| Wrath of Man | Guy Ritchie | action film, thriller film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Bad Santa 2 | Mark Waters | Christmas film, black comedy film | United States |
| No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | psychological thriller film, suspense film, crime drama film, mystery film, drama film, Western film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, adventure film, psychological drama film+3 | United States |
| BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows | David Molina, Terry Shakespeare | fantasy film, action film | United States |
| The Hours | Stephen Daldry | drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Chicago | Rob Marshall | drama film, comedy film, detective film, prison film, musical film, comedy drama | Canada, Germany, United States |
| 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 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Italy, Netherlands |
| The Quiet American | Phillip Noyce | romance film, political thriller film, mystery film, drama film | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Australia, Vietnam |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Oliver Parker | romantic comedy | France, United Kingdom, United States |
| Birthday Girl | Jez Butterworth | romantic comedy film, drama film, erotic thriller, erotic film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Heaven | Tom Tykwer | romance film, drama film, crime film | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Italy |
| All the Pretty Horses | Billy Bob Thornton | drama film | United States |
| Get Over It | Tommy O'Haver | teen film, musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Kenneth Branagh | romantic comedy film, musical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Sliding Doors | Peter Howitt | drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Mighty | Peter Chelsom | coming-of-age film, drama film, buddy film, comedy drama | United States |
| All I Wanna Do | Sarah Kernochan | coming-of-age film, comedy film, female buddy film | Canada, United States, Italy |
| Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant | coming-of-age film, romance film, drama film | United States |
| The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | romance film, drama film, flashback film, spy film, war film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Jane Eyre | Franco Zeffirelli | romance film, drama film | France, United Kingdom, United States, Italy |
| Faithful | Paul Mazursky | drama film, comedy film | United States |
| Mighty Aphrodite | Woody Allen | comedy film, erotic film | United States |
| Bullets Over Broadway | Woody Allen | romantic comedy film, comedy film, gangster film | United States |
| Prêt-à-Porter | Robert Altman | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama | France, United States |
| Camilla | Deepa Mehta | buddy film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, Canada |
| Heavenly Creatures | Peter Jackson | coming-of-age film, psychological drama, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film, biographical film, crime film | Germany, New Zealand |
| Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | suspense film, crime drama film, drama film, comedy film, crime comedy film, action film, crime thriller film, neo-noir, thriller film, action thriller, independent film, black comedy film+3 | United States |
| Sarafina! | Darrell Roodt | drama film, musical film, comedy drama | France, South Africa, United States |
| Strange Darling | JT Mollner | horror film, thriller film | United States |
| Gone Baby Gone | — | mystery film, drama film, neo-noir, crime film | United States |
| Venus | Roger Michell | drama film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| My Baby's Daddy | Cheryl Dunye | comedy film | United States |
| My Name Is Modesty | Scott Spiegel | action film, thriller film | United States |
| Waking Up in Reno | Jordan Brady | drama film, comedy film, road movie, comedy drama | United States |
| Mimic 2 | Jean de Segonzac | horror film, science fiction film | United States |
| Holy Smoke! | Jane Campion | drama film, comedy film | United States, Australia |
| B. Monkey | Michael Radford | LGBTQ-related film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Sling Blade | Billy Bob Thornton | drama film | United States |
| The Crow: City of Angels | Tim Pope | fantasy film, action film, ghost film, crime film | United States |
| The Pallbearer | Matt Reeves | romantic comedy | United States |
| Captives | Angela Pope | romance film, drama film, prison film | United Kingdom |
| Of Love and Shadows | Betty Kaplan | drama film | United States, Argentina |
| The Innocent | John Schlesinger | drama film | United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| The Night We Never Met | Warren Leight | romantic comedy film | United States |
| The Big Man | David Leland | drama film, sport film | United Kingdom |
| Strapless | David Hare | drama film, comedy film | United Kingdom |