Grant Heslov | comedy film, war film |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | coming-of-age film, drama film |
| Sherlock Holmes | Guy Ritchie | mystery film, action film, crime thriller film, adventure film, buddy cop film |
| Moon | Duncan Jones | arthouse science fiction film, drama film, survival film, adventure film, science fiction film, hard science fiction |
| Bright Star | Jane Campion | romance film, drama film, biographical film |
| In the Loop | Armando Iannucci | comedy film, black comedy film |
| Triangle | Christopher Smith | mystery film, horror film |
| A Matter of Loaf and Death | Nick Park | comedy film |
| A Serious Man | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | drama film, comedy drama |
| Prince of Jutland | Gabriel Axel | drama film, medieval film |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Gavin Hood | superhero film, action film, science fiction film |
| Knowing | Alex Proyas | mystery film, action film, science fiction film, disaster film |
| Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | coming-of-age film, romance film, drama film, crime film |
| The Tale of Despereaux | Sam Fell | family film, fantasy film, children's film, adventure film |
| Mamma Mia! | Phyllida Lloyd | musical comedy, musical film, romantic comedy |
| Little Ashes | Paul Morrison | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film |
| The Dark Knight | — | drama film, superhero film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, crime film |
| Penelope | Mark Palansky | fantasy film, romantic comedy |
| Funny Games U.S. | Michael Haneke | drama film, psychological thriller, crime film |
| The Other Boleyn Girl | Justin Chadwick | romance film, drama film, historical film, biographical film |
| Eastern Promises | David Cronenberg | crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, action film, crime thriller film, thriller film, gangster film, crime film |
| The Golden Compass | Chris Weitz | fantasy film, action film, science fiction film |
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Shekhar Kapur | drama film, biographical film |
| Sleuth | Kenneth Branagh | mystery film, drama film, comedy film, thriller film, crime film |
| 1408 | Mikael Håfström | psychological horror film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, ghost film |
| Salvador | Manuel Huerga | drama film, biographical film |
| Goal II: Living the Dream | Jaume Collet-Serra | drama film, association football film |
| Sunshine | Danny Boyle | thriller film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Bordertown | Gregory Nava | drama film, thriller film, crime film |
| The Ugly Duckling and Me! | Karsten Kiilerich, Michael Hegner | family film, comedy film, animated film |
| Miss Potter | Chris Noonan | drama film, biographical film |
| Notes on a Scandal | Richard Eyre | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| The Holiday | Nancy Meyers | comedy film, Christmas film, romantic comedy |
| Alien Autopsy | Jonny Campbell | comedy film, science fiction film |
| A Good Year | Ridley Scott | comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| Borat | Larry Charles | comedy film, mockumentary, parody film |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Brett Ratner | superhero film, fantasy film, action film, science fiction film |
| The Evolved | Andrew Senior, John Turner | — |
| Jane Eyre | Susanna White | drama television series |