| The Road to Guantanamo | Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom | drama film, docudrama, documentary film |
| Catch a Fire | Phillip Noyce | political thriller film, drama film, historical film, biographical film |
| Breakfast on Pluto | Neil Jordan | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Klimt | Raúl Ruiz | drama film, biographical film |
| V for Vendetta | James McTeigue | political thriller film, post-apocalyptic film, LGBTQ-related film, dystopian film, science fiction action film, thriller film, vigilante film, action thriller, political drama |
| The Virgin Queen | Coky Giedroyc | docudrama |
| Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped | Hamish Hamilton | world music, art rock, pop music, concert film, progressive rock |
| In Her Shoes | Curtis Hanson | drama film, romantic comedy |
| Manslaughter | Per Fly | drama film |
| Millions | Danny Boyle | drama film, children's film, Christmas film, science fiction film, comedy drama, crime film |
| Valiant | Gary Chapman | adventure film, war film |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton | family film, fantasy film, black comedy film, musical film |
| Laws of Attraction | Peter Howitt | romantic comedy |
| Paul McCartney in Red Square | Mark Haefeli | rock music, concert film |
| Seed of Chucky | Don Mancini | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy horror, parody film, slasher film, splatter film |
| Where the Truth Lies | Atom Egoyan | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, erotic thriller, thriller film, erotic film |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Ridley Scott | drama film, historical film, action film, drama fiction, war film, epic film |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Garth Jennings | comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film |
| Dear Frankie | Shona Auerbach | drama film |
| Brothers | Susanne Bier | drama film, war film |
| Code 46 | Michael Winterbottom | romance film, biopunk, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film |
| White Noise | Geoffrey Sax | mystery film, drama film, horror film, thriller film |
| The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis | family film, fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film, adventure film |
| Troy | Wolfgang Petersen | drama film, sword-and-sandal film, action film, war film |
| I'm Not Scared | Gabriele Salvatores | mystery film, drama film, crime film |
| Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | Lone Scherfig | drama film, comedy film |
| FeardotCom | William Malone | ghost film, slasher film |
| Swept Away | Guy Ritchie | romantic comedy film, drama film, comedy drama |
| The Hours | Stephen Daldry | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| The Life of David Gale | Alan Parker | mystery film, drama film, crime film |
| Bend It Like Beckham | Gurinder Chadha | coming-of-age film, teen film, LGBTQ-related film, association football film, female buddy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| 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 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Chris Columbus | fantasy film, children's film, adventure film |
| The Quiet American | Phillip Noyce | romance film, political thriller film, mystery film, drama film |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Oliver Parker | romantic comedy |
| All or Nothing | Mike Leigh | romance film, drama film, comedy film |
| The Soul Keeper | Roberto Faenza | romance film, melodrama, war film, biographical film |
| Dirty Pretty Things | Stephen Frears | drama film, thriller film, crime film |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | drama film, historical film, thriller film, disaster film |
| The Luzhin Defence | Marleen Gorris | romance film, drama film |
| Birthday Girl | Jez Butterworth | romantic comedy film, drama film, erotic thriller, erotic film, crime film |
| The Golden Bowl | James Ivory | drama film |
| Slap Her... She's French | Melanie Mayron | teen film, romantic comedy |
| Heaven | Tom Tykwer | romance film, drama film, crime film |
| Blow Dry | Paddy Breathnach | romance film, drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Human Resources | Laurent Cantet | drama film |
| One Day in September | Kevin Macdonald | documentary film, crime film |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Simon West | fantasy film, girls with guns, action film, treasure hunt film, adventure film, science fiction film |